The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-05 00:00:00

EVENING- EDITION.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three
o'coek on Saturday afternoon, at Claremont. --
Council was attended by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the
First Lord of the Treasury. the SeeretAries of State foe
the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments,
the
Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Steward,
the Lord Camblain.
At the Councilr Parliament was ordered to be further
prorogued from Thursday. the Bth October, until .Thurs'
day, the 12th November.
Some Colonial matters were submitted to her Majogi
in Counci and d of.
Mr. C.l Grevilleapprove was the Clerk of the Council la
Waiting.
At the Court the Rev. Dr. Shuttleaorth was Pi*
sented to her Majesty, and did homage on being sr
S
pointed Bishop of Chichester. The Marquis of
foronr
manby, her Majesty's princiol Secretary of State t
the Home Department, and the Rev. Dr. Sigihr;
Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, assisted ot:

ceremony.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron 101;
.beck,. left town at two o'clock on Saturday mornipg: b.
jo:n the Duchess near Frankfort. His Royal 04 a
ness embarked in a steam packet at the Custom 11°115,
for Ostend. yeiter
Tne Duchess of Kent. attended divine service
day in the chapel at Kensington Palace. Lady,
44;
Char.
lotte Dundas was in waiting on her Royal Higoc:".o
The Duchess of Gloucester attended divine °e--.

yerterday morning in Grosvenor
visiteodCh thepDachess of Gigti.
tester on Saturday at Gloucester House. non at
A Cabinet Council was held on Friday after°-
oded by
five o'clock at the Foreign-office. It was attc
most of the Cabinet Ministets.
The Council sat till near eight o'clock. m jor
Mr. Uniacke, Mr. Charles Buller, and op
Fraser, had interviews with Lord John Hasse"
Friday, at the Colonial-office. totiri:
Prince George of Cambridge has returned
from attending the obsequies of her late RWI
ncss the Princess Augusta. Bey
The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell and the
Dr. Keate, attended the funeral ocession °
Pr r
George's Chapel, on Friday evening, with the °the
Prebendaries of Windsor.
Lady Charlotte Dundas and Colonel Coupe reqlt°o
to Ingestre House, on Saturday, from attending o.
funeral of her late Royal Highness the Princess Aug°
FASHION ABLE INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVALS. • ni 111.
Lord and Lady Fitzalan, in Stanhope-strect, frooe*
Duke of Norfolk's, Farnham Hall; the Chavali,-,eri,
hausen, in Argyll-street, from Glasgow ; the
Van de Woestyne, at the Belgian embassy, frayniiitaat
Hall ; the Dowager Lady Brooke Pechell, from or• }'for.
General Mundy and Captain Mundy, in Hobart-Plat Ole
from Sussex ; Lady Robert Batcson and farailia'„a
'
Burlington Hotel, from a continental tour; the foot
and Mrs. Henry Fitzroy, in South Audlcy-streetistrof,
Germany; Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., in Ceadult'9ol4 at
from Dover; Count• and Countess de Bengt sou
_.,roals
Hathaway's Hotel, Brook-street, Grosvenor-strcet.r.stoet.
for Bolin; Dr. G. F. D. and Mrs. Bvan6, in, 11;,Ibilaire:
from Germany ; the Countess of CharleMog,„..--Ageogw,
nor-street, from Windsor Castle; Lord A. ritrzi s
from Heaton Park, near Manchester • Mr. Ca estePbe:
dish, M.P., in Grosvenor-street; the 'Right 1113°'
Lushington, M.P., in Great tieorge.street, front et, ill
of Cumberland; Lady Charles and Miss Sorg:ll.tb, ia
Piccadilly, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. J. A*,:iol; 113.
