The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-13 00:00:00

COURT CHICULAR.

Her Majesty had a Di:iter Party on Thursday cv.•n;rg
at Buckingham Palace. The company consisted cf his
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of
Sutherland, the Duchess of Inverness, the Duke of Nor-
folk, Marquis of Northampton, Lady Fanny Iliward,
Countess of Lic'n6eld, Earl of Radnor, Earl ar.d
tess of R•iscbcrry, Lord and Lady Fi.zilar, ic:oun!ess of
Charlemont, Hon. Miss Paget, lion. Miss Ai:sor,
Baroness Lelazen, Earl of Listowell, Hon. C. A. Mur-
ray, Hon. Sir William Lumley. Lord Alfred Paget, Sir
Edward Bowater, and Captain Francis Seymour.
The Queen, attended by the Countess of Char!emont
anal the Hon. Miss Paget, took an airing yesterday after-
noon in an open carriage and four, with outrider,. H;s
Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward
Bowater, and Lord Alfred Paget, rode out on horseback
at the same time.

Viscount Melboutne had an audience yesterday of her
Majesty.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, atheitted by Sir E.
Bowater, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager est:r-
daY, at Marlborough House.
The Royal dinner party at Bockinghtm Pala-,e la t
evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, the Netherlands Minister, and Madame DAel,
Prince Cast 'lcicela, the Duke and Duchess of Sutler-
land, the Earl of Erroll. Lady Fanny Howard, Earl and
Countess of Cawdor, Vi. count Melbouree, and Sir John
Pelly.
The Band of the Second Regiment of Life Guards was
in at °armee at the Pa!ace during dinner.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kect, attended by
Lady Fanny Howard, took an airing yesterday in an open
carriage and four.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompa.
niec by Lord Burghers'', and attended by Major Stephen.,
honored with his presence the perf(xmanee of " Israel in
Egypt," by the Sacred Harmonic Society, in Exeter-hall,
h last evening. . . .

The Duke of Sussex took an airi lg ii a car Cage yes-
.erday.

The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Stephens,
honoured the Italian Opera with his practice on 'Thurs-
day evcnirg.
General Sir Frederick Wetherail, Sir K. Seale, ar.d
Mr. W. Holmes, M. P„ had interviews with Lord. John
Russell at the Colonial Office.

Sir James Duke, M. P., had an interview with the
Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office.
Despatches from the Governor of Van D;emen's Land
were received yesterday at Vie Colonial Office.
Viscount Lismoro has arrived at Farrance's Hotel,
Belgrave-street, from Shambally Castle, Ireland.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS,

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, accompanied by the
Marquis and Lord and Lady Campbell, in Connaught-place,
West, from Inverary Castle, Argyllshire ; the Marquis of
Bute, at Camden Hill, from Cardiff Casale, Wales ; Mr.
Charles, and Lady Elizabeth Dickens, at the Marquis of
Northampton's, Piccadilly, from Stoke Park, near Chichester ,
the Hon. Mr. Kennedy, from Brighton; the Earl and
Countess of Antrim, in Grosvenor-square from Hastings; the
Earl of Maecle field, in Conduit- street, from Sherbourne
Castle, Oxon ; Viscount Villiers, M.P., in Berkeley. square,
from Middleton-Park, Oxon; Lord Adolphus. Fitzclarence,
from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Bad-
minton; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Congreve, at Long's
Hotel, Bond-street, from Oxfordshire ; Lord Clonbrcck, at
ditto, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Scurfield, at ditto, from
Gibraltar; Mr. Schuler, United States Coniul, at ditto,
from Liverpool ; Mr. Westropp, at ditto, from Ireland ; Capt.
Lewis (Coldstream Guards), at ditto, fr::m Stadey, South
Wales ; Mr. and Mrs. Farre 1, family, and suite, at Fladong's
Hotel, Oxford-street; from Ireland ; Mrs. Sheldon, at ditto,
from Leamington, Warwickshire; Nevillo, Esq., at ditto,
from Neville Hall, Leicestershire; R. Smith, Esq., at ditto,
from Dudley ; Ruddell Todd, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton.
DEPARTURES.

