The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-13 00:00:00

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It is said that the Duke of Wellington has received
an intimation from the Queen, that the day intended for
the visit of her Majesty and her Royal Consort to the
ducal seat in Ilants,(which was to have taken place in
the course of the ensuing week), must be' postponed
until after Christmas. Nearly all the iirrangements for
the royal reception were completed when the Duke re-
ceived the royal message. We also learn, that her. Ma-
jesty's visit to the-Duke-and Duchess of Buckingham, at
Stowe, has been deferred until after Christmas.
The Duke' of Cleveland arrived 'in St. James's-square
on Tuesday, from Raby Castle, Durham, where the
Duchess still remains:

The Duke of ,Richmond has arrived in town from the
north. His Grace attended the annual meeting of the
members of the Smithfield Cattle Club, at the Baker-
street Bazaar.

The Marchioness of Westmeath has returned to town
Prow a tour of visits. - •

The Marquis and Marchioness Camden intend., to en-
tertain a distinguished party at the Wilderness, near
Sevenoaks, during the approaching. Christmas
The Mnrqpis: and Marchioness of Ailesbury, accom-
panied by Lord Charles Bruce, and attended by a numer-
ous suite, left Grosvenor-square for Paris, with the in-
tention of, residing. three months in that capital:
The Marquia of Douro has returned to town from
visiting the Alarquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House.
Viscount Gage came to town on Monday, from Fide-
piece, Sussex, to be -present at the nuptials of the Count
de Jarnae and the Hon. :bliss Foley.
Lord and Lady De'Ros and the Hon. Miss De Ros re-
turned last week, from visiting their estates in Ireland.
The venerable Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, and
Lady Louisa Parker, are not expected to leave Conduit-
street for Brighton, until after the Christmas recess.
His Lordship, we regret to state, still labours under a de-
privation of sight. .
The Earl of Powis arrived in town on -Tuesday night,
from Wynnstay, Sir W. W. Wynn's seat in Denbigh-
shire, expressly to repair to Windsor Castle yesterday, to
he invested with the Garter, vacant by the demise of the
Duke of Grati). • •

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A dinner was giy.en to. Sir H. Pottinger on Wednes-
day, by the merchants of London, in Merchant Tailors'
tlall. The dinner was of the. Most sumptuous kind, and
the entertainment .altogether was well suited to the
wealth of the merchant princes of the most important
city in the world; given to honour en individual who had
been the means of opening a sew and extensive empire
to their enterprise.
The council and officers of the Royal Assicultural
Society have, made arrangements for the next annual
meeting. The, election of officers took place some months
back. The president for the next year is his Grace the
Duke of Richmond,_.
_in place of Earl Spencer. Some
additions have been made to the list of vice-presidents,
and some new names have been added to the council ;
but the old sub-committees have been re-elected. The
Society is reported 'to be in the most prosperous and
efficient state.

There are no fewer than tun ordinations to be holden
on Sunday; the 22d inst. The following are the dioceses
in which this Ceremony will occur, vis.:—London, Salis-
bury, Chichester,,-Oxford, St. David's,. Gloucester and
Bristol, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, and Worcester.

THE. SMITHFIELD CLUB.
CHRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW.
The exhibition was on Wednesday, for the fifth year, cpened
to the public at the Horse Bazaar, King-street, Portman-
square; and from an early hour in the morning up to a late
hour in the evening the entire vicinity of Baker-street and the
surrounding locality was one continued scene of bustle and
excitement. Carriages, cabs, carts, omnibuses, and other
vehicles, conveying visitors from the more distant parts of
the metropolis„ were constantly arriving, and the entire
neighbourhood presented the appearance of. a fair. Up to
seven o'clock in the evening it. was computed that between
eight and nine ,thousand persons passed through the show,
and that the number prior to its closing for the day would
exceed ten thousand.
At eleven o'clock.in the forenoon the annual meeting of
the Smithfield Cattle Club.took place in one of the rooms of
the Bazaar; Earl Spencer, the president, in the chair. The
meeting was very, fully attended by the members, and
amongst a large number of distinguished agritulturiste pre-
sent were his. Grace the Duke of ,Richmond,. his Grace the
Duke of Bedford, the Hon. Captain Spencer, Mr.
Pusey, M.P., Earl Radnor, Mr. E. G. Barnard, M.P., &c.
The report as to, the state of the affairs of the Club was read
by the Secretary, Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, and was una-
nimously approved of and adopted. The award of the judges
with respect to the cattle, stock, &c., exhibited this year was
then read and confirmed, and several gentlemen congratu-
lated the Club on.the general excellence of the animals pro,-
duced for competition, as compared with those of former
years. An intimation was given by the Noble Chairman
that it mils the intention of his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert to honour the Club with a visit, but that the day had
not yet been fixed. • It was, however, _generally supposed
that Saturday morning would be the most. likely time.
Earl Spencer having been unanimously_ re-elected President
of the Club for the ensuing. year, and the Dukes of Rich-
mond and Bedford, and several other noblemen and gentle-
men Vice-presidents, Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs was unani-
mously re-elected to the office of Secretary. After a vote
of thanks to the Noble Chairman, the meeting brokeup, and
the members of the Club proceeded to view the various spe-
cimens of cattle, at which they, expressed themselves much'
gratified.
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THE OFFERTORY AND THEPARISII OF ST. GEORGE,
HANOVER- squmtr.—;oll.Sunday-last- the Bishop-- of London
preached a sermon at St..George's•Church, Hanover-square,
on behalf of the Visiting Association of that parish; and ad-
vocated the claims of the_charity with his -usual earnestness
and eloquence, when, to the surprise of the congregation, it
was found, on leaving the church, that no collect ion was
made. It appears that the bishop's intimation that the col-
lection should•be made from pew to pew while the Offertory
service was read from the communion-table was in opposition
to the practice which 'had, invariably been followed in that
church ; and, as the churchwardens did not feel justified in
departing from -the customs sanction by the congregation, the
cons!quence war.' that no collection was made, and the
tharrty-did not receive the slighter •pecuniaky .advaittsge
from big Lordship's adyocacy.—Time:.