The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

General Baudrand and the Duke of Elehingen, on a spel
cial mission from the King of the French, and C ,unt Se-
bastiani, the French Ambassador, had an audienc of the
Queen yesterday afternoon, at Kensington Palace, to con-
gratulate her Majesty on her accession to the throne.
Their Excellencies were introduced by Viscount Palmer.)
ston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Fo-!
reign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master'
of the Ceremonies.
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The Rev. Dr. Edward Stanley, Bishop of Norwich,
had an audience of the Queen at Kensington Palace, yesl
terday afternoon, and did homage on his appointment.
Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary 09
State for the Home Department, and the Dean of Here-
ford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in waiting, assisted at the t 4
ceremony. t.
Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord John Russell amir,-.4
Viscount Palmerston.

The Duchess of Sutherland and ColJr.el C
Equerry in Waiting,-, attended the Queen. -
The two Princes of Hohcnlohe Langenbourg arrived :11
town at twelve o'clock yesterday, from Windsor Castle. L.
the evening their Serene Highnesses dined with the Duches:.
of Kent.

Messrs. Smith, Hart, Davi3, Brown, and Buckle, a de•
putation from the Australasian Company, had an interview
with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office.
The Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Dundas, Lord Belhaven,
Sir William Woods, Colonel Wemys-i, Mr. Bannerman.
and Mr. Campbell, of Hay, had interviews with Viseoun
Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street.
The Russian Ambassador transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign Office.
General S:r R. Darling, Messrs. Otway Cave and R
Bourke had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday.

