The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty had an evening party on Monday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company began to arrive soon after nine
o'c!oc,k, and were conducted, as on the last occasion, up the
Grand Staircase to the State Rooms.

Her Majesty's private band was in attendance during the
night in the Throne Room.
Among the company were his Royal Highness Prince Ester-
hazy, the Prince .Nieholas Esterhazy, the Netherlands Minister
and Madame Dedel, the Russian Minister and Baroness Bru-
now, the Saxon Minister, the Spanish Minister, the French
Charge d'Affaires, the Duke and Duchess 4f Somerset, Mar-
quis of Normanby, Countess of Lichfield and Lady Ann
Anson, Earl and Countess Cowper, Countess of Uxbridge, the
Ladies E!eanora and Constance Paget, Lord Paget, Countess
of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay, Earl and Countess of Verulam
and Lady Jane Grimston, Countess of Surrey and -Lady M.
Howard, Earl and Countess Cawdor and the Ladies Camp-
bell, Earl of Morley, Earl of March, Viscount and Vis-
countess Howick, Viscount Palmerston, LorA Ipswich, Lady
Cottenhatri and the Hon. Miss Pepys, Lady Haiherton, Lord
Killeen, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord Foley, and the
Hon. Ai i!ses Foley, Lord and Lady Duncan, Sir Henry and Lady
Wheatley, and the Misses Wheatley, Lord and Lady Drum-
la.nrig, Hon. Charles Gore and the Ladies Gore, Hun. Hugh
Fortescue, Hon. Berkeley Paget and the Hon. Miss Paget,
Hon. Mr. Bloomfield, Count and Countess Zichy Ferrari,
Hon. R. H. and the Lady Hi,rriet Clive and Miss Clive, Sir
George Anson and the Hon. Miss Anson, Mr. G. E. and the
Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. and Lady M. Stanley and the Misses
Stanley.
Refreshments were served to the company during the
evening in the Picture Gallery.
Her Majesty wilt bold a Privy Council to-morrow (Thurs-
day) afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
Their Roy al Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duke
of Cambridge visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday.
Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences 3 esterday
of the Queen.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended by the Hon. Miss
Pitt, Hon. Miss Devereux, Marquis of Headfort, Sir Robert
Otitay, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edward Bowater, ho-
noured the English Opera-House with their presence last
evening.
Lady Barham has succeeded the Countess of Mount Edg-
cumbe as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen ; and the Mar-
quis of Headfort and Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway have
succeeded Viscount Torrington and Major the Hon. George
Keppel as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness. the
Duchess of Kent yesterday.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The ( han-
ceilor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of Eng-
land, and the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, were
present. Mr. Higham, Secretary tc, the Commissioners and
Comptroller-General, also attended.
Mr. Bigot had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby
yesterday at the Home-office.
The Agent for Jamaica, the Agent for Dominica and the
Virgin Islands, and a Deputation, had an interview with Mr.
Labouchere yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
The Earl and Countess of Lichfield, and Lady Anne Anson,
left town yesterday for Belvoir Castle.

Lord and Lady Stanley and family leave town
o-morrom for Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of Derby. The
Noble Lord and Lady return to town for the season on the
120th of the ensuing month.
Lord and Lady Bridport and the Hon. Misses
Hood, who are at Cricket Lodge, near Chard, are shortly
expected in town for the season.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
gill remove from Ingestre House, Be'grave-square, to
Cidrence House, St. James's, tho residence of her late
Ro3 al Highness tl.e Princess Augusta, about the middle
.if next month. Her Royal Highness, when st Windsor
.luring the autumn and winter, will occupy Frogmore
Ledge, which has been purchased by the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests for her Majesty.

The Duke of Wellington gives a sumptuous
hanquet at Apsley House this day to her Majesty the
Que..n Dowager, and the members of the Royal Acade-
:ny cf Music. The Archbishop of York, Earl Howe,
Earl of Cawdor, Viscount 13urghersb, and a distinguished
..ircle arP invited.

The Duke of Beaufort, we are happy to hear ha&
qui e recovered horn the effects of his late accident, glad
.vas able to go out with bis hounds on Saturday last.
'rite Chief Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors'
Court ag:da on Monday condemned Loan Societies, saying,
• Ile beteved he had scarctly taken up a schedu'e for
,Orne time but Loan Societies appeared in them, and that
the insolvents had either borrowed money of them or be.
come sureties for others."
IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDE PARK.--The
Woods and Forests have, at last, given their sanction to
‘lr. Cubit,'s plan for the improvement of Knightsbridge.
The '• Alien Gate" into Hyde Park will be in the centre
)1 a double crescent; but, as the ground to be occupied is
Church land, an Act of Parliamentmust be first obtiincd.
Cubist's plan is to erect magnificent edifices of Port-
-1 :nd stone. The removal of Goding's brewery will take
place immediately, and the site will afford ample space for
he exercise of the talents of the architect.

BOTANIC SOCIETY, REGENT'S PARK.-A
meeting of Fe lows was held at the Society's garden, on
S.turday, Sir George T. Staunton, Bart., in the chair.
Af er the recerian of some valuable donations from the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Dublin, and Sir Thomas Acland,
Bait., a bellot took place for new members, and the Earl
of Mint', the Earl of Clarendon, and Earl Cowper were
.added to the &ciety. During tl.c prefect mouth consi-
derable prcgress has teen made in the formation of the
gardens, and it is expected that, by the end of Apri!, they
wt!l be available to the subscribers.

14ppovioN OF POSTAGE TO lIAMBURGH,
CUXHAVEN, AND Li 4-ap,—liy arr odor issued from the
General Yost-office it has teen determined, Unit 'on and
after the 6.h of Al,r3 next the postage of all letters
posit(' in the Uri ed Kingdom for either of the above
pLces lie ri.‘42ed from le. Bd. and Is. 10,1 to an uniform
r, ate cf 6,1, the half ounce fpid la. the ounce, and so on.
rAuction does pot apply tp letters Tor the above
p'aces wien sent via France, which will only be done in
cases where specially diyeetcd.
MISSING SHIP'S CREW DISCOVERED.—We
are glad to annoisr‘e ;14e safe arrival of Captain R. Cp.
ton and crew, of the sloop Matilda, of IpsWich, who were
BUppaed to have nerishel, the vessel having sailed from
Lisbon on the 23d. of December last, and not since been
heard of. The Matilda was run down by an American
bound to New Orleans, to which place Captain
IJsston 4. ad his (-few were taken, with the exception oi
one scivnan, who went down with the vessel.