The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-07 00:00:00

COURT CritCULAR.

The Queen held a Court on Saturday at Buckingham
Palace.

His Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden was pre-
sented to her Majesty at an audience by Viscount Pal-
merston, G.C.8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the
Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of
the Ceremonies. His Royal Highness was attended by
Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Charge d'Affairis, and
Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting to the
Queen, and also by Captain Haffner, of the Swedish
Royal Navy.
The Queen was attended by Lord Camoys, Lord in
Waiting, and Major the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in
Waiting.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen and Princo Albert on Saturday.

Viscount Palmerston had an audience of her Majesty
on Saturday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Capt.
the Hon. A. H. Gordon, visited his Royal Highness
Prince Oscar of Sweden on Saturday afternoon, at the
residence of the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, in Hatkin-
street West.

The Royal dinner party on Saturday, at Buckingham
Palace, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, his Royal Highness Prince Oscar of Sweden, his
Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Baron de Re-
hausen, Swedish Charge d Affaires ; the Duchess of
Sutherland, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Spencer, Lord
George Lennox, Captain Haffner, Aide-de.Camp to
Prince Oscar, and Colonel Berkeley Drummond.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended during
dinner in the Palace, and performed the following

pieces :
Grand Fantasia from " Gustave."—Auber.
Waliz, " The Garland."—lCeznig.
Cavatina, " La mia Letizier" (I Lombardi).—Verdi.
Polka, " The Camelias."—Jullien.

Quadrille from " Don Pasquale."—Coote.
Shortly before eight o'clock the Queen and Prince
Albert, and their Illustrious Visitors, left the Palace, in
five carriages for her Majesty's Theatre, to honour the
performance with their presence.
The August party consisted of her Majesty the
Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness
Prince Oscar of .'",weden, his Serene Highness the
Prince of Leiningen, Baron de Rehausen, the Duchess
of Sutherland, the Viscountess Jocelyn, Earl Spencer,
Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lady Caro-
line Cocks,
Hon. Miss Paget, Lord Camoys, Lord
George Lennox, Captain Haffner, Major the Hon. A.
N. Hood, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Lord Alfred
Paget, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort, took their usual early walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the
Princess Helena, took their accustomed airings.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
the Prince of Leiningen, the Ladies and Gentlemen of
the Court, and the Domestic Household attended Divine
service yesterday in the Private Chapel in Buckingham
Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay offi-
ciated.

His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine
of Russia, attended by Vice-Admiral de Lutke, dined
with her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at
Marlborough House. At eight o'clock the illustrious
party left Marlborough House for the Royal Italian
Opera House to honour the performance with their pre-
sence. The Royal party consisted of her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, his Imperial Highness the Grand
Duke Constantine, of Russia, their Royal Highnesses
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of
Saxe Weimar, the Countess Brownlow, the Countess of
Assenburg, Earl Howe, Vice• Admiral Lutke, Count
de Beust, and Baroness de Zigesar.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine
and Suite dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge
I House.

Prince Oscar of Sweden visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House,
St. James's, Yesterday the Prince, attended by Baron
do Rehausen, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and Cap-
tain Haffner, paid visits to her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager, at Marlborough House; the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester House; the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at Cambridge House; and also to the Prince of
Leiningen.
Saturday was the birthday of his Majesty the King of
Hanover. His Excellency Count Keilmansegge his
Majesty's Representative at the Court of Great Britain,
gave a grand dinner in honour of the day, at his re-
sidence, in Grosvenor-place. His Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck,
honoured his Excellency with his company.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager en
Saturday.
The Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Mr. Edmond
Mildmay,
on Saturdayhonore evening.dthe
Royal Italian Opera with her
presence
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and their Royal
Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Saxe Weimar, attended Divine service yester-
day morning in the Chapel Royal, St, James's. The
prayers were read by the Rev, G. Lepton, the lessons by
the Rev. T. lielinore, and the communion service by the
Rev. Dr. Wesley. Tne sermon was preached by the
Rev. 1)r. Hook, who took his text from Acts, chap. 26,
verse 28. The anthem, " Ascribe unto the Lord"
(Travers), was sung by Messrs. Locket' and Machin.
Sir George Smart presided at the organ, The sacra-
ment was administered by the Rev. Dr. Wesley.
The Bishop of Norwich and the Dean of Hereford
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the Clerk and Deputy Clerk of the Closet were in
waiting. The Countesses Browulow and Assenburg, Earl
and their
and Royal llighnesses.
Howe, Count de Beust and Baron de Ziegesar were in
St. Albans, the
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ministered the Sacrament. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Hook.
The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of
Saxe Weimar, attended by the Countess of Assenburg
and Count de Beust, visited and inspected the National
Gallery on Saturday.
Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duchess
of Saxe Weimar and Suite, honoured the establishment
of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell with a visit on Saturday
afternoon.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers
present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Mint°, Sir
George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Pal-
merston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Earl of Auckland, Sir John liohhouse, Lord Camp-
bell, Viscount Morpeth, the Marquif. of Clanricarde, the
Right lion. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right lion. H.
Labouchere. The Council sat two hours.
Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., end Mr. H. Tennant, of
Glasgow, had an intorriew with the Right Ron, Edward

Strutt on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of
Railways.

A d,putation from the London Missionary Society,
consisting of Mr. Robert Charles, Chairman of the
Board; Rev. W. Ellis, Rev. John Burnet, Rev. C. Barff,
of Huahine; Rev A. Buzzacott, of Rarotonga, and the
Rev. J. J. Freeman, had an interview with Viscount
Palmerston at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
Mr. E. B. Roche had an interview with Sir George
Grey at the Home-office on Saturday.
A deputation respecting the Metropolitan Buildings
Bill, headed by Colonel Wood, had an interview with
Viscount Morpeth, on Saturday, at the office of her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in White-
hall-place. The deputation consisted of Messrs. W.
Cubitt, Grimsdell, and Piper, on the part of the Builders'
Society, and Messrs. H. Biers and Stephens of the
Master Carpenters' Society.
Mr. T. Greene, and Mr. E. Rice, M.P., had an
interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt.
Mr. 11. Tennent and Mr. H. Moncrieff, of Glasgow, had
an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home Office,
on Saturday.
Mr. Cunard had an interview v, ith Earl Grey, on Sa-
turday, at the Colonial Office.