The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA rode
at Mr. Forman's Riding School yesterday. In the after-
noon their Royal Highneshea left town for Claremont,
where they will pass a short time. On their Royal High-
nesses' return the Duchess of KENT will entertain the KING
and Qr'EEN, the members of the Royal Family, and a dis-
tinguished party, at dinner, on Wednesday, the Qd of May.
The Duke of Cum caßLANDhonouredthe Marquess and
Marchioness of LONDONDERRY with his company at dinner
on Wednesday evening, at their residence in Park-lane.
The French Ambassador, Count MASTUCHEVITZ (the
Russian Minister, on a special mission), the Bavarian and
Brazilian Ministers, and Viscount GRANVILLE, transacted
business with Viscount PALMERSTON yesterday at the Fo-
reign-office.
Mr. COLGUROUN, the Agent for Dominica, transacted
business yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Marquess of LANSDOWNE left town yesterday for
his seat at Bowood, Wilts.
Earl GREY left town for his seat at East Sheen.
Viscount ALTHORP left town en a visit to his father,
Earl SPENCER, at Althorp, Northamptonshire.
A confirmation of the juvenile Nobility and Gentry was
held yesterday (being Maunday Thursday) at the Chapel
Royal, St. James's, by the Bishop of LONDON.
The prayers for the day were read by the Rev. Messrs.
UPTON and KNAPP, and the Communion Service by the
Bishop of LONDON, assisted by the Rev. Mr. HOLMES,
Sub-Dean.

Ilis Lordship delivered an appropriate and impressive
lecture, explaining the nature and extent of the responsi-
bility which those about to be confirmed were incurring,
and then confirmed those present. The ceremony being
concluded, his Lordship pronounced an earnest exhortation
as to the regulation of their future conduct.
Sir GEORGE SMART presided at the organ.

THE DUKE or SUSSEX.—On a recent visit
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussxx to the town of
Stafford, Mr. G. WYItN, a shoe-manufacturer of the place,
asked and obtained permission, in the name of the refor-
mers of Stafford, to make a pair of boots for his Royal
Highness. Mr. WYNN wished to work the word " Re-
form" upon the soles of the boots, but his Royal Highae.s
replied, with ready wit, " I will not tread upon Reform."
We have seen the present of the Reformers of Stafford—
an elegant pair of Wellington boots of exquisite workman-
ship, with the initials of his Royal Highness neatly worked
upon short tops of red velvet. They were presented to his
Royal Highness last week by Captain CHETIVYND,... Wol-
verhampton Chronicle.

The Duke of DEVONSHIRE intends to spend
the Easter recess at Chatsworth. His Grace gave his
farewell dinner on Wednesday, at Devonshire House, to
the Earl and Countess GOWER, Countess of CARLISLE,
Lord and Lady GRANVILLE, Lord and Lady Wilmot.
CLIFFE, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. JOHN TALBOT, &C.
The Earl of CARLISLE continues confined to
his residence, in Grosvenor-place, by indisposition, arising
from a complaint in his foot. The Noble Earl, in conse-
quence of his illness, has been necessarily absent from the
recent Cabinet Councils. Although a Member of the
Administration, his Lordship does not hold any official
situation. The last office he filled, that of Lord Privy Seal,
was in the Ministry of Lord GODERICH.

The Marquess of ANGLESEA and the Ladies
PAGET have arrived at Uxbridge House, Burlington-street,
from Dublin. Ou his way to town he stopped a few days
at Plasnwyd, the seat of the Noble Viceroy, in the isle of
Anglesea. Baron Teri t. has accompanied the Marquess
from Ireland.

We understand that Lord GODERICII has
allowed to the shareholders of the North American Land
Company ten years to pay whatever valuation may be at
first agreed upon. Interest to be paid on instalments as a
compensation for the re-valuation, which is now aban-
doned. The quantity of land, 500.000 acres, the amount
required by the public meeting, is granted to the Company,
with liberty to extend their operations to other provinces.
It however, intended primarly to confine the transac-
tions of the Company to Lower Canada, in the district of
the south side of St. Lawrence.

Lord ALTHORP is expected to leave town
next week, for Althorp, the magnificent seat of Earl
STENCER, in Northamptonshire. The recent visit of the
Noble Viscount to the Venerable Earl did not extend to
more than forty-eight hours, his avocations in the metro-
polis not permitting him to be absent from town for a
longer period. Althorp is stated to be one of the most
interesting mansions in the kingdom, especially for its
books and pictures. The library, in which the Earl
chiefly passes his time, is said to be more valuable than
that of any other private gentleman ; and it may be men-
tioned, in proof of the judgment and pure taste of the pre-
sent proprietor, that most of the books were selected by
himself.

