The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A Cabinet Council was held, yesterday afterniion, at the
residence of Viscount Althorp, which was attended by the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, the Duke of Richmond,
the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Alelliourne, Viscount Pal-
Merston, Mr. Secretary Stan!ey, the Right Eon. Ch irks
Grant, Earl of Ripon, Sir James Graham, and Laid Hal
land. The Council sat in deliberation near three hours-
The Ministers dined in the evening with the Right Hun.
Charles Grant, at his residence in Great George-street.
All the Members of the Cabinet were present, except Lord
John Russell, who has left town for Woburn Abbey.
Mr. Littleton arrived at his residence, in Grosvenor-
Place, on Monday night. The Right lion. Gentleman
visited Earl-Grey and Viscount Melbourne yesterday.
The Chevalier de Vial, the Spanish Minister, transacted
business yesterday at the Fon-di:in-office.

The Lady Mayoress has i,sued cards for a
ball at the Mansion-house for the 7th of February. All
the Foreign Ministers are invited.
The Earl of Tankerville gave a grand dinner
nMonday, in Grosvenor-square, to his Royal Highness
e Duke of Cumberland, Prince E•terhazy, Prince and
Princess Lieven, Baron Bulow, and other foreign Minis-
ter!, and the Duke of Wellington.
Lord Ilow.rrd de Walden's long-talked-of
departure for Lisbon has not yet taken place. The re-
port current yesterday was that the stormy state of the
weather was the came of his Lordship's detention, it
being useless for him to proceed to Portsmouth if, on ar-
riving there, he should not be able tr embark. A new
carriage and hie Lordship's lugzaee have been slipped on
board the Lightning Government steamer, which has been
waiting at Portsmouth for him sine, Ilhnirlay week.
Count Bjornstjerna gave a grand dinner, yes-
terday, to nearly 30 of his countrymen, in cel-hrstion of
the anniversary of the King of Sweden and Norway's
birthday.

Yesterday morning, at three o'clock, Mr,
the eminent Government provision contrac-
tor, died, of . r a short illness, at his residence in Dover-
street.

On Monday night the President and Fellows
of the Royal College of Physicians held their first meeting
for the present year in the library of the college. It was
very numerously attended, principally, of course, by me-
dical men. Among the distinguished individuals who took
gtheir seats on the right and left of the President, Sir H.
:iford, were, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
rii3hoP of London, the Chief Justices of the King's
ench and Common Pleas, Lord Melbourne, Lord Dun-
eann°,), Mr. Ellice, &e. The President, soon after nine,
commenced reading a lecture on the education and conduct
of a hys'c • •
ian• The lecture enforced, with much neatness
and Glicity tf classical quotation, and occasionally with
great force cf language,
the necessity of a good education,
nmoral. ot merely classical and mathematical, but religif,us and
Towards the close the President took occasion,
from the incidental mention of Oxford University, to pass
a high encomium on the late Chancellor, Lord Grenville.
The lecture having been clo,ed, the company took tea and
coffee, prepated in en adjoining
roo nd ,3sed in con-
versation the time till 11. 11)'
a P
It is stated that since the days of Cromwell,
except in the case of Lord Bath, who was heir to the
gathiorn of Guitford, it has not been
the custom ta elect a
Commoner to the office of Chancellor of either of the
'Universities, which arc represented in the House of Com-
mons by their own Members. The care of its interests in
the House of Lords devolves on its Chancellor. The in-
stallation of the new Chancellor is expected to be a very
sPlendid caemony. The Vi.,..c,ianeell,r has fixed this
thly for the election. No opposition is expected to the
Enke of Wellington.

The annual increase of slaves in the United
states is estimated at 60,000 per annum.—New York
paper.

CORPORATION COMMISSION.—The COM-
Mail.
issiosns Went again yesterday to a room adjoining Guild-
theL nder ouied the ole day in bing how Ward Op
fficers are elwhected. of
Notthe one fact wzisear adduced
of the Cightest importance or novelty.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN AMBASSADOR.
s--Upon the assumption of Sextus V. the King of Spain
sent the High Constable of Castille to congratulite his
Holiness. The Pope took him gently by the chin, and
asked if the dominions of his master were so thin of sub-
jects that he could not find an ambassador with a beard
somewhat longer than his ? The Constable answered—
If the King had been aware that merit consisted in a great
beard, he would have sent a goat for his ambassador.
EXCURSIONS IN THE HOLY LAND.—Tilis
vrork, from the pen of Mr. M tdox, we are requested to
!tate, hat been delayed for a few days, in order to intro-
duce some additional plates of Egyptian antiquiti s disco-
vered by the author. Orders should be given immediately,
in. order to
.secure good impressions of the engravings.
Richard Boitley, New Burlington-street. Agents for
Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; Ireland,
134 r. John Cumming, Dublin.
CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.--On Saturday
a numerous and respectable meetingof the CI 1. •of
this town (Birmingham) Was held alt St. eterlsi°ChltaBpel,
for the purpose of taking intoaccoarishtetraiion the
. propriety
and practicability of electing
Resolutions were pissid for rai.jo ritt propriety
late the object for which the t, erring ZriPetriZenteod,coanind.
an address to the. Pro:ebsytlt:i:i(l,,,Entreflaunr! was agreed to.
calling on them to aid,
The 11.t)111rterml%1".ItZanted111, thethe
building of the cathedral.
eaid tht- y. 6,4 sttfinot
Catholic priest of Birmingham,
act in
a parsimonious mintier, and not rest sat,
they saw
a tnagnificeut pi;e of building, with a dome over it.
The late Empress of Ilussta was of a most
Amiable and benevolent disposition, but the most curious
particular in this generous character was Ler abhorrence
of all returning of thanks. The grateful person, to,e
would say, ruts and 418 di toe tscolti toat Ite has re-
ceived a benefit from you. All that hear it pretend to
take it amiss that you did not chaose them or their
friends for the objects of your bounty; and then set their
ir
!vita to work to present you with an vpportuit“lity
Tfh.),
:toning for }our mistake as soon as possib -
.favour might ! a,e ben much better bestowed, ssy they.
Nunn all these ineonveniencies are avoided when we confer
a
obligation on the ungrateful. Your good action re-
roains in obscurity—you enjoy it alone—nobody detracts
.
bee'ta "
your merits—nobody says that your kindness was ill
do ri ed--nolioily plagues you for others. Therefore, I
ght to love the ungrateful.
ta•STAcK-BuRNING.--A very simple, but cer-
.
'lelf to means of ending this diabolical practice, has suggested
14
au
.40,4 r minds, from( seeing the ruble breed of the
It thts"" still preserved by Mr. Coke, of Holkham.
mean,
oi doga were kept and trained (which is by no
stack, Ifae "It), the moment one was brought up to the
hunt hirel "aid take the footing of the incendiary and
bay'ng tt,:! hie
retreat. Their instinct is certain, their
We would Z't Snd their strength and speed incomparably.
such a case, • end
such an expedient in any but
it would ~:e°,"a(liaries deserve to be hunted down; and
th,re fiend-like in the end by the certain prevention of
dogs have been eroB. Since this was written, we see that
...Norwich XerearkPlqed at Reading to trice some thieves.

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ARRIVALS.

The Bishop of Ely, Mrs. Sparks, and family, in Dover-street,
from Brighton; the Hon. Champion Dymoke, in Wimpole_
street, from his seat in Lincolnshire; the Countess of Ashburn.
ham, in Eaton-square, from Ramsgate ; Sir Edward Troubridge,
Bart., in Albemarle-street, from Brighton ; the Right Hon.
Thomas Grenville, in Cleveland-square, from Dropmore ; Lord
St. Vincent, in Park-street, from Brighton; Colonel Wildman,
at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Newstead Abbey, Notts;
Mr. and Mrs. J. Page Reade, at ditto, from Norfolk ; Mr.,
Mrs., and Miss Page, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street,
from their seat, Welwyn, Herts; Mrs. and Miss Campbell, at
ditto, from a tour; Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, and
Dimsdale, Esq., at ditto, from Can-fi?ld-place, Herts; Mrs.
Lilley, at ditto, from Ramsgate: th•. itev. Leslie Venables, at
Raggett's Hotel, Berkeley.square, from a tour; Captain Grant,
at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Cheltenham; the Dow-
ager Marchioness Cholmondeley, in Carlton-terrace, from
Brighton; the Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley, in
ditto, from ditto; the Countess of Carlisle, in Grosvenor-place,
from Castle Howard, Yorkshire; Lord Fitzroy Somerset, in
the Stable-yard, from a visit to the Duke of Beaufort, at Bad.
rninton ; Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskine, at Isleworth, from
a visit to their Majesties, at the Pavilion ; Lord Byron, in
Eaton-square, from ditto; Sir Henry Bayley, in Albemarle.
street, from Brighton ; Viscount Acheson, at Arklow House,
Connaught-place, from Ireland; Rear-Admiral Sir Edward
Owen, in Clifford-street, from a tour; Lady and Miss Haw-
kins Whitshed, in ditto, from ditto; Lady Cecilia Underwood,
in Great Cumberland-place, from ditto; Viscount St. Vincent
and the Hon. Miss Jervis, in Park-street, Grosvenor-square,
from the Continent; Sir George and the Misses Talbot, in
Hanover-square, from a tour; Viscount Burgliersh, in Hyde-
park-place, from Brighton; Lord Kenyon and the Hon. Mrs.
Kenyon, in Portman-square, from Gredington-park, Flintshire.