The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Lord Chancellor, the
Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Clarendon, Earl of
Albemarle, Earl of Erroll, the Right Hon. Henry La-
bouchere, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, and
the Hon. William Bathurst, arrived this morning at
the Castle to attend the Council: which did not
sit an hour. These Noblemen and Gentlemen are ex-
pected to join the Royal Circle at dinner this evening.
The Countess of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay arrived
this morning on a visit to her Majesty.
The Queen promenaded to-day nearly two hours on
the East Terraee and Slopes of the Castle, attended by
a numerous suite, including the Countess of Charlemont,
Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Paget, the Earl of Erroll,
Viscount Melbourne, Lord Byron, and the Right Hon.
G. S. Byng.

The Viscountess Forbes took her departure this
morning from the Castle.

Colonel Buckley has relieved the Hon. Colonel Grey
in the duty of Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, at Windsor Castle. It was attended

by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, the President of the
Bolrd of Trade, the Lord Steward, the Master of the
Horse, and the Right Hon. G. S. Byng.

At the Council the Earl of Clarendon, G.C.8., was,
by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council. Her Majesty having then
been pleased to deliver the custody of the Privy Seal to
the Noble Earl, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal
was administered to him, and his Lordship took his
place at the Board. The Noble Earl had also the honour
to kiss hands on his appointment.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday in a carriage, and visited the Princess Augusta
at Clarence House, St. James's.

The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones,
returned to town yesterday from a visit to Mr. Conyers,
at his seat Copped Hall, Epping. His Royal Highness
plid a visit in the afternoon to her Majesty the Queen
Dowager at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess
Augusta yesterday.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury.
There were present the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Master of the Rolls, the Governor of the Bank, and
the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. Mr.
Highann, Secretary to .the Commissioners, attended.
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Major Sir John, Captain
fluntley, arid Mr. Allen had interviews yesterday with
Lord John Russell at the Colonial Office.
Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at
his official residence in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Normanby and Mr. Labouchere lett
town yesterday morning to attend the Privy Council
at Windsor Castle.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Mr. Hughes Ball, at the Clarendon Hotel ; Lord and
Lady Galloway, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the
Dowager Lady De Dunstanville, Lady May Bentinck,
the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Villiers, Lord and Lady
Beauchamp, Sir William Abdy, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian
Elope, and Mr. Hope, M. P.
DEPARTURES.

General Lord Bloomfield, for Dublin; Lady and Miss
Osborne, on a Continental tour; the Hon. Mr. Irby, for
Middleton Park ; Mr. F. A. Sanford, M.P., for Wells;
the Hon. Baptist Noel, for Paris ; Paulet St. John Mild.
may, M.P., for Somerset; the Esrl of Radnor, far Coles,
hill Park, Berks ; Captain Martyn, 2d Life Guards, for
Paris ; Captain Blane, for ditto; Mr. Watkin William s
Wynne, Tat Life Guards, for Wynnstuy.

Her Majesty will' hold a Court at Buckingham
Palace on Wednesday next, when his Excellenc-1-, Ba-
ron Brunow, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister,
M. Dedel, his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, his Excel-
leney Baron Nieumann, Ste., are to be presented to
the Queen by Viscount Palmerston.

His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF
SUSSEX.—It appears that the Duke of Sussex has
been suffering from severe indisposition during his visit
to Lord Dinorben at Kinmel Park ; for in answer to
as invitation from the civic authorities of Chester, who
solicited the company of the Royal Duke at a grand
banquet in that city, Lord Dinorben says, " His Royal
Highness arrived here very unwell, and has not been
out of the home, and scarcely out of his win since,
trid I fear it will be some time before LP can go into
public "

BURGHLEY HOUSE.—There has been a state-
ment going the round of tle papers that there was to
be a ball here on New-year's eve, but without the
•lightest foundation in truth. The Marchioness was
taken very unwell on Saturday, when her Ladyship gave
hirth to a son, who only lived a few hours. Her Lady-
:hip is much better now than in the early part of the
week.

A marriage is said to he on the tapis between
Captain Ebrington, of the Fusileer Guards, and Miss

Mr. Hughes Ball, who some years back was the
leader of the haul ton, arrived at Mivart's Hotel last
night from Paris.