The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Via.
countess Jocelyn, Major-General Wemyss, Colonel
Bouverie, Sir Edward Bowater' and Captain Francis
Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, left town soon after
.eleven o'clock . yesterday morning, fi,r Wimble-
don Common. After the -review the Royal party re-
turned to Buckingham Palace in two carriages and four.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday iu a car-
riage and four.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing yester-
day afternoon in an Open barouche and four.
Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday evening at
Buckingham Palace. The company included their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and Prince George of
Cambridge, the Archbishop of York, the Duke of Wel-
lington, the Duchess of Buccleuch, Viscountess Jocelyn,'
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady C. Legge, Lady Augusta
Somerset, Hon. Miss Murray, lion. Miss Lister.
Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Exeter, Earl. of Liverpool,
Earl Dclawarr, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Westmoreland,
Earl Howe, Earl of Cawdut', Lord George Lennox,
Baron Stoekmar, Baron Knesebeck Viscount Sydney,
Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir George douper, Bart., Hon.
Captain Hood, Major-General Wemys, and Colonel
Bouverie.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance
during dinner.

Hi, Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
his Royal /Ugliness the Duke of Cambridge, the Arch-
bishop of York, the Duke of Wellington, the Bail of
Cawdor, and the Earl of Westmoreland, and attended by
the Marquis of Exeter, Lord George Lennox, Colonel
Bouverie, and Baron Knesebeck, loft Buckingham
Palace at eight o'clock for the Hanover square Rooms,
his Royal Highness being the Director for the evening
of the ancient concert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester, attended by Lady Caroline Legge followed.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the remainder of the
Royal and Illustrious visitors, and attended by the Royal
suite, left. Buckingham Palace at half-past eight
o'clock, to honour the performance of the Concert of
Ancient Music with her presence.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge. visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, yesterday,. at Marlborough House.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Prin-
cess Augusta of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent,
yesterday, at Clarence House.
Mr. T. Attwood had an interview with Lord Stanley,
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Portuguese Minister transacted business, yester-
day, at the Foreign-office.

SCENE IN A Cumtoi.—ln the quoad saerr parish
church of Thornhill, 10 miles from Stirling a disgraceful scene
happened at the close of the service on Sabbath last. A pa-
' rishioner appeared to get his child baptised, every thing
being prepared for the performance of the ceremony. When
the time, however, arrived, the minister deliberately lifted the
boson with the water, and handed it to the beadle to take it
away. He then took up the towel and threw it down upon the
floor, and proceeded to pronounce the benediction. When this
was done, the
man, who had been so unceremoniously treated,
requested the congregation to remain, as he had something to
say. He then turned to the minister, and demandedof him why
he had not baptised his child. No answer. He, then said,
" I not. call upon you for conversation upon this subject
during the week, and were you not satisfied with that conver-
sation ? And did I not leave you with the impression that you
were satisfied? Is not the appearance of my wife and child
here, and the preparations made by the kirk-officers, sufficient
proof that you understood this duty was to be performed ? I
then ask again, why you refuse to baptise the child !" To all
these interrogations there was still no answer. The man then,
his bosom boiling with indignation, looked round upon the
people as if imploring their sympathy, and then turning to the
minister, " I have only to say, Sir, that you are a sounding
brass and a tinkling cymbal." -That our readers may understand
the Cause of this state of things, the following explanatien is
necessary:—The minister and a large body of his parishioners
are at open war with each other about the choice of the beadle,
so much so, that there are now two of these officials, the one
being the beadle of the congregation, and the other that of the
minister, and that it was the former functionary who placed the
boson and towel. Stirling Observer.
A correspondent of the (2
uotidienne writes from
Naples :—" The annual procession on Holy Thursday was this
ye ir favoured by splendid weather. The King, the Queen,
the Queen Dowager, and the Princes and Princess Royal, at-
tended by all the Court, the Ministers, and the officers of the
garrison, accompanied the procession on foot and bareheaded.
The Royal family, according to ancient custom, visited the
tomb of our Saviour, and prayed before it with great devotion.
'When the ceremony was over, the Royal family returned to the
chapel of the Palate to hear the sermon ; after which, the
Queen and the Princes attended on twelve poor children, to
whom food was given in an adjoining room. When the repast
was over her Majesty hung round their necks the customary
alms."

We are sorry to learn that a son of the pcet
Moore, aged nineteen, has just returned to his father's resi-
dence, Sloperton Cottage, Bromhatn, from the East Invies, in
the last stage of rapid consumption.—Bath Chronicle.

All A.dvertisemenis a it tiiSgusting Character
or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from
the Columns of "The Sean."

THE WEATHER.—Noon, APRIL 21.
Rai AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Thermometer— 52) Highest 6O Lowest 36
Barometer 30.18.—Wind E.—Freezing Point 22 Deg.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning 39 minutes after 101 Evening 15 minutes after II

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