The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, Lord
Glenelg, Lord George Lennox, Sir Augustus and Lady
Clifford, Miss Clifford, Sir Richard arid Lady King, Mrs.
Hedworth Lambton, Miss Caroline Cavendish, Mrs.
Hicks, and Mrs. Brice Pearse, attended at Buckingham
Palace at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and had the
honour of being gratified with the sight of his Royal
Highness the Infant Prince.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
nis Royal Highness Prince Albert, inspected yester-
day at Buckingham Palace several specimens of the
forthcoming work of David Roberts' Holy Land. Mr.
Doo's finished line engraving, after Eastlake's picture of
"Pilgrims coming in sight of Rome," were also inspected
by his Royal Highness.
The ratification of a Treaty of Commerce and Naviga-
tion between the Hanse Towns, signed by Mr. Goros-
tiza and Mr. Colquhoun, were last week exchanged by
Mr. Murphy, Charge d'Affaires for Mexico, and Mr.
Colquhoun, Resident for the Hansa Towns.

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Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Spanish and Pro-
tuguese Committee, transacted business yesterday at the
Foreign office.
A deputation of funeral coach proprietors, consisting
of Mr. John Chancellor, Mr. George Giles, Mr. J. H.
Johnson, and Mr. J. J. Bennicke, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his offi-
cial residence in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left Landowne House yes•
terday, for his seat Bowood Park, Wilts.
Despatches from the Governor of the "West India Colo-
nies were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council sat yesterday.
At the sitting of their Lordships, Mr. Purton Cooper,
Q.C., fur the appellants, and Mr. Rennalls, for the re-
spondents. were heard upon an appeal of " Wylde v.
Campbell," from St. Vincent's, which was disposed of
by an arrangement. _ _

An appeal from Jersey, "Peter Brouard v. Philip
Dumaresq and others," and ex parte "Morgan v. Leech,"
from Bombay, occupied their Lordships the remainder
of the sitting.
The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Lord Camp-
bell, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admi-
ralty Court.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER.
The official account of the state of her Majesty, exhi-
bited yesterday at Marlborough-house, was as follows :
" The improvement in the Queen Dowager's health,
announced in the last bulletin, has continued up to the
present time, and there is every reasonable prospect of
her Majesty's gradual recovery.
" Under the continuance of the present favourable
symptoms, no further bulletins will be issued.
" DAVID DAVIES, M.D.
" Sudbury Hall, Dec. 2, 1841."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.
EXNING FIELD--THURSDAY.

Second Ties for Champion Stakes—Lord Stradbroke's
Magdalen beat Mr. Nash's Go-to; Mr. R. J. Eaton's
Fantail beat Captain Daintree's Knab; Lord Eglinton's
Waterloo beat Mr. Bagges's The Toad; Mr. Fyson's
Fairy beat Mr. Gillett's Garcia.
The following- is the draw for Friday:—Fantail
against Fairy; Magdalen against Waterloo; the betting
is even, Fairy against.the- field.
Ties for the Consolation- Stakes—Mr. Edwards' An-
toinette beat Mr. Moody's Rowena ; Mr. Caldecot's De-
lia ran a bye.
The Exning Stakes—Mr. Dobede's Douglas beat
Mr. Bryant's Ella ; Lord Stradbroke's Medusa beat Mr.
Inskip's Idol.
DEPTFORD COURSING MEETING—CONTINUED.
THURSDAY.—Second Ties for the Cup—Mr. Etwall's
West Wind beat Mr. Goodlake's Gruel ; Capt. Wynd-
ham's Whirlpool beat Mr. Agg's Aid-de-Camp.
Second Ties for the Derby—Mr. Etwall's Eton Boy
beat Mr. Goodlake's Lamborne ; Mr. Bell's Broadside
ran a bye.
Second Ties for the Oaks—Mr. Locke's Lady Go-
diva beat Mr. Biggs' Beata ; Mr. Etwall's Excuse-me
ran a bye.
Ties for the Fisherton Stakes—Mr. Bowles's Boscobel
beat Mr. A. lleathcote's Hue and Cry; Mr. Bigg's
Bentley beat Mr. Aggs's Airy.
The Stockton Stakes—Mr. Heathcote's Susan beat
Mr. Bowles's Beggar Girl ; Mr. Bigg's Bombazine beat
Mr. Goodlake's Guizot.
The Ashton Stakes—Mr. Locke's Lifeguard beat Mr.
Morant's the Mayor; Mr. Locke's Lictor beat Mr.
Morant's Mayfly.

THE SPITALFIELDS' WEAVERS.—The Lord
Mayor has received a check for 50/. from Lord Corn-
wallis, as the Noble Earl's contribution in relief of the
distress of the Spitalfields' weavers.
A Young Men's Anti-Monopoly Association is
intended to be formed in this town. The energies of the
many intelligent young men in this neighbourhood
ought to combine to hasten the destruction of those
monopolies which now press so fearfully upon the com-
mercial pi osperity of our country.—Nottingham Review.
SHEERNESS.—Two of the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty arrived at Sheerness from London on
Thursday, and on the following day inspected very mi-
nutely the various departments in the Royal dockyard.
It is generally believed that their visit and inquiries have
reference to the late conflagrations in the public depart-
ments, with a view to the adoption of measures to prevent
a recurrence of similar calamities.—Kent Herald.
A gamekeeper, well known at Nuttall, who
figured in our columns a few weeks since as the shooter
of some bonnets, was again intoxicated this week, and
while so, deliberately fired at his brother ! Fortunately
the shot had been extracted, or the result would have
been very serious.—Nottingham Review.