The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen gave a concert last evening at Buckingham
Palace. The company began to arrive at nine o'clock,
and were ushered up the grand staircase into the Green
Drawing room and Picture Gal:ery.
The Royal family alighted at the garden entrance.
ner Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth. Colonel
Sir George Couper, General the Hon. Arthur Upton,
std Captain Lord James P. Murray.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester was
attended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, and Lieut.-Col.
itnn. G. A. F. Liddell.
T'l. it Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
arid rirce George were attended by Lady Augusta Ca-
()c.cfen and Mr. Edmond Mildmay.
Ili: Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine
( Russia was attended by Vice-Admiral Lulls., Le Con-
senter d'Etat Haurowiz, Baron Serge Freedericksz, avid
Lieut.. Colonel the lion. Charles Grey.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca was attended
by the Marquis Provenz
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived at twenty-
five minutes before ten o'clock, accntrpanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and his Serene High-
ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. Her Majesty was
attended by the Marchioness of Ormontie, Lady in
Waiting;
Hon. Sophia Wheatley, Maid of Honour in
"siting; the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the
Horse..,. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
threhess were attended by the Countess of Assenburg,
Count de B-ust, and Baron Zigesar. The Queen Dow-
ager was received, on alighting from her carriage, by the
Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting ; lion. Misses
the
and Dawson, Maids of Honour in Waiting ;
Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting ; Sir Fre-
derick Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Captain F'ancis
SeYmour, Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Equerry in Waiting ;
and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, Equerry in Wait-
ing to his Royal Highness.
1,114 Royal Highness Prince Albert received the Queen
‘-'43‘vager in the sculpture-gallery, and conducted her
Majesty to the Yellow Drawing-room, where the Queen
received her august visitors.
Shortl before ten o'clock the Queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Queen Dowager, the Duchess
of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of
Cambridge and Prince George, the Grand Duke Con-
stantine, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
and Prince Eeward of Saxe Weimar, the Prince of Lucca,
and the Prince of Leiningen left the Yellow Drawing-
-1.,.rn, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
4Qousehold in Waiting, and entered the Grand Saloon,
receded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord
tevvard. The general company followed from the pie-
'lire gallery.
The royal and distinguished circle being seated in the
saloon which had been prepared for music, the concert
commenced.
The following was the programme of the concert:
PARTE PRIMA.
Quintetto, " Di Scrivermi ogni giorus," Mad. Grisi e
Maddlle Alboni, Sigri Mario, Tamburini, e Lis-
a riablachena (CVerginosi fan t "
S utti)—Mozart,
• " U,ig. Gardoni (La Favorite).—
D • -
onizette
" Po. Po ?" Sigri. Tamburini e Lablache (Cants.-
trici Villane).—Fioravanti.
leloclie," Ave Maria," Madlle Lind.—Schubert.
rreghiera, A,D. 1540, 3,ladlle. Grisi e Mdlle Alboni,
Sled. Mario e Lablache.—Arcadet.
pia' "In (pest° semplice," Madlle. Alboni (Betly)—
• Doni•:.et ti.
4uartette, "Fallisce in ogni impresa," Mesdlles. Lind e
iAlboni,tberata)_.R
Sig Gardoni e Herr Staudigl (Gerusalemme
PARTE SECONDA.
"12ensa c guards," Sig. Tamburini, Herr Stau-
digl e Lsblache (Margerita d'Anjou)—Mayerbeer.
rla• " Dall'asilo della pace," Mad. Grisi (Assedio di
a;orinto)—Costa.
ti°3Uu Courez Years?" Aladlle. Lind e Sig. Mario
Huguenots)—Meyerbeer.
V‘er retit so spat," Herr Staudigl (Der Erl
DuolC"rig)—Schubert.
Ebben per min memoria," Mad. Grisi, Madlle.
torn:Gakrieribeeo.vnri a,razza Ladra)—Rossini.
_Qullaanidevr.enattra," Sig. Mario (Guido e
Selluaino' " Vaasi via di qui," Tutti—Martini.
r c nd
/to. •Costa presided at the piano forte.
"." Qv, .IrQehtnents were served to the company during the
• Zug in the Green Drawing-room.
•St sumptuous supper was afterwards served in the
• tte,
• The following had the honour of receiving invitations:
DeOrraud Duke Constantine, the Hereditary Grand
of arid Duchess of Saxe Weimar, the Prince
d'Et:lleea, Vice-Admiral Lutke, Le Counseiller
of Haurowiz, Baron Freedericksz, Countess
40,Assenburg, Count de Beust, Baron de Zige-
it" MarquisProvenzali, the Austrian Ambassador
I:otoek?unt Dietrichstein. Baron Koller, Count A.
t• the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de
cory'oet. the Portuguese Minister, and Baroness de Mon-
gentit'u.Uoraes Sarmento, Duke de Palmella, the Ar-
quit, Jleininister. the American Minister, and Mrs. Ban-
ana Il Spanish Minister, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires,
rriee,;:°,nees de Rehausen, the Turkish Minister and
vari4,l `Allinaaki, the Wurtemberg Minister, the Ba-
Laetste linister and Baroness de Cetto, the Brazilian
Sinister and Madame Marques Lisboa, the Danish
—"entiowa" Countess de Reventlow, Countess Hilda de
nite• the Me the French Minister and Countess de Jar-
N th
e'.erland -Call Minister, the Hanoverian. Minister, the
3 &c., &c.

