The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR

The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past two
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Windsor Castle.
It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert;
the Archbishop of Canterbury ; Lord Wharncliffe, Lord
President of the Council ; the Lord Chancellor ' • the
Duke of Buckingham, Lord Privy Seal ; Sir Robert
Peeli-First Lord of the Treasury ; the Earl of Liver-
pool; Lord Steward; the Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamber-
lain ; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse.
The Lord Chancellor had an audience of the Queen,
and delivered to her Majesty the patent creating the
Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester.
The impression of the Great Seal was enclosed in a
silver case beautifully embossed with the Royal Arms,
which, with the patent, was placed in a box, lined with
white satin, and covered with crimson velvet.

At the Council the name of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales was ordered to be inserted in the
Prayers of the Liturgy after that of Prince Albert.
The Arms of his R'iyal Highness the Prince of Wales
were taken into consideration at the Council.

Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued, from
Tuesday, the 21st of December, unto Thursday, the 3d
of February, and a Proclamation was ordered to be is-
sued, summoning Parliament to meet on that day for the
dispatch of public business.
An election for a Scotch Peer was ordered.

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. James Lord Wharncliffe to be Lord Lieutenant of
the West Riding of the County of York, his Lordship
took the usual oaths. _ _ _

The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
Sir Robert Peel, the Lorl Chancellor, the Duke of
Buckingham, and Lord Wharncliffe, left town to attend
the Council by a special train, which left the Paddington
terminus of the Great Western Railway at one o'clock.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived
in town yesterday from his residence at Kew, and paid a
visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester-House. In the evening his Royal Highness
went to Exeter Hall, and honoured the Sacred Har-
monic Society with his presence at their performance of
Handel's Oratorio, " The Messiah."
A meeting took place yesterday morning at the Home-
office, which was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, Sir James Graham, and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Minister, on a
special mission, transacted business at the Foreign-office
on Thursday.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
walked for some time on the terrace of the Castle.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Buck-
ingham, Lord Wharncliffe, and the Hon. William
Bathurst, took their departure from the Castle after the
Council broke up.
The Lord Chancellor, Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel,
Earl of Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, and the Earl of Jersey,
remain on a visit to her Majesty. It is expected that
Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Jersey will leave to-
morrow. _ _

Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, and the Hon.
Mrs. Arbuthnot, will have the honour of joining the
Royal Dinner Party this evening.
By command of her Majesty, Mr. W. C. Ross, A.R.A,
had the honour to-day of painting a sketch of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales. The unfavourable weather
has prevented the Prince and the Princess Royal from
being taken their usual airings. '
The Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot had the honour of joining
the Royal Circle at dinner yesterday. A military band,
as well as her Majesty's private band, attended at the
Castle in the evening.

EASTERN LITERARY and SCIEN-

TIFIC INSTITUTION, HACKNEY-ROAD.
On Tuesday evening last, Mr. F. Rowton delivered
the second of an extremely interesting course of lectures
on the genius and writings of " Boz," to a crowded
audience, assembled in the theatre of this Institution.
Having considered the author's humour and knowledge
of character in his last lecture, Mr. Rowton proceeded
in this to speak of Dickens's powers of description,
pathos, and satire. In illustration of the first of these
qualities, Mr. R. read, with excellent effect, the Chapter
from " Oliver Twist," entitled, " The Jew's last night
alive." We were pleased to perceive that an in-
cidental remark of Mr. Rowton's on the brutalizing
nature of public executions, met with a ready response
from the majority of his audience, As specimens of
Dickens's pathos, the Lecturer selected the final release
of the Chancery prisoner (from the Pickwick Papers),
and the death of Nelly and her Grandfather (from the
Old Curiosity Shop), and analysed the pathetic quality of
the author's mind with much clearness and judgment.
He then referred to Boz's satire, upon which he made
some very just and appropriate critical remarks. He
described it as being invariably marked by discrimination,
good purpose, and manliness. In speaking of its aims,
Mr. R. showed the author's contempt for affectation, in
his ridicule of ladies who are all- soul,like Mrs.Wititterley,
of pragmatic patrons of literature and the arts, like Mr.
Curdle, with his definition of the dramatic unities, of effe-
minate dandies, like Mr. Mantalini, and of hollow heart-
less men of the world, like Sir John Chester. The Lec-
turer mentioned also Dickens's satire on the insolent
in office, instancing Mr. Fang and Mr. Bumble ; and al-
luded likewise to Miss Montflathers, and the prevailing
system of young-lady education. As a fair specimen of
the author's power and humour in satirical writing, Mr.
Rowton recited the well-known trial scene in the case of
Bardell v. Pickwick, in a style that brought down the
hearty laughter, and equally hearty cheers of the audi-
ence. With this extract Mr. R. concluded his lecture.