The Earl of Denbigh, for Warwickshire; Sir John Edwards,
Bart., for Doloorgan, Montgomeryshire; Major Chetwynd,
ALP.. tOr his seat,-in Staffordshire ; Sir J. Mordaunt, Bart.,
M.P., from Eaton-place, for Walton Hall, Warwickshire ;
Lord Morison, for Brighton; the Marquis of Downskire, from
Hanover-square, for Easthampstead Parks Berks ; the Earl of
Chesterfield, from Chesterfield House, for Bretby Park, Der-
byshire; Sir Eardly Wilmot, Bart., M. P., for his seat, in War-
wickshire ; Sir R. Na e, Bart., M.P., for Jamestown
House, county Westmeath; Sir Robert Heron, Bart, for Stub-
ton Hall, Lincolnshire ; Mr. J. S. Pakington, M.P., for
Westwood Park, Droitwitch ; John Hardy, Esq., from Long's
Hotel, Bond-street, for Leven House, Isle of Wight; David
Jones, Esq., from ditto, for Llandovery ; the Hon. Henry Gold
Rogers, from ditto, for Kenilworth ; D. J. Harmer, Esq., from
Fladong's Family Hotel, Oxford-street, for the Continent; IL
Dorrien, Esq., John Stee.e, Esq., and J. Corry, Esq.; from
ditto.

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-

STREET.

NOON, MARCII 13.
B zrometer 3O 44 In.

Thermometer
Highest ..... .... . 65
Lowest

Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

NEWS FROM THE LEVANT.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 11.—We have to announce the arrival
this evening, at six o'clock, of tke Great Liverpool steamer,
from the Mediterranean, having left Alexandria the 24th of
February, Malta the Ist, and Gibraltar the 7th inst.—t om the
last-mentioned place only tAir days and five hours, which is
the shortest passage on record. 'I he Indian mats Liought to
Malta were forwarded on the Ist to Aim eines by the Prome-
theus steamer, and have no doubt reached London ere this.
The report of Admiral Elliot's .resignation from ill health is
confirmed, and he bad arrived at Singapore on the 17th of De-
cember, and left that port en the 20th follow:ng, whereby
Commodore Sir James Gordon Bremer takes the command of
the squadron.
Syria had been eva-mated by Ibraham Paella, and the Egyp-
tian army, which had retur.led to Cairo. Ibraham and 500
men were brought to Damiet'a by the Hedjibaba steamer
on the 20th of February, and they were the last of the Egyp-
tians in Syria.
The Stromboli war-steamer, bearing the broad pendant of
Commodore Napier, was in Alexandria harbour, and was to
proceed to Marn:orice immediately after the sailing of the
Great Liverpool, which vessel he detained twenty-four hours
for the Pacha's answer to certain propositions from the
Porte, which were brought to Alexandria the 20th of Fe-
bruary by the Sultan's steamer the Tahri Bahri, but owing
to Mehemet Ali having given a decided refusal to conform
to those propositions before he is confirmed in the hereditary
Pachalic of Egypt, the Commodore will now remain at Alex-
andria until orders reach him from England.
The Egyptian fleet is hauled out, refitted and ready for sea;
and commerce seemed to be reviving, many merchant vessels
having arrived and teing in the harbour.
The Oriental steamer, with 40 passengers for Malta and
Alexandria, and the Tagus steamer, on her way to the Nile,
were at Gibraltar, and proceeded on their voyage on the 7th
instant, 'I here were also three transport ships lying at the
Rock.

The following ships of war were lying at Malta on the lst
instant, viz.—Princess Charlotte, 120 (Admiral Stopford);
Ceylon, 6 (Rear-Admiral Louis); Bellerophon, 78; Ganges,
81; Edinburgh, 72 ; Thunderer, 84; Inconstant, 46 ; Carys-
fott, 26 ; Dido, 18; Wasp, 16 ; Magpie surveying vessel ; Me-
dea, Gorgon, Hydra, Vesuvius, and Phcenix, steam-frigates ;
Confiance and Locust, steamers ; Acheron and Alecto, steam-
packets; Athol, troop-ship; Numa, transport; and the Mete-
one, Mentor, and Sesostris, French steamers.

The Great Liverpool brings about forty passengers, and will
proceed this evening for Southampton.

A METHOD OF DESTROYING THE CATER-
PILLAR ON GOOSEBERRIES. —Mr. King, gardener at Bushey
Pa.k, recommends gooseberries inf•.sted Kith caterui!lars
t) be well %pinged with a mixture of the following ingre-
dients:—Three gallons of hot soapsuds, half a pound of
soda, half a pound of salt, and a h mdful of soot. The
bushes should b 3 syringed id a still day afrer the sun is off
them, and when the mixture has been en about half an
hour the plants must have some clean water dashed over
them. Neither the young leaves nor the frait ate at all
injured by the mixtu, e.

The Courttnattial held on Lord Henry Gordon,
the Deputy Paymatter f the Meerut divibion, on a charge
of having embezz'ed 79,921 rupees, has honourat ly
acquitte 1 him. L'eatenanr-Colonel Hillyer, of her Ma-
jesty's 62d Foot, d►ed yesterday of apoplexy. The Lord
Hungerfurd has brought to Calcutta the newly-wp(in'ed
Advocate-General, Mr. Lawrence Pee'.—Caku:ta Pa.
per, Jan. 16.