A RET BOYS (NAVY).
• "
of BOYS entered on board her Ma-
jrl's ShiPs or Vessels of War, from the Ist day of
:._Ft,. January to the 31st day of December, 1846."
irst Class Boys, entered Navy for
first time 2,521

second time 283
second elassßOYs, entered Navy for
first time 1,972
second time 140

11 f f

Total ... ... 4,916

prom whence obtained:—
Greenwich Royal Naval Asylum 60
Marine Society School ... 50
Other sources 4,806

Total ... ... 4,916

eould Write and read ... . 1,519
Write or read only 804
•••
go
( 4 lod neither read nor write ... 1,402
bteholars 259
11
••• ••• 401 ••• 350

Total ... 4,334
582 supernumerary,
unknown.

Total Boys ... 4,916
Petty officers, Seamen, or Boys,
invalided *228
f t discharged *2,355
/1 desertedts
ed 2,382
dh 418

These numbers are for the Home Ports only.

I
1;t , ;ILI ~Or TA
INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, MAY 28.
-oepoi-oell'init, at seven o'clock, the Four Company
mot; en
rner Majesty's 9th Foot marched from this ga.r.
Wily to "roe to Maidstone, whence it proceeds by. r
arrival
or3tne barracks, and there remains until the
the depol the. regiment from India. The strength of
trier, and consists of 11 sergeants, 9 corporals, I drum-
ea,t . 158 privates, with the following officers :
e ,-,l''n li• Crickit Tyler, Captain William Shelton,
acaL.7l:l C. Elmhirst, Lieutenant Blaney Wahhe,
pt -g Adjutant ; Lieutenant T. L. Bennett, acting
:Yetaster ; and Lieutenant George Cubitt. Colour
.ur
Sergeant Wall is acting Quarter-Master, and Coolthe
geant Joseph Lynch is acting Sergeant •Major t
depots
On Monday next, the 31st, the Four Company
`'BPOts of the 17th Regiment (the
anting of 10 sergeants, and 430 rankM;ynadl.filegeurnder the
corn/nand of Captain David
.Cooper, with Lieutenant
and Adiutant J. L. Crcker, Lijruternnae,nt William Gordon,
acting Quarter-
aster, , Lieutenant Johnson
Major Newry, late Colour-Ser-
as ter, w.th Sergeant
'4'"trit, will march e7iroute for Canterbury, there to relieve
thr Br,th depot, upwards of 500 strong, which returns to
the aarrison for embarkation to India.
detachment from the provisional battalion,
af
tvgo sergeants, two corporals, and one drummer, with
49 Privates. under command of Ensign F. E. Maunsell,
t't the 4th King's Own Foot, marched from Chatham to
'lira.ve.send, and embarked on board a steam vess,l for
Provisional in Essex. Last evening the sergeanss of the,.or
revisional Battalion assembled in their mess room, t
the
should 1,,,,. Purpose of considering what token of their respect
officer on
given to the three non-commissioned
,their leaving this garrison; when, after some c otrn side
boxes,r t -
,iccilt it was resolved to present three silver snuff'
,0_
the value of 51, each :—one to Nathaniel Re& undt I.
4' geant Joseph Lynch, Colour-Ser-
S:r:::Lltegiment, and who is acting Quarier-Mas,er
- -' 01 the garrison: and• another to
the
7Colour-Sergeant John Newry, of the 17th Foot, of the 9th Foot: and the third to
':
rineipal clerk in the Brigade-office, and who h
~1, situation in that department with considerablaescreadtiet
:for
eleven Years, and was highly respected by the 1
~- enteandant, Sir Thomas Wiltshire, K.C.8., as also by
t`a. late Brigade-Major O'Brien, as well as the present
ri,rgade-Major, Captain J. S. Wood.
from Genoa
r THE LATE M. OICONNELL.—A letter
Ztl the 20th, in the Gazette de Lyon, says :—" Yesterday
1):11ba, of O'Connell was transported to the church
• igne, where his funeral obsequies were celebrated.
,wA considerable crowd filled the church, amongst who
c:tri:uTanY of the chief persons of the city. Alloo then
. body is to be
of the 8' Ploont the English, were present. The
to Ireland,
Placed, is the°l3laetehde
followiunrgn iinliscwriiplituihond:—;l
tell, flatus Kerryixobxiliti heart has been
in a chapelle arhdiesnte until remove
,G,enum,
ZEtatis sum ann.
lowPintalLlC PR. AYE!iS Pon" Daniel
m al.
1.
,011C877-.
_, u g notice is affixed to the doors of the metropolitan
Ma. O'CONNYLL.—The fol-
!onr rch, Marlborough street, _Dublin :—" R. I. P.—Pray
In our altar, for whom
'... the nips() of the soul ot the late lamented Liberator
'w° next days••
vei.M... yeNntt•r
hi IN S
a_o . will be otiert.d in this church.—Wednes-
m4Y 111 Pentecost week." the mases of to .day and the
ahwanastosill:ad w
OF Wan Pon PORTUGAL.—The Go
Brutn, are ordered the Geyser steam-sloop, Commander
ith as much ammunition' vat 32-pounder
i,,,,..,_, ~..r can Stew, and to proceed directly to Lisbon. It
tha74.9l4tes Napier will not proceed to Lisbon until
vg 111'114 with dispitclies.