The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WiNnson, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
took equestrian exercise in the riding school this
morning, attended by Colonel Bouverie.
The unsettled state of the weather during the day,
has prevented the Royal Family from being taken
for their accustomed_airings.
The Marquis of Douro arrived at the Castle to-day,
on a visit to her Majesty. The Right Hon. Sir
Robert and Lady Peel also arrived in the afternoon,
on a visit to the Queen.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the
pleasure-grounds and Home Park this afternoon.
The royal dinner party at the Castle included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny
Howard, the Countess IVratislaw, Sir George and
Lady Couper, and Captain Francis Seymour.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards were in
attendance during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at
the Castle.

The Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Here-
ditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz yes-
terday, at Cambridge House.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were
Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James
Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of
lladdington, Earl of Ripon, and Lord Granville
Somerset. The Council sat two hours.

Sir Robert Peel left town immediately after the
Council, accompanied by Lady Peel, for Windsor
Castle.
The Master-General of the Ordnance had an inter-
view with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Earl of
Dalhousie, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Hon.
Francis Charteris, had also interviews with the Right
Hon. Baronet.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel have issued invitations
for a grand dinner party on Saturday, the Bth of
February, at their residence in Whitehall-gardens.

SAMBRE AND .MEUSE CENTRAL RAILWAY.—
Among the foreign railway projects under consideration,
may be noticed those upon the merits of which the
Belgian Chambers will shortly be called upon to pro-
nounce, for communication in the country lying between
the rivers :iambre and Meuse. There are, it appears,
two parties whe are entitled to contend for the conces-
sion in this case, each having complied with the condi-
tions imposed upon the subject by the Legislature. The
project of one of these parties is distinguished as the
" Western line ;" that of the other as the " Central line."
The former has its terminus of departure at Marchinnes-
au-Pont, where it joins the State Railway, next ascending
the valley of Eaux d'Heure to the summit, and then de-
scending the valley of Virouin to Vireux, which is the ter-
minus of arrival. Thelatter, or Central line, commences at
Charleroi, the central point of the collieries, blast fur-
naces, and other establishments for the manufacture of
iron, and proceeds along the table-land, passing through
the centre of the iron ore district to Sarice, and thence
to Vireux. The principal feature which characterises
the Central line is, that its route is directly through the
mineral districts of Charleroi, Morialme, St. Aubin,
Florence, Stave, and Ont. offering facilities to
the proprietors of the coal and iron mines for
the transmission of the mineral production of
their land, which the Western line cannot accom-
plish. The mineral formations of this district of Bel-
gium are different from those of our own country, for
it is well known that the iron is found in one spot
and the coal in another, there being a distance of many
miles between. It thus becomes highly necessary that
an easy and economical mode of transit should exist from
point to point. The Western line entirely avoids this dis-
trict by going to the westward of the valley of the Eaux
d'Heure, so that if that line be adopted by the Cham-
bers, the disadvantages under which the mineral dis-
tricts have for so long a period laboured will be per-
petuate 3. Since the Central line has been surveyed and ,
clearly understood, its merits have been fully appreci-
ated by the inhabitants of the country through which
the line will pass, for petitions in its favour, signed by
all the proprietors of land in the immediate neighbour-
hood of its course, have been forwarded to Brussels for
presentation to the Chambers. Such is the account
given us of the two projects by a known corre-
spondent, who is well acquainted with the subject. A
memoir has, however, been drawn up illustrative
of the claims to support, on the part of the Belgian
public, of the proposed Central line. The work is from
the pen of M. Augustine Delaveteye, civil engineer
and to which, as English translations have been printed,
reference may be made for all the requisite details.—Post.
GRAND CONCERT, SUSSEX HALL.—Last night a
concert, on a grand scale, was given at the Sussex Hall,
Leadenhall-street, and was attended by an auditory of
morn than 1,200 persons. The entertainment was opened
with Bishop's glee, " Sleep, gentle Lady," by the Misses
A. and M. Williams and Mr. Machin, which, both in the
execution and the reception, was a fine promise of what
was to follow. These young ladies are daily improv-
ing, and bid fair to stand, before long, in the very fore-
most rank of their profession. Mr. Machin in this glee
and in his other performances of the evening, was much
applauded. Without particularising the separate merits
of the several artistes, it must suffice to say, that each
one was received with the utmost favour, and well
merited the applause awarded. We cannot omit to men-
tion Miss Lucombe, Miss Sarah Flower, and Madame
F. Lablache, with Mr. Allen and Mr. Russell. In the
course of the evening Mr. Cohen performed a fantasia
of his own composition upon " The Conquering Hero."
A burst of applause interrupted him at the close of the
first part, and at the conclusion he was honoured with
act encore, to which, by some unaccountable mistake he
did not attend otherwise than by the bow of thanks with
which he retired.

THE ROYAL BucEuouxna.—An untried deer was
uncarted yesterday at Winkfield-street, the meet, at
which nearly one hundred were present, taking place
close to the church. The deer took away across Foil-
john-park to New-lodge, where it doubled to the left to•
Bray-common, on to Fifield, through the forest -to St.
Leonard's-hill, and thence by Spital to Clewer-green;
crossing the New-road to Clarence-crescent, at
Windsor, swimming over the Thames to the Boreas, on
the Buckinghamshire side of the river, and then making
for Barnspool-bridge, close to the College, beneath
which it quietly reposed up to its haunches in mud.
The hounds and huntsmen in the mean time proceeded
from the Berkshire side over 'Windsor-bridge. The
deer, upon being dislodged; made for Tangier Mill, at
Eton, and again swam over the river to the Lock, and
thence again crossed the Thames for the third time,
landing in the Eton College playing fields, and was run
into and secured at Blackpots, the residence of Mr. Bat-
cheldor, after a run, from first to last, of an hour and a
half. The deer was housed ai the Christopher Inn, at
Eton. The meet to-day, which has not been publicly
announced, has been appointed to take place at Ivor-
heath, at eleven o'clock.
INCOME-TAX.—A petition against this tax is in the
course of signature in this city. We observe that the
names are headed by that of our worthy chief magistrate,
followed by many of our chief citizens. The distinction
between an income-tax and a property-tax is noticed, and
the gross injustice of being both alike put in a striking
light.--Berwick Warder.