The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Emperor and Empress of the French took leave
of the Queen on Saturday morning, on their return to
Paris. Their imperial Majesties were conducted by her
Majesty and Prince Albert from their rooms to their
carriage at the grand entrance of the palace, the Queen
being accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and
Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold.
The Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir G. Couper) and
the Duke of Cambridge (attended by Col. Tyrrw hit) bal
arrived at Buckingham Palace at a quarter before 10
o'clock, and accompanied the Emperor and Empress to
the grand hall in company with the Prince of Leiningen.
The great officers of state and the household, viz.,
Eral Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadal-
bane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington.
Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert ; and Lord Ernest Bruce,
-51 ice• Chamberlain, preceded the illustrious party through
the corridors, and down the grand staircase to the en-
trance. The following ladies and gentlemen of the Court
were also in attendance : The Duchess of Wellington,
the Viscountess Canning, Lady Caroline Barrington,
Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonold, Hon.
Mary Seymour, Lord Rivers, Lord George Lennox, Sir
Edward Bowater, Sir Frederick Stovin, the Master of
the Household, Major-General Wylde, Lord Charles
Fitzroy, and Mr. Norman Macdonald. All the gentle-
men were in uniform.

On the Grand Staircase and in the Hall were posted
the Yeoman of the Guard, under the command of Cap-
tain Macdonald, the Exon in Waiting. Viscount Syd-
ney, the Captain of the Corps ; Sir George Lee, the
Lieutenant ; and Colonel Fitzmaurice, the Adjutant,
attended.

A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Cuards was on
duty in front of the Grand Entrance, and on the appear-
ance of the Royal party the band commenced playing
" Partant pour la Syrie."
The Emperor and Empress took leave of the Queen
at the entrance. Their Imperial Majesties also took
leave here of the Royal family and the Prince of Lein-
ingen. The Empress was then handed into her carriage
by Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, who were
in uniform, and both wore the Graud Cordon of the Le-
gion of Honour.
The Emperor, who wore the uniform of a French
general with the riband, badge, and star of the Order of
the Garter, and the star of the Legion of Honour, next
entered the carriage (an open one drawn by fourlaorses),
and was followed by Prince Albert and the Duke of
Camtrulg •.
In the cnrriag,re next to that of their Imperial Majes-
ties were the Princess d'E‘sling, the Catmtess Walewski,
Marshal Count Valliant, French Minister of War, and
the French Ambassador.

Four of the Queen's open carriages and four followed,
conveying
In the first, the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess de
Montebello, Lord Cowley, and the Count de Monte-
bello.

In the second, Baroness de Malaret, Duke de Bal.
Rano, the Marquis de Toulongeon, and Lord Alfred
Paget.
In the third, Col. Count Ney, Col. Fleury, Count
Tascher de la Pagerie, Lieut.-Colonel Rowther, and
In the fourth, Earl Somers, Major-General the Hon.
Charles Grey, Col. Seymour, and Col. Tyrwhitt.
The royal cortege quitted the Palace at 20 minutes
past 10 o'clock.
The escort from the Palace to the Bricklayers' Arms
station of the South Eastern Railway was composed of
the Royal Horse Guards.
Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge accompanied
the Emperor and Empress to Dover, attended by their
Gentlemen-in-Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses returned
to Buckingham Palace at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and
the Duke of Cambridge afterwards proceeded to his re-
sidence in St. James's Palace.

His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French in-
vested the Duke of Cambridge with the grand cordon of
the Legion of Honour on Wednesday, at Windsor Castle.
Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen,
the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended divine service in the private chapel
of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Very Rev. the
Dean of Windsor officiated.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester
on Saturday at Gloucester House.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office,
Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. It was attended
by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, Lord Panmare, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith,
Sir William Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. The
council sat three hours.

Several deputations had interviews on Saturday with
the President of the General Board of Health, at his
office, Whitehall, with relation to the Metropolis Local
Management Bill. The first deputation consisted of
Mr. E. J. Southwell (vestry clerk, Mile-end Old-town);
Mr. H. B. Bathurst (clerk to the trustees, Hamlet of
Ratcliffe), and Mr. John Holt (deputed by the Beard of
Trustees) ; Mr. Thomas Beven (Chairman of the Board
of Pavement), Mr. W. Burnett (of Bethnal-green), Mr.
Robert Brutton (clerk to the Commissioners of ditto),
Mr. Thomas Brushfield (Treasurer of the Board of
Pavement of Christchurch, Spitalfields), Mr. Thos. B.
Tanqueray Willaume (clerk to the Commissioners of do.,
and Old Artillery Ground), and Mr. Richard Ellis (ves-
try clerk and clerk to the Commissioners of Pavement
of Holy Trinity, Minories.) They were introduced by
Sir William Clay, and Mr. C. J. Butler, members for
the Tower Hamlets. Mr. Goddard (fol. Bow), and (Mr.
Dunstan (for Bromley) also attended.
A deputation from Shoreditch, consisting of Messrs.
George Pearce, J. Long, W. Southgate, R.
W. Davis (clerk),
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Walter (vestry clerk.) From Hackney and Stoke
Newington; Mr. G. Offre, J.P. From St. George-in-
the-East ; Mr. Howell, vestry clerk. Likewise repre-
sentatives of the several parishes of Whitechapel, Spital-
fields, Shoreditch, Bromley, Bow, Mile-end Old Town,
Mile-end New Town, Ratcliffe, Bethnal Green, Old
Artillery Ground, and from owuers of property in Shore-
ditch, and other parishes.

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The deputation from the Woolwich Local Board of
Health also had an interview on Saturday with the Pre-
sident of the General Board of Health. The deputation
consisted of the Rev. H. Brown (chairman of the Local
Board), Dr. Richardson, and Messrs. Dixon, Stuart,
Bernays, Lewis, Davis, Hudson, Pidcock, and Jackson,
and Mr. Sarjent (clerk to the Board) ; and a deputation
from Southwark, consisting of Mr. A Pellatt, and
Messrs. Thwattes, Pocock, Martin, Stormy, Newman,
and Dr. Challice, also in relation to the same subject.
Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Des-
the Governors of Ceylon and
tphaetc.'Nhleasuwrietriuesroecn received
durfTm ay.

There is no truth in the rumour that our Queen will
visit Paris on an early day.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clernentina
Villiers arrived in town on Saturday from St. Leonard's-
on-Sea. The health of the noble earl is impro zcd.
The Earl of Zetlarid arrived in town on Saturday from
Aske Hall, Yorkshire.
Lord agd Lady Harry Vane have arrived in town from
reple,7', after passing the winter- months in tint capital.