The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at Buckinghmam Palace, for the reception,
on the throne, of Addresses from both Houses of Parlia-
ment, in answer to the Queen's Message.
The Lord Chancellor arrived from the House of Lords
at a quarter before three o'clock, accompanied by the
following Peers, viz,, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Duke of Montrose, the Marquises of Bath, and
Cholmondeley, the Earls of Derby, Donoughmore,
Sheffield, Delawarr, Harrowby, Lucan, Clare, Eglinton,
Malmesbury, Cawdor, Lanesborough Powis, Desert,
Erne, Howe, Denbigh, Strathmore, and Carnarvon ;
Bishops of London, Oxford, and Llandaff ; Lords Mon-
teagle, Dufferin, Campbell, Dynevor, Redesdale, Col-
chester, Colville, Beaumont, Ashburton, Clarina, and
several other Peers.
The Lord Chancellor wore his gold official robe, and
was attended by Mr. Pulman, as Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod, and Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, Clerk
Assistant of the Parliament, together with his secretary
and officers.
The Queen was conducted to the throne by the Lord
Chamberlain ; Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales
being by her side. The Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis
of Breadalbane, K.T., was on the right, and the Vice
Chamberlain, Lord Ernest Bruce, was on the left of the
throne. The Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the
Marquis of Abercom, K.G., stood near his Royal High-
ness. The Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Suther-
land, and the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Desert,
were on the Queen's right. The Treasurer of the House-
hold, the Earl of Mulgrave, and the Comptroller, Vis-
count Drumlanrig, stood near the Lord and Vice-Cham-
berlain.
The Ministers of State, the Lord President, Earl
Granville, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Earl of
Aberdeen, K.T. ; Lord John Russell, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, K.G. ; the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. P • the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Clarendon,
K.G. ; the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies,
the Duke of Newcastle; the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone ; the First Lord
of the Admiralty, Sir James Graham ; the President of
the Board of Control, Sir Charles Wood ; and the First
Commissioner of Public Works, Sir William Molesworth,
occupied their usual stations on either side of the throne.
Her Majesty's Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gen-
tlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the Throne Room under
the command of the Lieutenant. The sub-officers, Lieut.-
Colonel Nevill and Major Cooke, were on duty with the
Corps.

The Lord Chancellor and the Peers, who all appeared
on this occasion either in uniform or in court dress,
having assembled in the green drawing-room, were met
at the door of the throne-room by the Lord Cham-
berlain, and were by his lordship conducted to her Ma-
jesty. The Lord Chancellor read the address from the
House of Lords, to which the Queen returned a most
gracious answer, and his lordship kneeling received a
a copy from her Majesty. The noble lord and the Peers
then withdrew from the presence of the Sovereign.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right
Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, arrived at the Palace at
five minutes past 3 o'clock from the House of Commons,
accompanied by about 300 members. The right hon.
gentleman arrived in his state coach and was attended
by the Sergeant•at-Arms, Lord Charles Russell, the
Clerk of the House of Commons, Sir Denis Le Mar-
chant, the Chaplain to the House of Commons, and his
Secretary.
Among the members present were the Right Hon. B.
Disraeli, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Mr. J.
Hume, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Glyn, Mr. W.
Williams, Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. H.
Goulburn, the Right Hon. E. Strutt, Lord Loraine,
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Greene,
Mr. Melina, Dr. Michell, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr.
Jonathan Joseph Richardson, Mr. Loftus Bland, Mr.
Holmes Baldock, Lord Elcho, Mr. Hudson, Sir
George Pechell, the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter,
Mr. Grenville Berkeley, Mr. Frederick Peel, the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell, Lord George Paget, Lord Henry
Lennox, Lord Norreys, Sir John Johnstone, the Right
Hon, G. Bankes, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Whiteside, Mr.
Locke, Sir James Duke, the Right Hon. H. L. Corry,
Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Hutt, Mr. G. Butt, Mr. F.W.
Russell, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Lyons
Montgomery, Mr. F. Hume, Mr. George, Mr. Mur-
rough, Mr. Wells, Lord Elmley, and Sir John Shelley.
The 'Speaker and the members were ushered on their
arrival into the library, and after the reception of the
peers the House of Commons were conducted by Sir
William Martins and Mr.Wilbraham Taylor, Gentlemen
Ushers in Waiting, up the Grand Staircase to the
Throne-room.

