The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes-
terday.
The Royal dinner party last evening at the New Palace
included Monsieur de Hummelauer, the Austrian Charge
d'Affaires; the Earl and Countess of Surrey, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Lord and Lady Wortley, and Mr. and Lady Louisa
Cavendish.

The band of the Scotch Fusileer Guards was in attendance
at the Palace during the evening.
A meeting was held yesterday at the Home-office, which
was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Dun-
cannon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Morpeth.
Lord Ebrington had an interview with Viscount Melbourne
yesterday in Downing-street.
Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador ; M. Dedel, the
Netherlands Minister; and Don Manuel de Aguilar, the
Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Fo-
reign-office.

The Earl of Burlington had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday at the Home-office.
Despatches from the Governor of the Bahamas were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office.

e young Russian Prince Gagarin, who has been
sojourning some months at the London Hotel, will take his
departure, it is expected, to-morrow, to join his father at their
residence at St. Petersburgh.
The sons of Lieut.-General Sir John Colborne are
both serving under the Gallant Commander-in-Chief in Ca-
nada ; Ensign Francis Colborne in the 15th Regiment, and
Ensign Henry Colborne in the 24th, commanded by Colonel
Hughes.
Lady Isabella Kerr, sister to the Marquis of Lo-
thian, has taken one of the mansions on the Marine Parade,
at Dover. Her Ladyship is in delicate health, and is under
the care of Dr. Gordon.
Messrs. Cookes and Haviland, Queen's Mes-
sengers attached to the Foreign Department, arrived in
Downing-street, with dispatches, the former from Madrid.
Sir Henry Wheatley, Secretary to the Privy Purse,
has communicated to the Secretary of the Dover Humane and
Shipwreck Institution, in a note from St. James's Palace,
dated the 23d inst., that her Majesty had been graciously
pleased to become the Patron of that Institution.
Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Colonel
Cornwall and Baron Knesebeck, had a day's shooting yesterday
in Richmond Park.
The reigning Duke of Nassau lies dangerously ill.
The Duke is one of the wealthiest men in Europe.
The King of Hanover has conferred the Grand
Cross of the Order of Guelph on his Royal Highness the
Prince of \Vasa.
The King of Hanover lately went out shooting
while Reaumur's thermometer was between twelve and thirteen
degrees below zero (about three degrees of Fahrenheit.) The
Crown Prince, on the other hand, has for some time past been
indisposed, and even confined to his bed. M. Von Schele is
in hind] favour with the King. During a late illness of the
Minister his Majesty visited him repeatedly, and spent several
hours at a time with him.

The Duke and Duchess of Montrose were expected
to leave Paris yesterday for town. Their new mansion in
-
Bel.rave-square is ready for their reception.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party last
evening at Lansdowne House.
Lord and Lady Ashburton and the Misses Baring
have arrived from the Grange, in Hampshire, at the mansion
of Mr. St. John Mildmay, in Berkeley-square.
Lord Sefton is much enfeebled from the effects •f
his late illness. Until the late severe weather set in the Noble
Earl was able to take daily airings.
Sir John and Lady Shelley are on their way to
town. They arc expected in Belgrava-square this day for the
season.
Bath
House, in Piccadilly, is undergoing many
improvements, preparatory to the commencement of the fashion-
able season.
The Earl of Pembroke gave a sumptuous dinner, a
few days since, at his magnificent hotel, in the rue St. Honore,
to the artistes of the late Theatre Italien. The carp sposo of
Mdlle. Grist, M. Gerard de Melcy, was also included in the
list of invitations.
Among the English of distinction at the brilliant
soiree, given by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Orleans at their apartments in the Tuileries, were the Duke
and Duchess of Montrose, the Marchioness of Clanricarde,
thend 1 lLaary uis :f Douglas, Lord
ALioisrsdesaHndomLe,adpyurCvaeng,tee:bc.ury, Lord
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Granville, Lord Altamount, Captain and Lady
Georgians
The Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter-Hall, have
selected for their next concert " The Fall of Jerusalem,"
composed by Mr. George Perry; this is the second new
Oratorio the Society have brought out within twelve months,
and is expected to excite as much interest as Mendelssohn's
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Arrivals at Edlin's Hotel, St. Leonard's, during the
week :
Earl Mountcharles, Lord Mark Kerr, the Rev.- Mr.
the
and Mrs. Tyler, the Rev. Mr. Mortimer, General Sir James
Macdonell, Lord Charles Somerset, the Hon. Mr. Stewart,
Captain Dennison, &c. Apartments are taken for several
families of distinction.
Transcripts of the catalogues of the Pell Records
have been presented by Sir John Newport to the British
Museum, so
that any one may consult them at their con-
venience; also a copy from the original list of compulsory
loans to Charles I. in 1652. It gives the names, arranged
in counties, of every individual, and the sum contributed
by each.
Madame Tussaud's exhibition has been honoured
within the last few days by visits from the Spanish Ambas-
sador, the Egyptian Ambassador, Lady Campbell, Lady
Grey, Lady Fame, Lady Nugent, Lady Abercrombie, Lord
Fitzalan, Lord Lake, &c.
Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India
House for the election of a director, in the room of John Mor-
ris, Esq., who had disqualified. At six o'clock the glasses
were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the
election to have fallen on Sir Henry Willeck, K. L. S.
The Calcutta folks have had a scene. Lord Auck-
laud, whilst riding out with his sister, had his horse seized by
the bridle by a native, who assailed his Lordship with demands
for justice. It was with difficulty that this rather pertinacious
suitor was compelled to let go his hold of the bridle, the aid
of a trooper having become necessary after the scyos had tried
in vain. No particulars are given of the cause of this unusual
bearding of authority.—Bombay Gazette.
The exportation of the precious metals from the
Port of London for the week ending the 27th instant, Satur-
day last, according to the official returns, consisted of 40,387
ounces of silver, of which 36,000 ounces were shipped to the
Mauritius, 3,991 ounces to New York, and 396 ounces to
the West Indies.
On referring to the Official Return just made by
Government, showing the number of Newspaper Stamps used
for five months by all the Journals in Great Britain, we find
that the WEEKLY DISPATCH has consumed no less than
1,247,000 stamps, being upwards of 56,000 for each publica-
tion. We subjoin the names of ten other popular London
papers, by way of comparison with the DISPATCH :
WEEKLY DISPATCH 1,247,000
Ago
53,000
Atlas

Bel-1"; New Messenger
Bell's Old Messenger
96,500
361,000
Examiner
94,950
John Bull
News 62,500
Observer
Sunday Times
Spectator