The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court at. half-past two o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
The Right Rey. Dr. Pepys had .an audience of her
Majesty, and did homage on his translation to the See
of Worcester. The Marquis of Normanby, her Ma-
jcey's Principal' Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, and the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk- of
the Closet in Waitin assisted at the ceremony.
The Marquis of iormanby had an audience of her
Majesty. _ _

The Queen was attended by Lord Poltimore, Lord in
Waiting, and the Hon. W. Cowper, Groom in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by -Lord
Alfred Paget, visited her Royal Highness the Duches:
of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday afternoon.
The Princess Royal was taken an airing yesterday in
a carriage and four.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess of Lei-
nin7en, took an airing yesterday afternoon in a barouche
and four.

Prince Albert honoured the Archbishop of Canterbury
with his company at dinner Last evening at Lambeth
Palace. His Royal Highness was attended by Lord R.
Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole ; Mr. G. E. Anson,
Treasurer ; Earl of Morley, Gentleman in Waiting ;
Sir G. Anson, and Captain FranciS Seymour, Groom in
Waiting ; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last
evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Leiningen, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Uxbridge, Lady
Anne Maria Dawson, Baroness Spaeth, Lord Portman,
Lady Barham, and Sir Henry Wheatley.
The Queen Dowager attended Divine service yester-
day (Holy Thursday) in the Chapel Royal. St. James's.
The Bishop of London preached the sermon..
Her Majesty's suite included the Countess of Brown-
low, Hon. Miss Wheatley, Hon. Miss Hudson, Earl
Howe, and the Rev. J. 11 Wood. -

The Duchess of Gloucester and the Prince of Leinin-
gen visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday.
Prince George of Cambridge arrived at his residence
iu St. James's Palace on Wednesday evening from
Dublin.

Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marl-
borough House, the residence of the Queen Dowager,
yesterday, from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited the
Queen Dowager yesterday.
The dinner party at Cambridge House, on Wednesday
evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mrs.
Howley, • the Archbishop of York and Miss Vernon
Harcourt, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Bloomfield,
Baron de Nieumann, the Austrian Minister on a special
mission, the Duke of Wellington, Earl Howe; Lady
Caroline Legge, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord Ellen-
borough, Sir John and Lady Shelley, and Mr. Culling

The Lord Chancellor will give his usual breakfast to
the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., at his Lordship's
house in Bruton-street, on Saturday next, the first day
of Trinity Term.
Colonel Westenra had an interview with the Marquis
of Normanby yesterday at the llome-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday. The Attorney-General was heard in " Wood
and others v. G oodlake and another." At the conclu-
sion of his address their Lordships adjourned the further
hearing of the case until Tuesday next.

This morning the annual inspection of the house•
hold troops took place on thg parade in St. James Park. The
fineness of the morning, coupled with a report that the Queen
and Prince Albert would be present, occasioned a large assembly
of people so early as nine o'clock. Soon after that time the
battalions of the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Fusilier Guards,
marched on the ground from their respective barracks, and
formed in line in front of the Horse Guards. A troop of the
Life Guards followed, and took their station by the Treasury.
At half-past nine the Duke of Wellington rode upon the ground
with a numerous company of officers, including Lord Hill, and
Lord Cardigan. The Duke was in the uniform of the Grena-
dier Guards. In a few minutes after Prince Albert arrived,
and was attended by his suite. The band played the national
anthem, and the troops then paraded in slow and quick time
over the great square of the parade. At eleven o'clock his
Royal Highness left the ground accompanied by the Duke of
Wellington, Lord Hill, the Duke of Cambridge, and a large
body of officers in command. His Royal Highness, and the
Duke of Wellington, were most enthusiastically cheered.
The number of fashionables present has probably never been
exceeded.

ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.—The intrepid
patriots of Carrick will, we understand, meet on Sunday, for
the purpose of addressing our Gracious Queen on the present
critical posture of affairs. We trust their excellent example
will be generally followed. This is the time for exertion;
Ireland expects that every man will do his duty.— Tipperary
Free Press.

We regret to announce the awfully sudden death
of the Rev. Mr. Munro, Minister of Kiltearn, in Ross-shire.
The Rev. Gentleman had attended the celebration of the sa-
crament in Dingwall on Sunday last. After Divine service
he went to the manse, and while sitting on the sofa, engaged
in conversation on the sacred exercises of the day, his head
was observed to drop to one side, and he instantly fell back
and expired. The church of Kiltearn is in the gift of the
Crown.—lnnerness Courier.

Seldom have we witnessed a more favourable
prospect of plenty than everywhere now presents itself. Sine*
the w'nter broke up the country bas been cherished with the
most grateful vicissitudes of shower and sunshine, so that
every species of vegetation seems to vie with its neighbour in
luxuriance. —Bath Chronicle.

