The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and he: August Mother attended Divine
Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of
Bangor, who took his text from the Gospel of St. Matthew,
char,. xix., v. 23, 24. The prayers were read by the Rev.
Mr. Knapp ; the Lessons and Litany were read by the
key. Mr. Dakins ; the Altar Service was read by the Sub-
Dean and Rev. Messrs. Knapp and Dakins. The chaunt,
Battershill; the Te Deum and Jubilate in F., Arnold ; the
Sanctus and Responses, Towers; an Anthem, " 0 God,
thou art my God," (Greene), was sung by Messrs. Knyvett,
Hobbs, and Sale; Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the
Closet in Waiting. In the Royal Suite were the Mar-
chioness of Normanby, Lady Flora Hastings, Hon. Miss
Cavendish, Lady Gardiner, Lord Byron, Mr. Rich, and
Colonel Wemyss.
The Duke of Leeds, Marquis of Normanby, Lnrds
Clare, Cawdor, and Hawarden, and the Bishop of Bath
and Wells were amongst the nobility present.
Her Majesty and suite returned in three carriages to
Buckingham Palace.
The Queen honored Covent Garden Theatre attended
presence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty was
by the Marchioness of Normanby, Hon. Miss Cavendish,
Lady Gardiner, Lord Byron, Mr. Rich, and Col. Wemyss.
Her Majesty was pleased to honour Mr. W. C. Ross,
8.A., with another sitting on Saturday, at Buckingham
Palace.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty on
Saturday.
The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge
attended Divine service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor
Chapel, Their Royal Highnesses were attended by
Baroness Ahlefeldt, Miss Kerr, Colonel Jones, and Major
Stephens.
Yesterday was the Birthday of the Duke of Cambridge.
TQe Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess
at Cambridge House. Several of the Foreign Ministers
and many of the Nobility called and left their names for his
Royal Highness during the day. In the evening their Royal
Highnesses had a Dinner Party, amongst the company
were her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the
Danish Minister, and Baroness Biome, the Hanoverian and
Saxon Ministers, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir Henry
Wheatley, Sir William and Lady Gomm, Sir Henry
Raiford, Sir Charles Thornton, Sir Hilgrave Turner, Sir
H. Stephenson, Sir James Rclnett, Rev. Dr. Blomberg,
Mr. Culling Smith, Mr. Berkeley Paget, Colonel Keate,
Colonel Jones, and Major Stephens.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess
of Gloucester honoured the Countess of Tankerville
with their Company, on Saturday evening, at her residence
in Grosvenor-square. Their Royal Highnesses were at-
tended by Miss Kerr and Major Stephens.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign
Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Marquis
of Lansdowne, Viscount Dungannon, Lord John Russell,
Viscount Palmerston, Marquis cf Normanby, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hob-
house, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Viscount
Rowick, and Lord Morpeth.
The Council sat two hours and a-half.
,M. Dedel, Minister of the Netherlands, transacted
business with Lord Palmerston at the Foreign-office on
Saturday.
A Deputation, consisting of Dr. Nichol, the Lord Ad-
vocate, Mr. Dennistoun, M. P., Mr. Lockhart, M P.,
Mr. Chalmers, M.P., Mr. Alexander Johnston ( Glas-
gow), and Mr. Monteith, had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street.
Lord Clive, the Right Hon. C. Wynn, and a Depute-
tion, had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Satur-
day, at the Home-office.
Colonel Colby and Mr. Greenough had an interview
With the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday.
Viscount Melbourne gave a Parliamentary Dinner on
°a' urday, at his residence in South-street.
Mr. Pattison, Mr. Wilbraham, and Mr. Broughton,
bad an audience with Lord John Russell at the Home-office
on Saturda
Mr. Hummelauer, Austrian Charge d'Affaires, transacted
business at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
The Bishop of eodor and Man had an interview on
Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had a Dinner Party last
evening at Lansdowne House.
The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville entertained at
binner, on Saturday, the Marquis Camden, Earl of
Harr Is
°w.l, Sir Stephen Glynne, Right Hon. Thomas
Peankland Lewis, Right Honourable C. Williams Wynn,
Mr. Oaskell, and Mr. Luttrell,
The Marquis of Normanby has fixed Mondays and
Th
(from 12 till 4) as public days at the Colonial-
office.