The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday
afternoon at the new Palace.

The Council was attended by the following Cabinet Minis-
ters and Great Officers of State :—The Lord President, the
Lord Chancello-, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and
Colonial Departments ; the First Lord of the Admiralty, the
President of the Board of Controul, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the
Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the
Horse.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, a Member of
his late Majesty's Privy Council, was resworn of the Queen's
most Hon. Privy Council.
Earl Granville and Lord Robert Grosvenor were also re-
sworn of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council.
The Earl Somers took the oaths as Lord-Lieutenant of the
County of Hereford.
Lord Rodney took the oaths as Lord-Lieutenant of the
County of Radnor.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting.

At the Court Ibrahim Sarim Effendi, Ambassador Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Ottoman Porte,
accompanied by Mr. Salame, her Majesty's Oriental Interpre-
ter, had hi: first audience of the Queen, to present his creden-
tials from his Sovereign. His Excellency was introduced by
Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Macedo (of the Brazilian Diplomatique service) had an
audience of the Queen, to deliver a letter.
Lord Byron and Sir Frederick Stovin, were the Lord and
Groom in Waiting.
The Court was attended by Lady Barham, Lady in Waiting,
the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the
Comptroller of the Household, the lion. Colonel Cavendish,
Clerk Marshal, the Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in Waiting,
and Master Cavendish, Page of Honour in Waiting.
Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, and Lord Robert
Grosvenor.

Her Majesty honoured Mr. George Hayter with a sitting
yesterday, in her robes of state, for his great picture for the
city of London.
The Royal dinner party at the new Palace, last evening,
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl
and Countess of Minto, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington,
Viscount Melbourne, and Lord and Lady Barham.
Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, Count Buie Brahe,
the Danish Charge d'Affaires, Sir Brook Taylor, and a select
party, dined with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on
Sunday evening.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cam-
bridge yesterday.
Mr. M. Phillips and a Deputation had an interview with the
President of the Board of Trade yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies,
and from Sir A. Woodford, at Gibraltar, were received yes-
terdry at the Colonial Office.
Mr. Grote, M.P., transacted business yesterday at the
Home Office.

The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
commenced hearing ecclesiastical appeals yesterday, and were
occupied during the whole of the sitting with the case " Arm-
strong v. Iluddleston." The Lords present were—Lord
Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and the
Chief Judge in Bankruptcy.

EARL and COUNTESS of MORLEY'S

THEATRICAL FETE AT SALTRAM.

The Noble Earl and Countess of Morley gave a splendid
theatrical entertainment on Thursday last, at their above sea',
to a numerous circle of the nobility and gentry in Devonshire.
The grand saloon was brilliantly illuminated. When the
party had assembled the officers of Plymouth and Devonport
garrisons, in their superb uniforms, and the ladies in their
splendid dresses, presented a most magnificent ensemble. A
temporary stage was erected in the above apartment. The
performances commenced with the petit drama of Perfection,
in which the characters were cast as follows:
Sir Lawrence Paragon Mr. Bulteel.
Charles Paragon
Sam
Kate O'Brian
Susan. ...
_ _

After a very clever representation, Simpson and Co. suc-
ceeded, in which the characters were sustained excellently
well by—
' Mr. Simpson Sir George Whitmore.
Mr. Bromley Sir Henry Blackwood.
Forrester Major Palk.
Servant

Mrs. Simpson
Mrs. Bromley Mrs. Ellice.
Mrs. Fitzallan
Madame La Trappe lion. Mrs. Edgcumbe.
At the conclusion the Countess of Morley delivered an epi-
logue, written by her Ladyship, with great humour and grace.
After the performances had terminated a sumptuous supper
was served up in the dining room. Sir Ralph and Lady
Lopez, Lady Ounstanville, and Sir 1. and Lady Thornton,
were among the company, which exceeded 200.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVALS.

Captain and Mrs. Hamilton, at the Sackville Hotel, Sack-
vine-street, from Dublin; Admiral Sir Charles Nugent,
at ditto, from his seat in Dorsetshire ; Mrs. M' Quinn,
at ditto, from Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Jones Burdett and
family, at ditto, from Brighton ; Hon. H. Pierrepont, at
Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Hampshire ; Mr. Godsal, at
ditto, from Cheltenham.
DEPARTURES.
F. Duffield, Esq., from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for
Cambridge ; Mr. and Mrs. Craven, and the Misses Craven,
from ditto, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Fielder, from ditto,
for Bath; Col. and Mrs. L. P. Jones, from Paris, for Bath ;
Major Smith, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-street ; Mr.
and Mrs. Macallan and family, from ditto, for Glasgow ; Col.
Rogers and family, from Paris ; Lord and Lady Rossmore,
from ditto, for Ireland.

The Duke of Beaufort is fitting up his new mansion
in Arlington-street, overlooking the Green-park, in a style of
great splendour.
Mr. Hope has commenced his dinner parties in'
Mansfield-street, for the season ; a gay party will assemble at
the Deepdcne during the Christmas reces2.
The resignation, as tendered and accepted, by the
Government, by the Hon. John Duncan Bligh, of the em-
bassy to the Court of Stockholm, is understood to have been
caused by the severe domestic calamity which his Lordship
sustained in that capital, namely, the loss of his young and
accomplished lady (daughter of Thomas Gisborne, Esq.), in
the flower of her youth. Mr. Bligh, after being sworn of
her Majesty's Privy Council, will set out for the Court of his
Majesty, King Ernest of Hanover, as Minister Plenipo-
tentiary. Mr. Bligh has -acted as Charge d'Affaires at St. ,
Petersburg and Tunis.
The remains of the late Hon. Miss Finch Hatten
were interred on Thursday last, in a vault at Leamington
Church. The funeral was quite private, and attended by her
brother the Earl of Winchelsea, Viscount Maidstone, M. P.,
Hon. and Rev. D. F. Hatton, Hon. E. Finch Hatton, Mr.
Lawrence, &c. The deceased lady was in her 50th year.
The Earl of Mulgrave arrived in Dublin on Friday
morning, between eight and nine o'clock, in her Majesty's
steamer Lightning. His Excellency, on his way to Holy-
head, visited the Marquis of Anglesey at Beaudesert, where he
passed a day.
The Duke of Wellington has left Apsley House,
for Strathfieldsaye.