The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied by his
preceptor, the Rev. Mr. Wood, arrived in town about
one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Dover. About
an hour after his arrival lis Royal Highness, accom-
panied by the Rev. Mr. Wood, left Cambridge House
for Windsor Castle, on a visit to their Majesties.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday _afternoon,
at the residence of Viscount Althorp ; it was attended
by the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Earl of Ripon, Earl Grey, Viscount Melbourne, Vis-
count Palmerston, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Duke
of Richmond, the Earl of Carlisle, Sir J. Graham,
Lord Holland, and Lord John Russell. The Council
sat in deliberation about three hours.

A deputation, headed by Mr. John Irving, had an
interview yesterday with Mr. Lefevre, at the Colonial.,
office, on business relating to the Mauritius.
M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Secretary of State's office
for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Burge, the agent for Jamaica, and Mr. Burnley
transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday morning in the Council Chamber to hear ap-
peals. The Lords present were—Lord Wynford, the
Right Honourables Sir L. Shadwell, Sir J. Parke,
Thomas Erskine, Sir Alexander Johnstone, and Sir E.
East.

The Attorney-General addressed their Lordships
in support of the award of the Commissioners for
French claims, in the case " Drummond v. the Com-
missioners of French Claims," which had been part
heard at a former meeting.
. .

Dr. Lushington replied on the part of the appel-
lants.

The Vice-Chancellor gave judgment on the part of
their Lordships.
The appellants claim, as the representatives of
James Drummond, .a descendant of John, Earl of
Melfort, who left the country with James the Second,
and was created a Duke by James whilst in France.
The Duke of Melfort's son followed the fortunes of
the Stuarts, and married a lady in France, to whom
belonged the estate in question. The Duke's grand-
son married, and was buried in France, and James
Drummond was his son, and at one period held a com-
mission in the French service. His property (the
estate) was sequestered by the French Government
in 1792, as that of an emigre, and was afterwards sold
in 1794. Could James Drummond be entitled to the
benefit of the articles for compensation to British sub-
jects according to the convention between the British
and French Governments in 1815 ? or was an act of
violence unduly exercised towards him as a British
subject? James Lewis Drummond, in 1792 and 1794,
was a French subject. It was certainly true that he
was still a British subject, and had he been taken
bearing arms during the war between this country and
France in 1780, he would have been liable to the
punishment of high treason (though it was unlikely
that so harsh a proceeding would have been adopted).
Still, however, James Drummond was a Frenchman,
and the act of violence perpetrated on his property
was avowedly done because he was an emigre. Their
Lordships, therefore, could not reverse the decree of
the Commissioners, and therefore dismissed the ap-
peal, but without costs.

MAILLARD V. KING'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL-MAURITIUS.

Dr. Lushington stated the case for the appellants.
Certain lands in the vicinity of the sea-coast of the
Mauritius had been granted by the Crown, subject to
conditions of planting with trees, and keeping flocks
of cattle upon it ; the parties to whom the grant were
originally made are all deceased, and proceedings were
then instituted against the widows' heirs and successors
for the non-performance of the conditions of the grant,
and also that the land in question could not be sub.
divided. The decree given has confiscated the pro-
perty. From this decision the present appeal is
brought.

At the conclusion of Dr. Lushington's address, their
Lordship's adjourned.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

The Earl of Surrey, from Arundel Castle, Sussex, the
Countess, from the Dowager Duchess of Sunderland's, West
Hill, Surrey; the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at New-
market, from their seat, Bretby.park, Leicestershire; Dowager
Lady Clinton, from Sussex; Lord Wallace, at the Clarendon
Hotel, Bond-street, from Featherston Castle, Northampton;
Lord Suffield, at Symmons's Hotel, St. Jarnes's.street, from his
seat, Grinton, Norwich; Charles Standish, Esq., at ditto, from
a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Garvey and Mrs. Simmons, at Crawley's
Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour ; Hon. Thomas Coventry,
at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour; Captain
Parkinson, at ditto, from Portsmouth ; J. P. Boileau, Esq., in
Upper Brook-street, from Bath ; Mr, and 111 rs. Walker, in
Brook-street, from their seat, in Essex ; the Marquis aid Mar-
chioness of Salisbury, in Grafton-street, Bond-street, from their
seat, Hatfield House, Herts ; Captain Johnson, in Dover-
street, from the Continent ; Captain and Mrs. Morton, in
Regent-street, from Cheltenham; Mr. Douglas Halford.
in
Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from Brighton; the Marquis
of Miraflores, at Mivart's Hotel, from Madrid ; Captain and
Mrs. Newall and family, and Miss Profiler°, at ditto, from
Italy; Mr. and Mrs. Milne, at ditto, from Scotland; W.
Campion, Esq., and family, at ditto, from a tour, John Dauncey,
Esq., at ditto, from Northamptonshire; Sir' Matthew
Tierney, Baronet, and family, at 26, Bruton-street,
B erkeley-square, from Brighton; Mrs. Daniels and
Miss Penfold, at the Berners Hotel, Berners.street, from West.
book House, Upway, Dorset ; F. Hayward, Esq., and Mrs.
Hayward, at ditto, from Worcester ; G. Dorien, Esq., and
Miss Dorien, from Hastings, at ditto; the Rev.' Hasting
Robinson, Mrs. Robinson, and Miss Clay, at ditto, from Little
Warley, Essex ; the Misses Foyster, at ditto, from Hastings ;
the Rev. W. Mansfield and Mrs. Mansfield, at ditto, from
Mepham, Kent; F. Smith, Esq., at ditto, from Derby; Henry
Gouger, Esq., at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Duncomb Shaft°, at
Patterson's Hotel, Brook-street, from their seat, Buckworth,
Huntingdon ; Mr. and Mrs. Smith, at ditto, from Sanitgate ;
Sir John Arundel, at ditto, from Devonshire; Sir William
Annesley, at ditto, from Bath.