The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDA Y.—The Queen and Prince Albert,
both morning and evening, have enjoyed pedestrian
exercise in the Home Park, Terrace, and Slopes.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal have
been taken out to-day on the Terrace.
The King of Prussia and suite left the Castle this
morning at 12 o'clock for London, via Slough. Im-
mediately before leaving his Majesty sent, by the
hands of one of his suite, to the. Hon. C. A. Murray, the
munificent donation of 1001. to be distributed among the
deserving poor of Windsor, which has been handed to
the Rev. Mr. Gosset, the Vicar.
The arrivals to-day are the Earl and Countess De la
Warr, and the Ladies Elizabeth and Mary West, and
the Hon. Sarah. Mary Cavendish.
The following visitors took their depaature to-day :
The Chevalier Bunsen, the' Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess of Buc-
:deuch, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Earl of
Liverpool, Earl of Jersey, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of
Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci, Viscount Villiers,
Sir R. and Lady Peel, and Sir J. and Lady Graham.
Mr. G.E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. and Mrs.
Harcourt (St. Leonard's. Hill), and Mrs. Bouverie will
haVe the honour of joining the Royal Circle at the dastle
at dinner this evening.
The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow
(Wednesday) at Buckingham Palace, at half-past two
o'clock, at which her Majesty's Speech on opening the
'Session of Parliament, be arranged and agreed uon.

HiS Majesty the King of Prussia, attended by M. le
General Natzmar, le Baron de llumboldt, le Comte
tle Stolberg,' M. le General .de Ntnmann, M. le Conseil-.
ler von Muller, le Baron Meyerinck, M. le Docteur
• Grimm' and M. Frederic,-and also by the Earl otHard-
wicke, Lord in Waiting; Captain Meynell, Groom in
Waiting ; and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Wait:
ing, took his'departure from Windsor Castle yesterday
for town, . travelling by a spett6r train'ibb-the Great
We.stern Railway. from.' -Slough. to Paddington, where
his-Majesty arrivedabortly before One o'clock.
P.Art-ut. -the after accompanying his Ma-
jesty to-Kines-erosiiiirb-ceeded-MBtiekingbam Palace.
His Majesty visited Newgate,•add after inspecting that
prison,. drove,,through -Whltechapel, followed by the
'Lord Mayor., where his. Majesty partook of a
dejeune. •
His Majesti. arrived at the residence of the King of
Hanover,- in St. Jaine.s'irTalitee,. frofn Upton, at a quar-
ter
„past five o'clock; attended by the Chevalier Bunsen,
his Nlinister Plenipotentiary at this Court; the Earl of
Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting; M. le General de Neu-
mann,: and other Gentlemen of his Suite, followed by
- Captain Aleynell, Groom in Waiting, and Colonel Ar-
buthnot, Equerry in Waiting.
The'Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward of the Queen's
Household, arrived 'soon-afterwards, and had an audience
of, his'Majesty.
HiaMatesty left St. James's twentT•five minutes before
six o'clock, to honour Drury-lane 71.heatre with his pre-
sence, *attended by his Suite.
His Majestyteturned at. a quarter past eight o'clock
from the Theatre, -and again left at the expiration of
twenty minutes for Stafford House, attended by his
Suite, and the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, to
honour the. Duke and Duchess of Sutherland With his
company at dinner. -
The King Ns'as habited in a dark uniform (with silver
mountings), that of' One of the Regiments of Prussian
Horse Guards, and wore the Ribband and. Badge, and
also the Star of the most noble Order of the Garter. The
Nobleman and Gentleman of his suite also wore their
respective uniforms.
His Majesty and part ofhis suite slept at Buckingham
Palace last night.
The following Gentlemen of his Majesty's Suite will
reside at the King of Hanover's residence in St. James's
Palace during his Majesty's stay in tlie metropolis :
le Baron de Humboldt, M Midler, le Baron Meyerinck,
M. le Docteur *hum, mid M. Frederic.
The King has honoured Mr. Benjamin Wyon with the
first sitting for a medal which is
.to commemorate his
Majesty's visit to this country.
His Majesty's household removed during the day from
Windsor Castle to.the Metropolis.
Their 'Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta 'of
Cambridge,. attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and
Colonel Jones, honoured the Duke and Duchess of
Sutherland with their company at dinner last evening.
his Royal 1110'116s-the Duke of Sussex honoured the
Thike and I ttchess of Sutherhuid,with his company at
dinner yesterday evening-. ~
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar
went last evening to the party at Stafford House.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham,
Lord 'Fitzgerald, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Earl of
Ripon arrived in town in the morning from Windsor
Castle, and attended the Council. The other Members
of the Cabinet were also present. .

