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 Hardwicke, Earl of Lin-
coln, Lord Portman, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham,
Bart., and the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse,
were introduced by Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster to her Majesty, 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 introduced by Vis-
count Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted
by the lion. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., 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, Groom in Waiting.
The Queen, attended by the Hon. Miss Paget and
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, visited her Royal
Highness the Princess Sophia, on Saturday, at her re-
sidence at Kensington.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr.
G. E. Anson, went on Saturday morning 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 Cambridge, accompa-
nied by the Princess Mary, visited her Majesty on
Saturday.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of
Hesse, Count Alexander Mensdorff, his Excellency
Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the
Duke of Wellington, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Au.
gusta Cadogan, Baroness de Speth, Earl and Countess
of Clarendon, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord George
Lennox, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay.
Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting, and the domestic household at-
tended Divine service in the private chapel at Bucking-
ham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtensy
officiated.
His Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Hesse was
present at the Queen's Levee on Friday. Colonel J. G.
Griffith, Bombay Artillery, was presented to her Ma-
jesty at the Levee, on his return from India, by the
Right Hon. the Earl of Clare, K.P.
Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Paget have
succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson as the
Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Qneen.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Dnchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine
Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at
the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis-
count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse,
Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Mor-
peth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Council sat two hours and a half.
The Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Auckland, and a
deputation, had an interview with Lord John Russell, on
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. John flornby, M.P., and Mr. F. S. Head, had an
interview with the Right lion. E. Strutt, on Saturday, at
the office of the Commissioners of Railways.
Mr. Cross had an interview with Sir George Grey on
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with The Rev. W. Thursby had also an nterview
with the Right Hon. Baronet on Saturday, at the Horne-
office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a
committee meeting on Saturday.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.
Dr. Wesley officitved, and preached the sermon. At the
daily service, the prayers were read by the Rev. Dr.
Knapp, arid the lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The
enthem was God is our hope" (Greene). Sir George
Smart presided at the organ. The Mai vises of Salis-
bury ;aid Graitb:, I cs-d,, Fcrteseee, Listovsel, Granville,
De Mauley, Vivian, and Ebrington, were among the
nobility present.