The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAIL

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager gave a State Dinner
last evening, at Marlborough House, to the Queen and
Prince Albert. A select party had the honour of re-
ceiving invitations to meet her Majesty. The Royal parry
arrived from Buckingham Palace in three state carriages,
at twenty minutes before eight o'clock.
The Dinner Party at Marlborough House, consisted of
the following illustrious guests :—The Queen and Prince
Albert, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg
and Gotha, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg
and Gotha, the Duchess of Bedford, Lady in Waiting
on the Queen; Lady Clinton and Lady Charles Somerset,
Ladies in Waiting on the Queen Dowager ; Miss Kerr,
Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge ; the Hon.
Miss Eden, Maid of Honour to the Queen Dowager ;
Marquis of Headfort, Lord in Waiting on the Queen ;
the Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain, to the Queen Dow-
ager; the Hon. General Sir William Lumley, Groom in
Waiting on the Queen ; Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry to
her -Majesty; Viscount Boringdon and Colonel Wylde
( Equerry) of Prince Albert's Household ; Major Stephens,
Equerry of the Duke of Cambridge; Baron de Lowenfels,
Aide-de-C.:mp to Prince Ernest; the Rev. J. R. Wood,
Chaplain ; and the Hon. Captain Curzon, Gentleman
Usher to the Queen Dowager. _

After dinner her Majesty the Queen Dowager had an
evening party. The suite of State-rooms opened on the
occasion. were brilliantly illuminated.
H.T Majesty gave auiience yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, to Viscount Melbourne.

The Duchess of Cambridge had an evening party on
Thursday, at Cambridge House. Among the company
present were Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, Baron
de Bourquency, the French Charge d'Affaires, Count Paul
Esterhazy, Baron Lebzeltern, Baron Bjoh nstjerna, Coun-
tess of Tankerville, Lord Ossulston, the Earl and Countess
of hrscy, Viscount Villiers, Lady S ►rah Villiers, L'rd
Cantilupe, Earl and Countess of Cawdor, the Ladies
Campbell, and Mdlle d'Este.

A Deputalion from Manchester, on the subject of the
Currency, consisting of Mr. Atherton, Mr. J. Hibbert
Franklyn, Mr. W. R. Hood, and Mr. Macvicar, accom-
panied by Mr. Mark Ph;lips, M. P., and Mr. R. H. Greg,
M. P., had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer in Downing-street.

The Mayor of Manche;ter, M-. Mark Philips,M. P.,
Mr. Greg, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Brooks
Neild, Mr. Kershaw, and Mr. Heron, had an interview
with the Marquis of Normlnby yesterday at th'e Home-
office.

Lieutenant-General Sir Samford Whittingtam and
Major Vivian had interviews yesterday with• Visc, unt Mel-
bourne at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Dunlop had an interview with
Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Mayor of Liverpool had an interview with Mr. La-
bouchere yesterday at the Board of. Trade.

The Grecian Minister transacted business yesterday at
the Forei2n-office.

Lord Worsley, Sir Charles Napier, Mr. Sergeant Tel-
fourd, and the Mayor of Liverpool, had interviews yester-
day with the Marquis of Normanby at the Home•ofice.

The Hon. W. Temple, Ambassador at Naples,
has left Paris for his post.
The Duchess of Kent is to have the stables in
Pimlico, formerly the Duke of York's, when she goes to reside
in Belgraic.square ; and Prince Albert will have stables
erected between the barracks and James-street, in St. James's-
park.

Mr. Horsford, the Mayor of Weymouth, ac-
companied by Viscount Villiers, M.P., and G.W. Hope, Esq.,
M.P., presented a congratulatory address to his Royal High-
ness Pr:nee Albert, yesterday.

THE COUNTESS OF RODEN.—Letters received
yesterday from the Noble Earl, addressed to his distinguished
relatives in town, state that the Countess, whose death was
reported t ester.lay, had passed two tranquil nights, and that she
was greatly better on Thursday. Her Ladyship's daughters,
Lady Powerscourt and Lady Barham, were still staying
with her.

Sir Robert Peel has promised to preside at the
annual dinner of the Seamen's Hospital Society on Monday,
the 18th of March.

