The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

It is stated to be her Majesty's intention to have balls at
Buckingham Palace on the 10th and 24th of May, and a
concert on the 13th of May.
At the Queen's Drawing Room on Thursday the Hon.
Mrs. Henry Keppel was presented to her Majesty, on her
marriage, by the Countess of Albemarle.
Her Majesty rode out on horseback yesterday, attended
by the Viscountess Forbes, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quen.
tin, Marquis of Headfort, Col. Buckley, Earl of Uxbridge,
Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Lord Alfred Paget,
and the Hon. William Cowper.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the
Queen.

The Royal dinner party in the evening included the
Belgian Minister and Madame Vau de Weyer, the
Spanish Minister, Marquis of Conyngham, Earl of Ux-
bridge, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Right
Hon. George and Lady Agnes Byng, Hon. Col. Caven-
dish, Mr. Brand, and Mr. George Edward Anson.
The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace on
Thursday included the Duchess of Bedford, Lady G.
Russell, Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Melbourne, Vis-
count Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Lord Alfred Paget,
Honourable Charles Gore, and Mr. Edward Stanley.
Her Majesty's private band attended at the Palace after
dinner, and performed during the evening.
The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Princess
Augusta yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. Her
Royal Highness went in the afternoon to her residence in
Blackheath.

The Princess Augusta visited the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge House.
Mr. Elliott, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Hannan, and Mr.
Roche, a Deputation of the Householders of the City of
London, on the subject of Corporation Reform, had an
interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home
Office.

A Deputation, consisting of the Duke of Richmond, Sir
Edward Knatchbull, Mr. J. L. Hodges, M. P., Sir
Edward Filmer, M. P., Captain Alsager, M. P., Mr.
Plumptre, M.P., Mr. Darby, M.P., Alderman Lucas,
Messrs. Jolly, Godwin, Laporte, Davis, Thorp, and Grier,
had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in
Downing-street.

Mr. Alderman Scales had an interview yesterday with
Lord John Russell.

A deputation of the Society of Postmasters, consisting
of Mr. Gray, Chairman ; Mr. Buckle, Barnett; Mr.
Cass, Stevenage ; Mr. Johnston, Dunstable ; Mr. Potter,
Dartford ; Mr. Moon, Kingston ; Mr. Coomes, Hounslow;
Mr. Dixon, Henley ; Mr. Clark, Windsor ; Mr. Newman,
Regent-street ; and Mr. Crook, Long-acre ; had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in
Downing-street.
A Deputation from the town of Chelmsford, consisting
of Dr. Pritchard, Messrs. Perry, Hodges, Copland, Johns,
and Grey, accompanied by Mr. E. Baines, M.P., and the
Secretary of the Church-rate Abolition Society, had an
interview with Lord John Russell on Thursday at the
Home Office.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Marquis
of Normanby, Viscount Palmerston, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord
Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Viscount Howick, and
Lord Morpeth.
The Council sat an hour and a half.

The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General had an
interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the
Colonial oMce.

Sir A. Cooper and a Deputation had an interview with
Lord John Russell, on Thursday, at the Home Office.
His Excellency Andrew Stevenson, the American Mi-
nister, transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday,
and had an interview with the Chanceller of the Exchequer
in Downing-street.
Rev. Henry Butterfield, M.A., of her Majesty's Chapel
Royal, Windsor, had an interview, on Thursday, with Lord
John Russell upon the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues'
Bill.

Mr. George Glyn and Mr. Tooke had an interview
yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. Roebuck had an interview yesterday with the Mar-
quis of Normanby, at the Colonial Office.
Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. Tyrrell had an interview with
Lord John Russell, on Thursday.
The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained Count Wo-
ronzow, Lord Stuart de Rothsay, Earl of Harrowby, Lady
H. Ryder, Countess of Pembroke, Lady Emma Herbert,
Sir C. Bagot, and a select party, at dinner, on Thursday.

