The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham
Palace. The Company included her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince
George, his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke of
Wellington the Marquis of Abercorn, Lady Augusta Bruce,
Lady Caroline Murray, Lady Augusta Cadogau, Baroness
de Speth, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the
Earl of Jersey, Earl Howe, Earl of Cawdor, Lord George
Lennox, Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Captain the
Hon. James P. Murray, Mr. Edward Mildmay, Colonel
Wylde' and Baron de lieitzenstein.
The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, under
the direction of Mr. J. R. Tutton, was in attendance during
dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Overture, "Crusaders "—Benedict.
Fantasia on airs from " La Fille du Regiment "—Bender.
Finale, "Jupiter Symphony"—Mozart.
Waltz, " Astrea Tanz"—Strausss.
About eight o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert, ac-
companied by the Noble Directors of the Concert of Ancient
Music left the Palace for the 51anover-square Rooms, his
Royal Highness being the Director of the Concert for the
evening. The Illustrious Party left in the following order :
A carriage conveying the Groom in Waiting, Admiral Sir
Robert Otway ; the Master of the Household, the Hon. and
Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, and Dr. Proetorius.

A carriage conveying the Equerry in Waiting to the
Prince ; Lieutenant Colonel Seymour, the-Groom in Waiting
to the Prince, Colonel Wilde, the Baron de Reitzenstein, and
Captain the Honourable James P. Murray.
A. carriage conveying the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl
Howe, Mr. Edmond Mildmay, and Lord George Lennox.
A carriage conveying
his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of
Wellington, and the Earl of Cawdor.
Soon after the departure of the Prince and the Noble
Directors, the Queen, accompanied by the remainder of the
illustrious party, followed to the Hanover-square Rooms, to
honour the performance with her presence.
The royal party left in the following order :
A carriage conveying the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the
Hon. Misses Murray and Napier; the Equerry in Waiting,
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey; the Lord in Waiting, Lord
Byron.

A. carriage conveying Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Caro-
line Murray, Lady Augusta Cadogan, and the Baroness de
Speth.
A carriage, conveying the Lady in Waiting, Lady Port-
man, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the
Master of the Horse.

A carriage, conveying his Royal Highness Prince George,
his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meinin-
gen, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
and the Duchess of Buccleuch.
A carriage, conveying her Majesty the Queen, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Rent, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester, and her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Cambridge.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took an airing
yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his
Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meinmgen,
left town yesterday morning for Busby House, Bushy Park.
Her Majesty was attended by the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and
the Earl of Denbigh. The Baron de Reitzenstein was in
attendance on the Hereditary Prince. Her Majesty accom-
panied by his Serene Highness, returned to Marlborough
House, at half-past five o'clock.
Mr. Moreno, the Minister from Buenos Ayres, had an
interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, at the Foreign office,
on Tuesday. -
Baron de. Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, had an in-
terview yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen at the Foreign-
office.

The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Improvements had
a meeting yesterday. There were pre,ent Viscount Can-
ning, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, Mr. H.
T. Hope, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. A. Milne, and the
Hon. C. A. Gore.

Mr. C. Russell, M.P., and Mr. Saunders, had an interview
with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday at the office of the
Board of Trade.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a ge-
neral meeting yesterday. There were present, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor,
Carlisle, Chester, Exeter, Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, Llan-
daff, Oxford, Ripon, Rochester, Salisbury, and Worcester,
the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Earl of Bessborough,
and the Dean of Westminster.

The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Termini had a
meeting on Monday. There were present, Viscount r
to the Cabinet M.
Can-
ning, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries,
1-
the Lord Mayor, and Sir Frederick Smith. The Commis-
sioners had another meeting on Tuesday. There were .re-
sent, Viscount Canning, the
.Lord Mayor, the Right Hon.
J. C. Herries, and Sir Frederick Smith,
Dr. Harding had an interview with Mr. Secretary Glad-
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892, Deaths from diseases a the
MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths during the week ending Saturday, April 25, was 856; the
respiration are very numerous, and ex-
ceed the average by 9 ;
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the total noufmber last week having been not
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less than 280, or about one-third the mortality from all causes.
The number carried off by bronchitis was 44, average 15; and by
consumption 152, average 153. The violent deaths amounted to 19.
—The arrivals of
IMPORTATION OF T ..CE. ice which are
now taking place fr•om the kingdom of Norway, and Which have, on
two or three occasions, been noticed in our winning, do not apPe
to be entirely confined to the metropolis. A vessel called the Bandar,
which arrived at the port of Liverpool at the latter end of the Dandy,
week from a port on the coast of Norway, had a cargo consistingas
90 tons of ice ; and a vessel called the Triton, from Dram, or Dram-
the of
men, also in the kingdom of Norway, arrived at the same period-
the port of Hull, having 150 tons of the article on oad. at
arrivals of vessels at these noithern ports, in addition to thohsee
already mentioned as having taken place in the river Thames, laden
with this curious and novel description of cargo, are very remark-
able
, and prove the speculative enterprise of the people of this country
to be unlimited. Their enterprise in this instance will be no doubt
amply repaid, for there appears, in consequence of the mildness of
the past winter, to be a great scarcity of the article, not only in the
metropolis and its suburbs, but throughout the country These
supplies are very opportune, and will be a valuable addition to those
which have taken place from the distant lakes of North America,
which we have made the subject of a special notice on a former occa-
sion, and alluded to the extraordinary thickness of the flakes or
blocks of ice brought from that quarter, and of its surprising firm-
ness and solidity.
ANOTHER COLLISION AT SEA • Late on Monday
n agent of th
night, Mr. Black, the Bright() e General Steam Naviga-
tion Company, was appn • 'sad by the Lloyd's a en
ts of 1 gt at Eastbourne of
the discovery by some of the pilo
to arge vessel in the Channel,
off Beachey Head, which appearedhave been abandoned by her
crew, and at the same time requested to send a steam-packet out to
tow the vessel into harbour. The Magnet was, accordingly, dispatched
shortly after midnight, and succeeded in, falling in with the
vessel.
It was found keel uppermost, and proved to be the Danish barque
Harriet, from St. Croix to Copenhagen, laden with sugar and rum.
that she was run down by the Seringapatain on the night
It appears
were saved, and one of the mates was landed
at Hastings, and thence proceeded to London. The Magnet and
Menai were both engaged in towing the vessel westward to horeham
Harbour on Wednesday; and the cliffs were thronged during
principal part of the day by spectotors of their evolutions.
the
' In consequence of the absence from town
ALMACK S.—
Ulster, the archion
of the Marchioness of Westm
three ess of Londonderry,
and the Viscountess Palmerston, offthe Ladies Patronesses, it
was deemed advisable, at the last moment, to postpone the opening
ball of the season, which was to have taken place last evening. This
step was rendered absolutely necessary from the number of applica-
tions for vouchers made to the above-named noble ladies, which in
their absence from town necessarily remained unanswered. We are
informed that all the Ladies Patronesses have promised to attend the
next ball.