The Marquis of Kildare and the Hon. Edward
Leveson Gower, son of Lord Granville, we e the Stewards at
the annual dinner of the Apollo University Lodge, Attesford,
on Wednesday evening.
The Marquis of Hertford and suite have arrived
at the Hotel Nleurice from Italy.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds left the Cla-
rendon Hotel, yesterday, on a ♦isit to the Duke of Rutland,
at Belvoir Castle, whence their Graces will proceed to Hornby
Castle till tho first week in April, when they will return to
town for the season.

Lord Powerscourt left Dover-street on Tuesday
evening by the Birmingham Railway, for Powerscourt Castle,
near Dublin, having obtained leave of absence from his Par-
liamentary duties, on account of the dangerous illness of the
Countess of Roden.

Viscount Palmerston and the Dowager Countess
Cowper will give a grand dinner to-day on Carlton-terrace, to
the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and a distinguished party.
The Duke of Devonshire gave a grand dinner-
party yesterday at Devonshire House, to the following distin-
guished guests :—Prince L. Buonaparte, Duke and Duchess of
Sutherland, Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Earl and
Countess of Carlisle, Earl and Countess of Burlington, Coun-
tess Stanhope, Lord Foley, Count Esterhazy, Viscountess
Palmerston, Lord and Lady Holland, Baron Stething, Mr.
Ponsonby, Mr. W. Cooper, Lord Levison, Earl and Countess
of Tankerville. In the evening there was a grand ball.
The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville will give his
next grand dinner at the late residence of the Duchess
Countess of Sutherland, in Hamilton-place, on Wednesday next.
INVERNESS ELECTION.—A new requisition
was last night issued for the Borough of Inverness, in the room
of Roderick Macleod, Esq., who has acceptcd the Chiltern
Hundreds.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—The an-
swer to the numerous inquiries yesterday at Apsley House, was
that the Noble Duke was convalescent ; and it was understood
that his Grace's physicians would discontinue their regular
visits. We understand that it was the wish of the Duke to go
clown to the House of Lords at five o'clock, but Sir Henry
Halford considered that it was not aelvisable for his Grace to
venture out so soon after his indisposition, especially as the
weather continued intensely cold. The Duke received several
morning visitors, among whom were the Marquis of Douro, who
has taken possession of his new mansion in Belgrave-street, the
Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, General Alava, the Spanish
Minister, and Col. Gurwood. His Highness the reigning
Duke of Saxe Coburg called in person to inquire after the
health of the Duke.

The Earl of Glasgow is reported to be danger-
ously ill, and unlikely to live. In the event of his death a
vacancy will of course occur in the representation of Ayrshire,
as Lord Kelburne will suceeed to the English barony of Ross.
It is also rumoured that the Hon. W. Howard is about to resign
his seat for Sutherland, and will be succeeded by a Liberal.—
Scotsman-.

On Wednesday evening last a public dinner in
aid of the Southwark Catholic School took place at the Free=
masons' Daniel O'Connell, Esq. M.P., in the Chair.
The Learned Gentleman proposed the usual toasts, in a
most eloquent strain. He took leave of the meeting at
ten o'clock. William John O'Connell, Esq„ the Honourable
Member's relative, was called to the Chair, and the hilarity of
the evening was kept up until twelve o'clock. The collection
made on the occasion amounted to 107/. .

SERGEANTS-AT-LAW.—James Manning and
John Halcombe, Esqrs. , of the Western Circuit, W. F. Chan-
nel] and W. Stift Esq., of the Home Circuit, and D. C.
Virrangham, Esq., of the Northern Circuit, have been admitted
by the Lord Chancellor to the honourable degree of Sergeants-
at-law. The Learned Gentlemen gave rings with the motto
Honos Nomenque manebunt," and took their seats yesterday
in the Court of Common Pleas. A public breakfast was given
on the occasion at Lincoln's Inn, and the benchers presented a
retaining fee, in a handsome silver purse, to the Learned Ser-
geants, who were members of their Society.
Mr. Turton has been appointed, by the Gover-
nor- General in Council to suceed to the r ppointment of Advo-
cate-General, upon the contemplated retirement of Mr. Pear-
son.—lndia Gazette, Dec. 9.

