The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and remained to
luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert.
The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen yester-
day,

__.s Royal Highness Prince George visited his Royal
Highness Prince Albert yesterday.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual early
walk yesterday in the garthns of the Palace. His Royal
Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback,
attended by his Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Seymour.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prin-
cess Royal took an airing yesterday in an open carriage, and
was accompanied by the Dowag,r Lady Lyttelton. Their
Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice took
their accustomed exercise in the garden of the Palace.
The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace
included Lord Portman, Lord George Lennox, Colonel the
Right Hon. G. L. Dawson Darner, and Colonel Wylde.
The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance during
dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Sinfonia No. 3-Ist, 2d, and sth movements—Mendelssohn
Walzer—" Lovely Rhein Klanga"—Strauss
Potpourri—" Don Pasquale"—Donizetti

Polka—" Kinder Freuden"—Labi!zky
Introduction and air—" Stradella"—Flotorei.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his
Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen,
and attended by the Earl and Countess Howe and the Earl
of Denbigh, left town yesterday morning for Cashiobury
Park, Hertford hire, the seat of the Earl of Essex. Her
Majesty, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince, and at-
tendea by her suite, returned to Marlborough House in the
afternoon. _ _ _

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
briitge had a dinner party yesterday at Cambridge House.
The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess
Dietrichstein, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess
Howe, the Earl of Cawdor, Lady Georgiana Bathurst,
Colonel and Mrs. Malcolm, Sir William Curtis, and Sir

Henry Bishop. After dinner, his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge (the Director for the evening of the Concert of
Ancient Music) went, accompanied by the other Noble
Directors, to the Hanover-square Rooms. Their Royal
Ilignesses the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and Prince George, accompanied by the other dis-
tinguished guests, also honoured the performance of the
Concert with their presence. Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron
Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, were in attendance on
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
Mr. Billyard had an interview with Mr. Secretary Glad-
stone yesterday at the Colonial-office.

The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Improvements re •
sumed their meetings ),esterday. There were present Vis-
count Canning, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord
Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. 11. T. Hope, Sir
Robert Inglis, Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. A. Milne.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a gene-
ral meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Bangor,
Carlisle, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, Rochester, and Wor-
cester, and the Earl of Bessborough.
The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy
Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday.
Mr. J. Moseley and Mr. C. Buller, M.P., had interviews
with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co-
lonial-office for the Governor of the Mauritius.