The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary attended divine service yester-
day morning in St. Michael's Church.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
attended divine service yesterday morning in Gros-
venor Chapel.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frede-
rick of Hesse, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan
and Mr. Edmond Mildtnay, honoured Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston with their company at dinner
on Saturday evening, at their residence in Carlton-
gardens.
A deputation from the Windsor, Staines, and
South-Western Railway Company, consisting of Mr.
Lacy, Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Bedborough, had an
interview with Viscount. Morpeth on Saturday, it the
office of her Majesty's Woods and Forests in White-
hall-place.
A deputation from the Manchester South Junction
and Altrincham Railway Company, consisting of Mr.
George Thompson, M.P., Air. G. Hadfield, Mr.
Edward Wetherell, and Mr. W. llarris, had an in-
terview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt on
Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Rail-
ways in the Board of Trade.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Ker-
shaw, M.P., Mr. Alderman Bancroft, and Mr. Gibb,
the Town-clerk of Manchester, accompanied by the
Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., and Messrs. John
Bright, M-P Brotherton, J. W. Patten, M-P-,
-,
Cobden, M.P., Sanders, Beckett, M.P., Greenall,
M.P., William Brown, M.P., J. B. Smith, M.P., and
Heald, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Mor-
peth on Saturday upon the subject of the Bill for
promoting Public Health.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
accompanied by Mr. Pressly, Secretary to the Board,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the 14:Ache-
' Beer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down-
ing-
street.
Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an interview with Sir G.
Grey on Saturday at the Home-office.
,Dispatches were sent oft' on Saturday evening
from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Ceylon
and Hong-Kong.
Mr. Christie, and Mr. Miller had an in-
interview on Saturday, with the Right honourable
Edward Strutt.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood had a dinner party on Saturday at their resi-
dence in Downing-street.

DEATH OF PRINCE ALEXANDER OF THE NETHER
LANDS.—THE HAGUE, March 17.—Intelligence was rz
ceived here to-day which has plunged the Royal Family
into profound grief. A postscript of a letter addressed
to the King, dated the 9th of March, by his envoy
at
Madrid, contains the following notice ;_« I have just
received a notification from the Marshal Duke of Sal-
danha, Prang Minister of Portugal, dated the Ist of the
present month, announcing
.to me that the Court of
Portugal will go into mourning for a :meek on occasion
of the death of his Royal Highness Prince Alexander of
the Netherlands."—Staats Courant.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Sir George Grey, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, tho Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Labouchere,
and Mr. Macaulay. The Council sat one hour and
a half.
VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S
GRIND FETE —On Saturday evening Viscount and
Vis-uountess Palmerston gave a splendid entertainment
to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess ot
Cambridge and his Serene High.ne.ss prince Frederick
of Hesse, on which occasion a distinguished circle had
the honour to meet the Royal guests. Their Royal
Highnesses, accompanied by Prince Frederick of Hesse,
and attended by Lady Augusta Cadogap. and Mr. E. St.
John Mildinay, arrived shortly before eight o'clock, and
7.' ere received by the Noble Viscount, by whom the
Royal visitors were conducted to the saloon, the Duke
of Wellington, the Duke of Devonshire, and the other
noble personages invited to the banquet, having all
assembled.
THE MARQUIS OF BUTE 7117 e are sorry to an-
nounce that a rumour prevailed last evening of this
nobleman's death. The rumour appears to have been
fuunded on intelligence said to have been received by
the Marquis at Abercorn, to the effect that his Lordship
had died suddenly at Cardiff Castle.
The marriage of the Lady Sarah Hay, the beau-
tiful and accomplished daughter of the Earl and Coun-
tess of Kinnoull, with the lion. Hugh Cholmondeley, is
definitiTely Diced to take place on Thursday next.