The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Society of the Cologne Choral Union attended at
half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning in Buckingham
Palace, and sung several of their vocal pieces, conclud-
ing with " God Savo the Queen."
Their Majesties the King and Queen of Hanover
visited the Queen yesterday afternoon at Buckingham
Palace, where they arrived at 20 minutes past 3 o'clock,
and were received on their arrival by her Majesty and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting.
In attendance on their Majesties were Baroness Ga-
belentz, Lord Elphinstone, Major-General Buckley, and
Baron de Boddien, A.D.C.
The Queen of Hanover left, attended by Baroness
Gabelentz.

The King of Hanover accompanied the Queen and
Prince Albert at 10 minutes before 4 o'clock to the St.
James's Theatre, to honour with their presence the per-
formance of the Cologne Choral Union, for the benefit
of the German Hospital at Dalston.
The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart,
Lord Rivers, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Charles Fitzroy,
Major-General Buckley, Captain the Hon. Dudley de
Ros, and Baron de Boddien.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompa-
nied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of
Hohenlohe, visited her Majesty yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Cobourg
Gotha, attended by Baroness de Wanghenheim and Mr.
R. Ormsby Gore, went yesterday to inspect the Tower
of London.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Glocester yesterday at Glocester-house.
The Crown Prince and the Princesses of Hanover paid
a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yes-
terday at Clarence-house, St. James's.
A deputation from the Protestant Alliance had an in-
terview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the
Home-office, to present a memorial to her Majesty on
the subject of nunneries, praying the Queen to grant her
sanction to a measure which will provide for women in
convents such facilities as are requisite for the unre-
stricted enjoyment of the rights assured to British sub-
jects, and the privileges granted in general to the inha-
bitants of her Majesty's dominions. The deputation
consisted of the Earl of Shaftesbury (chairman), Lord H.
Cholmondeley, M.P., Mr. W. Miles, M.P., Sr Harry
Verney, Mr. E. H. Baldock, M.P., Mr. A. E. Fuller,
M.P., Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, Rev. Dr. Duff (Calcutta),
Mr. T. Hamilton, Mr. H.Gore Langton, M.P. (Bristol),
Mr. Brocas (Shrewsbury Protestant Alliance), Mr. Croft
Moody and Mr. John Elliott (Southampton Protestant
Alliance), Mr. W. H. Frend (Durham), Mr. P. T.
O'Malley, Q.C., Rear-Admiral Hope, C. 8., Rev. Dr.
Bryson (Wolverhampton Protestant Alliance), Captain
John Trotter, Mr. Oliphant, Rev. R. Parkinson (Lowes-
toft), Major Little, Rev. Dr. Bunting, Mr. J. Lord, Mr.
Thomas Thomson (Taunton), Rev. W. H. Rule, Mr. J.
Cook Evans, Rev. Charles Kemble, Hon. and Rev.
Baptist Noel, Mr. Street (Clerkenwell Protestant Al-
liance), Rev. Dr. Steane, Mr. W. Dugmore, Lieu-
tenant-General Maclnnes, Rev. W. Arthur, the Earl of
Roden, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Rev. Sir H.
Moncrieff, Rev. Dr. Candlish (Scottish Reforma-
tion Society), Colonel Alexander, and Mr. G. Poynder
(Blackheath Protestant Alliance), Rev. A. L. Courte-
nay, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Mr. J. Braithwaite, Mr. Bal-
lance, Dr. Macbride (Oxford), Mr. Harwood, H. Har-
wood, Mr. H. Graham (Carlisle Protestant Alliance),
Mr. F. Hickman, Mr. Wells and Mr. Fidler (Newbury
Protestant Alliance), Mr. Henry Hose (Norwood Pro-
testant Alliance), Rev. W. Bruce, and Mr. E. Upfold
Bristol Protestant Alliance), Mr. J. Partridge (Bir-
mingham Protestant Alliance), Mr. D. Hazard and
Rev. R. Maguire (Islington Protestant Institute), Rev.
Henry Robbins (East London Protestant Alliance), Mr.
Wilbraham Taylor, Rev. Dr. Thomson, Rev. J. W.
Reeve, Mr. J. M'Gregor khonorary secretary), and
Captain Giberne (secretary.)
The Turkish Minister visited the Earl of Clarendon
yesterday at the Foreign-office.
A deputation on the subject of the Galway Harbour
and Improvement Bills had an interview with the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade.
The deputation consisted of Mr. O'Flaherty, M.P., Mr.
Blake, M.P., Mr. Blakeney, solicitor, and Mr. Brydon,
Parliamentary agent.
The Duke of Beaufort had an interview with Vis-
count Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office.
A deputation from the Scotch Universities—consist-
ing of Rev. Dr. Brown, rector of St. Andrew's ; Sir
David Brewster, Principal of the United Colleges ; Dr.
Day, Professor of Medicine ; Mr. Connell, Professor of
Chemistry ; Dr. Allen-Thompson, Professor of Anatomy,
Glasgow ; Rev. Dr. Jackson, Professor of Ecclesiastical
History ; and Dr. Anderson, Professor of Chemistry—
had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday.
The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Lockhart,
M.P. for Lanarkshire ; Mr. M'Gregor, M.P. for Glas-
gow ; and Mr. Thompson, M.P. for Aberdeen.
A deputation, consisting of Dr. Candlish, Dr. Cun-
ningham, Dr. Duff, and Sir H. Moncrieff, had also an
interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the
Home-office.