The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at, half-past
two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
At the Court Earl Granville, G. C. B , her Majesty'`
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris,.
was presented to her Majesty, on his return, by Viscount
Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Sir George Slice, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary at Stutgard, was presented
to the (linen, by Viscount Palmerston, on his arrisal
from Stutgard.
M. Fox Strangways, her Majesty's Minister at Frank-
fort, was presented to her Majesty, to take leave On going
to Fridikfort, by Viscount Palmerston.
Tize Privy Council was attended by the Lord President,
the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord•of the• Treasury, the
Secretaries of State for the •Home, Foreign, and •Colonial
Departments. the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Chan-
ccllor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner
of the Woods and Forests, the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse.

Various Colonial Orders passed the Council.
The Hot, William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun-
cil in Wasting.
Her Majesty gave audiences to the Lord Chamberlain,
the Lori President, Lot d John Russell, Viscount Pal.
merston, Viscount Melbourne, and the Marquis of Nor.
manby.

The Court was attended by Lady Barham, Lady in
; the Vice Chamberlain ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick
in Waiting; the Treasurer of the Household ; the Comp-
troller of the Household, and Lord Alfred Paget,
ry in Waiting.
The Etrl of Listowell and Mr. Rich were the Lord and
Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took
an a:ring yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four.
The Queen had a dinner party last evening in Buck.
inL ham Palace. The company consisted of their Royal
lirgiinesics th Duchess of Kent and Prince George of
Cambridge, Earl of Erroll, Earl of Morley, Viscount
Melbourne, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord and Lady Crof-
ton, Lord Bloomfield, Right Hon. George Stevens, and
Lady Agnes Byng, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Colonel
Cornwall. Lady Barham, Hon. Misses Anson and Paget;
Barcner:s Lehzen, Earl of Listowell, Mr. Rich, Lord A.
Paget, and Colonel Bouverie.

The band of tae Royal Regiment of Horse Guards at.
tended during the evening.
Her Alajesty was graciously pleased to honour Mr.
llaiter bt., sitting for a large whole length portrait for the
Goldsmit's Company.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. W.
C. Rots, A. R. A., with -a sitting yesterday for a minio-
n/ ^ pm-trait, nearly a full length.
sir George Slice, after attending the Queen's Court,
3esterrFn,..- ras presented to his Royal Highness, Prince
Albert, :it lielsingham Palace by Viscount Palmerston.

Prince Albert wiled the Duchess of Kent yesterday at
Ingestrie House.
The answer given yesterday to inquiries at Clarence
Hous,,, St. James's. was, " The Princess Augnsta has
had a good night, and her Royal Highness is soulgwhat
better.'

The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge,-
and Prince George visited the Princess Augusta yesterday.
The Duchen, of Cambridge, Prince George, and the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Au-
gu.ta Solacist t, honoured Mrs. De Rothschild with their
company yesterday afternoon at Guunersbury Park, Acton.
Air. Chaplin had an intN view with Viscount Melbourne
yesterday in Downing-street.
His Royal Hii.Thness the Duke of Susses, the Duke of
Bedford, Lord Holland, snd a large party dined at the Fez
dinner, at Blackwell, on Saturday.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Lorl ILic.ll.?r; S:r Henry Paulct, Bart. ; Lord ...I
chekr.4; Mr. Henry and Lady Mary Gordon ; the
Russian General BrachadotE and suite. at the Clarendon
Hotel ; Lord Abingdon and Lady Charlotte 8.-ale, at
ditto ; Captain Ru3selt Manners, R N,- Lieuttoant-
General Sackvi:le Bcrkelcy ; Lord Middleton ; IL 11.
Will;aim, Esq., in Portland-place, from Fonthill, NVilfbe
DEPARTURES.

Mr. and M. Brand, for Latimers ; the Hon. Mrs.
Charles Law, for Richmond; the Earl of Newburgh, ft,:
Ilindon Home ; Lord and Lady Ashburton and the Misses
B:trir,g, for %Vitt:pole Hall ; Sir William and Lady Dundas,
frr Sussex ; Colonel and Lady Susan North, for Putney-
Loath ; the Duchess D'Escars and suite, from Payne's
Brunswick Hotel; for the Continent ; Colonel Howstoivn,
for Knswsley Park ; Lord Crewe, from Mivart's Hotel,
for Crewe Hall ; Sir Joseph and Lady Radcliffe, for Sim..
don ; Nfr. end Lady Caroline Russell, for Little Hampt•
ton ; Mr. George mid Lady Louis Cavendish, on a tour
L rd Belfast, front Fenton's Hotel, for Cowes; Mr. Bell,
M. F. fur Newcastle; S'r Charles and Lady Salisbury,
for the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Martyn, for
Southampton; Sir Joseph and Lady Charlotte Copley,
for the Isle of Wight ; Smith Barry, Esq., on a crPi4;
Cap t. Corry, R.N., and James Weld, Esq., for Cowes
Mr, Fleming, M. P., fur Hants ; Admiral Sir Jamea
Whitshed, Bart., G.C. 8., for. Holbrook House, Sussex
Capt. and Mrs. Patterson, from Mount Cletnetts, for
Tan-y.bwltch, North Wales; the Count and Countess de
Cos-se Kris' e, the Count and Countess de St. Aide-
gondo, the Duchess and the Counts d'Escars, the Couri-
tes; d'Argout, Mons. de Boigne, Mons. de Cambourc„
and the Baron Menticaurt, from the Brunswick Hotel,
Jermyn-street, for the Continent ; Lord and Lady Jermyn
and tamily, from ditto, for Totibridge- Wells ; Mr. and
Mrs. Nlarsitani and the /Ls. W. and Mrs. Keppel, from
ditto, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Junes, from ditto, fir
Antr.-rrp : W. F. Campbell, Esq., of Islay, M. P., f o
ditto, for Edinburgh ; John Gibbons, Esq., from ditty, fur
Edgbaston.

