The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Divine Service was performed yesterday before the
Duchess of KINT and the Princess VICTORIA, and their
Royal Highnesses' Household, at the King's Palace at
Kensington, by the Bishop of LONDON.
On Saturday afternoon the Duke and Duchess of GLOU-
CESTER arrived in town from B ,gshot.
Divine Service wai performed in Cumberland-house in
the King's Palace, St. James's, before the Duke, Duchess,
and Prince GEORGE, and their Royal Highnesses' House-
hold, by the Chaplain to the Royal Duke and Duchess.
On Saturday the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND
rode to Kew, and returned to town in the evening.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND and the Duke and pnchess
of GLOUCESTER honoured the performance of the opera of
Ricciardo e Zoraidi at the Italian Opera-house, with
their presence on Saturday et., ning.
Yesterday afternoon, the Duchess of KENT visited the
Duke and Duchess of CUM BERLAND.

The private apartments and the state rooms in the
King's Palace, St. James's, are in a state of readintss to
receive their MAJESTIES, who are expected to arrive in
town to-slay.
A conference on the affairs of Belgium was held at four
o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office, which
was attended by Prince TALLEYRAND, the French Am-
bassador, Prince LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador, Prince
ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassador, Baron BuLow,
the Prussian Minister, Count de MArousitxwm, 11Iinistet
from Russia, Baron DE WEISSENBERG, Minister from
Austria, and Viscount PALMERSTON. The conference
lasted till seven o'clock.

A deputation of gentlemen from Kent, beaded by Sir
EDWARD KNATclinum. and Mr. HODGES, the Members
for the county, attended at the Treasury on Saturday, and
had an interview with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER.

A deputation from the city, headed by Alderman
THOMPSON, and accompanied by the DEPUTY CITY RE-
mEmanAncca, had a conference with Viscount AL-
THORP, on Saturday, at the Treasury.
The Spanish Minister transacted business with Viscount
PALMERSTON, on Saturday, at the office of the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the Foreign Office, which was attended by
the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE,
Earl GREY, Lord DURHAM, Viscount MELBOURNE, Vis-
count PALMERSTON, Viscount GODERICH, the Earl of
CARLISLE, Viscount A LTIIORP, and Lord HOLLAND. The
Council sat in deliberation upwards of three hours.
A deputation of manufacturers from Lancashire, beaded
by Lord STANLEY, one of the Members for the county,
had a conference with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER yesterday.
Viscount ALTHORP entertained a select party at dinner
on Saturday evening, at his residence in Downing-street.
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The Directors of the Concert of Ancient Music have
granted permission of the use of the King's Concert-room
in Hanover-square for the ensuing Choral Fund Concert.

It is now understood, that the grand fetes
which their MAJEsTtes give in the ensuing spring, take
place at St. James's, and not as was believed, at the Castle.
—Windsor Express.
We have to announce that the Princess Au-
GUSTA will take up her residence at Frogmore in the
course of a very few days. Orders have been given to
prepare the Lodge for her Royal Highness's reception by
the 21st.— Windsor Express.

We can state, from the highest authority,
that the KING has expressed great•. dissatisfaction at the
attempt which is making, by a particular party, to oppose
the Government, on factious grounds, on the great ques-
tion of Reform. His AIAJESTV has declared that reason-
able Reform is indispensable, and that none but enemies
to good order will oppose it. The opinions of his MA-
JESTY in favour of Reform were known even during the
Administration of the Duke of WELLINGTON.— Court
Journal.

DEATH OF LORD OSBORNE.—Lord CON-
YERS OSBORNE, second son of his Grace the Duke of
Limns died on Wednesday night last, at Christ Church,
in Oxford University, in the 19th year of his age. The
immediate cause of death has been attributed to an extra-
vasation of blood in the canal of the spinal marrow, so as
to amount to an effusion of blood upon the brain ; but
how that originated the surgeons could not ascertain, as
there was no mark of external injury. It further ap-
peared that his Lordship had been struggling with a
young friend, soon after which he fell from his chair, and
when taken up, life was extinct. A Coroner's IntitieSt
was held on the body, and a verdict returned of Per In-
fortunium, or chance medley.— Oxford Journal.
The late General BoLIVAR died in the 48th
ye ,r of his age. The diamold crosses, and other magnifi-
cent decorations which had been presented to the hero, by
the different states and towns in Peru and Bolivia, are, by
the Liberator's order, to be restored to the donors as me-
morials of his affection.

