The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-23 00:00:00

EVENING EDIT .ON..
• OFFICIAL AN': OIJNCEMENT °C,W
HEiz. MAJESTY'S INTEND.i,II MARRIAGE.

The Privy Council will meet this day at Buck.
ingham Palace, for the purpose of receiving an
iru-
portant communication from her Majesty.
Summonses have been issued to all the
mem-
tiers of the Council, but comparatively few of that
numerous body will be present. Of those mem-
bers whose politics are in accordance with the
present Government there_ will be an unusually
full attendance, but of those who may be consi-
dered as decidedly opposed to the Government a
few of the more prominent members only will be
present.
After some little matter of ordinary moment has
been gone through, her Majesty will be graciously
pleased to inform her right trusty and well-beloved
Councillors that, entertaining a purpose to contract
a marriage with his Serene Highness the Prince
Albert of Saxe-Coburg, &c., she has called the
present Council, in order that she may have its ad'
vice and assistance thereupon.
A member of the Ministry will then state that his
Serene Highness is a Protestant, and will enter into
some genealogical details, showing the intimate nit'
tural connection in blood between her Majesty and
her intended consort, and the long continuance of
friendly relations between the Sovereign House of
Saxe-Coburg and the Court of St. James's, and
also the connections of the same House with other
Sovereign states.
A regular minute will be then made by the Clerk,
to the effect " that her Most Gracious MajcstY
hvving been pleased to communicate to this Conn
cil her intention of contracting marriage with his
Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg,
&c., most heartily recommend her Majesty to carry
her gracious intention into effect, the Council being
convinced that such marriage will tend to her Mir
jesty's happiness, and to promote the peace, happi-
ness, wealth, and prosperity of her people.
This Journal alone was enabled to state that the
intended marriage would take place in April no
l'
What was then probable is now determined ; earl
in April Prince Albert will return to this countrY';:
and the marriage will take place shortly after. t
There is a good deal of misconception on the Rs'
of the unlearned public as to the particular positron
of his Serene Highness as consort of the Queen
regnant of England. There is a very curious ano-
maly in this respect in comparing the positions
,re`,4,,
Queen-consort and the Queen's consort. 1""
Queen-consort is the first subject of the ICing.
The Queen's consort has no rank whatever
such. The Queen-consort has by common law"
many high immunities and valuable privilegesi::
The Queen's consort has none. Whatever or'
and privilege the Queen's consort may attain 015 t
be from the grace and favour of his Illustrious CO
sort, and it may naturally be supposed that
marks of her Majesty's affection will be neither fev'
nor unimportant.
His Serene Highness will in the first place have'
the title of Royal Highness conferred upon himi:;
This will give him rank in all state ceremonia
immediately after his Royal Highness the Duke
Cambridge, but confer no political power or rani:,
and it i 3 not likely that his Serene Highness will l;
created a Peer of Parliament. The Prince's real'
position will be that of a Prince of the blood, before,:
created a Peer of Parliament, as the late Duke o 1
York, whose title was previously Bishop of Ostir
burg, and King William the Fourth, who was only'
Prince William Henry. The Prince will succes.‘
sively be created a Knight of the Garter, a Gene''
ral and Field-Marshal in the Army, and, after hi. I
appointment to military rank, a Knight Commands
' of the Bath.—Court Journal of this day.

FONDNESS OF GEORGE 111. AN r
QUEEN CHARLOTTE FOR THE THEATRES.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
SIR,—In your paper of this day you have glanced a
the paltry attacks of the Tories on the character of be r
Mejesty, for her supposed fonduess for theatrical eP
tertainments, certainly the most rational of all publi
amusements. The very urging of so ridiculous a,charg e
serves to show how utterly destitute they are of an Y
real ground of complaint. You justly refer to the
es
ample of King George the Third, to which )3"
might have added that of his Queen (the T 1
pattern of royalty in woman, until it served il;
turn to set up Adelaide instead), and of All h.,
family. There lies before me at present in
Gentleman's Magazine for 1800, a diary of_ thein rest
dance of the Royal Family at WeymatAlt
year, from which it appears that in the two ni°,11.t1,116
of their sojourn there (from August sth `to Oct. i'"
their Majesties and the Princesses (Augutta, Elizabeth'
Mary, Sophia, and Amelia) went to the theatre no lest
than two and twenty times. These visits were frequentuiff
three, and sometmes even four in a week, and one
ut
them was on the occasion of their wedding-day °
who ever thought of objecting to them? Be it observe('
that both the Queen and King were then past ai%t.Yr
years of age, and that they took with them thel
young unmarried daughters, no doubt with * sin;
cere conviction, that the amusement to be deriver.
from theatrical performances was mingled Wit"
more of profitable instruction than any other recreation
that could have been substituted for it. I s'aould never
have dreamed of troubling you with this, d;.d I not heat
this contemptible acusation so coostantl•i urged, " frsr
fault of a better," and dwelt upon as a crime of the
deepest dye, in all Tory societies, in which detestation
(I do not uEe too strong a word. to express the feeling
exhibited) of our young and trite-hearted Queen is the
distinguishnig mark.
Yours, &c.,

Nov. 21, 1839. DRAMATICUS.
P.S.—On turning back to the previous year, I ti oct
that the King, Queen, and Princesses visited the tbestil'
no les, than thirtzy times 'in the course of less than to'
months, viz. from August 17th to October 14th.

