The Sun.
London, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council tomorrow afternoon at St.
Jatnes'v Palace after the Levee.

The Duke of Sussex visited her Majesty, yesterday, at the New
Palace.

Viscount :hell Otirne had an audience yestordAy of the Wed},
The rallowing joined the Royal circle t :---The
Earl of Surrey, Viscount 11telbfrAtrtle, Lord Barham, Hon. H. and Lady
Augusta Fox, Lady bat Vlla Wemyss, Honourable Colonel Cavendish,
and Sir Frederick ,E;;,vin.

The Wand of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards attended
tthring the evening at the Palace.

A Doputation on the subject of the Hippodrome, including Sir
James Macgregor, Rev. E. W. Grinfield, Dr. Vaughan, Rev. H. Penry,
Rev. C. London, Mr. John Goodeve, Mr. W. Belton Cradock, and Mr.
Joseph Simpkin, had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday
in Downing street.

A Deputation relating to the duty on Cornish Tin, composed of the
Eirl of Falmouth, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. Pendarves,
M.P. ; Sir H. Vivian, M.P.; Major Vivian, M.P.; Mr. James Halse,
M.P. ; Mr. J. W. Freshfield, M.P. ; Sir H. Hardinge, M.P. ; Mr.
Davies Gilbert, Mr. John Bassett, Mr. John Taylor, Mr. Joseph Carne,
and Mr. Thomas Teague, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday in Downing-street.
Lord Glenelg, Mr. Co!illthoun, and a numerous deputation, had an
interview with the President of the Board of Trade yesterday. The
City RerlYembrancer also had an interview with the President. Mr.
Bl.."Aemore, M.P., transacted business at the same department.
The Rev. Dr. Aiton and the Rev. James Begg had an interview with
Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office.

Lord Dalmeny, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Sir Hussey Vivian, Mr. La-
bouchere, Mr. More O'l'errall, Captain Dundas, Mr. Stewart, and
Mr. Stanley, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the
Home Office.

The Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Frederick
Gordon, and Sir William Woods had interviews yesterday with Vis-
count Melbourne.

Mr. O'Hara and Mr. Morritt had interviews with Lord Glenelg yes.
terday.

The Neapolitan Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign
Office.

The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained the Duchess Countess of
Sutherland, Lady Davy, Miss Burdett Coutts, Earl Clive, Earl Ash-
burnham, and a select party at dinner on Saturday, at his residence in
Cleveland-square.

A meeting of the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy
Council was held at twelve o'clock yesterday in the Council Chamber,
to consider the charges brought by the House of Assembly of New-
foundlsnd against the Hon. H. J. Boulton, Chief Justice of that Island.
'1 he Lords present were the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court
of Queen's Benah, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet,
and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. The Hon. William Bathurst
was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. Dr. Lushington and Mr.
Fleming were heard on the part of the petitioners, and in support of
the charges, till five o'clock, when the latter Gentlemen having con-
cluded his address their Lordships adjourned the further hearing of
the case till next week.

The Duke of Cambridge's dinner, to-morrow, will
be given to the Duke of Wellington, Archbishop of York, Lord
Burghersh, and other Directors of the Concerts of Ancient Music, his
Royal Highness being Director for the evening.

The Earl and Countess of Tankerville have a din-
ner party tomorrow evening at their mansion in Grosvenor.square.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo will give
a grand banquet, in Mansfield-street, on Saturday, the I:2th inst., to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and a select party.
Almack's third ball takes place to-morrow under
distinguished auspices.

Mrs. Roberts will give a ball on the Bth inst., at
her mansion in Hill. street, Berkelcy.square.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured the noblemen
and gentlemen of the Catch Club last week with a second visit, at the
Thatched House Tavern. Amongst the company present were, the
Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Argyll, Hon. C. Berkeley, Hon. A.
M`Donald, Hon. M. Fortescue, Hon. H. T. Fiennes, &c.
His Excellency Count Pozzo di Borgo gave a
grand diplomatic dinner last evening, to a party. of 28, consisting
almost exclusively of the Foreign Ministers and their attaches. There
were present Prince Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Prince
Soutzo, Prince Paul Lieven, Baron Von Bulow, Baron W erther, Baron
Gersdorff, Baron Munchausen, Baron Bentinck, Baron Lebzeltern,
Count Chorinsky, Baron Bourqueney (French Charge d'Affaires),
Count Ludolf, his Excellency Mahomet Effendi, the Turkish Minister,
and his Secretary, Count Polion, Mr. Stevenson, Count Mandelsloh,
Baron de Cetto, Chevalier Galvao, M. de Bug, Baron Rehausen, Baron
Blome,and Count Charles Pozzo di Borgo. The Ambassador will give
another grand dinner on Friday next, to Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somer.
set, &c.

