The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove
and walked in the Parks yesterday.
His Majesty's Gate Alms were yesterday distributed, at
the Almanry Office, to 168 poor and aged men women.
A deputation, including Sir Coutts Trotter, Mr. Abel
Smith, and Mr. R. Bell, had an interview with the Chan
ceDor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in Downing-street.
Viscount Melbourne left his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts,
yesterday, to join the party at Panshanger, the residence of
Earl Cowper.
The Marquis of Lansdowne came to-town, yesterday
afternoon, from his residence at Richmond.
Messrs. Hammond and Collingwood had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

LONDON QUARTER SESSIONS.

THIS DAY.

This morning these Sessions commenced before the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Winches-
ter, Kelly and Pirie.
The calendar contained only one case, which was of as-
sault, to which were added several parochial petitions and
appeals.
Among the gentlemen called on the Grand Jury-was Mr.
Rutter, a Member of the Society of Friends, who was or-
dered to stand aside. In his address to that body the Re-
corder said that he wished it to be understood that it was
out of no personal disrespect that the propriety of Mr. But-
ter's service being dispensed with had been suggested, al-
though members of that respectable body were in law liable
and eligible to serve on Grand Juries ; yet, it was produc-
tive of an inconvenience, as the presentments must be made
upon the oaths of a certain portion of the Jury, and
upon the " affirmation of another ;" otherwise the
the Court would be happy to avail themselves of the intel-
ligence and experience of the person to whom allusion had
been made.

His Lordship congratulated the Grand Jury that their
labours were likely to be of very short duration.
Several persons .who were summoned on the Petit Jury
were fined for non-attendance. _ _

Articles of the peace were exhibited by Thomas Mort-
lock, Esq., banker, at Cambridge, against his nephew, John
Frederick Mortlock, who, on divers occasions, it was proved
on oath, had threatened to murder him, or do him some
grievous bodily harm.
The defendant was in Court, and wished to address it,
but was not allowed. He entered into his own security in
the sum of 5001., and two sureties in the sum of 501. each,
to keep the peace for five years.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have Quebec papers to the 30th of February, and
Montreal papers to the 4th of March—each being one day
later than the former arrivals.

The Montreal papers give the Governor's answer to the
address of the 23d inst. as follows :

" GENTLEMEN'--I request you to acquaint the House
of Assembly, that I will, in compliance with the prayer of
the Address, transmit the fourth Report of the Standing
Committee of Grievances, and the Resolution of the House
concurring therein, to his Majetty's Government in Eng-
land." .
CASTLE OF ST. LOUIS, QUEBEC, FEB.27.—The circum-
stances under which the self-constituted Assembly Ad-
dress was carried, most satisfactorily demonstrate the
'utter hopelessness of further conciliation, and justify us in
having asserted that Mr. Bedard's Quebec minority of the
faction was just as revolutionary in principle as Mr. Papi-
neau's Montreal majority, of those who voted for the un-
conditional payment of the arrears, and of the supplies of
the present year.
LOWER PROVINCES.—HaIifax, St. John's, and Frede-
rictown Papers have arrived. The three Legislatures of
these provinces are now sitting—President Wright, of
Prince Edward Island, having met the Legislature on the
26th of January. The following is a paragraph from his
speech :

" There is nothing in the existing state of the colony
which needs any particular observation from me. Its ad-
vancement is steady and progressive, and it must be grati-
fying to observe that the system of agriculture, the basis of
our public wealth, is making great and visible improvement
in all its branches."

(From the Quebec Paper.)
STATE OF THE TIMBER TRADE.—" The Commons'
House of Upper Canada have, notwithstanding the efforts
of Mr. Roebuck, and the declarations of Mr. Papineau and
our Assembly, declared itself in favour of the Timber Pro-
tection Duties—the minority (among others Mr. Macken-
zie) being only seven."
Our arrivals this morning are the French and Hamburg
mails, with ship-letters from Calcutta of the 13th Novem-
ber, and from Mauritius of the 6th January.