The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen took ]
leave of the Queen on Saturday morning, and quitted
Buckingham Palace on his return to the Continent.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Princess of Hohenlohe-Laugenburg on Saturday, at
Buckingham Palace.
Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
took a drive in an open carriage and four.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur, the Prin-
cess Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and theTrincess Adelaide
and Theodore of Hohenlohe, took a drive in the after-
noon in an open landau and four. Lord Charles Fitzroy
and Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey attended on
horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back, attended by Colonel Seymour.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princess of
Hohenlohe Langenburg and Princess Adelaide of Hohen-
lobe honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their pre-
sence in the evening. The Royal suite consisted of the
Countess of Desart, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon.
Beatrice Byng, Lord De Tabley, Lord Charles Fitzroy,
and Colonel Seymour..
Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Hohenlohe
angenburg, the Princess Adelaide and Prince Victor
of Hohenlohe, attended Diving Service in the private
chapel of Buckingham Palace.
The Hon. and Very Rev. the DeaU of Windsor offici-
ated and administered the Holy Sacrament.
The Ladies and Gentlemen of the pourt and the Do-
mestic Household also attended the "service.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Glocester on Saturday at Glocester-house.
A deputation from the Caebrigate, accompanied byMr.
Cowan, M.P., and Mr. Murray: Dunlop, M.P., had an
interview with Sir William MoleswOrth on Saturday, at
the Office of Works and Public Buildings, Whitehall.
The deputation consisted of Baron Bailie Lewis of Canon-
gate ; Mr. Beattie, of Canongate ; and Mr. Fraser,
W.S., of Edinburgh.
A deputation on the subject of the Metropolis Local
Management Bill had an interview with the President of
the General Board of Health, at his office,Whitehall, on
Saturday. The deputation consisted of, from Camberwell
(deputation from the vestry), Mr. T. Ruston (church-
warden), Mr. A. Fisher (overseer). Messrs. W. Howard,
Washington, Lyon, J. Constable, J. Thornhill, A. Kin-
trea, and G. W. Marsden (vestry clerk) ; from the Peck-
ham and Camberwell New Trust, Messrs.' R. Hawkins,
S. Straker, A. Kintrea, and J. Lilley (clerk). The
deputation from Lambeth consisted of Messrs.F.Doulton'
J. Grady, C. Evans, S. Hodgson, J. W. Stratton, J. L.
Jones, H. Akerman, J. Knight, and the vestry-clerk.
A deputation on the part of the Commissioners of the
River Wear, on the subject of the Sunderland Dock Bill,
had an interview with the Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie,
on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation
consisted of Mr. Simpson, 'Mr. Alderman Allison, 'Mr.
Morton, Mr. Hedwortk Williamson, Mr. W. R. Robin-
son, Mr. Meik, Mr. Abernethy, and Mr. J. S. Robin-
son. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Henry
Fenwick, M.P. _ .

The Cathedral Commission met at 1, New-street,
Spring-gardens, on Saturday. The Commissioners pre-
sent were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop
of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford,
the Hon. and Rev. H. M. Villiers, Sir John Patteson,
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Rev. Canon Selwyn, and Mr.
Henry Kingscote (Secretary).

ARRIVAL Or LORD JOHN RUSBELL.—The noble lord

arrived in London last evening from the continent.

Lord Panmure attended the Cabinet Council on
Saturday afternoon.
The drawings made by the Royal Family for the
benefit of the Patriotic Fund will be exhibited at Oxford

;o-day, to-morrow, and Wednesday.

The Lord Chamberlain has issued cards for a state
ball at Buckingham Palace on the 9th proximo. Her
Majesty has invited a brilliant circle to a juvenile ball

on Tuesday,

Earl Granville, though getting better, is still suffering,
and is quite unable to leave his house.
The next anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary
Fund will be held on May 22 ; the Bishop of Oxford in
the chair.

