The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-10 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Ma3Env gave an audience yesterday to Earl GREY.
The QUEEN, accompanied by the Duke of SAXE
MEi-
)IINGEN, the Duchess of SAXE WEIMAR, and Princess
Auc usra, went to Wormwood-Scrubs yesterday morning,
about eleven o'clock, to witness the review of six Regi-
ments of Cavalry, consisting of two Regiments of Life
Guards, the Royal Horse Guards, the North Britons, the
ith Dragoon Guards, and the 12th Lar.cers, and also two
;Brigades of Artillery, by Lord HILL, the Commander of
the Forces,
Her MAJEsTv was attended by the Earl of ALREMA RLE,
and General MACDONELL, her principal Equerry.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND was present at the review,
which, it was understood, was in compliment to the Duke
of SATE MEININGEN, the brother of the QUEEN, previous
to his leaving England.
After the review, her MAJESTY and party went to the
residence of the Duke of SUSSEX, at the King's Palace at
Kensington, where the Duchess and Prince GEORGE of
CUMBERLAND, the Landgravine of llEssic HOMBURG, the
Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Duchess of
CAMBRIDGE, also arrived. The Duke entertained his Royal
and Illustrious visiters with a very elegant dejeune.
The Hanoverian Minister visited the Duchess of CAM-

BRIDGE yesterday.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign-office, which was attended by the Loan CHAN-
CELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOW NE, Earl GREY, Viscounts
MELBOURNE. PALMERSTON, GODERICH, and ALTIIORI,
the Earl of CARLISLE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the Right
Hon. CHARLES GRANT, Lord HOLLAND, Lord Jolts
Itussittr., the Duke of RICHMOND, and Mr. STANLEY.
The Council lasted about two hours and a half.
The Prussian Minister and Baron DE WEssarmenc,
the Austrian Minister, on a special mission, had interviews
yesterday afternoon with Viscount PALMERSTON at the
Foreign-office.
The Saxon Minister transacted business yesterday at the
office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Grand dinner parties on the most splendid scale were
given on Thursday, in honour of their MAJESTIES' Coro-
nation, by several of the Cabinet Ministers. Earl GREY
had a numerous party of Members of the House of Peers.
Viscount PALMERSTON entertained the whole of the
Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, including the Russian,
Netherlands, French, and Austrian Ministers on special
missions. The dinner was given in his Lordship's official
residence, attached to the Foreign-office.
Viscount ALTHogr entertained the Governor of the
Bank, the Chairmen of the Commissioners of the Customs,
Stamps, and Taxes; the Deputy-Chairman of the Excise, I
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir JAMES MACDONALD, Colonel
MABERLY, Mr. HYDE VILLIERs, Mr. TENNY4ON, Mr.
CRELYEY, Lord NUGENT, Mr. FRANCIS BARING,
J. PoNsoNny, Mr. BERNAL, Mr. SPRING RICE, Mr.
LLICE, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. SMITH, Ece.
Mr. BowYER, of Pall-mall, contrived to exhibit, in
addition to the illuminations with which his house was
decorated, his splendid portraits of their MAJESTIES, in
rich frames, with coronets, surrounded with a rich crimson
curtain. These portraits attracted very great attention,
were brilliantly lighted up with lamps from the inside,
hidden from the spectators.— _

The manager of the Coburg theatre gave a
grand supper to the individuals connected with his esta-
blishment on Thursday, in commemoration of the Corona-
tion. All, from the tragedy King down to the scene-
shifter, shared in the entertainments of the evening. The
sheatrical paraphernalia were made available on the
er Octhcae-
-
sion ; and, though not encored, the affair " was, nev
less, well got up," and " received throughout with un.
'pounded applause,"

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1831.