The hay harvest has commenced in the vicinity
of Malmesbury. Mr. Pinnell of the Abbey Mill has mown
a large field.—Wilts Independent.
A cow belonging to Robert Gardner, of Wycrs-
dale, last week died a miserable death. It had been losing its
•• condition " for a considerable time ; its owner considered it
to be rotten, but on opening it there was found in its stomach
an enormous toad, which no doubt had been alive till the
cow's death.— Wilts Independent.
CHRISTCHURCH, SURREY.,--A most nume-
rous meeting of the- inhabitants of the above parish was
held in the large room of Newton's Hotel, Blackfriars-
road, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
propriety of petitioning the Legislature for a repeal of
the Corn-laws. Mr. Gyles, the churchwarden, was una-
nimously called to:the chair. Mr. Pellatt, and several
other gentlemen addressed the meeting at great length,
and a petition, thanking her Majesty's Ministers for the
measures they had brought forward, was subsequently
carried unanimously, with a request that the Members
of the Borough do present and support the prayer
thereof. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman,
which, was duly acknowledged, and the meeting sepa-
rated.

REPRESENTATION Or SCOTLAND.— A foolish
paragraph in the Aberdeen Constitutional of Friday has
been republished in some southern papers. It intimates
that all the Liberal Members of Forfarshire are to be
opposed by Liberals—Sir Henry Parnell. in Dundee,
by Kinloch of Kinloch ; Lord D. G. Hallyburton, in
the county, by the Hon. Lauderdale Maule ; Mr. Chal-
mers, in the Angus burghs, by a gentleman from Lon-
don, name unknown. The following statement may be
relied on, as regards Forfarshire:—Kinloch of Kinloch
certainly intended to oppose Sir Henry Parnell in
Dundee, and with every prospect of success ; but the
development of the Ministerial policy will prevent any
contest in that town, if Sir Henry is willing to retain his
seat. The Hon. Lauderdale Maule would not oppose
the present Member for Forfarshire, if his Lordship
wished to continue its Member. From the weakness of
his health, however, it is most probable that he will not
again offer his services. We know, indeed, that his Lord-
ship, so far back as last election, was anxious to retire.
In that case Mr. Lauderdale Maule will be doubtless put
forward for, and carry Forfarshire. He will he opposed by
a Conservative gentleman, connected with the Airlie fa-
mily, who will give a little trouble, but cannot carry the
county. Mr. Lauderdale Maule is a younger brother
of Mr. Fox Manic, and holds his opinions. Mr. Chal-
mers will meet no opposition in the Angus burghs.
There was lately some disagreement betwixt him and a
portion of his constituents, because he refused to pledge
himself to the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-
laws. Mr. Chalmers refuses to give pledges, but we can
say assuredly, that he is favourable to more liberal mea-
sures than those proposed by the Ministry. He enjoys
the confidence of the electors of the Church party, who
are numerous in the Angus burghs ; and there would be
no more hopeless contest than one against Mr. Chalmers,
on the part of either Whig or Tory. We are quite certain
that the Constitutional's nameless gentleman will never
be named in Montrose or Arbroath.--Aberdcen Banner.

CHIPPENIIAM.—We are happy to state that
the Anti-Corn-law petition from this town, receives every day
additional signatures.— Wilts Independent.
MORTALITY IN EGYPT.—We have received
a private letter from Alexandria, in which is given an account
of the ravages which the plague is making in Egypt, and upon
the details of which the most implicit reliance may be placed.
We extract the following therefrom :—.‘The general
mortality at Cairo is greatly on the increase, and the number
is now computed at 115 a day. Of these deaths, between
seventy and eighty wise from the plague, and I regret to add
that among them may be reckoned several distinguished per-
sonages. In this city the diurnal average already exceeds
twenty, and serious alarm is beginning to be manifested in
consequence of the qUarter which is inhabited by foreigners,
and which hitherto had been exempt, having become infected
and presented a distressing scene. The Europeans, who had
always obtained a renown for the precautions which they had
invariably resorted to, have this time, by their own impru-
dence, been the victims of their wonted courage, many having
been led away by the absurd opinions of certain physicians, who
have dubbed themselves non-contagionists. I have also to add,
that the plague has made its appearance on board two Austrian
and two British ships, and that in consequent s of the predomi-
nance thereof in Egypt, the last French steamer that left
this port refused to take any passengers."
lhe proposed measures for relieving the industry
of the country from the cruel oppression caused by monopoly,
have created a sensation, throughout the country, second only
to the memorable demonstration which carried the Reform Bill.
Derby has nobly done its dnty, rnaugre the impotent and base
attempts made to delude the working classes, and persuade
them that they can have no itterest whatever in the price of
provisions. Suffering and destitution have had their w onted effect,
and roused the population almost en masse to aid in the struggle,
notwithstanding the previous determination of great numbers
to petition Parliament no more. The step taken by Ministers
has dissipated the gloom, that pervaded the minds of the
masses, and the apathy it induced has given place to expecta•
tions it would be both cruel and dangerous to disappoint.
Derby Reporter.
The liandelsblad contains a letter from Rotter-
dam giving an account of a strange occurrence. The wife of
a watchman of the town for some time past. had exhibited
marks of mental alienation, and a fortnight ago disappeared sud-
denly, without leaving any traces by which her fate could be
conjectured. On the 9th inst., the husband desiring to remove
a chest from the garret, discovered in it his wife, still alive.
The unfortunate woman appears to have entered this hiding-
place in one of her fits of madness, with the intention of dying
there. This circumstance, and that she only took a little
water from the gutter of the house during the whole period of
her disappearance for her support, is all that can be gathered
from her incoherent expeasions. She is still affected with
the some weakness of mind, and in addition has been seized
with the 3mall-poz.

