The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.-TUESDAY

Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace in
an open carriage and four, with outriders, shortly before one
o'clock yesterday afternoon, to honour the Earl and Countess
of Albemarle with their company at the Stud House, Horns
Park, Hampton Court. The royal suite followed in three
open carriages and four, and consisted of Colonel Wemyss
and Colonel Bouverie in the first carriage, the Countess of
Mount Edgcumbe, Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Paget,
and Lord Byrom, in the`•second carriage, and the Earl of
Surrey, Mr. George E. Anson, and the Hon. W. Cowper,
in the third carriage.
After partaking of a cligiune her Majesty and the royal
party drove in pony phaetons to Hampton Court Palace, and
afterwards returned to the Stud House.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite,
returned to Buckingham Palace at seven o'clock last evening.
The royal dinner party included her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, Earl of Erroll, Earl and Countess of Sur-
rey, Lady Mary Howard, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Lord
George Lennox, and Colonel Wylde.
The band of the royal regiment of horse guards attended
at the palace during the evening.
Her Majesty did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit on Satur-
day for the whole-length portrait destined for the Gold-
smith's Hall.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Alfred
E. Chalon with a sitting on Saturday.
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia
Matilda visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Ingestre
House. . . .

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The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia Matilda, and
the Duke of Cambridge. The follo*ing was issued yes-
terday : _

--47.Yhe Princess Augusta has passed a very good night, and
her royal highness is better.
" Clarence House, August 3, 1840.

WEDNESDAY

The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing, yesterday
afternoon, in an open carriage and four, Colonels Wemyss
and Bouverie attending on horseback.
The Duke of Cambridge visited Prince Albert yesterday,
at Buckingham Palace.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience, yesterday, of her

Majesty.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess
of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Paget, Viscount Torring-
ton, Earl of Surrey, General the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, Col.
Wemyss, -and Col. Bouverie, honoured the Italian Opera
with their presence last evening.
Viscount Torrington and Gen. the Hon. Sir William Lum-
ley have succeeded Lord Byron and the Hon. W. Cowper as
the lord and groom in waiting on her Majesty.
The infant Louisa Vining had the honour of singing before
the Queen and Prince Albert on Monday evening, at Buck-
ingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were
pleased to express their approbation, and her Majesty pre-
sented Miss Vining, on leaving, with an elegant diamond pin.
The Duchess of Kent took an airing yesterday, in a car-

riage.
The Princess Augusta, we regret to state, was not so well
yesterday afternoon. Her Royal Highness received visits
during the day from the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke
of Cambridge. In the forenoon the following was issued :
" The Princess Augusta is better, having passed a few hours
of yesterday on her sofa, and her royal highness has had a
good night.—Clarence House, 4th August, 1840."
The Duke of Sussex had a dinner party yesterday, at Ken-
sington Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge were among the com-

OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA

(From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.)

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The Prometheus steamer arrived atMarseillea on Saturday
at half-past three, p.m., having had a long passage from
Malta, which she left on Tuesday, at four, p.m. The Alecto,
with the mails from India, reached Malta at a quarter past
one, a.m., on Tuesday. The intelligence is not important.
Dates from Bombay are of the 22d of June, by the Persian
Gulf route, the mail of the Ist of June, by the sailing vessel
to Aden, not having arrived.
The most interesting communication through this channel
is, that the insurrection in Syria is at an end. The Belleisle
had arrived from Malta. The Menos French Government
'steamer arrived at Malta on the 27th from Marseilles, having
on board Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Dr. Cremieux,
Mr. Wire, Dr. Madden, Dr. Frome, &c. An accident hap-
pened to the Rhauises on leaving Malta, on the 26th, and she
returned the same day. Her mails will be sent on by the
M enos.
There is an absolute blank in the Chinese news. The
squadron had not arrived on the 22d at Bombay, and the
Chinese were still full of sound and fury.
The settlement of the Syrian insurrection was accomplished
by the concessions made by Ibrahim Pacha. The Egyptian
fleet, of 13 sail, had returned to Alexandria from Beyrout.
The Powerful, Edinburgh, and the Castor were at the latter
port. Mehemet Ali had addressed a circular to the consuls,
informing them of the pacification of Syria. The Leonidas
steamer,, with Alexandria despatches of the 17th ult., and
Beyrout of the 12th, had brought this news to Malta. The
latest dates from Alexandria were of the 22d.

EXPRESS FROM MARSEILLES

" We have received, by extraordinary express from Mar-
seilles, India papers to the 22d, brought by the Victoria,
which left Bombay on that day. .

" This con
from China.

.eyance brings no intelligence of any interest
The Admiral (Elliot) had sailed from the Cape

for Singapore.
" We perceive that nearly all the India journals concur in
representing the success of the Russian expedition to Khiva
as being the most complete. A letter in the Agra Uckbar
of May 23, says, The Russian expedition reached Khiva on
March 20. Their force is considered to amount to nearly
30,000 men, and twelve batteries of artillery. Abbot is go-
ing to St. Petersburg.' It was expected at Cabool that the
King of Bokhara had beheaded Dost Mahomed and his two
sons. The Delhi Gazette of May 19 says, Our latest ac-
counts from Afghanistan confirm in every respect the suc-
cess of the Russians in their different encounters with the
Khivans.'
The Lord William Bentinck, which sailed from Londkm
on the 24th of February, was wrecked on the 17th of June.
There were lost seven passengers, 58 recruits, and 20 of the
officers. The passengers lost were Mrs. Eckford, Mrs. Fra-
zer, Miss Robertson, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Day, and Mr.
M‘Pherson. Saved, Captain Benbow, Lieutenant Coombs,
Dr.. Frazer, and 85 recruits.
" On the same day the Lord Castlereagh was also wrecked.
Among those lost in this vessel are Captain Erle, of the 24th,
Dr. Davis, and Lieutenant Walker.

ATTACK ON

" The Mary Mitcheson arrived at Bombay on the 12th,
bringing intelligence of a sudden attack made by the Arabs
on Aden. The attack took place on May 20, and was made
by about 300 Arabs, the forlorn hope of 4000. They were
routed' after a sharp contest of three hours."
Extract of a letter from Beyrout, dated July 22 :
" We have had firing, as usual, for the last 20 days, but
not so near as before. The soldiers have marched to the
mountains without any resistance, and have been plundering
and burning every village they came near, and committing
the most barbarous and vile excesses. Several convents
have likewise been burnt by the soldiery. Beyrout market
is crowded to excess with those wicked wretches, the Alba-
nians. who dispose of their ill-gotten wealth for a quarter of
its value. From our house we could see them coming into
the city, bringing with them cows, goats, sheep, donkeys,
camels, mules, copper vessels of all sizes, clothes, silk, the
women's tantooras, and immense quantities of jewellery.
Most of the rich families had sent their most valuable things
to the convent of Beit Miri, but this has been plundered and
burned, so that many of the people will suffer here as well
as in the mountains. Finally, you will be surprised to hear
that the Fellatees have partly surrendered ; the soldiers are
collecting the arms from the emirs, sheikhs, and people, and
many of the principal insurgents have Ueen imprisoned."

(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)
In addition to the accounts from India and China, which
we gave in yesterday's Herald, we now subjoin the following
details of local intelligence :