The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort entertained
a select party at dinner last evening at their residence in
Arlington-street, including the following :—The Marquis
and Marchioness of Cholmondely, Lord and Lady Fitzroy
Somerset, Lord Stuart de Rothsay, Lord Jocelyn, Lord
and Lady Burghersh, Mr. Irby, Lord Adolphus Fitzcla-
rence, Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, &c.

Mrs. Henry Osborne's quadrille party will take
place on Tuesday, the 14th of May, at her house in Queen
Anne-street.

The Countess of Euston has an assembly on
Monday evening in Grosvenor-place.

Lady Brougham issued cards yesterday for a
soiree, on the 6th of the ensuing month, to their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Cards have been issued for a numerous circle to
meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on the
10th of next month.

Two of his late Majesty's accomplished grand-
daughters—namely, Lady Adelaide Hay, presented by
the Countess of Errol, and Lady Adelaide Fitzclarencc,
presented by the Countess of Munster, made their debut at
her Majesty's drawing-room, on Thursday. Both young
ladies are in their eighteenth year.
Lord Denbigh, Master of the Horse to the Queen
Dowager, the Hon. William Ashley, Vice-Chamberlain,
and the Hon. Captain Curzon, Private Secretary, are all
spoken of as likely to receive the Mastership of St. Ka-
therine's, in the gift of her Majesty. Lord D. and Capt.
Curzon are in attendance on her Majesty at Lisbon, where
the Hastings has arrived from Malta. Mr. Ashley is in
England.
The last letters from Lieut.-Colonel Lord Chas.
Wellesley, commanding the 15th Infantry, were dated from
St. John's, New Brunswick, the head-quarters of the regi-
ment; they had arrived from We aux Croix. His Lord-
ship and the officers were all well.

The public will be glad to learn that
Stockhausen, who is happily recovered from a long and se-
vere indisposition, has resumed the role which she has already
rendered so attractive, and will make her first appearance
on Monday next, at the third meeting of the Societa Ar-
ntonica.

Sir Compton and Lady Domvile entertained the
Dowager Duchess of Richmond, Marquis and Marchio-
ness of Ely, Lady Anna Loftus, Lady Caroline Lennox,
Marquis of Granby, Baron Munchausen, Earl of Long-
ford, the Dowager Lady Floyd, Lord Charles Manners,
Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, Baron Knesebeck, Lord
Edward Howard, Lord James Butler, Miss Wheatley,
Mr. Lowther, Mr. Drummond, and a large party at
dinner, last evening, at the family mansion, is Grosve-
nor-square,

The Marquis and _Marchioness of Westininstcr
are expected at Grosvenor House, for the season, the week
after next.

Lord Douglas, of Douglas, is expected for the
season, on Saturday next; at the Green Park Hotel, from
his seat, Bothwell Castle, near Hamilton, New Brunswick.
Count Pozzo di Borgo and his relatives Count
Charles and Countess Pozzo di Borgo, are expected to
leave Ashburnham House in a fortnight, for Paris. The
rumour is revived that the treaty between Holland and
Belgium having been signed, his Excellency intends to
retire from public life, and fix his residence at Paris, to
which capital the Count has always been partial.
The return of Count Sebastiani from Paris, as
Ambassador, is certain, but the chancellerie in Manchester-
square will be kept up, on a reduced scale, for the Charge
d'Affaires until dispatches are received from Paris. His
Excellency's spacious hotel in the Faubourg St. Honore
has been for some time under a course of decorative repair,
for the reception of the General.
We hear, upon unquestionable authority, that the
highly-accomplished Miss Gubbins, the only unmarried
daughter of the late General Gubbins, is about to be united
to the Duke of St. Alban's. It has been for some time
upon the lapis in the higher circles, and we hear it is now
finally determined upon, and to take place very shortly.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby
and suite will remove from the Clarendon Hotel to their
new mansion in Hill.street, early in the ensuing week.
Lord Mulgrave is doing duty with his regiment, the Scots
Fusilier Guards.