The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, JAN. 6.

The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of
Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, Lady
Frances Bruce, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Charles Eastlake, and
the Hon. Mary Bulteel.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in at-
tendance in the Castle during dinner, and played the
following selection :
Overture, "Ferdinand Cortez" Spontini.
Selection, "Don Juan" Mozart
Marian Quadrille,
Selection, " Le Domino Noir" Auber.
Overture,' " Giralda" Adam.
Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening,
and performed the following compositions :
Overture
Masquerade Scene, " LaPre aux Clercs" Herold.
March, " Zweikampf"
The Queen, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, drove
out in a sledge this morning.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Earl and
Countess of Shelburne, followed in a second sledge.
The Hon. Flora Macdonald and Colonel Bouverie were
in attendance.

Prince Albert went out shooting.
Tho Marquis of Lansdowne vas unable to obey her
Majesty's commands yesterday, from slight indisposition,
but will arrive to-day.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone left the Castle this
forenoon for London.
The Hon. Flora Macdonald and the Hon. Caroline
Cavendish have succeeded the Hon. Lucy Keir and the
Hon. Mary Bulteel, as Maids of Honour in Waiting to
her Majesty.

The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert left town yesterday
for Wilton House, Salisbury:
Viscount Palmerston has left town for his seat, Broad-
lands, Hants. .

The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town after the
Cabinet Council on Thursday afternoon for Windsor
Castle, and returned to London yesterday.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester-
day to the Governors of the North American Provinces,
and also to the Governor of Gibraltar.

THE COURT.—Her Majesty, we understand, intends
to give a series of brilliant fetes at Windsor Castle after
the 17th inst., during the theatrical performances, to
which the nobility and gentry residing in the immediate
vicinity of the Castle are invited. The sojourn of the
Sovereign at Buckingham Palace, when her Majesty
comes to town to open the Session of Parliament, on
Tuesday, the 31st inst., is not expected to exceed two
days the palace being still under extensive repairs and
embellishments.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—THE ROYAL TWELFTH CAKE.—
Her Majesty's twelfth cake this year is manufactured by
Mr. Le Blond, the Royal confectioner, and-luny main-
tains the artistical skill of the confectionery department,
so much admired in former years. The cake measures
four feet and a half in circumference ; it is about a foot
in height, and weighs upwards of thirty pounds. The
base is richly ornamented with rosettes of eastern design,
and beautifully embroidered in frosted sugar. The or-
nament on the top represents the Arabs and the dying
lion, where the affrighted horses, the palm tree, and a
crystal fountain are artistically introduced. The Royal
cake will be placed on the table at the Castle this
evening.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemen-
tina Villiers are still staying in retirement at Mid-
dleton, near Bristol. The Prince Nicholas Easterhazy
and his youthful family, grandchildren of the noble earl,
are staying at Vienna.
Lord Crewe has returned to Hill-street from the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne's, at Bowood, where the party has
separated, the noble Marquis having received a royal in-
vitation to Windsor Castle.
Lord Londesborough, we hear, is on the eve of retir-
ing from the turf. His Lordship is said to have dis-
posed of his stud to Mr. Rudston Read.
The Hon. Captain Dudley de Res left the Earl of
Wilton's, in Grosvenor-square, yesterday, for *Windsor,
where Lady Elizabeth is staying, to do duty with his
regiment, the Ist Life Guards.
Lord Brougham is expected to leave his chateau at
Cannes, at the close of the ensuing week, for Paris, en
route to London, to attend Parliament. The noble and
learned peer, who is now in his 75th year, is, we believe,
in the enjoyment of good health.
During the last week the following noble and distin-
guished personages have been visiting the Marquis of
Lansdowne, at Bowood :—The Duchess of Sutherland,
the Duke and Duchess of Argyle, Lord and Lady Can-
ning, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Count and
Countess de Flahault, and Miss Georgiana de Flahault,
Lady Stewart de Rothsay, the Earl and Countess of
Beeborough, Lord Crewe, the Countess of Kerry and
Lady Mary Fitzmaurice, the Hon. C. Gore, Captain
Warburton, Messrs. Sneyd, Byng, Twopenny, Senior,
&c.— Wiltshire Independent.
Miss Burdett Coutts has arrived in Stratton-street,
from Brighton.
THE REVENUE.—We are requested to state that there
were two errors in the comparative statement of the
Revenue for the year published yesterday. The Post-
office receipts were returned on the year as a decrease of
18,0001., whereas it should have been an increase of
82,0001., making a discrepancy in the year's account of
100,0001. The Miscellaneous for the year was returned
as a decrease of 17,3511., instead of a decrease of
117,3541., making a difference of 100,0001., which
balances with the aboYe error. The remainder of the
account was perfectly accurate, showing an increase on
the year of 1,315,925/.