The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-12 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen went in See e ~stertlay to the 1-1,,u,e, of
Peers to close the Session of Parliament with a Speech
from the Throne. The State Procession was formed at•
half-past one o'clock, in the fullocing order :—A car-
riage, drawn by six bays, conveying Sir Frederick Smith,
Colonel Harris, and Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentle-
men Ushers, and Captain Seymour Sadler, Exon le
Waiting ; a carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying Cap-
tain Se)mour, Groom of the Robes, Messrs. Cowell,.
Chichester, and Wemyss, Pages of Honour and th?
Silver Stick ; a carriage, drawn by a set of bays, coa-
tMt:•ing the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng,
compt,--pller of the Household, General the Han•
Sir W. LuCaleY, G.C.8., Groom in Waiting., Colonel
Wemyss, &pen: in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie,
Equerry to Prince 1->.'hert ; a carriage, drawn by six
bays, conveying Lord Bill, G.C.8., Gold Stick in
Waiting, the Earl of Ilelles,:,er, Captain of the YO"
men Guard, the Earl of Suwy, Treasurer of the
Household, and Sir George Anson, G.C.B , Groom in
Waiting on Prince Albert ; a carriage, drawn by 51%
black horses, conveying the Countess of Me'unt Edge-
cumbe, Lady in Waiting, the Earl of Error, K.G."
Lord Steward, Viscount Torrington, Lord in V‘ratlng;
and Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waitiil °-
Prince Albert.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the State ROO"
twenty minutes before two o'clock, preceded by she;
Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain, and the Earl '
Belfast, G.C.H., Vice-Chamberlain, her Majestys
train being borne by the Pages of Honour in Waiting.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was habited in a
Field Marshal's uniform, and wore the Collars of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter, and of the Most
Honourable Military Order of the Bath, with the stars
of both Orders. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
were conducted to the State coach, in which were also
the Duchess of Bedford, Lady in Waiting, and the
Ea,;-1 of Albemarle, G.C.H., Master of the Horse. Th.
Queen's 112arshalmen, two and two, the Queen's font-
men, in State I:veries, and a party of the Yeomen
Guard, preceded the State coach. The Royal Cortege
was escorted by a party of the Royal RegimentlP,
Horse Guards.
Their Majesties the King and Queer' of the Weal
left the Palace at the same time for ,!,.!Re Howe 0
Lords. His Majesty wore the unform of 1;11 Eegsll,
Field M aslial, with the rinand and jewel, and,:llo4"-
star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. ta
) The Crown was conveyed to the House of Dodo vi
Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher.
H,n- M ijesty and Prince Albert were received, °,`"
their return to the Palace by the Lord Chamberlain ante
the Viec.Chamberlain, and were conducted up the
Grand Staircase.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the
Marble Hall. Mr. Eilerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque
to the Corps, was in attendance.
Tile Queen's Guard of the Grenadier Guards ores
on duty, with the band of the Regiment on the Palace
Lawn.
The Foreign Ministers came yesterday afternoon t°,
Buckingham Palace to have audience of his Molest'
the King of the Belgians. At half-past three
o'clock, their Excellencies began to arrive. There
were present Shekib Effendi, the Turkish Arabes'
sador, Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, CoanC
Mandelsloh, the Wurtembcrg Minister ; Count niurf
stjerna, the Swedish Minister ; Baron de Cetto, ti,,-
Bavarian Minister ; M. Dedel, the Netherlanes Minis-
-1 ter ; Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister ; Bare°
' de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister ; Baron Mar'.
chausen, the Hanoverian Minister; Prince Mavrocor'
' date, the Grecian Minister; M. Fortique, the Veaea
' zuelan Minister ; Baron de Brusow, the Russia°
Minister ; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister;
' General Alava, the Spanish Minister ; Baron e Nie
man, the Austrian Minister on a Special Miss,i°°:
Baron de Bourqucney, the French Charge d'Affuireli!
' Count Bilk Brahe, Danish Charge d'Affaires ; '
' de Hummelauer, Austrian Charge d'Affaires ; G° te::
' mandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Charge d'Affaires-
G. Capece Galeota Dei Duche di Regina, NeapolitP"
Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Charge
d'Affaires ; Mr. Salame, her Majesty's Oriental inter
, ' preter, accompanying the Turkish Ambassador, 14:
' Odelga, Conseiller and Baron Lebzeltern, SecretarY,t;
the Austrian Embassy ; M. Macedo, Secretary 10 tP-

Brazilian Legation.
Their Excellencies having assembled in the Librari:
their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgial).;
attended by Madame d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot,o°:
M. Van Praei: entered the apartment. The C0rp5.,.91-
plomatique were then severally presented to their Ivia°
jesties by M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Ministerl
M. Drouet, Secretary to the Belgian Legation.
tine of the Attaches to the Legation, were in attendanq:
Sir Edward Disbrowe, G.C.H, had an audienceof yes
Majesty King Leopold yesterday afternoon at Buckipr
ham Palace.
Her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians, a 0„
Prince Albert, took an airing yesterday afternoon s'"

open carriage and.four.
The Royal Dinner Party last evening included -their
" Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, het
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the 13eIgh'ist
Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Earl to
Erroll, Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. F. Baring,
the Right Hon. H. and Mrs. Labouchere, the Itig4
Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right Hon: George S•
Lady Charlotte Dundas, Lord George Lennox, Nadal°
d'Hoogvorst, Count Arschot, and M. Van Praet.
The Band of the Second Regiment of Life Guard
was in attendance during dinner at the Palace. . at
Toe Queen gave a Concert on Monday evening e
Bucking,liam Palace. Among the company 'yr;
Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister ; Baron de jiTo
corvo, the Portuguese Minister ; the Russian Mjoist%
and Baronness Brunow ; Baron Gersdorff, the Sillol
;
Minister ; the Austrian Special Minister the X 1154
Chancellor and Lady Cottenham, and Hon.
uka
Pepys, the Duchess of Northumberland, the
and Duchess of Leinster, Lady C. Stanhope, "6,10
A. Somerset, Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarrl
Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Normanby,
and Countess of Albemarle, Earl and Countess of Pe:i
fast, Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Minto, Earl agi°o
Countess of Surrey, Lady Mary Howard, the Lit' 0,
Eleanora and Constance Paget, the Countess of Egg
Lady Isabella Wemyss, Countess of Mount Bt.
cunabe, Viscount Duncaonon, Lord and Lady 13,dc,i
hersh, Lord John Russell, Hon. Miss Lister, .14°-,1
Hill, Lord and Lady Leveson Sir Henry
Lady Wheatley and Miss Wheatley, Sir Pdi,
ward and Lady Cust, Sr Robert and Lady G,„4:raht
ner, Miss Gardiner, Right Hon. F. T. Baring. 11','",.,e1
Hon, T. B. Macaulay, Hon. General Upton, C°l° E.
and Mrs. Couper, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George e,
Anson, Hon. W. Cowper, Mr. and Mrs. Labouebe fr ow
r.„,
The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday ,r,
the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucest's,
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High°
on Monday evening.
The following was issued yesterday : eat
" The Princess Augusta has passed an indiffer
night, but her Royal Highness is not worse than Ye
terday."
" Clarence House, August 11."
Rag'
Mr. Alston had an interview with Lord Joba
sell yesterday at the Colonial-office.