The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-17 00:00:00

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EVENINO EDITION.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company
consisted of her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Here-
ditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg Gatha, Baron 13ulow, the
Prussier, Minister ; Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady
Augusta Somerset, Marquis of Normanby, Earl and
Countess of Errol, Lady Ida Hay, Earl of Uxbridge,
Earl of Surrey, Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Vis.
count Melbourne, Lord Hill, Lord and Lady Seymour,
Lord Foley, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord George Len-
II", Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Hon. Miss Cavendish,
Mr. George Edward Anson, Lady Barham, Hon. Louisa
Noel, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon.
Miss Lester, Baroness Lehzen, Lord Lilford, Colonel
Armstrong, Colonel Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, Baron de
Lovvenfels, and Baron de Gruben.
The Coldstream Band attended during dinner.
Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. Among
the company were Baron de Nieumann, the Austrian Minis-
ter, on a Special Mission, and Baron de Lebzeltern, Baron
Brunow, on a Special Mission from Russia, and Count
Nesselrode, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and the
Ladies Gower, the Lord Chancellor, Lady Cottenhan,
and the Hon. Miss Pepys, Marquis and Marchioness of
Aylesbury, Marquis of Anglesey and Lady,M. Paget,
Countess Stanhope and Lady W. Stanhope, Earl and
Lady W. Stanhope, Earl and Countess of Minto and the
Ladies Elliot, Countess of Cawdor and the Ladies Camp-
bell, Countess of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanore and
Constance Paget, Countess of Surrey, and Lady
Howard, Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady
M. Grimston, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston,
Lady Frances Cowper, Viscount Morpeth, Viscountess
Forbes, Mr. Vaughan, Lord and Lady Worsley, Lord
Leveson, Lord George Paget, Lard Alfred Paget, Lord
D'irnenh Hon. Mrs. George Anson, Hon. William
Cowper, Mr. Berkeley Paget, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon.
Charles Howard, and Mr. Methuen.
Weiepeit's Royal Quadrille Band, and her Majesty's
Chamber Band, were in attendance during the night:.
The Princess Augusta visited the Queen yesterday.
• Her Royal Highness also visited the Duchess o:' Glouces-
ter yesterday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday.
, Her Majesty was graciously pleased to sit to Mr. Hayter
yesterday, in the full costume worn at the Royal Mar-
riage.. His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Cobourg Gotha also sat for the same picture.
Addresses of Congratulation to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, were presented to his Royal Highness at
Buckingham Palace: yesterday afternoon, by the following
gentlemen :
Mr. Greene, M.P., and Mr. Marton, M.P.—from the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Lancaster.
The Duke of Somerset—from the Royal Institution.
The Mayor' of Andover, accompanied by the Town
C 1 The
Andover.
Messrs. Thomas Fisher, George Borrett, C. W. D.
Moore, J. Piper, Samuel Carpenter, Samuel Abraham,
and Edward W. James, Vestry Clerk, a deputation of the
Inhabitants of the Parish and Royal Manor Town of
Greenwich—from Greenwich.
Mr. Loch, M.P.—from the Royal Burgh of Dingwall.
Sir Walter James, Bart. M.P.—from the Trinity House
of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Major-General Sir Frederick Trench, jointly with Sir
Charles Style—from the Mayor and Town Council of
Scarborough.
Major-General Sir Frederick Trench—from the Con-
servative Association of Scarborough.
Mr. Isaac L. Goldsmid, and Mr. Robert Lyon—from
the Members of the Jewish Congregation, in Maiden-
lane, Strand.

Mr. C. B. Wilkins, Mayor of Saffron Walden, Mr.
Alderman Player, J. P., and Mr. Councillor Thurgood,
from the Town Council of Saffron Walden.
Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., from the inhabitants of Lincoln.
The Hon. Henry Ashley, M.P., and Mr. Robert Wil-
liams, from Dorchester.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the
following officers of his Household :—Lord Robert Gros-
venor, Groom of the State, Mr. George Edward Anson,
Treasurer, General Sir George Anson, Groom of the
Bedchamber, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry.
Addresses of Congratulation to her Royal Highness the
IJuchess of Kent were presented yesterday at Buckingham
Palace to her Royal Highness from the following places
and public bodies.
From the. Mayor, Magistrates, Aldermen, Burgesses,
and Inhabitants of the borough of Dorchester, in the
county of Dorset, presented by the Hon. H. Ashley, M.P.,
and Mr. R. Williams.
_ From the Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the Royal
Burgh of Dingwall, presented by Mr. Loch, M. P.
I. PFrom the Wardens, Elders, and Members of the Jewish
origregaticin of Maiden-lane, Strand—presented by Mr.
Goldsmiel and Mr. R. Lyon.
From the Members of the Scarborough Conservative
Asso •
ciatiors_...presented by Major-General Sir F. Trench,
M. p.
From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the bo-
rough of Scarborough—presented by Sir T. Charles Style
and Sir Fred. Trench.
„. From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the bo
of Lancaster—presented by Messrs. Greene and
erten, the Members for Lancaster.
From
ma the inhabitants and parishioners of the town and
Royal nor: of Greenwich—presented by Messrs. Thos.
Fisher, Gear
ge Borrctt, C. W. D. Moore, J. Piper,
Simnel Ca..pen ter, Samuel Abraham, and E. W. James,
vestry clerk.
_ From the Members of the Royal Institution of Great
Britain—presented by the Duke of Somerset, K. G.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended,
on receiving the Addresses, by Lady Fanny Howard,
Lady in 'Waiting, and Colonel Couper, C. 8., First
Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's House-
hold.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Ross,
A. R. A., by sitting yesterday for a second portrait in
profile. _

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended by the Hon.
Miss Mitchell, Hon. Miss Hudson, and several Gentlemen
of her Suite, rode out on horseback in the Parks yesterday.
The Bishop of London, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Eden, had
interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-
street.

The Rev. Dr. Spry and Captain 14. V. Huntley had in.
t!rvitiews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colo-
nial Office.
Alb° Commander of the Forces, Lord Barrington, and
—".• R. Clive, had interviews with the Marquis of Nor-
lbanby yesterday at the Home Office.
',Despatches from Sir William Nicolay, Governor of the
Tauritius, and from Lieut.-Colonel Reid, Governor of
ermucla were received yesterday at the Colonial Office.