The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the
Exhibition of 1851. His Royal Highness arrived at the
New Palace of Westminster at a quarter before three
o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A.
Gordon. The other Royal Commissioners were :—Earl
Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right Hon. Henry La-
bouchere, M.P., the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Sir
Alexander Spearman, Bart., Sir James W. Hogg, Bart.,
Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Charles
L. Eastlake, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles Barry, Mr.
Baring, M.P., Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr. C. W. Dilke,
Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Pusey, and Mr. John Shepherd.
Mr. Edgar Bowring, secretar to the Royal Commission,
attended. The meeting brc up at twenty-five minutes
before five o'clock.
The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, her
Serene Higness the Princess Adelaide of. Hohenlohe,
the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, his Excellency Count
Kielmansegge, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Fanny
Howard, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess
Mandeville, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord George Len-
nox, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, the
Right Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, the Rev. Mr.
I Birch, Mr. Gibbs, and Major Baron Knesebeck.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance,
during dinner, and played the following music :
March of the Coldstream Guards Costa.
Chorale, "Unto Thee, 0 Lord"( St. Paul) Mendelssohn.
Overture, "A Legend of Montrose" Sir H. R. Bishop.
Selection, " Le Prophete" Meyerbeer.
Polka, " Echo Du Mont Blanc" Jullien.
Valse, " The Thistle" Laurent.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the
Palace on Tuesday evening, and performed the following
selection :
Overture, " Op. 15"
Terzetto, " Ti prego" Curschmann.
Aria, " Acteon" Auber.
Bolero Dessauer.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday morning, attended by Lieutenant:Colonel
she Hon. A. Gordon.

A deputation, including Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P.,
Mr. Robert Hopgood, jun., and Mr. Thomas ugda
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.

A deputation from the Local Board of Worcester had
an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health
at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of
Mr, Richard Padmore, (Mayor of Worcester), and Messrs.
Redford, Hughes, and Minchall. The deputation was
attended by Mr. John Hill, the town-clerk.
Sir Robert Inglis and Mr. T. J. White had inter-
views yesterday with the Duke of Newcastle at the Co-
lonial-office.

The Lord Advocate had an interview with the Earl of
Aberdeen yesterday ; the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., had
also an interview with the noble earl at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street.
The Earl of Clarendon held a diplomatic levee yester-
day afteenoon, for the reception of the Foreign Ministers
at the Court of Great Britain. The reception took place
at the noble earl's office in Downing-street.