It is understood that the Queen Dowager, after she pc
leaves Windsor Castle, will proceed to Bushy Perk, to ;Thiel ett
place her furniture has been removed from her town residence.
llor Majesty will spend the greater portion of her time at 4
Bushy, until Marlborough-house is furnished, and ready I'm
her reception.
Lord Durham appeared early yesterday in the HUM( fet:
of Lords, and took the otiths and his seat. His Lordship looked ?
none the worse for his visit to the cold regions of Russia. le,
Miss Rice, the diughter of the Chancellor of theki
Exchequer, and Miss Ponsonby, have been appointed Maid- 4*':
K.
of Honour to the Queen.
The Queen was proclaimed at the Cross of Blair -.
goarie (Scotland) on the 26th instant, the band playing
" The Laird o' Cockpen.."
Lord Leveson has returned to Devonshire House i
from Paris. Earl Granville has quite recovered from his lair >I
indisposition. .41
The Earl and Countess of Wilton had a select partvii,
at dinner last evening, at their ,nansion in Grosvenor-squarer t-
The Earl and Countess of Tankerville will give a
Neune a la fourchette, zit their villa at Twickenham, on Mon-a
day next. All the principal nobility are expected to be present.•
The Earl and Countess De Grey have issued cartls-
for a grand dinner on the 12th of next month, at their resi_7;e
deuce in St. James's-square.
Viscount Gage has a dinner party on the 4th of.;.
July. k•-•
The Archbishop of York and family start this day -
for Newnham Park, near Oxford. -
. Lord Viscount Castlereagh gave a dinner at hist--
beautiful residence in Chapel-street, Park-lane, on Wednes 13
day last to the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the'
Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the lion. Mrs. Anson, &c.,
Lord and Lady Beresford will recommence their-
splendid assemblies in Cavendish-square on the 10th of July. t,tge
Lord and Lady de Saumarez gave a dinner on .:'
Wednesday last at their residence in Stratford-place. Arnongl',
the company acre the Earl and Countess of Plymouth, Lore a.'
and Lady Colville, Sir Joseph and Lady Whatley, the Deana
of Chichester, the Hon. Captain Saumarez, Sir Tremayne and;'
Lady Redd, &c. 1,1
THE NEW PALACE.—The ornamental gates foe 7
the marble entrance of the new Palace having been finished,_
will will be a great ornament to that part of the exterior of tiler
building, which is now fit to receive the Queen whenever her
Majesty shall think fit to occupy the Palace. In the course ofee
a year, the plan for insulating the edifice at the Pimlico side
will be carried into effect. A new road leading from Picca 7:
dilly direct to the Palace will be made forthwith, Rosamond's .:
pond having been filled up for that purpose ; and being P 11
private avenue, it will not interfere with the beauty of the en
Green-park, which has been surveyed, preparatory to plant- ea
ing an ornamental shrubbery there, similar to that in St. 7-
James's-park.
GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The report of the Go- 1
vernment Engineer on the Brighton Lines has been presented
to the Committee of the House of Commons, from which ii ..
appears that this viaduct will be the main trunk for all other
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railways traversing south of London, and, by an arrangement
made, that Company will be entitled to receive threepence from'l:
each person leaving London for Brighton, Dover, and Paris ,4
The Directors anticipate a handsome revenue from this source ~,1
in addition to their present receipts, which are fast increasing.Ll
MADAME PASTA.—•It was not generally per-01-1
ceivcd that when this great artiste was called for before tin fil
curtain, after her unequalled performance of Romeo on Toes t 1
day night, she was so overcome by exertion that she could A
scarcely stand ; Giannoni supported her across the stage, am.
as she tottered out she held by the wing scene, which they had :„
no sooner passed than the sad ;railings of hysterics were audi- „.
ble to those in the stalls and front boxes ; it was nearly three
quarters of an hour before- Madame Pasta recovered from .0
series of attacks of this most distressing malady. During the-,
Opera the most enthusiastic admiration and marks of respeenel
were evinced by Madame Grisi, who occupied the stage-boa
of the first tier, with Madlle. Assandri and Sigs. Ivanoff and '-
Tambueni.
TIIE TIIEATRE AT BUENOS AYRES.—Efforts -a
seem now to be made to keep the swarms of boys from the
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boxes, but they are incorrigible. They seem to give the';'
box of the British Minister, and that of the Brazilian Charge .7,.
d'Affaires, the preference, for which reason these urchins are
called " attach6s."—British Packet.
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Yesterday morning a 'a'rouring man named Pritchard ~ ..:
was proceeding along Goswell-street-road, when, on stepping. 1
on a cellar flap which was inFecurely fastened, it gave way, anc.-1
I,e was precipitated to the bottom. On getting him out he wash
found to be insensible, and had his face frightfully laceeated.N
lie was carried to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where it was
asceitained that his skull was extensively fractured. lie re-
mains
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in a dangerous state. -71
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A LLEGED MURDER AT GRAVESEND.—During;;
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the last fortnight a good deal of speculation and alarm has
been prevalent at Gravesend, especially amongst those residing:.
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along the river, and the people connected with the vessels ply-
ing between that town and London, in consequence of the
discovery of the dead body of Henry Thomas John Atkinson,
a waterman belonging to the town, floating in the Thames,„
on the 23d instant, in an advanced state of decomposition, and`;l
having a hideous gash over the left eve. The deceased had
been missing from the night of the 17th instant. He seas only 4
twenty-two years of age, but was the father of a family. AnNl
inquest has been held, and after hearing evidence, the Juryke,
gave in a verdict of—" Found dead, floating in the Thamesi7
off Gravesend, but there leas no evidence to prove under what
circumstances."
Sunday morning, between one and t.vo, a dreadfult4llo#'
accident happened, by which Crouch, the coachman of thee;:,
Lincoln mail between Baldock and Peterborough, lost hisil
life. There was a very thick fog at the time, so dense that
uh,*ects could not be distinguished at a distance of eight or ten__
yards, and just at the place where the Lincoln up mail andij
-Lieceln down mail meet, a coliision took place, and both'l
coaches a ere thrown upon the bank. Crouch, the coachmanl
of the up mail, upon allied) there were no passengers, was sole'l
dreadfully injured, that he died in a very short time. Therei
were seven passengers. ins7de and out, upon the down inaihrA
among whom was the Rialit Hon. C. T. D'Eyucourt) M. P.,1 ~..4.i
but we are injury.—t'