The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Queen,
attended by the Countess of Desert, walked to Adelaide
Cottage, and aft( near& promenaded in the pleasure-
grounds around the Caqtle for some time. In the after-
noon her Mjesty and her Royal Consort rode out for
an airing in a pony landau and four. The Countess of
Desert was in attendance, and Major General Wemyss
attended on horseback.

Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Catn•
bridgQ, and also by Sir Robert Gordoe, took the diversion
of shooting in the neighbourhood of Bagshot yesterday
forenoon. Major-G.neral Sir Edward Bowater and
Colonel Bowles were in attendance on his Royal High-
ness. The Duke of Cambridge took leave of the
Prince, when the royal party left off shooting.
The Royal Family were taken their usual morning
airings yesterday. In the afternoon the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken
in a carriage to Frogmore Gardens, where their Royal
Highnesses walked for ,oate time.
There was no addition to the royal dinner circle
yesterday evening.
The rainy state of the weather this morning has pre-
vented the Queen, the Prince, and the Royal Family
from leaving the Castle.
Divine service was performed in the private chapel
of the Castle this morning by the Hon. and Rev. C. 14-
Courtenay.
The Queen and Prince Albert attends d the afternoon
service with thu Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court and
the Domestic Household.

Her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked out for a
short time this afternoon.

The Duke of Cambridge returned to town on Satur•
day from a visit to h..r Majesty at Windsor Castle. Hi.
Royal Highness attended Divine Service yeaterdaf
morning at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street.
The Earl of Dalhousie is staying at Strathfieldssye.
Lord Adolphus Fitzcl.:rence has left town on a ♦isit to
the Marquis of Anglcsea at Beaudesert.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office, from the Governor of St. Helena. . _

At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning,
the prayers sere read by the Rev. Dr. Dakins, the he
sons by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the Communion service
by the Sub Dean. The sermon was preached by sh:
Rev. John Vane. Ihe anthem was " Sing, 0 Heavens
(Kent). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Lords
Ingestre, Norreys, and Rivers, were among the nobility
present.

HAMBURGH MAIL.
STUTTGARD, DEC. 16. His Royal Highness the
Crown Prince has set out to-day for Vienna, there to
receive the Emperor of Russia.
BERLIN, DEC. 17.—According to the latest accounts
that have been received here from Pelermo, his MaiestY
the Emperor of Russia, by the advice of his physician,
will remain in that city o: ly till the month of Fcbruary,
and there take up his residence in a more northen city 1°
Italy.
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Ila.srovErt, DEc. 16.—1 f the reports respecting the
health of the Crown Prince are exaggerated, or are hli;
correct, it is only to be attributed to the mystery whici,
is observed respecting his It is, however, 11"
longer affirmed, half otficiall, that the Prince
has got a slight cold; but tuthmtic accounts are
stiq withheld. As we hear, the operation has not gir'"
any hope of success, but also that the 114,i;
sicians uniertook it isithout any hope, the 01°"1.
that could be expected
ones t opinion, was a Only
of light. The operation is said to have very serine'll
affected the prince, and it was feared that the brio.
might suffer, which, however, has happily been fro
vented by the constant applic, tion of ice. The Prllle
is now getting better ; but who knows whether r
operation could be attempted a third time without (lenge
to his life !
MUNICH, DEC. 14.—We are able to announce, on 11,11 ii
questionable authority, that a royal decree exempts%.
persons, not Roman Catholics, belonging to the struiel:
from kneeling, Henceforward there shall be no ht.rlf.rb,
ing, except in the procession of Corpus Christi, at We
on
as well as Divine service in the church, only the Bel°
Catholic soldiers are called on to attend.
, bhe
BERLIN, DEC. 20.—The subject which diverts rti,hs
attention from all internal affairs, and forms almost_,`;d
exclusive theme of conversation, is the anneSe
change in the English Ministry. In the diple's,
circles the hope is not given up that Sir Robert re' „at
the whole of the Conservative Ministry will, in the C;he
triumph over all its opponents. Here, as well a. on `:„
spot, great reliat,ce is placed on the support and 1".
fluence of the veteran hero of Waterloo. In the cal,
noercial world very different wishes are entertained.'
they fear that neither the abolition nor the modificatt'
of the corn-I la's will ever take place so long as a Tor'
Administration exists ; and the moment is theretc
longed for when. the Whigs, the Liberal or 1150
piny, shall come forward with their liberal tee
of the intercourse with foreign countries in I,ese
gard to their national productions. Under these
circumstances, circumstances, every unprejudiced person considers te,..0,
changes as extremely important, on account of the.cu_o
cord, and we may say the firiendly relations, which ilard
hitherto prevailed bt.tween the late Ministry and ferkeirya
countries. The news of the present state of things i',lo
made an extraordinary impression in the hotels of,'o
English and French Ambassadors. Several Cebl E°
sr
messengers have lately arrived at the hotel of the ha
of Westmoreland, among them is Colonel Townley, "ho
has come back, and whose arrival is supposed to 100,
some connexion with these important changes.---11°
burgh Papers, Dec. 23.

