The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-10 00:00:00

&MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

We subjoin a copy of the Circular addressed yester.
day to the Ministerial Members by Lord John Rus
aell :
" The meeting of Parliament being fixed for Thurs•
day the 16th of January, I take the liberty bir request-
ing your attendance in the House of Commons on that
day, and of apprising you that business of the greatest
Importance to the interests of the eountry may be ex-
pected immediately on the opening of the Session.

“ J. RUSSELL.”

i COURT CIRCULAR.
/ WlN;attoft, Morfaa-e.—Sir Thomas Phillips, the late
Mayor of Newport, was presented to the Queen by the
liar quis of Norm4anby, to-day, at the Castle, and re-
cei.ved the ho ;our of Knighthood from her Majesty.
I Lord Seaton and the Hon, William Temple are ex-
-1 Pected on a visit to her Majesty.
The Queen promenaded for some time on the Ter-
, race of the Castle, attended by Lady Barham, the
Hon. Miss Pavt, the Hon. Miss Anson, Lady Ger-
' tuner ,Viscottnt Melbourne, and others of the Royal Suite.
"fhe Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Albemarle,
V iseottnt Palmerston, Lord Holland, Lord John Rus-
sell, Lord William Russell, the Right Hon. Francis
Baring, Hon. Miss Lister, Sir Thomas Phillips, and
Mr. Charles F. Greville, arrived this morning at the
Caste, and, with the exception of Mr. Baring, are ex-
pec'ied to join the Royal Circle at dinner. Lady Ca-
ro%ine Barrington is also expected to join the Royal
eAinner party.
Her Majesty held a Privy Council at one o'clock
yesterde.y afternoon, at Windsor Castle. It was at-
tended by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secreta-
ries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial De-
part•Anents, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and tbe Master of
tree Horse.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
f 'Waiting.

At the Council Parliament was ordered to be further
prorogued from Thursday next, the I2th inst., and a
Proclamation was ordered to be issued, summoning the
Parliament to meet on the 16th of January, for the
despatch of public business.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer toek his departure
from Windsor Castle after the Council.

The Princess Augusta visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the
Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended by
Miss Kerr, left their residence at Kew yesterday morn-
ing, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at
their seat, Badminton, Gloucestershire. The Duke of
Cambridge left the seat of the Earl of Denbigh, Nevin-
ham Paddocks, Warwickshire, yesterday, to meet the
Duchess at Badminton.

The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday morn-
ing to attend the Privy Council at Windsor Castle.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere left town on Satur-
day for Brighton.

Despatches from Sir G. Gipps, Governor of New
South Wales, were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. Mr. Sergeant Spankie and Mr. Pemberton,
Queen's Counsel, were beard in Chowdry v. Mullick,
from Bengal, ex parte. Mr. Sergeant Stephen and Mr.
Rennalls for the appellant, and Mr. Burge, Queen's
Counsel, for the respondent, were heard in Fraser v.
Fraser, against an award of the Commissioners of Com-
pensation, respecting property in Berbice. Mr. Sergeant
Stephen having replied, the Court rose.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Baron Wenkheim, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from
Melton Mowbray; the Hon. J. Knox, from a tour on the
Continent; Earl Cadogan, in Piccadilly, from a visit to
the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, at Hinchinbroke
House, Huntingdonshire; Sir Charles Des Vceux, in Har-
ley-street, from Leamington Spa; Sir George and the
Misses Talbot ; Lord Cassillis ; the Right Hon. Sir George
Cockburn ; M. Fortescue, Esq. ; Earl of Oxford ; Sir
James M'Gregor ; Lord Abiager ; the Hon. Capt. Wat-
son ; the Dowager Lady Keith ; the Earl of Ashburnham,
the Hon. J. Ponsonby ; Lord Mulgrave ; Lord Beresford;
G. H. Ward, Esq., at the Cavendish Hotel, from his seat,
Northwood Park, Isle of Wight; Donald Campbell, Esq.,
at ditto, from Paris ; W. Penrose, Esq., at ditto, from
Ireland ; R. Keane, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; H. Mar-
tin, Esq., at ditto ; H. Welden, at ditto, from Brighton ;
B. Welden, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Earl Spencer, Lord
Barham, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson.