The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

drove in iucH hess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and
e Park esterday.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Fo-
-I‘elgo-office which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir
Lobert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Rosslyn,
Lord Wharncliffe, Mr. Secretary Goulburn, the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord Ellenborough, Earl de Grey, Sir Henry Hardinge,
Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Right Hons. J. Herries, C. Wynn,
and A. Baring.
The Council sat near three hours.
Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, and the
Duke of Wellington returned to town yesterday from a visit to
their Majesties at the Palace at Brighton.
Mr. Burge, the agent for Jamaica, had an interview with
the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Despatches for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland were sent off
last evening from the Home-office.
Mr. Browne, agent for Antigua, and. Mr. Colquhoun, tran-
sacted business with Mr. Gladstone yesterday at the Colonial-
office,

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Sir James Graham has arrived in town from the north. Sir
James visited Sir Robert Peel on Thursday.
Preparations are making at the town residence of Earl Grey
for the reception of his Lordship. The Noble Earl is expected
to leave Howick- hall on or about the 20th inst.

. Lord Brougham has arrived in town from the Con-
tmew, and is now at his house in Berkeley-square.
t The Rev. Richard Jones, M.A., author of the well-
4nowo work on " Rent," and Professor of Political Economy
at Kiug's College, London, has just been appointed the suc-
cessor to the late Mr. Malthus, in the College of the East
India Company at Hayleybury, as Professor of Political Eco-
nomy and History.—Literary Gazette.
he After a long-protracted indisposition, Mrs. Fitz-
bert was sufficiently restored to health to be, enabled, on
Monday last, to leave Park-lane for Brighton.
FUNERAL OF LORD DE DUNSTANVILLE.—
'his morning, at half-past seven o'clock, the mortal remains
Lof the late Cord de Dunstanville, were removed from his
ordship's late residence at Kensington Gore, and proceeded
the way to their last earthly resting-place—the family vault
of the De Dunstanvilles, in the village church of Tehidy,
unear Pool in Cornwall. The funeral procession was on an
11nertmonly extensive scale of sombre grandeur, and consisted
outriders and ten pages on horseback—the hearse richly ern-
-I':atoned with the heraldic honours of the deceased, splendidly
rked on hangings of rich black silk velvet, in a raised circle
embossed silver and drawn by six stately horses, superbly
°n which
and covered with escutcheon hangings of black velvet,
which was worked, in a gimilar manner to the hearse, the
tii:us, crest, and motto,&c. p',lnnants of silk and silver were
heic_klY interwoven with the hearse, and horse plumes. The
ea e was followed by two mourning coaches, with six horses
bleb'
richly caparisoned, containing some of the deceased no-
11141ra principal domestics, and the czvalcade was brought
pJ the private carriages of the Honourai,le Mrs. Bassett,
irinfield, Esq., Sir John St. Albans, Riehaizi Tuckfield,
and Sir Thomas Lennard—the pages, mutes, drivers,
f'a7postillions wore splendid badges on their cloaks, with the
ncrest worked in silver on black velvet. The coffin is of
al
enclosing a leaden one, and is covered with the rich-
e,•becit'llllson Genoa velvet, studded with silver gilt nails, with
sed plates and handles to correspond. The inscription-
"ate is of brass of considerable thickness, and has deeply en-
on it—

The Right Honourable
„N'rancis Bassett, Lord de Dunstanville,
of Halton, Cornwall.
The Aged 78 years.
