The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen rode out this
afternoon in a poney phaVon, attended by Lad) Bar-
ham, Hon. Misses Pitt and Devereux. His Royal
Highness Prince Albert rode out nn horseback uttended
by Colonel B uverie. the Marquis nt Wadfort, and
Colonel Wemyss. The Royal party took the direction
of the Great l'ark.

Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson arrived yes-
terd-y at the Caitle, oe d visit to nijrsty.
It is expected that. her Maj,sty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Alberi, with the Iti:yal suite, will attend
Divine service to St. George's Chapel to-morrow.

Prince George of Cambridge left town at half past
nine o'clock yesterday morning for Dublin.
The Duke of Camb- idge attended t the Chapel
Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning, where the Bishop
of London held a confirmation of the juvenile nobility
and gentry.
MAUNDY THURSDAY.—Yesterday the usual distribu-
tion of her Majesty's Royal M toady took place at
Whitehall Chapel. Thee wete present 22 aged women
and 22 agei men, heir g the number of years of age of
her Majesty. These patties r eeived the Royal bounty
with great apparent thankfulness ; they were all abuse
the age of 70, and some of them totally blind.
At two o'clock the rt-cipieots assembled at Whitehall
Chapel, and at three the customary procession walked
to the chap.l, consisting of six children from the ha-
tion.d shoots, who were selected for their good con-
duct : to these were g,v,'n the linen cloth which they
wore ;:s a scart, and a small donation of a crown. Four
of the childt en came from the nationol schools of West-
minster, and two from the schools in the parish of St.
G:rorze, Hanover-square. The Rev. Dr. Hodgson,
Dean of Girlisk who oflietwed as Sub-Almoner, at-
tended by Joseph Hanby, E,q., Secretary and Yeoman
of the A,moury, and other officers of the Lord Cham-
berlain's department ; the Rev. Dr. S;eath, Sub• Dean
of thy• Chapel Royal ; Rev. Dr. V.v an, Rev. J. Hors-
ley Dakins, Rev. Mr. Packman, Rev. Clarke Haden,
and others of the clergy.

The Yeomen of 61'e Guard attended in their statc.,
costume, one of the corps carrying the Gold asn which
contained the Roy,:l
The distributions were made between each Anthem.
the most striking of which was " Who is this who
cometh from Edom," sing by Me srs. H ,we., Hubbs,
J. B. Salo, and oth.-r gentlemon of the Ruyat Chapel.
S r Geo ge Smart p esich,d at the organ.

The dirrinution cons me I of 1/. 15,. to each woman
as an equiv..lont for tl)thing. and each man receiver
sufficient woollen acid linen cloth, shoes and stockii,gs,
to indie him an entire suit. Both men and women
also recei%ed 11. 10s. each as commutation money in-
strad of provisions formerly distributeti in k nd, and a
further sum of 1/. and 22 silver pennies, the latter being
the number of the years of age of her Majesty.
On Monday and Tuesday last the Royal M nor Alms
were distributed to upwards of 900 persons, who ris.
ceived ss. each, and also the R.iya. Use Charity of 13s.
eac.:, to 168 persons, all above the age of 60 years, ex-
cept in a tew cas, s of a special nature such as blind-
ness and great affliction. These distributions were
wade by Mr. H Secretary and Yeoman of the
A knonry, ut der the immediate directi,n of the Lord
High Almoner.

APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE
—Saturday, the 17th inst., is fixed for the marriage ot Sir
Walter James, Bart., M.P., and Miss Ellison, (taught, r of Mr.
Cuthbert Ellison, and sister of Mrs Bedworth Lambton and
the late Viscountess Stormont. Lord .s;onteagle is to tie mar-
ried to 'Miss Marshall in the course of the eosuing week. The
nuptials of Viscount Jocelyn and Lady Fanny Cowper are
on the eve of being solemnised, but the day has not yet
transpired. Viscountess Palmerston, mother of the fait fiancee,
will give a grand dejeuner on the inlet esting oci asi to toe
Earl and Countess Cowper, Viscount Melbourne, Earl an::
Countess of Roden, and Lady M. Jocei n, Viscount and
Viscountess Powerscourt, and a large circle of the members
of both families. 'We can positively state the following para-
graph, which appeared in a Brighton paper, to be without
the slightest foundatii n:—" It is repotted that the Hon.
Henry Chelmondeley, eldest son of Lord Delainere, is aliout
to be married to the eldest daughter, of Sir Robert ''eel."
We understand, Mr. Coore, of Scruton Hall, Yorkshire,
son of the late Colonel Coors, is about to lead to the hyrni neal
altar Miss Milbank, daughter of Mr. and Lady Augusta Mil-
bank, and grand-daughter of the Duke of Cleveland. The
Dowager Lady Colebrooke. widow of the late Parnnet, is to be
married its the course of the present, month to Mr. J. T.
Bremridge. The day is not yet fixed for the marriage of Mr.
Bushe and Miss Smyth, daugh•er of Ludy Elizabeth Smyth,
and grand-daughter of the Dukc of Gr4ton. The approach-
ing marriage of the Duke of Dorset and Nliss Montague is
confiden'ls- spoken of in the higher circles, but not a word
is mentioned as to the dry of union. We hear the pre-
liminaries are already arranged fur the marriage of Mrs.
Wes:enra, widow of the late Hon. Richard Westenra, third
son of the Earl of Rossmi re, with Captain Lewis; Mrs.
estent a was left wiih a family of three daughters ; the
gallant Captain is, we believe, Provost of Monaghan. In
the course of the.present season Lord Walpole will be mar-
-ied to Miss Pellew, daughter of the Hon. Sir Fleetwood
Pellew.
eldest son of the Earl of
Viscount Ipswich,
Euston, N.P., and grandson of the Duke of Grafton, who has
recently been appointed attache to the British Legation at
Naples, loft town last week for Italy, to assume his diplumatirs