The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

COUBT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited their
Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess
Alice yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and also paid a
visit to the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester-house.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at
Clarence-house, St. James's.

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary (at-
tended by Baron Knesebeck), and the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz (at-
tended by their Equerry in Waiting) honoured the per-
formance of the German plays with their presence last
evening.

A deputation from St. John's, Southwark, consisting
of the Rev. J. Rolph (rector), Mr. J. N. Viner, Mr. S.
M. Artell, Mr. John Abrahams, and Mr. W. G. Jack-
son (churchwardens), accompanied by Mr. Robert Slee
(vestry clerk). had an interview with Viscount Palmer-
ston yesterday at the Horne-cffice.
A deputation, on the subject of a public park at
Hampstead-heath, had an interview with Sir Wm. Moles-
worth yesterday at the Office of Public Works, in
Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted of Lord
Robert Gro,venor, M.P., S'r Benjamin Hall, M.P..
Rev. Thomas Ainger, Mr. John Gurney Hoare, Mr.
Thomas Turner, Mr. C. R. Cockerel], R.A., Mr. Ed-
ward M. Browell, My. Edwin Field, and Mr. Thos.
Toiler (vestry clerk).

The Bishop of OXford and the Bishop of Salisbury had
an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at
the Colonial-office.

The Cathedral Commission bad a meeting yesterday.
Present—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of
Blandford, the Earl of Haarowhy, the Bishop of Lon-
don, the Bishop of Ox:ord, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth,
the R. Canon Selwyn, and Rev. Wehard Jones
(secretary).

Sir Gliime Welby and Lord Wm. Graham, the mem
bers for Grantham, had an interview yesterday with Via.
count Palmerston at the Home-office.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
office from the Governors of the North American pro
rinses and the West India colczyc9.

A depute ;ion, consisting of Loi 1 Wrottesley, 'the Earl
of Rosso, the Earl of Harrowby, the B:shop of Oxford,
Sir Robert Inglis, M.P., and Mr. J. H.eywood,
M.P., on the part of the Parliamentary Com-
mittee of British Association, assisted by Col.
Sabine, R.A., President of the British Associa-
tion, and Sir Roderick Murchison, late President
of the Royal Geographical Society, bad an interview
yestesday with Sir James Graham, First Lord of the
Admiralty, at Whitehall, on the subject or Lieutenant
Maury's scheme for improving navigation. Lieutenant
Maury is an officer of the American navy who has dis-
covered a plan of navigating vessels which considerably
shortens the distance they have to traverse to reach their
destination:

DEATH OF THE EARL OF PORTSMOUTH.--This vener-
able nobleman, who many years since was declared of
of unsound mind, died at the family seat, Hurstbourne-
park, Hants, on Thursday last, in his 84th year. His
lordship dying without issue, is succeeded in the earldom
and family estates by his brother, the Hon. Newton
Fellowes, married to a sister of the present Earl For-
tescue, whose eldest son, Mr. Henry Fellowes, now be-
comes Lord Lymington.
KENSINGTON GARDENS.—Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambr:dge and the Pencess Mary of Cam-
bridge, with their attendants, were among the company
attracted to the fashionable promenade in Kensington-
gardens on Sunday afternoon, by the unexpected fine-
ness of the weather. This delightful place, which, in
consequence of the continued rains lately, presents an
unusually fresh and verdant appearance for the season
of the year, was thronged with the most respectable com-
pany on Sunday, and presented a very gay appearance.
MANSION-HOUSE.—It is understood that the Lord
Mayor has issued invitations for a dinner on Saturday
next, the 23d instant, to her Majesty's ministers and a
distinguished party of the nobility, members of the House
of Commons, and other gentlemen and their ladies. And
his lordship gives .a second civic entertainment on the
2d of August next.
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS.—Wednesday next is the
last day for paying rates and taxes due on or before the
sth of January last, to qualify Parliamentary electors
for the present year. The quarter's house-tax due at
Christmas, although not demanded, should be paid.
DISTRESSING AND DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A GEN-
TLEMAN.—Yesterday morning Mr. James Leech, a
highly-respectable surgeon, residing at 13, New Doraet-
place, Clapham-road, committed a most determined act,
of self-deetrnct At about ten o'clock the maid-ser-
vant of the deceased entered the back drawing-room, and
was much shocked at finding her master lying on the
floor, and an a,ppea-auc:.: of blood about him. She gave
an instant alarm, and a sergeant belonging to the L
division was called in. On going into the back drawing-
room the officer found the unfortunate geuilemen wet-
tering in his blood,, with a deep wound in his throat, and
a razor firmly clenched in hii light hand. Mr. Harr;s,
the surgeon to Horsemonger-lane pi ;sun, who lives but
a few doors off, was promptly in attendance, and at once
pronouuced the deceased quite dead. No particular
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—a high honour for that theatre as well as a ce:tan
source of prosperity, should it p ;we correct. The opera
alluded to is not, it is positively asserted, "Le Camp de
Silesie," of,wlr:ch there was some talk for this theatre
last year. 'A short time, however will enable us to give
our readers more precise information on the subject.