The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Lord John Russell and the Earl of Clarendon had
audiences of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
took a drive in the afternoon in an open landau and
four, accompanied by the Princess of Hohenlohe Lan-
genburg and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe. Lord
C. Fitzroy and Colonel Seymour attended on horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horse-
hack in the forenoon, attended by his Equerry in
Waiting.
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg yesterday at Buck-
ingham Palace.
Her Majesty give a dinner party in the evening ; the
company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her
Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg,
their Serene Highnesses the Princess Adelaideand Prince
Victor of Hohenlohe, the Eirl and Countess of Clanwil-
liam, Lady A. M. Dawson, Baroness De Speth, Lord G.
Lennox, Lord and Lady Elcho, Lord and Lady Lyttl!-,
ton, the Right Hon. Sir E. Blakeney, Lieut.-General
Sir J. Burgoyne Sir Charles Lyell, and the Gentleman
in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge.

Lord John Russell arrived at his residence in Ches-
ham-place, at half-past 2 o'clock a.m., yesterday, from
Dover. His lordship paid a visit to Viscount Palmer-
ston, at his residence, in Piccadilly, in the forenoon, and
afterwards, with the noble Viscount, attended the
Cabinet Council, held at half-past 1 o'clock p.m., at the
Foreign-office, Downing-street.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, yes-
terday, from the Governor of Canada and from the Go-
vernors of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal.

The issue of orders to view the apartments at Windsor
Castle lately occupied by the Emperor and Empress of
the French has commenced, but the number of those
who haN e hitherto availed themselves of the privilege is
inconsidPrable. On Friday about 70 persons were ad-
mitted, on Saturday not more than 6, and yesterday
about 12. A written application, addressed to the
Lord Chamberlain's office, St. James's Palace, London,
would procure an immediate order for the applicant and
friends, not exceeding six.
SIR HENRY BISHOP.—The announcement, a short
time ago, that this highly-distinguished English com•
poser laboured under pecuniary embarrassment as well
as acute bodily infirmity, was received with so much
commiseration by the musical public that we have no
doubt the proposition now made (and being carried into
effect), to raise by subscription such an amount as will
enable his friends to relieve him from his difficulties and
insure for him a moderate degree of comfort during his
remaining days, will be cordially responded to and effec-
tually promoted. Sir George Smart, Mr. Mitchell (of
Bond-street), Dr. Daniel, and Mr. Addison have formed
themselves into a committee with this object, and to aoy
of these gentlemen, as also to the Regent-street branch
of the Union Bank of London, subscriptions may be
paid.

GnAy's INN, April 30. —At a pension of the Honour-
able Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day, Charles Ro-
hert,on Griffiths, Esq., and John Rodham Carr, Esq.,
LL.D., were called to the degree of barrister-at-law.
INNER TEMPLE, Monday, April 30.—The undermen-
tioned gentlemen were this day called to the bar by the
Honourable Society of the Inner Temple :—John Sim-
monde, Esq., M.A. (certificate of honour) ; John Richard
Eaton, Esq., B.A. ; Charles Henry Alderson. Esq.,
B.A. ; William Cayley Worsley, Esq. ; William Downes
Griffith, Esq., 8.A., Charles John Clay, Esq., B.A. ;
Robert Albion Pritchard, Esq., B.C.L. ; and Thomas
Willimu Daniel, Esq., B.A.

LiNnorx's-INN' April 30.—The undermentionedgen-
tlemen were this day called to the degree of barrister-at-
law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn, viz. :—Charles
Foster, Esq., John Curtois Adolphus Bones, Esq.
Charles Cecil Trevor, Esq., Alfred Hyman Louis, Esq,
Francis Alfred Bedwell, Esq., Francis Gwgory Havi-
land, Esq , Charles Buxton Musgrave, Esq., Norman
Macleod Ferrero, Esq., Leonard Benton Seeley, Ebel.,
Henry Smith, Esq., Francis George Manningham
Boileau, Esq., and Lawrence Oliphant, Esq.
Yesterday evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress gave &banquet at the Mansion-house. Among
the company present were Messrs. Aldermen Hunter,
Sidney, Finnis, Cubitt, M.P., and Kennedy; the Depu-
ties and members of the wards of Coleman-street, Tower,
Langbourn, Cheap, Captain Middleton, RN., Lieute-
nant-Colonel Cowell, Captain Hastings, and their ladies.
Covers were laid for 100. The Lord Mayor took occa-
sion during the evening to give, among other toasts,
that of "The Emperor, of the French" (which was en-
thusiastically responded to) on his very happy escape
from danger at the hands of an assassin.