The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCUL-AR.

The Queen will hold Privy Council this bfteinoon at Buck-
ingham Palace.
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-Her Majesty held a Court yesterday afternoon at flecking-
ham Palace.

Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Minister, had an audience
of the Queen, to take leave on a temporary absence.
Baron de Hugel had an audience of her Majesty, and pre-
sented his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Wurtemburg.
Their Excellencies were respectively in►roduced by Viscount
Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Ches-
ter, Master of the Ceremonies.
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The Marquis of Clanricarde was presented to the Queen at
an audience by Viscount Palmerston.
The Court was attended by the Earl of Aboyne, Lord in
Waiting, and Major the Hon. George Keppel, Groom in
Waiting.

Their Excellencies, after having had audiences of the Queen,
went to the apartments of his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and were presented to the Prince by Viscount Palmerston.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taking an airing
in a carriage yesterday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes-
terday.

The reigning Duke of Nassau, who had announced his in-
tention of coming to England for the purpose of visiting the
most interesting parts of the kingdom, and who was expected
at the Clarendon Hotel on Monday or Tuesday last from Hol-
land has been prevented from putting this plan into execution
for the present. His Serene Highness having returned to his
dominions after a stay of only one day at the Hague.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterday
afternoon in a carriage.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager yes-
terday at Marlborough House.
The Duchess of Gloucaster visited the Duchess of Cam-
bridge yesterday.
Lord Hill, Sir Harvey Verney, Mr. Wallace, M.P., and
Mr. Erskine, had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yester-
day in Downing-street.
Earl Powis and Mr. Pigot had interviews with the Marquis
of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office.
The Queen gave a State Ball (the second this season) at
Buckingham Palace.

The Ball was attended by the Diplomatic Corps arid by
several hundreds of the nobility and gentry, the ladies in new
and elegant dresses, and the gentlemen in their respective
Court costumes and uniforms, the Members of Orders of
Knighthood wearing their respective insignia.
The arrangements for dancing were similar to those at the
last ball. The Throne-room and the Ball-room were prepared
for dancing, with orchestras erected in each room for the
Quadrille Bands. The canopy in the Throne-room for her
Majesty and the Royal Family had even a more magnificent
and imposing effect than at the former fete, additional orna-
ments and draperies having been introduced of gold and crim-
,,en velvet, corresponding with the splendid drapery in front of
the orchestra. Bath Ball-rooms were most brilliantly illumi •
nated with large cut-glass chandeliers and candelabra, and also
with a number of branches with wax lights.
The Grand Saloon and the Picture Gallery were opened for
the reception of the general company, and the Yellow Drawing-
room for the reception of the Royal Family.
The Grand Hall and the principal staircase were most taste-
fully decorated with a great variety of the choiest flowering
shrubs and plants.
The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. The
Officers of the Corps present were Sir George Houlton, the
Ensign, and Sir Samuel Hancock (in waiting), and Captain
Seymour Sadler, the Exons.

The company began to arrive at the Palace at half-past nine
o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda
arrived early. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
was attended by Lady Georgina Bathurst and gir Samuel
Higgins.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and the Princess Augusta of Combridge, arrived at ten
o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, Major Stephens,
and Baron Knesebeck. His Royal Highness Prince George of
Cambridge, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, at-
tended by Sir Archibald Macdonald, followed.
The Royal Family were received in the Grand Hall by the
Maids of Honour in waiting, and also by the Groom and the
Equerries in waiting, who conducted their Royal Hignesses to
the Yellow Drawing Room.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who were on duty
in the Marble Hall, and also the Band of the Queen's Guard,
who were on duty on the Palace lawn, received their Royal
Highnesses with the usual honours.

After the arrival of the Royal Family the Queen and Prince
Albert were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain through the
Grand Saloon into the Ball-room, the Steward and the other
principal officers also preceding hPr Majesty and his Royal High-
ness, the members of the Royal Family, and after them the
general company followed.
Sets of quadrilles were then formed, and the Queen opened
the ball with his Royal Highness Prince George of Cam-
bridge, his Royal Highness Prince Albert dancing in the same
quadrille.

Weippert's Band, who were stationed in this apartment,
performed in the course of the night the following new
music:—The Lausanne, Troubadour, and Indian Quadrilles,
the Waldeck Waltzes, and the Tambour Galoppe.
Dancing soon after commenced in the Throne Room.
Refreshments were served during the evening in the Green
Drawing-room.
The Company continued to arrive almost continuously until
past twelve o'clock.

The Supper was served in the Dining-room ; the range of
tables being ornamented with a number of epergnes and can-
delabra of the precious metals, embellished with designs of the
most admirable execution.

