The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal suite,
attended Divine service yesterday morning in Bucking-
ham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Keppel officiated.
Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Aca-
demy, had an audience of the Queen on Saturday at
Buckingham Palace; to receive her Majesty's signature
and sanction to the election of three- .Academieians
elected in February last. - -
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty and Prince Albert on Saturday.
His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi-
lippsthal visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert on
Saturday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday evening included her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundals, Earl Dela-
warr, Earl of Erroll, Baron Stockmar, and Mr. George.
Edward Anson.

The Band of the Second Regiment of Life Guards at-
tended at the Palace during dinner. '
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent-attended
Divine service yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal.
St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr.
Haden, the Lessons by the Rev. Mr. Packman, and the
Communion Service by tho Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Ser-
mon was preached from Hebrews, chap. vi. verse 1, by
the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The Anthem was " 0 praise the
Lord" (Croft).., Sir Geo. Smart presided at the organ.
Lndy Charlotte Dundas was in -,yaiting cm thc-
Duehrss. The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Vis-
count Canterbury -were among the Nobility present.
The Duchess' Of Kent visited the Duke and Duchess. of
Cambridge, on Saturdßyt at their residence, at Kew. Her
ROval HiAness visited the DuchesS of Gloucester, yes-
trerilay,' at .Gloncester House.
His Serene 'Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi-
lippsthat visited the Duche'ss ofKent, yesterday, at Cla-
renct. Houge,'St. James's. His &retie Highness paid a
visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester. House,
on Saturday.
Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Portuguese and
Spanish Committees, attended by a Deputation, had an
interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, at • the-Foreign-
office, on Saturday, on niatters of deep importance con-
nected with the interests of the holders of Portuguese
Bonds.

Mr. W. C. Ross, A.R.A., left town on Saturday for
Paris, by command of the Queen, to paint the miniatures
of the King of France, and other branches .of his Ma-
jesty's family.

THE NAVY.—We have good reason to believe
that the French Government has resolved immediately
to u ithdraw six sail of the line from the Mediterranean,
and to lay them up at Brest. We cannot doubt that her
Majesty's Government will adopt corresponding mea-
sures, and will reduce to at least an equal extent the
amount of naval force in the Mediterranean.—Times.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The negotia-
tions in reference to the lesseeship of her Majesty'S
Theatre were on Friday afternoon brought to a close.
Mr. Lumley, the solicitor, who is well known to the sub-
scribers and a very large portion of the patrons of the
establishment as a gentleman Of the greatest activity,
and as having stood in the capacity of treasurer to the
theatre for several years as the representative of certain
parties with whom the late M. Laporte was associt.tid in
MS connection therewith, is the lessee for the ensuing
season, at an increased rental upon that hitherto paid.
Laporte had latterly paid the'annual" sum of 12,000/.,
but Mr. Lumley is to pay 14,000/., with the expectation
that some difficulties arising out of Mr. Chambers' affairs
may be arranged, when there can no longer be any
obstacle to the purchase of the theatre, by those or other
parties, being completed. Mr. Lumley set off for Paris
in the course of Friday night, and, having sojourned
there fora few days, will proceed to Italy. It were not
matter of much difficulty to guess the nature of his trip,
and we sincerely trust that its results may be as gratify-
ing to himself as we. doubt not they will be to the public.
--unday Paper?

Not one acre out of every ten under grain in the
West of Ireland has as yet been cut down—and the
almost constant rains give a dismal foreboding of dis-
tress in that part of the country for the ensuing whiter•
Waterford Chronicle.