The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Mr. Poulett Thomson and Mr. E. L. Bulwer, M.P.,
had interviews yesterday with Viscount Melbourne, in
Downing-sireet.
Despatches for Major-General Bourke, Govettot of New
South Wales, were sent off yesterday afternoon from the
Colonial-office.
Lord John Russell arrived in•town on Monday evening
from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
The Greek Minister transacted business yesterday at the
office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Lords of the Judicial Committee of his Majesty's
most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council
Chamber to hear the petition for the extension of Erard's
patent pianofortes.
The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, Lard
Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, and the Chief Judge in
Bankruptcy.
Signor Scappa, and other musical professors ; the clerk
and the foreman of M. Erard, were examined by Counsel
before their Lordships.
Lord Lyndhurst, on the part of the Lords present, stated
that a sufficient case had been made out to induce their
Lordships to recommend to his Majesty to extend the period
of the first patent of 1821 and 1822 for England, Scotland,
and Ireland, for seven years ; but their Lordships did not
consider there were sufficient grounds for extending the
term of the second patent of 1825.
Despatches for the Marquis of Sligo, Governor of
Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West-Indies, were
sent off last evening from the Colonial-office.

The Hon. Robert Smith, son and heir of Lord
Carrington, who secluded himself from the gay world for
a long period after the premature demise of hitt beautiful
Lady, sister to the Countess of Chesterfield and the Hon.
Mrs. Anson, has been entertaining a succession of par-
ties, including sportsmen of the Royal Hunt, at his seat,
Gayhurst House, Bucks. _

BERLIN, DEC. 10.—Lord George William Rus-
sell, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary from his Majesty the King of Great Britain to the
Prussian Court, has arrived from London.
DARTMOOR PRlSON.—Government has aban-
doned the idea of converting these prisons into a penitentiary
for convicts. This determination is founded on the sur-
veyor's report, which states that it would cost no less than
172,0001. to render this building available for the intended
purpose.—Western Times.

Mr. Ellie on Friday dined with the King of the
French and Royal Family.
The Irish Under Secretary, Captain Drummond,
has, with his bride, returned to Dublin. This young lady
was the adopted child of Rich. Sharpe, formerly a hatter in
Cheapside, and afterwards a partner in the firm of Bod-
dington and Co., West India merchants. Though risen
from the humblest class of society, Mr. Sharpe moved for
the last thirty years in the very highest circles. He died
possessed of very considerable real and personal property,
the bulk of which goes to Miss Kinnaird and Mrs. Drum-
mond.—Limerick Chronicle.

EXTRAORDINARY PRESENT TO LORD JOHN
RUSSELL.—A letter from Philadelphia states that a gen-
tleman was on the eve of leaving that city, charged with a
present for Lord John Russell, from " An American citi-
zen who admires his Lordship's political course?' It con-
sists of a lock of General Washington's hair, which is to be
set in a ring in this country, at a cost of fifty dollars to the
donor. The hair is stated to be remarkably fine, and
almost as soft as silk. But it is added that some doubt
exists as to its genuineness.
• A proposition has been made in Hants to raise a
subscription, at the rate of one sovereign each subscriber,
to present a splendid shield to the Duke of Wellington, as
Lord-Lieutenant of that county. _ _

The Earl and Countess of Harrington's eldest son,

he infant Viscount Petersham, is dangerously indisposed.

It is worthy of remark that the Duke of Buccleuch's
munificent gift of ninety-nine years' lease to the heirs of the
littrick Shepherd, of his farm at Altrive, for a pepper-
corn per year, supposing the original rent (501. per year)
to be laid out at interest, would accumulate, by the end of
the lease, to odds of 100,0001. sterling.—Berwick Warder.

