The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

Summonses were issued yesterday to the Members of the
Cabinet, and also to the great Officers of State, to attend a
Privy Council, which the King will hold this day in St.
James's after the Levee.

Viscount Melbourne left town between twelve and one
o'clock yesterday to have an audience of his Majesty at Wind-
sor Castle.
The Cabinet Ministers assembled at the Council on Monday
night, and remained in deliberation till two o'clock yesterday
morning.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria rode in the
Parks yesterday morning.
Earl Grey went yesterday to Holland House, where his
Lordship dined and spent the evening.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had an interview yesterday with
Viscount Althorp.
WINDSOR, JULY 15.—Viscount Melbourne arrived here this

afternoon, from town, and has had a long audience of the
King. Messengers with dispatches from the Ministers for his
. Majesty have arrived here, during the day, from town. The
King takes an airing every day in a carriage in the parks.
His Majesty goes to town to-morrow, to hold a levee, at
which the contemplated Ministerial arrangements are expected
to be completed. In thg evening, his Majesty will return to
the Castle.

1 EARL BATHURST.--HiS Lordship daily improves.
Yesterday the inquiries werev,ewumerous, and carriages were
arriving all the day.
The youthful Prince William of Saxe Weimar, ne-
phew of her Majesty, eldest son of thekuchess Ida, has recently
entered the Dutch service, as Sub-LVenant in the 17th re-
giment of infantry.
Viscount Duncannon, who is spoken of as the pro-
bable successor, of Viscount Melbourne as Home Secretary, is
a near relative of the new Premier, whose deceased consort
was Lady Caroline Ponsonby, daughter of the Earl of Besbo-
rough, and sister to the Noble Chief Commissioner of the
Woods and Forests.
Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor has been seriously:irt=
disposed for several weeks past, and has suffered much in his
general appearance ; and Mrs. Taylor is also in a precarious
state of health.

LADY CARTERET:;•—•We have the pleasure to state
that her Ladyship was out of danger yesterday. The Noble
Lord intended to have given a grand dinner on Saturday last,
but on that day her Ladyship was taken suddenly ill.

On Saturday morning the Marquis of Hertford
embarked in a magnificent steam-vessel from the Tower for
Margate. The Noble Lord engaged the boat for the express
purpose of conveying his party only on a trip round the eastern
coast. A numerous party of fashionables were invited, and
embarked at the hour of 7 A. M.

Lord Duncannon has obtained leave to bring in a
bill to extend to the 21st January, 1835, and to the end of the
next session of Parliament, the time for carrying into execu-
tion an Act of the Ist and 2d years of his present Majesty, for
ascertaining the boundaries of the Forest of Dean, and for
inquiring into the rights and privileges claimed by the free
miners of the hundreds of St. Briavel's, and for other pur-
poses. His Lordship also obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
enable the Commissioners of Sewers to make a new sewer at
Bayswater; and also to bring in a Bill for empowering the
Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Reve-
nues, Works and Buildings, to pay the net proceeds of the
tolls of the Menai and Conway bridges into the receipts of his
Majesty's Exchequer at Westminster, to the account of the
Consolidated Fund, and for other purposes.

DEATH OF VISCOUNT RANELAGII.—We regret
to announce, upon the authority of letters received yesterday
from the continent, the death of Lord Ranelagh, under very
melancholy circumstances. It has transpired that his Lord-
ship was out hunting, when his horse fell with him, and he was
taken up in a state of insensibility. It was found that his right
leg was so dreadfully fractured as to render immediate ampu-
tation necessary, and after undergoing the operation, it was
discovered that his thigh was also broken, and in so hazardous
a part as to render amputation from the hip compulsory, to
afford the smallest chance of saving his Lordship's life, and
under which severe operation he expired. His Lordship was
only in the 23d year of his age, and well known in the fashion-
able as well as the sporting world. He recently held a com-
mission as Lieutenant in the Ist regiment of Life Guards.
We shall probably be able to give more ample details of this
melancholy event in to-morrow's paper.

We understand a petition, signed by upwards of
2,000 persons of distinction, has lately been presented to the
King of Sweden, praying for a reform in the representation of
that country. We trust that the enlightened monarch who
now sits upon the throne of Sweden, will hearken to the re-
quest of these petitioners as far as to make some alteration in
the present cumbrous and unwieldy constitution of his king-
dom. A form of representation consisting, like that of Swe-
den, of four Chambers, is far less calculated than one divided
into two Chambers to act with the dispatch and vigour which
are essential for the legislature of a country.

-Two fine elephants, imported for the Surrey Zoolo-
gical Gardens, were landed yesterday froin on board the Mal-
colm, via Calcutta. A number of persons were assembled
to witness the disembarking, and great admiration was excited
by the tractability of the animals while leaving the ship, and
passing through the streets following their keeper. They are
what are termed in India high caste elephants, their pedigree
being transmitted with them as with race horses in this coun-
try. The male, Radjepoor, on being liberated, and meeting
the female, Hadjepoor, on the wharf, expressed the most. ex-
travagant symptoms of delight, both of them sending forth
cries of joy, and breathing through their trunks with such vio-
lence, that the blast resembled animpetuous gust of wind, the
latter flapping her ears with astonishing velocity, passing the
extremity of her trunk over the whole body of the male with
utmost tenderness; arid inserting her trunk into his ear,and then
into her own mouth.

