The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRC ULAR.

His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipsthal
is expected to pay a visit to Hanover during his stay on
the Continent.
Viscount Melbourne continues indisposed at his residence
in South-street.
Viscount Palmerston left town on Tuesday.
Lord Holland had a dinner party on Christmas Day.
Holland House, Kensington.

The Earl of Munster and family are settled at
Hampstead for the winter. His Lordship presided at the
last meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey will shortly re-
sume their dinners and conversazioncs in Berkeley-square.
They returned a short time ago from their visit to
.Sir R.
and Lady Peel, and are now at Middleton Park, o.xfordshire•
Lord and Lady Mayfrard and family have arrived at
Euston-square, from Dover.
His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Denmark
and suite will, it is said, pay a visit to this country in the
spring.
Prince and Princess Polignac were to have arrived
on Tuesday on a visit to the Countess of Newburgh, at
Hindon Hall, Lsussex ; but the state of the roads being ren-
dered nearly impasOble, the Prince has postponed his jour-
ney until Saturday. rile Prince and Princess remain at
the Clarendon, where they 'Lye in a quiet and unostentatious
manner.
A courier arrived at the Russian Embassy on Tues-
day night, with despatches from St. Petersburgh. He came
by the Hamburg steam packet, and ho describes the passage
to have been one of the roughest he ever encountered.
During part of the time no communication could he carried
on from the stern to the forecastle.
R. Errington, Esq., arrived yesterday at the Claren-
don, from Melton Mowbray. The Hon. Gentleman de-
scribes the fall of snow to have put a stop to hunting ; the
leading members of the hunt were about to proceed to joie
the festivity at Belvoir Castle.
The French Ambassador and Countess Sebastiani,
who were expected to leave Manchester House this day for
Paris, have been obliged, it is understood, to postpone their
departure, in consequence of the difficulty of travelling,
arising from the heavy fall of snow.
W hear that the vacant Lieutenant-Coloneley of
the Royal Ayrshire Militia is to be conferred on one of our
much respected Deputy-Lieutenants, Major Neill, of Barn-
well.—Ayr Observer.
Badminton is the scene of great festivity. Lord anti
Lady William Somerset have arrived from Bath. Lord and
Lady Granville Somerset have also arrived. The Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort are in excellent 12ealth, and look for-
ward with pleasure to the day when their lovely daughter
will be united to the Hon. Member for the ezistern division
of Gloucester. The seat of Sir Henry Paton is to he the
resort of the fair bride and bridegroom immediatdy after the
marriage is solemnised.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are
expected to leave Alnwick Castle early in February for
Northumberland House ; and, in consequence of the favour-
able state of his Grace's health, the parties are expected to
commence soon after their Graces' arrival.
Mr. Yates and Jim Crow were the last travellers
posted from Hickstead to Crawley on Sunday last. The
snow drift came on so rapidly, that the road was blocked up.
Mr. Rice, if he had been an hour later, would, with all his
agility, have found it rather difficult to " turn about or wheel
about."
A physician of the name of Buller, residing at Ham-
burgh, has lately invented a new surgical instrument, by
means of which he can amputate a leg in one second, and
which has the effect of benumbing the pain of the patient by
a simultaneous pressure which accompanies the operation.
The ordinary meeting of the Zoological Society, for
scientific business was held on Tuesday evening, Richard
Owen, Esq., F.L.S., in the chair. A continuation of the
paper of M. Frederick Cuvier, on " The Rodentia of familY
of Jerboas," was read by the President ; after which Mr.
Bennett read the conclusion of his paper on " The Nat Ural
History and Habits of the Spermaceti Whale,' which has
excited an interesting conversation. The meeting, which
did not separate until a late hour, adjourned to Jan. 10...
DINNER TO MR. FIUME AND MR. BYNG.----
A meeting of the Stewards for the dinner proposed to be
given to the Members for the county of Middlesex was held
yesterday at the Salopian Coffee-house. Several Members
of Parliament were present—Sir John Scott Lillie in the
chair—when it was resolved that the Marquis of Tavistock
should be invited to preside, and that the dinner should take
place on the 23d of January, in Drury-lane Theatre.
It is intended to have a public meeting on or about
the 16th of January, to express the sense of the " Men of
Birmingham" on the present state of affairs, political and
mercantile. We have i..pason to believe that, in addition to
our own, we shall be favoured on the occasion with the
presence of Sir Wm. Molesworth and several other highly
influential Members of Parliament.—Birminghanz Journal.
It is remarkable that when Halley's cornet appeared
in 1760, it was followed by snow,- boisterous weather, and
a frost, much the same as its appearance has been followed
this year.
The snow on an average is supposea to be three
feet deep throughout the country ; and the quantity fallen
in two days is greater than the quantity that fell the last
four years.
The real Simon Pure, Mr. Rice, alias Jim Crow,
leaves London on Sunday next to fulfill a fortnight's en-
gagement at the Liverpool and Manchester theatres ; he
then returns to leis London quarters at the Adelphi.
On Friday evening, being for the benefit of Mr.
Charles Kemble, on his final retirement from the stage, six
hundred and forty-one pounds were received at the doors
of Covent-garden theatre, to which the various amoonts en-
closed to Mr. Kemble, for private boxes, &c., are to be
added. It is calculated that Mr. Kemble will net upwods
of one thousand pounds.
At the last meeting of the Meteorological Society
was presented the following :—" Anticipated State of the
Weather during the approaching Month of January, 1837.
—The tendency of the weather throughout the month will
be to drought. Frost may be expected to set in about the
sth of the month, if not sooner, and the period of greatest
cold may be expected to occur on the night of the 13th, or
following morning, succeeded by a thaw ; squa!ly weather
with rain thence to the 22d, after which a return to the
frost and dry harsh weather to the close of the month."
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It appears that there is no truth whatever in t•lep
statement which has appeared in most of the papers, or
Madame and Mademoiselle Garcia, the mother and sister
of the late Madame Malibran, having been at the Opera
Buffa on Thursday evening. The truth is, that Madame
Garcia, after having accompanied the remains of her la-
mented daughter from Manchester, arrived on Wedne:daY
morning at the house of a friend in Finsbury-square, aild
remained there until Friday, not having left the house at all
on Thursday evening, but, on the contrary, having re-
tired early to rest apparently worn out by grief and fa-
tigue. Mademoiselle Garcia has not been in England, but
is remaining with M. de Beriot at Brussels.
A grand full-dress ball is to be given next month,
at the Great Assembly Rooms, York, in aid of the feeds
for restoring the bar-walls of that city. The whole of the
Nobility and Gentry of Yorkshire are expected to be late
sent, and the meeting will exceed in brillianay the WI
ball of the Yorkshire Hussars, given by Earl de Grey an
the Officers of that corps.
At the dinner given to Mr. Grainger by his consti.-
tuents of the fourth municipal district on Wednesday last,
that gentleman stated, with reference to the English
rail-
ways, that on the completion of the London and Birming-
ham Railway, and the Grand Junction Railway (which is
the railway from Manchester to Birmingham), both of which
are expected to be open in eighteen months, the immediate
effect will be to reduce the time in conveying the mail bern
tween Manchester and London from twenty-one hours to
ten hours. So that, without making any alteration on the
present speed between Manchester and Edinburgh or Glils"
gow, the London mail will reach those places early on the
morning of the second day out of London, and the dePar-
ture rill be at eight in the evening, instead of nine in the
morning. I n this way the course of post with London Will
be reduced to three days, instead of five, as at presente'
Scotsman.