Four hundred pounds have now been subscribed at
Leicester, for erecting a monument to Wycliffe. The sum
required' is 6001. _ _ _

The Marquis of Anglesea has left Rosslyn House,
Hampstead, where the Marchioness remains for the be-
nefit of her health, for Beaudesert, where the Earl and
Countess of Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Sydney, Captain
and Lady Agnes Byng, are assembled for the Christmas
holidays.
The Marquis of Hertford has resigned the Recor-
dership of Coventry ; the oaths of which office, however,
his Lordship never took, nor once officiated in his judicial
capacity.
Sir Francis Bond Head, K.C.H., who has em-
barked at Liverpool for his new Government of Upper
Canada, will act as Civil Governor of that province, ac-
cording to the recent arrangements of the Colonial De-
partment. Alajor-General Sir John Colborne, it is under-
stood: will not be recalled, but will be appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Forces in the colony, with his
quarters at Montreal.
Yesterday morning despatches were received at the
Colonial-office from Jamaica, dated the Gth, and from St.
Thomas's, the 13th of November, brought by his Majesty's
brig Tyrian. Passengers—Williams, Bradshaw, Shew,
Deacon, Walpole, and 'Walter.
MARRlED.—Captain Buck, of Hartland Abbey, to
the Lady Elizabeth O'Brien, fourth daughter of the Mar-
quis of Thomond.
That the bride and the bridegroom are surely in luck,
Must to every mind be most clear •
To her the bold Captain is nought but a ttick,
While to him she is most certainly Deer.
PAGANINI.—This renowned artiste is still in the

land of the living. We have seen the copy of a letter
written by him from Parma, a few_ days ago, to a friend in

London, in which he seem:, somewhat-at a loss to account
for the statement of his death, which appeared not long
since in several of the public papers. The Signor purposes
shortly to return to London.
►THE ENDOWMENT JOB.—We understand that
the Common Council have, as far as they have the power,
completed this very disgraceful job. The money for en-
dowing the churches and the clergy is now deposited in
the bank.—Liverpool
In 1820 the number of scholars in France was to
that of the inhabitants as 1 is to 27 ; in 1829, as 1 to 23i ;
in 1832, as Ito 164 ; and in 1834, as 1 to 141. But the
mass of the population, deducting children under two years of
age, which is as yet totally devoid of instruction, amounts, it
is supposed, to upwards of 19 million individuals, or 63 out

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of 160, the three-fifths of the population. It is calculated
that to make education general in France, it would require
169,000 establishments of public instruction. At present
there are but 34.000 ; therefore there is an enormous defi-
ciency of 135,000 schools to be founded.—Paris Advertiser.
FIRE AT BRAIIAM'S NEW THEATRE.—ShortIy
after the close of the performances last night, when the
lights came to be put out in the interior, it caused such an
extra pressure of gas upon the illumination under the por-
tico in front of the theatre, that the jets shot up to a great
height, and the centre part of the illumination, forming
the crown, having been placed too close under the roof of
the portico, the flame caught hold of the projecting cornice,
which was soon on fire, the flame being fed by a quantity
of shavings which had been neglected to be removed. For-
tunately there were two firemen belonging to the London
Establishment, who, together with an engine, had, as a
matter of temporary precaution, been sent down to the
theatre. These men mounted on the roof, and assisted by
numbers of the police, who banded them up buckets of
water, the fire was extinguished without having clone any
damage, beyond destroyinr, a part of the roof of the por-
tico. An accident occurred last Wednesday, which, but
for the caution taken in having two firemen constantly on
the watch, might have proved ruinous to the entire of this
splendid theatre. Loader, of Watling-street station, on
going his rounds about six o'clock in the evening, found a
cleft stick, such as is frequently used by workmen for a
candlestick, in a complete blaze, and lying in a most criti-
cal situation, immediately between the scenes. So narrow
was the space, that Loader could not get in his arm to
withdraw it, and was obliged to cautiously perform this with
a long piece of wood. Whose shameful carelessness had
caused this immense risk, could not be ascertained. The
property is insured in the Phoenix Office for 20,000/. ; that
office having, contrary to the usual cautious procedure of
insurance Companies, taken upon itself the risk of execut-
ing the whole policy of insurance.

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At the meaner of the Paisley Presbytery, on Wed-
nesday, an intimation was read to that body by the Clerk,
from Mr. Brewster, to the effect that the Rey. Gentletnan
Would carry his case to the Synod, owing to the inlbrmal
manner in which the charge regarding his attending the
O'Connell dinner, was brought forward against 'him. '.-.