The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday after-
noon at Buckingham Palace.
The Council was attended by the Lord Privy Seal, the First
Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home,
Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, the Secretary at War, the Chief Secretary for Ireland,
the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of
the Horse.

Mr. Charles Shaw Lefevr, Speaker of the House of Com-
mons, was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the
Board.

The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting. The Council being ended, the Queen left the Throne
Room and entered the Royal Closet, when the following had
audiences of her Majesty :

Prince Esterhazy:AMbassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-
tentiat y from the Emperor of Austria, upon his return after a
temporary absence.
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leedshill Pasha, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten
tiary from the Sublime Porte, to take leave.

h e Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, attended by
Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador.
Their Excellencies and his Serene Highness were respec-
tively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Ma-
jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and
conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.
The Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, attended by
M. de Wegner, Chamberlain, and Captain Count de Beuft,
Aide-de-Camp, afterwards went to the apartments of the
Duchess in Kent in the Palace. His Serene Highness was pre-
sented to the Royal Duchess by the Russian Ambassador.
Prince Esterhazy was also presented to the Duchess of Kent
on his return.

Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences of
her Majesty.
The Court was attended by Lady Lyttelton, Lady in Wait-
ing, Earl of Fingall, Lord in Waiting, the Treasurer of the
Household, the Comptroller of the -Household, Hon. Major
Kennel, Groom in Waiting, and Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in
Waiting.
The Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg, accompanied by the
Princess Victoire and the I'rinces Augustus and Leopold of
Saxe Cobourg, landed at the Custom-house yesterday after-
noon from the Netherlands. Two of the Royal carriages con-
veyed their Serene Highnesses and suite to Buckingham Pa-
lace, where they arrived at half-past three o'clock, on a visit to
her Majesty.
The Royal dinner party last evening at the Palace included
the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg, the Princess Victoire,
and the Princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, Earl
of Uxbridge, Earl of Albemarle, Lord Lyttelton, Baroness
Fenyevessy, Count Alexander INlensdorf, and the Hon. William
Cowper.

A-Deputation, consisting of Major-General Sir John Milley
Doyle, K. C. 8., Baron Merle, and Alexander Byrne, Esq., had
an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign
Office, on the subject of the civil and military claims of British
subjects upon the Portuguese Government.
The Earl of Zetland and Lord Hill had interviews with
Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street.
Sir Hesketh Fleetwood had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at the Home Office.
Major C. Head arrived at the Colonial Office yesterday, with
despatches from Sir John Colborne, Governor of the Canadas.
Despatches were also received at the Colonial Office from the
Governors of Van Diemen's Land and the Bahamas.