The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by their suite, left
Buckingham Palace, at ten o'clock, last night, to honour with
their presence, the Ball at her Majesty'■ Theatre, given for the
benefit of the Spitalfields' weavers. The Royal party left the
Palace in State in the following order :—The first carriage, con-
veying the Groom in Waiting, Captain Meynell ; the
Equerry to the Prince, Colonel Wylde ; the Master of the
Household, the Hon. Charles Augustus Murray ; the Groom to
the Prince, Captain Francis Seymour, Scota Fusilier Guards.
The second carriage, conveying the Woman of the Bed-
chamber, Mrs. Brand; Maids of Honour, Hon. Miss Liddle
and Hon. Miss Paget ; and the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel
Arbuthnot.

The third carriage, conveying the Lady in Waiting, Lady
Portman ; the Maids of Honour, Hon. Miss Devereux and Hon.
Miss Stanley ; and the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morton.
The fourth carriage, conveying the Mistress of the Robes,
the Duchess of Buccleuch; the Lady in Waiting, the Countess
of Charlemont ; the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Jersey,
G. C. H. ; and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Mar-
quis of Exeter, K. G.
The fifth carriage, conveying Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alex-
ander, and Arthur Mensdorf.
The sixth carriage, conveying the Queen and Prince Albert,
and his Excellency Count Mensdorf.
The Royal cortege was escorted by a party of the Lifts
Guards.

The following Great Officers and Gentlemen of the House-
hold, and Officers in Waiting, preceded the Queen to the Ball,
and entered the Theatre by her Majesty's entrance in Charles-
street, St. James's, viz. :_The Lord Steward, the Earl of
Liverpool; the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl Delawarr ; the Vice-
Chamberlain, Lord Ernest Bruce; the Treasurer of the House-
hold, Earl Jermyn ; the Comptroller of the Household, the Right
Hon. Dawson Darner; the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gen-
tlemen-at-Arms Lord Forester ; the Captain of the Yeomen
Guard, the Earl of Beverley; the Gold Stick in Waiting, the
Silver Stick in Waiting, the Field Officer in Waiting, and the
Adjutant.
The Yeomen of the Guard on duty were commanded by Sir
Samuel Hancock, the Exon in Waiting.
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the
Theatre directly after her Majesty, attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, Bart.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, were
attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, Baron Knesebeck, and
Major Stephens.
The Members of the Royal party accompanying and attend-
ing the Queen and Prince Albert to the Ball, wore invited to
her Majesty's refreshment room in the Theatre. The follow-
ing also received invitations :—the members of the Royal
Family, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Three
Great Officers of State, the Treasurer and the Comptroller of
the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen in Waiting on the Royal Family, and Baron Koch in
Waiting on the Duke of Saxe Weimar.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent wore a white
satin dress of the richest description, and entirely of Spitaltields
manufacture.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by Count Mens-
dorf and his sons, and attended by Colonels Arbuthnot and
Wylde, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent met the Illustrious
party at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and re-
mained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert.
The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses
Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, took an airing to Kew yes-
terday, returning to town in the afternoon.
Count Mensdorf, and the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alex-
ander, and Arthur Mensdorf, visited the Duchess of Kent yes-
terday, at Clarence House.
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, arrived in
town on Wednesday evening, from Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.
A deputation, consisting of Lord Sandon, M.P., Mr. G.
Wood, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. T. Wyse, Mr.
J. Hodgson, President of the Birmingham Philosophical Insti•
tution, Mr. Russell, the Treasurer, and Mr. Arthur Ryland,
the Secretary to the Birmingham Philosophical Institution,
Mr. Joseph Brooks Yates, President of the Royal Institution,
Liverpool, and Mr. Talbot, had an interview with Sir Robert
Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Crane, of New Brunswick, and Major M'Arthur, had
interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Blake and Mr. Lane had interviews with the Earl of
Ripon yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade.

CAMBERWELL CHURCH—The Exchequer Loan
Commissioners have declined the application of the parish
authorities of Camberwell for the loan of 8,0001., for the pur-
pose of rebuilding this church.
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Robert
Cope Wolfe to the Vicarage of Braithwell, Yorkshire, void by
the resignation of the Rev. Augustus Steuart.
The Vigie of Dieppe announces that the English
oyster boats, which were found encroaching upon the beds of
Concale, and carried into Granville, have been restored to their
oN ners.
SUDDEN DEATH FROM ‘MENTAL ANXIETY.—On
Wednesday evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Joiners'
Arms, Westminster-road, on view of the body of John Wood,
aged 43. It appeared from the evidence of Jamrs Folkes, a
carpenter, that he and deceased lodged at the Joiners' Arms,
and that about six o'clock on Monday morning last he knocked
at deceased's bed-room door, but could not make deceased
hear. On entering the ro m witness found deceased lying
dead on the outside of the bed, his feet being on the floor. Mr.
John Hooper, of London-road, surgeon, stated that he was
called in to attend deceased. His death had been caused by a
rupture of some blood veiael, either of the lungs or the heart,
probably produced by anxiety of mind. Deceased had lost his
wife a short time ago, and had since laboured under great mental
depression. Verdict—" Natural death."
Lady Townshend Farquhar, accompanied by the
Hon. Mr. Hamilton and family, Sir Charles Dalrymple, Dr.
Roscoe, Mr. Pearson Thompson, &c., formed part of the lrge
number of passengers who left London on Sunday last by the
regular steam-ship Antwerpen, Capt. Jackson. This packet
arrived at Antwerp nearly an hour before the Wilberforce,
which started with her, and she returned here on Wednesday
morning, after a passage of nineteen hours.
DEATH OF THE FATHER OF THE TURF.—Christo-
pher Wilson, Esq„ of Oxton Hall, generally designated as the
father of the turf, died on Wednesday, at Christie's Hotel,
St. James's-street, where he had arrived from his country seat
after a short illness, in his 79th year. Mr. Wilson was one of
the senior members of the Jockey Club, and was highly re-
spected in the sporting circles.