The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness
the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duke of Nor-
folk, the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Earl and
Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury,
the Earl and Countess of Roseberry, Earl Delawarr,
Lady Fanny Howard, and Lord James Murray. -
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at
her residence, Gloucester-house, Piccadilly.
A deputation on the subject of the leases to occupiers
of Crown lands in the colony of Victoria, had an inter-
view with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the
Colonial-office. The deputation consisted of Messrs.
Henry Moon, Cecil Birch, Arthur Birch, Niel Black,
A. F. Mollisar, A. Lang, S. D P. Winter, J. Stanley
Carr, and John Robert Murphy (of Victoria), and Colo-
nel Ferrar Hamilton, Mr. T. Stewart Gladstone, Mr.
Joseph Morrison, and Mr. John Connell.
Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Mr. Gregson, M.P., had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday at his official residence in Downing-street, to pre-
sent a memorial for the reduction of the tea duties.

A deputation from Hanley and Skelton had an inter-
view yesterday with the General Board of Health, at
their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of
Messrs. Robert Brown, Thomas Simpson, Thomas
Gilman, Thomas Pidduck, and Thomas Griffin. They
were accompanied and introduced by Mr. Ayshford
Wise, M.P.
Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood had a dinner party
on Wednesday, at their residence in Chesham-place.
The Company were the Earl and Countess of Claaendon,
Earl Granville, the Lord Advocate, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Count, Countess, and Miss de
Flahault, Lord and Lady Bessborough, Mr. Charteris,
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Hardinge, and Mrs.
H. Herbert.

The Marquis of Winchester had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston on Wednesday, at the Home
Office.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office, from the Governor of the Falkland Islands.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—We understand that, as
a last chance of keeping open this old national estab-
lishment, and saving the interests of the property-box-
owners, a proposal has been made by Signor Puggi, and
Messrs. Robertson and Nugent, to carry on the per-
formances for a season. In case the proposal is ac-
cepted, the first-named gentleman has already provided
a company.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.---The extraordinary perform-
ance of Mr. R. Sands, walking head downwards on the
ceiling, fills the house nightly, and the other entertain-
ments afford general satisfaction. In the spectacular
afterpiece of The Turkish Lovers, the dancing of Madlle.
Julie, a very pretty, graceful, and spirited artiste, justly
commands especial approbation.
MALT.—A parliamentary return of the total number
of quarters of malt made between the 10th of October,
1851, and the 10th of October, 1852, distinguishing the
quantity made in each country, and the quantity used
by brewers and victuallers, and by retail brewers, has
been printed.
It appears that in England there were
quarters made, whereof 3,358,327 were used
4,404,067
brewersc9tlandanvictuallers, and 471,203 by retail brewers.
In Scotland
were 47-3,077 quarters made,
used by 'brewers and victuallers.
whereof
d 140,903 there
were
In Ireland there were 211,6149aquavrticetrsuallmears.d.e, whereof
158,293 were used by brewers id