If the Coronation► had no other use, it would a
least have afforded a proof of the sincere attach
'Tient which the middle and lower ranks of the
people of this metropolis bear to their SOVEREIGN.
The demonstrations of affection towards our
popular KING which were displayed on Thurs-
day spew the fondness of the multitude, as well
for the Monarchy under which they were born,
as for the Monarch under whom they live, and
are an answer to the calumnies which are so
constantly heaped on the people of England by
the oligarchy, charging them with seditious
views and a desire to overthrow the Government
of King, Lords, and Commons. There is no
such desire in the mass of this nation. The
people love their KING, because they confide in
his now known character of their friend ; they
would respect a House of Commons if it were
composed of representatives chosen by them-
selves for their worth's sake ; they would reve-
rence even a hereditary House of Lords, if they
saw such a body fulfilling with a dignified regard
to the public welfare its legislatorial duties. The
Coronation ceremony, though shorn of its ancient
splendours,ought to be more satisfactory in its result
to WILLIAM IV, than if it had been attended
with a fivefold greater display of that external
magnificence which dazzles the multitude, but
can never win their hearts.
In the opinion of many there is far too much
mummery in the ecclesiastical proceedings within
the Abbey, and the more severely disposed of
religious minds do not view with much approba-
tion the use of patinas, chalices, anointments,
and other such matters, whose antiquity does
not form much apology for their incongruity to
the taste of the nineteenth century. But these
gewgaws are, at all events, harmless ; and we are
svell satisfied to compound for their being con-
tinued to be used, when the country is relieved
of the enormous cost of a banquet and proces-
sion, not a whit more reasonable in themselves
than palls and patinas. The Coronation is after
all a mere form, which gives a religious sanction
to duties and obligations previously existing be-
tween KING and people. It is like the mar-
riage ceremony when performed by the priest,
after the contract has already been legally entered
into before the Civil Magistrate, though the lat-
ter, as in France, is able to give effect to it with-
out ecclesiastical aid. It is a solemnization su-
perfluous in a constitutional point of view, but
whose omission would have scandalized the reli-
gious feeling of a part of the nation. The Ministers
therefore, upon the whole, have disposed of the
affair with discretion, though it is by no means
clear that the ceremony could not have been
properly got through for less than 50,600/.
Possibly the time may come, when the SOVE-
REIGN at his accession, may take, once for all,
such oaths as may be required of him ; and by

that time the extension of education may per-
haps teach the people to 6k t less value than of
old upon gewgaw pageantry, and tI vain
parade of Courts, and to be more careful of
their own true interests, which they often can-
not see when their eyes are blinded by gazing
at finery that profits them not.

The Duchess of KENT'S conduct in regard
:o the Coronation has not been yet satisfactorily

_ .
explained, though several reasons have been
assigned in justification of it. We should be
sorry to think that the view of the Reform Bill,
which her Royal Highness is said to entertain—
still less any soreness at the reduction of the
splendour of the ceremony--->shoul4 have beep
at the bottom of the determination of so sensible
and respectable 3 person as the Duchess has
hitherto shewn herself to be. Surely she must
have perceived that the question of the assign-
ment of a particular position in the ceremony to
the heiress presumptive (not the lteiress appa-
rent), was one dependent wholly upon precedent
and etiquette, and that Ministers could not haw:.
any possible motive of disrespect in wishing the
ancient usage to be adhered to on the subject.
• If, however, the delicate health of the Princess
. VICTORIA was the cause of her absence, there
is no more to be said. It is stated that the young

Princess' IS weak in her legs, and it was feared
she would have been unable to bear the fatigue
of the ceremony. The Duchess may possibly
therefore have had a reason for her hesitation,
but the matter ought to be properly explained.

In the House of Commons last night, the
House having resolved itself into a Committee of
Supply, and a grant of 40,0001. having been
moved for in aid of the schools in Ireland, Mr.
STANLEY announced that it was the intention
of Government to withdraw the grant from
the Kildare.street Society, and from all esta-
blishments of education which were either
exclusively Protestant or exclusively Catholic,
and to devote the sums thus saved, to
the support of schools under the superintend-
ence of Protestants and Catholics conjointly.
The motion, after a long discussion, was adopted,
and will, we doubt not, give great satisfaction to
the Irish people generally, though a few of the
Ascendancy men will murmur.

The Prussian State Gazette contains some
news from Poland, which is, however, vague,
and on which implicit reliance cannot be placed.
Quoting from the Silesian Gazette, which is of
course subject to Prussian authority, it says
that Warsaw is to be summoned to surrender on
three successive days, and that if it refuse, it
will be bombarded with all the artillery of
the army. It alludes also to the resignation
Of SKRZYNECK 1, who is said 46 to have
no command whatever"—an assertion which we
feel strongly inclined to disbelieve—and adds,
that General RUDIGER is still in the environs
of Radom. The same Journal officially mentions
the appearance of the cholera at Berlin, and at
several parts of the provinces of Pomerania
and Brandenburg, and directs precautions ac-
cordingly :