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COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, attended by
Count Adrien de Revel, the Sardinian Chare ff s ,
and the Marquis de Prover.cal, had an audience of her
Majesty. His R..yal Highness was introduced by
Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majest)'s principal
Secreiary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted
by C lonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, her Majesty's
Master of the Ceremonies.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday.
His Royal Highness Pr.nce G'oige visited his Royal
Highness Prince Albert on Saturday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert left town at twenty
minutes b.-fore four o'clock on Saturday afternoon for
Claremont. Her M.ijety and his Royal Highness left
Buckingham Palace in a carriagr-and-four, accompanied
by the Prince of Wales and the Prince of L, iningen.
Four carriages and- four toll, iwed, containing heir Royal
Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Prin..
cess Alice, and the Princess Helena, the Viscountess
Canning, the itLircivis of Ormonde, Major-General
Bowles, Lieut. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Captain
the Hon. A. H. Gordon, and Dr. Meyer.
Her Westy and his Royal Highness were conducted
to their carriage by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the
Hon. Mis-es Stanley and Dawson, the Lord Chamber-
lain, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Alb, rt, Viscount
Clifden, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness, and
Sir Frederick Stovin.

The august party arrived at Claremont at a quarter-
past five o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert, ac-
companied by the Prince of Leiniagen, walked out in
the gardens and park soon after their arrival.
The Hon. aad Rev. C. Leslie Courteniy arrived on a
visit.

Sir Robert awl Lady Gardiner had the bonnur of
jo;rir4r the Royal circle at dilutor.
Yesterday morning, her Majesty and her Ityal
Consort took their usual early walk, and the
Family took their accu,tomed walking and riding
exercise.

The Queen and Prinee Albert, and the L.,.dies and
GentlPmen of t! e. Court, attended Divine set v.ce .at
',llsremont yesterday. The Hon. and Rev. Charl2s
Leslie Courteney officiated.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, accom-
panied by Count Revel, the Sardinian CharL d'A&
faires visited 'her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester, yesterday, at. Gloucester House, and their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at
Cambridge House.

We harVe authority to announce that the State apart-
ments in Windsor Ovstle will be elosed from this day,
the 24th inst., until after Monday, the 7th of June next.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service
yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The
prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the les-
ions by the Rev. Mr. Repton, and the Co,=union sar-
vice by the Bishop of London. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Jelf, who took his text from
Psalms lxviii.,. verse 18. The anthem was, " I was in
the spirit" (Blow). Mr. Turle presided at the organ.
The sacrament was administered by the Bishop of
London.

The Bishop of Norwich (Clerk of the Closet) and the
Dean of Hereford (Deputy Clerk) wore in waiting.
rhe Queen Dowager was attended by the Marchi:•ness
Ormonde and Kiri 11--we. The Duchess of Kent
was attended
,hy Lady Augusta Bruce. Among the
nobility present were the Duke and Duchess of Beau-
'ort, Ladies Ormonde, Wilton, and St. Germans, the
\rarquis of Anglesey, Lords Caivdor, St. Germans,
Rcsebery, Wilton, and Zetland. The Duke of Welling
ton and Sir Fred. Trench attended the early service yes-
terday, in the Chapel Royal, St. Jamey's. The prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Godd:ird.

Their Rryal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
ind the Princess Mary, attended Divine Service, yester-
lay, in St. Michael's Church, Chester-square
The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service in
Grosvenor Chapel, yesterday.
Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town
for Claremont.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Royal High-
,!esses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, honoured her Ma-
-I.sty's theatre with their presence on Saturday evening.
rho Marchioness of Ormonde and the Earl Howe were
in waiting on the Queen Dowager.
The Frte•ch Minister transacted business at the
Foreign office on Saturday,
The Princess Callimaki, wife of the Turkish Minister,
was erroneously, stated to have attended the Polish Ball
on Friday hist. Thd.PrincesS was not present.
The. ceremony orthe consecration of the Hon. and
Rev. Robert Eden; to the 11;shopric of Sodor and Man,
took place yeaterday. -in Whitehall Chapkl. The cere-
mony,,was : performed, by the Bishop of Carlisle (ofH•
for the Archbishop ot' York), assisted by the
:lishop of Ripon and the B:khop of Oxt4d.
The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford.
Francis R. Dyke, Esq,, officiated as Registrar, and, read
he Letters. Patent and the Licence. John Burder,
Esq., administ,:rA the oaths, and Mr. 'Limes 13aber
officiated as ApParitor Generl.
The following 'members of the Et *44 Bishopricks'Com
li;ssion attended a meeting on Saturday. iii Whitehall-
rirtee. The ArehhiLhop of Canterbury, the Marquis of
Ansdowne,. Lord .John Russell, the Bisoops of Durham;
,vinehester, and Chester.

The Rev. R. Jones, and Captain Baer, R.N., had an
interview wth Sir George Grey on Saturday. at the
Rome-office.

The Marquis of Normanhy Vi,:eount Pohnen
iton on S.,turday. Tie Noble Mdrquis had als. inter•
views with Lord John Rusiell and the Etc 1 of Chirendon

Mr. French,. M.P., had an interview on Saturday
with Sir George Grey.
The Duke or Roxburgh had an interview.with the
Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the office of the Board
of Trade: -

Lord and Lady John Russell went to Richmond on
Saturday afterimor...

