The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, S UNDAY .—Her Majesty and suite at-
tended divine service this mornir, in St. George's
Chapel. The sermon was preached by the 13.4 w. Mr.
Markham, who took his text from the Epistle of Sr;
James, chap.:2, verse 10. The service was chanted
by the Rev. Mr. Gore. The first Lesson was reiad by
the Rev. Mr. Markham, the second by the Rev. Dr.
Goodall, Provost of Eton ; the two latter Gentllemea
officiated at the altar. The musical service was
Travers in F ; the Sanctus and Commandments, Jo-
mars ; the Creed, Nares in F ; and the Anthem
Turn thy face" (Attwood). Mr. Elvey presidod at
the organ.
Among the Royal Suite were the Countess of wand'
wich, Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Hon. Mrs. George Gainr",
bell, Lord Byron, Hon. Major Keppell, and CoJon"
Wemyss.
The Queen promenaded this afternoon on the :East
Terrace of the Castle, attended by nearly all the
vislitorsi
at the Castle, including Viscount Melbourne, the -Ear
of Surrey, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. i a the
Her Majesty took her usual equestrian airing
Park yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Earl Co iflier
and Viscount Palmerston, and attended by the 1-le.°.
Miss Spring Rice, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Ques'lni,;
Lord Byron, Colonel Wemyss, Hon. Major Keppel,
Sir George Quentin.
The Countesses Cowper and Sandwich, with Vise mint
Melbourne, followed the equestrian party in an le-
n
carriage ; and the Hon. Miss Paget and the tier'
Mrs. George Campbell occupied a phaeton.
The Duchess of Kent took a carriage drive .yester-
day, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this eveniog sa
expected to consist of the Duchess of Kent, Bad a"
Countess Cowper, Viscounts Melbourne and Pakaer.
ston, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Colonel Ca Y9l.
dish, Hon. Miss Paget, Countess of Sandwich, lady
Dundas, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Sp m'
Rice, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Baroness Leh/ea;
Lord Byron, Earl of Surrey, Hon. Major Keppel, and
Colonel Wemyss.

General Alava, the Spanish Minister, transacte°
business at the Foreign Office on Saturday.
The Earl and Counttss of Albemarle returned t°
their residence, the Stud-house at Hampton Court, 490
Saturday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.
Lord Morpeth has left Ch.atworth, Derbyshire, ton
seat of the Duke of Devonshire, for Manchester,
his way to Dublin.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town °rl
turday for the seat of Sir Thomas Baring, Straltonl3r
Hants.
Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
-
the Colonial-office for Sir Alexander Woodford,
tenant-Governor of Gibraltar.

NORTH
AMPTONSHIRE CON ga
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NATIVE FESTIVAL.

with
It is somewhat diis pay •
cult just now to keep Thor
he gastronomical activity of the Conservatives•
horses
easts succeed each other with the fleetness of race' ad
in a country course, where Lord Corn-law is a" foi..
of Squire Starvem-all by a length, only clui the
lowed by Tory, Trickster, Fraud, Fallacy', a°. the
thousand and one nags, of all forms and colours, ngst
Augedn stuble. These racers Kir popularity whereby
the rustics follow in close and quick succession, "
d that
showing that they mean to win if they ear, anil Con-
the means on which they mainly rely, is to feast 3
anillus.tiv corners throughout the couutrY. A' --I,h, to
tration of the truth of our assertion, mane
taken
refer to the numerous feasts that have
known
place, adding also to the list the jolliflcatiota •
Conservative
to the public through the columns of the
Papers in the following terms : a-
Conserv.r
" OUNDLE, SATURDAY.—Yesterday the
held their
tives of the northern division of this county
ration•
grand annual meeting, preparatory to the regisi
'File greatest exertions have been made by the resPec‘
we have o ,
tive district societies and agents to secure the Conser,r
Live supremacy upon the registration, and to preparo for
the election which, it is anticipated, will take place u 0"
it. The reports made at the meeting in this respect
were of the most satisfactory character. Upwards 0f
300 gentlemen, many of them possessed of large landed
property and very considerable influence, were
erected
the dinner, which took place in a large marquee
upon a lawn in front of the house o C. F. 13erkeleYi
Esq., the well-known and uncompromising ay-11134g' °,
Conservatism in Northamptonshire. The marquee W$
profusely and elegantly decorated with flowers, and
illw
minated with gas ingeniously arranged in severalfananl
devices, the most prominent of which was a resplendent
preseot at
imperial crown in the centre. The banners of the
Members, &c., with the custonniry inscriptions, were
hung around ; and amongst them were two especially
presented by the ladies of Oundle for the occasion. The
Peterborough band was in attendance, and many apprO'
priate songs and glees were sung by the professional
gentlemen engaged.
" The Chair was taken by J. York, Esq., and C. F.
Berkeley, Esq., presided in the Vice-chair. On the
right and left of the Chairman we recognised Sir
Charles Knightley, Bart., M.P., T. P. Maunsell, Esq.,
M.P., R. Knightley, Esq., the Rev. G. Stopford, J. W.
Smith, Esq., the Rev. C. A. Wheelwright, Captain
Maunsell, T. Maunsell, Esq., the Hon. and Rev. D. F.
Hatton, R. S. Thornley, Esq., P. Paine Shevrald, Esq.'
11, Leete, Esq., G. Eland, Esq. ; the Rev. Messrii.
Weetzerall, J. Millar, S. E. Miller, W. White, IL
Cotton, J. Shillibeer, Boultbee, and W. Good, Sce.

