The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday,
at Buckingham Palace.
Lord Panmure had an audience of her Majesty.
Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, ac-
companied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred,
and attended by Captain Du Plat.
The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took
equestrian exercise in the Riding school.
Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The
company included the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of
Leiningen, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, the Saxon Mi-
nister, the Marquis of Breatlalbane, Viscount Hardinge,
Viscount Monck, Lady Fanny Howard, Colonel the
Hon. George Cadogan, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, and
Major-General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey.

The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance in
the Palace, and played during dinner.
Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince
of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Prin-
cess Mice, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Lein-
ingen, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the
Domestic Household, attended Divine Service in the
Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Rev. H.
G. Liddell performed the morning sayice, and preached
the sermon.

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny
Howard, visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Friday
evening, at Gloucester-house.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary,
and the Prince of Leiningen, visited the Duchess of
Kent yesterday, at Clarence-house, St James's.

THE COURT.—On Wednesday, the 4th ♦f April, as at
present arranged, her Majesty the Queen and the Prince
Consort, accompanied by the younger branches of the
Royal family, and attended by the ladies and gentltra.,n
of the household, will leave Buckingham Palace for
Windsor Castle, whore her Majesty will, as usual, spend
the Easter holidays. It is understood that the sojourn
of the Court at Windsor will not exceed ten days, after
which period her Majesty will return to Buckingham
Palace.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary leave St. James's Palace on Fri-
day next, for Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the Eater
recess. Their Royal Highnesses will remain there for a
fortnight, and then return to town for the season. The
Duchess and the Princess Mary ♦isited the Duchess of
Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, visited the Duchess of Glou.
cester on Friday evening, at Gloucester House.
The Countess Colloredo has issued cards for an assem.
bly at Chandos House on Thursday next.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are not expected
in Pcrtland-place at present. The family are still oc-
cupying East Lodge, Brighton.
The Earl of Chesterfield and the Lady Evelyn Stan-
hope are expected to arrive in town for a few days this
week. The family are at present at Bretby Park.
The Earl and Countess of Durham are expected in
town on Thursday or Friday.
The Earl of Cardigan has now succeeded his Royal
highness the Duke Cambridge as Inspector-General
of Cavalry of the United Kingdom.

Mr. C. H. Darling, late Governor at the Cape, has
been appointed Governor of Newfoundland, in the room
of Mr. Kerr Baillio Hamilton, appointed Governor•in-
Chief of the Leeward Hands.

The anniversary dinner of the Literary Fund is
announced for May 22, with the Bishop of Oxford in the
chair.

The Marquis of Anglesey is forming a costly and
valuable racing stud.
Madame Viardot has just signed au engagement to
appear at the Royal Italian Opera this year.
A. number of English grooms (says the Gazette de
Lyon) have just passed through this city, is care of 12
fine hunters, and 30 English hounds, purchased for the
King of Sardinia.

It is stated in a letter from Vienna, in the German
Journal of Frankfort, that Abd-el-Kaier has requested
permission to pay a visit to Constantinople.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers
present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the First Lord of the
Admiralty, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir Wil-
liam Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. The Council
as four hours.

The Judicial CotonCttee of the Privy C )uncil sat on
Saturday at the Council Chamber. A motion from Ben-
gal, "Gungudhur Seal v. Jaddomeney Dossee," and
.• Luchmeechund and others v. Zorawur Mull," for ex-
tension of time to &ter conditions of order restoring
appeal, were disposed of ; and an appeal from Canada,
"Holmes r. Mathews," was hard. The Lords preset t
were—the Loris Ju,tices Knight Bruce and Turner, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Sir Edward
Ryan.

Much regret has been occasioned at Cambridge by
the death of Mr. Mackenzie, an undergraduate of Trinity
College, only. surviving so❑ of the lata Lord Mackenzie,
and grandson of the culelnat:d Henry Mackenzie, the
author of "The Man of Feelinv,." Mr. Mackenzie was
educat,d at Glasgow and Edinburgh, and was in his
third year at Trinity, where his career had secured for
him several prizes, and the universal e6teem and respect
of the authorities.

