The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yesterday in
the pleasure-grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the
Princess Alice were taken airings yesterday in the Royal
Gardens. _ _

The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace,
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Ex-
cellency Sarim Effendi, his Excellency Baron de Moncorvo,
the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess of Rosebery,
Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Bishop of Oxford,
Lord George Lennox, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, M.
Agop (Secretary and Interpreter of the Ottoman Embassy)
Sir George Couper, Bart., and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie
Courtenay.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendant-e
at the Palace during dinner, and performed the following
pieces :
Introduction and Scherzo Movements, Third Grand Sym-
phony—Mendelssohn.
Valse—composed by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
Grand selection from Oberon—
The Dream
Chorus of Spirits
Tempest, Calm, and Prayer weber.
Chorus, " For thee hath beauty deck't"
Finale J
Polka, "The Cricket on the Hearth."—Jullien.
Pas Redouble, "Le Roi des Mers."—Gurtner. _ _

The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has succeeded the
Viscountess Canning as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
Lord Glenlyon has succeeded the Earl of Warwick as the
Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. Colonel Drummond is the
Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.
Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge. His Royal Highness arrived in town
from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness Prince
Albert arrived at Cambridge House in the afternoon, to pay a
visit of congratulation to the Royal Duke on the auspicious
event. The members of the Diplomatic Corps, and many of
the Nobility and Gentry, called during the day, at Cam-
bridge House, and left their names for his Royal Highness.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a dinner
party in honour of the occasion, in the evening at her residence,
Gloucester House. The company consisted of their Royal
Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal
Highnesses Prince George and the Princess Mary, his Ex-
cellency Count Kielmansegge, the Earl of Clare, Sir Robert
Gordon, Mr. Cullen Smith, Lord Adolphus Fitz Clarence, Ba-
roness Ahlefeldt, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Baron Knese-
beck, Sir James Reynett, Mr. Edmund blildmay, Major
Stephens, Colonel Keate, Colonel Jones, Captain M'Donald,
and the Hon. Captain Liddell.
His Royal Highness's tradesmen illaminated ther houses
in the evening.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the
Foreign-office. The Ministets present were Sir Robert
Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl
of Haddington, Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Mr.
Secretary Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl
of Ellenborough, Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset,
Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the
Earl St. Germans. _ _

The Lord Chancellor subsequently joined his colleagues.
The Council sat an hour and a half.
Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Morrison, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of New South Wales, New Zealand, and
the Mauritius. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening
from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Hong-Kong
and Ceylon.