The Speaker advanced at the head of the Commons,
and read the address in reply to her Majesty's message,
to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer,
and afterwards gave a copy to the Speaker, who, kneel-
ing, received it from the Queen.
The right hon. gentleman and the members then re-
tired from the royal presence.
The Queen gave audience to the Earl of Clarendon,
the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, Sir James
Graham, and the Duke of Newcastle.

The court was attended by the Captain of the Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Lord Foley; the Captain
of the Yeoman of the Guard, Viscount Sydney ; the
Lord in Waiting, Lord Byron ; the Lord in Waiting to
the Prince, Lord George Lennox ; the Groom in Wait-
ing, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore ; the Groom in Waiting to
his Royal Highness, Colonel Wylde ; the Lieutenant of
the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Lieut.-Colonel
Topham ; the Lieutenant of the Yeoman of the Guard,
Sir George Lee ; the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Charles
Fitzroy ; the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince, Lieut.
Colonel F. H. Seymour ; the Standard Bearer of the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arius, Major Harmer; the
Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Department,
Mr. Norman Macdonald ; the Gentleman Usher in
Waiting, the Hon. F, Byng ; the Silver Stick in Wait-
ing, Colonel M‘Douall; the Field Officer in Brigade
Waiting, Colonel Stanhope ; the Adjutant in Brigade
Waiting; the Adjutant of the Yeomen of the Guard,
Lieut.-Colonel Fitzmaurice ; the Clerk of the Cheque
and Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
Mr. Joseph Skip Lloyd ; and the Pages of Honour in
Waiting.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Grand
Hall and Staircase under the command of Captain Par-
ker Rickford, the Exon in Waiting.
Mr. Joy had the honour of submitting, on Friday last,
for her Majesty's inspection, a portrait of Vice-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier.
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
rode on Horseback yesterday, attended by his Equerry
in Waiting.
The Princesses Helena and Louisa visited the Zoolo-
gical Gardens in Regent's-park.
The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included the Duchess of
Kent, the French Ambassador and the Countess Wa-
lewski, the Duchess of Inverness, Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, the Baroness de, Spetlr, the Earl and Countess
Cowper, Viscount Drumlanrig, Viscount and Vis-
countess Mahon, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady and
Miss Peel, Sir George Couper, Colonel Wylde, and Mr.
Gibbs.
The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance,
and played during dinner the following selection:—
Movement de Marche, " Partant pour
la Syrie"
Selection " La Clemenza"
Nocturne, " Quadrille"
Finale, " Macbeth"
Walzer Fahrbach.
March, " Martha" Flotow.
A deputation on the subject of the abolition of sub-
scription to articles of faith on admission to the Univer-
sities of Oxford and Cambridge had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official
residence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted.
of the Rev. Thomas Madge, the Rev. Edward Tagart,
Mr. J. A. Yates, and Mr. Henry S. Bicknell.
A deputation from the Society of Apothecaries of
London had an interview yesterday with the General
Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall. The de-
putation consisted of the Deputy Master, Mr. Edward
Bean ; the Wardens, Mr. N. B. Ward, and Mr. R. C.
Griffith ; Mr. J. B.tcot, and Mr. R. B. Upton, the
Clerk to the Society.
Despatches were sent, from the Colonial-office rider'
day to the Governors of Australia, Hong Kong, Ceylon,
Malta, and Gibraltar.

,
GUN-BOATS.—Until tue now and powerful gun and
despatch boats are ready the Admiralty are wisely
availing themselves of the old steam-packets in their
possession, lately advertised for sale, and are fitting
them, at small expense, for gun-boat and other services
indispensable in a large fleet. We have already stated
that the ex-Holyhead and Mediterranean paddle-packets
Medina, Medusa, and Merlin, each of 312-horse power,
are being prepared.
Mr. WOODIN'S ENTERTSINDIENT.—Among, the nume-
TOUS competitors for public favour, Mr. Woodin's En-
tertainment holds no undistinguished position and.
deservedly so, for by the help of his "Carpet Bag and
Sketch Book," Mr. Woodin contrives to produce a rapid
succession of "characters" which ho has the tact, and
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Igoe good
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studiedecatroicraetluldreeroailri
-traps. Mr. Woodin's
"make-up" and imitations of the different " styles" of -
some of thy. mare 'prominent of his contemporaries are
-highly -characteristic. Indeed, we may say of his
entertainment, as a whole, that we know of no place of
public amusement where visitors of either sex and of
every age can be sure of enjoying a more hearty laugh,
and we have .no. dotht that Mi. Woodin'ti 'Well-stored
" Car Pet Bag"W 1 bci in constant requisition durkg the
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