The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke of Cumberland went to Kew on Saturday morning
and spent the day in hunting. His Royal Highness returned
to his residence at St. James's yesterday.

The Princess Augusta is recovering from her recent attack of
indisposition.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and their
Royal Highnesses' Household, attended Divine Service yes-
terday at Kensington Palace. The Dean of Chester offi-
ciated.

The Duke of GlouceFter attended Divine Service yesterday
at the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
Viscount Althorp's Parliamentary dinner on Saturday even-
ing was postponed, owing to his Lordship being indisposed
with an attack of gout. His Lordship was better on Saturday
morning, and received visits in the course of the day from Earl
Grey, the Duke of Richmond, Viscount Melbourne, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Earl of Ripon, Lord John Russell, and Sir
James Graham. The noble viscount was, however, not so well
yesterday.

Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, and M. de Moraes
Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister, visited Viscount Palmer-
ston on Saturday at the Foreign-office.
Despatches were received yesterday at the office of the Se.
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs from Sir Robert Adair,
our Minister at Brussels.

Viscount Palmerston had a large dinner party last evening
at his residence in Great Stanhope-street.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel gave a grand dinner on Saturday
evening, at their residence in Privy gardens, to his Royal
Highness the Duke of Gloucester and a distinguished party.
Amongst the company were Prince Lieven (the Russian Am.
bassador), and Princess Lieven, Prince Esterhazy (the Austrian
Ambassador), Prince Talleyrand'lnd the Duchess de Dino,
the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl and Countess of Clarendon,
Earl and Countess Denbigh, Earl and Countess Howe, the
Master of the Rolls, Mons. Dedel (the Dutch Special Mini-
ster), Viscount Castlereagh, Viscount Villiers, Lord Lynd-
hurst, Mr. Charles Greville, and Colonel Higgins.

THE THEATRES.

OLYMPIC.

On Saturday night this pleasant little theatre closed.
The entertainmen.s were The Welsh Girl, The Widow,
In the Wrong Box, and The Deep Deep Sea. Al idame
Vestris delivered the following address with great point :

" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—For the first time this season,
because for the last, I appear before you with reluctance.

" To report its result is to repeat the sentence just now on
every body's lips, ` We have had an extraordinary season.'
" Our dramatic plants, nourished by the sunshine of your
smiles, and defended against all rude attacks by your uplifted
and applauding hands, have budded, blossomed, and ripened.
For the fruits I come sincerely and gratefully to thank you.
" Yet is it only the surplus fruits which I, as farmer of this
estate, enjoy. The bulk of them has gone to support and re-
ward those whose talents have often amused and (may I add ?)
sometimes instructed you The acknowledgments, therefore,
of my fellow-labourers it is also my pleasing duty to offer you.
" If I do not speak for our authors it is because I consider it
more their business to make speeches for me ; but that they
owe you a double debt of gratitude cannot be denied, for each
of them must own that in adding to his comfort you have con-
tributed to his peace.
" Though I now speak in prose I hope to avoid being
prosy. It is more my habit to address you in NUMBERS; and in
numbers, I am proud to say, it is your habit to listen to me.
" Upon those numbers I must now close my doors. I be-
lieve you wish them kept open ; and if my will were the law,
be assured that my will should be in your favour. Yes,
Ladies and Gentlemen, there should be found a grateful clause
in it, whereby, in humble imitation of great Julius Cresar, I
would give you all my seats, my Paphian arbours, and new-
painted orchards on this side Wych-street, to you and your
heirs, the whole year round, to come abroad and recreate your-
selves.—There is a Ctes a Manager for you.
_ _ _

"I am already busy for you for next season. To mention
names were to destroy the charm of mystery; but this I will
disclose to you in strict confidence, that I have succeeded, at
an enormous expense, in engaging—Madame Vestris.
" With renewed thanks, Ladies and Gentlemen, for your
intermediate happiness (intermediate I mean as to time, not as
to quality), I have the honour, until next October, most re.
spectfully to drop my curtain and my curtsey."