The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert went in State, last even-
ing, to honour Drury-lane Theatre with their presence.
The Royal Suite occupied nine carriages and included
the Duchess of Bedford and the Marchioness of Normanby,
Ladies in Waiting; the Hon. Misses Murray (in waiting),
Lister (in waiting), Paget, Pitt, Cocks, Cavendish, and
Anson, Maids of Honour ; the Hon. Mrs. George Camp.
bell, Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting; the Earl of
Errol, K. T., Lord Steward; the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord
Chambeclain ; the Earl of Ilchester, Captain of the Yeo-
men of the Guard; Lord Hill, G. C. 8., Gold Stick in
Whiting; Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole to
Prince Albert; the Marquis of Headfort. K. P., Lord in
Waitiing ; the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household ;
the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, Comptroller of
the Household ; the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the Clerk
Marshal; the Honourable General Sir William
Lumley, Groom in Waiting; Lord Alfred Paget,
Equerry in Waiting; Viscount Boringdon, Gentleman
of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert ; Lieutenant-Colonel
Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert ; Lieutenant Francis
Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert;
Mr. Cowell and Master Wemyss, Pages of Honour (t
the Queen) in Waiting ; the Hon. Frederick Byng, Sir
William Martins, and Captain Green. Gentleman Ushers
in Waiting ; and Captain Bellairs, Exon of the Yeomen
of the Guard in Waiting.

The Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and
the Earl of Albemarle, G. C. H., Master of the Horse,
rode in the same carriage with the Queen and Prince Al-
bert. A party of the Household Troops escorted the
royal procession to the theatre. The manager, Mr. Ham-
mond, received her Majesty and Prince Albert at the
Royal Entrance, and preceded the royal party with wax
lights to the Royal Box.
The Reigning Duke, and the Hereditary Prince of
Saxe cobourg Gotha were also present at Drury-lane
Theatre last evening. Their Serene Highnesses were at-
tended by Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Baron
de Lowenfels, Baron Ernest de Poellnitz, and Baron de
Gruben.

Viscount Melbourne and the Judge Advocate General
had audiences yesterday of the Queen.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lady
Charles Somerset, paid a visit to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
Mr. Hall, Mr. B. J. Armstrong, Sir Charles Forbes,
Mr. Henry Pownall, and Mr. Charles Augustus Tulk, a
deputation of Justices of Middlesex, attended at the Home-
office yesterday afternoon, to confer with the Marquis of
Normanby.
A deputation on the subject of Emigration from the
Highlands and the Islands of Scotland, consisting of his
Grace the Duke of Argyll, Lord Macdonald, Sir Donald
Campbell, Colonel Wyndham, J. Brydone, Esq., Mr. W.
F. Campbell, M.P., Colonel Macpherson, Captain Bel-
stead, Dr. Rolph (Upper Canada), Dr. Hill, B. Hill,
Esq., James Law, Esq., Robert Scott, Esq., and Sir
Duncan Macdougall, had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
A Deputation consisting of Lord Ashley, Sir R. H.
Inglis, Bart., Sir W. W. Pepys, Bart., Sir W. Far-
quhar, Bart., Rev. J. R. Maitland, Mr. Sergeant Stephen,
T. Williams Helps, Esq., P. J. Heisch, Esq., and
Robert Stephen, Esq., had an interview with the Marquis
of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office.
The Grecian Minister transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign-office.
Lord Seaton and Lieutenant-General Sir Samford
Whittingbam, had interviews with Lord J. Russell yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.

Lo-rd Portman had an interview with the Marquis of
Normanby yesterday.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert has com-
manded an annual subscription of 10 guineas to be paid to the
Mendicity Society.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, as
well as her Majesty's Royal aunts, presented a cadeau de note
to the Royal Bride on her wedding day. The illustrious
parent presented her daughter with a bracelet in the form of a
serpent, made entirely of turquoise, with the exception of a
diamond collar, and the head, which was also ornamented with
brilliants and rubies. The Queen's aunts decided also on a
memento of this nature, the joint gift of their Royal High-
nesses, and this decision preceded almost immediately the de-
mise of the late much lamented Landgravine of Hesse Homburg.
The Marchioness of Normanby held her sixth
assembly yesterday evening, in Hill-street.
The Speaker will hold his second levee on Sa-
turday next, and his third and last levee for the season on the
succeeding Saturday.
The Speaker will give his third Parliamentary
dinner on Saturday next, in Eaton-square. The Right Hon.
Gentleman will continue his series of dinners every Saturday
till the Easter recess.

Viscount Fitzallan gave his first dinner in Great
Stanhope-street, late the residence of Lord Aboyne, on Mon-
day evening.
Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, the Mar-
quis of Douro, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Lord Stanley, the
Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Lord Eliot, Sir Robert Inglis,
Lord Sandon, Colonel Perceval, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir
Henry Hardinge, and Sir William Rae, were among the distin-
guished Members of the Conservative party who were present
at the Speaker's second Parliamentary dinner.
THE FLOUR BILL (IRELAND.)—A petition
against the importation of foreign flour into Ireland has received
the sanction of men of all parties on the Grand Jury of
Meath, and has been numerously signed by them and the
gentry and farmers assembled at the Assizes. The petition
adopted in Meath is founded on the principle that, by the con-
templated admission of foreign flour, labour will be diminished
—the capital embarked in milling seriously damaged—the far-
mer depressed, and the poor deprived of the cheap food now re-
-B,llting from the home manufacture of flour.—Dublin Even-
ing Nail.

Extract of a letter from Carlsruhe, 20th inst.:—
.4
.k grant!. ball was given here yesterday evening by the Hon.
Robert Kennedy, in honour of the marriage of the Queen of
England with Prince Albert. During the supper, which com-
prised every delicacy, the health of the Royal pair was given,
and received with the greatest enthusiasm. This brilliant fete,
so well in harmony with the known hospitality of the Noble
Host cannot fail to remain most agreeably impressed on the
minis of everybody at Carlsruhe."—Galignani.