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The Duke of Sutherland gave a grand dinner at
Stafford House, on Sunday last, to the Count and Countess Chorinsky,
the Duke of Smyrna (from Naples), &c.
On Saturday the Duke of Richmond entertained
the following party at dinner, at his house in Portland place :—Earls
of Winchilsea, Ripon, and Aberdeen ; Lords Hill, Colchester, and
William Lennox ; the Dean of Chichester, Hon. Cecil Forrester, W.
Gordon, and H. Rous, Sir W. Bnrnett, Colonels Rowers and Udney,
Messrs. Grants, of Grant, Hogarth, M'Kenzie, and Hair.

The Duke of Devonshire arrives in town this even-
ing from Derbyshire.
Lord and Lady Molyneux and family have arrived
at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, ftom the seal of the Earl of t-:cfton,
Croxteth-hall, near Liverpool.
The Marquis of Hertford and his extensive suite,
arrived at Dorchester-house, Park-lane, on Saturday last, from Milan,
via Paris. The Duchess of Cannizzaro accompanied the Noble Marquis
from the French capital.
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The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are on their
route from Nice for Paris, after which they proceed direct for town. We
are glad to learn, upon the authority of private letters, that Lady
Georgiana Russell's health has improved since her tour in a more
southern climate.

It is rumoured in the fashionable circles that Lord
Charles Wellesley will, ere long, lead to the altar the beautiful Lady
Honora Cadogan, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Cadogan.
Prince Paul Lieven is about to leave for Paris,
where the Princess, his mother, has been sojourning, it is stated for the
purpose of escorting the Grand Duke Michael and Helene of Russia over
to this country, to be present at the coronation of Queen Victoria.
The Marquis of Downshire has left Hanover-
square for Hillsborough Castle, Downshire.

We regret to hear that the Earl of Essex is indis -•
posed, at his mansion in Belgrave.square.

The Earl and Countess of Leicester have taken
possession of the mansion in Arlington.street lately vacated by the
Right Hon. Edward Ellice.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual
sermon for this society was preached at St. Bride's yesterday evening by
the Rev. Francis Goode. The collection amounted to 150/.

The letters from Northumberland by this morning's
post speak of a heavy fall of snow on Saturday night, with a very piercin
wind from the north-east.

It is said that the late Duchess of St. A lban's, after
the death of Mr. Coutts, until her own demise, gave away nearly half a
million sterling, principally among the families of Sir Francis Burdett,
the Countess of Guildford, and the Countess of Bute.
A vein of fossil shell has been met with by the
labourers at Sonning.hill, on the Great Western line, being the first
yet discovered ; it was found '2l feet beneath the surface of the old
London-road, in the gravel. This vein was very thin, and very similar
in appearance, and deScription of shell, to the marine deposits at Wood-
lcy, Earley, and the neighbourhood of Bob's Mount —Reading Mercury.
On Wednesday a labouring man in St. Leonard's-
street, Edinburgh, attempted to take his life in the following extraor-
dinary manner :—He got from his daughter the key of his house, which
he entered and locked himself in. Hn then loaded a wooden tuba,
something like a pistol, into which a touch-hole had been bored, with a
ball, which he con rived to shoot into his head. He was taken to the
infirmary, where his case was reported hopeless. He had been in a
depressed state for some time previous.

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THE TEA TRADE, (MONDAY.)—The deliveries
last week were 374,0571 b. Since the private trade sales the trade has
been rather more active. By public sale nearly 19,500 packages are to
be offered !his week at Liverpool.

