The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The damp and unsettled state of
the weather to-day has prevented her Majesty taking her
accustomed airing.
Lord Duncannon, Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Dun-
fermline took their departure this morning.
The following personages will be included in the royal din-
ner party this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchessof
Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Barham, Earl of Albe-
marle, Lady Gardiner, Earl of Erroll, Hon. Misses Cocks
and/ Murray, Marquis of Headfort, Lord Alfred Paget,
Baroness Lehzen, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir William Lumley,
Earl of Surrey, the Ladies Elenora and Constance Paget,
and the Marquis of Anglesey.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left the residence of the
Earl Howe, Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire, morning,
attended yesterday
attended by her suite, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at his
seat Belvoir Castle. _ _

Prince George of Cambridge came to Cambridge House,
yesterday morning, from Kew.
The Princess Augusta took an airing, yesterday, in a car-
riage and four.
A deputation, consisting of J. Bagsbaw, Esq. (late M.P.
for Sudbury), Abraham Borrodaile, Esq., chairman of the
South African Land and Emigration Association, Mr. An-
derson, Captain Barber, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. Banister, Mr.
Busk, Mr. Maynard, Mr. Redman, Mr. Thomson, and Mr.
M. D. Wakefield, had an interview with Lord J. Russell,
yesterday, at the Colonial-office, respecting a colonial settle-
ment at Natal, in South eastern Africa.

Viscount Melbourne returtiedi;-town, yesterday after-
noon, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle.
The Spanish Minister transacted business, yesterday, at
Vie Foreign office.

A meeting was held, yesterday afternoon, at the Colonial-
office, which was attended by Lord John Russell, Viscount
Melbourne, the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Holland, Sir
John Hobhouse, Mr. Macauley, and Sir George Grey.
Mr. Horsley Palmer and Mr. Crawford had an interview
with Viscount Melbourne, yesterday, in Downing-street.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence left town, yesterday morning,
on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, Leices-
tershire.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.—This afternoonher Ma-
jesty, accompanied by Lady Barham, promenaded for a short
time on the New Terrace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent remained within
the castle during the day.
The Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget drove out in a
carriage and four, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Murray.
Sir W. Lumley, who took his departure from the Castle
this morning, was succeeded, as Groom in Waiting, by Col.
Armstrong.
The Marquis of Hendfort left the Castle this afternoon.
The royal dinner party was the same as yesterday, with the
exception of the departures, and with the addition of Colonel
Armstrong.
WEDNESDAY.—The Princess Augusta, attended by Miss
Wynyard, took an airing, yesterday, in a carriage and four
to Kew.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester
yesterday, at Gloucester House. His royal Highness re-
turned to his residence at Kew in the afternoon.

Captain Pelly, Deputy Master of the Trinity House, had
an interview with Viscount Melbourne, on Monday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
The Attorney-General, Sir H. Macleod, and Mr. Rivers
had interviews with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the
Colonial-office. _ _

The Marquis of Bute, the Attorney-General, and Mr.
Warburton, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby,
yesterday, at the Home-office.
Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in Downing-
street.

Mr. Alston had an interview with Viscount Melbourne,
yesterday, in Downing-street.
Despatches from the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson,
Governor of the Canadas, and from the Lieut.-Governor of
Gibraltar, were received, yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty has not left the
castle to-day in consequence of the unfavourable state of the
weather.

The Earl of Errol and the Hon. C. A. Murray rode to
Cumberland Lodge.
Lord Lilford has succeeded the Marquis of Headfort as
the lord in waiting.
The royal dinner party this evening will include the fol-
lowing personages :—Her. Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Misses
Cocks and Murray, Lady Gardiner, Earls of Errol, Surrey,
and Albemarle, Lord Lilford, Earl and Countess of Ux-
bridge, Ladies Eleanore and Constance Paget, Colonel Arm-
strong, Lord Alfred. Paget, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Baroness
Lehxen.

