The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked in. the gardens of
Buckingham Palace on Satarday morning, and the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Royal were taking an airing in the.
Royal gardens, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Ly ttelton.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen
in the forenoon, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and
Prince Albert and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe
Cobourg Gotha.
At ten minutes past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon the
Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Serene High-
nesses the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Cobourg
Gotha, left town in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of
Hussars, for Claremont. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were
conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the
Master of the Horse, the Earl of Warwick, Lord in Waiting,
the Vice Chamberlain, and Sir Robert Otway, the Groom in
Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyt-
telton, followed in another Royal carriage. The Royal suite
occupied two carriages and four ; in one were the Viscountess
Canning, Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. C. A. Murray,
Master of the Household, and in the other were Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting on the Queen, and Colonel
Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Suite and
Household attended Divine service yesterday at Claremont.
Archdeacon Wilberforce officiated.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their
Serene Highnerses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen
and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, arrived at
Marlborough House, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of
the suite, at half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday, from her
residence, Bushy House, Bushy. Park. Her Majesty and the
Duchess of Saxe Meiningen visited their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and the
Princess Sophia at Kensington.
In the evening the,Queen Dowager, the Duke and Duchess
of Saxe Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince, honoured the
Italian Opera with their presence.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lacy Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Cooper, Bart., and
the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, also ho-
noured the Opera with their presence.
The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen
attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Moval,
St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Hon. arid Rev.
Mr. Capel, from Romans, chap. 6, verse 23. The Prayers
were read by the Rev. Mr. Pack, the Lessons by the Rev. Mr.
Povah, arid the Communion Service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath,
and the Rev. Messrs. Pack and Povah. Mr. Goss presided at
the organ during the musical service, and Mr. Cooper, jun.,
played the anthem, '• Blessed be thou" (Kent).
The Viscountess Barrington and the Hun. S9phia Wheatley
were the Lady and Maid oi Honour in waiting on her Majesty,
and Mademoiselle de Kaas the Lady in W airing on the Duchess
of Saze Meiningen.
The Bishop of Norwich, the Clerk ; and the Dean of Here-
ford, the Deputy-Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting. The
The Duches=es of Bedford and Beaufort, the Duke of Beaufort,
Marquis of Headfort, Ladies Wilton, J. Eliot, and M. Alford;
Lords Wilton, Bandon, Effingham, Harrowby, Bective, Canter-
bury, Wrottesley, Eliot, Sandon, and Alford, were among the
Nobility present.
His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen visited
the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence, Clarence
House, St. James's. _ _

The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe
Meiningen, took an airing in a carriage in the afternoon, anti
visited the Duchess of Cambridge at Cambridge House.
he Duchess of Kent attended Divince serv.ce yesterday
m fining in the Chapel in Kensington Palace. Lady Anna
.i.aria Dawson was in waiting on her Royal Highness.
The Duchess of Cambridge attended Divine service yester-
day morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Lady Augusta Somerset
was in waiting on her Royal Highness.
His Rii3al Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave a grand
dinner on Saturday, at Cambridge House, to the officers of the
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, of which regiment his
Royal Highness is colonel. Twenty-eight of the officers were
present.
The Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge went
to Kew yesterday afternoon.
Her Royal 44)14:1eas the Duchess of Kent visited the Ditchers
of Cambridge on Saturday.
The Duke of Cambridge went to Wormwood Scrubbs on
Saturday morning.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the
Foreign- dice. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the
Duke of Wellington;the Lord Chaneellor, Lord Wharncliffe,
the Duke of iluecleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir
James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, :Earl of
Haddington, Earl of Ripen, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Har-
dingy, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat two
hours and a half.
The Commissioners for the government of Pentonville
Prison assembled on Saturday at the Council-office, for the
transaction of business. There were present Lord Wharncliffe,
Earl of Devon, the Speaker, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Fer-
guson, Major Jebb, Mr. Crawford, and the Rev. Whitworth
Russell.
Mr. A. Taylor and a Deputation of 142 Anti-Corn-law
Delegates had an interview with 'Sir Robert Peel, on Satur-
day, at his official residence:in Downing-street.
Deputies from the Governors of Jamaica, Trinidad, and
the Bahamas were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Com,uittee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday.
An appeal from the Court of Arches, " Harrison v. Har-
mon," came on for hearing ; the Queen's Advocate and Dr.
Harding appearing for the appellants, and Dr. Addams and
Mr. Hope for the respondent.
Lord Brougham gave judgment on the part of their Lord-
ships, affirming the Decree of the Court below.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with a numerous party
and suite, visited Mr. Dunn's Chinese Collection on Saturday.

TIIE RE-LAYING OF THE ROADWAY IN FLEET
sTREET.—The authorities have hit upon the notable plan o
re-laying the roadway in this street by longitudinal halves.
They proceed thus in order to study " public convenience,"
or, in other words, for the purpose of " keeping open" the
thoroughfare. Now the longitudinal half of Fleet-street,
which is itself much like a certain unprofitable bird—viz., too
much for one and not enough for two—would, without the
slightest let or hindrance, admit of the most " admired dis-
order," among the countless vehicles that pass to and fro ; but
a tort of patchwork repair, which has left a bit of the half
street half finished here, and portions of barricades there, has
occasioned scenes of confusion such as no set of men who ever
studied " public convenience" ever yet saw or are likely to see.
" here Ilden carts with thundering waggons meet,
Wheels clash with wheels, and bar the narrow street."
Gay never contemplated a worse state of things than the well •
meant division into longitudinal halves has given rise to. The
result of this longitudinal system, which was to " keep open "
the great thoroughfare has been that the vehicles proceeding
in that direction, instead of having to take a circuitous route
of five or ten minutes, as the case with cab or cart might be,
by the way of Chancery-lane, Holborn, and Farringdon-street,
have had not unfrequently to drag their slow lengths along the
" half " of Fleet-street, in some ten or fifteen minutes, at the
imminent risk of a broken panel, or other equal damage. By
the entire closing of Fleet-srreet for two or thr e days, and
placing day and night gangs upon the work, the repair would
have taken about one half of the that will' now be ciin-
surneddirthe deafening clatter, dangerous clashing together
of vehicles, vexatious delays, and the worse than " language
obscene " liberally indulged in from morn to night, would have
been avoided. As respects the relaying itselt, it does not ap-
pear to be dunein a very lasting manner.
WILL OF JUSTICE LITTLEDALE.—The will of the
late Justice Littledale has just been sworn to by the executers,
in the Prerogative Court of the Lord Archbishop of Canter-
bury, in Doctors'- coma,ons. The personal property has been
scorn under `.20,000/. There are several legacies bequeathed
to the testator's grandchildren, servants, and clerks ; but the
bulk of the property goes. to his daughter, who married Mr.
Courtney (who is one of the executors). to whom a dowry of
23,000/. was given at marriage. The will is of great length.
Sir Joseph was called to the bar in 1793, and was raised to the
bench in 1824, when he received the honour of knighthood
CItuRCII-RAIF DEFEATED.—A Vestry meeting
was held in St. Michael's parish, Derby, on the evening of
Thursday last, the Rev. J. G. Howard, 'vicar, in the Chair.
A motion was made and seconded that a rate of 3d. in the
pound be granted. An amendment was then moved, seconded,
and carried by a large majority, that the meeting be adjourned
to that day twelve months. A poll was then, demanded, but
subsequently abandoned ; so that the rate. payers of Si. Ali-
ehael's will not be burdened with a Church-rate along with the
Income- tax and other i icalculahle blessings derivedir3m Tory
gaverniaat 6...P0r10y licterecr.