Colonel WILSON, Son Of Sir ROBERT WIL-
SON, has, in consequence of the fatigue and anxiety caused
by his close attendance upon his friend and patron Bouvatt,
been attacked with such severe illness, that for the preser-
vation of his life the humane Commander of the Blanche,
Commodore FARQUHAR, insisted upon conveying him to
Jamaica, in the well-founded hope, as it has turned out,
that the voyage and superior medical attendance would
prove of advantage. The last words of BOLIVAR'S will
contain instructions to his executors to thank Lieut.-Ge-
neral Sir ROBERT WILSON for the good conduct of his son,
Colonel BELFORD WILSON, who had so faithfully accom-
panied him in the capacity of his Aide-de-Camp to the last
hour of his existence.

Sir HUMPHRY DAVY, it appears, on his visit
to the Continent, treated the French chemists with at least
apparent superciliousness; yet, after his death, it is to
PArtis we are indebted for his life.

VALENTINES.—The number of valentines
sent through our Post-office (says the Dublin Morning
Register), on Monday last, was 39.433—the receipts on
which were 1641. 6s. la. The number last year were
37,950, the receipts on which were 1581. 2s. 6d. It ap-
pears from this, that there has been an increase of 1,483
andlov whoseers of b
iotnherseeaxseed sexes,
valuein Dublin, this year, above last year,

It is au undoubted fact, notwithstanding there
have been statements in various Journals to the contrary,
that his NIAJESTY sent for CHANTRY, the sculptor, and
personally commanded him to prepare a monument. per-
fectly simple and unostentatious, but at the same time ex-
pressive of his deep regret, for the premature death of that
unrivalled daughter of Thalia, Airs. JORDAN, which is
to be placed over her grave in the cemetery of St. Cloud,
near Paris.

The KING and QUEEN will visit Drurv-lane
Theatre to-morrow, and in one fortnight afterwards,
Covent-Garden About the middle of March their MA-
JESTIES will go in 'state to the King's Theatre—an occur-
rence that has taken place but once by the KING and
QUEEN an the Court, since the marriage of GEORQE IV.
to Queen CAROLINE.

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PEAKE, the dramatist, writing a new piece
for Covent-garden Theatre, which is intended to be pro-
duced as a spectacle at Easter. He is likewise engaged in
preparing an entertainment, upon a plan entirely novel, for
MATHEWS and YAtes, in cosjunctien, to be given at the
Adeiphi, after the close of their regular season.

Mr. WooD, of Covent-garden Theatre,
engaged at either theatre during q a pvesent
season. notx
will be married this morning to Miss PATON. Mr. I,Vecip,
will
Miss PAToN is already engagecl At the Oratorios,
and other Musical Concerts. i.
-Aoittwit was in trinty with
Miss PATON to situ; a liwited number of nights at the
Italian o,3era-house;' but the parties could not agree upon
,ill')e
~;:zoa, _l-k:f owing Paper.

Miss CLARA FISHER had quitted Philadei,
phia for New Orleans, where she was engage(l for four or
five weeks, in the course of which pek.io4. sin was to be
joined by young KE41,,,,,

Haymarket. have been attended by brilliant audiences ever
The vreticti Plays, at the. Theatre Royal,
since the arrival of M. BOUFFE, whose performances are
extremely various, ari(l his di4erent personations of cha-
racter
schoP.l of PaT4K, who was here last season. Several of
o
extTawdinary. This gentleman is of the
principal comic actors might derive great improvement
from witnessing the legitimate acting of M. BOUFFE.
THEATRICAL
TER's spacious anatomical theatre, in WindrniA-street, is
about to be converted by Ducaow ino amphitheatre,
ur quite
for winter equestrian melo-dramatic a,nd pantomimic per-
formances.—The appeal; to the House of Lords, HARRIS
V. KEMBLE, is exSeted to come on daily; but even in
th? event of the former losing his cause, he still returns to
the management of Covent garden Theatre next season—
his lease to WILLETT, FORBES, and KEMBLE, expiring in
July.—Yoursc, having taken leave of the stage in the
provincial towns, will, it is said, make Vis appearance on
the stage soon after Easter,

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE
BISHOPS AT TIM MANSION-HOUSE.