The beaufet of gold plate at the end of the apartment dis-
played, as usual, a collection of some of the most beautiful
specimens of an ornamental character, having in the middle
the large epergne known as the Prince of Wales'. The beau •
fet was lighted by candelabra or sconces of gold, which were
reflected in the large mirror which formed the back.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations :
The Prince Esterhazy and the Diplomatic Secretaries and
Attaches of the Austrian Embassy ; Baron de Nieumann,
Prince Nicholas, and Count Valentine Esterhazy ; Shekib
Effendi and the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches of the
Turkish Embassy ; Baron Bulow and the Diplomatic Secre-
taries and Attaches of the Prussian Legation ; the Count and
Countess Bjornstjerna and the Diplomatic Secretaries and
Attaches of the Swedish Legation ; Monsieur and Madame
Van de Weyer and the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches
of the Belgian Legation ; Monsieur Moreno and the Diplomatic
Secretaries and Attaches of the Buenos Ayrean Legation ;
Baron Blome and the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches of the
Danish Legation ; Count and Countess Bille Brahe, Baron de
Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, and the Baroness de Cetto ; M.
and Madame Dedel, and Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches
of the Netherlands Legation ; Count and Countess Alden-
burg Bentinck ; Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, and the Diplo-
matic Secretaries and Attaches of the American Legation ;
Count de Pollon and the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches
of the Sardinian Legation ; Baron de Moncorvo, and the Di-
plomatic Secretaries and Attaches of the Portuguese Legation ;
M. Fortique, and the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches of
the Venezuelan Legation; Baron and Baroness Brunnow, and the
Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches of the Rusian Legation ;
Count and Countess Chreptowich ; Prince Castelcicala, and
the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches of the Neapolitan
Legation ; M. Del Pour), Neapolitan Charge d'Affaires ; M.
Montezuma, and the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches to
the Brazilian Legation ; Count Kielmansege. the Hanoverian
Minister; Baron do Hugel and the Diplomatic Secretaries and
Attaches of the Wurtemberg Minister; Baron Gersdoi ff, the
Saxon Minister ; M. and Madame Murphy and the Diploma-
tic Secretaries and Attaches of the Mexican Legation ; Baron
de Bourqueney, and the Diplomatic Secretaries and Attaches
of the French Legation ; M. and Madame Mosquera and the
Diplomatic Secretary of the New Granada Mission ; M. de
Florey and the Diplomatic secretaries and Attaches of the
Spanish Mission; Duke Lante, Count and Mons. Charles
d'Aelie, Marquis de, Reario Sforza, Baron Knesebeck, Count
Sollohul ; the Ladies in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester,
the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Sophia of
Gloucester ; Major Stephens and Baron Knesebeck
attending the Duke of Cambridge, the Lord Chancel-
lor; Earl of Aboyne, Lord in Waiting ; Viscount Combermere,
Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Speaker, the Attorney-General,
Major the Hon. George Keppel. Groom in Waiting,
the Silver Stick in Waiting ; the Commanding Officers of the
Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusilier Guards; the Com-
manding Officers of the four battalions doing London duty ;
three Officers of each of the four battalions of Guards ; the
Commanding Officer, and three Officers of the battalion sta-
tioned in the Tower ; the Commanding Officer, and three
Officers of the 60th Rifles ; the Commanding Officer and four
Officers of the Ist Life Guards, of the 2d Life Guards, and of
the Royal Horse Guards ; the Commanding. Officer, and three
Officers of the 11th Hussars ; the Field Officer in waiting of
the Foot Guards; and the following—
D uKES --&:nnerset, Devonshire, Wellington, Sutherland,
Northumberland, Newcastle, Argyll, Cleveland, Norfolk, Bed-
ford, Beaufort, St. Alban's, Buccleuch, Montrose, Buck-
ingham.
DUCHESSES Northumberland, Sutherland, Buccleuch,
Somerset, Inverness, St. Alban's, Montrose, Buckingham,
Argyll, Bedford, Beaufort.
MARQUISES—Lansdowne, Normanby, Anglesey, Aylesbury,
Granby, Abercorn, Conyngham, Breadalbane, Douro, Chel-
mundeley, Downshire, Westminster, Exeter, Clanricarde,
lleadfort, Ely, Tavistock.
MA RCHIONESSES—Conyngham, Douro, Downshire, Clan-
ricarde, Cholmondeley, Aylesbury, Breadalbane, Westmin-
ster, Lansdowne, Abercern, Normanby, Cornwallis, Ely,
Exeter.

