The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and Prince Alberthonoured the Olympic
Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The
Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, the
Hon. Mary Bulteel, Earl Somers, Major-General Bou-
verie, and Captain Du Plat.

Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, at-
tended by Captain Du Plat.
Prince Eruct of Leiningen left Buckingham Palace
yesterday morning, for Portsmouth.
Prince Nicholas of Nassau 'visited the Duchess of
Kent yesterday, in Buckingham Palace.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Ho-
ward and Baroness de Speth, visited the Duchess of
Gloucester last evening, at Gloucester House.

A deputation from the Society for Printing and Dis-
tributing Books for the Use of the Poor Blind through-
out the United Kingdom had an interview with Earl
Granville yesterday, at the Council-office. The deputa-
tation consisted of Mr. Tubbs, Mr. Sterry, Mr. War•
uer, Rev. B. G. Johns, Mr. Sambrooke, and Mr,
Howell.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
yesterday from Radnor.
A deputation, connected with the anthracite coal dis-
trict in South Wales, consisting of the Earl of Cawdor,
Viscount Endyn, M.P., Mr. David Morris, M.P., Mr.
Win. Moline James, Q.C., and Mr. Edward Loder, had
an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the
Home-office, for the purpose of calling his attention to
the Smoke Nuisance Act, the third clause of which was
so worded as not to afford the slightest protection to
such of the public as were desirous to use a smokeless
fuel, and urging that the act should be amended ac-
cordingly.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day, from the Governors of the West India Islands.

The Countess Walewska had a " reception" last
evening, at the residence of the French Embassy,Albert-
gate House.
His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau
honoured the r6-union with his presence.
The Marquis of Granby has returned to town from
the Duke of Rutland's Belvoir Castle, where his grace
ha 3 arrived from his seat, Stanton Woodhouse,
Derbyshire.. . _ _ _ _ .

The Earl of Gifford has arrived at the Duke of
Wellington's, Upper Belgrave-street, from the Marquis
of Tweeddale's, Yester House, near Haddington, N. 8.,
and entered on his duties as private secretary to the
new Minister of War, Lord Panmure.

DINNER AT TUE MANSION Housx TO TUB GARRICIE
CLUB.—On Saturday the Lord Mayor gave a grand ban-
quet to the members of the Garrick Club. Amongst
the company were the American Minister, Lord Wm.
Lennox, the Hon. and Rev. Fitzroy Stanhope, the
Chief B .ron, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Maclise,
Mr. Thackeray, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. M. Lemon,
Mr. Albert Scc. _ •

The repent that his Majesty the Emperor of the
French bad st.rougly protested, upon the occasion of his
late interview with Lord Clarendon, against the course
taken by the English Government in yielding the Sebas-
topol ingu7r,v, turned 'out, upon examination, to be a
matted, got up for Stock-Exchange purposes, and utterly
unworthy of belief.
M. Outrey, Paymaster-General of the Army of the
East, has arrived at Marseilles, from Algiers, and is to
embark for Constantinople in the next pacl;et..
The two war battalions of the 10th Regiment of In-
fantry, 1,600 men strong, are to march from Lille for
Metz on the 7th instant. The war squadron of the Bth
Regiment of Hussars' also quartered at Lille„ have like-
wise been ordered to Metz.