The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen left Buckingham Palace at two o'clock on
Saturday afternoon to open the Crystal Palace at Syden-
ham. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, with the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, quitted the Palace
in the following order :
A carriage-and-four conveying the Queen, Prince
Albert, the King of Portugal, and the Duke of Oporto.
A carriage-and-four conveying the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, the Master of the Horse, the Duke
of Wellington, and the Mistress of the /tobes, the
Duchess of Sutherland.

A carriage-and-four conveying the Princess Alice,
Prince Alfred, the Lady Superintendent, Lady Caroline
Barrington, and the Lady in Waiting the Countess of
Mount Edgcutnbe.
A carriage-and-four conveying the Maids of Honour
in Waiting, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, and the Hon.
Beatrice Byng. the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert,
the Marquis of Abercorn, and the Lord Chamberlain,
the Maquis of Breadalbano.
A carriage and four, conveying the Lord Steward,
Earl Spencer, le Marechal Due de Terceira, and le
Vicomte de Carreira.

A carriage and four conveying the Lord in Waiting to
the Queen, Lord Camp ; the Lord in Waiting to
Prince Albert, Lord George Lennox ; Lord de Tabley,
and Baron de Sarmento.

A carriage and four conveying the 'Equerry in Wait-
ing to the Queen, Major• General Buckley ; the Equerry
in Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain du Plat ; and the
Groom in Waiting, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West.
A carriage and four conveying the Chevalier Francisco
de Mello, Col. Folque, Col. Wylde, and Mr. Gibbs.
Numerous outriders in scarlet liveries were in attend-
ance, and the military escort was composed of Carbineers.
Prince Albert, the King of Portugal, and the Duke of
Oporto wore uniforms, and the noblemen and gentlemen
in waiting appeared in the levee dress, the members of
orders of knighthood wearing their respective ensigns.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Sir George Couper, and Lord James Murray,
and the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary,
attended by Lady Suffield and Baron Knesebeck, were
also present at the inauguration of the Crystal Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, honoured the
Royal Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday
evening. The Ladies and Gentlemen•in-Waiting were
the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, the Hon. Beatrice
Byng, Lord Camoys, Major• General Buckley, Captain
Du Plat, Baron de Sarrnento, Colonel Folque, and
Lord de Tabley. Prince Albert and the King of
Portugal afterwards honoured the Earl of Rosse with
with their company at his residence in Connaught•

The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto viewed
the collection of the Royal College of Surgeons, in Lin-
coln's inn-fields, on Friday morning, and afterwards in-
spected the Model of the Earth in Leicester-square, and
the Senior United Service Club in Pall Mall.
On Saturday morning, his Majesty and the Duke of
Oporto paid a visit to Colonel Colt's manufactory, near
Vauxhall-bridge. The King and the Duke was attended
by the Duke of Terceira, Viscount de Carreira, Baron
de Sarmento, Chevalier de Mello, Colonel Folque, Lord
de Tabley, and Colonel Wylde. His Majesty and his
Royal Highness afterwards went to the establishment of
Mr. Hancock.

The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen at Bucking-
ham Palace.

Mr. Haythorne Reed attended the Queen's Levee on
Friday, in St. James's Palace.

The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou-
ter yesterday at Gloucester House.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of West and South Australia,
Ceylon, and Gibraltar.

A
A rumour was prevalent on Saturday afternoon
throughout the West-end, and spread to the Crystal
Palace, relative to the state of the Duchess of Glou-
cester ; we notice it only to give it a decided contradic-
tion. Her royal highness is residing at her town resi-
dence, Gloucester-house, and was on Saturday in her
usual state of health.

THE COURT.—Her Majesty tike Queen and the royal
family, with their illustrious visitors, the King of Por-
tugal and the Duke of Oporto are expected to arrive at
Windsor Castle soon after ten o'clock to-morrow. The
hospitalities of the palace will be marked by unusual
splendour during the Ascot race week, arrangements
having been made for two grand banquets. On Thurs-
day the Queen and Court will pay a state visit to the
Heath; and on Saturday next her Majesty will return to
Buckingham Palace.
VISIT OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL TO CLAREMONT.—
Yesterday the King of Portugal, accompanied by the
Due de Oporto, the Portugese ambassador, and his full li
suite, visited the ex-Royal Family at Claremont, and,
after a long interview with the Royal exiles, his Ma-
jesty, accompanied by Prince Joinville, went over the
grounds, with the extent and beauty of which he was
highly delighted. Having partaken of the hospitalities
of Claremont, and having taken an affectionate farewell
of its distinguished occupants, his Majesty and suite
left a late hour for London.

The venerable Duke of Rutland is expected to embark
ftt the end of the week, on a long cruise, on board his
yacht, the Resolution, which has come round from the
West of Scotland.

