The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

• The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine service
. yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
• I'he Sermon was preached by Archdeacon Goddard, from
Romans, ehap.'l3. verse 1. The prayers were read by
the Rev. Horsley Dakins, the Lessons by the Rev. W.
Hall, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of
London, the Rev. Dr. Strutt, and the Rt v. W. Hall.
The Chaunt was Henley's ; the Te Deum and Jubilate in
A, Aldrich ; the Sanctus and Responses were Croft's ;
and the. Anthem, " Thou, 0 God, art praised in Sion"
(Greene), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins and Hobbs.
Sir George Smsrt presided at the organ.
The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, was in
v. ailing. The Royal suite included the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, Earl
of Aboyne, Lord George Lennox, Hon. W. Cowper,
Colonel Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, and Captain Seymour.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal High.
miss the Duchess of Kent attended the service in the
Chapel Royal yesterday morning. Her Majesty was
attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Hon. Miss Eden,
and Earl -Howe Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on
the Duchess of Kent.
The Duchess of Kent and the bake of Can.britlge
visited her Majesty yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses
also visited the King of the Belgians yesterday in Buck-
ingham Palace.
Her Majesty had a Dinner Party on Saturday at Buck.
iagham Palace. The company consisted of his Majesty
the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ;
Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister ;
the Duchess of Sutherland ; Duke of Devonshire ;
Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount Melbourne,
Viscount Morpeth, Lord and Lady Bargherah, Lord and
Lily Mahon, Lord George' Lennox, General Goblet, M.
Van Pees, Countess of Mount Edgecurnbe, Lady Fanny
Howard, lion. Miss Murray, lion. Miss Lister, Baroness
Lehzen, Right Hon. George and Lady Agnes Byng,
Earl of Aboyne, Hon. W. Cowper, Colonel Wemyss,
Colonel Wylde, and Caytain Seymour.
The Band of the Coldstream Guards attended at the
Palace during the evening.
tier Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
Countess of Sheffield, visited the Queen on Saturday, in
Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty afterwards went to
Gloucester House, in visit the Duchess of Gloucester.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty
on Saturday.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited his Majesty the
King of the Belgians on Sunday, in Buckingham Palace.
His Excellency Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister,
had an audience on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace, of
his Majesty the King of the Belgians.
Her Majesty the Qacen Dowager attended Divine
Service yesterday afternoon, in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's.

By her Majesty's command, Mr. W. C. Ross, A.R. A.,
lucl the honour, on Saturday, of taking a second sitting
for a sketch of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal
at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duke of Sussex
yesterday at Kensington Palace.

The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager on Saturday at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke of Cam-
bridge yesterday at Cambridge House.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George honoured
Prince Estcrhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, with their
company at dinner en Saturday, at Clarendon House.
The Ruyal Duke afterwards honoured the Viscountess
Palmerston with his company, at Carlton-terrace, in the
evening.

A C;binet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers
except the Lord Chancellor.

Tile Council sat two ours and a half.
Messrs. Duncombc, Lindley, and Brotherton, had an
interview with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at
the Home Office.

A Deputation, consisting of Sir M. Wood, M P. ; Mr.
R. L. I) :es, Mr. Halls, and the City Remembrancer,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exoliequer on
Saturday in Downing street, upon the subjcet of the Royal
Exchange Improvements.
Mr. Elcot had an interview with Lord John Russell at
the Colonial Office.

Messrs. Phipps, Lister, and Varden, had an interview
with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home
Office. The Rev. J. H. Woodward also. visited the Noble
Marquis on Saturday.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the West India Colonies.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. Judgment was given in Louisa Goddard and
the Rev. Henry Wellesley v. James Joseph Hope Vere,
from the Prerozative Court. Their Lordships affirmed
the decree of the Court below.

An appeal from St. Lucia, " Gahan v. Lafitte," occu-
pied the Court during the whole of the sitting. Mr. Pem-
berton, Queen's Counsel, was heard fur the appellant;
and Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, for the respondent.