Belgrave-square ; Colonel Norcliffe, from W"'
Dowager Lady Bolingbroke. from Cheltenham.
i„ via
DEPARTURES.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warde and family, for 111111, 01
Dover and Paris ; Sir Jahn, Lady, and Miss 104%00
a tour in Wales ; Colonel Goldie Taubman, sots I the
ton SPa rd
Guards, and Mrs. Taubman, for Learning 0
ce,
Bishop of St. David's, for the Episcopal Palinuat
and Lady George Seymour, for Brighton ; the `"-Willhaß
Countess de Castries and family, on a visit to Sir wow
and Lady Joliffe, at Hertsharn, Surrey; 11°1°01 able;
ham, Esq., from the Burlington Hotel, for lip., atid
Harrison, Esq., from ditto, for Liverpool; I. Haw ,
Mrs. Holme Snmner, for East andon,
William and Lady Harriet Baring, for Bor111g,„„-ode0'
Croydon • Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Hope, for thg {rola
SurreY; tlortoger
Surrey ; 'Mr. Hencagc, M.P.. and Mrs. IletiglatiorillP
the Pulteney Hotel, on a visit to Lord and Lady An,
at Manby Hall, Lincolnshire ; Colonel VV(ll'dtre; tha
Grenadier Guards, for the Priory, Brecknockshivisto.
Rev. F. Clinton, or Leamington Spa; Count deood. (or
for ditto ; Lady 'Mary Murray and Miss Dah6c• L6Ol
righton.4_.o,lo,
ditto • Captain and Mrs. Roebuck. for B el c
and 'Lady Worsley, for Manby Brigg • Colo gorse_ta
on a visit; Mr. Christopher, M.P., and 114,1„ gesfOr"
Bloxholm Hall, Lincolnshire ; Lord and Paul
for Paris.
CHANGES. Atigg,
The Duke of St. Alban's, at Redburne Hall, near; r
from Glasgow ; Lord and Lady Charles Kerr, at
lan, Pembrokeshire, from Dublin; Sir Gore and
Ouscley, at Cheltenham, from Hall Barn Park • Lau, L.' of
Bella and Miss Blackford, at Osborne House,'
ado
Wight, from Worthing ; Lient.-General Sir Ralik:o'
Lady Darling and family at Brighton, from ChelteoP--
Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart, from Rosa, Hereforda,i,re,dge'lf
a tour; Captain Willoughby, 23d Fusiliers, at.t/0";,. '
Castle, from Lord Beresford's scat Bed 'bury 171"
Lord and Lady Marcus Hill and fantily', at Wgoerthiag'l3-rflit
Brighton ; the Dowager Countess of Edmore, at
from Cheltenham; Viscount and Viscountess Harbertogito
Cheltenham, front their scat in Wicklow; the 11°°"cor4
ltev. Gerard Noel, at Brighton, from a continental tfroal
Sir William and Lady Burdett, at AberYathwitb' We:
Cheltenham ; Lady Fanny Hotham, at Brunswick-teuri, as
Brighton, from Finsbury Hall, Suffolk; the Algrcki; tbe
Clanricarde, at Portumna Castle, from Howth ark;
Earl of Gosford, at Gosford Castle, Market
Worlingham House, Suffolk; Lord and LadYilizsbella
Montague, at Weymouth, from Herts; Lady Earl a,I,
Palk, at Aberysthwith, from a visit to the
Countess of Lisburne, Crosswood Park , Mr. 138neeojege/‘
M. P., at ditto, from Glanusk Park; the Han' fool.*
Wrottesley, 29th Regiment, at Edinburgh
visit to Lord and Lady Wrottesle • at Wrottesil!ito• the
Wolverhampton ; the Dean of Faculty,)' an A v.soltb
Earl of Aberdeen, at Haddo House, near Ediribur'
Castle, Ho,

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THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. On Satto-;, in-
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who cothieeicen..
disposed from cold, was visited at h apart sod
singtonp Palace, by their Royal Highnesses the hapils- puke the t,b,„e
rince George of Cambridge. The other nlenorring the
Royal Family also sent to make inquiries, an:cards'
day_numbers of the nobility and gentry left the" ~,- ag..-'
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SOLITO-- oigl4
bout a quarter before eight o'clock on SaturdaY eerY
great excitement by a terrible fire bursting
the vicinity of Southwark was aroused into a state eii, tbs
forth teem John
extensive hat manufactory, the property of 0°91.7,04'
bridge-road. It appears that two hours
Harris and Sons, situate on the West-side of Stnltibe ire,
prior to - sod
co jactbeorYosafr,
Pe-
on triyle?rf the fire all the vrorkpeople left the
leaving the place was reported t gate'
About the time above-mentioned the wife of the lodger
teas alarmed
who was sitting at needle-work ill the 0 the
alarmed by issuing don, 9
g
a quantity of smoke
gate-way, and on going out discovered that tbe '„010..
department of the manufactory fire. she at; tba
was on
diately gave the alarm, .as seat - la
and information e . tepee. d
police station in Southwark-bridge-road for sous as
a few minutes a strong body of the Force came up, ioso
judiciously
took possession of the entrance. line elver.
on belonging
to the chief Southwark-bridge station vo.
