The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen has not left the
Castle to-day.
Viscount Melbourne and the Hon. W. Cowper returned
to the Castle this morning.
Most of the Royal suite took airings in carriages and
phaetons.

Many reports have been in circulation respecting the
time of her Majesty's departure for Brighton. We, how-
ever, believe that the period is still uncertain, and the pre-
sent state of political affairs is calculated to raise a question
whether or not the Queen will be able to visit Brighton at
all this season.

The Duke of Cambridge came to Cambridge House
yesterday from Kew. His Royal Highness, attended by
Colonel Jones, returned to Kew in the afternoon.
Lord Holland visited Lord Melbourne yesterday in
South-street.

Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer's Office in Downing-street.
Lord Duncannon visited the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer yesterday in Downing-street.
Letters were received yesterday at the Colonial Depart-
ment from Lord Durham, at Devonport.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir John Cam
Hobhouse visited Lord Melbourne yesterday at his house
in South-street.

The Austrian, Russian, and Turkish Ministers transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign Department.
Despatches, dated October 5, were received yesterday at
the Foreign Department from the British Consul at Vera
Cruz.

Despatches, dated the 25th of October, were received
yesterday at the Foreign Department from the British
Consul at Tampico.
Despatches, dated August 8, were received yesterday at
the India Board from the Officer administering her Ma-
jesty's Government at the Presidency of Bombay.
Despatches, dated August 15, were received yesterday
at the Colonial Department from the Governor of Ceylon.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial De-
partment from Captain Prescott, Governor of Newfound-
land, and from Colonel Cockburn, the Governor of the
Bahamas.

His Excellency Sir Charles Lamb has arrived at the
Hotel Wagratn, Rue Rivoli.
The Turkish Ambassador and suite honoured Ma-
dame Tussaud's exhibition, in Baker-street, with a visit on
Monday evening.
Count Munster, the Hereditary Grand Marshal of
Hanover is dangerously ill of water on the chest.
Mr. E. J. Cooper, M.P. for Sligo, left town yes-
day morning for Paris.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is staying at
Hastings.

Sir Richard Bourke, Bart., left town yesterday for
Hastings.
Sir Edward Cust, Dr. Lushington, Mr. N. Gould,
Lieut.-Colonel O'Reilly, Mr. Brenton, Mr. Weatherley,
and Mr. Fairbanks had interviews with Lord Glenelg yes-
terday at the Colonial Office.
Lord Alford, eldest son of the Easl Brownlow,
arrived in Belgrave-square in the preceding week, accom-
panied by the Hon. Wm. Begot, son of Lord Begot. Those
gentlemen left London in the summer to perform the grand
tour. They last visited Nice, where the Earl and Countess
and family are passing the winter.
The Countess of Clonmell and the Ladies Scott
have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Amersham, Bucks.
Viscount Melbourne and a small party dined with
Lord Holland at his residence in South-street on Monday.
The Earl and Countess of Limerick have been re-
ceiving successive parties of friends at South-hill Park, in
Berkshire. Sir Henry and Lady Frances Calder, Sir Aubrey
and Lady De Vere, Lord Glentworth, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and Mr. and Lady Caroline Russell, have
been among the recent guests.
The Marquis Conyngham is about to leave town,
accompanied by his son, the Earl of Mountcharles, to pay
a visit to his uncle, W. J. Denison, Esq., M.P. for Surrey,
who is seriously indisposed at Buxton.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond intend
to pass the Christmas at Brighton. Lord and Lady James
O'Brien intend to leave Bath and join the family about
that period.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived yester-
day morning at Campden Hill, Kensington, from Brighton,
accompanied by the Ladies Russell. They leave for Wo-
burn Abbey on the 10th inst.
The late Colonel Wynn's house, adjoining the
Palace Green, at Kensington, having been put in order for
the occupation of the Princess Sophia, during the rebuild.
ing of her Royal Highness's apartments in the Palace, her
Royal Highness has removed to this residence, to which an
approach has been made from the Palace Avenue.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies
Somerset will leave Camden House, in the Green Park,
to-morrow, for Badminton Park, in Gloucestershire, where
they will receive a succession of visitants during the
Christmas recess. The Noble Duke has caused a superb
monument to the memory of his father, Henry Charles, the
late Duke, to be erected in the parish church of Badmin-
ton. The statue of his Grace is from the design of a local
artist named Edwards.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca, attended
by Baron Ostini, left Mivart's Hotel yesterday, on a visit
to the Lord Primate and Mrs. Howley, at Addington
Park, near Croydon.
The Countess of Minto and the Ladies Elliot have
arrived at the Admiralty, from the family seat, Minto Cas-
tle, Roxburghshire.
Sir Hamilton Seymour, our Minister at Brussels,
was expected to arrive at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street,
last evening, from Ostend, having been sent for express,
owing to the severe indisposition of his father, Lord George
Seymour, brother to the Marquis of Hertford, at Brighton.
The Guernsey Comet, of Thursday, says, " Owing
to the tempestuous state of the weather yesterday and to-
day, neither the Monarch, from Southampton, nor the
packet from Weymouth, have yet made their appearance.
At noon, we were visited with a violent storm of thunder,
lightning, hail, and rain, which lasted for about an hour,
when the weather gradually cleared up. It yet blows very
hard from the westward. We have not heard of any damage
being done.
On Wednesday night last, James Gunstone, a porter
to an auctioneer, residing in Bennett-street, Tottenham-
court-road, returned home in a state of intoxication, and
between eleven and twelve o'clock he precipitated himself
from the second floor window, when he fell upon the railing
in front of the house, the spikes of which stuck into his
person. His groans alarmed the neighbourhood, until a
policeman of the E division, and other persons, came to his
assistance and extricated him, when he was carried to the
Middlesex Hospital, where he now lies in a deplorable state.
SUPERABUNDANCE OF LABOUR.—There are five
candidates for the vacant Chaplaincy of the Knutsford
House of Correction, viz.:—The Rev. Dudley ; the
Rev. R. D. Thomas, Curate of Sandbach, and son of
Faithful Thomas, Esq., Coroner for the county ; the Rev.
William Cardale, Curate of Witton ; the Rev. George
Stokes, actin.. Chaplain of the Northern Hospital, Liver-
pool ;
that the Rev. Mr. Dudley has withdrawn.—Bolton Free
Pica,

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK.

By the arrival of the Tagus steamer, accounts have
been received from Alexandria to the 6th November,
Malta 16th, Gibraltar 23d, Cadiz 24th, Lisbon 27th, and
Vigo 30th.
MALTA, Nov. 14.—We have the satisfaction to learn
that her Majesty Queen Adelaide arrived at Naples in the
Hastings on the 29th ult., after a most prosperous passage
from Gibraltar. Her Majesty will, we understand, make
a stay of about three weeks in that capital, and after pay-
ing a short visit to Palermo and Messina, will proceed to
this island, where the most cordial reception awaits her.
The Gibraltar Papers do not contain any news of the
least importance.
The Tagus has brought the remainder of the overland
letters from India, but the news they contain have been an-
ticipated through Marseilles.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY, DEC. 4.—We
have had a fair demand for Cotton to-day, the sales amount
to 7,000 bags, chiefly American ; prices fully maintained.