The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ing hun Palace for the reception of some of the Foreign
Ministers.

M. Guizot, tLe French Ambassador, had an audience of
her Majesty. Count Pollon, the Envoy Extraordivary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sardinia,
and also from the Duke of Lucca, had an audience cf the
Queen to deliver a letter.

Prince Mavrocordato, the Grecian Minister, had an au-
dience of her Majesty. Their Excellencies were respec-
tively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G C. 8., her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af-
fairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Muster of the
Ceremonies.
The Royal dinner party at the Pakee on Thursday
evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, Earl of Errnl, Earl and Countess of Sandwich,
Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount and Viscountess Powerscourt,
Viscount and Viscountess' Torrington, Lord and Lady
Barham, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lard and Lady
Portman, Lord Robert Grosvenor, and Colonel Couper.
The band of the Grenadier Guards attended and per-
formed in the course of the evening the following pieces :
—Overture (Fairy Lake), Auber and Lee ; Walzer (Bon-
net), Lanner ; Melange (Fairy Lake), Auber and Lee;
Quadrille, Dufrene and Musard ; Aria (Torquato Tasso),
th.n:zetti ; Walzer (Cavalier), Huensel ; Selection (Nor-
ma), Beliini ; March, Rudolph Sibbold.
The Queen, attended by Lady Portman and the Hon.
Colonel Grey, visited the Duchess of Sutherland yesterday
at Stafford House.

Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty
yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Covent-gar-
den Theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal
Suite included Lady Portman, Viscount Torrington, Hon.
Major Keppel, Hon. Colonel Grey, Colonel Wylde, and
Mr. Francis Seymour.
Addresses of Congratulation were presented to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, by the fellowing Noblemen and Gentlemen :
The Earl of Powis, from the town and county of Mein:-
gomery.
Mr. Heywood, the High Sheriff, Lord Eutnor, and
Mr. Edward Foley, M.P., from Herefordshire.
Earl of Mount Cashell, from the Colonial Society.
The Bishop of Leinster, from the Archdeacon and
Clergy of Nottingham.
Duke of Argyll, from the county of Argyll.
Mr. Banks, and Mr. John Strangwayes, Irorn the Ma-
gistrates of Dorset.
The Dean of Chester, from the Dean and Chapter of
Chester.

Mr. Cooke, High Sheriff, from Northamptonshire.
=Captain Bryan, M. P., from the county of Kilkenny,
Lord Bexley, from the Kent Dispensary.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the
following Officers of his Household :—Lord Robert Gros-
venor, Groom of the Stole, Mr. George Edward Anson,
Treasurer, Earl of Morley, and Mr. Francis Seymour,
Gentlemen and Groom in Waiting, and Col Wylde,
Equerry in Waiting.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent receved Ad-
dresses of Congratulation yesterday at Ingestre House,
Belgrave-square, on the marriage of her Majesty with
Prince Albert, from the following places and public bo-
dies :

From tie loyal men of Ross, presented by Sir Robert
Price, Mr. Edward Foley, M. P., and Mr. K. Hoskins,
M. P.

From the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and other Freehol-
ders of the county of Hereford, presented by Mr. T. Hey-
wood, the High Sheriff; Viscount Eastnor, Sir Robert
Pike, Bart, Mr. Edward Foley, M. P., and Mr. Hoskins
M. P.

From the Governors of the Royal Kent Dispensary,
presented by Lord Bexley and Sir T. M. Wilson.
From the High Sheriff, Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and
other inhabitants of the county of Northampton, presented
by Mr. Thomas Alderson Cooke, High Sheriff.
From the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and other inhabi-
tants of the county of Montgomery; also from the Bailiffs,
Burgesses, and other inhabitants of the ancient borough of
Montgomery—presented by the Earl of Powis.
From the Members of the Colonial Society—presented
by the Earl of Mount Cashel!, Mr. Charles E. Layard,
late Paymaster-General of Ceylon, Couat Giovanni Salo-
-17109, aed Mr. Radiger.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended
by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting; and Col.
Cooper. First Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal High-
ness's Household.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and the Duchess Ida,
with the Prince and Princesses of Saxe Weimar, visited
and inspected the British Museum on Thursday. Her
Majesty paid visits to the Princess Augusta at Clarence
House, St. James's, yesterday, and the Duchess of Glou-
cester, at Gloucester House.
The Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday morning
for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Glou-
cester yesterday.
Prince George of Cambridge left town on Wednesday
for Brighton.
The Drawings made in the Holy Land by Mr. D. Ro-
berts, A.R. A., were yesterday morning submitted to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, by Mr. Moon, at Buck-
ingham Palace.
M. Dedel, the Minister of the Netherlands, returned
early on Thursday morning from the Hague.
Mr. Parker, and a Deputation from the Hull Dock
Company, had an interview with Mr. Labouchere, on
Thursday, at the Board of Trade.
The Earl of Powis, Lord Segrave, the Bishop of
Derry, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. George Nichols, had
interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the
Home Office.
Mr. A. Stewart had an interview with Lord John Rus-
sell, on Thursday, at the Colonial Office, to take leave.
Mr. Edward Rice had an interview with Mr. Labou-
chere, at the Board of Trade yesterday.