The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

POLIT.TCAL MOVEMENTS.

MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.—We have much satisfac-
tion in stating that there is no foundation for the report
that the Marquis of Lansdowne has ceased to be a mem-
ber of the present Government.—Times.
The Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the members of the
Cabinet who met at Sir T. Graham's official residence,
at the Admiralty, on Friday night, did not separate
until 2 o'clock, a.m. on Saturday morning. . _ _

Sir James Graham had an audience of the Earl of
Aberdeen early on Saturday forenoon, at Argyll-house.
The Earl of Aberdeen soon after his arrival at his
official residence in Downiag-street received Lord Pan-
mure, with whom the noble Earl remained closeted up-
wards of an hour.

The Cabinet Ministers met in council at 1 o'clock,
Lord John Russell having had an interview with the
Earl of Aberdeen, prior to the assembling of the Cabinet.
The Earl of Clarendon, Sir W. Molesworth, Sir C. Wood,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Duke of New-
castle were punctual in their attendance, the Lord Chan-
cellor joining his colleagues from the court of Chancery.
Earl Granville reached town soon after his colleagues
of the Cabinet had met, from Earl Bruce's seat in Wilt-
shire. _ _

The Duke of Argyll arrived at Stafford-house, from
the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford's seat at
Lilleshall, Shropshire, at 3 o'clock, and at once pro-
ceeded to Downing-street to join in the conference.
Mr. Sidney Herbert had reached London early in
the forenoon, from Wilton-house, near Salisbury, and,
after transacting business at his office, he attended the
Cabinet Council.

The Ministry remained in deliberation until 6 o'clock.
The Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, and the
Earl of Clarendon had audiences of the Earl of Aberdeen
yesterday at Argyll-house.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston and his Ex-
cellency Count Walewski (the French Ambassador
arrived in town on Saturday, at half-past three, from
Bowood, the seat of Lord Lansdowne.
Sir James Graham leaves town to-day on a visit to her
Majesty at Osborne, and returns on Wednesday
morning.

THE COURT.—Her Majesty and the .Royal party
will, it is expected, leave Osborne on Thursday next for
Windsor Castle, and shortly after Christmas the usual hos-
pitalities at this season will be resumed. The Court
mourning for the late Queen Donna Maria da Gloria has
ceased, but the family mourning will last some time
longer, on account of the family connexion subsisting be-
tween the illustrious reigning families of Portugal and this
country.
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The Duchess of Inverness gave a grand dinner
on Saturday last, at Kensington Palace, to their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge,
the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale,
his Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess
Colloredo, Count Revontlow, the Count Cochet, the Coun-
tess Coiffee, Count Karoime, Viscount Chelsea, Lord and
Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord Raglan, Lord William Pou-
lett, Lady Alice Peel and Miss Peel, Mr. Norman Mac-
donald, &c. The Duchess subsequently had an evening
party, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, his Ex-
cellency the Portuguese Minister, the Earl of Clare and
Lady Fitzgibbon, Viscountess Palmerston, and a small
circle being present. _

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Saturday morn-
ing the nuptials of William Lowther, Esq., nephew to the
Earl of Lonsdale, with Miss Parke, daughter of the Right
Hon. Sir James Parke, Knight, were celebrated at the
church of St. George, Hanover-square, in the presence of
a distinguished circle of nobility and gentry, including the
Earl of Lonsdale, Lord and Lady Powlett, Sir James Parke
and Lady Parke, Hon. Colonel Henry Cecil Lowther, M.P.,
Capt. Henry Lowther, M.P., Lady Theresa Lewis, Coun-
tess of Listowell, Mrs. and Miss Mennen, ,tc. After the
ceremony Lady Parke gave a grand dejeuner &la faurchdle
at the residence of the learned baron in Park-street.

The preliminaries of a marriage aro said to be
arranged between Lord Bateman and Miss Kerrison, daugh-
ter of late General Sir Edward Kerrison, and sister to
Lady Mahon. _ _ _

The Duke of Hamilton has purchased Beaufort
House, in Arlington-street, for 60,0001. '

The Marquis of Lothian has arrived at Newbattle
Abbey, from London. _ _

The Marquis of. Anglesea has left town for Beau-
desert, where his lordship will receive a family circle at
the close of the week, for the holidays, among whom will
be the Earl of Uxbridge and family, Lord and Lady Al-
fred Paget, Lord George A. Paget, Lord and Lady Cla-
rence Paget.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and his
Excellency Count Walewski (the French Ambassador),
arrived in town on Saturday at half-past three from
Bowood, where they had been partaking of the hospitality
of the noble marquis. Count Walewski has since returned,
to remain some days with the distinguished party staying
at that hospitable scat. _ _

The youthful Earl of Carrick has entered the
Household Troops as Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards.
Lord Archibald St. Maur has arrived in town
from visiting Mr. Frederick and Lady Hermoine Graham,
at Netherby Hall, and where Sir James is expected for
the recess.

