The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess de Nemours
visited the Queen on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham
Palace.

Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Saturday
morning attended by Lieut.-Col. F. H. Seymour.

PrinCe Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
took a drive on Saturday forenoon in an open carriage
and four.

Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent
and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended divine
service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buck-
ingham palace. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting
and the domestic household also attended the service.
The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the. Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, honoured the
performance of the French Plays on Saturday evening
with her presence.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited the
Duchess of Kent on Saturday at Clarence House, St.
James's.

The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester
yesterday at Gloucester House, Piccadilly.
The deputation from the Atlantic and Pacific Junc-
tion Company had an interview with the Earl of
Clarendon on Saturday at the Foreign Office. The de-
putation consisted of Lord Wharncliffa (chairman), Mr.
J. Pemberton Heywood, Mr. T. Crampton, Mr. Wm.
John Hamilton, Mr. H. T. Hope, Mr. L. H. Hasle-
wood, Mr. Alex. Wilson, Mr. George Cowan, Sir Char.
Fox, Capt. Mackinnon, Mr. Charles Freshfield, Mr.
Lionel Gisborne, Dr. Black, and Dr. Cullen.

A deputation on the subject of the Royal Albert
Park, for the City and the borough of Finsbury, had an
interview with the Earl of Aberdeen and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the First
Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street, on Saturday.
The deputation consisted of Lord Robert Grosvenor,
M.P., the Lord Mayor, M.P., Mr. T. S. Duncombe,
M.P., Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., Mr. Josiah Wilson,
J.P., Mr. Charles Pearson, Mr. G. W. Alexander, Mr.
Jacob Vincent, .Mr. Frederick Sandoz, Mr. Thos. Dix,
Mr. William Tyler, Mr. John Barnett, and Mr. James
Lloyd.
A deputation -of the chairman and directors of London
and Limerick Steam Ship Company, contisting of Mr.
W. Russell, M.P., Alderman M'Donnell, and Mr.
Henry O'Shea, had an interview with the Right Hon.
E. Cardwell, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade.
A deputation on the subject of the repeal of the at-
torney's certificate duty had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official
residence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted
of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., Sir Wm. Verner,
M.P., Mr. Fitzgerald, M.P., and Mr. Hinderley (vice
president), Messrs. Keith Barnes, Cookson, Dr. Leman
(members of the Council), and Mr. Maugham, secretary
of the Incorporated Law Sopiety.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office on Sa-
turday from the Governors of the West India Islands.
A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office,
Downing-street, on Saturday. The ministers present
were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the
Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles
Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William
Molesworth. The council sat three hours and a half.

A Commission is about to be issued to proceed on a
complimentary visit to the American Exhibition of In-
dustry at New York. It is to be headed b y the Earl of
Ellesmere and Sir Henry de la Beche.