SPAIN.
Madrid Papers andl 'titters of the 11th inst:, have reached us.
M. Gonzalez had been I zummoned by Espartero, as it was c9l,
manly said, to draw up' a list of a new Cabinet, and there were
at least twenty names in circulation for the various posts. Th. i
election of the Regent ha d caused an improvement in the prices tii
of the funds. Several
'titles had asked for leave of :thole..
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for some time, considering the most important political bminess • z '''„,„
of the Session as now deck .ed. On the evening of the election
the superior officers of the National Guard .of. 011,10 Ytti9,l
capital waited on Evartero to congratulate him, and a gran4,,,itiPil
serenade was performed unite, • his windows. The capital wag 6lll
illuminaled. It was said that objections had been made by 'the )-:
Spanish Government to receifs'e the new Portuguese Envoy
the Baron de Renduff, on account of his former attachment mllOl5l
the service of Don Miguel. Ihe President of the Cortes de.,11:7914
livered the following address of Espartero, published in yester• u pU
tlav's
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Cortes have heard all that the Regent of the King-
dom has ex-pcsed and submitted tv their high consideration,
and they feel seisfaction in finding the sentiments of fidelity.
love, and respect towards Queen Isabella 11., with which he
is animated. They ha%'e equal confin -nee in his firm re.o-
lotion to defend the Throne :ind the h berties of the people.
The eminent services he has rendered to the nation are illus-
trious testimonies of this, and they are corevineed that he will
faithfully observe, and cause to be observed by all others, the
constitution of the monarchy in conformity with the oath he
has just solemnly taken in the presence of this aveust assembly.
Thus will he crown his own glory—thus will he answer the ex-
pectations of the public.
The following is the fsrmula of the oath taken by the Re-
gent, the President keeping the book of the Holy Evangelhits
open before them.
" The Pres!dent :—" You swear in the name of God aid', oil°
the Holy Evangelists the. you will observe and cause to be nh-
served the constitution of the Spanish Monarchy of 1837, and
the laws of the kingdom, having no other object in view in all
you do than the good and advantage of the nation, and that
yon will be faithful to the auguel: Queen of Spain, Donna Isa-
bella 11., by remitting into her hands the government of the,,,;
kingdom, as soon as she shall be out of her minority,"
The Regent replied in a clear and sonorous voice :
" I swear ! and if I act contrary to my oath, or to ant-
part of it, I ought not to be obeyed; and, moreover, all such,' :'
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my acts ought to be considered as null and of no effect." ,
The Castellano quotes a letter from Carthagena, which slates
that, on the sth instant, two English brigs of war made their, +''n
appearance in the harbour of the place, with the intention, as -60
it had been previously rumoured in the city, of cutting out a qf
smuggling vessel, the Dolphin, which was under Spanish co-
lours, and was guarded by the naval authorities. They had
been sent for by the British Consul, and un their arrival
becoming known, the Governor of the city summoned the
Consul and the Commanders of the brigs to an interview, at
which he represented to them that, the vessel being under
Spanish colours, they had no right to interfere with it ;
and that as he had sent up a report of the case to
Madrid, he begged them to wait till he should receive an an-
swer from Government. He added, that he should consider
the Consul answerable for any unpleasant consequences that
might ensue, if free were resorted to. The Consul replied,
that he should act on his own responsibility, and that at three
o'clock that afternoon the vessel should be cut out. Accord-.
ingly, between four and five o'clock the boats of the two brigs,•
fully manned, went alongside the Dolphin, and. without an-.
swering the challenge of the Spanish naval officer commanding ,
the guarda costa which was keeping the Dolphin, boarded the . !"1
vessel, took her out, and placed her between the two brigs.;,
The quays and shores were lined with the inhabitants, among A
whom the greatest excitement prevailed at this sight. Next
morning one of the brigs had sailed, and taken the Dolphin !,11-111,4
with her. The, Governor had sent a further report to the GoT
vernment at Madrid.
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