The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen rode out horsebu.k,•yesterday, in the Parks, attended by the Hon. Miss Cavendish, Baroness Leh ter,"
Miss Quentin, Lord Byron, Colonel Wemyss, Earl oi
Uxbridge, Mr. Rich, Sir Frederick Stovin, and Sir George
Quentin.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience 3e.iterday of the
Queen. Her Majesty honoured Mr. W. C. Ross, R. A.
with a sitting for her Portrait at Buckingham Palace.
The Royal dinner party at the Palace last evening,
elated the Marquis of Conyngham, Dowager Count,„
and Lady Fanny Cowper. Viscount Melbourne, NI/count
Falkland, Lord and Lady Ashley, Right Hog. Georg 9
Stevens Byng, Hon William Cowper, Giiti the Hun.
Spencer Cowper.
The band of the Ist Life (~wards attended at the
Palace during the evening.

A Cabinet—Council was geld yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign Office. It wag attended by Viscount Melbourne,
Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John
Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Marquis of Norminby, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John
Holahous% Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Viscount
How.ck, and Lord Morpeth.
The Council sat two hours.
Sir Robert Heron, and Major-General Johnson hati
an
interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Horne
Office.
The Agent for Jamaica transacted business yesterday at
the Colonial Office.
Lord Ebrington had an interview with Viscount 'Mel-
bourne yesterday, in Downing-street. His Lordship also
visited Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home Office.
The French and Turkish Ambassadors, and Baron
Rehausen, the Swedish Charge &Affairs. transacted busi-
ners esterday at the Foreign Office.
Sr. Mylne had an interview yesterday with Lord John
Russell at the Home Office.
The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained a select p. .
at dinner yesterday. Among the company were the Earl
and Countess of Cawdor, Earl of Harrowby, Earl of Clare,
Lord Elliot, Lady Davy, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Luttrell.

SILK TRADE.—Within the last few days the
silk manufacturers at Leigh have advanced the weavers'
wages one halfpenny per yard upon all sorts of plain ear_
tenets. During the last ten days the silk dyers of Man-
chester and the neighbourhood have had considerably
more work, and there appear to be cheering prospects of
a brisk trade in the manufacture of silks.—Preston. Ob-
server.
The main incident of the day, at the Levee last
week, was an attempt, on the part of the unfortunate gen_
tleman who has made himself so notorious by his conduct
and deportment towards her Majesty on many occasions
presencewhen sl le
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publiec, to gain admittance to the
care is, however, taken to
prevent the approach of all such intruders ; and the de..
hided individual did not penetrate beyond the Tapestry
Chamber, where the Gentlemen-.at-Arms are stationed.
The mental aberration under which this unfortunate goo_
tleman is labouring, does not at all induce violence, as no-
thing is more quiet and subdued than his demeanour. 1-1„
was, therefore, not ejected at once, but merely prevented
from proceeding. William IV. was also annoyed by a lu.
natic, though the arrogance was manifested in a different
way. In his case the madman was an Officer holding a
commission in the Navy, and who once reached the
sence, when he addressed the King in a most incoherent
manner : care was taken he had not another opportunity.
SWIMMING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Friday,
the sth current, Dr. John Macpherson of Kingussie being
detained longer than he wished at the ferry over the river
Spey, resolved to swim across. The day was coarse, and
the river, always rapid, was far overflowing its banks yet
the intrepid Doctor plunged in, having previously plato,i
his watch in the crown of his bat, and tied the said hat
tightly on his head. He was .accoutred in strong bor,te,
and wore a shepherd's plaid., with an umbrella in his 11-
d.
The Doctor, the baots, plaid, and umbrella, all landed"ll
on the opposite side, about a quarter of a mile down
river; and, having shaken himself on the bank, the
alk an
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coolly proceeded, like John Bunyan's Pilgrim, to w
his way through the wilderness of this world
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mecGtildtgErAAT Ntheinibi
resolutions were passed decidedly in favour
more's inland lids from Newcastle to EdinboraMr.
pears from one of the resolutions that, whilell'-11.
require 117 miles of railway by the coast lice "y
require 96 by the inland line, 20 miles of theme, it would
alreoly made, in consequence of its passing latter being
tance along the Newcastle and Carlisle' 'Rianif for that dis-
a very large outlay of capital would be avoidedway, by whicit
•—Scotsman.