The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Privy Council yesterday afternoon,
at Buckingham Palace. • It was attended by the Lord
President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and
Foreign Departments, the first Lord of the Admiralty,
the President of the India Board, the First Commissioner
of the Woods and Forests, the Secretary at War, and the
Lord Chamberlain.

Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in waiting.
for Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Marquis of Normanby, and Viscount Melbourne.
The Court was attended by the Countess of Charlemont,
Lady in Waiting, the Comptroller of ale Household, and
the Hon. Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in
Waiting.

Lord Byron and Sir Robert Otway were the Lord and
Groom in Waiting.
The Judge Advocate-General had an audience of the
Queen yesterday afternoon, and submitted to her Majesty
the proceedings of some Courts Martial.
The Queen and Prince Albert drove in the Parks yes-
terday morning in pony chaise, and also in the afternoon,
attended by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish.
The Royal Dinner Party last evening included Vis-
count Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston,
Lady Fanny Cowper, Lord George Lennox, Right Hon.
Sir John Hobhouse, Right Hon. Thomas B. Macaulay,
Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Sir Edward Lytton
Bulwer, and the Hon. John Ponsonby.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attend-
ance at the Palace during the evening.
The Duchess of Kent and the Hereditary Prince of
Sim Cobourg Gotha drove out in a pony phaeton yes-
terday,

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and the Duchess
Ida of Saxe Weimar, visited the Duchess of Cambridge
yesterday at Cambridge House. Her Majesty and her
Serene Highness inspected the Zoological Gardens in the
Regent's-park in the afternoon.
On Monday her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit for the picture of the
Royal Marriage, and yesterday morning his Serene High-
ness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
conferred the same honour on him.
Mr. William Henry Hayter received the high honour3t
her Majesty's most gracious approbation of the set of Quad-
rilles which he has been permit.ed to dedicate to her Ma-
jesty, entitled " Le bois de Is Lorraine."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge, dined with her Majesty the Queen
Dowager last evening, at Marlborough House.
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester
yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Prince George of Cambridge left town on Monday even-
ing for Brighton.
The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the Mar-
chioness of Normanby as the Lady in Waiting on the
Queen; and Lord Byron and Vice-Admiral S:r Robert
Otway have succeeded the Earl of Listow and Mr. Rich
as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Education Committee of the Privy Council had a
mee, ing yesterday afternoon at the Council-office. The
Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Dun-
cannon, and Lord John Russell, were among the Members
present.

Lord Fitzalan. Mr. Strutt, and Commander Wood had
interviews with Viscount Me bourne yesterday in Downing-
itrect.

Toe French Ambassador transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign Office.
Mr. George William Wood, M.P , had an interview
yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Down-
ing-street.

Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. J. Shaw Lefevrc, and Mr.
Sheriff Wheelton, had interviews with true Marquis of
Normanhy yesterday at the Home Office.
Lord Dinorben had a dinner party last evening at his re-
sidence in South Au:llcy.strect.
Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil left Farrance's
Hotel yesterday morning for Dover, en route to Paris,

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