On Friday last, the Anniversary of the Society for tlO.
Propagation of the Gospol in Fore'gn Parts, the Lore
Mayor gave a most splendid entertainment to the dignita
ries of the church at the Mansion-house. The Egyptian
ball, in which the company to the number of upwards 0
a hundred, dined, was fitted up with extreme magnifi
cence. The Lord Mayor, some of the Aldermen, Ind th
Sheriffs, ha, conformably with ancient custom, met th.
Archbishop, Bishops, and other members of the Society.
at Bow church, when a sermon was preached by th,
Bishop of Carlile, upon the text, " In Abraham shall all
the families of the earth be blessed."

There were present, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishops of Landon, Winchester, Bangor, Bath and Wells.
Bristol, Carlisle, Chester, Chichester, Exeter, Gloucester,
Hereford. Lichfield and Coventry, Llandaff, Lincoln, Pe-
terborough, Rochester, Salisbury, St.Asaph and St. Davies,
Lord Howe, Lord Clarendon, Lord Wynford, Mr. Justice
Parke, Mr. Justice Gaselee, the Dean of Hereford, Arch
deacon Hamilton, Archdeacon Potts, the Archdeacon of
Middlesex, the Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, the Rev. Dr. Richards.
the Rev. Mr. Lowden, the Archbishop of Canterbury's
Chaplain ; the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and severs
of the Directors of the East India Company ; the Rev.
Mr. Benson, the Rev. Dr. Heath, the Head Master of St.
Paul's, the Rev. Mr. Greenwood of Christ's Hospital, &c.
After the usual toasts, " Church and King," " Tlo
Queen," " The Princess Victoria, and the other branches
of the Royal Family,"
The LORD MAYOR proposed " Prosperity to the Incor-
porated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts."
The toast was drank enthusiastically.
The Loan MAYOR then proposed " The health of the
Archbishop of Canterbury"—a toast which he knew would
be received with peculiar manifestations of respect and
esteem.—(Cheers.)
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in returning thanks,
expressed himself peculiarly obliged that, at a period like
the present, the Lord Mayor should have received in so
kind and marked a manner the members of a society whose
exertions produced such beneficial effects upon the best
interests of mankind. During the long period in which
he hail presided over the diocese of London, he had in-
variably observed, on the part of the Magistracy of the
City, the most friendly disposition towards the Church, in-
separably connected as it was with the great interests of
the cotninunity.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing
" The health of the Lord Mayor," and, in doing so, he
said he could not sit dawn without bearing the warmest
testimony to the hospitalities of the present Mayoralty.
The LORD MAYOR assured his Grace and their Lord-
ships that, although it was to him a source of the highest
gratification to be honoured by the kindness of his friends,
that honour was now doubly valuable conferred as it was
upon him by the venerable and distinguished Prelates of
that Church in whose principles and doctrines he had been
educated from his earliest infancy. At times like the pre-
sent, when the doctrines of the Church were assailed, and
her principles were misrepresented and scandalized by the
infidel and the blasphemer, when strenuous efforts were
made to undignify and deprecate the sacred profession, it was
the duty of every conscientious man publicly to avow his
sentiments on a subject of such importance to the tem-
poral and eternal interest of mankind.—(Cheers.)
The Bishop of LONDON, in rising to propose the health
of the Lady Mayoress, wished first also particularly to
testify his sense of approba,ion at the sentiments the
Lord Mayor had so fully uttered of sincere attachment to
the principles of the Church of England. He felt, in
common with his brethren, the respectful and dignified
manner in which they had been entertained, and he was
convinced that all would appreciate, as all must have ob-
served, the affable and graceful deportment of the Lady
Mayoress.—(Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR simply asserted, what he said be
had from his heart uttered on other occasions, that, how-
ever deeply he might feel any mark of attention towards
himself he felt it doubly grateful when it was extended to
her, because to her, more than to any other source, he had
been indebted, under Providence, for the happiness of his
life. His Lordship then proposed the health of a distin-
guished Nobleman, whose name must be perfectly familiar
to every reader of the history of our native country, "the
Earl of Clarendon," a great name, which had lost none of
its splendour by its hereditary transfer to so liberal a pa-
tron and supporter of the various charitable institutious
which adorned Great Britain.
Lord CLARENDON assured the company that he felt sin-
cere pleasure in meeting so many distinguished friends of
a society of which, during a long life, be had been an
anxious and, he hoped, a zealous supporter. He thought
it most important to connect the view of our commercial
prosperity with that of our charitable and religious insti-
tutions.—(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then proposed the distinguished Dio-
cesan of London, who had, he said, been for a series of
years connected with the city.
The Bishop of LONDON said that, during his long and
intimate connection with the city of London, he had ex-
perienced from its Magistrates, upon many occasions, the
most friendly intercourse ; but upon no previous occasion
had he observed a better feeling manifested towards the
church, of which he was now an unworthy, though a
prominent member.—(Cheers.) Between the offices of
the Lord Mayor and of himself, he could readily trace a
corresponding interest. The Lord Mayor, by the promo-
tion of morality, and the ends of justice, and he by the
cultivation of the high principles upon which they wets
founded, were alike endeavouring to better the condition of
the inhabitants of the metropolis; and he would add that,
without the fundamental principles of religion, justice
could never be rightly administered,
The next health proposed by the LORD MAYOR was that
of a Nobleman whose name had obtained, as it had de-
served, like that of Lord Clarendon, the admiration of
the country. Amongst the names of distinguished Ad-
mirals, who by their skill and valour had rendered im-
mense service to their country, Lord Howe was surpassed
by none. Although the distinguished Noblemen who
bore that name was now known to the company in ano-
ther character, yet it was obvious that, had he been
placed in a similar situation, he would, like his illus-
trious ancestor, have reflected glory on his country. In
the distinguished situation of Lord Chatnberlain to our
beloved and gracious Queen, his Lordship must be engaged
in a most delightful service, when in attendance on sane
who was the brightest gem in the Crown ; and a Monarch
who most justly and entirely deserved and possessed the
hearts of the people over whom he heti, by the beneficence
of the Deity, been called to reign—(Loud cheers)—and
who, it was hoped most eerzestly, would long live a bless-
ing, a comfort, and a protection to his people.—(Cheering.)
The Noble Lord had, in his official situation, shown to
him (the Lord Mayor) and to the Lady Mayoress the
utmost kindness and urbanity, and he was most heartily
welcome to the City of London, to partake of the hospi-
talities of its City Magistrate.
Lord Howe briefly returned thanks.