VAUXHALL.—JUVENILE FETE.--Last night the
annual fete for the juvenile visitants of the gardens was given
at Vauxhall, and was attended by a very numerous and respec-
table number of young and old. The entertainment com-
menced at six o'clock, in order to remove all objections to late
hours, and shortly after the opening of the doors the diver-
sions of the evening, which were judiciously adapted to the
ages and tastes of those whom they were principally meant to
please, commenced. The principal features were the.prome-
nade round the walks of the juvenile band of the Royal Asy-
lum ; these comparatively diminutive musicians performed
several admired pieces of music, and were a great source of
amusement, not only to the younger patrons of the gardens,
but to the more mature patrons of Vauxhall. The tableatix
of lamps were peculiarly splendid, and the pantomimic group,
consisting of three gigantic figures of Columbine, Harlequin,
and Clown, in variegated lamps, was really excellent. In
addition to all these attractions, fire-balloons, phantom-
shadows, the reality of Mr. Simpson, who, however, flitted
with the rapidity of aerial existence, the Japanese brothers,
&c., contributed to enliven and delight the company, and
everything went off to the complete satisfaction of all by
whom they were witnessed. The fireworks were peculiarly
magnificent.

YEARLY EPISTLE OF THE- " FRIENDS."--.The
yearly epistle of this respectable body of Christians has just
appeared. Among other things it notices the passing of an
Act, whereby the " affirmation" of the people called Quakers
is deemed equivalent to the oath of other Christians, and this
recognition of civil rights was viewed by the meeting as a
matter of gratitude. In that part of the epistle which may be
termed their report, it appears that during the past year the
" sufferings" of their body resident in England amounted to
11,907 Z., or, in other words, that they have been mulcted in
that sum for tithes and other ecclesiastical claims. The so-
ciety are exhorted to intermeddle as little as possible with
political matters, and to manifest their loyalty as heretofore to
the King and his Government, so far as they can do so with a
good conscience. A suitable admonition is also given to the
youth of their congregations, and especially those who are
engaged as commercial travellers, cautioning them against
conformity to the world. Finally, there is a powerful appal
to the Friends to extend their charity and bounty more libe-
rally to the sick and poor of every sect in their respective
neighbourhoods.

A certain respectable clergyman who officiated at a
parish church not one hundred miles from Clarbeston, Pem-
brokeshire, on Sunday, the 29th ult., after having read
prayers as usual, put his hand first into one pocket, and then
into the other, but to his great consternation no sermon could
be found. At length he spoke to the clerk, informing him
that his " book" was in his great-coat pocket, in a house
in the village, where he had left his horse ; but the
old clerk being unfoitunately rather deaf, " made answer
quite beside the mark." His reverence then bad nothing to
do but to go in search of the lost treasure himself ; so
making a suitable apology to his flock, off he set, and after
the lapse of a short time returned, to the great joy of his
congregation, who were waiting for him with the greatest
patience, and read his sermon with the same orthodox cadence
and emphasis as if nothing had happened to ruffle his serenity.
—Welshman.

GAS EXPLOSION.---About eight o'clock on Friday
evening, the neighbourhood of Cranbourne-street was thrown
into a state of alarm by a loud explosion in the shop of Mr.
G. Smith, currier, at the top of West-street. It appears that
the shopman had turned on the gas and was about to light the
burner,' when Mr. Smith observed that there must be an escape
of gas, as the smell was exceedingly strong. The shopman
then put a piece of lighted paper to the base of the brass
column burner, when a loud explosion took place and the
whole shop was filled with fire, which exhausting the atmo-
sphere indoors, the air without burst in at the window with
terrific violence, blowing in even the frame work and breaking
nearly every pane of glass. The shopman, however, with
great presence of mind, ran down to the warehouse below and
turned off the gas at the main pipe ; by which means he pro-
videntially saved the whole premises from destruction. The
counter was blown all to pieces ; but we rejoice to say that no
personal injury was sustained, if we except the hurt of the
shopman, who was slightly burned in the right hand.—
Brighton Guardian.

A case came before the Lord Mayor's Court a few
days ago, which was instituted by Miss Howard, owner of a
freehold house, No. 56, Cannon-street, to recover compensa-
tion from the London-bridge Committee, whose plan of the
formation of a new street from Mansion-house-place to King
William-street could not be carried on without infringing on
on her premises. The case had been for some time under
discussion between the parties, and Mr. Serjeant Wilde, such
was its importance, received a fee of 100 guineas with a brief
to appear in the matter. It appears that the corner of the