Teh• ,Pmeession will proceed the whole of the distance to
daisluY, 226 miles, at a walking pace, and will will take fourteen
Hal t° arrive there. The body will then lie in state at Tehidy
the paternal Mansion of the De Dunstanville family, for
they6ll daY previous to the interment. The funeral procession
e will consist of between 200 and 300 persons.
he,,Q,UEEN's THEATRE.—Thre was a performance
iast night of two pieces-- The Le:ftle Savoyards, in which
,:s Anderson
, late Miss Bartolozzi, I:lade her first apeear-
ee, and introduced ' the' admired ballad, " By the margin of
Williams a very
effe " fair waters," and sang with Miss
etl`''e duet, called " Brother, dear brother_—and Family
tioklilirities, or The Sisters Three. The latter :s a pro
uc-
of merit, in which Mrs. Nisbett, Miss Mordaunt
eaancd.
crs„ssi Jane Mordaunt figured as the three sisters,. ant.
~ ...h
r. aYed with much ability and good taste their peet.ll-
- les." Wrench acted the part of Nat in his usual masterly
shANECDOTE OF LORD LOUGHBOROUGH..--
th °rtlY after commencing practice at the Scottish bar," ways
(thee Writer of an interesting memoir of Lord Loughborough
13 ~,Chruicellor), in the Law Magazine, it was his fortune to
l'P,°sed to Mr. Lockhart, at that time a leading counsel.
ilellte,Pl,l)jing to an impassion. ed
.appeal of this powerful oppo-
eloct''' Summed up an ironical picture of Mr. Lockhart's
NilaTee in these sarcastic terms :—' Nay, my Lords, if tears
not hae moved your Lordships, tears, sure I am, would
44, ve been wantin.' The Lord President immediate)
y
fiery" 4, Pied the young counsel, and told him he was pursuing a
d'n4eeorouscouise of observation. Wedderburne main
titledtwin With spirit that he had said nothing he was not well en..
:he fe say, and would have no hesitation in saying again.
"ora ;°,ll President, irritated probably at so bold. an answer
D'ovoitJ'illior, rejoined in a manner, the personality of which
that the advocate to tell his Lordship that he had said
'Narkito 'go which he dared not justify as a gentleman. The
threw „was hasty, and not to be brooked. The President
Wed.d„ultinielf on the protection of his brother justices, and
eoart'!°liime was ordered, by the unanimous v.'ice of the
tiO4. make a most abject apology, on the pain ot zlepriva-
p lie refused, and threw off his gown."
,koeTINCE AUGUSTUS OF PORTUGAL.—FAL-•
nved „
EL I 1.--The Monarch steamer, Captain Bain, ar-
th here this afternoon from Lisbon, having left on Friday,
i4:4Q1,—;1148t- At the time of her sailing the city was perfectly
the t". The Prince Augustus of Portugal, whose arrival in
clay, tf,gus has already been reported, landed on the following
26th, arid proceeded to the Cathedral, where the mar-
lile%;`,,l_eth the young queen was solemnised. On Tuesday,
the Queen, accompanied by the Prince,
.h?ld a
and which was attended by all the Portuguese Ministers
and a —l"tY, the Ambassadors from the various foreign Courts,
~vas eensiderable_number of the higher orders. The theatre
'hi, °floured with their presence in the evening, where. every-
111,1weirt off in a manner calculated to gratify his Royal
segue, 8. From the time of his arrival, and three days sub-
gr4atiP., nothing but rejoicings were going on. The city was
inenAwn t°
a rtrliiev
°Tagus
;)' illurnitzated, and the display of fire-works was
thip:': Salutes were constantly being fired from the different
and from the forts. The Portuguese
es which sailed I-om hence in company with the Monarch
out' till a fortnight after, the 4th inst. The
de't this " brig, Lieut. Cory. arrived out on the
.Ist inst., and
iaYs 1-,Port two days after them, thereby beating them five
4,181),„ "is Majesty's brig Naufilus, Lieut. Crook, sailed from
ppo' on the Ist instant, and I;as not act come in.