MADRID, SEPT. 12.—The Queen's dinner t°
the corps diplomatique las:, night was very magnificent,
hear, to about 36; besides the members of the foreign ere"
bassies,therc were about eight or ten Spanish ex-diplomatieto
and ex-ministers, such as the Duke de Fries and Alhunca
(Amarillas ;) M. Isturitz, Martinez de la Rosa, the pree
"
sent ministers; several of the courtiers—the Marquis.dci
Santa Cruz and his lady, Don Colo.nia and his lady, 5,11„
Mr. and Mrs. Eaton (the United States minister), "'""
speak neither French nor Spanish, and only Yankee
ni Eng(i
lish, sat to the right of M. de Lucia, Mr. Southern, ale
other diplomatists. The Queen was extremely aff'
and quite the amiable hostess. The dinner was very
cellent, and the service of gold plate truly royaland s
t-
tin..
perb. The Eco of this day contains another add lusty.
Lord Clarendon from the town of Osuna, in Andablva'
A superb silver amphora, chased with gold in the Arab
que style is now manufacturing for his Lordship at these
dollars
Ayuntamiento of Cabrero, in the Prado, for account t
Ayuntamiento of Madrid, which has voted 5,000 ni
for the purpose, and artists presented designs for the for
in which it was to be executed. When ready it will Pr°
bably be exhibited before being sent to England.
rIAI
FRONTIERS OF HUNGARY AND GALI-- ,„
SEPTEMBER.—The police is still very active in order
viee:
discover some remains of the Polish insurgents who hie f
fled to Hungary, and thus to comply with the demeaa,ve
Bet the
Russia to keep them from the frontier provinces.en
execution is difficult, because the landowners, and o,_„
Magistrates, are unwilling to sacrifice to political justil;
those who conduct themselves peaceably. Not" A
heard of intrigues or disturbances caused by them. ,e
Galician was lately so mad as to petition the Emperor i
relief, but at the same time threaten an act of violence °n
his Majesty's person if his application was not cemPl'i,e,
with. Confinement in a mad-house will probably
ordered as a suitable pnnishment for his folly.
ELYTIS3I IN INDlA.—Parsecs, PROS
and Mahommedans, are here uniting for mutual defe?ce
against the proselytism of Christians. There is someth!t!g
peculiarly in character, 10 the Moosoolman deprecat!tvg,
interference with the religious faith of Heathens, and su
plicity beyond measure in their courting his advoeae,Y;
new
May we expect a holy alliance of the same kind in Be
_n
Of the • •
thirty millions inhabiting this province, no ICS3
reeut
for one flindoo who is induced to
fifteen have the Mahomodans turteed to their own
_e _s
and that by no very scrupulous meat: 6' And to this d Y.,
HindooS,
om caste
tens, if not hundreds, aye, or thousands; arc to ken from
• .1 he goo-
to follow the faith of Mahomed. And, yet veil. t
eenver-
soolmans have the effrontery to object to Christian.,--- Be.
sion, or Hindoos the folly to ask for such defenders 'r ,0
sides, before Hindoos complain of Christians secksi.ooe,
I`.l
turn their countrymen from the national faith, they h.
enabrace the Gospel
be able to show that they do nothing of this kind them"
selves. It is a historical fact, that Hindooism
its predominance in India by the proselytism of c(nqtlie'io‘r;
and it is equally fact, that it is still stretching its Assoi,
over new tribes, although no longer by arms. In
there are large Missionary establishments for the e
tion of Hindcoism amongst the Ahoms, and the
mountain tribes.--Bengal Paper.
The works of the Great Western Railway
ear
the Old Bridge have lately progressed with extrece"-ditlis.),_
rapidity, and hundreds of our fellow-citizens daily LI: 1
the spot to witness the operations of the workmen.
T Ft
cofferdam in the centre of the Avon was completed
week, and was nearly cleared of water, when
the riser,
recent heavy rains caused so great a rise in
• date the whole of the works. Great ae
as to inundate 4
tiVitV also prevails on that part of the line which run
rv°aPrious
parallel with the canal between this city and Batbford
Immediately opposite Hampton-row the labourers arc co;
gaged in turning the canal and making the embankrnee
for the railway. By the first stone bridge, likewise, a cut-
ting has been commenced ; and ground has been broken
in the meadows beyond Hampton.—Bath Chronicle.
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