The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

AIL.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty has been pleased to stand sponsor to the
infant son of Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor yes-
terday morning in the private chapel in Buckingham
Palace. There were present the Duchess of Sutherland,
the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marchioness of
Westminster, Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lady
Agnes Grosvenor, and the ladies and gentlemen in
waiting on the Queen. The baptismal service was per-
formed by the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell. Her
Majesty named the infant Victor Alexander. The other
sponsors were the Duke of Sutherlan 3. (represented by
the Duke of Argyll) and the Marquis of Westminster
(represented by Earl Grosvenor).
tt4i The Countess of Neuilly, accompanied by the Duchess
d'Orleans and the Prince de Joinville, visited her Ma-
jesty at Buckingham Palace.
Prince Albert, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley
de Res, visited the Photographic Institution in Bond-
street yesterday.
A. meeting of the committee for considering the sub-
ject of the Wellington College Testimonial was held at
Buckingham Palace yesterday at four o'clock, and was
attended by Prince Albert, the Duke of Buccleuch, the
Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Viscount Hard-
Inge, Lord Raglan, and the Hon. W. P. Talbot. The
Earl of Derby was unavoidably prevented from being
present by a severe attack of the gout.
The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour,
took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday after-
noon. Colonel Bouverie was in attendance ou horse-
bank.

Her Majesty held a court yesterday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace to receive the Crown Prince and
Crown Princess of Wurtemberg.
The Crown Prince and Princess arrived at the palace
soon after six o'clock, attended by Baron Brunnow, the
Russian Minister, the Countess Sturmfeder, dame d'hon-
neur to her Imperial Highness, Count Zeppline and
Colonel de Berlichingen, and were received on alighting
from their carriage by the ladies and gentlemen in
Waiting.
His Royal and her Imperial Highness were intro-
duced to the presence of the Queen by the Earl of Cla-
rendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
The Queen was attended by the Countess of Gains-
borough, the Hon. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Mary Sey-
mour, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lt.-Colonel the Hon.
N. Hood, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Captain the Hon.
Dudley de Ros.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday after-
noon, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros.
Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday evening at
Buckingham Palace. The company included the Duchess
of Kent, Earl and Countess Granville, the Marchioness
of Westminster, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de
Speth, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the
Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, the Right Hon, W. E.
and Mrs. Gladstone, and Sir George Couper.
The Countess of Gainsborough has relieved the Mar-
chioness of Ely in her duties as Lady in Waiting to the
Queen, and the Hon. Captain de Ros has succeeded
Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour as Equerry in Waiting
o Prince Albert.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta
Brace, the Baroness Speth, and Sir George Couper,
arrived at her residence, Clarence house, St. James's,
yesterday, from Frogmore.
The Duchess d'Orleans visited the Duchess of Kent
yesterday, at Clarence House.
Colonel. Sibthorp, M.P., had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston on Tuesday at the Home-office.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester-
day to the Governor of Malta and the Lord High Com-
missioner of the lonian Islands.

The Ministerial whitebait dinner—the invariable fore-
Miner of the close of the parliamentary session—is
fixed for the 13th instant.

COMPLIMENT-4RY RECEPTION OP A RUSSIAN

PRINCESS.

Yesterday, the Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of the
Emperor of Russia, and her consort, the Prince Royal
of Wurtemberg, arrived at Woolwich in her Majesty's
steamer Vivid. They were received at the royal Dock-
Yard by Baron Brunnow. the Russian Ambassador at
this court ; Commodore Superintendent H. Eden, Col.
1.4‘. C. Whinyates, C. 8., K.C.H., commander of the
garrison, Brigade Major Bingham, and Captain Riddell,
Fo3ral Artillery, Flag Lieutenant G. E. K. Gore, of the
isgard flag ship, and other officers of the establishment.
The interval of
ground between the steamer and the
carriage of the Princess was covered with green baize-
-1- royal salute was fired on her Imperial Highness
stepping on shore from a field battery of the Royal Ar-
llery stationed in the Dockyard, and a guard of honour,
co
nsiating of 100 rank and file of the Woolwich division
°f Royal Marines, with the band and colours of the
e°1"111); under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jolliffe,
Captain Rider and Lieutenants Freeland, Dela-
,a?ational Anthemrnbe, and Lane,. .presented arms, the band playing the