The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his seventh and last
Parliamentary dinner on Saturday. The following no-
ble and honourable gentlemen were of the company :
Viscount Duncan, Hon. Henry Brand, Sir Denham
Norreys, Bart., Lieutenant-General Sir John Fitzgerald,
K.C.8., Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Danby Seymour, Mr.
Muntz, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. 11. Gore Langton (Bristol),
Mr. Massey, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Mangles,
Mr. Marjoribanks, Mr. Phillipps, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Oli-
veira, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. Charles Forster, Mr. Will-
cox, ?Mr. George Duff, Mr. Whitman, Mr. Morris, Mr.
Loftus Bland, Mr. Bass, Mr. Alcock, Mr. John Mac-
gregor, Mr. Cowan. The following gentlemen were
prevented :—The Earl Grosvenor, the Hon. Locke
King, Mr. B. W. Grey, 11.1i.-Heyworth, Mr. Laing, and
Mr. Montague Chambers. The Rev. Mr. Gamier and
the Secretary were present.
Amongst the company who attended the private view
of the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, Suf-
folk-street, on Saturday, were :—The Duchess of Suther-
land, the Duchess of Argyll, the Marchioness of Ailes-
bury, Lady Blantyre, Lady Monson, Miss Burdett
Coutts ; the Earls of Fitzhardinge, Carnarvon, Devon,
Bradford, ?and Lanesborough ; Lords Viscount May-
nard, Orkney, Galway, and Chelsea; Lords Monteagle,
Blantyre, and E. Bruce ; the Archbishop of Canterbury;
tho Bishops of London, Oxford, Carlisle, and Lichfield ;
the Baron de Rothschild ; Sirs W. G. Stirling, Bart.,
Jos. Bailey, Bart., E. H. Lacon, Bart., Fred. Currie,
Bart. ; Sirs Jas.
Parke and G. Pollock; Cardinal Wise-
man ; Win. Marshall, M.P., W. 0. Gore, M.P., G.
Banks, M.P., Gore Langton, M.P., &c. ; the Lord
Mayor, and Aldermen Salomons and Kennedy, &c.
DR. ANDREW SNITS is no longer Director-General of
the Medical Department of the Army. Amongst the
reforms in course of preparation in the several depart-
ments of the War-office, it is contemplated to place the
Army Medical Department, as well as the Ordnance old
other Boards, under the more direct and immediate con-
trol of the responsible Minister for War. The Army
Medical Board will, amongst other changes, be rein-
forced with an accession of civilians,' who will be men of
business, acquainted with the general conduct of its
executive affairs apart from mere professional duties.
SIR HENRY BISHOP'S CONOERT.I.--The success which
attended Sir Henry Bishop's " Vocal Afternoon Con-
certs " at the Hanover-square Rooms, has induced the
spirited entrepreneur, Mr. Mitchell, of Bend-street, to
give another entertainment of a similar kind, though on
a much more extensive scale, which is announced to take
place t)-morrow evening at Exeter-hall. The services
of our greatest English tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, and of
Miss Birch, have been secured, in order that the fullest
jostle° may be done to some of the most popular solo
works of one of England's best composers, for whose ad-
mirable, concerted, and choral pieces a worthy render-
ing has also been insured by the engagement of those
excellent glee singers, Masters Sullivan, Malech, Cooke,
Norton, Messrs. Francis, Benson, Lad, Bucklaud, and
Lawler, together with an efficient choir amounting to
200 voices. We sincerely hope that this new and hon.
oaralila effort of Mr. Mitchell's in favour of native art
may be duly appreciated and substantially supported by
the musical public. Wo understand that the "Afttx•
norm Vocal Concerts" are to be resumed after Easter.