The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow afternoon
at Uuckinghara Palace.
We have authority to state that the report of his Royal
Highness the Prince Albert having composed the Music of an
Opera to be brought oat at Drury-lane Theatre is not correct.
The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham
Palace for the reception of the Congratulatory Addres•es from
the houses of Parliament on the auspicious occasion of her
Majesty's Marriage.
Butts Addresses were very numersusly attended by Members
of either house. That from the House of Lords was pre-
sented by upwards of sixty Peers. Their Lordships arrived in
procession at the Palace at five minutes past two o'clock, and
all appeared either in Uniforms or Court dresses. The Lord
Chancellor came in his State Coach, attended by his Secretary
and Purse Bearer, and preceded by a Sergeant-ut-Arms bear•
ing the Mace. His Lordship wore his State Robes. Th•
Duke of Cambridge came in State. His Royal Highness was
habited in his Uniform as Colonel of the Coldstream Regiment
of Foot Guards, and wore the Ribband and Star of the most
noble Order of the Garter. The Duke of Sussex came in
State, and Fore a Military Uniform with the Star of the Order
of the Garter, the Thistle, and the Bath, with the Ribband of
the Order of the Garter.
The Peers were condncted on their arrival up the Grand
Staircase to the Green Drawing Room, and as soon as all were
assembled, were conducted to the presence of the Queen in the
Throne Room by the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, her Ma.
jesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, commanded
by their Lieutenant, the Hon. Edward Butler, lining the sides
of the room.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was on the left of the
Queen, and the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes,
and the Duchess of Bedford, Lady in Waiting, stood on the
right of her Majesty. The Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamber-
lain, the Earl of Erroll, K. T., Lord Steward, the Earl of
Albemarle, G.C.H., Master of the Horse, the First Lord of
the Treasury, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the
three Principal Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign,
and Colonial Departments, the Chief Commissioner of the
Woods and Forests, and the Principal Officers of the House-
hold stood on either side of the Throne.
The Peers advanced near the Throne, when the Lord Chan-
cellor read the Address of Congratulation, to 'shish her
Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer.
Among those present were the Archbishop of Canterbury)
the Bishops of London, Exeter, Norwich, Salisbury, Rochester
Ely, and Lichfield._

Lusts—Norfolk, Somerset, Devonshire, Sutherland.
MARQUlSES—Westminster, Huntly, Anglesy, Londonderry,
Westmeath, Northampton, Cholmondeley, Bute.
E.% it r.s—Bandon Shaftesbury, Aberdeen, Burlington,
Ripon, Howe, Eldon, Charleville, Verulam, Mayo, Jersey,
Wilton, Haddington, Delav-arr, Brecknock, Cardigan.
VISCOU NT—Sydney.
Loins.—Colborne, Du ;sang, Byron, Lilford, Ashburton,
Kenyon, Monteagle, Cowley, Stuart de Rothsay, Fitzgerald
and Vesci, Seaford, Carington, Says and Sete, Willoughby
d'Eresby, Arundel, Colchester..

Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Gentleman Usher of the Black
RoJ, and Mr. John William Birch, Clerk Assistant of the
Parliaments, were in attendance on their Lordships.
The Members of the House of Commons arrived at twenty
minutes past two o'clock at the Palace, the Speaker in his State
Coach, and wearing his State Official Robes, and attended by
his Chaplain and other Officers. The Right Hon. Gentleman
and the numerous body of Members by whom he was accom-
panied, were ushered into the Library in the Lower Suite of
Rooms.
On the retirement of the Peers from the Royal Presence,
the House of Commons were immediately introduced with sia
milar ceremony to the Presence of the Queen on the Throne.
The Speaker read the Congratulatory Address to the Queen
on the auspicious event of her Majesty's Marriage. Her
Majesty returned a most gracious answer to the Ad real, and
the Deputation then retired.
Among the Members present were the Earl of Lincoln,
Viscount Mahon, Viscount Cole.
LORDS—EIiot, Stanley, Claude Hamilton, Ernest Brum
Ingestre, Grimston, James Stuart, Ashley, Marcus Hill, Mor-
peth, Ossulston, Granville Somerset, Sandon, George Bentinck.
Rtowr HOITOURABLLS— Sir Robert Peel, Sir James
Graham, R. Lalor Shed, Thomas "B. Macaulay, George Ste-
vans Byng, Tennyson D'Eyncourt, Sit George Grey, Sir
Henry Hardinge, Sir Henry Parnell, Francis Baring, Sir Ed-
ward Knatchbull, Henry Goulburn.
IloNotT Raines—Sidney Herbert, William Duncombe, Fox
Maule, William Cowper, Mr. Knox, J. Elliot, H. Lowry
Corry, R. Clive, Captain Duncombe.
The Attorney-General.
Sias--Richard Bulkeley Philips, Thomas Acland, George
Clerk, William Somerville, Matthew Wood, Charles Douglas,
Frederick Trench, Hussey Vivian, C. Lemon, T. Cochrane.
The O'Connor Don.
Alderman Humphery.
COLONELS—Hugh Baillie, Wood, Anson, Ruakbrooke,
Rollcaton.
MaJoa—Vivian.

CAPTAINS—R. Alsager, Pechell, R.N., Meynell, a'Conrti
Massive ns—Charles Baillic Hamilton, Briscoe, R. M.
Milnes, llog,g, Thomas Hope, George W. Hope, Freshfield,
Sanderson, John Ellis, Gaily Knight, John Round,D'ls;acli,
Goring, Sanford, Campbell of Islay, Villiers Stuart, Robert
Steuart, O'Connell, Ormsby Gore, Hume, Sheppard, Kem-
ble, Robert Parker, Gaskell, Hastie, Vernon Smith, J. H.Tivian,
Muntz, Pattison, Pendarves, Grattan, J. H. Lowther, Stan-
dish, Blackstone, Grirnsditcb, Bailey ( Worcester), Dick,
A'Coart, Holmes.
The Court was attended by the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Lord Hill, G. C. 8.,
Gold Stink in Waiting, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard,
the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the
Household, the Clerk Marshal, Mr. J. B. Curling, Clerk
of the Cheque of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen.
at-Arms, the Hon. Fred. Byng, Mr. Martins, and Captaia
Green, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, Mr. Con-all, and Mas-
ter Wemyss, Pages of 'honour in Waiting, Sir Benjamin Smith
and Captain Bellairs, Exon in Waiting.
The Marquis of Headfort was the Lord in Waiting, the
Hon. General Sir Wiliam Lumley, the Groom in Waiting,
and Lord Alfred Paget, the Equerry in Waiting.
. The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall.
The Queen's Guard, composed of the Scots Fusileer Guardia
was on duty in front of the Palace, and received the Royal
Dukes on their arrival with the usual honours, the Band play-
ing " Good save the Queen."
His Royal Highness Prince Albert received, yesterday after-
noon, at Buckingham Palace, the whole of the Corps Diplo.
matique, who were severally presented to his Royal Highness
by Viscount Palmerston, G.C. 8., the Queen's Principal Se-
cre!ary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir
Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.
The Message of Congratulation to Prince Albert from the
House of Lords, On the occasion of his inarria.ge with her Ma-
jesty, was also presented to his Royal Highness by the Peers
deputed by the House—viz., the Marquis of Lansdowne, K. G.,
Lord Pi esident of the Council, the Marquis of Anglesey,
K. G., G. C. 8., and the Earl of Ripon.
His Royal Highness was attend, d by General Sir George
Anson, G. C. 11., Captain Seymour, and Mr. George Edward
Anson, the Gentlemen of his Household.
The Message from the House of Lords to her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, congratulating her Royal Highness
on the auspicious occasion of her Majesty's marriage, was pre-
sented yesterd y afternoon at Buckingham Palace, by the Mar-
qnis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Anglesey, and the Ear
of Ripon.
The Duchess of Kent also received the Mesiage of Congra-
tulation from the House of Commons on the same auspicious
event. The Message was presented to the Royal Duchess by
the following Members deputed by the House :—The Earl of
Lincoln, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., Sir Matthew Wood,
Bart., Mr. Campbell, of Islay, and Mr. Villiers Stuart.
The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Fanny Howard.
Lady in Waiting, and Colonel G. Couper, C. 8., First Equerry
and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's Household.
Her Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the Lord Chamber-
lain, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lord Hill.
The Royal Dinner Party at the Palace last evening in-
cluded the Earl of Erroll, the Earl of Uxb:idge, Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Viscount Barrington, Major the Han. George and
Mrs. Keppel, Col. Wylde, and Mr. George E. Anson,
The Band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance,
and performed during the evening the following selection
(SOverture, Le Serment (Auber); Londoner Saigon Walser
trauss) ; Cavatina, Quel too sorriso alteo, Torquato Tasso
( Donizetti) ; Le Chasse Quadrilles (Musard); Aria (Doni-
zetti); Sophien Walzer (Labitzky); Prussian March (Neil-
hardt) ; Postilion Galope (Labitzky).
The Duchess of Bedford and Lady Harriet Clive'have suc-
ceeded the Countess of Sandwich and Mrs. Brand, as the Lady
and NVeman of the Bedchamber in Waiting on the Queen • and
the Marquis of Headfort, K. P., and the Hon. General Sir
Win. Lumley, have succeeded Viscount To: rington and the Hon.
Major Keppel, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on het
Majesty.
A Deputation, consisting of Messrs. Mark Phillips, Brother-
ton, R. Walker, and Thornley, had an interview with the
Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home Office.
Richard Thornton, Esq., Sir Thomas B. Lethbridge, Bart,
Vincent Eyre, Esq., Joseph Tasker, Esq., and Thomas
Thornton, Esq., a Deputation from the Committee of Spanish
Bondholders, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, at
the Foreign Office.
Viscount Sydney had an interview with the Mar* of Nora
manby, yesterday.

