The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, took an
airing yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four.
Pi inae Albert, attended by Col. Wylde, visited the studio
of the late Sir Francis Chantry yesterday afternoon.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Princes
Royal were taken an airing yesterday in a carriage.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening
included her Royal Highness the Ducht ss of Kent, the French
Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, Baron de Mon-
corvo, the Portuguese Minister, the Russian Minister and
Baroness Bunsen, the Duke and I %uchess of Buckingham, Mar-
quis of Tweeddale, Marquis of Norrnariby, Lady Ann Maria
Dawson, Count Raczynski, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Jermyn,
Earl and Countess of Zetland, Lord and Lady Haddo, Lord and
Lady Walpole, Rev. Dr. Buckland, and Colonel Scott.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner,
and performed the following pieces :—Quiek step, "23d Royal
Welch Fusiliers," R. Sibold. Air varia, Fausta," Doni-
zetti. Scene ed aria, .‘ Ah quista pena io eolsi," Pacini.
Walzer, Wettrenner," Strauss. Quadrille, MS., Musard.
Fantasia, .‘ Lucrezia Borgia," C. Coote. Galop, Brepsant.
'fhe following Addresses oi Congratulation on the birth of the
Prince of Wales were presented to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert yesterday, at Buckingham Palace:—
From her Majesty's Council of the Virgin Island., ; also from
the Legislative Assembly of St. Vincent-11y Mr. Culquhoun.
From Great Malvern—by the Rev. Dr. Card, Mr. Erlwa' d
Foley, and Mr. Essington.
From Colchester—by Mr. Henry Vint, the May or ; accom-
panied by Mr. Richard Sander son, and Sir George Henry
Smyth, Bart., the Members for the Borough, Mr. .14,hn
Round, M. P., High Steward, and Mr. Round. M. P., Recorder.
From Sunderland—by Sir Hedworth Williamson, the Mayor.
From Lyme Regis—by Mr. Pinney, M.P.
From Shrewsbury—by Colonel Tomlime, M.P.
From Luttlow—by the Mayor.
From Hastings ; also from St. Leonard's—by the Right
Hon. J. Planta, M.P.
From Saffron Walden—by the Mayor, and Mr, Councillor
Baron. . .

His. Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the
Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the St,le ; Lord Colville, Lord
in Waiting; Captain Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilitr
Guards), broom in Waiting; Colonel Wilde, Equerry in
Waiting; and Captain Blake, R.N., Gentleman Usher in
Waiting.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess Ida of
Saxe Weimar, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in
the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Hon. Miss Mitchell and
the Earl Howe were in waiting on her Majesty.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of
Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning, in
Grosvenor Chapel.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager on
Tuesday evening.
The following Gentlemen presented Addresses of Congratu-
lation, on the Birth of the Prince of Wales, to the Duchess of
Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's:—
The Rev. Dr. Card ( Vicar), Mr. Edward Foley (Lord of
the Manor), Alr. J. W. Knight, M.P., and Mr. Essington—
from Great Malvern.
Col. Tomline—from the Corporation of Shrewsbury ; also
from the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury.
Mr. R Wakefield, Mayor, Mr. G. Anderson, Alderman,
Mr. Ackers, M.P., and Mr. Botfield, M.P.—from the Borough
of Ludow.
Mr. F. Smith, Alderman, Mr. J. G. Shorter, Town-Clerk,
Right Hon. J. Planta, M.P., and Mr. R. Hollond, M.P.—
from Hastings ; also from the Queen's St. Leonard's Archers.
Sir H. Williamson, the Mayor, and Mr. D. Barclay, M.P.
—from Sunderland.

Mr. Emson, Mayor, Mr. Councillor T. Spurgin, Mr. Coun-
cillor C. Baron, and Councillor J. Clarke—rom Saffron
Walden.

Her Royal Highness the Duckess of Kent was attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Sir
George Couper, Bart., Comptroller of her Royal Highness's
Household.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge on Wednesday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and .the Princesses
Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, went to Kew yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses returned to town in the afternoon.
The Duke of Sussex honoured the Marquis and Marchioness
of Lansdowne with hia company at dinner on Wednesday even-
ing, at Lansdowne-house. The company to meet his Royal
Highness included the Duchess of Inverness, the Duchess of
Somerset, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl and Countess of
Rosebery, Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and
Lady Cottenham, Lord Sudeley, Sir John Hobhouse, and the
Right Hon. E. Ellice.
A'deputation from the counties of Kent, Surrey, Worcester,
and Sussex, consisting of Mr. Deedes, Mr. Hodges, Sir E. De-
ring, Dr. Lamb, Mr. Selmes, Mr. Alderman Lucas, Mr. El;is,
General Lygon, Mr. Knight, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Marne, ac-
companied by Viscount Marsham, Sir E. Flirt-Tr, Mr. Plump-
tre, M.P., Mr. Fuller, M.P., Mr. Curteis, M.P., Mr. Brad-
shaw, M.P., Mr. G. Darby, M.P. and Mr. Trotter, M.P. had
an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. at his official re-
sidence in Downing-street.
A deputation, including Captain E. Cleather,-. Mr. Leo
Schuster, Mr. J. P. Westhead, and. Mr., W. Slater, bad an
interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the office of the
Board of Trade.
A deputation respecting the Portendic claims, including Mr.
Divett, M.P., Mr. Hawes, M.P., and Mr. Harrison Lad an
interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign-
*ce.
Baron de Griesheim had an interview with Lord Stanley
yestt relay at the Colonial, ffice.
A numerous party of scotch Members of the House of Corn
mons had an interview on Wednesday with Sir Robert Peel, in
Dow' ing-street. _ _

Mr. Bankes, and a deputation, including Alderman Johnson,
Mr. Freeman, and Mr. Foot, had an interview with the Right
Hon. W. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Deitatches from the Governor of New South Wales were
received yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted
business yesterday at the Colonial•effice.

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DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY OF A MURDERER.-
We understand that the hody of the man Cook, of Baton, who
committed murder and suicide, and whose interment, owing
to the peculiar nature of the verdict of the Coroner's Jury.
could not take place without permission of the Judges. as
secretly removed at. night from his late residence, and con-
veyed no one knows where, or by whom, or for what purpose.
That the door was found open in the morning and the body
gone, is all that the neighbours know about the matter.—
Bristol Times.

HOLY THURSDAY.—Yesterday being Ascension Day,
or Holy Thursday, according to annual custom, the clothed chil-
dren, belonging to various parochial schools in the metropolis,
headed by the minister and other parish authorities, went in
proces.sion, for the purpose of what is termed " beating the
bounds"—viz., claiming the extent of the parish. The children
ar afterwards regaled with a good einner.

The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel,
the Ocean, Fife. from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house
yesterday morning with the Dutch Mail.
The Journal de St. Petersburg is accompanied by a
supplement, printed in the form of a pamphlet, in 40 pages,
containing the speech of Sir R. Peel on the 11th of March, iu
proposing his financial plan.