Mr. William Brodie, now unpaid attache to her
Majesty's Legation at Stockholm, is appointed unpaid
attaché to the embassy at Constantinople.
The Master-General of the Ordnance has ap-
pointed Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Robert E. Boyle, Cold-
stream Guards, to be his secretary, in the room of Captain
Lord Clarence Paget, R.N., resigned.— Observer.
Lieut.-General Sir Robert Gardiner, K. C. B. , we
understand, will shortly return to England, from Gibraltar,
his term of office as Governor and Commander of the
Forces in that colony being about to expire.
The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have
directed the Old Royal Mews, adjoining the Westminster
Sessions-house, to be converted into her Majesty's Station-
ery-office, which is to be removed from James-street.
DEATH OF THE MARCHIONESS WELLESLEY..—WO
regret to announce the death of tilt Marchioness Wellesley,
widow of the elder brother of the late Duke of Wellington,
who expired on Saturday last at her apartments at Hamp-
ton-court Palace, after a short illness. The deceased,
Marianne Marchioness of Wellesley, was a daughter of Mr.
Richard Caton, and when the late celebrated Marquis
Wellesley married her she was widow of Mr. Robert Pat-
terson. She was the marquis's second wife, to whom she
was united 29th October, 1825. The late marchioness was
for many years lady of the bedchamber to her late Majesty
Queen Adelaide. Her ladyship was sister of Lady Staf-
ford. Many families of rank are placed in mourning by
the lamented decease of the above estimable lady.

DEATH OF LADY EGLINTON.—Coming so soon
after Lord Eglinton's appearance at the great meeting of
Thursday night, the intelligence of the sudden demise of
Lady Eglinton, received yesterday in this city, had a start-
ling and solemn effect. We believe her ladyship had been
for some time past suffering from aneurism. Her state,
however, was not considered dangerous when her noble
husband left Eglinton Castle on Thursday afternoon, for
the purpose of attending the Scottish Rights meeting, in
our City Hall, at which he had promised to move one of
the resolutions. During the night her ladyship became
worse, and she expired at 4 o'clock on the morning e Fri-
day. The mournful intelligence was at once communicated
to his lordship; who was staying over night in this city,
:%,..11;illaztanmdaIfe:nrrm,nmi:nutes after 8 o'clock he left per special
train for Eglinton Castle. Her ladyship, a daughter of
Charles Newcomen, Esq., and widow of Richard Howe
Cockerell; Esq. was marred in 1841 to the Earl of Eglin-
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ton, was beloved and respected while living, and her man
good qualities will be hold in reme b alike b the
rich and the poor. Distinguished by gmreraatnpeeersonal beauty,
the countenance- was only the reflex of a noble mind and a
gracious heart. From the happy day on which she arrived
at the ancestral seat of Lord Eglinton, she became en-
deared to every inhabitant, but especially to the poor
around Eglinton Castle, whose wants, in the season of trial
and distress, were never left unsuppfied by a hand which
responded to every good claim. The excellent Ragged
School in Ayr, and all kindred institutions in the west of
Scotland, had her ladyship for a zealous friend, and she
never seemed so happy as when attending the examination
of some band of poor scholars picked up from the streets.
But her good deeds were not confined to one spot. In Ire-
land, while Lord Eglinton officiated as Vioeroy, brief as
was the period of their residence there, it sufficed to make
her ladyship's character fully known to her warm and im-
pulsive countrymen, who will, wo are sure, mingle their
regrets at her sudden death with the sincere sorrow which
animates the Scottish heart. -Glasgow Commonwealth.
DEATH OF' THE COUNTESS OF MAR AND KELLIE.—
We regret to announce the death of the Countess of Mar
and Kellie, which took place at Allot" House, Clackmun-
nanshire, on Thursday afternoon. Her ladyship was a
daughter of the late Sir Charles G. S. Monteath, Bart.,
and was married to the Earl of Mar and Kellie in 1827.
Died on Wednesday in the 63d year of his
age, Thomas J. Fetherstonhaugh, of Bracklyn, county
estmeath, Esq. Mr. Fetherstonhaugh was the eldest son
of the late James Fetherstonhaugh, and married the Lady
Eleanor Howard, second daughter of the late Earl of Wick-
low. He is succeeded in his estates by his only son, Howard
Fetherstonhaugh, late captain 11th Regiment.