The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty held a Privy Council yesterday afternoon, at the New
Palace. It was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor,
the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of
State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Se.
cretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the
Master of the Horse.
At the Council a declaration was made of the number of seamen to
serve in the fleet for the present year.
Certain by-laws at Swansea were disallowed.

The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting.
After the Council her Majesty gave audiences to the Marruis of Lans-
downe, the Marquis of Conyngham, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Glenelg,
and Lord John Russell.

The Court was attended by Lord Hill, Gold Stick in waiting; the
Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of
the Household, and the Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in waiting.
The Marquis of Headfort and Sir William Lumley were the Lord and
Groom in waiting.

Her Majesty honoured the performance of the opera of Betley, at the
Lyceum, last evening, with her presence. Her Majesty arrived at the
theatre soon after nine o'clock, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland,
Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Murray, the Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis
Of Headfort, and the Hon. Colonel Grey.
Lord Hill had an audience of her Majesty yesterday.
Despatches were brought to the Colonial Office yesterday morning
from Lower Canada, via Liverpool.
The Bishop of Hereford had an interview with Viscount Melbourne
yesterday, in Downing.street.

Mr. Wakley transacted business yesterday at the Home Office.

THE HAILS-THE WEATHER.

EDINBURGH, JAN. 2:l.—The Mails, owing to the heavy
fell of snow and the inclement weather, are very irregular.
We hare a thaw to-day, but no mail yet in from the north;
and the mail of yesterday from York is still due.

NEWCASTLE.VPON-TYN IL —A Letter from a Correspondent,
da'ed Jan. 22, received this morning, say, "Up to eight
o'clock this evening, the Mail from Edinburgh, due last night,
(Jan. 21), at nine o'clock, had not arrived. Where the
stoppage is has not exactly been ascertained. Report says it
is in the neighbourhood of Felton, about ten miles north of
Alnwick. Yesterday, early, the frost was most intense in
this neighbourhood ; the thermometer (Fahrenheit) stood at
20 deg. below the freezing point, and a good deal of snow
fell. To-day ( Monday), however, lam happy to say there
has been a great improvement in the temperature of the at-
mosphere, and the freezing point is the most that has been
indicated. Indeed, at the present moment (eight o'clock in
the evening), I would say a gentle thaw had actually com-
menced, the wind blowing moderately from the S. S. E.
Most sincerely do I hope that it may continue, as the return
o mild weather will be a blessing to thousands of industrious
men who have been thrown out of employment by the extreme
rigour of the winter.
During the greater part of yesterday we were visited with
s,iowers of hail and sleet, accompanied with a piercing wind.
The frost, however, seemed to be less intense than for the last
few days previous ; and there are some symptoms of an ap-
p 'caching thaw. The thermometer has risen to 32. A Cor-
r -pondent from Corstorphine mentions that, during the late
iwense cold, the thermometer at that place in a western ex-
posure stood at 9.—Edinburgh Courant of Nlonclay last.
The frost still continues, and the Clyde, for the first time
these many years, is frozen over. Early yesterday morning
it Carrie on to snow, and continued at interva la all day—the
snow being drifted by the wind, even in our streets, to the
depth of filly two feet. In the country, of course, it must
be much deeper, and no doubt there will be an interruption to
the usual arrival of the mails.—The frost still continues—the
thermometer ranging from 16 to 23 Fahrenheit during the
past few days. Last night it stood at :,;(.) deg., snow still
fellitz.—Glasgoto Herald of Monday last.

the frost has cominucd since our last w:th great intense-
ro'ss. In the midland parts of the country, we find that
h avy falls of snow have taken place, hut no snow of any con-
s..qn,nce has made its appearance in our neighbourhood, ex-
cepting that our dis•ant hills are invelop'd in white. The
tht mometer was on Thursday night as low as sixteen, Fahren-
heit. An intenser cold has not been felt in Kencal fur several
ye.rs past. —Kendal Mercury of Saturday last.
A self-registering thermometer stood at t.; de,g. between the
hours of six and seven, p. m., on Saturday, Jan. 20, in the
Minster Yard, Lincoln.

The stormy weather has caused an immense quantity of
vessels to take shelter in our roads; sev-ral have put in here,
sonic leaky, others with loss of anchors, chains, &c. Her Ma-
j• sty's cutter, Greyhonnd, brought in the French schooner
L'ilig/e, Captain Bruty, havinz fallen in with her in a most
deolorable state, all hands, with the exception of the master,
being sick and unable to attend to duty.—Lincoln Gazette.

Just ready, in 2 Vols. Bvo., with Portrait, &c.,
MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF
ADMIRAL EARL ST. VINCENT.
By CAPTAIN BRENTON, R.N.
Author of :‘ The Naval History of Great Britain," &c.
Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.