The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty attended Divine
Service this morning in St. George's Chapel. The
Rev. Mr. Musgrave (Canon in residence) preached the
sermon from St. Luke, chap. 19, ver. 41. The Rev.
C. Knyvett read the prayers, and the Rev. Mr. Mus-
grave, and the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Moore, officiated at
the Communion. The Te Deum and Jubilate was
Travers in F, the Sanctus, Kyrie Elieson, and Creed,
arranged from one of Haydn's Masses in C. The An-
them " Lord for thy tender mercy's sake," Farr nt.
The Duke of Devonshire, the Marchioness of Clan-
ricarde, Earl of Errol, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount
Dungannon, Earl of Surrey, Lady Barham, Lady Fanny
Howard, Hon. Misses Paget and Anson, Lady Gardi-
ner, Lord Lilford, Hon. C. A. Murray, Colonel Arm-
strong, and Lord Alfred Paget, attended the service.
Her Majesty rode out in a pony phaeton in the Park
for an hour yesterday, attended by Lady Barham.
Her Majesty is daily sitting to Mr. Ross for a minia-
ture to be enclosed in the case of a superbly mounted
watch, which will be worn by his Serene Highness
Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg.Gotha.
The Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Clanricarde,
Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Dun-
cannon, and Lord Hill, arrived at the Castle yesterday
on a visit to the Queen.
The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies
Eleonora and Constance Paget, left the Castle this
morning for Cumberland Lodge. Lord Hill also took
his departure.
The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge and the Ladies
Paget are expected to join the Royal Dinner party at
the Castle this evening.
On Friday evening the baud of the Rifles attended at
the Castle, and played the following pieces :—March,
Sonnambu!a (Wichels) ; Overture, Egmont (Beeth-
oven) ; Pas de Trois, et Chaus Tyrolien, William Tell
(Rossini) ; Walzer, Robert de Teufel (Strauss), Quad-
rille, " Le Bouquet du Bal sur les motifs de Dejazet ;
Parisina Walzer ; Polonaise, Chaperons Blanes (Mohr);
Minuet (Bressant).
Sir James Clark attended at the Castle yesterday.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her
suite in three carriages, arrived at Marlborough House
at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from the seat of
the Earl of Denbigh, Newnham Paddocks, Warwick-
shire. Her Majesty's suite consisted of Lady Clinton,
Hon. Miss Mitchell, Hon. Miss Hudson, Earl Howe,
Earl of Denbigh, Sir Horace Seymour, Rev. J. R.
Wood, and the Hon. Captain Curzon.

The Princess Augusta visited her Majesty in the
evening.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal
Highness the Princess Augusta attended Divine Ser-
vice yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. C.
Wesley, D.D., who took his text from St. Matthew's
Gospel, chap. iii. verses 1 and 2. The Prayers were
read by the Rev. Mr. Dakins, the Lessons by the Rev.
Dr. Wesley, and the Communion Service by the Rev.
Dr. Wesley and the Rev. Mr. Dakins. The Anthem
(full) was " 0 clap your hands together, all ye people"
(Child). Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
Her Majesty's Suite included Lady Clinton, Hon.
Miss Mitchell, Hon. Miss Hudson, Earl Howe, Earl of
Denbigh, Rev. J. R. Wood, and the Hon. Captain
Curzon. Miss Vyse was in Waiting on the Princess
Augusts.

The Duchess and Princess Augusta of Cambridge
came to Cambridge House on Saturday morning. Their
Royal Highnesses, attended by Miss Kerr and Baron
Knesebeck, returned to their residence at Kew in the
afternoon.

The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess
Augusta on Saturday.
Viscount Melbourne left town on Saturday afternoon
on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle,
The Commander of the Forces, Mr. John Shaw
Lefevre, and Mr. T. Dunconabe, had interviews with
the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Foreign
Office.

Mr. Alston and Mr. Charles Buller had interviews
with Lord John Russell at the Colonial Office on Sa-
turday.
Sir John Hobhouse has left town for his residence
Erlestoke Park, Wilts.

Despatches from the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thom
son, Governor of the Canadas, and from Sir George
Arthur, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, brought
by the Great Western, were received yesterday at the
Colonial Office. Despatches were also received from
Colc.nel Reid, Governor of Bermuda.

