The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
enjoyed their usual walk in the forenoon, and the Prin-
cess Royal was taken an airing twice to-day.
In the afternoon her Majesty and the Prince rode out
in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving. The
Duchess of Bedford, Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, the
Earl of Fingal, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Wylde,
following either in a carriage or on horseback.
The Earl of Fingal has succeeded the Marquis of
Headfort as the Lord in Waiting on the Qneen. The
Hon. Mr. Howard has arrived to succeed Major the Hon.
George Keppel.
Mr. Partridge had the honour to-day of submitting to
the Queen and Prince Albert the portraits of her Majesty
and his Royal Highness, painted by command, and in-
tended as birth-day presents to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent.

To-day, at twelve o'clock, the 72d Highlanders fired a
feu dejoie in the Little Park, in honour of the Duchess
of Kent's birth-day, and afterwards went through many
field movements in beautiful order.

The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Elea-
nora and Constance Paget, Lord Paget, Lady Caroline
Barrington, and Mr. George Edward Anson, will have
the honour of dining with her Majesty at the Castle this
evening.

Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent. The bells were rung at Kensington
at an early hour, and also at intervals during the day, in
honour of the event. The tradesmen of her Royal
Highness dined together to celebrate the day, at the
King's Arms Tavern, Mr. Brameld in the chair. In the
evening the tradesmen of the Royal Duchess, both in
town and Kensington, illuminated their houses.
The Duke of Cambridge has returned to Kew, from a
visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloutlester,
at Bagshot Park. His Royal Highness came to town
yesterday, and returned in the afternoon to Kew. Prince
George of Cambridge also came to town yesterday, from
Kew. 6

His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the American
Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office yes-
terday, and on Monday.
Major-General Sir John Harvey, K.C.8., had an in-
terview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colo-
nial•office, to take leave, on his departure to the Govern-
ment of Newfoundland.
Mr. Rumbold had an interview with the Marquis of
Normanby, yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town yesterday
afternoon from Dover. _ _ _

Captain Huntly, Sir John Seale, and Mr. Pritchard,
had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the
Colonial-office.

Lord Morpeth has arrived in town from Dublin.
Mr. J. Shaw Lefevre has arrived in town from Ripon.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.

FIRST DAY FOR THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON CUP,

VALUE 1001.
The day was remarkably fine, and at eleven, A.M.
the following splendid yachts :—Nymph, 31 tons, John
Bailey, Esq. ; Midge, 35 tons, John Petre, Esq. ; Will-
Captam Williams, R.N.; Gem, 125 tons,
Marquis Ormond ; Naiad, 70 tons, W. Delafield, Esq. ;
Talisman, 87 tons, R. Meiklam, Esq. ; Brilliant, 393
tons, G. A. Ackers, Esq. ; Aurora, 40 tons, W. Beach,
Esq. ; Cynthia, 40 tons, R. Frankland ; Hebe, 68 tons,
A. W. Corbett, Esq. ; Thcebe, 33 tons, Captain Corry,
R.N., were started from off Cowes Castle. They made to
the Westward, with a fine breeze from the S.W. After
rounding the vessel off Yarmouth, they proceeded to the
Eastward, passing the starting vessel as follows :
h. m. h. m.
Talisman ....... 35 6 Phoebe
Cynthia' 36 40 Gem
Aurora
Hebe
Naiad 4l Midge
Will-o'-the-Wisp met with an accident and gave in.
They passed the starting vessel on their coming in
from the Nab as follow :
h. m. s. h. m. s
Talisman
Naiad 5 30 30 Phoebe
Ifebe
Aurora
Being a handicap the Phoebe wins.

BRAZIL—In some of the papers allusion is
made to an aggression said to have been committed by
the Brazilian authorities upon English subjects, the par-
ticulars of which are stated on the authority of the Rio
papers received by the ordinary packet. The private
letters thence, however, give quite a different version of
the story. They state that a man-of-war's boat arrived
on May 20 at the town of Campos (an inland town some
30 miles up the river Paraiba), with a lieutenant, a mid-
shipman, and 13 sailors on board. It was the first in-
stance of any British sailors having passed up the river,
and their arrival naturally created a great sensation.
The Justice of the Peace was obliged by his standing or-
ders to detain any party, and particularly foreigners, if
armed, who were not provided with passports. He (lid
so, but with politeness, referring to his regulations, gave
them decent lodgings, provided for them in every re-
spect, and allowed them liberty on parole, while the an-
swer from Rio Janeiro, a distance of about 160 miles,
was received. It arrived in due time by estglette, with
an order to release them immediately, as it was evident
no offence was meant by the boat's crew. Shortly after
their release Commodore Fremantle, of the brig Clio,
returned to the bar of St. Joao, some 30 miles below, in-
quired the particulars, and received a full explanation.
The officers and men are said to have stated that they
were not in any manner ill-treated, but, on tha contrary,
were treated with every possible respect.
INSENSIBILITY OF WORLDLINESS.—.-The.
thoughts of worldly men are for ever regulated by a
moral law of gravitation, which, like the physical one,
holds them down to earth. The bright glory of the day,
and the silent wonders of a starlit night, appeal to their
minds in vain. There are no signs in the sun, or in the
moon, or in the stars for their reading. They are like
some wise men, who,slearning to know each planet by its
Latin name, have quite forgotten such small heavenly
constellations as Charity, Forbearance, Universal Love,
and Mercy, although they shine by night and (lay so
brightly that the blind may see them; and who, looking
upward at the spangled sky, see nothing there but the re-
flection of their own great wisdom and book 1( timing. It
is curious to imagine these people of the world, busy in
thought, turning their eyes toward the countless spheres
that shine above us, and making them reflect the only
images their minds contain. The man who lives but in
the breath of princes, has nothing in his sight but
stars for courtiers' breasts. The envious man beholds
his neighbours' honours even in the sky; to the money-
boarders, and the mass of worldly folk, the whole great
universe above glitters with sterling coin—fresh from
the mint—stamped with the sovereign's head—coming
always between them and heaven, turn where they may.
So do the shadowsof our own desires stand between us
and our better angels, and thus their brightness is vclivsQd: