The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRC ULAR.

Lord John Russell arrived in town yesterday afternoon,
from the seat of Mr. Coke, Holkham Hail, Norfolk. His
Lordship afterwards attended a meeting of the Church
Commission, held at two o'clock, at the Office in Whitehall-
place. Viscount Melbourne and other Commissioners were

present.
Lieut. Adamson, 63d Regiment, arrived in town yester-
day, with dispatches for Lord Glenelg, Secretary of State
for the Colonial Department, from Major-General Middle-
more, Governor of St. Helena.
Mr. Poulett Thompson arrived in town at seven o'clock
on Monday evening. The Right Hon. Gentleman had in-
terviews yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, in Downing-
street, and also with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Colonel Gore Langton, M.P., had an interview yesterday
with Viscount Melbourne.
The Right Hon. Henry Ellis transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign Office.
Lord Holland has been indisposed during the last fort-
night with an attack of gout.
Dispatches for Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica,
and for the Governors of the Leeward Islands, were sent
off last evening from the Colonial Office.
The Austrian Ambassador, Prince Esterhazy, has re-
turned to town from Brighton.

The Duchess of Gordon has arrived at Lawson's
Bedford Hotel, where her nephew, Sir J. Gordon Sinclair,
Waited to receive her Grace.
The Dowager Lady de Clifford has arrived in Carl-
ton-terrace, from a visit to the Baroness de Clifford, relict
of Captain Russell, son of Lord William Russell, at her
seat, Kirby Mallary, Leicestershire.
The Duke of Richmond and his family have re-
turned to Goodwood, from Gordon Castle, Banffshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Chandos have
arrived at Holton House, Bucks, from Avington. The
Marchioness's accession of fortune, by the recent decision
of the Scots Courts, under the will of her father, the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, amounts to 130,0001.
The Baron and Baroness Heckeren de Twickel ar-
rived at Mivart's Hotel on Sunday, from a tour through
England and Wales.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland ;and the
young Marquis of Stafford are expected to arrive at Staf-
ford House on the 29th inst., from their tour in Ireland.
They will make a short stay at Lilies Hall, Shropshire, on
their way to town.

Lord Glenelg is not expected to return to town from
his seat Glenelg for several days. William Grant, Esq.,
his Lordship's private Secretary, occupies the Noble Lord's
official residence in Downing-street.
The Neapolitan Royal Family are still at Portici,
about two leagues from Naples. Lady Drummond com-
mences her soirees next week, so does Lady Strachan
(Marchesa di Salsi), and with their noble mansions open we
shall be satisfied. The Strada Nuova di Posillipo is well
attended. Lady Drummond's carriage and four ; the beau-
tiful. Princess Contola, with a like equipage ; Lady Egerton
and niece, Mrs. Dashwood, Mrs. Faulkner, in carriages ;
Count Matuszevic on horseback, and also Lady Strachan
and her lovely daughter, Miss Louisa Strachan, Mr. Temple,
Mr, and Mrs. Kennedy, and Mrs. Ramsay, were all on the
drive. We are just entering what is termed "La state di
San Martinorthe most delightful season of the year.
Mr. Kean played Lear at the Brighton Theatre on
Monday evening. From Brighton he goes to Liverpool,
Plays there one night, and after playing one night at Man-
chester, proceeds to Dublin, to fulfil an engagement com-
mencing on the Ist of December.
The Duke of Beaufort left Park-place, on Sunday,
to entertain a party of fashionables at Badminton Park.
The Earl and Countess of Harrington and their
infant daughter, Lady Jane Blanche, have been staving
y-
ing for
some time at his Lordship's seat, Elvaston Hall, in
shire, where great improvements have been made by the
Ear]. They are now at Pembroke House, Privy Gardens,
land their quiet and snug parties are at present the most
recherche in the metropolis.
The Duke of Montrose has rallied sufficiently to
take airings in his carriage.
The Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, was opened for
the season on Saturday last, with Love in a Village,
~.Y.oung Meadows by Mr. Manvers, and Rosetta by Miss
. Horton), and High Life Below Stairs. The house has
been entirely refitted and decorated, and a new proscenium
erected.
The Duke of Somerset and his truly amiable Du-
chess have arrived at Ardgowan, the residence of the
Duchess' brother, Sir M. Shaw Stewart, Bart., and are
expected to be soon at Carnock, the place of her Grace's
nativity.
The Marquis of Waterford rode his celebrated horse
Monarch at a steeple chase on Friday last, near Cashel.
This fine animal is considered one of the first steeple chase
horses in the kingdom.
On Sunday last the Rev. William Lucas Chafy,
M.A., curate of Milton, Kent, was elected by the Master
and Fellows of Dulwich College into the recently-vacated
fellowship of that society.
The western coast is strewed with guitars, violins,
'and broken musical instruments, part of the cargo of the
Waterlily ; and London beaver hats, dripping with the
briny wave, are sported by the wild youth of Clare, after a
fashion never worn by modern beaux.—Limerick Chronicle.
The fair of Kilmeedy, in this county, for the last
few years the scene of bloodshed and faction-fighting, passed
off on Monday last without the slightest attempt at a breach
of the peace.—Linierick chronicle.
According to letters from St. Petersburgh the pains
in the chest which the Emperor suffered, and which gave
no ground whatever for uneasiness, were considered to be
only the consequence of his late accident.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager of Bavaria has
arrived from Dresden at the Royal Palace in Berlin.

Major-General Jackson is appointed to the com-
mand of the Northern district, and fixes his head-quarters
at Nottingham. The 33d and 82d Regiments are under
orders for embarkation for Gibraltar, and the 18th Regi-
ment for Ceylon. The 97th are now performing the dock-
Yard duty at Woolwich. The 22d, 78th, 86th, 99th, and
the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade, are respectively under
orders to return home from foreign service.
A private letter from Durango, the head-quarters of
Don Carlos, says—" I am unable to procure a single ounce
of breakfast tea. The apothecary sells some green, a cen-
tury old, from a gallipot, labelled Flos oriental is sicca,' at
24 francs the pound.
An incendiary fire took place on Sunday morning,
early, in the stack-yard of Mr. J. Puckeridge, of Overtown.
Three stacks of trefoin and hay were consumed, but luckily
tllO large and valuable stacks of corn and barley were saved.
'hevizes Gazette.
EXCHANGES TUESDAY.—By the auvices from
• Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the
English
Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce, for standard
gold, gives an exchange of 13.10 i, and the exchange at
Hamburgh on London at short being 13.71, it follows that
gold is 1.39 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London.
The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per mile, which, at the
English Mint price of W. 17s. 10id. the ounce for standard
111,31(1, gives an exchange of 25.371, and the exchange at
farts on London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold
is
0.10 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. The
course of exchange at New York on London is 108 per
"It, and the par of Exchange between England and Ame-
-:? being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange
1.57 against England. In our own transactions in foreign
exchanges a rise was generally anticipated to-day, but the
quotations do not bear it out ; the tendency on the principal
places Was rather to a decline. The exportation of the pre-
cilo us metals from the port of London for the week ending
'1: 12th inst., is as follows :—Gold bars, Hamburgh, 400
0
Ditto,
; Silver coin, British West Indies, 4,280 ounces ;
e.
• 'tto, Gibraltar, 3,500 ounces ; Silver bars, Calais, 390,000
ounces.