The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Qu, en and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
on Thursday, attended by the Countess of Desart, Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Bouverie.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col.
Bouverie, inspected the Scots Fusilier Guards yesterday
morning.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess de Ne-
mours, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Prin-
cess Helena, took a drive yesterday in an open - carriage
and tour. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps attended
on horseback. . _ _

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and
encouraging the fine arts in the rebuilding the Palace of
Westminster.
His Royal Highness arrived at three o'clock, attended by
Colonel Bouverie. The Commissioners present were the
Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Can-
ning, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. the
Speaker of the House of Commons, the Earl of Lincoln,
Lord Mahon, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Sir Robert
Harry Inglis, and Mr. Hallam. The Secretary, Mr. East-
lake, was in attendance.
The meeting broke up at a quarter before seven o'clock.
Mr. G. Robinson, Captain Light, Captain Smith, R.N., and
Mr. Collemby, attended sr. Buckingham Palace yesterday,
to present, for the use of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, a boat, constructed by Messrs. Searle, her Majesty's
boat-builders. The boat was rendered a perfect life-boat,
by the introduction of Captain Light's marine buoyancy
material between the timber.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Sacred Har-
monic Society with their presence, at Exeter-hall, last night,
to witness the performance of Mendelssohn's music to the
sacred drama of "Athalie."

The Royal suite consistcd of the Countess of Desert, Lady
in waiting; the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Lucy
Kerr, Maids f Honour in waiting; Lord Carnoys, Lord in
waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in waiting to his Royal
Highness; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in waiting;
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Equerry in wait-
ing ; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in waiting to *his Royal
Highness.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House,
St. James's.
Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge
House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, honoured the
French play with her presence yesterday evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz,
honoured Mrs. R. Cavendish with their company yesterday
evening, at her residence in Chesham-place.
A deputation, including Mr. C. Hindley, M.P., Messrs.
R. C. L. Bevan, Hayman, James, Craig, and Beecher, had
an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey, at the Home
Office.
Mr. T. Hankey had an interview with Earl Grey yester-
day. Mr. Morgan had also an interview yesterday with his
Lordship, at the Colonial Office.
A deputation from the London and Blackwell Railway
Company, including Mr. Alcock, M.P., Mr. Pearce, and Mr.
Tyerman. transacted business yesterday at the Office of the
Railway Commissioners in the Board of Trade.
Mr. Loch bad an interview with the Right Hon. H. La-
bouchere yesterday.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colo-
nial-office for the Governors of Canada, St. Helena, and the
Cape of Good Hope.
Messrs. Doogood, Mac Dermott, and Wilson, and Mr. Fin-
den (secretary), a deputation from the Newspaper Short-
hand Writers' Association, had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Palmer, M.P.,
had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon.
Baronet.
Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Emohequer
yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day, and heard the following cases ;—Queen v. Dias—Vice
Admiralty St. Helena—Davis v. Vidal, Jamaica (ex-parte)
—Davis v. Barrett, Jamaica (ex-parte)—and the Queen and
Fitzerald v. Quetron, Vice-Admiralty of the Gambia (ex-
parte).