OnH EsaßturaaNy AevjenEinsg =kis
TH E A T RE.
,
Mademoiselle Carlotta Grisi
made her deburfor the season, in the character of Es.
meralda; The part of Esmeralda is peculiary her own.
She was the original . Esmeralda. She has always
I created a farore whenever she has appeared.
in the clia-
racter,.and though others have attempted, none have been
able- to approach her..lier pantomime is beautifully
expressive:7l)er. . dancing .is a periect triumph of
choeregraphic art, and her youthfnl appearance, for the
ab.setice ot_which -in such a character no ski I can com-
pensate, renders'her the very Esmeralda of the author
the very incarnatien Of the most poetical of the creations
of Victer Hugo. On her appearance she was warmly
welcomed -by the audience, and cheered by her enthu-
siastic reception, she surpassed herself. All the
pas were most -effectively given, and were
loudly applauded, and her pantomime was exquisite.
She was admirably supported by Perrot and St. Leon,
and the Esmeralda bids fair to be as popular on this, its
evival, as it was on its first production. It was pre-
ieded by Lucia di Lammermoor, with Ca...tellan, Fras-
.hini, and Culetti. The houe was crowded. The
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, who only
,rriyed in town on Saturday aftsrnr ion. occupied
tier Majesty's box, and was the obi, et of general
attention. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager,
accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, and attended by the 'Marchioness of Ormonde,
Lady Augusta Bruce,- Earl Howe, and Captain Sum. met,
honoured the performances with her pre:.enc. The
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal High.
ness the Princess Mary, attended by the Baroness Ham-
merstein, the Hon. Miss Napier, arid Baron Knesebeck,
were also presor. His Imperial Highness the Grand
Duke Constantine of Russia honoured the performances
with his presence, and 'occupied the Queen's box ; his
Imperial Highness's suite comprised his Excellency
Baron Brunnow, Baron Friedrichs, Admiral Little; Mr.
De Haurowitch, M. 1)e Berg, and the Hon. Colonel
Grey. There were also present his Royal Highness
Princa George, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister,
the Baroness Brunnow, and Mdlle. Olgar de Lechuer, the
Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta
Pouiett, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the Mar•
quis and Marchioness of Aileshury, the Marquis of
Ifuntley, the Marquis of Westmeath, the .larquis of
Kildare, the Marquis of Ely, the Marquis of clanri-
carde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Countess of
,nd Lady Lucy flerhTt, the Earl and Countess of
Wilton, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess Poulett and
Mi,s Dormer, the Earl of' Cardigan, the Earl of
V
Munster, the Earl of
vSisheaelabuntrne,an.
dEarl re
• G
iseountesnville,
Viscount • Cantalup-,
Castlereagh, Viscount. Ciirden, Viscount Canterbury,
Viscount tiom:Tron, Lord and Ladyi. Willoughby
D'Eresby, Lady
Vere and the Misses Vere,
Somerset and .Mss Somerset,
Lady Eliz::beth Hope
Caroline Buckley,
Lady Frederick l3entinek,
Lady Foals, Lord Sandy_.',:s
.E6,o,eusott Bdreueße,arLtioer,dAl. A. FitzC.
d,.-
OrdLaGdayrdner, L rd Saltoun,
Fitzroy
clar,n,T, Baron N.co
Lord Cranstouu. Loriadi
Wellesley, Sir 11.
Widaughy, Sir enry and Lady
Koudriatisk), the lionTirablebMissCoHpley, the Hon. J.
Meux, Sr Alexander oodtord, Mr. and Lady Caroline
Sindford, General the Ho •noerable C. Cavendiih Colonel
Bowers, Major Buckley, Capt. Reynolds, Capt. Smith, Mr• T. S. Duncombe, M.P., Mr. Norman
Capt. Wood,
Macdonald, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. Bradley, Mr.
M.P., Mr. Hardwicke, Mr. Tunnelly, and
Arabin, Mr: and Wheeler, Mr. Repton, M.P., Mr.
Bateson,
Mrs. E. Phillips, Mr. Packe, M.P., Mrs. Packe Reding,
Mr. E. St. John Mildmay, Mr. Errington, Mrs. Grote',
Massey Stanley, Hon. D. Ashley, lion.
G. Byng, Major Baring, &c.SUiprto George
Srrfe W N‘.l.om4well, Sir H. Webb, Hon. General

THE GRAND. DUKE CONSTAN-

TINE OF RUSSIA.
with his Imperial Highness the
Grand
tine of Russia on board, was tele-
graphed off Woolwich about a quarter before ten o'clock
on
Dukeßlac Black Eo
Constantine
n,
Saturday morning. At had% past ten the Grand
The
Duke landed, being received by the officers of the gar-
rison, and also by the Secretary of the Russian Lega-
tion. The usual military honours of a guard of honour,
&e., were paid by the military authorities. The Grand
Duke and the gentlemen of his suite entered two of the
Queen's open carriages and four, which were in readi-
ness, and proceeded to town to Mivart's Hotel, where
his Imperial Highness on alighting from his carriage
was received by his Excellency the Baron de Brunnow,
the Russian Minister.

At halt-past one o'clock, the Grand Duke, accom•
panied by Baron de Brunnow, 1. ft the hotel, and paid a
visit to the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell
in Bond-street.

A number of complimentary visits were paid to his
Imperial Highness during the afternoon, at Mivart'S
Hotel.

In the evening, his Imperial Highness, attended 133
his suitet_henoured the .perfibrmance at her Diajesty's
theatre with his prezeum.Olaerver.