The Lonn Mayou, in proposing " The Bench of
Bishops," felt happy in acknowledging to their Lordships
tin+ sense he entertained of the honour they had conferred
upon him by their numerous attendance on this flittering
occasion. For all of them, as Prelates of our invaluable
establishment, he kit the highest respect. With the
friendship of many of them he had for some years peen
honoured. He felt it due to the distinguished Pratte
whose name stood first, and who so ably presided over the
diocese in which he (the Lord :Mayor) resided, to express
personally what he so fve.:luently stated on other occa-
sions, great 4dmir4tion at the manner in which he per-
formed the distinguished duties of his station, and how
awusive upon all occ isions he was to those committed to
his care. The Lord Mayor concluded by proposing " The
health of the Lord Bishop of Winchester, and the Bench
of Bishops."
The Bishop of WINCHESTER returned thanks.
" The Judges of the Land," and other toasts followed.
The feast was admitted by all the guests to be one of the
most exquisite they had ever partaken of,

The debate on Friday night in the House of.
Commons is considered as decidedly warlike by the stock
Exchange politicians. They begin to doubt, or to affect
to doubt, the sincerity of the pacifie declarations of the
French Cabinet ; a line of thinking which they have been,
probably, led to adopt from the speech of the Right Hon.
Sir ROBERT PEEL. It is said, too, that the Government
have recently detected some little manoeuvres on the part
of the Cabinet of Louis PHILLIPE, and that they have
aseertaincd that the French fleet in the Mediterranean is
much larger than was supposed.--Morning Paper.
STANDARD NOVELS.--The lovers of works
of fiction will be glad to hear that a series of the most po-
pular novels, consisting of those which have ban written
subsequently to the time of FIELDING'; anti SSIOLLETT, is
about to appear periodically as a branch of The National
Library,.bound so as to range with the Waverley novels,
in volumes of tan la..rger price than six shillings each, illus-
trated by plates from designs by eminent artists. The
first number 4 of this choice collection of stories, which are
already established as favourites with the public, will he
.produced on the Ist of March next, and will contain the
whole of the celebrated tale of The Pilot, by Mr. COOPER.