The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at-
tended by Colonel Jones, arrived at his residence at
Kew on Thursday- afternoon, from a visit to her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, at Canford House, Dorset-
shire. His Royal Highness visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House,

yesterday, and in the afternoon returned to Kew.
The Committee on Education of the Lords of her
Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council had a
meeting at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the
Colonial-office. The Lords present were—Lord
Wharncliffe, the Lord President ; the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, Lord Privy Seal ; Sir Robert Peel, First
Lord of the Treasury ; Sir James Graham, Secretary
of State for the Home Department ; and the Earl of
Ripon, President of the Board of Trade. Their
Lordships sat two hours.
The Earl of Lincoln visited Sir Robert Peel yes-
terday at his official residence in Downing-street.

GREENHI THE PIER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUI.
Mr. Charles Bayly's compliments to the Edi-
tor of The Evenino. Sun, and, as a Director of the
Greenhithe Pier Company, he begs to correct an error
which occurs in the notice of the opening of the Pier,
contained in The Sun of the sth instant, in respect of
the names of the engineers who have designed and
executed the work. Those names should have been
Messrs. Birch, and not Bush—the gentleman con-
nected with the " Light of All Nations" having
nothing to do with this Pier. Mr. Bayly, therefore,
trusts that the Editor will correct the mistake, as a
measure of justice to Messrs. Birch, to whom alone
any merit attached to this structure is due.
Knockholt Lodge, near Greenhithe, Nov. 11.
[The error must have been committed by the
printer mistaking "Bush" for "Birch."—ED. Sun.]

THE NEW OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES.—The appoint-
ments of the country Official Assignees in Bankruptcy
are now filled up, and the Chief Justice in Bankruptcy
has been employed during the last two or three days
in perfecting the securities, which by the Act of 5 and
Victoria is rendered necessary. The following are
among the appointments made :—Mr. W. Whitmore,
the late banker, Mr. J. Christie (Birmingham) ; Mr.
Pott, Mr. Freeman, Mr. Acraman of Bristol, Mr.
Morgan, also of Bristol, Mr. Hutton,_ son of the cele-
brated ilutton, the accountant, Mr. Follett, Mr. Bid-
dlestone, Mr. Valpy, Mr. Fraser, Mr. G. Cazenove,
and Mr. C. Turner (Liverpool). These appointments
are said to give satisfaction in the City.
There is every reason to believe that the Judgeship
in the Court of Review, vacant by the death of Sir
John Cross, will not be filled up.
THE PALACE AT BRIGHTON.—No official informa-
tion has yet been received as to the precise time when
her Majesty will visit Brighton, but we have reason
to believe that we shall be honoured with the presence
of her Majesty and her Royal Consort very shortly.
The alterations at the Palace, which have been very
extensive, are DOW approaching completion, and we
understand that the carpenters' work will be finished
this week. Dr. Reid has again been down to super-
intend the ventilation, but has recently returned to
London. Pipes-fOr hot and cold air have been carried
over the roofs of the Palace. The whole of the works
are in a state of great forwardness ; goods are daily
arriving, and everything indicates an early visit of the
Court.—Brighton Paper.
ACCIDENT AT BUCKINGHAM PALAcE.—Yesterday
morning a dreadful accident occurred at Buckingham
Palace. A man, named Martin Dirkin, aged 48, was
employed on a scaffolding in front of the entrance to
the gates of the Palace, when his foot slipped, and
he was precipitated to the ground about twenty
feet. He was picked up by his fellow-workmen
and conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where he was
attended by the house surgeon, who found that he
had sustained a fracture of several ribs, and a con-
cussion of the brain, besides other internal injuries.
The unfortunate man, who resides at 20, Little Wild-
street, Drury-lane, has a wife and family, who de-
pended upon him for support.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT.—Some surprise has been ma-
fasted that such a situation as Walmer Castle, on a
flat coast exposed to the east, should be shosen as a
sejour at this season of the year—a more dreary, cold,
and unattractive place in the dark days of November
could not be found, however pleasant it may be as a ma-
rine retreat in the sunny days of Midsummer. Greatly
then as the loyal and curious people of Kent may rejoice
at the presence of " a real live Queen" among them,
they cannot much admire the taste and judgment of
her advisers in this respect—they can only hope that
unusually fine weather may show off the place to the
best advantage and preserve the august family from
" colds, coughs, sore throats," and other seasonable
ailments, which regal and plebeian frames are alike
heirs to.—Kent Herald.
The Commission of Assembly meets in Edinburgh
on Wednesday the 16th, and the General Convocation
of Ministers on Thursday the 17th.—Scotch Paper.
Loss OF THE RicAano.—Extract from a letter of
a passenger in the Ellenborough, Captain Close, ar-
rived at Calcutta We had to witness the calami-
tous catastrophe, the loss of the ship Ricardo, which
was in company with us the day before, and next day
struck on a sand bank and swamped. Out of thirty
men on board her our boats were enabled to save but
twenty, the other poor fellows being drowned or
1 seized by alligators before they could be resued,"