The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Yesterday was the Queen's birthday. The Court being
at Claremont, a serenade was performed at seven o'clock
in the morning at Claremont by the band of the Scots
Fusilier Guards, under the direction of Mr. C. Boose.
The performance commenced with a choral, " Eine

fete Buarg ist unser Gott," Adelaide—Beethoven.
The band afterwards played a selection from the
" Zaberfloti"—Mozart, and concluded the serenade with
the Jubal overture—C. M. Von Weber.

The royal circle at breakfast consisted of her Majesty
the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, and his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended dur-
ing breakfast a❑d played a selection from the Sonnam-
bula—Bellini; and afterwards performed quadrilles from
Wallace's opera of Matilda of Hungary—C. Coote.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual
early walk.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice
walked and rode out in the Park.

The Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson, the Maids of
Honour in Waiting, arrived at Claremont from town.
At luncheon the band of the Scots Fusilier Guards
again attended at Claremont, and played a selection from
Mose in Egitto (Rossini), and also waltzes " Les Ger-
maines I Paris" (Tolbecque).
Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Sir George
Couper, Lord James Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel F.
Hugh Seymour, Captain Francis Seymour, and Sir
Frederick Stovin, arrived in the afternoon, and had
the honour of joining the august circle. Sir Robert 'and
Lady Gardiner, the Misses Gardiner, and Captain
Lynedoch Gardiner, Wad also the honour of joining the.
royal circle at dinner.
A number of the Nobility and Gentry called and left
their names yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Among
them were the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de
Weyer, the Duke of Rutland, and Lady Adeliza
Manners, Lord George Manners, the Marquis of Exeter,
the Marquis of Granby, the Dowager Marchioness
of Downshire, Hon. Major and Lady Mary Hood, the
Marquis of Worcester, the Earl and Countess of Morton,
Lady Ellen Douglas, the Countess Dowager Somers,
the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Ladies Anne and
Louisa Primrose, Lord Dalmeny, Earl and Countess of
Kinnoull,Lady Sarah Hay, Viscount Dupplin, Lady Eliza-
beth Dawson, Lord and Lady Ebrington, Colonel, Mrs., and
Miss Darner, Miss M. Seymour, Earl and Countess
Warwick, Lord Brooke, Colonel and Lady Sarah
Lindsay, the Ladies Gore, Captain Hon. Robert Gore.
Dowager Lady and the Misses Napier, Lord John Man-
ners, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, the Misses Wheat-
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Major-General Sir Harry and
Lady Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Hope Johnstone, Colonel Sir
George and Lady Couper, Miss Couper, Sir Edward and
Lady Bowater, Lady and Mis Ouseley, Viscount and
Viscountess Falkland. Viscount and Viscountess Beres-
ford, Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Lord and Lady
Camoys, Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobus, the Misses
Antrobus, Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, Sir George Anson,
Lord Waterpark, Hon. Captain and Mrs. George Camp-
bell, Sir Edward Codrington, Misses Maria and Emma
Codri ngton.
Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar landed at Wool-
wich yesterday afternoon from Rotterdam, en route from
the Hague. The Master of the Horse to the Queen
Dowager received the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess on their landing, ard conducted them
into one of her MAjesty's carriages-and-four. Their
Royal Highneses, attended by their suite, proceeded to
town, and arrived at Marlborough House at half-past
three o'clock. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess took a carriage drive early in the evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge vi-
sited her Maje-sty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at
Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness honoured
the performance of the French Plays with her presence
last evening.

The state apartments in Windsor Castle were closed
yesterday, and will not be re-opened until after Mon-
day the 7th of June next.
The Governor of the Bank of England, and the De-
puty Governor, had au interview with the Chancellor
ut the Excht.quer 3 esterday at his official residence iu
Downing-Art et.
A deputation, including Mr. Braithwaite, engineer to
the. Eastern Counties and Harwich Junction Railway ;
Mr. Bruff, engineer to the Eastern Union and Harwich