The Duke of Newcastle's second son, Lord Edward
Pelham Clive, has just entered the army as Ensign in
the Rifle Brigade, and shortly departs, we believe, to
join his regiment at the seat of war.
DEATH OF THE DEAN OF WINDSOR.—We regret to
record this event, which took place on Saturday morn-
ing, at Butleigh Court, near Glastonbury. The Hon.
and Very Rev. George Neville Grenville was the brother
of the present Lord Braybiooke, and was in the 66th
year of his age, having been born on the 17th August,
1738. He was presented to the deanery in 1846 by the
late Sir R. Peel.
DEATH OF JAMES DARGAN, ESQ.-00 Friday even-
ing, at his residence, Thomas-street, after a short illness,
the above gentleman, brother of our distinguished coun-
tryman, William Dargan, Esq., departed this life in the
40th year of his age. The deceased gentleman was en-
deared to all who had intercourse with him, and beloved
by his private friends in such a manner as to cause his
demise to be at once a deep source of regret to them, and
of enduring sorrow to his afflicted lady and numerous
family.—Limerick Herald.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the perform-
ances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence on
S iturday evening. The Queen and the Prince were ac-
companied by th King of Portugal and the Duke of
Oporto. The royal suites consisted of the Countess of
Mount-Edgeumbe, and the Hon. Miss Byng, the Duke
of Terciere, Lord de Tabley, Lord Camoys, General
Buckley, and Captain Du Plat. Among the fashionable
company attending the theatre we remarked—the Duchess
of Montrose, the Duke of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitz-
a.lan Howard, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis
of Bath, the Marquis Conyngham and Lady Cecelia
Conyngham, the Marquis of Abercorn hnd the Ladies
Hamilton, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl Bruce, the
Earl of Dalkeith, the Earl and Countess of Clare and
Lady Eleanor Fitzgibbon, the Earl and Countess Con-
stance Grosvenor, the Earl of Carlisle, the Countess of
Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Earl of Wilton,
Viscount and Viscountess Maynard and the Hon. Mrs.
Ives, Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth, Viscount
Bolingbroke, Viscount Clifden, Lady Rachel Russell,
Viscount, Ingestre, Lady Georgina Codrington, Lord
Colville, Viscount Exmouth, Lord and Lady Ernest
Bruce and the Ladies Somerset, Vi,count Ranelagh, &c.
THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The President, the Earl of
Rosse, gave his fourth and last soiree this season on
Saturday last, when there were present his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, accompanied by the King of Portu-
gal, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Earl Cawdor, the Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of
115Trowby, the Earl of Donoughmore, the Earl of
Clancarty, the Earl of Kintore, the Earl of Lanes-
borough, Viscount Duncan, Lord Naas, Viscount
Sandon, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Berriedalo, Lord
Trunleston, Lord Beaumont, Lord Wrottesley, Baron
Parke, Lord Justice Knight Bruce, Lord Justice Turner,
Judge Upton, the Hon. Mr. Parsons, the Dean of
Hereford, the Reverend Dr. Jelf, the Right Hon. Sir T.
Freemantle, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Sir
Dalrymple,Aodonlspthounse,sir. L e.
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mon, Sir P. Grey Egerton, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir B.
Outran], C. 8., Sir George Grey, Sir H. Vavasour, Sir
D. Brewster, Sir B. Brodie, Sir F. Madden, Sir C.
Paisley, Sir James Clark, Sir W. Hooker, Sir
John Hall, Sir John Hansler, Sir J. South, Sir F.
Cullani, Sir Fortunatus Dwarris, Sir John Croft, Gen.
Sir %V. Herries, Sir W. Cubitt, Sir J. Liddell, Sir H.
Gregory, Mr. Justice Erle, Major-Gen. Wavell, Colonel
Sabine, Colonel Everett, the Right Hon. J. Milner
Gibson, Colonel Dunne, M.P., the Hon. Captain Dun-
can, Colonel Sykes, Captain Gladstone, Captain Owen,
Booth, Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., Mr. 0. Morgan, M.P.,
Captain W. Allen, Captain Widrington, the Rev. Dr.
Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Pickersgill, Mr. Westinacott,
Mr. D. Wyatt, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Rennie, Mr. C.
May, Mr. W. Hamilton, Mr. Dolland, Mr. Panizzi,
Mr. Manby, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Greenough, Mr. Bray-
ley, the Mayor of Stockport, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Twining,
Mr. Aspinall, Mr. G. F. Wilcox, Mr. T. Key, Mr.
Yasscott, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Williams, Mr. Gauche,
Mr. E. W. Cooke, Mr. Solly, Mr. Partridge, Mr. A. i
Sone, &c.