The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princesses Helena and Louisa, took a drive on Saturday
afternoon, in an open landau and four. The equerries
in waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F.
H. Seymcur, attended on horseback.
Prince Albert, attended by his equerry in waiting,
called on the Infanta Dona Anna of Portugal, at the
residence of the Portuguese Minister, in Gloucester-
place, and afterwards visited the,Ducliess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester-house.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by
Lord De Ros and Mr. Gibbs, visited the Tower of Lon-
don.

Messrs. Diekinssin had the honour of submitting to
the Queen and Prince Albert the photographic minia-
tures of the Guards and Staff, accompanying the expe-
dition to Turkey.

Prince Arthur and the younger princesses took a drive
in the forenoon in an open carriage and• f,ur.
Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday evening
at Buckingha►u Palace. The company included her Royal
Highness the Infanta Dona Anna of Portugal, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland, the
Portuguese Minister and Countess Lavradio, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Earl of Aber-
deen, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Mulgrave,
Lord James Murray, Dom Auguste de Mendoca, Bri-
gadier-General Sir John Campbell, and Lord William
Paulet.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend-
ance, and performed during dinner the following selec-
tion :

Overture, " Feat" Lindpaintner.
Selection, " Louisa Miller"
Waltz, " Ideal and Lisbon" Gungl.
Quadrille
Selection, " Cheval de Bronze"
Galop, " Etna" D'AI bert.
The Queen's private band afterwards attended in the
palace, and played the following pieces :
Overture, " L'Enfant Prodigue"
Chceur, "L'Etoile du Nord"
Selection, " Rigoletto" Verdi.
Mrs. Thorneycroft has had the honour of several
sittings for a statue of his Royal Highness Prince Arthur.
Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieutenant• Colonel Francis
H. Seymour have relieved Colonel the Hon. C. Grey and
Captain the Hon. D. de Ros in their duties as equerries
in waiting to the Queen and the Prince.
Yesterday the Queen aad Prince Albert, the Prince
of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent
attended divine service in the private chapel in Bucking-
ham Palace. The Rev. G. H. Liddell, chaplain to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, officiated.
The ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the domestic
household also attended the service.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, visited her
Royal Highness Dona Anna, Infanta of Portugal, on
Saturday, at the residence of the Portuguese Minister
in Gloucester•place.
Her Royat Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at her residence, Glou-
cester-house.

Lady Anna Maria Dawson has succeeded Lady Fanny
Howard as the lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Kent.
A deputation from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce,
accompanied by the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M
had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle on Satur-
day, at the Colonial-office.

CABINET COI7NCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held on
Saturday afternoon at the Foreign.office. It was at-
tended by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Duke of
Argyll. Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moleswortb.
The Council sat three hours.
The Right Honourable the Speaker gave his eighth
Parliamentary dinner on Saturday last. —Lord Edward
Howard, Lord Norreys, Lord George Paget, Hon. F.
Leveson Gower, Hon. Colonel M. L. Mostyn, Lieut.-
General Sir John Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Sir George Good-
man, Colonel Caulfeild, Mr. Milner, Mr. Sawle, Mr.
G. A. Duff, Colonel Freestun, Major Feilden, Mr.
Heneage (Lincoln), Mr. William Brown, Colonel Pinney,
Mr. Thos. Chambers, Mr. F. Dundas, Mr. P. Urquhart,
Mr. Wyvill, Mr. igott, Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Jackson,
Mr. Ml.,:ters Smith, Cantiiiii Weil Mr.
Mr. ley ; also, the &erechry and the Rev.
nier, chaplain. Earl Jermyn was prevented by the ill-
no§s of connection.