EARLS—Effingham, Erroll, Jermyn, Amherst, Albemarle,
Eldon, Cadogan, Beverley, Bruce, Liverpool, Lincoln, Dun-
more, Camperdown, Courtown, Hillsborough, De Grey, Dela-
warr, Clare, Clarendon, Darlington, Fingall, Scarborough,
Cowper, Listowel, Stanhope, Somers, Radnor, Chesterfield,
Cawdor, Zetland, hamster, Charlemont, Verulam, Powis,
Yarborough, Hardwicke, Harrowby, Wicklow, Harewood,
Aberdeen, Clanwilliam, Fitzwilliam, Wilton, Kinnouil, Sand-
wich, Shaftesbury, Ripon, Rosslyn, Minto, Euston, Mayo,
Essex, Morley, Rosebery, Jersey, Surrey, Brownlow, Den-
bigh, Howe, Cardigan, Beauchamp, Belfast.
CouNTEssrs Cawdor, Brownlow, De Grey, Delawarr,
Dunmore, Cowper, Cadogan, Bruce, Verulam, Darlington,
Camperdown, Amherst, Beverley, Albemarle, Clanwilliam,
Clarendon, Lincoln, Wicklow, Chesterfield, Charlemont, Ux-
bridge, Powis, Hardwicke, Listowel, Hillsborough, Erroll,
Dowager Listowel, Lichfield, Zetland, Ilchester, Fingall, Jer-
sey, Kinnoul, Rosebery, Rosslyn, Somers, Wilton, Radnor,
Ripon, Surrey, Essex, Sandwich, Stanhope, Minto, Euston,
Eldon, Mayo, Denbigh, Beauchamp, Belfast.
VISCOUNTS—Acheson, Torrington, Alford, Andover, Ber-
nard, Palmerston, Barrington, Holmesdale, Howick, Conti-
lupe, Castlereagh, Newry, Morpetk, Strangford, Norreys,
Sydney, Maidstone, Courtenay, Grimston, Melbourne,
Jocelyn, Dillon, Milton, Melgund, Mahon, Lascelles, Clements,
Emlyn, Maynard, Powerscourt, Ingestrie, Ossulston, Gage,
Drumlanrig, Villiers, Beresford, Folkestone.
VISCOUNTESSES—Beresford, Barrington, Andover, Bernard,
Howick, Combermere, Mahon, Palmerston, Courtenay, Folk-
stone, Torrington, Acheson, Jocelyn, Powerscourt, Drumlan-
rig, Milton, Gage, Holmesdale, Dillen,DowagerDillqn, Sydney,
Norreys, Maynard.

LOADS—Dalnaeny, Glenelg, Stuart de Rothsay, Braybrooke,
Dacre, Colborne, Abinger, De Freyne, Wrottesley, Waterpark,
Brabazon, Lovaine, Frederick Fitzclarence, Wenlock, Charles
Fitzroy, Worsley, Cremorne, Portman, Barham, Leigh, Blan-
tyre, Duncannon, Lyttelton, Lyndhurst, Duncan, Alfred Paget,
Leveson, Stafford, Sondes, Compton, Clarence Paget, George
Paget, Southampton, Stanley, Wharncliffe, William Thynne,
Forester. Stanley (of Alderley), Paget, Rivers, John Russell,
Seymour, George Seymour, C. Russell, Ashley, Cowley, Rolle,
Dinorben, Edward Russell, James Stuart, De Ros, Sudeley,
Bloomfield, Stopford, William Powlett, Hotham, Poltimere,
Edward Howard, Brooke, Sherborne, Hill, Marcus Hill, Petre,
Foley, Granville Somerset, Fitzalan, Lilford, Arthur Lennox,
George Lennox, Langdale, Keane, Kenyon, W. Lennox,
Burghersh, Robert Grosvenor, Strafford, Kinnaird, Methuen,
Segrave, Ellenborough, Gardner, Say and Sele, De L'lsle and
Dudley, Loftus, Willoughby de Eresby, Francis Egerton,
Surgan, F. Gordon, Bateman, George Bentinck, Nugent.
LADlss Brabazon, Ashley, Anne Grenville, Adelaide
Paget, Burghersh, Braybrooke, Marianne Alford, Sarah Am-
herst, C. Strangways, Ida Hay, Seymour, Caroline Laserlles,
Dornville, Georgisna Fane, Jane Bouverie, A. Primrose, L.
Primrose, Langdale, Rolle, Robert Grosvenor, Sarah Inges-
trie, Jolliffe, L. Fitzmaurice, Sophia Rendlesham, Augusta
Gordon, L. Fitzroy, Grey, Sarah Villiers, A. M. Loftus,
Gossett, Charles Russell, Georgiana Russell, F. Elliot, E.
Elliot, Howard (2), Caroline Wood, Willoughby de Eresby,
Mordaunt, Katherine Jermyn, Parke, Winnington, Gore (2),