The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, his Majesty the King
of the Belgians, the ladies and gentlemen of the royal
suite and the Domestic Household attended Divine ser-
vice yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Bucking-
ham Palace. The sermon was preached by the Bishop
of London. Prayers were read by the Hon. and Rev.
Charles Leslie Courtenay.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, accompanied by
their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians
went on Saturday morning, in the char-a-bane, to Bushy
House, Bushy Park, to pay a visit to her Majesty the
Queen Dowager. The Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in
Waiting to the Queen ; the Baroness de Hooghvorst,
Dame d'Honneur to the Queen of the Belgians ; Colonel
Buckley, Equerry to the Queen ; and Colonel Bouverie,
Equerry to Prince Albert, were in attendance on the
august party, and occupied seats in the char-a-bane. The
royal party left town at a quarter-past twelve o'clock.
The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess
Ida of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses and Prince
Herrmann of Saxe Weimar, received her august visitors
on their arrival at Bushy House. A dejeune was soon
afterwards served to the whole of the illustrious party.
Her Majesty and the Prince, and their Belgian
Majesties, returned to Buckingham Palace at half-past
six o'clock.
Baron de Langen, Attache of the Prussian Legation,
had the honour of delivering to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert two of the new fine helmets of the Prus-
sian Infantry and Cavalry Guards, as a present from his
Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an
airing on Saturday in an open carnage and four, accorc-
panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal
Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing on Saturday
in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Yesterday
the Royal Family were taken their accustomed walks
and rides.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, ac-
companied by the Princess Mary, attended Divine ser-
vice yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South
Audley-street. Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Ed-
mond Mildmay were in waiting on the Royal Duchess.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
Divine service yesterday morning in the chapel of the
Orphan Asylum in the Westminster-road.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Duchess of Cambridge on Saturday at Cambridge
Douse.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, ho-
noured the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur-
day evening.
A deputation, consisting of the Marquis of London-
derry, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord Newry, Sir John
APTaggart, Bart., M.P., Colonel Hunter Blair, and Sir
John Rennie, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
A deputation consisting of Colonel Conolly, Lord
Berners, and Mr. Stewart, had an interview on Satur-
day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Ely, and a deputation, had an inter-
-view on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
meeting on Saturday afternoon at the office in White-
hall. place. There were present the Bishops of London,
Bangor, Hereford, Rochester, and Worcester, the Earl of
Besborough, and the Dean of Westminster.
Sir John Pelly had an interview with Sir George
Clerk on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
offwe from the Governor of Gibraltar.
Tiie Marquis of Clanricarde had an interview with
Sir R. Peel on Saturday.
The Duke cf Wellington attended the early Service
Te ;; erkhy in the Chapel Ruyal, St. James's. Prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Skath. The Duke and
Duelle-g of Beanfort, the Marquis of Salisbury ; Ladies
Sr, Germans, Wilton, nrid Lincoln ; Lords B,ndon,
Zetllnd, and Alford, attended the daily Service
Yesterday in the Chapel R-yal, St. James's. Prayers
-were read by the, It-v. J. Haden, the Lessons by the
Rev. Dr. Vivian. The Sermon was preached by the
Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Athem was, " I have set God."
Mr. Knyvett:presided et the organ.
Sir E. Peel bad a dinner perty on Saturday at his resi•
/knee in Whitehall-gardens.

PORTSMOUTH (ATMOSPHERIC

DIRECT RA ELWAY.

On Saturday a meeting of the shareholders in the
Portsmouth -Direct (A•mospherie) Railway was held in
the City of Lond n Tavern, for the purpose of taking
into c mtideration what steps ought to be taken in con-
sequence or the late favourable decision of the Commit-
tee of the Hatse of Commons.
R. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman of the Croydon Com-
pany, was called to tho chair.
The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the circumstances under
which the meeting had assembled. They were all aware
of the favourable decision which the Select Committs e
of the House of Commons had given in reference to the
Portsmouth Direct Line. At their last meeting, which
was immediately after the adverse decision of th Board
of Trade, it had been agreed to carry the question to
Parliament ; but the directors came under a pledge in
compliance with the wishes of the meeting, that
the expenses should not exceed ten shillings per
share. Owing to the protracted and arduous
contest which the promoters of the Ports-
mouth scheme had to encounter from the London and
South-Western and the London and Brighton, the ex-
penses had already exceeded the limit of ten shillings
per share ; and as they were threatened with a further
opposition in the House of Lords, the Directors now
came to ask the Shareholders to withdraw the limit of
ten shillings, and place the whole of the deposit of
21. 10s. per share at their disposal. This was the more
necessary, as their opponents would measure the strength
of the Portsmouth Company by the amount of their re-
sources. Two resolutions, the one withdrawing the
limit of ten shillings, and the other placing the whole of
the deposits at the disposal of the Directors, were then
put and carried without a dissentient voice.
In answer to a question from a Shareholder, Mr.
CITBITT stated that he fully expected that five miles of the
atmospheric railway, from the Dartmouth Arms to
Epsom, would be opened at the end of the present
month, or at the very latest in the first week of August.
It was his intention, if it met with the concurrence of
the Directors, to open the line in the first instance
gratuitously, for the purposes of experiment before open-
ing it to the public. His object in this was to see if any
improvement could be made in the working.
In answer to a question from the CHAIRMAN,
Mr. Ctrairr, stated that in laying down the line he had
made various improvements on the Kingsland and
Dalkey line, and he had no doubt that the atmospheric
principle was susceptible of still further improvement.
All great discoveries underwent great improvements
after they were first made known.
The CHAIRMAN begged to take that opportunity of
stating that so far from the faith of the Directors being
shaken in the atmospheric principle, it was stronger
than ever.