LLO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THISD.A.I')

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DEAL, Nov. 23.—Wind N. E., strong breezes ,• 0
.....-Ssl/d
the Medora, Arthur, for Trinidad. the
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind N.E.—Ar rived r.-ea
Bootle, Tusker, from Trinidad—sailed 20th ult. ; ,i'''e-c:
Boness, Savaniila—sailed 10th ult. ; Ann II 411, Qt1,7,--ndi.
Thustie, Sampson, ditto ; and Elizabeth, Iv iewfourloSir,
Sailed the Mersey, Clarke, for Jamai,:a.; • Brilliant, J. 5,
nett, Barbadoea ; Eugene, Alibeit, Mimic o; Ann -R
ochester Nii
Car-
ton, Pollock, Nw Orleans ; Emerald, f3avanilla ;1,4,,,,
roadhouse, fieeo,
garet Boyle, Smith, ditto ;
York ; South America, Bailey, ditto, Mary end BOf
Joy, Smyrna ; and Triton,, Arto -el Bab"' of
port the Montezuma, from Phi d m"
'and Dever
Quebec. a elphia. ; e
OPORTM UTII, NOV. 22,—Wind E. N-..E.---Arrl clto'
Quebec.
;„ d tb
Joana Emeline, Horel, kern Havannab.. Sailed th -post
patra, steamer, Sanders, for Bombay ; Catherill.,e' ~;,,wirr
ditto ; Cross Indian, Blom, Batavia..; and °les.—
Pratt, New York.
e nil'
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VESSELS SPOKEN wiITII. Hero, London to N-5'16130
land, lat. 43, lou. 32 ; Lady East, LoAclan to g°lllb4; let'
ult., lat. 13, lon. 26 ; Hope, from Rio Jansiiro, 15t-'9".
15, lon. 28, by the Huskisson, arrived at Li verpool ; .1;
nobia, London to Calcutta, 20th ult., lat. 7' li,, loc.,;er,
Boline, 26th, lat 12, lon. 25 ; Thalie, Calcutta to 141130'
pool, 4th inst., lat. 27, lon. 29 ; Highlander, Clyde Wived
merara, 9th, lat. 39, lon. 25, by the Ge.,,„ Brock, 111rou,
in the river ; Antonio, Speelman, Amsfx,rdam to surie_A,
12th ult., lat. 25, lon. 29; Robert Br rns frors LiverPT;t.
26th, lat. 42, lon. 20; Amelia, :tor', 'Liverpool, 281,h',„ip,
44, ion. 16; Hannah, Gregory, 1-t and from Whilf,S.the
out fifty-one days, in the 'd of chideur, by It,
Zillah, arrived at Gloucester •; Havre ay Havre to Novi Youth
lat. 48, lon. 22 ; Martha,' Quebec, to Newcastle' isol.
loss of deck load, 15th i'list , lat. 4i, lon. 18, by the iii i
bucto, 17th ult., bit. 46,
cutta, M`Kemoll, arrived at. Cork , Paulinus, New of
to‘ Bremen, dismasted
, 12th inst., lat.. 27, lon. 47, „.,11;,,be-
lango, arrived at P,avre •En nd Livanson, to) ''''" at.
rived at Newport; Javars Welvsu en - Rickels, Ameterd 01,
r , a IVE
to Batavia, 3oth ult., lat. 7 N. ; Versniging, .•° a ti-
A msterdam to 'Batavia, 26th ult., Teat. 46, lon. 11; loo''
lumbi T.''lon land
b'y the Silksviortb, so
a, Liverpool to Newfoundland, 23 i ult., lat. 45,: al
44, by the Eliza, Trail, arrived :at Bristol ; RP"' b I
W., Liverpool to Bombay, 2oth ult., lat. 8 N., lon. 24
the John, Woodall, arrived at Liveryool.
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Viscount Bridport has given. 251. donation,
five guineas a year, to the Dioces an. Board of Educe:: LI
CONSERVATIVE DINNE R.--The annual 017;
ner of the Colchester Conberrative Club took Place b/i
the Cups Hotel on Tuesday last, and was attenaeu
about 120 gentlemen of the county. ti o•
The report is again prtvalent of her Majes 0-
intention to have a marine residence at B,r,insgatv. „DI
deed, it has been said that a plan and design of a BA- ;;Lit
edifice has actually been submitted fr,r approval ;
that her Majesty prefers the site of the West ( the
(whence she can have a view of die shipping in the
Royal Harbour) to that of the Ei.st Cliff, where
marine panorama is not seen. Clifi House and grout Sao,
with the contiguous property, are pointed out as
eligible spot for the erection, biting sheltered frotv, I ei
cold wind ; and they might, 'with little cost or troobt
be secluded fret the public gaze.—Kentish Obsory
EXTENSIVE FlRE.—This morning, at t
o'clock an alarming and destructive fire broke ou t.,!1
die extensive oil and floor cloth manufactory, No. •
St. John-street Road, Clerkenwell. A great nun stet
of fire engines sooon arrived, and though there wai
of
excellent supply of water, the combustible nature t
the goods on the premises was such that the fire IT;
not subdued before five o'clock, and the whole .t";
premises (which were of wood) with the stock, I ter--
reduced to ruins. The property was insureei in ,t h
Independent West Middlesex Fire Office. Tb
j°e
the first loss sustained by this Insurance Company.