The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princess Royal and Princess Alice, and attended by
Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Caroline Barrington, Colonel
the Hon. C. Grey, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros,
visited the Tower of London yesterday afternoon.
Prince Albert rode on horseback, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, and attended by the Equerry in
Waiting.

The —Princess Helena and Louisa took a drive in an
open carriage and four.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Cla-
rendon, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Spaeth,
Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lord Raglan, and
Admiral Sir W. Parker, had the honour of dining with
her Majesty yesterday.
Lord Waterpark has succeeded the Marquis of Or-
monde as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Captain
the Hon. Dudley de Ros has relieved Colonel Wylde in
the duties of Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert.
The Duchess of Glocester remains much the same.
Her Royal Highness passed a tolerable night on Tues•
day.
Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Wylde had an inter•
view with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at
the Board of Trade.

A deputation from the local board of health of Rusholm
had an interview yesterday with the General Board of
Health at their offices, Whitehall. The deputation con-
sisted of Mr. W. Burdett, clerk to the local board, and
Mr. Lawton, surveyor to that board.
A deputation to urge the necessity for passing the
Medical Registration Bill had an interview with Sir W.
Molesworth yesterday at the office of Public Works and
Buildings, in Whitehall-place. The deputation consisted
of Dr. Challice, Dr. F. C. Jones, Dr. Humble, Dr. E.
Evans, Mr. E. Doubleday, Mr. A. Ebsworth, Mr. C.
Brady, and Mr. H. B. Evans.
A deputation from the Great London Drainage Com-
pany had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yes-
terday at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of
Sir Charles Fox, G. R. Rowe, M.D., F.R.C.S., Messrs.
J. D. Powles, T. D. Powles, Massey Dawson, More-
wood, Mitchell (C.E.), Gibbs, (0.E.), Wollett, Belcher,
and Baxter.

A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Orkney, Lord
Alfred Paget, Mr. Otway, M.P., Mr. Price, Mr. May-
hew, and Mr. M'Gregor, M.P., had an interview with
Sir W. Molesworth yesterday at the office of Works
and Public Buildings.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester-
day to the Governors of the West India Islands.

VISIT OF BER MAJESTY AND PRINCE
ALBERT TO THE TOWER.

Yesterday afternoon her Majesty the Queen, Prince
Albert, and two of the Royal Princesses, paid an almost
unexpected visit to the Tower. At a few minutes before
three the Royal cortege left Buckingham Palace in the
most unostentatious manner that could possibly be con-
ceived. The cortege consisted of two private carriages,
the first drawn by a pair of bays, containing her Most
Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the
Princess Alice ; the second carriage contained Col. the
Hon. C. Grey, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, Hon.
Lady Jocelyn, and three of the ladies in waiting. The
procession passed through the parks, over Westminster-
bridge to Blackfriars, through the City, Eastcheap, and
Tower-street to the Tower, where they arrived at half-
past three The carriages entered at the principal entrance,
where a company of the 19th Regiment of Foot was
stationed, and by whom her Majesty was saluted on her
arrival. The carriages then passed through the Middle and
Byward Towers to the Jewel-house. Here the Royal
party alighted, and her Majesty was received by Major
General Sir George Bowles (the Lieutenant of the Tower),
Major Eirington' and Colonel Wyndham (Keeper of
the Crown Jewels), and by those distinguished officers
was conducted to the house of the gallant colonel. Her
Majesty was then conducted by the above gentlemen,
accompanied by a party of warders, to the Jewel-house,
where a minute examination of the Crown jewels was
made, and with evident gratification to the younger
branches of the Royal party.
An inspection of the ramparts of the Tower was then
made, and in which his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Hon. Captain Dudley de Ros, and Colonel the Hon.
C. Grey, appeared to take a most lively interest. The
party then went through the Beauchamp Tower, which
having been examined, they passed on to the Horse Ar-
moury, which, together with the Queen Elizabeth's Ar-
moury, was attentively examined, and was a matter of
evident interest to the Royal party, which afterwards
went over the Bloody Tower, and then proceeded to the
Court-yard. There her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness expressed themselves to the gallant officers is at-
tendance, highly gratified with the inspection they had
had of the various parts of the Tower.
The Royal party then returned to their carriages by
the Traitor's Gate, and left the Tower at about 20
minutes before five o'clock.

Although the visit of her Majesty was kept quite a
secret until the arrival at the Tower, on the cortege
taking its departure some thousands of persons had
congregated on Tower-hill, through which, a passage
was kept by the police of the H division ; and on the
appearance of the carriages the most deafening cheers
rent the air, until they were out of sight. In bowing
to the spectators in acknowledgment of the loyal feeling
displayed, the general remark was that neither her
Most Gracious Majesty, nor her Royal consort had
been seen to look in better health for some time past, as
was also the case with the Royal children.
Her Majesty was attired in a very unassuming habit,
and his Royal Highness wore a blue frock coat with
gold buttons.
The party arrived at the Palace on their return
shortly after five o'clock.

THE COURT.—Her Majesty and the royal family, ac-
cordingto present arrangements, contingent, we believe,
on the precarious state of the health of her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, who continues indis-
posed, will proceed to Osborne, Isle of Wight, on
Thursday next, to remain until Easter.
CABINET COUNCIL.—At. Cabinet Council was held at
three o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office,
Downing.street. The Ministers present were—the Earl
of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke
of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moles-
worth. The Council sat three hours.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and suite
have left Rome, en route to London.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey, and the Lady Cle-
mentine Villiers, arrived to-day in Berkeley-square,
from Middleton Park, Oxfordshire.

General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., arrived in Stanhope-
street yesterday, from Paris, at eight a.m. The noble
and gallant Lord, we understand, had subsequently
official interviews with Lord Harding, and other person-
ages of high note, relative to his military visit to the
French Emperor.