The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-10 00:00:00

4VENIN 0 EDITI ONvs

COURT CIRCULArt.

Her Alajesty gave a State Dinner yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, to the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty arrived from
marlborough House at the Palace a quarter before eight
S'eh'elic, and was received in the Grand Hall, by his Royal High-
iiiSaxe ess Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary 'Prince of
Cobourg Gotha, and also by the Hon. Miss Murray,
and the Hon. Miss Lister, Maids of Honour in Waiting on
the Queen ; the Earl of Errol, Lord Steward, Lord Lilford, Lord
to Waiting, and Colonel Wemyss. Equerry in Waiting.
R:s Royal Highness Prince Albert conducted her Majesty
the Queen Dowager to the State Rooms.
thThe dinner party consisted of her Majesty and Prince Albert,
e Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
10 Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg
B,°tha, the Duke of Wellington,orth we Duke and Duchess of
itherland, Earl of Erroll, Ld Steard, Earl of Uxbridge,
Lord Chamberlain Countess (,f Uxbridge, and the Ladies
Eleanora and Constance Paget, Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain
the Queen Dowager ; Viscount Melbourne, Lady William
sys'!'ell, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady Barham, Lady in
l`ting ; Frances Lady Clinton, Lady in Waiting on the
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kueen Dowager; Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting on
Li* Duchess of Kent; Hon. Miss Murray and Hon. Miss
Lister, Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Hon. Miss Mitchell,
...
laid of Honour in Waiting on the Queen Dowager; Baroness
:Nlhzen ; Lord Lilford, Lord in Waiting ; Hon. Charles A.
tl Master of the Household; Viscount Boringdon, Gen-
eman of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert ; Colonel Arm-
‘i',._it cing. Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in
; Colonel Wylde, Equerry, and Mr. Seymour, Groom
of the Bedchamber, to Prince Albert ; Baron de Lowenfels,
and Baron de Groben.
The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards was
in attendance during dinner.
Highnesses
Majesty had afterwards an evening party. Their Royal
Bllighnesses the Duke and Duahess of Cambridge, and the
ancess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr and
Baron Knesebeck, arrived at ten o'clock, and were received by
the Hon. Misses Murray and Lister, and Colonel Wemyss.
Weippert's Royal QUadrille Band attended in an ante-room
over the Picture Gallery, and perf wined in the course of the
light the Rainbow and Coburg Waltzes, composed expressly
or the occasion, Le Triomphale, and two entire new sets of
Quadrilles.
11_ Among the company were Monsieur Guizot tha French Am-
a dssador, Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, Baron Gers-
rfft the Saxon Minister, Monsieur de Hummelauer,
Austrian Charge d'Affaires, M. de Kisseleff, Russsian
Charge d'Affaires, Baron Werther, Duke of Richmond, Earl
of March, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Marquis and Mar-
zhioness of Lansdowne, Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice, Earl of
.S_helburne, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, Lady
Pprances Vane, Countess of Erroll, Lady Ida Hay, Countess of
urham, Lady M. Lambton, Earl and Countess of Chester-
Frances Hon. Miss Forrester, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady
F.,raness Cowper, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Morpeth, Lady
?_eymeur, Right Hon. George S., and Lady Agnes Byng,
1.on• Colonel Cavendish, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Mr. Cayen-
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tish, ,r George and the Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Pitt,
Hon. Charles Gore, and Mr. George Edward Anson.
...Addresses of Congratulation were presented to his Royal
itgliness Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham Palace by
the following Gentlemen :
kMr. Croft, Mayor of Richmond, in the County of York, on
hcßoyal Highness's marriage with her Most Gracious Majesty
Queen, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the
Borough of Richmond in Council assembled. Also a similar
Address of Congratulation
from the Mayor, Aldermen. Bur-
gesses and Inhabitants of the same Borough in Public Meeting
assembled.
Sir James Duke, M.P.—from the Mayor, Aldermen, and
Burgesses of the Borough of Boston.
Mr. Anthony Atkinson, Mayor of the Borough of Beverley—
from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Beverley.
Major Bell. of Beverley, accompanied by the Hon. Charles
Langdale,, M.P.—from the Members of the Reform Associa-
tion of the Borough of Beverley, and East Riding of the County
°I York.

