The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-16 00:00:00

FASHIONABLF AND 3M:',CELLANEOUS,

WINDSOR, 15.—A erday, at half_
past one o'clock, the 'eft the Castle tier the tits,: time
(since taking up h s residence there ;n his riew suite of
apartments), and, attended by the Lord Steward, entered
an open landau, drawn by four of his bay road-horses, and
was followed in the double-bodied phaeton by the members
of his household. His Majesty, on leaving the Castle,
proceeded by the new line of road to the Long Walk, and
by Bishopsgate Chapel Wood, and the Obelisk, to Virginia
Water, where his Majesty enjoyed some of his most favourite
drives, and returned to the Castle at five o'clock. His
Majesty looked extremely well.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumber-
land arrived at Calais, on his way from Berlin, about
seven o'clock on Friday evening, where his Royal High-
ness slept, and embarked on board a steam packet at six
o'clock the following morning, I,nded at Dover at nine
o'clock, and breakfasted at Wright's Hotel, and afterwards
came to town. His Royal Highness arrived at his resi-
dence in the King's Palace, St. James's, about eight o'clock
on Saturday evening. The Royal Duke left town about
eight o'clock yesterday morning, on a visit to the King at
his Palace at Windsor, with whom his Royal Highness re-
mained till about three o'clock, when his Royal Highness
returned to town, and went in the evening to dine with
the Duke of Wellington.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock
on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Downing-
street, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the
Duke of Wellington, Earls Bathurst and Aberdeen, Vis-
count Melville, Lord Ellenborough, Mr. Secretary Peel,
Sir George Murray, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.
Vesey Fitzgerald, and Mr. Herries. The Ministers re-
mained in deliberation upwards of three hours.

After the breaking up of the Council, sum-
monses were issued for the holding of another Council
yesterday, at the same office. The Alioisters accordingly
assembled about a quarter past three o'clock yesterday
afternoon--the same Alinisters attending the Council as
had been present at that held the preceding day, with the
exception of the Lord Chancellor. The consultation of
the Ministers did not conclude till a quarter before seven
o'clock yesterday evening.

The Duke of Wellington gave a grand dinner
en Saturday at his residence in Downing-street, to the
Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, previous to their
Graces' departure for Ireland. There were present, to
meet the Duke and Ductless, Earl and Countess Bathurst,
AU. Secretary and Mrs. Peel, Lord Hill, Lady G. Bathurst,
Mr. Dawson, &c.

Divine Service was performed yesterday in
the private chapel of the King's Palace, at Kensington, by
the Chaplain to the Duchess of Kent, at which the Royal
Duchess, accompanied by the Princess Victoria, attended:
The whole of the household were also present.

Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador,
is so much recovered from the effects of his late accident,
as to be able to be removed to Brighton for the benefit of
change of air. His Serene Highness left town yesterday
morning for Brighton. Previous to his departure, his
Excellency paid a visit to the Duke of Wellington, and
had an interview with his Grace.

Monsieur Gill, the Minister from Buenos
Ayres, had a conference with the Earl of Aberdeen, at the
Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,_ on
Saturday, for the first time since his return to England.
Sir Robert Farquhar had an interview with
Sir George Murray, at the Office of the Secretary of State
for the Colonial Department.

Earl Fitzwilliam visited the Duke of Welling-
ton on Friday, at his Grace's residence in Downing-street.
The Bishop of Barbadoes transacted business
on Saturday, at the Colonial Office, Downing-street.

A King's Messenger was sent off, on Satur-
day night, from the Foreign Office, with despatches for the
Right Hon. Stratford Canning.

The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honour-
able Privy Council, assembled in the Privy Council Cham-
ber, Whitehall, at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning.
The Lords present were the Lord President of the Council,
the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Christopher Robinson, and the
Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse. This was the first time
that Mr. Hobhouse attended a meeting of their Lordships
since his being made a Privy Councillor. The object for
which the meeting was held was the hearing a number of
appeals from the decisions of several Colonial Courts of
Judicature. The following cases weie set down :—Simp-
son v. Scaife, from Jamaica ; Simpson, ex-parte, v. Behcons,
Jamaica; Bucker v. Hamilton, Demerara; De Bart v.
M'Clintock. Mr. Horne and another gentleman were
heard by their Lordships in the first case, which occupied
them during the greater part of the day.

ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF CUMBER-
LAND.-His Royal Highness arrived, in a travelling car-
riage and tour, at his apartments in St. James's Palace,
precisely at half-past eight o'clock on Saturday evening.
He was accompanied by one gentleman ; a chariot and
four followed, which contained domestics of his Royal
Highness's establishment. The two contending parties
have been looking forward to the Duke's arrival with very
different feelings. The friends of exclusive Protestantism
have found themselves weakened and disunited for want of
an active and influential leader, and have looked wistfully
forward for his Royal Highness, in memory of his past
efforts in the cause, and in confidence of his opportunities
of exeaing his influence in certain high quarters. The
coining of his Royal Highness began to be despaired of by
many, and his presence will be hailed with joy by the
whole of the Anti-Catholic party: We presume that his
Royal Highness's stay in this country will not be long,
that is, that it will depend altogether upon the time at
which the important question regarding the Catholics is
brought forward. His apartments in St. James's Palace
are at present in a state so unfinished as to be scarcely ha-
bitable, with the exception of the rooms on the ground
floor, the whole of the upper part having been rebuilt but
within these few weeks, and workmen being still employed
in completing the repairs. His Royal Highneis has tra-
velled from Germany sc ith the greatest speed, and with as
few attendants as possible. The Duke, who is known to
pay scrupulous attention to his son, Prince George, ham
on this occasion left him in Germany, anticipating, no
doubt, that his absence from him will be of long duration.
Observer.

It is a singular fact that in Trinity College,
Cambridge, with the exception of the Master, who was ap-
pointed by the Crown in Lord Liverpool's Administration,
and the Vice-Master, not a single member of that distin-
guished and numerous society voted i❑ favour of the Anti-
Catholic petition.

A Story is current to the following effect—
viz. that a Noble Lord, holding a high situation under the
Government, applied to the Premier for permission to re-
main neutral upon ale Catholic Question ; to which his
Grace is said to have given his ready consent, bat adding
(to the great dismay of the astonished applicant)—" But
you will of course resign the

Two of the noble opponents of Popery have
acquired from their adversaries, owing to their excessive
and not very prudent zeal, the appellations of " the Goose
and the Gridiron."

Peake's new Farce of Master's Rival, or A
Day at Boulogne, was performed, for the second time, at
Drury-lane, on Saturday evening. The second act is
curtailed, and the whole much improved. It went off with
great applause, and seems likely to rival, in attraction, the
One Hundred Pound Note, written by the same author.

Morton and Kenny have, in conjunction,
written a play in three acts, which has been accepted, and
is now in rehearsal at Drury-lane Theatre. The story is
founded on Peter, the Great Czar of Muscovy. The
piece is musical, and Charles Young, who performs a
principal character, will introduce several songs. The
comic strength of the play' depends upon Liston.
SIR WILLIANI CURTIS.—The will of the
late worthy Alderman has been proved in Doctors' Com-
mons, and probate granted to the executors, under one
hundred and forty thousand pounds personal property.
The freehold estates are in general entailed upon his family,
commencing with his eldest son. Sit- William seems to
have made a fsir division of his wealth amongst his children
and grand-children, providing, of course, in a more ample
manner for his eldest son, now Sir William Curtis. He
leaves a variety of legacies—two hundred pounds to his
brother, James Curtis, Esq., and fifty pounds to his "very
dear and noble friend, Lord Sidinouth." Ilis own portrait,
likewise the portrait of his father, both painted by Sir
Thomas Lawrence, and the Coronation Medal given to Sir
William, by his Majesty George I V., when in Ireland,
accompanied by the following words, " Take this in re-
membrance of me," are to remain at his house at South-
gate, as hen-looms. He leaves his widow two thousand
pounds in money, an annuity of two thausand pounds a
year, and the house at Ramsgate (in which the Baronet
died) for life. Rings arc left to every member of the Court
of Aldermen.