The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
The Earl Spencer, Earl of Hardveicke, Earl of Lin-
coln, Lord Portman, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham,
Bart., and the Keeper of her Majesecy's Privy Purse,
were introduced by Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster to her Ma ynty, and took the
oaths as members of the Council of the Duchy of Lan-
caster. Mr. Danvers, the Clerk of the Council to the
Duchy, attended.
Senor Toro had an audience of the Queen, and pre-
sented to her Majesty his credentials, as Envoy Extra.
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary,. from the Republic
of Venesula. His Excellency was In troduced by Vis-
count Palmerston, G.C.B , her Als.jesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affaj.rs, and conducted
by the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C. AL, the Master of
the Ceremonies.

Her Majesty was attended by the Lord Chamberlain,
the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting the Vice Cham-
berlain, and Sir Frederic Stovin, Groot n in Waiting.
The Queen, attended by the Ho'a. Miss Paget and
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, lei isited her Royal
Highness the Princess Sophia, on S aturday, at her re-
sidence at Kensington.
His Royal Highness Prince Alberf4 attended by Mr.
G. E. Anson, went on Saturday mor ui ng to the office of
the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset :House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her
Royal Highness the Duchess Of Cainihridge, accompa-
nied by the Princess Mary, visited, her Majesty on
Saturday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckit kgham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highne as. the Duchess of
Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Dv e and Duchess of
Cambridge, his Serene Highness I 'mince Frederick of
Hesse, Count Alexander Mensdor ff , his Excellency
Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess o f Sutherland, the
Duke of Wellington, Lady Fanny oward, Lady Au-
gusta Cadogan, Baroness de Speth, ',Earl and Countess
of Clarendon, Lord Robert Grosvc ty)r, Lord George
Lennox, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay.
Yesterday morning the Queen and :Prince Albert, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Ke au, the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting, and the dom, Istic household at-
tended Divine service in the private chapel at Bucking-
ham Palace. The Hon. and ROT. (I. Leslie Courtensy
officiated.

His Serene Highness Prince Fre Uccle of Hesse was
present at the Queen's Levee on Friday. Colonel J. G.
Griffith, Bombay Artillery, was pars ented to her Ma-
jesty at the Levee, on his return fie om India, by the
Right Hon. the Earl of Clare, K.P.
Lady Caroline Cocks and the HO/A . Miss Paget have
succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley mu 1 Dawson as the
Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Qla een.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duro 3 and Dnchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine
Service yesterday morning in Grosvel etor Chapel.
A Cabinet Council was held on Sat arday afternoon, at
the Foreign-office. The Ministers p resent were Lord
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir Ge ,orge Grey, Vis-
count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chem cellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse,
Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendoia , Viscount Mor-
peth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulam and the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Council sat two hours and a WE.

The Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl ofl:uckland, and a
deputation, had an interview with Lord John Russell, on
Saturday, at his official residence in Dc ,wning-street.
Mr. John Hornby, M.P., and Mr. P.. S. Head, had an
interview with the Right Hon. E. Str utt, on Saturday, at
the office of the Commissioners of Ra ilways.
Mr. Cross had an interview with k iir George Grey on
Saturday. The Rev. W. Thursby but -also an interview
with the Right Hon. Baronet on Saturday, at the Home-
office.

The Duke of Wellington attended. the early service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.
Dr. Wesley officia•cd, and preached the sermon. At the
daily service, the prayers were reaf.it by the Rev. Dr.
Knapp, and the lessons by the It ev. Dr. H. Dakins.
The sermon was preached by the Re w. Dr. Sleath. The
anthem was "God is our hope" (G reene). Sir George
Smart presided at the organ. The Marquises of Salis-
bury and Granby Lords Fortescue, Listowel, Granville,
De Manley, Vivian, and Ebringto a, were among the
nobility present.
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