The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-28 00:00:00

LORD BROUGHAM IS COME t

" Lord Brougham is come. At Ave o'clock yesterihty,
when the House met, his Lordship appearedtn his place
for the first time during the Session."— Vide Alorning
Paper.

The clock struck five ; and rago and fright
Fell on their Lordships' House last night,
Turning Abinger's rosy visage white,
Making of Lyndhurst a piteous sight,
And of poor dear Philpotts a scarecrow quite ;
Gone was Monteagle's smile so merry,
And gone the broad grin of Londonderry ;
Stanhope, like some uneasy colt,
Seemed strongly inclined for a sudden bolt ;
Melbourne looked black, and Normanby blue
In short, the whole Whig and Conservative crow,
Both equally scared, looked exactly like
Nick Nickleby's friend, the poor boy Smike,
When he found, to his horror, beside him stand
The schoolmaster Squeers with rod in hand I
And whence this alarm ? Lord Brougham is come
No wonder their Lordships all look glum,
And start and stare with bewildered eye,
Like a flock of sheep when the lion is nigh—
Lord Brougham is come ! They strive to speak,
And greet him with welcome, bland and meek ;
But, alas, their vexed and desponding air
Shows that they wish him—the Lord knows where !
Just so, with commingled rage and awe,
The Lilliput Nobles huge Gulliver saw ;
Just so they stared as he stalked along,
With lofty port, 'mid the tiny throng,
And—in spite of their welcome, smooth and ciril—
Just so, they wished him at the Devil I
COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday
afternoon in the Parks, in an open carriage.
Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences yes-
terday of her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Lei.
ningen, and attended by Colonel Wylde and Mr. Francis
Seymour, visited the East India Docks yesterday.
The Royal Dinner Party at the Palace last evening in-
cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Anne Maria Dawson; his Serene Highness the
Prince of Leiningen, Earl of Errol, Viscount Melbourne,
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Right Hon. Francis Baring.
Right Z:cn. Henry and Mrs. Labouchere, Sir Edward
Bowater, and Mr. George Edward Anson.
The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was
in attendance at the Palace duri:T the evening.
The Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida of Saxe
Weimar visited the Duchess of Cambridge yestertLy, at
Cambridge House. Her Majesty and the Duchess Ida,
with the Princess of Saxe Weimar, took au airing yester-
day in pony phaetons.
The Duchess of Kent took an airing yesterday in a car-
riage, and visited the Princess Augusta, at Clarence
House, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester and
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar also visited the Princess
yesterday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the
Archbishop of York with their company at dinner last
evening, at his residence, in Grosvenor-square, and after-
wards accompanied his Grace (the Director for the even-
ing) to the Convert of Ancient Music, at the Hanover-
square Rooms.

The Prince of Leiningen visited the Princt-is Augusta
on Monday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visi-
ted her Royal Highness on Tuesday.
His Excellency Shekib Effendi, the new Ambassador
from the Ottoman Porte, had his first interview with Lord
Palmerston, at the Foreign Office, last Tuesday.
A Gcueral Meeting of the Baronets takes place to-day
at the Clarendon Hotel.

Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, Mr. Sheriff Evans, Mr. Under
Sheriff Jackson, and Mr. Under Sheriff France, had an
interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the
Home Office.

The Agent for Jamaica had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing-street.
The Lord Advocate of Scotland and Lord Hill had in-
terviews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial
Office.

The Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr.
Stansfield, and Mr. Aglionby had an interview yesterday
with the Marquis of Normanbv.
Lord Hill had an interview with Viscount Melbourne
yesterday in Downing-street.
The Grecian Minister transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign Office.
Despatches from Governor Cockburn at the Bahamas
were received yesterday at the Colonial Office.
The Archbishop of Dublin, Mr. Blake, and Mr. Col-
lyer had interviews yesterday with the Marquis of Nor-
manby.

The Prince and Princess of Capua, with the
youthful Prince Francis and Princess Victoria Borbone and
suite, are expected in town to-day from Tunbridge Wells, their
Royal Highnesses having engaged the beautiful vil:a of Glou-
cester Lodge, Regent's Park, for the season.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN OTWAY.—We regret to
announce that this gentleman, who was thrown from his horse
in Hyde Park on Monday, expired at two o'clock yesterday
morning. Mr. Higgs, the coroner, has appointed an inquest
to be taken upon the body at seven o'clock to-morrow evening.,
at the George the Fourth, Knightsbridge.
Charles Kean is to appear at the Haymarket
Theatre on Monday night, after an absence of twelve months.
He is announced for the character of Hamlet.

The Queen Dowager and a distinguished party
visited Kensington Palace, ye►terday, and at three o'clock
took a walk in the garden.
It affords us considerable pleasure to hear of the
great improvement in the health of her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester, who is now enjoying a better state of
health than for some months past.
We understand that it is the intention of their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with
the Princesses Augusta and Mary, to pass the autumn and
winter in Germany. Their Royal Highnesses will visit his
Majesty the King of Hanover in the courso of their tour of
visits.

The Prince and Princess of Capua do not intend
going on the Continent as stated. The Prince has taken a
villa ►n the Regent's Park, and will shortly remove from Ali-
vart's Hotel.

Prince Alexander Lieven is so far recovered from
the effects of his late accident, as to be able to undertake the
fatigue consequent upon travelling. The Prince took his de-
parture late on Tuesday night for St. Petersbnrgh, charged
with despatches from his Excellency Baron Brunow.
LIEUT. WELLSTED'S NEW TRAVBIL2I.—We
are requested to state that Mr. Colburn , of Great Marlborough.
street, has this day published " Travels to the City of the
Caliphs, along the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Mediter-
ranean ; including a Voyage to the Coast of Arabia, sad a
Tour on the Island of Socotra." By J. R. Wensted, Eat
FAL S., F. R. A. S., &c., author of " Travels in Arabia." a
2 vols. Svo., with illustrations, price 255. bound. Mr. Colburn
has also just ready fir publication "A Summer in Brittany,"
by T. A. Trollope, Esq. ; edited by Mrs. Trollope, author of
" Domestic Manners of the Americans," &c. In 2 vols. Bvo.,
with numerous illustrations.
INTENDED PUBLIC MEETING IN NEWCAS-
TLE
ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.—In conformity with a requisitioa
addressed to him, J. Carr, Esq., the Right Worshipful the
Mayor, has called a public meeting, which is to be held in the
Guildhall of this town, " for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety of petitioning Parliament to inquire into the causes of
' our embarrassment and the conduct of the Foreign Office."
This meeting seems, we are sorry to observe, to be got up, like
some meetings recently held in other towns, for the purpose of
extolling the services and the sagacity of Mr. Urquhart, and a
indulging in vituperation of Lord Palmerston, the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.— Tyne Mercury.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO Ersom, AND PRO..
ritreT OF VATES.—Bell's Life in London of Sunday next,
will contain full particulars of her Majesty's intended visit to
Epsom—The Prophecy of Vates—The Winner of the Derhy—
A List of all the Horses at Epsom, with ample particulars of
the Sports of the Week—Latest Changes in the Betting—
Gorhambury Races—All on the Turl—lmportant Cricket
Matches—Chess—Aquatic Sports, and the usual variisty of
Sporting Intelligence. Bell's _Life in London may be had
200 miles from London on the evening of publication, price
Fivepence. To be had of all Newspaper Agents. Office, 170,
Strand.

EA RTIIQUAKE.—A slight shock of an earth-
quake was experienced at Crieff on Friday last about midnispUlt,
The noise that accompanied it was ITA indistinctly heard.