DON GIOVANNI.—Captain John Alexander
Wilmot, late of the 17th Lancers, and of the Queen of Spain's service,
has beets finally examined before the Rochester Magistrates, at the
Guildhall, on several charges of bigamy. The Captain was dressed in
the first style of fashion, having lavender kid gloves, over which he
wore a splendidly jewelled ring; he treated the charges with great levity,
and occasionally applied a handsome srnelling.bottle to his nose. Sarah
Short, Anne Knight, and Rachel Lamb, three of the prisoner's wives,
were then severally called on to appear, but neither of the infatuated
ladies would give evidence against him. Powell, the clerk of St.
George's, Hanover-square, produced the register of the prisoner's
marriage in 1637 with Mrs. Anne Hodgson, a widow. The clerk of St.
Margaret's, Rochester, produced the register of his second marriage at
that church, to Miss Eliza Crisp, also in 1837. These marriages being
proved by parties who had been present at the ceremonies, and the
prisoner fully identified, he was called upon to state anything he might
be advisor], but refused to address the Bench. The Magistrates then
fully committed him to Maidstone gaol for trial. The prisoner's solicitor
demanded that the magistrates should receive bail, which was assented
to, and forty-eight hours' notice of bail to the amount of 4001. was or-
dered to be given. As the prisoner was removed from the Hall the
crowd outside hooted and groan.d at him, which they continued to do
until he left the city.—Maidstone Journal.
SAGO.—While the duty on "sago was two guineas
per cwt., and the import price was two to six guineas in addition, it
was merely used as a delicacy and as food for invalids. Of late the
duty having been reduced to one shilling per cwt., and the import price
from ten to seventeen shillings, experiments have been made upon it
for general purposes with extraordinary success. As food for children,
or for puddings, it costs only half the price of Carolina rice, goes twice
as far, and is very superior. As part substitute for milk in feeding
calves, it is found very valuable. The method of using it, is to sprinkle
one pint of pearl sago in three quarts of boiling water on the fire, keep
stirring, and in less than ten minutes you have a strong jelly, which mixed
with the same quantity of milk, is found to be a saving of half the
milk, and the calves do better with it. One of the largest horse pro-
prietors in the kingdom is using it as food for them with great
satisfaction.

The High Church party sustained a signal defeat
last Tuesday, at Houghton-le-Spring. It was moved that a rate of a
penny should be granted, but an amendment that one farthing be sub-
stituted, was carried by au overwhelmingmajority.—Sunderland Herald
The Royal Victoria steam ship sailed from Annan
Water Foot on Wedneiday last, the 25th instant, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, and arrived at Liverpool the same night at half-past ten
kthus performing the voyage of 120
roiledroiledin nine hours and a-
oh'acllfo,cir;cluding a call at Whitehaven, which occupied 15 minutes.
NEW NOVELS.—We are requested to state that
Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just published the fol-
lowing new works of fiction from the pens of distinguished writers :-
1. Lights and Shadows of Irish Life, by Mrs. S. C. Hall, authoress of
" The Bucaneer," &c. 3 vols.-2. Nourmahal, the Light of the Ha-
rem, an Oriental romance, by 11. J. Quin, Esq., 3 vols.-3. Outward
Bound ; or, A Merchant's Adventures, by the author of " Rattan the
Reefer," &c., 3 vols.-4. Men of Character, by
Douglas Jerrold, Esq.,
3 vols., with twelve characteristic illustrations.-5. The Courtier's
Daughter,' by Lady Stepney, 3 vols.---g. Royston Gower ; or, the
Days of King John, by Thomas Miller, author of " A Day in the
Woods," &c., 3 vols.-7. Raff Hall, by Robert Sullivan, Esq., 3 vols.
S Love, a Novel, by Lady Charlotte Bury, 3 vols.-9. Jane Lomax,
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by Horace Smith, Esq., author of " Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols.-
10. Mary Raymond, by Mrs. Gore, authoress of " Mothers and
Daughters," Mrs. Armytage," &c., 3 vols.

A PUZZLING QUESTION.—_A foreigner, after
going through the rooms in which the pictures cf the old masters are
hung in our national exhibition, asked a gentleman to inform him where
the gallery was to be found,