REPRESENTATION or SELKIRKSHIRE.-31r-Lv Anglet
of Yair, having been appointed Keeper of the Registerli%
Seisins, a vacancy has occurred in the representation of 're,
above county. Mr. Pringle it will be remembered, 0,
signed office as a Lord of the Treasury last session, in„,c
0
sequence of his opposition to the Government grant to inlet
nooth. For his conduct on that occasion we have the
reason for ststing he received the most cordial apPrebs
of his constituents ; and it is not perhaps too much to MI
that one who could act thus honourably under such ciren't.,
stances, felt Wieself not at ease in a Parliament where nor,
givereation seems to have taken the place of truth• u,
consequence of Mr. Pringle's resignation, Mr. Ellott Loco
hart, of Borthwickbrae, has announced himself a candid.e
for the vacant county. The following extract will 6,,.
ciently show the uncertainty in which this gentlemen '.l."ti,
as to his own opinions :—" I am fully sensible of the 111"ni
ous nature of the duties of a Member of the House nt.
mons. My principles are Conservative; and if you do 014
the honour of electing me as your representative, 6 6
duty will be to preserve the Constitution under which Wry
andshv the happiness to live ; while I shall study to suPP°lO
promote every measure that appears to be conducive._
the mutual benefit of the agricultural and commercial ID,
:crests of the empire. The ties of birth, of local intere;
and of personal friendships, will, I trust, be deemed s
cient guarantee of my attachment to the interests and haw"
of the county of Selkirk."
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CAISSON ON THE GOODWIrIi;
—The following is a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Bus a'
C.E., Deptford:—Duar Sir,—Since I last wrote w Y.°
reporting your lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands being
all right, I um sorry to say that (this morning) I lisr,
had a good opportunity of viewing the sands, the Down
being clear of shipping, but your lighthouse has distil'.
peared. From the circumstances of there being large
fleet of vessels in the Downs, together with a thick at,
mosphere, I have not been able to see it since Fridsq
last, and therefore cannot exactly say when it fell. A
am, Sir, &c., W. B.—Deal.—Dover Chronicle.
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SERIOUS FIRE NEAR KENNINGTON-COMMON.-- b
Sunday evening between ten and eleven o'clock, a fire,
was distinctly seen from the metropolitan bridges, 'was "'-;
covered by the policeman on the beat, burning in the lowe
part of tkvstabling and store-houses belonging to igr'
Carter, cornMiandler, of Clayton-place, Kennington-10.8i;
The premises, which, happily, were detached, were situate!.
South-place, Kennington Common, not many yards from Cotr
extensive vitrol manufactory of Messrs. Farmer and
,;
Immediately upon the discovery of the outbreak inforrasti°l
of the occurrence was forwarded by the police to the severt,
stations of the fire brigade, and in a very short time engirt `.7,
from Southwark-bridge-road, Tooley-street, Watling-street6
and other stations of the London Fire Engine Establignepa
arrived, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood sn f
the immediate direction of Mr. Henderson, the foreman c'd
the Borough branch of the brigade. The West of Engler
engine, with Mr. Connorton and the Company's firemen, WBs
also promptly at the scene. Water being readily obtained,
the engines were set to work; but from the quantity of
straw, &c., in the building, the lira became so intense that lof
was not possible to save either the stabling or the contents
the lofts above it. Two valuable horses were also burnt; f°l-;
notwithstanding every device which humanity could suggesi,
was put into requisition, to drag the unfortunate anin'ad
from their pelilous position, they clung to their stall', a%
thus perished in the flames. Fortunately, from the pro %)
arrival of the engines, and the ready flow of water from 1.:,,
Lambeth and Vauxhall mains, the tire was prevented fr°""
extending beyond the building in which it originated.

BIRTHS.
At Maidstone, the lady of Captain Tongue, of the tell
Light Dragoons, of a son, still-born.
On Christmas morning, at Chester-street, GrorteOrr:
place, the lads of W. Vegahus Pettigrew, Esq., of a daughteD,
On the 25th inst., in Berners-street, Oxford-street, MO'
Mosely, of a daughter.
On the 2f,th lust., at the Rectory, Barnes, Surrey, the
wife of the Rev. R. E. Copleston, of a son.

DIED.
On the 22d inst., at Guernsey, James William, eldest 500 or
Christopher Daniel Hayes, Esq.
On the 23d inst., at Tottenham, Anne, relict of the Pis''
William Willett, of Walter Belcharnp, Essex, aged 93.
On the 23d inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Willi°
Hallett, Esq., aged 65.
On the 24th inst., Mr. Stanley John Trage, of High street,
Clapham, aged 25.
On the 25th 'inst., in Brudenell-place, Miss Mary Wrsr
wick, aged 83.
On the 26th inst., in Queen-square, Catherine, relict o.r
-
late Rev. John Quarinton, aged 58.
On the 26th inst., at Harleyford-place, Kennington, AtiSi
Barker.

Loudon: Printed and Published by lIURDO YOUNG, 3`
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1'
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laiddleses, Monday, December 29, 1945.