Lord Hill left town on Saturday for Windsor Castle
on a visit to her Majesty.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, previ-
ous to visiting Lord Dinorben at Kinmel Park, will pass
a few days with the Earl and Countess of Lichfield at
Ranton Abbey, Staffordshire, and Colonel Wildman at
Ncwstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire.

His RoNal Highness Prince George of Cam-
bridge is expected to leave Belvoir Castle, the seat of
the Duke of Rutland, to-morrow, for town, when his
Royal Highness will accompany the Duchess and

Princess Augusta of Cambridge to Badmington, on
Thursday next, to visit the Duke and Duchess of Beau-
fort, who have invited a distinguished party to meet their
Royal Highnesses.
The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Pelham Clin-
ton, who have been visiting Sir Robert and Lady Peel
at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, have returned to
Clumber Park, where his Grace and family will pass the
approaching Christmas.
Lord and Lady Hatherton will receive a great
number of visiters at Teddesley Park during the present
month.

HAREWOOD HOUSE, THURSDAY.—The Earl
and Countess of threwood are entertaining a distin-
guished party at this elegant seat. The Archbishop
of York, Sir John and Lady Rinson, and Miss Ver-
non Harcourt arrived yesterday from Bishopthorpe.

AsKE HALL.--The visitors who met his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex on his recent visit to
the Earl and Countess of Zetland were, the Duke and
Duchess of Leeds, Earl and Countess of Tyrconnel,
Colonel and Lady Arabella Arden, Mr. and Lady
Augusta Milbanke, Colonel Cradock, Sir J. B. Simp-
lon, &c.

The splendid festivities at Belvoir Castle con-
clude at the close of the present week, and will not be
resumed until the 4th of the ensuing month, the Noble
Duke's birth-day, when the usual rejoicings will take
place at the Castle in celebration of that happy. event.
The Extra Gazette of Saturday conta ns an
Order by her Majesty in- Council that Gisburn shall be
added to the present polling places in the West Riding
of the county of York.
HORNBYCASTLE, NEA R CA TTERA ICK,YORIC,
SHIRE.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex and
Lady C. Underwood were expected to arrive on Tues-
day evening on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of
Leeds, from Aske Hall, the spat of Earl Zetland.
Great gaiety will prevail during his Royal Highness's
stay, and an entertainment will be given to the tenantry.
—Newcastle Chronicle.

His Excellency Viscount Ebrington will leave
for Dublin Castle in a few days. The Noble Viscount
is expected to visit the Earl and Countess Fortescue,
at Castle-hill, previous to embarking at Bristol for
Kingstown.—Wcstern Times. _ _

Earl Fitzwilliam arrived in this city on Friday
week by the railway. His Lordship had come on horse-
back on Friday morning from Wentworth House to
Milford, where the Noble Lord took his seat in the
train.— Yorkshirenzan.

SPIORTEST DAY.—It is now just three weeks
to the shortest day. When it has passed, the mere
idea imparts cheerfulness to those in health, which
gradually increases as the seasons advance and the harsh
weather diminishes. The seasons have a great influence
on our mental affections.
Died, on the 30th ult., at the house of his niece,
Mri!ll.WynneWllliams, in Hatton-garden,Williann Ack-
royd, Esq., of the Royal Marines, in his 84th year.
Mr. Ackroyd was one of the few surviving veterans
who had served under Rodney, Hood, Keppel, and
Biron. He was a Lieutenant on board the Fortunee
frigate when his late Majesty joined that ship in the
year 1782, but retired from the service on his marriage
in the peace of 1783. The King and Mr. Ackroyd
did not meet for many years, but in the year 1834 his
Majesty met with Mr. Ackroyd, and recognised him in
the true spirit of a British sailor, and was graciously
pleased to write him a letter, " That he well recollected
him to be an active and zealous officer, whose corps was
always in the highest order." Mr. Ackroyd was a
bright example of unaffected Christian piety and bene-
volence, and died beloved and regretted by all who
knew him.
We perceive by Friday's Gazette that the ser-
vices of Lieutenant Basil Gray, of the 45th regiment,
on the occasion of the attack on Newport by the Char-
tists, have been appreciated and rewarded by her Ma-
jesty's Government ; Lieutenant Gray has been pro-
moted to a company unattached.