. the spot within ten minutes after the nisrei' of
gwiavteetri, and had the firemen obtained a OPP I fire
only to -have worked one of them, teis,oo
could have been easily stopped, but, as is II- iv
in 50°4
the case on occasion of fires happening be s'.'"
ark and •
w its adjacent localities, not a dourc 0..
at from the plugs for upwards f half an after, °boo
cumstance that caused great indignation amongst,„t ore
who had assembled on the spot. The flames in rOitil
quence burnt with frightful rapidity, and extendet, de-
such awful velocity, that for a considerable period tu",rbe
struction of the entire manufactory appeared certain. .ested
t flames, after consuming the dyeing house, connriltiejtiel;
o the carpenters' workshop, and from there to the PP' song
0 department. These premises occupied the southereciaekis
f the manufactory, and by a quarter past eigh,t,e:rt an
chaise
eentire wing, together with the stables and '-,,- dr
houses which stood in the rear, presented t)f}- b°
r, boo
of fire.
The engines kept working for more than an vie
and by ten o'clock the fire was eff,ctually subdued• hop
amount
of property destroyed is considersl It ill' ' '
e. 10
ever insured in
offices.the Alliance, Phoenix,
and Union
! the
ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.--f) unng or
Polling yesterday a circumstance occurred which r s,
reellnlfiff
have been gratifying to Alderman Harmer's
11r. Kirby, who some years ago served the office of Slite
of London, polled for the Alderman, and then shook h be
by the hand and said that, seeing the manner in wbie of
was persecuted, be had that morning come all the,.oo,
from Manchester for the sole purpose of voting for P
Mr. Kirby was loudly cheered. —Observer. -Cotters
DESTRUCTION OF 1,000 PERSONS.".:,,tber
from Teffiis, received in St. Petersburgb. give.'",b it
accounts of the convulsion on Mount Ararat, by w"714,11
appears that the consequences have beer, far ITI Ore I C nci,
than the first announcement had given reason to apPrebe aif
The town of Nakitehevan has been totally destroys ; 00
the buildings of Erivan more or less in ; and and
whole cf. the villages in the two districts of Scharour
.0...
plantat_intp;
Sourmata have perished. Tile cotton and rice
arc all laid waste ; but the immediate neighbourhood oil".
calve! f
mountain itself has been the scene of the mostawful everYi;
A huge mass slid from the mountain, overwhelmieg
thing arid person in its progress, for a distarce °I rtebet
VlC,Stti (about five English mile.) Aniong‘l (;I„eun't
great vdlag.. of Aki.ouli, has h :d ill,. fate of NerclP6-beca
and Pompeii, an I above .ane thr,usand inhabitants have ,f.
ePer,icer,
buried beneath the fallen rocks. The rnoutttilrl
giving passage to a thick fl,lid, which ,well..d into a ning.
At
followiiig the same dirce!ion, oer tba ru,,, t.
At the date of the 13th Atwust, Ai aratwas riot yet "VI
{or
—Afte,:ctuni. .1 r
S " M COI McH ARALADE.—A large or-e
Scotch marmalade was received by Mr. Davidson, eeLelee,
vog
loner, Frederick- street, for Calcutta, in l 836, whls! first
desatched properly adressed to London, to go by t;o%. so.
ship; not having been sent to the care of a broker in ir,
„. duty.
don, with a note of the contents for Custom-tona let"
it lay at a Steam-packet office there until lately, "cow,
tors from the East were received by Mr Davidson, ~,„
• The au-
plaioing of his not having executed the order isde if
has since been returned to Edinburgh, the marina'
in as fine preservation as if newly made.