The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen Dowager arrived at her residence in St
James's Palace, at twelve o'clock on Saturday, from Bushy
Park. Her Majesty went to Marlborough House to in-
spect the reparations and alterations now in progress. Her
Majesty was attended by Lady Bedingfield, Miss Hudson,
the Hon. Capt Curzon, and the Rev. Mr. Wood, and was
accompanied by her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of
Saxe Weimar. Sir Benjamin Stephenson received her
Majesty, who remained an hour at Marlborough House.
In the afternoon her Majesty and the Duchess Ida of
Saxe Weimar left town for the Lodge in Bushy Park.
Lord Lilford, one of the Lords in Waiting on the
Queen, left town yesterday morning in ono of her Ma-
jesty's carriages and four for Ramsgate, to receive his
Majesty, King Leopold, on his arrival from the continent.
Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday from his
seat, Brocket Hall, Herts.
Lord Glenelg left town on Saturday morning for Wind-
or C stle, to have an audience of the Queen.
Nir Henry Wheatley and Captain Sir G. Gipps had in-
terviPws with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday
in Downing•street.

Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent will, it is
rumoured, make a tour of " the British Isles" next year,
and revisit the princely domain of the Duke of Devonshire
at Chatsworth. A somewhat similar mode of reception
will be employed as was adopted at that princely mansion
18 years ago, on occasion of the visit of the present Empe-
ror Nicholas to his Grace.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager retains the Mar-
chioness Wellesley, Countess Mayo, and Countess Brown-
low. _ _ _

Lord and Lady Shrewsbury are entertaining a select
party at Alton Towers, near Chatsworth.
The Earl of Mansfield is entertaining a party of
friends grouse shooting, on his estates in Perthshire and
Fifeshire.

Lord Stanley has arrived at Dun robin Castle, on a
visit to the Duchess Countess of Sutherland. _

VT he Hon. Charles Compton and Lady Catherine
Cavendish have arrived at Latimers, from Eastbourne,

Sussex.

The Earl of Selkirk has arrived at his splendid seat,
St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbright, after an absence on the
Continent for several years.
The Earl of Cadogan has arrived at his seat, in
Inverness-shire, from Piccadilly, to pass the shooting

season.
Lord Valentia has left town for Brighton, with the
intention of staying several weeks. •
The Countess of Aidborough has left Leamington
Spa, for Madresfield-court, on a visit to the Earl and
Countess of Beauchamp.
Lord and Lady Portman have left HarewoodHousel
Hanover-square, for Bryanston-house, Dorsetshire. •
Lord Godolphin and the Hon. Mr. OSbollflle
sailed from Ramsgate on Thursday last in the Arrow cutter,
on a cruise.
The Marquis de Tallavienio and Marquis de Tatn-
burri, two Neapolitan noblemen of distinguished rank, are
making a tour of the manufacturing districts.
The Turkish Envoy Resc hid Bey is attended, on his
tour to Ireland and Scotland, by M. Desgranges, Secretary
Interpreter to his Majesty the King of the French.
The Earl of Dundonald has returned to town, and
on Thursday last dined with Sir Francis Burdett and a
select circle in St. James's-place.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton and a large part;"
embarked in the Zephyr, his Lordship's yacht, at Cowes,
last week, on a voyage up the Rhine.
The Earl of Listowell returned to his house in
Stanhope-street, Mayfair, on Saturday last, from a tour.
Government has accepted the resignation of Lien'
tenant-General Sir Richard Bourke as Governor of New
South Wales, and he is expected to leave that colony on
his return in the course of this year. His successor, Sir
George Gipps, late one of the Commissioners to Canada-
is to embark for Sydney, with his lady and suite, at Ply"
mouth, about the middle of October, or, board the teak
ship Upton Castle, of 600 tons, and will touch at Madeira
and the Cape for refreshments.
Lord Poltimore's magnificent residence in Grosve-
nor-square is nearly finished. The Noble Lord is now at
Hardington Park, in Somersetshire.
Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby some years
since erected on " Ellen's Isle" a picturesque summer house
well known to the tourists of the Highlands, which was
called .. Ellen's Bower," intended to represent the favourite
retreat of the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's " Lady of the
Lake." It has been accidentally destroyed by fire, which
it is thooght erigistated from the lighted remains of a cigar'
Mr. Robert Peel, eldest son of Sir Robert Peel,
who has commenced his sixteenth year, will shortly enter
the University of Oxford.
Mr. Spring Rice and family, on their return fro'
Mount Trenchard, near the city of Limerick, will, it is
said, occupy the house in Downing-street, next door to
Viscount Melbourne's official residence. The present
mansion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, in Mansfield-street,
Portland-place, is to be given up. The Right Hon. the
Chancellor of the Exchequer represents and possesses the
estates of two ancient families settled in Ireland in the
reign of Elizabeth, the Rices of Mount Trenchard and tne
Springs of Castlemaine. Of Mr. Spring Rice's ancestors,
James Rice was made Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
by Joseph the Second, and Sir Stephen Rice, Chief Buren
of the Exchequer, in the reign of James the Second, vi!'
created Lord Monteagle by that monarch after his ahch-
caation.
Earl Howe's splendid seat in Northamptonshire,
Gopsall Hall, is undergoing great improvement, preparatory
to the Queen Dowager passing a few days on a visit to tho
Noble Earl.
The celebrated Vestris, whose son Armand marrjel
the manageress of the Olympic, is still residing in peFi.,fc,!:
health, though at a very advanced age, at Paris. -1u:-
sturdy veteran continued to dance professionally till Deal
70 years of age.
r his
M. Brassier de St. Simon, first Secretary 0' -
ter
Prussian Majesty's Embassy to Paris, is appointed minis
at the Court of Greece.
Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal dined wit!-
'
Sir Henry Wheatley on Friday. At one o'clock on Sat
day morning his Serene Highness left town for the Cou-
:inent.
Prince Metternich returned to Vienna on the 15th
f istant.
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of 1it190..
via are expected to return to the Palace of Schoeuhruli
n the 3d of September.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, e'..er:
companied by his son, Prince George of Cambridge, "
rived at Fkfort on the 20th inst.
Princeran Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, to the
British Court, arrived at Frankfort on the 19th inst. „
The Emperor of Russia, according to the last..
counts from Berlin, will not visit Warsaw before prose
ing to the southern provinces of his empire.
The Crown Prince of Sweden arrived at Wi5111.01:
on the 13th inst., on his way from Hamburgh to Dobell`_o_
at the latter place his Royal Highness will probably
c
bark to return home.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and ortn
will go to-day to the Earl of Carlisle's mansion, New
Castle, Cumberland. hist°
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westin
will Lave Moor Park to-morrow for Grosvenor 11?,inlie•
gn gr
The Marquis of Carmarthen, Lord James i'D,.,ka
bend, and Mr. Sackville Lane Fox have joined the
of Leeds on the moors in Yorkshire.
His Excellency Count Alatiszevic, Envoyriieea
ordinary from the Russian Court to that of Naples, a
at Frankfort on the 21st instant.