The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-12 00:00:00

COUKT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty held a Court and Privy Council at dire°
o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham •Palace.
At the Court Mr. Erskine Perry, Judge (4,46:-
Supreme Court •f Bombay, was presented to her JP;;.
jesty at an audience by the Marquis of NormanbYt ts,
Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Departmel.
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal 11,i:g.t
ness Princess Albert, the Lord Privy Seal, the rite
Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the
Home and Foreign Department, the First Lord of tud,
Admiralty, the Scretary at War, the Lord Stela/
the Lord Chatnberlain, and the Master of the Horse.
Some Colonial matters were submitted Wilier lu
in Council, and were approved o.
The Hon. Rithurstf was the Clerk d tiro'
Council in Waiting. The Court was attended by t
Treasurer of the Household, the Vice CharnberbA
Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, Colonel Weill/It:
Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry

Prince Albert.
Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of 1401.1'
munby, Earl of Uxbridge, and Viscount Melbourne. if
The Earl of Aboyne and the Hon. William CovrPe
were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen
yestercl
morning, and remained to lunch with her Majesty 1111
Prince Albert and the King of the Belgians.
Tne Duke of Cambridge visited her Majlsti
terday. i
Prince George of Cambridge visited his Royal flir'
ness Prince Albert yesterday. last
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace,. fa,,
evening, included his Majesty the King of the 130416",11;
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, M. 11‘,°
Weyer, the Belgian Minister, Marquis of Aeg'es-01
,
and Lady Adelaide Paget, Marquis and Marchioeej
of Douro, Earl of Uxbridge, Lady Fanny licwisfa•'
Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Pali':
ston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Lord and Ludy A6bje'''
General Goblet, and M. Van Prmt. ot
The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended
the Palace during dinner. 'leP
The large Nuptial Medal, modelled by Mr. BlLrt
R.A., was submitted to her Majesty and Prince Aim-

on Wednesday, at Buckingham Palace. on
Majesty the King of the Belgiansuet OWB 31
1 p, id ViS,its'
ger' 6
Wednesday, to her Majesty the Q
Marlborough House ; and the Duke of Cambridge'
Cambridge House. His Majesty visited her 11•°,', 10
Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Inge -
House, Belgrave-square. f ;
Prince George of Cambridge visited her
the Queen Dowager yesterday.
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Mr. Justice Hagman of Upper Canada, hi"et
interview with Lord John Russrli, on WednesdaY,
the Colonial Office. Mr. Bellew, MX , had fl"
to
view with his Lordship yesterday.
The Marquis of Dowhshire, Dr. Southwood .7111'i be
and the ltv. Henry Taylor, had interviews wit,:iltg
Marquis of Normaohy yesterday at the Home Ogoc");6
The Postmaster-General had an interview with•t,,
fob
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Pc's/
str,eTtit. I got
e Judicial Committee of the Privy CounclLor,
yesterday. The Lords present were Lord 13rougnic
Mr. Justice Bosanquct, Mr. Justice Erskinc, 9P" t
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Judge of tho Admiralty Court.
In the matter of Woodcroft's Patent, which caul" Sir
fore their Lordships for an extension of the WI for
William Follett and Mr. Teed were the COO° ocl
the petitioners, and Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. 011
F. Moore, aga hiPg'
Lord ughßram, on the part of their Lord." •A to'
gave judgment that sufficient proof of merit and -cot'
under the Patent had not been shown to entitle dig
ties under the Act. r f °l/1
Mr. Burge, Q.C., was heard in Hill v. Bri: g°'
Trinidad.

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BETIINAL•GREEN BENEVOLENT FVelieved
During the last week upwards of 1,800 cases were f 11,6
by the committee appointed to investigate the oato oer,
1 wish during the continuance of the inclement wet° it i°
DISTRESS AT COVENTRY.—There arproo°
supposed, in Coventry alone between 40,000 an'-`°o sie
inhabitants at this time, of whom upwards of co'
journeymen riband weavers. When in full work, 't 70. 'r
puted that the poor weavers do not earn more than bare
83. per week at the very extreme, and many of triSietre9l6l
wives and large families. Go which way you evil" hes P.
stares you hard in the face, and the poor wrete,
_Oot•
areund are literally starving to death. Last week tlwas be'
relief for the poor of the parish of Coventry ales" w
stowed upon about 1,100 poor families. .„
We have much pleasure in stating that 1,",
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sequence of the continuance of the severe vieat"- ;OP/
Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to 00'
mit, through General Sir Henry Whetley, a &It': tit°,
201. to the West London Association, which stlPP'netotoc"
industrious and unemployed poor with coals and P„-Vetl;
during the winter; and that her Majesty the Quee";‘,o,lls.
ager, in addition to her former liberal annual (Joust"' ,
presented a farther donation of 101.
The Duke of Beaufort has recovered WTI: 01
attack of gout. His Grace went out yesterday fe4
last
th
time since his recovery.
The Lord Chancellor was much better
evening. s
It was Mr. John Garth Marshall who Nl,a,t, 11
tied to the Hon. Miss Spring Rice on TuesdaY in
not Mr. Henry Marshall, as was erroneously state s.
.
the papers. ; go)
I-lErt MAJESTY'S SHIP FAIRY.---11'5 sent
Highness Prince Albert has most benevolent', of o,i
11.
Captain Phipps Hornby, at Woolwich, the ',tics tin
in aid of the subscription for the relief of the wt of
erphans of the crew lost in this vessel. rntnio jo
At the Manse of Dundonald, on the on,
the 6th instant, died the Rev. John M'Leod,,'-''
the 65th year of his age, and 631 of his o mirostrY:hirrOh'
was ordained to the pastoral office, in the Island
Bin P t
mg in As
in 1778, and subsequently filled the second ehars-be
Low Church parish in Kilmarnock, from whence r
ot° bis
translated to Dundonald in 1816. The Rev. for (
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a native of the Highlands, and so diSII0g019" •ntolBoer
knowledge of the Gaelic language, that the 13,ricd uti,,er
the Bible in that tongue was chid), accoMPliP. oot°ll,
his superintendence. The Gaelic Dictionarl that o.if
monument of his Celtic lore—the compilation f
tional work having been the united production o
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and the Rev. Dr. M`Lauchlan. Dr. 11i'LeoL., cool
respected by his parishioners, for his bland 011`' an r.
d int' '
ing demeanour. For several years back 01
ona,
firmities had nearly shut him out from Per ed to a
course with the world, though his mind contie
tain a portion of its original vigour to th•
Obier. re r.