The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour,
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the Hon.
Dudley de Ros, visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Sa-
turday afternoon at Glocester-house.

Prince Albert rode on horseback, attended by his
Equerry in Waiting.
The Princesses Helena and Louisa took a drive in an
open carriage and four.

Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday at
Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess
of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lady Fanny
Howard, the Baroness de Spaeth, the Dowager Countess
of Carnarvon, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Harris, the
Right Hon. Sir James and Lady Graham, the Right
Hon. Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Napier, Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, Colonel
Cator (Royal Artillery), and Mr. Frederick Peel.
Mr. J. E. Jones had the honour of submitting his
casts for the busts which he is about to execute of her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household at-
tended divine service yesterday morning in the Private
Chapel of Buckingham Palace.
The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
The Duchess of Gloucester was very poorly on Satur-
day, but was better yesterday. The Queen and the
Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness on Satur-
day, and the Duchess of Kent paid a visit to the Royal
Duchess yesterday at Gloucester-house.
Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office on Sa-
turday to the Governors of the west coast of Africa.

BANQUET TO HIS ROYAL BIGHNESS

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.

The members of Boodle's Club gave a farewell ban-
quet at their Club-house, St. James's-street, on Saturday
evening, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
previous to his proceeding to Constantinople as one of
the commanding officers in connection with the expedi-
tionary army now en route to the East. An invitation
was also sent to Lord Raglan, the Commander-in-Chief
of the British force in question, but his Lordship has
been so occupied with the important duties of his office,
that he felt obliged to decline the honour intended for
him. The dining-room was elegantly decorated, and the
tables were set off witha brilliant display of plate. Covers
were laid for upwards of 60. The Earl of Cardigan pre-
sided on the occasion, and Lord F. Gordon Halliburton
officiated as vice-president. His Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge sat on the right of the chairman. Amongst
the company were the following noblemen and gentlemen :
—The Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of Chesterfield, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Bateman, Viscount En-
field, Lord Hotham, Lord Milford, Lord Foley, the
Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Anson, Earl Fitzhardinge,
Lord Hill, the Earl of Stradbroke, Lord Methuen, the
Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Kenmare, Sir John Trol-
lope, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir
W. Gage, Sir Edward Bowater, Sir John Walsh Sir
Wm. Jolliffe, General Robbins, Colonel Wildman;Mr.
Christopher, Mr. Hale, Mr. Delano Radcliffe, Mr.
Solomons, Mr. Henry Waddington, Mr. John Wad-
dington, the Hon. T. H. Astley, Col. Stanhope, Major
Hall, =Mr. Palmer, Mr. M. Milnes, Mr. Wells, Mr.
G. Ramsay, General Konagh, Mr. Newdegate, Lieut.-
General the Hon. Henry Murray, Mr. John Wormwell,
Colonel Thornton, Mr. C. B. Ford, Major-General the
Hon. Henry Cavendish, Mr. Richard Williams, Col. S.
D. Williams, Mr. Duff, Mr. G. F. Duff, Sir W. Scott,
Mr. Thomas Atkinson, Mr. B. Pearse and Mr. Knatch-
bull. The Marquis of Clanricarde was unable to be
present owing to a recent domestic affliction.

°RAND BANQUET TO SIR CHARLES NAPIER.

This banquet is fixed to take place at the Reform
Club to-morrow, at seven o'clock. Lord Palmerston
has consented to preside on this interesting occasion, and
Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir De Lacy Evans (the repre-
sentatives of the Great Western boroughs of Marylebone
and Westminster) will act as Vice-Presidents. The First
Lord of the Admiralty has also signified his intention
of being present ; and, indeed, all the members who are
members of the Club are expected to be present, unless
prevented by previous engagements. The French admiral,
Parseval Duchesnes, who is to accompany Sir Charles
Napier with his squadron, was invited on Thursday,
when it was known that he was about to visit this coun-
try ; and a telegraphic message was received from him
yesterday, from Paris, to say that he would hasten his
arrival in London in order to be present on Tuesday, at
this true banquet of fraternisation. The only other
strangers invited are the French and Turkish Ambassa-
dors to the Court of London. The list is full comprising
about two hundred, being the utmost extent of dining
accommodation that can be contrived in the large coffee-
room of this splendid establishment.

GRAND BANQUET AT VISCOUNT

PALIYIERSTON'S.

On Saturday evening,. Viscount and Viscountess Pal-
merston gave a grand banquet at their mansion, in Carl-
ton-gardes, to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and a bril-
liant circle. Twenty-four sat down shortly after 8 o'clock.
The company comprised the French Ambassador
and the Countess Walewski, the Duchess of Sutherland,
the Sardinian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister and
the Countess Kilmansegge, the Duke of Hamilton,
the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marchioness of
Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Saxon
Minister, Viscount Jocelyn, Viscount and Viscountess
Mandeville, Sir William Temple, and the Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury. The Royal party were re-
ceived in the vestibule by the noble lord. Baron Knese-
beck was in attendance. After the banquet, the Vis-
countess had an evening party, which was attended by
a distinguished circle of the nobility and corps diploma-
tique at present in town. Mr. T. B. Simpson was hon-
oured by the engagement of his celebrated Hungarian
Band, who rendered several overtures and national airs
in the most effective style, and a dancing circle was
formed at the wish of the Princess. The Royal party re-
tired at an early hour.

TllE SPEAKER'S FOURTH PARLIAMENTARY
DINNER,

The following members of the House of Commons
were present at the Speaker's fourth Parliamentary
dinner, on Saturday last :—Viscount Goderich, Lord
Dudley Stuart, Hon. Henry Berkeley, Hon. P. j.
Lock,: King, Sir John Shelley, Sir De Lacy Evans,
Sir William Clay, Sir James Duke, Mr. Sergeant Shee,
Mr. Home, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. J. Phillimore, Mr.
Wickham, Mr. Arch. Hastie, Mr. Williams (Lambeth),
Mr. Wilcox, Mr. John Macgregor, Mr. Blackett, Mr.
Otway, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Geach,6Mr. French, Mr. Cran-
ford, Mr. Peto, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Mr. Thorneley,
and Mr. Lefroy (secretary). The Rev. Mr. Gamier
(chaplain) being ill, the Rev. E. Repton attended in his
place. The following gentlemen were prevented attend-
ing :—Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. George Duncan, Mr.
M'Mahon, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. William Mar-
shall, Mr. Alexander Hastie, and Mr. Atherton. The
Speaker will hold his first levee on Saturday next, March
PI at ten o'clock.