The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Sor;i: e
yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The Queen Dowager also attended the Service.
The Bishop of London preached the scrmon, tskirg his
text from Genesis, chap. 2, verses 16 and 17. The Les-
sons were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the Prayers t y
the Rev. Mr. Packman, and the Co, reunion Service by
the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Rev.
Mr. Packman. The Chant was by Hawes ; the Te Deem
and Jubilate in F (B..rrow). The Sanctus and Res.
ponses (Davey). The Anthem, " Sing 0 Heavens" (Kent)
was sung by Messrs. W. Knyvett, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale.
Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
The Rev. J. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, was in
waiting. In the suite of her IVl,jesty and Prince Albert
were the Duchess of Bedford, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon.
Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, Marquis of Headfort,
Hon. General Sir William Lumley, Lord Alfred Paget,
Colrinel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour.
t In the suite of her Majosty the Queen Dowager were
he Countess of Mayo, Hen. Miss Edett, and the Earl
Howe.

The Queen and Prince Albert and Suite returned in
four of the Royal carriages to Buckingham Palace after the
serv;ce.

The Duchess of Kent continues indisposed with cold
and rheumatism. Her Royal Highness has not been out
of the Palace since her return from Windsor.

The following Gentlemen bad audiences of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert on Saturday at Buckingham
Palace :—Lord Ernest Bruce, M P. , to present an ad-
dress of congratulation to his Royal Highness on the aus-
picious occasion of his marriage, from Marlborough.
Mr. Henry Grimes to present a Congratulatory Address
from the Royal Town of Sutton Goldfield, in the co•rnty
of Warwick.

The Rev. Sir HenryDukinfield, to present to his Royal
Highness an Address of Congratulation from the Inhabi-
tants of the Parish of St. Martio's-in-thc-Fields.

Captain-Pechell, R N., M. P., and Colonel Adolphus
Dalrymple, Bart., M. P., to present an Address of Con-
gratulation to his Royal Highness from the Inhabitants of
the Borough of Brighton.
His Royal Highness was attended during his reception
of the Addresses by the following Gentlemen of his House-
bold:—Viscount Baringdon, Mr. George Edward Anson,
Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour.
The Rev. Sir Henry Dukinfield, Bart., had also an
audience of the Duchess of Kent in Buckingham Palace,
to present an address of congratulation to her Royal High-
ness on the auspicious occasion of her Most Gracious Pia-
jesty's marriage, from the Inhabitants of the parish of St.
Martin-in.the- Fields. Her. Royal Highness was attended
on the reception of this address by Lady Fanny Howard
and Martel Cooper, C. 8., K. H.
An address of congratulation from Southampton was
presented on Thursday to the Duchess of Kent at Buck-
ingham Palace..
Captain Mathew, M.P., presented to the Queen ad-
dresses of loyalty and congratulation from the Mayor and
Council of Shaftesbury, and from the Clergy, Magistrates,
and Inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Shaftesbury, at
her Majesty's Levee on Wednesday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty on
Saturday.
The Royal Dinner party, on Saturday evening, included
the Earl of Erroll, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge,
the Ladies Eleanore and Constance Paget, the Earl of
Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Ashley,
Sir Joh❑ Hobhouse, and Colonel Cooper.
The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was
in attendance at the Palace, and performed during the whole
of the evening.
On Friday Mr. Goss's Anthem, composed in honour of
the Queen's marriage, was submitted to her Majesty, and
was honoured with her gracious approbation.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George,
and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine
Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Miss
Kerr and Major Stephens were in Waiting on their Royal
Highnesses.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand dinner
on Saturday evening at their residence in Carlton-gardens
to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, his Serene Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe
Cobourg and Gotha, his Royal Highness Prince George of
Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and a select party, including the
Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland,
the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount Duncannon,
and Lord liorpeth. Miss Kerr was in Waiting on the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Baron de Groben and the
Baron de Lowenfels were in Waiting on the Duke s.nd
Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House_
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bad a meeting with Mr.
Labouchere on Saturday at the Board of Trade.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign Office. Lord Holland was prevented by in.
disposition from attending the meeting.

The Council sat three—hours.
S;r Charles Napier and Mr. Chldes Boller, M. P., had
interviews with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at
the Home Office.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on Sa
turday at Lansdowne House.
Lord John Russell had a dinner party at his residence in
Wilton-crescent on Saturday evening.