The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The King gate a grand dinner last evening (the anni-
versary of the taking of Seringapatam) at the Palace of St.
James, to the Directors of the East India Company, some
of the Cabinet Ministers, all the Officers of State, and the
Officers of the Ilouseholl, the Members of the Board of
Control, and a numerous party of Noblemen and Gentle-
men, who have held distinguished offices, civil as well as
military, in India.

The dinner was served in the Ilanquetting-room, where
four tables were laid out, one at each end, and two in the
middle of the room, covered with a magnificent service of
gold and silver plate. In the middle of each table were
plateaus, containing centre-pieces, with allegorical and ma-
rine subjects, with candelabra interspersed. At one end of
the room was a splendid sidebo ird of gold plate extending
the entire width of the apartment: it consisted of several
stages in a pyramidical form, with a back-ground of crim-
son, which greatly heightened the effect : the outline was
relieved with crimson draperies.
At the bottom of the sideboard was a golden tiger's head,
flanked by two of the standards of Tippoo Saib. The head
and carpet formed part of the throne of Tippoo Sultan.
The head is of wood, covered with plates of the purest gold
about one tenth of an inch in thickness, the teeth and eyes
are of rock crystal.

Tippoo's Throne was of an octagonal form, and entirely
covered with similar plates of gold, marked with the
tiger's stripe. Over the Throne was raised a canopy of
gold, supported by eight elegant but strong pillars. There
was a fringe of pearls round the edge of the canopy, of
about four inches in depth, and the whole was crowned
with the figure of a hurna, a fabulous bird, which in the
East is considered an emblem of royalty and prosperity,
composed entirely of precious stones, and which was sent
to England, to be presented to George 111. in 1799. The
head, with four legs representing those of a tiger, was
placed under the Throne, which was supposed to be sup,.
ported by the Royal tiger, the distinctive mark and armo-
rial bearing of Tippoo's family.
The rich carpet by which the head is accompanied was
used by Tippoo upon his musnud, on days of state and
public ceremony. To this splendid throne might be applied
the lines of Milton
Or where the gorgeous East, with rieheit hand,
Showers on her kings barbaric, pearl and gold."

In front of the base which supports the head is the fol-
lowing inscription
This trophy was taken at the storming of Seringapatam 4th
May, 1799.
Richard, Earl of Mornington, then Governor-General of
India; General Harris, commanding the British forces."
The sacred hum& was placed at some distance above the
head. Antique cups and tankards, embellished with most
elaborate workmanship, with a great variety of subjects in
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hitte er-er 800.,n playing "
God save the King`'
enriched with precious stones, and a great
many salvers of large dimensions, most of them represent-
ing battle-pieces, together with other articles of plate,
were tastefully arranged on the sideboard.
The company assembled in the Ball-room, and on din-
ner being announced, his Majesty, preceded by the Master
of the Household, the Treasurer and Comptroller of the
Household, the Lord Chamberlain and the Groom of the
Stole, and the Lord Steward, led the way through the
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Esq., John Petty Muspratt, Esq., John Masterman, Esq ,
Hon. Hugh Lindsay, John Morris, Esq., William Stanley
Clarke, Esq., John Thornhill, Esq., George Raikes,
Esq., Josias Dupre Alexander, Esq., M.P., Neil Benja-
min Edmenstone, Esq., John Baillie, Esq., Henry Alex-
ander, Esq., Henry St. George Tucker, Esq., James
Stuart, Esq., James Law Lushington, Esq., Sir William
Young, Bart., Robert Cutlar Fergusson, Esq., M.P.,
George Lyall, Esq., John Forbes, Esq., M.P., Henry
Shank, Esq., William Astell, Esq., M.P., Russell Ellice,
Esq., Campbell Marjoribanks, Esq., Charles Elton Pres-
cott, Esq., George Smith, Esq., the Secretary of the
East India Company, First Lord of the Treasury, First
Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of
Control, Sir James Macintosh, and Sir J. Macdonald,
Commissioners of the Board of Control, time President of
the Beard of Trade, the Vice-President of the Board
of Trade, the Chairman of the Bank of England,
the Deputy-Chairman of the Bank of England,
the Master of the Trinity house, the Deputy.
Master of the Trinity House, the Lord Steward, the
Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the
Groom of the Stole, the Captain of the Yeomen of the
Guard, the Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners, the
Vice-Chamberlain, the Clerk Marshal, the Treasurer of
the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the
Master of the Household, the Lord, Groom, and Equery,
in waiting, Earl Amherst, the Commander of the Forces,
Sir E. Paget, Sir John Malcolm, Lord Howden, Viscount
Combermere, Admiral Sir Richard King, Sir Henry
Blackwood, Sir Thomas Bradford, the Master of the Buck
Hounds, Hon. M. Elphinstone, Sir Thomas Hislop, Lord
Teignmouth, Earl Powis, Sir G. Barlow, Field Marshal
Sir Alurel Clarke, Sir George Hewett, Sir George
Nugent, Admiral Gage, Sir Thomas Dallas, General Sir
T. Bowser, the Secretary to the Indian Board, Sir Jasper
Nicholls, Sir Archibald Campbell, Sir James Kempt, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir Henry Wheatley, the Duke of
Wellington, Lord Cowley, General Macauley, Sir G.
Ouseley, Lord Maryborough, Sir C. Cockerel!, Sir W.
Grant, Lieutenant-General T. Brown, Alajor•General
Sewell, Sir Thomas Raynell, Sir Lionel Smith, Sir
Theophilus Pritzler, Sir Thomas McMahon, Lord Harris,
Sir R. Donkin, Alajor-General Sir W. Mtßean, the
Master of the Robes, Viscount Sidmouth, Earl Carnwatb,
Sir Herbert Taylor, Earl of Dalhousie, and Lieutenant-
General Sir Hudson Lowe.

A Cabinet Council was held at half-past four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, which was attended by all the Cabi-
net Ministers in town.

Count 01leff, the Russian Minister, took leave of
Viscount Palmerston yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-
office, on his departure (last night) for the Continent.
The Ambassadors and Ministers of Russia, Austria,
France, and Prussia, held a conference with Viscount
Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Spanish
Minister transacted business with the Noble Viscount
yesterday.

The Marquess of Lansdowne, arrived i❑ town on Thurs.
day night, from his seat at Bowood, Wilts.

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dock-yard.iF
and by noon there was a highly-respectable assemblage of
persons in the dock-yard, to whom every accommodation
was given to view the noble sight. The scene on the
River Medway :presented a most animated appearance,
which was literally covered with boats of every descrip-
tion, crowded with well-dressed females. An excellent
band was stationed in the dock-yard, and delighted the
company with martial music. The whole of the prepara-
tions were under the superintendence of Captain Bunr,EN.
Every thing being completed and in readiness, the signal
was given, and as the clock struck one, this noble vessei
glided smoothly off the stocks into her native element, the
band playing " Rule Britannia," amidst the shouts of
thousands of spectators. She was immediately lashed
alongside the sheer-hulk, and a number of those who
were on the river went on board of her. The Castor is
pierced for 36 guns, and is double banked; she is built
after the most improved model, and is reckoned, by the
most competent judges, to be the finest frigate of her class
ever launched. After the ceremony was over, Captain
BULLEN entertained a select party of friends on board his
Majesty's yacht, of which he has the command.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 3.—The sales of cotton
this day are 1,200 bags, at sterdy prices ; but the market
has not been brisk, in consequence of the large quantity
announced for public sale to-mort ow.