The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-07 00:00:00

COURT CTE C ULA.R.

DEC. s.—The Princess Sophia Matilda;isited her Majesty
yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness also paid a visit to
the Duchess of Kent at the new Palace.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen yesterday.
The Royal dinner party at the new Palace last evening in-
cluded their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Richmond and Lady
Caroline Lennox, the Duke of Leinster, Viscount Melbourne,
Lord and Lady Barham, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Miss
Cocks, Hon. Miss Dillon, Lady Caroline Barrington, Baro•
ness Lehzen, Miss Davys, the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Lii-
ford, Sir Henry Wheately, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Ca-
vendish, Miss Cavendish, Colonel Armstrong, Lord Byron,
Sir Frederick Stovin, and the Hon. Colonel Grey.
The band of the first, or grenadier regiment of Foot Guards.
attended during dinner. Her Majesty's priva'e band after-
wards attended, for the first time, at the Palace, and per-
formed several pieces.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a small party at
dinner on Sunday evening, at Cambridge House, including
Prince John Gagarin, Sir Lessis Moeller, and Monsieur Lich-
tenberg.
Sir Henry Keating, Sir Thomas Sorell, Mr. A. W. Coch-
ran, Mr. G. Houseley Higgins, and Mr. Saunders, from New
Brunswick, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the
Colonial- office.
Mr. Fazakerley had an interview with Viscount Melbourne
yesterday in Downing-street.
Despatches from the Earl of Gosford, Governor of the Ca-.
nadas, and from Sir Howard Douglas, Lord High Commis-
sioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the
Colonial-office.
The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
sat yesterday. Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquet,
the
Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Chief Justice
Bankruptcy, were the Lords present. The appeal, " J"nn
Nichol v. Srrah Askew," from the Court of Ordinary in Ja-
maica, was resumed. Dr. Lushington and Mr. Rennalls ap-
peared for the appellant, and Mr. Burge, Q. C., and Dr.
Addams, for the respondent.
Dr. Addams having concluded hia address, Sir Herbert Jen-
ner gave judgment on the part of their Lordships, reversing
the decree of the Court below, but, under the circumstances,
without giving costs.
Mr. Tinney, Q. C., addressed their Lordships during the
remainder of the sitting on an appeal from the Court of Chan-
cery on " St. Vincent Robert Stratton and others v. James
Sy rnon. "
Lord Brougham notified, at the rising; of the Court, that tio
appeal must stand over, as their Lordships could not natnel:
day for the further hearing of the case, some Indian appea,.
and several Ecclesiastical ewes having been fixed for the
lowing days.
DEC. 6.—The Queen gave a sitting yesterday to Mr. Go.
Ilayter, for the state picture. Her Majesty has sat to Mr'
Hayter several times since her return to town.
Viscount Melbourne and Lord Glenelg had audiences
of
her Majesty yesterday.
The royal dinner party last evening, at the New Palace, in:
eluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Visconni
and Viscountess Canning, Viscount Melbourne, Lord an
Lady Sarah Ingestrie, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor,
Lady Barham, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Miss Cocks. Hen'
Miss Dillon, Lady Caroline Barrington, Baroness Lehzen,
Miss Davys, Lord Byron, Sir Fred. Stovin, and the Hon'
Colonel Grey. The band of the Coldstream regiment of
Foot Guards attended in the evening.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George
and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, honoured the Mar"
quis and Marchioness of Salisbury with their company at di"'
ner last evening.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied 11
Prince George awl the Princess Augusta, of Cambridge, an'
attended by Miss Kerr and Colonel Cornwall, honoured Co-
vent-garden theatre with their presence on Tuesday evening.
Mr. Weymouth, Mr. Strutt, and a deputation, had an inter'
view with Lord John Russell at the Home-office yesterday..
Count Sebastian', the French Ambassador, transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the Foreign-office.
The Earl of Mulgrave has left town for Dublin.
At the early part of the sitting of the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council yesterday, Mr. Baron Parke gave judge
ment, on the part of their Lordships, in an appeal, Sherwocel
v. Ray, respecting a marriage within the prohibited degre"
the appellant haven married Miss Emma Sarah Ray, the sist'''e
of his deceased wife. The case had been before
Dr. Lushing.
ton, and also Sir Herbert Jenner, in the Arches' Court; st).
seeuently the present appeal was made to his late Majesty is
Council. The judgment of their Lordships was that the de-
cree of the Arches' Court (dissolving the marriage) must he
affirmed. The other members of the Committee present we°
Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the Judge of ti :e
Admiralty Court, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy.
Dr. Lushington for the appellant, and Mr. Sergeant SPs'i
kie for the respondent, were heard during the remainder
the sitting on an appeal from the Court of Sudder Dewarirf,
Adatelut at Bombay, Boman Jee Munchen Jee (one of t e
original defendants), v. Synd Hoossain Abdoollah, the origin
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