In answer to a question put by a SHAREHOLDER,
Mr. CuurrT made a similar observation. The five miles
to be opened at the end of this month, or in the begin-
ning of August, would completely test the applicability
o the atmospheric principle, for it so happened that they
would have, in that fire miles, an opportunity of meeting
and answering every objection and supposed difficulty in
atmospheric traction, started in the recent Committees
in the House of Commons.

A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman,
after which the meeting seperated.

DWARKANATH TAGORE.
(Abridged from the English Gentleman.)
Dwarkanath Tagore is one of the most remarkable
men of the day. Boasting no high descent—forming no
link in that lengthened chain of oriental royalty, Diver-
kanath Tagore has attained his present position solely
by the exercise of those qualities which are held in the
greatest reverence by English gentlemen. Gifted by
nature with acute perceptions and generous 'impulses,
he saw, at an early age, the great necessities of his
country, and at once applied himself to their redress.
The large fortune he had inherited, and the success
which attended his commercial speculations (for he is a
merchant and a landowner), supplied him with the
means of carrying out his views. He courted European
society, and his gentle disposition and bland manners
secured him e becoming reception. Rammohun Roy
came toEngland—we believe at Dwarkanath's charge—to
teach us there was mind in India, and to insist upon a
recognition of ita force.
This great step was well followed up. Dwarkanath
founded schools, largely contributed to charitable esta-
blishments—supported institutions for the advancement
of the human intellect, and encouraged, by his purse,
his arguments, and his example, each enterprise that
promised to benefit society at large. Calcutta—the seat
of the Supreme Government—soon became proud of
him, solicitous of his counsel, and sensible of his vast
usefulness. No committee was considered perfect unless
Dwarkanath was a member ; and at length Government li
deemed that even the bench of magistrates was incom-
llete until it was adorned by Dwarkanath's intelligence,
ocal knowledge, perfect independence, and exalted
sense of justice. And all his noble efforts to acquire
public eminence were accompanied by a diffusion of
private charity so extensive, that we believe
even English benevolence, active as it is in many hun-
dred instances, would stare at the computation. If an
Englishman arrived unfriended in India, and showed
a disposition to labour in honourable enterprises, even
for his OWTI good only, Dwarkanath's purse-strings
were opened to assist him. If an Englishman. after
much anxious toil, had failed in his undertakings, Dwars
lomat') Tagore's hand was stretched forth to relieve him.
His house was the resort of all that was eminent for rank,
talent. and character ; and when he left India for Eng-
land four years ago, his absence left a blank that all the
natives who had been inoculated by his example could
not fill up.
Such, in brief, is the catalogue of Dwarkanath Ta-
gore's merits ;—it csunot be too widely diffused. Others
of his nation may claim to be honoured for signal iso-
lated services in the east, but to him alone belongs the
homage due to the inau who has taught India that
England is not merely great in arms, and inspired
England with jester notions, than she once possessed, of
what is due to her Eastern posiessions.

The area oflreland is 12,819,432 Irish acres. The
total number of farina is 885,309, and of these 308,915 are unde

Awe acres.
MONUMENT TO GENERAL Norr.-:-Sir Robert Peel
has communicated to the Hon. Colonel Trevor the de-
sire of her Majesty to stibf;cribe the munificent sum of
2101. to the fund for the erection et' a monument to tit,:
late gallant and ible General—an ornament to the Prin-
cipality—Sir William Nott, G.C.B. With this 'addition,'
the sum already collected approaches 1,0004.—5/trews-
pury Chronicle.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(SATURDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1845,