The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert was yesterday invested,
at Buckingham Palace, with the Ent•iga of the Order of the
Golden Fleece.

His Grace the Duke of Wellington, being a Grandee of
Spain, and also a Knight of the Golden Fleece, was nominated
by her Majesty the Queen of Spain to invest his Royal High-
ness with the Insignia of the Order. The Noble Duke ar-
rived at Buckingham Palace soon after three o'cloek, and Vis-
Aiwa. PalmAston,...her Mait.sty'sYtißeipaLSeercitary of State.
for ForeigitlAlfairs, and his Excellency Genera Alava, the
Spanish Aiinister, also arrived at the Palace soon afterwards to
be present at the ceremony.
His Grace tnen invested the Prince with the Ensigns of the
Order of the Golden Fleece.

His Royal Highness was attended by the Groom of the Stole,
Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waiting; Capt. Francis
Seymour, Groom in Waiting; and Colonel .Bouverie, Equerry
in Waiting. . .

The Qiiecn and Prince Albert went yesterday morning to
the Hanoser-square rooms, and attended the rehearsal of the
Concert of Ancient Music.. The Royal suite consisted of the
Duchess of Bedford, Hon. Miss Cavendish, ➢lr. Rich, Lord
A. Paget, Colonel Bouverie, an Captain Francis Seymour
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Prin-
ces= of Lem►ngen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.

Viscount liielbOurne lied an audience of her Majesty
yesterd•y.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their
Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, Earl
and Countess of Surrey, Lady Mary Howard, Earl of Uxbridge
Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Viscount Melbourne, Baroness
Spaeth, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. ,111 rs. Anson.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended
at the Palace during dinner.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had a dinner
party last evening at Cambridge House. Among the com-
pany were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at-
tended by Lady Caroline Legge, his Highness Prince Ester-
hazy, Earl of Pembroke, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somer-
set, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Beaumont, Messrs. G.
Wombwell, Cornwall, Standish, and Cubing Smith, Colonels
Keate and Jones, Major Stephens, and Capt. Macdonald.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent yester-
day at Clarence House, St. James's, and she Princess of
Leiningen, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an ailing
yesterday morning in a carriage and four.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
Lieut.-Colonel Jones, did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit to
him yesterday for his portrait in the picture of her Majesty's
marriage.
M. Dedel, the Minister of the Netherlands, left for Holland
on Saturday last. His Excellency will return by the.midele
of May.
The Rev. J. Prowett, Colonel O'Reilly, and Mr. Bellender
Ker, had interviews with Lord Juhn Russell yesterday at the
Colonial •office.

The Marquis of Anglesea, the Attorney-General, the Mayor
of Doncaster, and Mr. G. F. Muntz, had interviews with the
Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home Office.
Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downing-street.
Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
were received yesterday, at the Colonial Office.

AN INFERENCE.—A fellow was once asked
what inference he could draw from the text in Job, " And
the asses snuffed up the east sind I" '6 Well," he replied,
" the only infe.ence that I can draw is this, that it would
be a d---d long time before they would grow fat on it 1"
NOVEL ATTACHMENT.A cow exhibited for
sale 'at Monmouth fair, the property of Mr. Adams, of
Goodrich, attracted the notice of a large number of per-
sons, from the circumstance of the animal suckling a lamb,
to which, upon the loss of her calf, the animal become at-
tached. and has since nourished as her own offspring.—

Cambrian.
DEATH OF THE BISIIOP OF WORCESTER.
—Considerable pecuniary embarrassments, which were
made matter of painful publicity, embittered his latter
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We are glad to learn, in the best informed quar-
ters, that there exists no likelihood whatever of the case of
Mr. M‘Leod leading to any rupture of the friendly rela-
tions between Great Britain and the United States.

CHEAP POSTAGE.— A gentleman on the
western circuit, during the Cornwall assizes, sent from
Bodmiu to his wife in London, a couple cf chickens,
through the
post-office, one of which weighed nine, and
the other eight, ounces, the postage being respectively 9d.
and 81. They were wrapped in parchment, and reached
their destination in excellent condition.—Bristol Mercury.
The witty Duke of Wharton having introduced
a Scripture story into one of his speeches in the House of
Lords, was asked by a Right Reverend Prelate when he
would have done preaching ? " When lam made a Bishop,
my Lord," was the sarcastic reply.
Tacitus says, "In the earl` ages man lived a
a life of innocence and simplicity," Upon this a critic re-
marks, " When was this period of innocence ? The first
man who was born into the world killed the second. When
did the times of simplicity begin ?"
MEETING AT SIR ROBERT PEEL'S.—Yes-
terdey a numerous meeting of the Tories was held at the
residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall-gardens. The
object of their meeting was to oppose Lord Morpeth's Bill,
and, according to the Standard, the utmost cordiality and
unanimity prevailed. This meeting," it adds, " must
silence and for ever put to rest the fabrications about there
being a split amongst the Conservativei, or that they have
ever for a moment lent confidence in Sir Robert Peel as
their leader." Wonderful change I The Times kto say
nothing mote about the scoundrel Tory leaders, Peel is
not to be thrown overboard though he still adheres to the
" brutal Poor-law Bill," and Stanley is yet to act as his
lieutenant, though judged by all the ultra-Tories the
only fit man to lead them 1
CONIRIE, APRIL 15.—There have been at
least thirteen shocks of earthquake felt here since the
commencement of the present year—all slight, however
—only four strong enough to affect the instruments fur in-
diciting these phenomena—of which there are several in
this quarter belonging to the Britiih Association and pri-
vate individuals. Judging from those indications, these
shocks appear to come upon us from the west—only one
was marked as more directly below.—Scotch Paper.