The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND entertained
the KING and QUEEN at dinner on Thursday evening at
their residence at Kew. Among the company to meet
their MAJESTIES were the Russian Ambassador and Prin-
cess LIEVEN, the Prussian and Hanoverian Ministers, the
Duke of ARGYLL, Sir BROOK TAYLOR, Sir WATIIEN
WALLER, Sir HENRY WHATLEY, Lady BEDINGFIELD,
Lady GLYNN, Sir BENJAMIN STEPHENSON, Sir JEFFREY
WYATYILLE, Colonel BOWATER, Sir J. and Lady QUEN.
TIN, Sir JOHN SLADE, &C. The KING and QUEEN re-
mained till a quarter-past ten o'clock, when their MAJES-
TIES left and returned to Windsor Castle.

The Marquis WELLESLEY was expected to leave his
residence at Twickenham yesterday afternoon for Dublin.
Prince TALLEYRAND left town yesterday afternoon for
the Palace at Windsor, on a visit to the KING and QUEEN.

Despatches from Lisbon were received yesterday after-
noon at the Foreign-office.

WINDSOR, SEPT. 20.

Yesterday their MAJESTIES dined with the Duke and
Duchess of CUMBERLAND at Kew, and took leave of their
Royal relations previous to their departure for Germany,
where, we understand, they will immediate►y proceed for
the purpose of consulting an eminent oculist, in hope of
restoring the sight of their son, Prince GEORGE. Their
MAJESTIES returned to the Castle at half-past 12 o'clock
of night.
This afternoon their MAJESTIES rode in the Park.

Prince TALLEVRAND and the Duchess de Dix°, and
Colonel TAYLOR, are expected to arrive at the Castle this
evening to join the Royal dinner party.
To-morrow Prince ESTERHAZY and eon and Lord
PALMERSTON are expected.

The Duke de LEUCHTENBERG, who was
said to be in England, under the title of Duke de RE-
GINA, arrived at Eichstadt on the 7th inst.

John Mott, Esq., of Lichfield, has deter-
mined upon relinquishing the amusements of the turf ; he
has been induced to come to this resolution in conse-
quence of having suffered by some foul play on the part of
jockeys.

Charles Dicconson, Esq., of Wrightington
Hall, purchased the celebrated pack of harriers and several
of the best hunters at the recent sale of the stud of Mr.
Scarisbrick, Derby.

It is expected that Lord Adare will be the
Commodore of the Royal Western Irish Yacht Club for
the ensuing season.

Mr. and Mrs. YATES are still performing at
the Brighton Theatre, and hitherto have drawn good
houses. Mrs. YATES personated Ellen Wareham i❑ the
drama of that name.

A correspondent informs us that it was never
intended that Mrs. Napier should go by the Soho; she
was to have taken her passage by the City of Waterford,
but, in consequence of the hurry i❑ which that vessel
sailed, the necessary arrangements for her were not com-
pleted, and she went on board the Superb, which is to
sail immediately on the arrival of the Duchess of Terceira
from Boulogne. _ _ _

Saturday a large body of fire was discovered
by some labourers in the employ of Mr. R. Cridge in one
of the ruble hills on Rock Farm, Southmolton. It is of
a mineral and particularly sulphurous nature, with which
the air is strongly impregnated to a considerable distance.
—Western Times.

Tuesday Mr. Brown, gardener to C. Rippon,
Esq., Stanhope Castle, cut a scarlet Brazilian pine, weigh-
ing 51b. 40z., the first of that variety fruited in the north
of England.—Newcastle Chronicle.

We understand that a resident gentleman of
fortune, who has long been the life and soul of Killarney,
retires shortly in disgust from that romantic region, having
received a slight in a certain high quarter when least
expected.—Limerick Chronicle.
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Not less than 5,000 ladies are regularly en-
gaged i❑ making collections for the Church Missionary
Society, by means of Id. subscriptions. The sum thus
annually raised amounts to 15,000/. _ _

PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.-Sportsmen in this
neighbourhood have not had the best success during the
past week. One of them, Mr. George Ashness, in the
absence of better game, shot off the end of one of his toes.
—Macclesfield Courier.
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The partridges are becoming exceeding wild,
which the empty bags of some of our sportsmen in this
neighhourhood have for the list few days amply testified.
—Lewes Advertiser.

