The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen took a drive in an open carriage and four
early on Saturday, accompanied by the Princesses
Helena and Louisa, and attended by the Hon. Eleanor
Stanley and Major-General Buckley. Her Majesty
called at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, to make inquiry
after the health of the Duchess of Gloucester.

Prince Albert rode on horseback on Saturday fore-
noon, attended by Colonel Wylde. In the afternoon
his Royal Highness visited the Royal Panopticon of
Science and Art in Leicester-square.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred visited the
Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park on Saturday.
The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of her Majesty
on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Newcastle,
the Sardinian Minister, Marquis d'Azeglio, the Portu-
guese Minister and Countess Lavradio, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Kildare, Earl Spencer, Lady Fanny
Howard, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscoun-
tess Emlyn, the Right Hon. Sir William and Lady
Molesworth, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
the Right Hon. E. Strutt, Sir George Couper, Rear-
Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, and Colonel Airey.
The Queen's private band attended in the Palace after
dinner and played the following compositions :

Overture, "Macbeth" v Chelard.
Scene, "Le Prophete"
Fantasie, Souvenirs d'Angleterre Hardy.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended divine service in
the private chapel of Buckingham Palace yesterday
morning. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and
the domestic household were also present.
The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester con-
tinues ill, but passed a better night on Saturday night.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness yesterday: Their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary also
paid a visit to the Royal Duchess yesterday, at Glouces-
ter House.

The Duchess d'Aumale and the Princess de Salerno
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Sa-
turday, at Clarence House, St. James's.

Lord Raglan left town on Saturday evening for Paris.
A deputation respecting agricultural statistics, headed
by Mr. Masterman, M.P., had an interview with the
Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday, at his official residence
in Downing-street.

The SoliCiter-General had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in
Downing-street, on Saturday.
Despatches were received from the Governor of Gibral-
tar at the Colonial Office on Saturday, and despatches
were forwarded the same day to the Governor.
Despatches were sent to the Governor of New Zealand
on Saturday,

FASHIONABLE PABTIES.

VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMEESTON.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a
distinguished party of guests at dinner, on Saturday
evening, at their mansion, Carlton-gardens. Later in
the evening her ladyship had an assembly, which was
honoured with the attendance of a select cirole of the
corps diplematique and the leading members of the beau
monde now in town.

THE SPEAKER'S BANQUET.
On Saturday evening the Right Hon. the Speaker of
the House of Commons gave his third parliamentary
banquet this season, at his mansion, Eaton-square. The
guests upon this occasion were Lord Harry Vane, Vis-
count Castlerosse, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Hon.
Captain C. S. Hardinge, the Hon. H. T. Liddell, the
Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the Right Hon. Henry
Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring, the
Right Hon. Vernon Smith, the Right Hon. J. Stuart
Wortley, Sir William Heathcote, Sir John Yarde
Buller, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir Edward Bulwer
Lytton, Sir George Tyler, Mr. Thomas Baring,
Mr. Loftus, Wigram, Mr. Roundell Palmer, Mr. Ver-
non Harcourt, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Greene, Mr.
Drummond, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr.
Osman Ricardo, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Lefroy (secretary),
and Mr. Garnier (chaplain.)
The following hon. members were prevented attending
through indisposition :—Lord Seymour, Mr. Maucalay,
Mr. Bramston, Mr. Tufnell, and Mr. Alderman
Thompson.

The following were also prevented, being out of town
—Lord Lovaine, Mr. Wilson Patten, and Mr. Tatton
Egerton.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
Lord John Russell entertained a distinguished party
of members of the House of Commons at a banquet, at
his lordship's mansion, Chesham-place.

The Duke and Duchess of Somerset had a small dinner
party at Park-lane on Saturday evening. The guests
included the Countess of Inverness, the Lady Georgina
Fane, Mr. Dundas, and Mr. Babbage.
The Countess of Clarendon has cards out for an as-
sembly at her ladyship's mansion, in Bruton-street, on
Thursday evening next. _

The Earl of Derby has issued cards for a banquet at
St. James's-square on Wednesday next.
The Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn and their youth-
ful family have arrived in Tylney-street from Golden
Grove, near Carmarthen.

The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Com-
mons will hold his first parliamentary levee this season
on Saturday, March 11, and the second on Saturday,
March 18, both at ten o'clock.

DEATH OF SIR HENRY PEYTON, BART.—The Oxford
Chronicle announces the death of Sir H. Peyton, which
event took place on Friday last, the 24th instant, at
Bicester. The venerable baronet had been for a long
time past seriously indisposed.