Mr. Foster, Mayor of Cambridge; Mr. Alderman Humfrey,
4r. Alderman Simpson, and Mr. Francis Gunnirg, Town
Clerk of Cambridge—from the Corporation of Cambridge.
The Marquis of Exeter, K. G.—from the county of Rutland.
Mr. Fitzroy—from Lewes.
The Mayor of Dover and a Deputation—from Dover.
The Mayor of Darby and a Deputation—from Derby.
Lord Charles Manners—from Grantham.
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen—from Aberdeen.
An Address was also presented from Kingston-upon-Hull.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the fol-
lowing Oificers of his Household:—Mr. George Edward An-
ion, Treasurer ; Viscount Boringdon, Gentleman of the Bed-
chamber ; Colonel W ylde, Equerry ; and Mr. Seymour, Groom
of the Bedchamber.
, The London Presbytery of the Established Church of Scot-
attended the Queen's Levee on Friday last, to present an
Address to her Majesty ; and were admitted to the honour of
kissing hands in the followityr order :—The Rev. P. Lori-
rer (Moderator), the Rev. 'Doctors John Crombie and,
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rames R. Brown, the Rev. Messrs. James C. Burns, and Wil-
e•n, M. Thompson (Ministers), with William Hamilton, Geo.
`.. W
e3r, J. Marshall, W. CampbelL.W. Ramage, R. Ragg, J.
t.erguson, A. Gillespie, jun.,William Maclure, J. Pateson, J.
Morris, T. Pickett, J. Morrison, C. Vertue, D. Gray and
Duguid, Esqrs. (Elders.)
Mr. Benjamin Wood, M.P., was presented to the Queen at
the Levee on Friday, by Sir James Duke, M.P.
„.Addresses of Congratulation were presented to her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, from the following
Places:
From the Members of the Reform Association of the
I°oriougn of Beverley, and East Riding of the County of
.1), ori_r, on the nationally-hailed occasion of his Royal Highness
the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha's union in marriage
with her most Gracious and Beloved Majesty the Queen, pre-
sented by Major Bell, accompanied by the Hon. Charles Lang-
dale, M.P.
, From the Inhabitants of Beverley, agreed to at a general meet-
mg held on the 24th February, 1840, presented jointly by Mr.
Anthony Atkinson, Mayor of the Borough, and Major Bell, of
Beverley.
From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough
of Boston, presented by Sir James Duke, M.P.
From the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of
the Borough of Richmond, in the county of York, in public
meeting assembled, presented by Mr. Croft, Mayor of
Richmond.

From Kingston, presented by the Hon. C. Langdale.
From Aberdeen, presented by the Lord Provost of Aberdeen.
From Derby, presented by Mr. John Saunders, the Mayor,
the Hon. J. Ponsonby, M.P., and Mr. Strutt, M.P. for the
Borough (from the Town Council of Derby).
From Grantham, presented by L Ord Charles Manners.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended
during the presentation of the Addresses by Lady Fanny Ho-
ward, Lady in Waiting.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Princess Au- '
gusta yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's.. Her Majesty
also paid a visit to the Duchess of Glaucester, at Gloucester
House.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert gave a sitting yesterday to
Mr. Bailey, R. A., for the Marriage Medal.
Mr. Wynn Ellis, M.P., Mr. Moore, and Mr. Ballance, a
deputation on the Silk Trade, had an interview with Mr. La-
bouchere yesterday at the Board of Trade.
Mr. H. Wavmouth, Mr. Thomas Wilson, Mr. Remington
Mills, Mr. Sarimel Gale, and Mr. John Wilks, a deputation
from the Deputies of the Protestant Dis,enting Congregations
in London and the vicinity, had an interview with the Marquis
of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office.
The Lord Mayor and Mr. Grattan had interviews with Vis-
count Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street.
Sir H. M'Leod had an interview with Lord John Russell
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Blanford, Mr. Knox, Mr. Ponsonby, and Mr. Hillman,
' deputation from the Thames Plate Glass Company, had an
interview with Mr. Labouchere yesterday at the Board of
Trade.
Mr. Lefevre, Sir B. Hall, and Mr. Chadwick, had inter-
views with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-
office.