F. B. Beamisil, Esq., M.P., has left Jermyu_
street, St. James's, for his seat, Grenville House, Cork.
THE LATE COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD.--
The interment of the remains of this Noble Lady will take
place this day, in the family mausoleum in Harewood
Church, eight miles from Leeds. The Earl and his
eldest son, Lord Lascelles, will be chief mourners. Lord and
Lady Portman arrived at Harewood House express, on Friday
last, 23 minutes before the Countess breathed her last. The
Hon. George and Lady Louisa Cavendish, and all the branches
of the family, were at Harewood, when the melancholy event
occurred, except the Countess of Sheffield, who was detained
at Sheffield Park, Ssssex, by delicate health. Lord Harewood
has had the misfortune to lose his Countess and eldest son in the
space of six months.
The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours left Paris
on Monday for Compiegne, and will, it is said, -proceed to
Brussels, where the younger Duke's intended bride and her
father, as our readers are aware, have arrived.

A subscription has been got up• at Bath to
relieve the two Lufferers, Thomas and Elizabeth Jordan, who
with their son received such severe injaries frcra the maniac
Silcox, at Dankerton. They are most respectable persons, and
have been in the same place as servants for fourteen years.
JOHN THOROGOOD.—We are glad to see that
Thorogood is not forgotten. A public meeting o the inhabi-
tants of Greenwich and its vicinity is to be held at the Mitre
Tavern, Greenwich, on Monday evening next, to consider the
propriety of petitioning Parliament to pass a measure for the
release of Mr. John Thorogeod from Chelmsford Gaol, for the
extinction of Church-rates, and the abolition of' Ecclesiastical
Courts. This example will be followed.
Sr. LEONARD'S-ON-SEA, FEB. 19.- —The ball
at Chamberlain's Assembly-rooms, in honour of the marriage
of the Queen, was a very gay assembly. The fin it dance was
Haste to the Wedding, and the ball ended with Sit Roger de
Coverley. The stewards were the Earl of Fingal; Mr. Charles
Lamb, the Mayor, and Captain Mackay. Captai n Burnett
has left to join the Magicienne frigate, at Portsm, outh. We
regret to state that Miss Pellew, daughterof the; Hon. and
Rev. the Dean of Norwich, and granddaughter tiff Lord Sid-
mouth, expired here yesterday, after a long illness. ; the young
ady was in her 19th year.
A PATRIARCHAL FAMILY.--Theis are slow
living in one house in Frome, five persons, namely, one brother,
two sisters, and the two sister's husbands, whose united ages amount to 376 years ! Two of the parties have 13een mtriied
nearly 55 years; who also have had eight children monied;
•he result of which has been 48 grand children, f, nd 11 great
rand children, all of whom are now living.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN.

The supplies were Of excellent quality. but the quantity was
not quite so large as it has been of late. Cabbages dearer, and
the business done was considerable. Plants, 4d. to Is. per
dozen ; Celery, Is. to Is. 61. per bundle ; Onions, 2s. to 2s.
6d. per sieve; Brocoli, Is. 61. to 23. 6d. per bundle; Turnips,
2IAd. per bunch ; Oranges, 43 to 12s. per 100; Lemons, 6s.
to Its. per 100'; Cucumbers, 165. per brace ; Peas, 20s. per
sieve; French Beans, 4s. to ss. per 100 ; New Potatoes. 2s.
6d. per lb. ; Old Potatoes, Whites, 605.; Devons, 70s. ; York
Reds, 80s.; Scotch, t ss. to 70s. per fon; Asparagus, gs.. to
10s. per bundle ; Pines, 83. to 123. per lb.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supplies were but moderate, the demand good, and pricey
much as before. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 33. ; Mutton, 2s 10d.
to 3s. 104. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 104. ; Pork. 3s. to 4s. 10d.
per stone of 81bs. Poultry and Geese were in large supply, the
demand brisk, and prices tending upwards; Larks, Is. 6d. per
dozen ; Pin Tail, Is. 6d. ; Surrey Capons, 6s. to 9s. ; Tur-
keys, ss. to 19s. ; Gold Plover, Is. to Is. 6d. ; Snipes, Ir.
to Is. 64. ; Ducklings, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 64.; Wild Ducks, Is. 3d.;
Tame Rabbits, Is. .64.; Wild, 9d. to Is. 2d. ; Fowls, 3s. 64.
to as. 64 ; Guinea ditto, 3s. to 4s. ; Chickens, 2s. to as. ;
Goslings, 6s. to Bs. ; Hares, 35.; Eggs, 6s to Bs. per 120