The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty took a carriage drive in an open carriage and
four, in the Parks, yesterday afternoon, for an hour, attended
by the Baroness Lehzen and the Hon. Miss Cocks.

The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen yesterday, at
the New Palace.

Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening, Amongst
the company were—her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
the Duke of Devonshii'e, Viscount Duncannon, and the Hon.
Miss Ponsonby, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Holland, Lord
Vernon, Lord Lilford, Lady John Russell, Miss Lister, Mr.
and Lady Mary Stephenson, Lord Byron, and the Hon. Col.
Cavendish.
The band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards at-
tended at the Palace during the evening, and performed se-
lections from favourite opera:-
The anniversary of the birth-day of Sultan Mahmocd, on
Monday, was celebrated by the Turkish Ambassador with a
splendid illumination, music, &c., at the Embassy's residence
in the Regent's Park ; but the usual dinner entertainments are
deferred till May or June.
A deputation from the Canada trade, including Mr. Hart
Logan, M. P., Mr. Gould, Mr. R. Gillespie, Mr. Fors} th,
Mr. Bliss, Mr. Brooking, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Harrison, Mr.
steel, Mr. A. Gillespie, and Mr. Duwie, had an interview
with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday af-
teincon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Viscount
Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon,
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hob-
house, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount
Howick.
The Council sat an hour and a half.

Mr. John Wood, Chairman of Stamps and Taxes, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in
Downing-street.
The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday, at the
Foreign-office.
Despatches from the Governors of the Canadas, New
Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, were received yesterday, at the
Colonial-office.

The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
resumed the appeal " Armstrong r. Huddleston" (respecting
the will of the late General Armstrong) yesterday, Mr. Austin
being heard for the appellant and Dr. Lushington for the re-
spondent. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr.
Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the Judge of the Ad-
miralty Court, and the Chief Judge it Bankruptcy. The
Court rose at half-past four o'clock.

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ARRIVALS.

Lord Mandeville, in Suffolk-street, from Dover ; Mr. and
Lady Augusta Wentworth, in Connaught-place, from their
seat, Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire ; Sir Matthew W. Ridley,
on Carlton House-terrace, from his seat in Northumberland ;
Sir L. Greenwell, from Yorkshire; Viscountess Downe, in
Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Beningborough Hall,
near York ; Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth Beaumont, in Picca-
dilly, from Paris; Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Ellison, in
Norfolk-street, Park-lane, from a tour ; the Hon. Captain
Duncombe, R.N., M. P., in Arlington-street, from Duncombe
Park, Lord Feversham's scat ; the Hon. John Charles Dun-
des, M. P., in Plowden-buildings, Temple; the Earl of Dun.
more, in Grafton-street. from Dunmore Castle, Falkirk ; Mr.
Denison, M. P., in Pall-mall, from the Denbies, Surrey ;
Mr. Etwall, M.P., in Bond-street ; Mr. Cowper, M. P., in
Downing-street, from Pansanger ; Mr. Quintin Dick, M. P.,
in Curzon-street; the Hon. George and Lady Louisa Caven-
dish, at Harewood House, Hanover-square; Mr. Cartwright,
M. P., in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Aynho,
Northampton.