The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-14 00:00:00

COURT CiRcuLAR.

WINDSOR, FEB. 13.
The following had the honour of dining at the Royal table
yesterday:—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, Lady Frances Bruce,
Baroness de Speth, and Lieutenant-General Wemyss.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended in the
Castle during dinner, and played the following composi-
tions :
Overture, MS., " Charles the Second"
Finale First Act, " Charles the second"
Waltz, " Tony" .„.
Selection," Huguenots"
Polonaise, " Fest"

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Tutton.

... Labitzky.
Meyerbeer.
... Ruiner.

Her Majesty's private band was in attendance after dinner.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by th© Prince
of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice
Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, a- d Prince Arthur, and
attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline
Barrington, Hon. Amelia Murray, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord
aterpark, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Lieut.-Colonel Biddulph,
Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A.
Gordon, left Windsor Castle at five minutes before three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the Great Western Railway
station in Windsor, where a guard of honour of the Grena-
dier Guards, with the band of that regiment, was on duty
and received her Majesty and the Prince with the usual
honours. The august party travelled by special train, and
on arriving at the PaC.dington Terminus, entered several of
the royal carriages and proceeded to Buckingham Palace, es-
corted by a detachment of the Bth Hussars.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived at the Palace' at
eight minutes to four o'clock, and were received by the Mas-
ter of the Horse, the Lord Chamberlain. the Vice-Chamber-
lain, Lord George Lennox, and Colonel Wylde.
The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Marchioness
of Douro, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Waterpark, Colonel the
Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A.
Gordon, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their pre-
sence last evening.
A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal Com-
mission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held yesterday, at
the Board of Trade. There were present, the Right Hon.
Henry Labouchere, M.P., Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart.,
Sir William Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Bowring
(secretary).
Mr. Cole and Air. Carpenter were also present.
Sir James Brooke had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday, at the Colonial-office.
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LORD PALMERSTON'S OPINIONS, AND POLICY AS
MINISTER, DIPLOMATIST, AND STATESMAN. With a Memoir
by G. H. Francis, Esq., 1 vol.—This publication appears at
an opportune time, when the name of Palmerston is a" house-
hold word " throughout the kingdom. It will assist the
public mind to form a just opinion of his Lordship's character
and career, and will be as useful and interesting to those op-
posed as to those favourable to him. The work gives a com-
plete view of Lord Palmerston's public life, his political asso-
ciations, and the remarkable measures of which he has been
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real historyofLord
story of his mind as deve-
lopedpassages which fill these pages."
on Thursday morning, one of the City policeut'
STRANGE MODE OF SurcznE.--bout
passing along
two o'clock
King William-street, was startled by observlnin suddenly
issuing forth from a man'slmouth, who was sfanrdei
corner of the street. The officer ran forward tong aertttahine
the cause, and discovered the perty to be a Frenchmas:
that he had attempted self-destruction by the following
means :—Having Withdrawn the yolk of an egg from the
shell, he had filled the latter with gunpowder, and placing it
in his mouth, ignited the same with a fuze. Bis mouth and
throat were greatly burned, but otherwise he escaped mate-
rial injury. He was immediately conveyed to Guy's Hospi-
tal, where he was searched. The only articles found on him
were a large canister of powder and a box of fuzees. He gave
his name as Henri Rengree, belonging to Aix-la-Chapelle,
and he said he washy trade a watetunßker and jeweller, He
to:MAW ill the ile6Pital'