The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke and Duchess of CUSIBEKLAND entertained
the Ducheaa of KRNT, Prince TALLLYRAND, the French
ambassador; Count DR LUIDOLF, the Neapolitan Ministel ;
Count D'Aume, the Sardinian Mitkter ; Duchess DE:
Dtwo, Duke DS VALENcAY, the Duke of GonnoN,
Countess LUDOLT, the :Marchioness of STAFFORD, Lord
HILL, Sir JOHN CONROY, and Lady C. ST. 51A Ult., at
dinner on Sunday, at tl.eir residence in the King's
Palace, St. James's.

Prince Lane°Ln has been entertaining grind dinner
parties at his residence at Claremont daily- since last
Tnursday. The Russian Ambassador, Princ, as LIFVEN,
and a select party of the nobility and gentry, have been
staying at Clare:taint, since last Friday, on a visit to his
Royal Highness.

The Marquis of Lassnowsk, 'Viscount GODERICII,
Viscount ALTHORP, and others of the Cabinet Ministers,
left town yesterday morning to attend the Privy Council
held in the afternoon by his MAJESTY at his Palace, at
Brighton.

The Prussian and ipsnisli Ministers had int(rviews
with Viscount PaLstEasToN, yesterJay, at the Foreign
Office.

The Priues of ORANGE ♦isited the Duke and Duebebs
Of CUMBERLAND yesterday, at their residence in the
King'. Palace, St. James's.

BRIGHTON, JAL 31.

Their Mentanza did mot leave the Palace yestereldv.
After divine service the KING hcuoured Sir BYAM MARTIN
with au audience.

Her MAJZSTY is quite free from the slight cold by
which she was attacked about the miqdle of last
His illairwrr enjoys excellent health, and looks better
than he has done for some time.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sessxx bus been
slightly indisposed since Saturday, but is now nearly well.
His Royal Highness did nut leave the Palace for the last
two days.

Prince GEORGE of Cambridge walked for some time
yesterday o❑ the Promenade, accompanied by the Rev.
Mr. HERVEY, under whose tuition the young Prince has
recently developed a very superior intellect, and great pro-
cress in his course of education. Prinev GEmtc. Eis not
only a great favourite with their MAJEsTirs, but with tie
public in general, from his amiable and condescending dis-
position: he danced with great spirit and animation ut
the late ball for several hours.

Several tripmbers of the Royal Suite were on the Proton-
nade yesterday : the number of n“bility and gentry was
very great. The band of the sth Dragon Guards played
aome delightful pieces of music in front ~1 the Bedford
Hotel, where the crowd of fashionables was immense.
The Scotch Greys will shortly relieve the sth Dragoon
Guards in this place.
Their AiAJESTIES will visit Ireland early iu the eusuir g
summer.

The Duke of DEvoNsuntz, Earl and Ceuntess of CAR-
LISLE, the Bishop of CHICHESTER, General and Mrs.
ELLICE, Captain and Mrs. ELLICE, Mr. and Mrs.
WALTER BURRELL, had the honour of dining wish their
MAJESTIES yesterday.
The calls in the course of the day were very 4iutue-
rous, and include the Marquis and Marchioness of CAR-
MARTHEN, Marchioness WELLESLEY, Countess CA
HAMPTON, Lady E. FIELDING, Lady E. EGERTON, Lady
CARR, Sir It. and Lady WiLmar, lien. Mrs. PiEciiki.r,,
Sir GEORGE and Lady BERKELEY, &c.
.

Earl GREY leas arrived this Jay. A Privy Council
will be held at the Pavilion, which will be atteutied by all
the Cabinet Ministers.

COTCH GIANTESS and HER HUSBAND

•
On Sunday morning last, about Eve o'clock, information was
given to a police constable of the L division, No. 117, on duty
near the Asylum, that heavy groans were heard to proceed from
the travelling residence (a large carriage) of the celebrated Scotch
giantess, situated in the Mall, an open space of ground between*
the Westminster-road and the New Bethlem, and that it was
feared that murder had been committed. The constable procured
further assistance, and repaired immediately to the spot. They
found the door of the carriage open, and all in darkness, and
groans, as if of two persons, were heard to proceed from within.
A light having been soon obtained,i a man and a woman, of gi-
gantic size, were found lying on the floor, in a state of insensi-
bility. The Man, upon being asked what was the cause of their
indisposition, pointed to the table, upon which was an empty
cup, with a white sediment adhering to its sides, and on the floor
was a piece of paper labelled poison, the contents of which they
had both swallowed. The policeman lost no time in conveying
them to Guy's Hospital, where they were immediately attended
to by Mr. Collet, the surgeon. The woman was in a very deplo-
rable state, and seemed to be past all recovery, but her husband,
although in a state of stupor, was not so powerfully effected by
die poison, Reed's patent pump was applied by Mr. Hills, the
cuppec to the hospital, by which a quantity of arsenic was taken
from the woman's stomach, as was alto from that of her tau-_
band's, and they were pot to bed in a very feeble state, and still
remain so ; but it is expecte,' they will ultimately recover. It
appears that a short time since the giantess, who itands six feet
six inches high, was exhibited in St. James's-street, as " Ante
Freeman, the celebrated Scotch giantess," and whilst there her
husband became jealous of her, in consequence of a man, about
her own gigantic stature, called the " Spanish giant," 'hating
shown her more attention than was deemed necessary. The hus-
band, who is net more than half the tile of his wife, as soon as
it was possible, removed his better italf from the exhibition, and
wheeled her off in his four-wheeled residency to the space of
ground near Bethlem Hospital. A few evenings after, whilst
Freeman and his wife wore sitting in the caravan, which is very
commodiously constructed, Mr. Freeman, to his asteraishment,
perceived his rival, the " Spanish Giant," looking through hi,
carriage window, which, from hia immense height, he could do
without much trouble. He ran out, but the intruder had disap_
peered ; but from that mosnent Freemen and his spouse had lived
upon the most unhappy terms, and she would frequently seize her
husband by the back isf the neck, and hold him at arms' length
till he was neatly choaked. On Saturday night Freeman went
out and did nut return till early m Sunday morning, when he
found his wife had taken poie4n (arsenic), and perceiving a por-
tion of it left in the tea-cup, he swallowed it off, and was imme-
diately after seized with violent retching*, and 6,011 became in-
sensible, as discovetyd by the police constable.