The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Marquis of Exeter arrived at Claremont-
park at twelve o'clock yesterday frorn town, and
had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, and also of the Queen. The Earl of
Rosslyn, the Earl of Uxbridge, and the Earl
Delawarre, arrived at Claremont soon after the
Noble Marquis, and had audiences of her Ma-
jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
In the forenoon Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing in the Park.
The Earl of Listowel and Mr. George Edward
Anson rode in the Park yesterday morning.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse
Philippsthall, attended by the Rev. J. R. Wood,
left Marlborough House, Pall-mall, soon after
eight o'clock yesterday morning, on a visit to her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Sudbury Hall.
His Serene Highness travelled by the London
and Birmingham railway.
A meeting was held yesterday at the residence
of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall-gardens, which
was attended by Earl de Grey, Lord Eliot, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, and Sir Henry
Hardinge. Sir Robert attended at the Trea-
sury in the afternoon, accompanied by Sir
Thomas Fremantle.

Dr. Nichol!, M.P., had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel yesterday afternoon, at his resi-
dence in Whitehall-gardens.
The Marquis of Downshire, the Right Hon.
J. W. Croker, and Colonel Darner, had inter-
views with Sir James Graham yesterday, at the
Home-office.

Sir Henry Bouverie had an interview with
Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial•office.
Mr. C. R. Pemberton has been appointed
Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer. _ _

Tile Chancellor of the Exchequer left town
yesterday afternoon for Cambridge. Before
leaving town the Right Hon. Gentleman had an
interview with Sir Robert Peel.

The Marquis of Londonderry left town on
Tuesday.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne
left town yesterday afternoon for their seat, Bo-
wood Park, Wilts.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

DEPARTURES.

Sir George and LaTi?(TeOZ. from York-street,
Portman-square' for Southsea ; Mr. and Mrs. Prideaux
Brune and family, from their house in Charles-street,
Berkeley-square, for Ramsgate ; Mrs. and Miss Cowell,
from Great Cumberland-street, for Salisbury ; Mrs. and
Miss Wingfield, for Baden ; Mr. and Mrs. Norton, from
Harley-street, for Elton Manor, Nottinghamshire ; Mr.
and Mrs. Goddard, from the Burlington Hotel for
Swindon House ; Captain John C. Vivian, M.P., and
Lady, from the Waterloo Hotel, for Hampton Court ;
John Harford, Esq., M.P., from ditto ; the Duke d'Al-
bufera and suite, from the Brunswick Hotel, for Paris ;
Viscountess Stuart, from ditto, for Norfolk ; Sir Wm.
and Lady Lawson and family, from ditto, for Brussels ;
Edward Heneage, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Heneage, from
ditto, for Lincoln ; Colonel Conolly, M.P., from ditto,
for Ireland ; H. Eaton, Esq., M.l'., and Mrs. Eaton, from
ditto ; Count and Countess Chabular, from ditto, for
Paris ; H. Dover, Esq., from ditto, for Norfolk ; B.
Sanderson, Esq., M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Sanderson,
from Belgrave-square, for Gunton Park, Norfolk.

ARRIVALS.
Lady Charles Bentinck and family, from a tour ; John
Lloyd Clayton, Esq., in Portman-square, from a tour ;
Mrs. and Miss Ravenscroft, from Miss Cotton's, Lud-
grove Manor House ; Rev. Hugh Willoughby, at the
Bath Hotel, from Baconsfield.

THE HON. MRS. NORTON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
"Whispers are afloat respecting the intention of the
Hon. Mrs. Norton to adopt the stage as a profession, and
make her debut at Covent-garden."
Sir—My attention has been called to the above para-
graph, copied from your paper of Monday, the substance
of which has, I am told, already appeared in forms more
or less intelligible, and the report contained in which is
a gross and unfounded falsehood.

It is a clog and a stigma on the liberty of the press in
England, that there is no personality so frivolous or so
false that it will not find its way into the public journals;
and once there, neither its frivolity nor its falsehood can
prevent the idle fools of this world from believing the
busy knaves who sent it. In proportion to the weakness
of the party, is the boldness of the attack. The Earl of
C— and his sister are the children of an actress ; the
Countess of C-- is an actress's grand-daughter ; the
Countess of W— an actress's daughter ; the whole of
the F— family have the same origin. Now, it would
have been some time before any of your correspondents
would have ventured to put forward either of these
names as they have coolly done mine, although (and I
intend no slight to a profession ennobled by hundreds
of its members when I make this remark)—no woman of
my family ever adopted it ; and my grandfather, when
young, struggling with poverty, and with his way to
make in the world, refused even to permit his wife to
sing at a concert. I can of course only conjecture who
the persons are to whose steady and unremitting system
of annoyance I owe that this " whisper" is " afloat ;"
but whether it be the invention of man or woman, of an
open foe, or of those who should be friends and protec-
tors, I beg to repeat that it is a falsehood, and to request.
that, as you have published the report, you will also pub-
lish the contradiction.
I am, Sir, yours, obediently,
CAROLINE NORTON.
[The paragraph originally appeared in the Observer,]