A new operatic work, The Gnome of llarzinvg, by Mr.
Henry Smart, will shortly be produced at the Hay-

market Theatre.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—Men•

delssohn's " Lohgesang," and Mozart's " Requiem," wi
be repeated on Wednesday evening next, the 241 May,
Principal vocalists Madame Clara Novelle, Mrs.
Lockey, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Herr Formes.
The Birmingham Musical Festival is to commence on
the 28th of August.
CRYSTAL PALACE, APRIL 28 (FIVE SHILLING DAY).—
Admissions on payment, 569 ; admissions by season
tickets, 3,925 ; total, 4,494.
BALTIC NAVIGATION.—ROSTO,CIr, April 24.—The
upper parts of the Baltic are not yet free from ice, and
Libau is the only Russian port at present accessible.
The ice in this neighbourhood has entirely disappeared,
but the harbour at present will not admit vessels of more
than 121 to 13 feet water.
,The Athenwitm states that the Royal Society has
lately received a valuable addition to its collection of
manuscripts by a present, from Mr. Edwin Canton, of a
series of autograph letters from Dr. Franklin, Priestley,
Sir Joseph Banks, Howard, &c.
The " Address to the People," written by Charlotte
Corday, and found upon her person when she was ar-
rested, was sold in Paris the other day for 770 f.
Rossini (says Galignani) is now on his way to Paris,
where the gran' maestro is sure of a welcome worthy of
his matchless talents—a debt honestly due for the count-
less hours of delight he has afforded every lover of music
for more than a quarter of a century.
THE LOCK HOSPITAL AND ASYLUSL—The anniversary
festival of this most excellent charity was held on Sa-
turday evening at Willis's Rooms, Sing-street, St.
James's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
presided. The list of subscriptions amounted to 2,2001.
The absence of Sir James Graham from the House of
Commons has been occasioned by a severe attack of
gout. The right hon. baronet, who, with Lady Graham
and daughters, went to Netherby to pass the Easter
holidays, was there assailed by gout, through which he
has been confined to his room for a fortnight. Sir James
and Lady Graham and family are expected to arrive in
town to-day from Netherby for the season.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has given notice
of various new clauses to be moved by him to-day in
committee on the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill. It is
proposed that periodical publications must be posted
within fifteen days after being published ; that in
all cases in which a question shall arise whether a
printed paper is entitled to the privilege of a periodical
publication, so far as respects the transmission thereof
by the post; the question shall be referred to the deter-
mination of the Postmaster-General, whose decision,
with the consent of the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, shall be final.
SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOUR .—The
private view of the fifty-first exhibition of this flourishing
society took place on Saturday last. The attendance
was numerous and fashionable, and the collection which
consists of 322 paintings, are of the very best ever ex-
hibited by this society. Many of the pictures are of the
first class, and the average is more than usual' y high.
Among the landscapes the contributions o' J. M.
Richardson, E. Duncan, and G. Fripp are deserving,
of honourable mention, and of the remaining contributors
Messrs. Gilbert, Carl, Haag, A. Fripp, G. Fripp,
Topham, Jenkins, Palmer, and Mrs. Gillies take high
rank,
LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S EMBASSY.—A correspondent
of the Independance Beige at Vienna speaks of the
departure from that city of Lord John Russell and
his little Court, adding—" I say little Court, for his
lordship's suite was sufficiently numerous and bril-
liant to justify that name. He was accompanied
by all his family, composed of Lady Russell and six
children ; and there were, besides, the Under-Secre-
tary of State, Mr. Hammond, Misses Lister, Elliott, and
Byng, his doctor, the tutor and the governesses of his
children, and 10 domestics, who occupied altogether 32
rooms in the Hotel Munsch, where it is known how to
unite French elegance with English comfort. Add to
these the frequent comings to and fro of couriers, and
the numerous visits his lordship has received at all hours
of the day from the flower of his countrymen, and you
will believe me without difficulty when I tell you that
the Hotel Munsca seemed to be transformed into a little
English colony."
The magistrates of Tunbridge have committed a man,
named William Froyne, on a charge of placing an ob-
struction on the South-Eastern Railway, with a view of
stopping the royal train on its return to town on Satur-
day the 21st, with Prince Albert and the Duke of Cam-
bridge. The prisoner was seen to place on that line,
about two hundred yards from the bridge, near the sta-
tion, several pieces of timber and bricks on the up rail!.
On being taken into custody he admitted he had done it
to atop the royal train, but he did not want to do them
any harm, as he was closely related to royalty himself,.