The Grand Duchess ALEXANDRA, daughter
of the Grand Duke Mlcnaar., died at St. Peterabureh in
the end of March. The Court has gone into mourning.

By the will of GOETIIE it is provided, that
until the year 1850 his apartments are to he continued in
their present state, and that none of the literary and scien-
tific treasures he has collected shall be disposed of until
that period.

A medal in memory of GOETHE has been
struck in Germany. The principal side represents the
image of GOETHE crowned with laurel, and bearing
this inscription :--" GOETHE Nat. D. XXXI Aug.,
MDCCXXXXIX." The other side presents the apo-
theosis of the poet : a swan bean; him on its wings to the
starry circle, to which the poet's eyes and arms are
directed. Below are these words :—" Ad astra rediit
D. XXII Mart. MDCCCXXXII "—French Paper.

THE VASE.---The Colossal Royal Clarence
Vase is now exhibiting for the season, at the Great Room
of the Egyptian hall, Piccadilly. This splendid and unique
work of art surpasses in magnificence and dimensions
every ancient and modern vase. It is composed of various
metals and elaborately cut glass, and displays all the effect
of the richest chasing and most massive gold plate, studded
with jewels of various tints. The form is pure Grecian,
and the bowl will contain 900 gallons; the weight is eight
tons, the height fourteen feet, the diameter of the basi❑
twelve feet. The exquisite taste and ingenuity of this
beautiful and costly work entitle the exhibition to the pa—
tronage of the public and the press. It has already been
visited by the Royal Family, by the principal nobility, and
patrons of the fine arts.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—HENRY M.
DYER, Esq., one of the Vice Presidents, took the Chair
at the usual periodical meeting on Tuesday. The assem-
bly was numerous ; and the fine exhibition gave token of
the " spring." Mrs. MaItnYATT, of Wimbledon, the warm
patroness and constant contributor to this establishment,
adorned the table with a splendid magnolia. Mr. ALL.
NUT, of Clapham, sent some lovely seeding catnellias,
which might have contended for the medals, had they ap-
peared in equal beauty at the previous meeting. A va-
riety of the poetic anemony, and of the narcissus, came
from Mr. YOUNG, at Epsom. Mr. Lows, of Clapton,
and Mr. CHANDLER, contributed various flowers, some of
them extremely fragrant. The latter gentleman sent
twenty varieties of the camellia. Perhaps the most exci-
ting object at this meeting was a rhododendron, from
Mrs. Maanvarr's green-house, which was described at
some length by Professor LINDLEY, the Assistant-Secre-
tary. In the early part of the day Mr. LINDLEY read
a paper on the cultivation of walnuts, contributed by the
President, ANDREW KNIGHT, Esq., pointing out the
method by which the crops might be improved. The
Countess of AsttisssT, Sir EARDLEY CULLICN SMITH,
Bart., &c. were hallottel for, and other candidates for
admission advanced in their progress. There were sixteen
varieties of shrubs and flowers, in high perfection, from
the Iforticultural Gardens at Turnharn-green.
AGREEABLE ANNOUNCEMENT.—The news
of the division in the House of Lords arrived in Liverpool
on Saturday evening, during the performance at the thea-
tre. The managers, having learnt it before the audience,
determined to communicate it to them ; and, in order to
do it without interrupting the performance, they desired
one of the actors, who had to deliver a letter in the
course of it, to convey the intelligence. Coming on the
stage just at the time when the plot required his presence,
he addressed another actor on the stage as follows :—"
I am desired to deliver this letter to you ; and also to in-
form you that the second reading of the Reform Bill was
carried this morning by a majority of nine." The mo-
ment this announcement was made the whole of the
twelvepr c proceeded
o'clock
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audience apt ung up, and announced their joy by the most
vehement cheering.—Liverpool Times.
The York, of 600 tons, the Frances Char-
lotte, of 300 tons, from Madras, and the North Briton,
of 500 tons, from Batavia, arrived in the Downs on
theirV rednhesedr,aya,nd thewitalririyed
off
viinod
yesterday, were taken in tow by steam-boats, and safely
docked in tst. Katharine Docks, although the wind was
the voyage from the Downs into the
down the river, before five o'c ock yesterday afternoon
thus performing;
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