The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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Her 'Majesty the Queen gave audience, on Saturday
afternoon, at Buckingham Palhce,-to M. Touissant and M.
Madion, Envoys Extraordindry from Hayti to announce
the establishment of the republic.
The Envoys were introdubed by the Earl of Malmesbury,
the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir
Edward Cust, her Majesty's Master of the Cere-

monies.
Baron de Pradine, Haytian Charg6 d'Affaires, attended
the Envoys.
The Earl of Malmesbury had an audience of the Queen.
Her Majesty was attended by Lord Bateman, Lord in
Waiting, and Lieutenant• Colonel Cavendish, Groom in
Waiting.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort rode on horse-
back in the morning, accompanied by the Duke of Oporto,
and attended by Captain du Plat.
Prince Leopold visited the Botanical Gardens in the
Regent's-park.
The Prince Consort,. accompanied by the Duke of Oporto, .
visited the British Museum in the afternoon; Captain du
plat and Lieutenant-General 'Vicomte do Campanha were
in attendance.
The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The
company included her Royal Highness the Princess Alice,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto, Earl Delawarr,
the Earl and Countess of Suffolk, the Earl and Countess of
Eglinton, Lord Stanley, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Lord
and Lady Worsley, Lady Emily Cavendish, Right Hon. B.
Disraeli, Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil Forester, Sir John
Lawrence, General Vicomte de Campanha, and Captain

Sergio.
Her MajestT the Queen and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, with the members of the royal family and
suite, will return to Windsor Castle this day (Monday)
after luncheon, for the Easter holidays.

The Queen held a Privy Council this afternoon
at Buckingham Palace.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady
Arabella, Sackville West leave town this afternoon, for
Buckhurst Park, where the nobleearl and countess purpose
to receive company during the approaching holidays.
The Earl and Countess Spencer are expected to
arrive in town, from Italy, in a few days. The health of
the countess is quite re-established.
The Earl and Countess of Bective • and family
have arrived in Upper Brook-street for the season.
The Countess Dowager of Meath has left Cla-
ridge's Hotel for Sennicotts, near Chichester:
Viscountess Jocelyn and her youthful family have
left Cambridge House for St. Leonards-on -Sea.
The Rev. Dr. Whewell and Lady Affieck have
left Claridge's Hotel for Trinity Lodge, Cambridge.
THE LORD CMANCELLOR AND THE MAGISTRACY.
—The Lord Chancellor has just added nine gentlemen to
the commission of the peace for the borough of Ipswich.
Six of the nine are Conservatives, and the remaining three
Liberals.
The family of M. de Tocqueville request the
French papers to contradict the report of his death which
was first circulated by a London journal. He is at the Isle
de Hieres in a suffering state, but not worse than he has
been for some time past.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—
The customary annual performance of Handel's Messiah in
Passion week takes place on Wednesday next, the 20th inst.
Principal vocalists—Madame Catherine Hayes, Miss Dolby,
Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signor Belletti.
A new secretary, Mr. Sclater, has succeeded to
the management of the Zoological Gardens, Mr. David
Mitchell having undertaken, at the Emperor's request, the
arrangement of a new garden in the Bois de Boulogne, in
Paris.
The Sadler's Wells troupe of pantomimists—
Chas. Fenton, Deulin, Miss Parkes, and others—embarked,
on Wednesday last, at the St. Katharine's wharf, for Ham-
burg, en route to Berlin, where they intend producing the
last pantomime played at Sadler's Wells under the direction
of Mr. T. L. Greenwood.
MINISTERIAL PENSIONS.—It seems, by the re-
, marks of some of our cotemporaries, to be viewed as a settled
thing, that the moment a Cabinet Minister has been in office
two years, he receives a pension of £2,000 a year. This is
L not the case; and we believe very few ex-ministers have
ever been the recipients of this annuity—as a declaration of
' a rather unpleasant character has to be made, which more
or less directly declares that this sum would be necessary
for the maintenance of a minister, in consequence of his
want of fortune.—Court Journal.

COUNTY COURT DlsTßicrs.—By an order in
Council, it is directed that so much of the district of .the
Westminster County Court of Xiddlesex as is included
within a line draWn from the 'point Where the boundaries of
the Brompton County,Court of Middlesex and of the West-
minster County Court of Middlesex meet ;on the river
Thames, along the eastern boundary,of the said rompton
County Court Knightsbritlge, thence along the Bmiddle of
the Knightsbridge-road and the road opposite St. Geerge's-
place to Grosvenor-place, thence southward along the mid-
dle of Grosvenor-place and Upper Eaton-street to Rane-
lagh-street, thence along the middle of Ranelagh,street and
Ebury-street to Eccleston-street, thence along the middle
of Eccleston-street to the middle of Eccleston-bridge, thence'
along the middle of the Grosvenor Canal to the- river
Thames, thence along the river Thames to the point first
described, shall be within and form part of the district of the
Brompton County Court of Middlesex. The township of
Eaton and Marton, now in the district of the County Court
of Cheshire, held at Macclesfield, are to be in the district of
the County Court of Cheshire held at Congleton.
THE DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES
Courr.—On Saturday a return was issued to an order of the
House of Lords, showing the business transacted in this court
between January 11, 1858, and the 29th of last month. It
appears that during that time there were 288 petitions for
dissolution of marriage-184 presented by the husband-and
104 by the wife. In 37 cases dissolution was decreed and
in six it was refused. The number of cases undefended was
143. In no case was the petitioner examined; 134 cases
are now set down for trial ; 165 cases are appointed toibt e
tried by full court without jury ; 24 by a full
latter.court
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jury; and 13 by a single judge and jury, these
including cases not.yet set down for trial. Thee etitions for
judicial separation during the time covered b petitions for
judicial separation during the time covered by the return;
were 105 in number ; eight presented by the byu. sband, and
all the rest by the wife. In 28 cases the peton was de-
creed ; in three it ivas refused ; 15 cases were undefended ;
in 21 the petitioner was examined; ; six cases are now set
down for.trial trial; 11 cases were appointed to be tried before
the judge ordinary and a jury ; 32 beforethe judge ordinary
alone.
FIRE AT ST. ALUM'S CHAPEL, FULHAM-ROAD,
Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon the inhabitants of the Ful-
him-road were thrown into a state of considerable excite-
ment in consequence of a fire breaking out in St. Mark's
Chapel, the property of the National Society for Promoting
the Education of the Poor. It appears that the furnace
was lighted at 10 o'clock on Saturday night for the pur-
pose awarming the building, and during the celebration of
Divine service in the morning a very strong smell of burn-
ing was experienc NI by persons in the chael. A careful
survey was made below, but the cause was not discovered,
and it was not until past two o'clock in the afternoOn that
the existence of a fire raging became clearly ascertained.
About that time the police constable on the
c beat had his
building attention directed to the by
issuific from some of the windows anlingceurreliinvgovesrmothkee
roof. An alarm was raised, and engines were soon on the
spot, but the fire was not subdued until nearly two hours
had elapsed, and
mnsi4raDlo damage wa., caused. The
building was insured for £1,500 in. the Sp.n. Fire-office. The
stained glass windows were insured in the saigO office for
£4OO, and the fittings for £350, with the same company.