A letter inserted in the Memorial Artesien,
states that 26 individuals, forming part of the crews of the
Boulogne boats driven ashore, have perished, leaving their
families in the greatest distress. _

We are assured that the report going the
round of the papers, which states that the brother of the
Earl of EGREMONT, recently deceased, died worth half a
million, is totally void of foundation. He might have left
behind him 45,0001. ; and it is probable that another
cipher has been added to the above auto by mistake.
A lady of Certaldo, named LENZONI) has
purchased the house formerly occupied by Boccacio,
which she has restored with the utmost care. In the
room he principally occupied she has placed his portrait at
full length. In an adjoining cabinet is a splendid book.
ca,e, filled with all the editions of his works. An old
woman who formerly occupied this chamber, having acci-
dentally thrown down part of the pannelling, found a great
number of manuscripts, which in the fervour of bigotted
superstition she immediately committed to the flames. It
is not known what has become of fourteen manuscripts on
vellum, discovered some years ago on opening the tomb of
BOCCACIO, in the church of Certaldo.
M. Le Roy, a French artist, has just finished
a full-length portrait of the late Admiral Edward Tyrrel
Smith, for the.purpose of being placed, with other naval
heroes, in Greenwich Hospital. This Gallant Officer was
no less than 65 years in his Majesty's navy, and served
under Lord Rodney in that celebrated action which ter-
minated in the destruction of the Spanish fleet.
AN Edw.—Echo is to the ear what recol-
lection is to the mind; each brings back the past, restores
lost enjoyments, augments our satisfactions, and enriches
our mental store. The mind of man has memory's echo
ever at command ; his tongue can, after a lapse of time,
recover again sweet sounds ; his declamation can revive
eloquence of another age ; the books which he has perused
with attention live fresh in his remembrance, and, like
echo, speak to him invisibly, and present themselves agai❑
to his view.

A few nights ago a gang of seven men, three
of whom were dressed in white jackets and white hats,
maliciously destroyed the gates and fences on each side of
the road leading from Beckenham to Penge Common,
more particularly those of Alderrcan Wilson, H. Shute,
Esq., Mr. Manning, Mr. Levens, the Rev. Thomas Dale,
and Mr. Overy. The scoundrels also destroyed the rails
of the bridge over the Chaffinch brook, and the county
gate, which they entirely demolished. A reward of 201.
has been offered for the apprehension of the offenders.
BIRMINGHAII STEAM CARRIAGE.
Messrs. Heaton, in a letter to the Editor of the Mecha-
nics' 211-agazine, gives the following account of the per-
formances of their steam-drag :—On Wednesday morning,
August 28, at six minutes past 10 o'clock, we set out
from our manufactory, in Shadwell-street, with a stage-
coach 15 cwt. attached to our steam-drag, with 15 people
thereon, and took up five others on the Bristol road.
With this load we arrived at the Bell Inn, Northfield, near
seven miles, in 56 minutes ; stopped there nine minutes
for water, and reached the Rose and Crown, at the foot of
the hill, 18 minutes before twelve o'clock. Remained
there four minutes, and commenced ascending the bill,
which is about seven hundred yards long, and rises on an
average one yard in nine, and in some pieces one yard in
eight. In many places, too, the ground is so soft that the
wheels carried a hill of sand before them of near three
inches deep. This hill was ascended by the machine,
taking the coach and nine persons to the summit in nine
minutes. We then took up the friends we had taken from
Birmingham, with five in addition, and proceeded on to
the market-place in Broomsgrove, and turned the machine
and coach round without stopping, and returned back to
the Crab Mill Inn, having travelled about 15 miles, where
we arrived 27 minutes before one o'clock. We halted
there 35 minutes, and set off home. On descending the
hill, we thought proper to show our friends, 25 in number
riding, that the machine was manageable on the most
hillyhroads,hill. We proceeded
b
ymaking
on
a stand
n
the still
Rose o n these and Crown
Inn
thetahtatw
foeothad, ,) ascending an
of the I,iilal,a,wheriewehd descending onealted2sminute of thes,elated
worst hills in the kingdom, established the fact that our
machine would travel on any road, however bad. We
tarekeinfriends up, and proceeded on to Bir-
mingham,g other
halted again at the Bell Inn, at Northfleet, eight minutes,
andtook three
up Worcester-street, an ascent of one
yard in twelve, 32 persons, and arrived at the manufactory
at 35 minutes past four o'clock, having consumed eleven
bushels of coke, value 2s. 6d., and travelled in all about
20 miles."