The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 7.
The dinner party !yesterday included the Duchess of
Kent, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lady in Waiting
to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Frances Bruce, Lady
Caroline Barrington, the Earl and Countess of Shel-
burne, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Sir Charles
Eastlake.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle
during dinner and played the following compositions :
Overture, " Kriegerische Jubel" Conradi
Walzer, "Lille"
Duke
kSetroafuss
Cobourg
Morgengebeth der Zigeuner (Opera
Casilda
Quadrille, " Scotch " Waddell
Selection, "Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti
Polka, " Zeneide "
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in
the evening, and performed the following selection :
Overture, " Die lustigen .Weber von
Windsor"
Andante, scherzo, and finale, " Sin-
fonia" Mendelssohn
Selection, " Martha "

The Queen and Royal Family were unable to leave
the Castle this morning owing to the unfavourable state
of the weather.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of
Shelburne, and Sir Charles Eastlake left the Castle to
day.

JAN. 8.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes-
terday.
The Queen and Prince attended an early service this
morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle, and received
the Holy Sacrament, and were also present at the after-
noon service. The ladies and gentlemen of the Court
and the domestic household attended. The Hon. and
Rev. G. Wellesley officiated at the services.

The Solicitor-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official
residence in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Lansdowne went to his seat, Bowood-
park, on Saturday, from Windsor Castle.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a dinner oh
Saturday at his residence in Downing-street to the fol-
lowing party :—The Hon. and Rev. R. Liddell, the
Right Hon. H. Goulburn. Sir Alexander Grant, Sir
Francis Doyle, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Mr. Lich-
field, Mr. Bonham, Mr. Henry Taylor, Mr. Timni, and .
Mr. Arbuthnot.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on
Saturday from the Governor of New South Wales.

The Duchess of Gloucester has been passing the
holidays in comparative retirement at Gloucester House,
owing to her Royal Highness's rather infirm health, by
the advice of her physicians. She will not quit her
residence during the present winter.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and family, who
have been passing the holidays at Bowhill Lodge,
Selkirkshire, where his grace's hunting establishment
has been, are on the eve of leaving for Dalkeith
Palace.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby are
passing the winter at their villa, on the Bologna-road,
not far distant from Florence. Their return to this
country is uncertain.
The Earl and Countess of Shelburne returned to
Lansdowne House on Saturday, from a visit to Her
Majesty and Prince Albert at Windsor Castle.
The Earl of Minto and Lady Charlotte Elliot are
making a tour in the Italian states. The Hon. H. G.
Elliot, late Secretary of Embassy at the Hague, is on
the eve of assuming the Secretaryship of Legation at
Vienna.
The Earl and Countess of Rosse, during the past week,
entertained at dinner a large number of the gentry of
Parsonstown and its vicinity, at the castle, Parsonstewn.
The Earl of Cardigan has arrived in Portman-square
from Sir Richard Sutton's, Lingham Lodge, Norfolk.
Major Douglas is commanding the 11th lussars at
Dublin during his lordship's absence.
Lord and Lady James Stuart and Miss Crichton
Stuart arrived in town last week from the north.
Lord and Lady Henry Kerr have arrived in to wn from
Scotland.

His Excellency the Baron Brunow, who has been ac-
credited so many years at our Court as Russian Minister
it is rumoured at the clubs, will be recalled at no distant
day by the Czar, an event that would cause regret in the
circles of ton, where he and the baroness are much
esteemed.

The Prince Richard Metternich, we hear, has arrived
in Paris with important despatches from the Austrian
Cabinet. The Prince, we understand, left Vienna on
the 29th ult.
MR. JOHN SADLEIR. —Mr. John Sadleir, M.P., has
ceased to be connected with her Majesty's Government.
Lord Aberdeen has received the resignation of his office
as one of the Junior Lords of the Treasury.