The Council sat three hours.
The Russian Minister transacted husiness• yesterday
at the Foreig,n-offlue. • - - .
-Capt. Duncan and Mr. M'Doual had interviews-with
Lord Stanley Yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The sheriffs' Dinner, to settle the roll of Sheriffs for
the present year, to which all the Cabinet -Ministers, and
the great Officers Of State of the Queen's Household,
had been invited, was given by Lord Wharneliffe, as
Lord President of the Council, last evening, at his resi-
dence in Curzon-street.

THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
VISIT TO NEWGATE.

his Majesty arrived at the Governor's residence, at
Newgate, at half-past two o'clock, when the Lady
Mayoress, Mrs. Fry, Mrs. Rogers, the Lady of Sheriff
Rogers, Miss Fraser, ~Ir. and Mrs. Gurney, who had
for some time previously assembled, received his Ma•
jesty, as also Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers, Sir James
Luke, the Under Sheriffs, Mr. Cope, the Governor of the
prison, the Ordinary, &c.
Mr. Cope received the King on alighting from the car-
riage, and. his Majesty then proceeded, with Mrs. Fry
and the Lady Mayoress, to the female ward.
In the principal apartment all the female prisoners not
tried had assembled, at the head of whom Mrs. Fry
presided on the left of the King and the Lady Mayoress
on the right.
Mrs. Fry then proceeded to explain to his Majesty
that the unfortunate individuals present were not tried,
or otherwise they would have appeared in the uniform
dress worn by the convicted prisoners. She added that
that prison had long been considered one of the worst
constructed in the kingdom. but that of • late years the
Corporation of the City of London had effected all the
improvements the building in its present' form ;vas ca-
pable of. n.
His Majesty inquired if the unfortunate inmates re-
ceived any course of religious instruction ?
Mrs. Fry replied in the affirmative, informing the
King that Divine service was performed every morning
by the Reverend Ordinary, which formerly was not the
case; and in continuation observed that she was happy
to say that the Society of which she and the ladies pre-.
sent were members, had been the means of considerably

improving the condition of the prisoners generally, more
especially the female portion of them.
After reading two chapters, and singing a psalm,
Mrs. Fry offered up an extemporaneous prayer, invok-
ing a blessing on his Christian Majesty, his consort, and
his country.
On commencing the prayer, Mrs. Fry knelt, an ex-
ample which was followed by the King and all present.
The King then retired, in company with Mrs. Fry,
to whom his Majesty offered his arm, and his Excel-
lency the Prussian Minister with the Lady Mayoress,
followed by Sheriffs Magnay
.and Rogers, Sir James
Duke, &c., to the Governor's private apartments, shortly,
after which, his Majesty, with Mrs. Fry, Count de Stol-
berg, and the, Chevalier Bunsen, started for Upton, the
seat of Mrs. Fry, near Barking, Essex, to honour that
ias.pitirnt
g amt eDurtus ,r
yaaSnt.e 's Palace, to
a quarter-past five, arrived at the
lady with his company at luncheon. •
King
His
Majesty,
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his Excellency Geveral Von Natzmar, his Excellency
Baro# Humboldt, and the other Noblemen of the Royal
Suite had some time preTi!ously arrived::, .Immediately on
the arrival of the Kin.. two sentries were placed at the
entrance by Royal command.

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND'S
GRAND FETE TO HIS Ai.AJESTY THE KING
OF PRUSSIA AT STAFFOBD-HOUSE.
Last evening a splendid banquet was given by the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, stt Stafford-house, to
his Majesty the King of Prussia.
The entertainment was on a scale of princely magnifi-
cence, and in point of splendour and extravagant display
far exceeded they brilliant fete given by the, Noble Duke
and Duchess on the occasion of her Majestyk2. marriage.
The grand dining-room, in which the ban.quet was
served up for upwards of eighty persons, i 4 remarkable
for the delicacy and beauty of its decorations. The white
ground-work is relieved with gold, the ceiling being
divided into compartments, with a circular centre com-
partment, from which is suspended a superb ormulo chan-
delier for sixty lights.
The table presented a splendid display of silver plate,
being illuminated along the centre by eight massive
silver candelabra. The most conspicuous was at the end
of the table, which was Hercules destroying the hydra,
each head of the monster affording a receptacle for a wax
light. Indeed, the plate, from the excellent order in
which it was arranged, and the brilliancy of its burnished
parts, reflected considerable credit on those to whom that
duty devolved.
The whole range of apartments, comprising the gal-
lery and ante-rooms, the saloon, and green velvet draw-
ing-room in the upper suite, and the west and north
corridors and drawing-rooms. on the ground floor, were
thrown open on this festive occasion.
The fine band of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) was
stationed on the grand staircase, and throughout the
evening played selections from the admired compositions
of the German and Italian maestroes.
Their Royal 'Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and Prince George and Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, Duke of Sussex, and Duchess of Gloucester
arrived shortly after eight, with their attendants.
His Majesty the King of Prussia, with the leading
personages attached to his Royal person, arrived ten
minutes before nine, and was received in the entrance-
-1 hall by the Noble Duke and Duchess, and by them con-