The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Desart, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Lord
Byron, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the
Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the Olympic Theatre
with their presence last evening.
Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros, inspected yes-
day the Exhibition of the Society of British Artists in
Suffolk-street.

The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took a
drive in an open carriage and four. Prince Arthur and
the Princesses Helena and Louisa also took an airing.
Mr. Crowley had the honour of submitting to her Ma-
jesty the Queen and the Prince, his portrait of the Duke
of Cambridge.
The Countess of Desart has succeeded the Countess of
Mount Edgcumbe, as the Lady in Waiting to her Ma-
jesty.

Lord Byron has succeeded Lord de Tabby as lord in
waiting, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Lieut. General Sir
Edward Bowater, as groom in waiting.
The Queen's private band attended after dinner in
Buckingham Palace, on Monday evening, and played
the following pieces :
Overture, " L'A.mazone"
Selection, " Faust" Spohr.
Aria and Chceur, "L'Etoile du Nord" Meyerbeer.
Sinfonia, No. 1 Beethoven.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glouces-
ter, yesterday, at Gloucester•house.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col.
the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain the Hon. Dudley
de Ros, inspected the new patent gas stoves and other
gas appliances of Messrs. Ashdown and Company, IG7,
Piccadilly.

A deputation on the subject of rating the royalties or
dues of mines to the poor's rate had an interview with
Viscount Palmerston yesterday. The deputation con-
sisted of Mr. Kendall, M.P., for East Cornwall ; Mr.
Robartes, M.P., for East Cornwall ; Mr. Williams,
M.P., for West Cornwall; Mr. Percy, M.P., for Laun-
ceston; and Mr. Michell, M.P., for Bodinin.
The Bishop of London had an interview with the
Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.

Mr. RI H. Hamilton, Comptroller of Imperial Cus-
toms, Montreal, Canada, had an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell yesterday, at the office of
the Board of Trade.

A deputation from the parish of St. Peter's, Stepney,
had an interview yesterday with the General Board of
Health, at their offices, Whitehall. It was introduced
by Mr. Butler, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, and con-
sisted of the Rev. Thomas James Rowsell, the Rev. J.
Rodwell, C. Day, Esq., and Messrs. Isaac Baker, jun.,
and Woollett.
Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, and also from the Governor of Malta,
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yes-
terday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The ministers
present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston,
the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir
Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William
Molesworth. The council sat two hours.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 3 per mille discount (according to the last tariff ),
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per
oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.091 ;
and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being
24.95, it follows that gold is about 0.58 per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh
the price of gold is 420 per mark, which at the English
Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10,'2d. per oz. for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.2$ ; and, the exchange at Ham-
burg on London at short being 13.2 k, it follows that
gold is 0.06 per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in Lon-
don. The course of exchange at New York on London
for bills at GO days' sight is 109 per cent., and, the par
of exchange between England and Americs. being 109
23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally
0.58 per cent. against Englagd. But, after making
allowance for charges of transport and difference of in-
terest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmis.
sion of gold either way between the two countries,