The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR..

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WINDSOR, FRIDAY.--Sir John frobhou3e took his
departure from the Castle to. day.
The Queen had a dinner party to-day at; the Castle.
The company included her Royal Highness d e Duchess
of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke :in d Duchess
i
of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses Pr in co George
and- the Princess Mary, his Serene Hight) ess Prince
Frederic of Hesse, the Duchess of Suart irland, and
Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Lady in% Waiting of
the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Wa;iting of the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness de Sp: itb., the Earl
and Countess of Lincoln, the lion. Lady Lyttelton,
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Cap tam Francis
Seymour, and Baron Knesebeck.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards att: azded during
dinner.

Her Majesty had an evening party. T' he following
had the honour of receiving invitations --The Vis-
countess Forbes and Mr. Vaughan, Lady Waterpark,
Lord James Murray, General and Lady Lab ql a Wemyss,
Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, lion. r dr. and Mrs.
Henry Ashley, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs.. Anson, the
Dean of Windsor, and Lady Charlotte Nevin ie. Grenville,
the two Misses Neville, Mr. and Lady Geor e.ina Fullar-
ton, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss C carper, Hon.
Miss Lyttelton, Miss Pole Carew, Mr. and M Harcourt
(of St. Leonard's), Mr. Ralph Neville, M.l'., Rev. Dr.
Hawtrey (Provost of Eton), and Mrs. IL Klgson, Mr.
Glover, the Commanding Officer of the First 1 A fe Guards,
and the Commanding Officer of the Scots Fusi li. ?,r Guards.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the 1.): rime Con-
sort, and their illustrious guests, were on that , the first,
evening of the new year, entertained with ROI :fine's tra-
gedy of Athalie, which was recited in a very impressive
manner by Mons. l3rosseur, the Professor of Literature
and the French Language at the King's C,ol'ltge and
the Charter House. The lyric portion of thi s fine com-
position WPS most effectively performed by 0- fie gentle-
men of her Majesty's band, directed by Mr. .Anderson,
and aided by a chorus selected from the Op sr a, Exeter
Hall, and the Ancient Concert performers.
Three ladies, (the Misses Kirkham, Morg: tn. , and Du-
val), sang the solo portions of this very beat tti ful music,
which Dr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy has rut..d, ered in a
style that enhances his reputation as thegreat e: of living
classical composers. ,

The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and Mr. Mark
Govrnorof eveni .ni ; from the
the lest India
colonies.
Phillips, had an interview with Sir George ( ey yester-
day at the Home-office.
DC
oins raalt-cohffiecseweforre
tsheent off yesterdaye

THE WEATHER, IN ' 'PIM PARKS.
—Yesterday shortly after eleven o'clock, the
m orn in g ,
extremely severe frost,
• which has contin tt ed without
intermission since Thursday week, was s.oken by a
slight thaw, almost immediately followed b r a consider-
able fall of snow and sleet. Notwithstan eing the un-
favourable state of the weather for this kin ill of amuse-
ment the several parks were during the • entire day
thronged by individuals of all classes of soc 1 ety anxious
to participate in the enjoyment and exercise to s of skating
and sliding. Numerous accidents of a very serious na-
ture occurred on the ornamental water of St. James's
Park, in
• consequence of the weather havie 3g relaxed its
extreme severity. The prompt attention e )t• the icemen
of the Royal Humane Society, the park ra a gers, police,
&c., however, prevented any loss of life.. The other
parks were also much frequented, but, f rf )m a similar
attention, no accidents (which were nume: rc eta) resulted
fatally.
A CONVERT TO TEETOTALISM.--A t an inquest
held at Leamington last week, on du., b 6 -
x ly of a man
whose death, it appeared, was hastened by 1 habits of in-
temperance, the coroner (G. C. n
..zreeiaws) *, Esq. took
occasion to remark that such repeated : instances of
death, attributable mainly to excesses of the • kind, ought
to restrain men from " lifting their hands to to frequently
to their mouths." He.had himself, at the Lge of sixty-
one years, commenced water-drinking, and eras now well
satisfied with the refreshing 1 qualities of
qua, tl tat beverage
being much superior to those of champagne ~ hermitage,
or any of the choice wines in which he once indulged.—
Coventry Herald.
VERY, INNOCENT FOR A THIEF.—A :lad named
Thomas Johnson, a regular thief, being c 1 aar. ged at the
Borough Court, on Wednesday, with ste slip g ~. a box of
cigars from the shop of Mr. Goodman, Coot ler-street,
made the following " innocent " statemer A to ti 'le magis-
trate in defence:—" I was coming up Ti
- street, Sir. and
I heard a cry of ' Stop thief !' and a bqy as near my size
and as like me as could b., threw dorm this box c of cigars
and I took them up, and then that mar, (Me.. Ge3.odinan)
took me into custo ly!" The Peosecu for stated that he
saw the prisoner take the cigars, and he never lost sight
of him till he was taken,—Coniniittepci to U le se§nions.—
Manchester Times,