We li.vo heard that it is likely the Rev. Connop
l hirlss ail will b., the new Bishop of St. David's.
A MOST MAGNIFICENT NECK-GLASS.—WC
have been favoured with a sight of a most magnificent Neck-
glass, mai.ufactured by the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons
Optici,:ns, of Albernarle.street Piccadilly, expressly for a lady
of high distinction. It is einnposed of the finest choice gold.
c'ea.;d, aLd set with costly brilliants. It forms a most splendid
ornament for a lady. The most beneficial of all is the brilliant
transparency of the lens, the excellency of wh:ch for the pre-
servation of defective vision are so highly patronised.
Preparations for the approaching Musical Festi-
val to be held at Birmingham in September. are proceedirg
with very great activity. We understand the instrumental
band is to consist almost wholly of the finest performers in the
kineom, the Committee of Management having availed them-
selves of the great increase of talent which at the present time
exists; we hear also that when the names of the performers al-
ready engaged are announced, they will be found to comp:ise
vocal talent of a still higher character than on former occasions.-
The meeting is to take place under the patronage of the Queen,
the Queen Dowager, and Prince Albert.
FATAL AND MOST DISTRESSING EVENT.—
An occurrence of a very deplorable nature took plac.e at about.
half-past eight o'clock this morning. Two young geitlemen,
Mr. Albert Callanan, son of Pr. Callanan, of this city,. And
Mr. Alexander Nl‘Carthy, both employed as Clerks in tic
National Bank, repaired to the neighbourhood of the Core
Market, in the Gas fields, for the purpose of amusing them-
selves by firing at a target. A pistol, provided by Mr. Cal-
lanan, had been used alternately by them, when, having pre -
viously fired several shots, it hung fire. Mr. M'Carthy was
in the act of examining the deadly instrument, when, the
Larrel being unfortunately directed towards his companion's
head, it went off; the ball struck the posterior inferior angle
of the parietal bone, close to the lateral sinus, and then passed
off. After running about twenty paces Mr. Callanan fell, and
never spoke after. He was taken to the Infirmary, and died at
about nine o'clock. An inquest was held, the result of which
wa saver- diet of " Accidental death."—Cork Southern Re-
porter.

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE RUSSIAN
ENIn A S SY. —Monday was the birth-day of the Empress of
Russia, when his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroness
Brunow, with the Russian noblemen and gentlemen connected
with the embassy and the Russian noblesse now sojourning in
this country, attended divine service at the Russian Chapel, in
Welbeek-street. In the evening his Excellency and his ainizble
Baroness gave an elegant entertainment at Ashbuinham House,
to his Excellency Baron Bulow, his Excellency General Luck,
Colonel Luck, Baron Schlimitz, Prince Labanoff ;de Rostoff,
Count Bruges, Count Hameke, Count Stroganoff, Count Pah-
len, Colonel Ralachoff, Colonel Schlizer, Madame Bcnkhaesen.
Dowager Countess of Pembroke, Lady Georgiana Herbert, &c.
The band of the Coldstream Guards were stationed in the yes.
t] bule, and played, throughout the banquet, a selection of
marches, Ike.
Sir William Hyde Pearson. 1.R.5., begs to say
that the Spectacles he has now had some time in use have fully re-
deemed the assurance of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon. a! to
their excellence, and having found so much comfort and advantage
from their use, he wishes the Messrs. Solomons to provide a suit.
able pair for his daughter, who will call at Albeinule-street
morrow.—l 6, Hanover.square. June tat, 1840. The Messrs. so.
lornons state that their Operative Voice Conductor, by which thou.
sands of deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is the size of
seven-shilling piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the Ear le
soft, easy, and not more uncomfortable nor perceptible than having
a piece of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public
assembly is heard with distinctness._39. Albemarle-street, Picea.
dilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of England. No con.
nections with persons of the sante name.

The weather, in this district, is now snore favour-
able for the hay-harvest., and there is a prospect of the crops,
c.:.ic!: are most abundant, being secured with little, if any. in-
jury. On Thursday and yesterday some partial showers fell;
but the weather, threughout the greater part of the days, was
remarkably fine, pleasan• breezes blowing from the south-west
and north-west, with the appearance of a brilliant unclouded
sun. The wheats, &c-, are raridly ripening, notwithstanding
the coldness of the late winds and rain, and the continuance,
for a fortnight or three weeks, of such weather as we are at
present enjoying, will make ready for the sickle the larger por-
tion of the corn crops in this neighbourhood.—Manciteafer
Times.