The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal, ac...ompanied by the Dowager Lady
Lytttlton, were t,ken a drive in a carriage and four t‘i
the vicinity of New Tot t on Wednesday afternoon, anti
their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess;
Alice were taken on ponies in the pleasure-grounds of
Osborne Horse. In the forenoon the Royal Family
had been taken aiiings on the beach and pleasure-
grounds..
On Tuesday afternoon the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princ-ss Alice went
in a carriage to the beach.
His Royal llighnei;s the Duke of Cambri.ige left
town yesterday afternoon for Richm,,nd Park.
Dispatches from the Governor of Jamaica, and also
from the Governors of the other West India colonies,
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

STATISTICs OF THE POSTAL
SERVICE OF RUSSIA.
(From the Constitutionnel.
The receipts of the, Post-office department in Rusfie
amounted in 1843 to 16,000,000 f., being about 1,000,00 et
more than in 1842. The expenses amounted to about
7,000,000 f., so that the net. produce was 9,000,0001. From the
Ist July, 1843, to the Ist July, 1844, the number of private
letters dispatched from all the post-offices of Russia amounted
to 9,249,000, being 600,000 more than in the preceding twelve
months. In these dispatches were included 7,221,000 letters.
1,812,000 letters remitting money, and 216,000 packets. The
facility with which the Post-office undertakes the conveyance of
money is the consequence, in a certain degree, of the want al
banks or other houses of credit. In 1843, the amount of ninny
in metallics transmitted through the post was 1,000,000,
In 1823, these remittances amounted to only 600,000,0001.
The amount sent in 1844 is not yet ascertained, but during the
first eight months there was an increase of 20 per cent. Atthe
St. Petershurgh office only the mass amounted to 260,000,000 t.
The Government money in these remittances amounted to
650,000,000 f. in the gross amount of 1843, leaving
350,000,000 f. sent from private individuals. In these sues
bank-notes and commercial bills and notes are not compri.ed.
It is thus seen that the Post-office in Russia brings in about
one-third of the same service in France, and that the circnk•
tion of letters is comparatively to that of this country not more
than one-tenth, and consequently that it is the transmission of
money that forms in Russia a large portion of the receipts. If,
however, there be taken into account the great distances be•
tween the towns, the paucity of the population, and the insuli.
ciency of the modes of communication, it will be found that the
postal service in Russia is not badly organised, and that it is ist
general adequate to the wants of the people. In certain three.
tions, it is true, it is more particularly instituted to meet the
necessity of the Government, but trade and commerce do not
fail to profit by it, and itaking all things into consideration, the
means of circulation answer private as well as public interests. 't

TIDE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND V. THE WEST
ITERTs CLUB.—This match was not commenced until
Friday, nor concluded before a late hour on Saturday.
Marylebone were in a minority of 44 runs
DARING ATTFMET AT HIGHWAY ROTIBERY.-15
Mr. Raynor, of Walthamstow, was walking along the road
between the Infant Orphan Asylum and Whip's-cross, o
Tuesday evening, about half-past eight, he was suddenly tem
tested by a man presenting a pistol at him, demanding his
money ; but Mr. R. making sense resistance with his tua.
brella, and at the same time calling loudly for the police, the
fellow ran off into the stood. The horse-patrol coming upsgant
after, made diligent search, but did not succeed in apprehend•
ing the offender.
WAR STEAMER FOR THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.
—There is now building in the dockyard of Mr. Fletcher, et
Limehouse, a fine war steare.vessel of 1,440 tons burden, be
the East India Company's service, and she is constructing undue
the immediate superintendence of Mr. Fletcher, junior, a pupa
of Al r. Oliver Lang, of the Woolwich dockyard, whose exceb.
lent system of ship-building Mr. Fletcher, junior, has adopted
and carried out to the fullest extent in this powerful war.
steamer for the East India Company. Some idea may 118
formed of the strength of this vessel, when she requires a pad•
dle-beam of tit les t 9 inches its length, and 2 feet 2 inch
by 21 inches in breadth throughout. The difficulty of ob.
taining trees of those dimensions for the beams has boon
completely obviated by the application of Jeffcrey's marine On
to four separate pieces; and by a new discovery in the appliog.
Lion of that material, the adhesion has been effected in a ooki
insteadah
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of a hotmost state,
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s applicationccess of
fpressure by cramps.
d the the joined pieces at
timber, from the crossing, of the grain of the respectiVit
pieces, being evidently stronger than beams formed of ant
piece. Mr. Green, the ship-builder at Blackwall, has aside!'
war steamer of equal dimensions in progress for the East Irak
Company. A
We understand that Government ha,s rip .rfl,riatatt
'5,C00/. of the grant for the improvement of harbours to thats.ll
Harwich, and that the works will be commenced almost i at=
diately,—.Bury Post.