THE DUKE OP WELLINGTON.--We have the
highest gratification in stating, on the authority of his Grace's
medical attendant, that his noble patient was not only much
better yesterday, but that during the day the improvement was
progressive, and up to a late hour last evening his early and
complete restoration to health was confidently anticipated.
The following bulletin was shown yesterday to the numerous
inquirers :—" Apsley House, Tuesday morning.—The Duke
of Wellington has had a good night, and is gong on well.'
Without signature. Lord and Lady Jersey, and other intimate
personal friends of the Noble Duke, send regularly to Apsley
House twice a day to inquire after his Grace.
Lord Southamptsn has taken the mansion lately
occupied by Lord Palmerston, in Great Stanhope-street, hay ing disposed of his late residence in Carlton-gardens, to Mr.
Hodgson, ALP.
Lord Gleniyon has imported a pack of fox
hounds from Blair Athol for the recreation of the officers of his
regiment, the Royal Scots Greys, quartered at Cork.
The Dowager Marchioness Conyngham liberally
regaled the poor, in the vicinity of Bifrons, with beef, bread,
and beer, according to the number of their families, on the oc-
casion of her Majesty's nuptials.
The Earl of Shannon, with his usual liberality,
has sent to his agent, Mr. Leslie, 1501. for the relief of his
western tenantry in this inclement season.-Southern Reporter.
Sir Thomas Phillips, late Mayor of Newport,
hasas left that
abanistc owrt.ln to reside
iehas
already
in London,
attended
three andte
internmds practising
s._Brijiioi
Mirror.

Saturday morning the mortal remains of the
Baroness Moneorvo, the lady of his Excellency the Portuguese
Ambassador, were removed from his Excellency's residence.
No. 57, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, for interment
in the Convent at Hammersmith. The funeral procession con-
sisted of a hearse drawn by four horses, containing the body in
a coffin covered with rich crimson velvet, where it was depcsited
in a vault. His Excellency and a few near relations followed
in a mourning coach, drawn by four horses. The funeral was
strictly private.