Charles llomilly, Esq., has received the appoint-
ment of Principal and Private Secretary to the Lord
Chancellor. Mr. Romi;ly was Secretary to • the Speaker
of the House of Commons, which office he has resigned.
THE SOCIETY OF TRUE HIGHLANDERS.—
The Members of this Charitable Institution din, d toge-
ther last night, at livaus'i Graced Heel, Coverit Garden.
From the sta'emeets nviee by the Secretary, it appeared
he Society was rapidly progfes,ing in prosperit:.. &
veral national toasts and songs w(r.3 given, and the
lidarity of the company was kept up to an early hour.
" NO ROYAL ROAD TO LEARNING."—This
expression (ridiculous in the app ications mac'e c f it, and
not very imelltible in its original form, seeing that we
have no definition of what is meant by a Royal road ), has
done no little mischief in the world. It has furnish_d
ready shield for the idle and the ignorant against the ap-
proaches of any excitements whatever to thought and ie_
vestigation as to suggested improvements, especially in
reference to mental thi kgs. There are people who hate
the trouble of thiokir g (and that is heimige ti ey have
been badly educatee), else they might easily perceive
that, although it is true that no great or good thing can
be acquired without labour, yet that means are continually
arising of lessening the labour, in proportion to the at-
tainment. Look at the effects of our nalufacturing and
agricultural machinery, our steam navigation, our rail-
ways, our gas-lights, and our printing presses; and whilst
the efforts of the industrious are thus r ided, and the ac-
cess from Liverpool to London thus facilitated, can it for
a moment be supposed, excirt by the yawning part of the
community, that the efforts of the pupil cannot be aided,
and the access from mind to mind be f'cilitated ? Arc
meet ii things (vrhien are the source of these improve-
ments) the only things unimprovablc ? Why then talk
about "no Royal road ?" N, thing is more co-rain than
that there a:.e now pleasant ways to effective learning;
and some people may recollect that there used to be un-
pleasant ways to nominal learning. Which; they, ought
to he adopted by those who love the youeg ? The ex- •
preision was cni,;inally Euclid',, in reference to Geo-
metry ; but we now find oral instruction and frmiliar illus.
tration on the black board, brought to bear even upon
that science.—From the Smith-and-Dolier Copy-boohs.

OXFORD, FRIDAY.—TiIe Heads of Houses
assembled on Wedncaday and Thursday, to take into
'cun-lderation the rreient icil state of the University.
but no steps have 3et been resolved upon. The President
of Magdalene College (Dr. Routh) has appbiated Mr.
Newman, the reputed author of the anonymous t.a3t,
Go," to be an Exatri er for the Johnson University
Theological Schelirshir.
BRUSSELS, MARCH 10.—The average price
of Wheat last week was 181..32c., and that of 14e,

EVENING kil,D1T10!I

WOOLIVICH-FIIIDAT.

The Falmouth sailed on I!londay for Portsmouth a.'••
Plymouth.
the Soudan iron steam-vessel, Commander Bird Allen, .ar-
rived at Woolwich, from Deptford, on Tuesday afternoon.
.1'•
melancholy cccurreucc took place when she was about tx
attached to one of the buoys off the dockyard. Ono of ?e
seamen, a man of colour, in jumping from the vessel to mak-
rope fast to the buoy, fell short of it in-o the river, and althoup
the accident happened abcut half-past three o'clock in theme ter.;
noon, when all the men were on deck, he disappeared, atilft,
was 25 minutes before the body was found, when of course
was extinct. It is not
each
known that there are 15 men
of colour attached to each of the vessels appointed for the Niger
expedition, as it has been considered they will be found leer!
suitable for the labour of the vessels in a tropical climate•
now expected the expedition will lease Woolwich ,(w.hare t
whole of the vessels, the Albert, Wilberforce, and Soudan, .
now assembled) in the first week in April.'
The Lightnin g steam-veFsel, Lieutenant. Commander Jnha.
Waugh, left 'Woolwich for Leith on Wednesday, and returnea
on Thursday, in con'equence of her boilers having burst. Fcr"
tunately no accident occurred to any of the men.
The Fearless steam-vessel was commissioned 011 WeduesdsY
by Captain Frederick Bullock.
The Meteor steam-vessel was commissioned to day (Fridad
by Commander John Washington, and will be employed in "1:4
North Sea on the same service as the late unfortunate ves'
the Fairy.
The Volcano steam-vessel, Lieut. commander John Wo.t,
recently returned from the North American and West IndiaS
station, will be paid off to-morrow (Saturday)).