The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A deputation from " The United Committee, appointed
to consider the grievances under which Protestant Dis-
senters now labour, with a view to their redress," consisting
of Henry Waymouth, Esq., the Chairman ; the Rev.
Arthur Tidman, Thomas Wilson, Esq., J. B. Brown, Esq.,
LL.D., John Wilks, Esq., M.P., attended by their Secre-
tary. Robert Fletcher, Esq., waited upon Lord John Rus-
sell yesterday, at the Home Office, and held a conference
with his Lordship on the subject of church rates.
M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, visited Vis-
count Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign Office.
A meeting of the Church Commission was held yester-
day ' afternoon at the office in Whitehall place. The
Archbishop of Canterbury, Viscount Melbourne, Lord
John Russell, and other Commissioners, were present.
The Earl of Sefton had an interview with Viscount
Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street.
-Viscount Morpeth had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday.

Lord John Russell will give a grand Parliamentary
banquet on Monday next, in Wilton-crescent.
The Earl and Countess Beauchamp have a select
party at Madresfield Court.
The Marquis of Northampton is entertaining a se-
lect circle of friends at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire.
The Dowager Marchioness of Hastings and the
Ladies Hastings have arrived at the Hastings Hotel, Ash.
by-de-la-Zouch, from their seat, Loudon Castle.
Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset arrived in Great
Stanhope-street on Monday, from a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton Park.
The Earl and Countess of R othes and family have
arrived at Plymouth, from Leslie House, North Britain.
The Marquis of Westminster and Lord Robert
Grosvenor will leave Eaton Hall, in Cheshire, to-morrow,
for Grosvenor House. Lady Robert will remain with the
Marchioness for three weeks, and then go to Melton Mow-
bray, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, who
have been sojourning there for the last month.
The Earl and Countess of Mansfield have post-
poned their departure from the Palace at Scone until the
middle of February.
The Earl of Tankerville gave an elegant dinner to a
select party, in Grosvenor-square, on Sunday last.
The Russian Ambassador, who has suffered much
from gout, took an airing yesterday for the first time since
.his arrival. His Excellency is expecting his nephew and
niece, who will arrive at Ashhurnham House, from Paris,
earlier than was expected.
The Duke of Buckingham, Lords Rodney, Carnar-
von, Ashburton, and the Marquis of Douro, are announced
as Stewards of the North Hants Conservative banquet at
Winchester on Friday.
The Address in the House of Commons will be
moved by Mr. Sandford, M.P. for Somerset, and seconded
by Mr. Villiers Stuart.
Lord Fingall moves and Lord Suffield seconds the
Address in the Lords.
SIR R. PEEL IN THE CHARACTER Or " JOHN
JONES." Sir Robert Peel slept at the King's Arms, Kendal,
on his way to the GlaSgow dinner. The Right Hon.
'Baronet travelled incog., and passed the night at the
King's Arms, as " Mr. Jones."—Whitehaven Herald.
The Worcestershire Hunt Ball, that has been the
talk of the whole county for the last month, took place at
the Assembly Room of the Guildhall, Worcester, on Wed-
mesday last, and was attended by upwards of 400 of the
most wealthy and distinguished persons in the county. The
Committee of Management were, as at the Annual I:3aledo-
lxian Ball at Almack's, determined not to permit any of the
cto.mpany admittance unless in a court or fancy dress. In
emisequence of this arrangement, naval and military uniforms
w,tre generally worn by the gentlemen, and the dresses of
the ladies were of the most elegant and beautiful description.
The influenza prevented many persons being present.
'The French papers announce the marriage of
Mdll'R. de Lastegrie, granddaughter to the late General
'Lafayette, to Mr. Charles d'Assailly.
Dr. Thornton, the botanist, died at his residence
36, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, on Saturday, after a
painful and lingering illness.
Sir John Soane died on Friday, at his house in
Lincoln'73 Inn-fields, in the 84th year of his age. Sir John
Swine wits Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy,
and it is well known that he was a great patron of the arts.
His house and valuable museum in Lincoln's Inn-fields, in-
cluding the celebrated Egyptian sarcophagus, became the
property of the public upon- his death, according to an ar-
langement made a few years since.
There has been a remarkable fatality among persons
of rank and title within the last few weeks. We have had
in that time to record the deaths of the Duke of Montrose,
the Dowager Marchioness of Exeter (who was the widow
'of another Scotch Duke, . Hamilton), the Earl of Rosslyn,
.-tike Earl of Arran, Viscount Weymouth, Baron Autlley,
-Lady Farnborough, the Dowager Lady Ventry, the Dow-
Alger Lady Henniker, the Hon. Sir F. C. Ponsonby, Sir
.11‘1. S. Stewart, Bart., Sir William •M‘Malion, Bart., and
lve may add Mr.' Ramsden, eldest son of Sir John Rams-
,den, Bart.
The Hon. Francis George Molyneux is accredited
Charge d'Affaires to the Germanic Confederation at Frank-
fort, during the absence on leave of Sir Thomas Cartwright.
Lieut.-olonel Sir Thomas Sorell, the new Consul-
General of the Lombardo-Venetian States, to reside at
Venice, is to receive a salary of 1,1501. per annum.
Mrs. Butler and her sister, Miss Adelaide Kemble,
4'e,e.upied the proscenium stage box on Friday evening, at
Covent-garden, to see Mr. Bulwer's new play of the
-yuchess de la Valliere.
Duvernay's benefit, and last appearance,
takes place on Saturday next, when Henry Phillips makes
his debut at Drury-lane in the Mountain Sylph.
It having been suggested that the large tower which
forms part of Mr. Barry's design for the new Houses of
Parliament might furnish a safe and convenient place for
keeping the Public Records of the country, we hear that
Treasury have taken the necessary steps for acquiring
inn'ormation on the subject through the Department of
• Woods and Works. We understand Mr. Barry, upon
• refA rence to him, has given it as his opinion that the pro-
post .a tower might be rendered available for that purpose.
Ale coronation of the Emperor of Austria, as King
of V enetian Lombardy, will take place in Milan on the
20th of March.
An.longst the distinguished personages in Paris who
have bet,n attacked by the influenza are the Princess Lieven
and the „Swedish and Saxon Envoys. The symptoms in
general are not so severe as in London.
A rich spinster, Miss ---, lately deceased, at
Weymouth, has left her large property to five neices.
• They are to enjoy it equally as long as they remain single.
She who marries loses her share, which is to be divided
among the remaining virgins ; if they all marry, then a
male relation is to succeed to the whole.—Dorset Paper.
A letter of the 14th inst., from Vienna,'states that
the Count Luchessi Palli, the husband of the Duchess de
,Berry, had been presented the day before at Court. He
hM recently arrived in Vienna, with letters from the
-Duchess to their Majesties.
Ur. Colburn announces, among his numerous and
interesting publications, a new tale by Lady Charlotte
Bury. • The title is startling, at all events—we might say,
too much so, if we had not good authority for stating that
it is one of the most extraordinary works of fiction that, in
the multitude of that branch of literature, has appeared
for a length of time, and is, in its tendency, unexception-
able. It is called " The Divorced:*