1143, of to have met with heavy and adverse weather in the
/veati?eri3iseaY. The Monarch has experienced very severe
of th —'4UNicATION WITH INDIA.—The Lords
Di thee Admiralty have circulated a circumstantial programme
blodi keentem 1t d communication between this country and
Wwiciolaf ethelNleldihterrveanLanen, Isthmus of Suez and
seems It
admirably matured by
the ablest Feted and most indefatigable officers that ever con-
e a great public department, Sir Francis !reeling.
t tii •
,g„'• it appears, that after the 2d of ;March, six ve?s.els
'''qerteu n a new principle to act either as steam or sailing
to be employed. They will touch at Cadiz,
rands ". Corfu, Zante, Cephalonia, and various Greek
pert 'On their voyage to Alexandria. The effectual trans-
aess the Isthmu.s of Suez is arranged with the Pasha
4'; Rl,*t and th other side the East India Company
l'reesiplt four on
se mers to run between the East India.
Diet 4„eoeies arid sueeztesa;:, AS to meet the Europeans and corn-
les"eir ulterior objects.‘__ The whole will. occupy from 12
4.uonths.—LiteraryGazette.
kiBtrj7 j°lllll Stuart Jerdan, one of the stipendiary ma-
larCe*of
ilor Jamaica, andthe. eldest son of Mr. William Jer-
luties ilrompton, fell a sacrifice to the 3evere and. fatiguing
4144 his office i that fatal climate after short illness, on
°ll‘l4l,e4y! the 25th of December. of his logo in the district
°jaa' ieneal, in the parish of St. Th. Cimas-in-the-East, the
;Mttiete° -Dispatch says :—" To an activ*,9 enterprising
'es er he added a zeal in the execution of his arduous du-
Which rendered him respected arid beloved bolls by master ser,a
'404 nt ; he tempered justice with mercy ; and ju"t
j.as. his
%%IS were becoming almost a sinecure, from his judiCtous
oP' the island was deprived of his services at the early
ki',krited26. His remains were conveyed to the tomb with
lastlrer_e!Peet, and his death lamented by all who had the
liiegt knowing him." Previous to his departure for the
fathe'les, r. Jerdan, seconding the ardent wish of his
t 111 for its success, performed the functions of secretary
know end
subscription, arid acquitted himself in so
:'llewl;iaticl excellent a manner as to receive the grateful ac-
45rt,urents and warm approbation of the committee. He
the
e attached to the study of natural history, and made
k Fne collections in entomology. His premature loss, at
i3lllll.lellt When the sphere of his usefulness was so honour-
e', is a heavy affliction to his friends and family.
,:°11) with a wife and family, hanged himself last
NV l '
Southampton, after having betted and lost his last
J)11 a ~URIa pigeon-shooting match.
1111111 w° US PLEDGE.—At the Paisley Police. Court,
,11(1 a% recently brought up
Pilk,•"„°° had 1:',3 money he was locked up. After he had
-fed in confinement for some time, he offered to leave his
'kr4:ll Pledge for the amount of the fine. This having been
1 t°, he unscrewed his arm and walked off its high glee.
'lry i 11-cc---" A QUARTER BEFORE.eh,"—In-
s a little avail, without a habit of very easy acquire-
-1:411 Plioctuality : on this jewel the whole machinery of suc-
ttivit;,rodustry may be said to turn: When Lord Nelson sN as
ettraLoadon on his last, but glorious, expedition against
aq board y' a quantity of cabin furniture was ordered to be sent
to' the his ship. Ht had a farewell dinner party at his house,
Mo noPfhoLlsterer having waited upon his Lordship, with an
111,4illin the eompletim; of the goods, lie was brought into.
room •
T in a corner of wrii_irh his Lordship spoke with
4144' uPholsterer stated to his Ni employer that every
th44l a finished, and packml, and woad ip the waggon,
y. A Certain inn, at IOC.k• " And you go i„e lip inn,
ere `pun; nd see thorn off.,, 1 shall, my Lord ; I snail let :11144retually at Si si set ter kfore six, Mr. A.,"
''arter 4.'°rd Nos° tssi thes'e Lkt. loner before :to that
°f
" hoar Ino;we every ping) /it.9l??
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