The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck-
agham Palace.

-Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister,
had an audience of the Queen, to deliver his new cre-
dentials from his Sovereign.
The Marquis de Sauli, the Sardinian Minister, bad an
audience of her Majesty, to present a letter from his
Sovereign on his accession.
Their Excellencies were respectivel7 introduced by
Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted
by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, C.H., her Ma-
jesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
The Right Hon. Thomas Wyse, her Majesty's Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary at the Court of Greece, had his
audience of leave. The Right Hon. Gentleman was
presented to the Queen by Viscount Palmerston.
Viscount Palmerston had an audience of the Queen.
Her Majesty was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in
Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in
Waiting.

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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir
George Couper, left her residence, Frogmore House,
near Windsor, at a quarter before twelve o'clock yester-
day, for town. The Royal Duchess alighted at Buck-
ingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with the
Queen and Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness after-
wards proceeded to Clarence House, St. James's.
Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived at
the residence of the Duke of Cambridge, at Kew, on
Monday night, from the continent. Their Royal High-
nesses were accompanied from Dover by the Duchess of
Cambridge. Yesterday afternoon their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgtz
Strelits arrived in town from Kew, and visited her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace.
Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, honoured the Earl of
Ellesmere with a visit yesterday, at his residence in
Belgrave-square.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday, at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included his Royal Highness
the Count of Syracuse, his Serene Highness Prince
Ernest of Hesse Philippathal, his Serene Highness
Prince William of Hesse Philippathal, the Duchess of
Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady
Clementine Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Rosso, the
Earl and Countess of Granville, Viscount Hawarden,
Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord George Lennox, Lord
Marcus Hill, and the Chevalier Colonna (in waiting on
his Royal Highness the Count of Syracuse).
The Band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance
during dinner, in the Palace, and performed the fol-
lowing pieces, under the direction of Mr. Schott.
Overture, " Diamans do la Couronne" Auber.
Rosa Polka
▪ Kuhner.
Fantasia, "La Clemenza di Tit•
o"
... Mozart.
Aether Waltz ...
• Strauss.
Potpourri, " Fensterin▪
," or the Con-
script's Farewell and Return ... • Lochner.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
A deputation from Newcastle-on-Tyne, to press oppo-
sition on the part of the Government to Mr. Locke's Bill
to compel railway companies to carry passengers on the
Lord's Day at such times as the mails are transmitted,
had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at
the Home Office. The deputation consisted of the Rev.
Lewis Paige, of Newcastle; Mr. George Bell, of New-
castle; and the Rev. T. Baylee, Secretary of the London
Lord's Day Society. The same deputation bad after-
wards an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere
at the office of the Board of Trade.

Sir Thomas Birch, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., and a
deputation, had yesterday an interview with Sir George
Grey.
Mr. Baron Alderson had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday; Mr. Roberts had also an interview with
the Right Hon. Baronet.
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Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Co-
lonies, from Ceylon, from Hong-Kong, from the Mauri-
tius, and from West Australia, were received yesterday
at the Colonial. office.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty's box
was yesterday evening occupied by the Countess of Lich-
field, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lady Harriette Anson, and
party. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was
occupied by the Dowager Lady Wharncliffe. His Royal
Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse),
Minister swteerdi
eh Minister
the Chevalier Colonna, honoured the theatre
presence. Amongst the visiters were—the
with
hndheids by
Duke of Cleveland, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane
the
Russian
Fox,and the Excellencyßa-
roness Mth
and the Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency
the Neapo-
litan Ambassador, the Marquis and Marchioness
roness his Excellency
Salis-
bury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo of Salle-
Ladies Browne, the Marquis of CI • and the
anricerde, the Prince
Magliani, the Prince Petrola, th
de Jarnac, the Count do Wid 17, Comte and Comtesse
de Richmer the Countess of Wilton,eiack'
M.
de Berg, M
Mun-
ster, the Earl of Falmouth, ilt the Earl of
the Countess of Tanker-
yille, Earl Granville, the Earl of Aboyne, the Vis-
count Cantilupe, the Baron and Baroness de Kura,
the Baron de Cazos, Lord Monson, Lord W. Lennox.
Lord Charles Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady Temple-
more and party, Lady Warneford, Lady Web-
ster, Lady A. Poulott and Miss Somerset, Lady Frances
Bentinck, Lady Lushington, Lady Lesford, Lord Elphin-
stone, Lord G. Lennox, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. Sir W.
Fremantle, Bart., and Lady Fremantle, Lady Kirkland,
Sir G. Quentin, Bart., and Lady Quentin, Sir J. Bailey,
Bart., and Lady Bailey, Sir T. Barrett Lennard, Bart-,
and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir R. Howard, Bart., and
Lady Howard, Sir H. Meux Bart., Sir Frederic Trench,
Bart., M.P., Sir Seymour Sadler, Sir W. Fraser, Bart..
Lady Flower, Sir Cornwallis Racketts, Bart., Sir T.
Hare, Bart., Sir R. Webb, Bart., Lady Jane Repton and
the Hon. Miss Repton, Hon. Miss Foley, Sir John and
Lady Paul, Sir W. Abdy, Bart., Lady Lawley, General
the Hon. H. Cavendish, Colonel Seymour, the Bight
Hon. Milner Gibson and Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mr. Dun-
can Campbell, Mr. Sergeant and Mrs. Talfourd. Major
Buckley, Mr. Hardwick, Mrs. Paul, Mrs. C. J. Palmer,
Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mrs. Tower,
Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. Hammersley, Mr. M. Dorrington, Mr.
Longdon, Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, Mr. H. Broadley, M.P.,
Captain Montresor, Mr. 0. Morgan,. Mr. Stafford, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Wilson, Mr. Fordr Captain Haire; Ids. F.
Pollock, Mrs. Hibber, Mrs. J. Hopkinson, Mrs; John-
stone, Mr. and Mrs. Groom, Mrs. Middleton, Mr. C.
Strong, Mr. Sturt, M.P., Mrs. C. Vivian, Mr. Benbow,
M.P., and Mrs. Benbow, Mr. Gerald Strutt, ILP., be.