(From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.)
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Her Majesty is la-
bouring under the effects of a slight cold, occasioned, it is
supposed, by the late sudden change in the weather. Yes-
terday evening a severe frost set in, which continued through-
out the night, and until noon to-day, when snow made its
" first appearance this season," and has continued with us
without intermission during the remainder of the afternoon.
Although Mr. Sergeant Wilde is now at Newark, feeling
the pulses of the " worthy" and, I trust, " independent elec-
tors," he has not, I am credibly informed, not accepted the
Solicitor-Generalship. The usual formalities consequent
upon his acceptance of that office not having yet been gone
through, I am led to rely upon the correctness of my infor-
mant. The report is that, in the event of the learned ser-
geant, in the course of his canvass, discovering symptoms of
defection on the part of his former supporters, he will "give
up" the Solicitor-Generalship, because the Premier cannot
a 'ford to give up the chance of only one solitary vote in the
Commons.

Amongst " numerous others," the Earl of Essex is now
spoken of as having been offered the still vacant appointment
of Master of the Buckhounds. The mother of his lordship
is, I believe, the sister of the present Marquis of Anglesey ;
hence it would create no surprise if another of " the Pagets"
were thus planted about the immediate person of the Sove-
reign. The late earl was a staunch conservative. The pre-
sent earl, I believe, has not yet taken his seat in the Upper
House. Under any circumstance, should his lordship accept
the appointment, the cabinet, as long as it holds together,
might fairly reckon upon the noble lord's support.
A change in the Ministry involves the vacation of the office,
whoever may chance to be at the time " the fortunate (?)
holder of the prize." Certain expenses must be incurred,
and some rather heavy ones, by the new master, such as the
purchase of a new stud, fitting, in point of " quality as well
as quantity," to follow the royal pack, which will be hunted,
during the season, three times a week. The very unstable
position of her Majesty's present advisers—the chance of
their being beaten upon the first important division in the
legislature after the assembling of Parliament in February
next—therefore renders the acceptance of the buckhounds,
just at this period, deserving of some consideration. Poor
Lord Melbourne !

THURSDAY.—Yesterday was the birthday of the Princess
Mary of Cambridge, when her highness completed her sixth
year. The Duchess of Gloucester gave a d 661 ner and ball at
Gloucester House, in honour of the day, to a large party of
the juvenile nobility and gentry. The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, Prince George and the Princesses Augusta and
Mary of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Col.
Jones, arrived at half past two o'clock at Gloucester House,
from their residence at Kew. The juveniles arrived about
the same time. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta
also joined the party. The Duchess of Gloucester was at-
tended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst and Sir Samuel G.
Higgins.
When the company had assembled, the Duchess of Glou-
cester, accompanied by the whole of the visiters, entered the
large drawing-room, where a dejefiner was served. The
party afterwards descended to the dining room, which was
prepared for dancing. The walls were tastefully hung with
draperies, ornamented with wreaths and festoons of laurel
and flowers, enclosing the initial letters P. M., and the words
" Many happy returns of the 27th November." A quadrille
band attended.

The party broke up shortly before seven o'clock, when the
Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses
Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, left for Kew.

Among the nobility and gentry present were the following,
with their respective families :—The Danish minister and
Baroness Biome, the Netherlands minister and Madame
Dedel, the Duchess of Buccleuch, Countess of Bathurst and
Miss Ponsonby, Countess of Chesterfield, Lady Burghersh,
Lady Augusta Gordon, Lady Louisa Cornwallis, Sir George
and Lady Seymour, Lady Stratheclen, Sir E. and Lady H.
Paget, Lady Barbara Newdigate, Sir E. and Lady Currey,
Sir Charles Thornton, Count Esterhazy, Baron Lebzeltern,
Mr. and Lady T. Lister, Colonel Keate, 14Iadlle. D'Este,
Mrs. Bathurst, Mr. and Mrs. Warrender, Mrs. Montagu',
and Mr. Culling Smith. •
A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, at the Foreign office. It was attended by
all the Ministers, except Lord Morpeth.—The Council sat
three hours.