The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
the Queen on Saturday.
Viscount Palmerston had an audience of her Ma-
jesty on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on
Saturday evening, included her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, Count Arthur Mens-
dorff, the Marquis of Douro, Lord and Lady John
Russell, Lady Fanny Howard, Madame la Baronne
de Wangenheim, Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, and Baron Fritsch.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, took walking and pony exercise on Saturday.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken
an airing. The Princess Royal and the Princess
Alice took airings yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended divine service yesterday morning,
in the private Chapel in Buckingham Palace. The
Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
attended divine service yesterday morning, in Gros-
venor Chapel.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess
of Gloucester also visited the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, at Cambridge House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frede-
rick of Hesse, and attended by Lady Augusta Cado-
gan, honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston
with her company on Saturday evening, at their resi-
dence in Carlton-gardens.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg
visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yester•
day, at Cambridge House.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after-
noon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present
were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. H. Labou-
chere, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay. The Council sat two hours.
The Bavarian Ministers transacted business on Sa-
turday, at the Foreign- office.
General the Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, K.T., at-
tended at the Home-office on Saturday, and was sworn
in as Lord Lieutenant of Elgin, before Sir George
Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Home Deportment; Viscount Morpeth, Chief
Commissioner of the Woods and Forests; and the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, President of the Board of
Trade.

A deputation from Life Assurance Companies, con-
sisting of Mr. Ricardo (National), Mr. J. F. Mau-
bert (Metropolitan), Mr. W. Hammond, Mr. James
J. Downes (Economic), Mr. Samuel Ingall (Im-
perial), Mr. W. Downes (Law), Mr. John Master-
man, M.P. ; Mr. C. Ansell ;(Atlas), Mr. Longden ;
Mr. James Tulloch (Guardian), Mr. John Goddard
(Rock), Mr. Edwin Farren (Asylum), Mr. W.
Robinson (Minerva), Mr. Peter Hardy (Mutual),
and Mr. Robert Tucker (Pelican), had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official
residence, in Downing-street.
Sir Robert Ferguson had an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Strutt, on Saturday, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Railways, in the
Board of Trade.

The Right lion. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr.
Brotherton, M.P., and a deputation from Manchester,
accompanied by the town clerk, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had also an
interview with the Right Hon. Baronet.
Dispatches were received on Saturday, at the Co-
lonial-office, from the Governor of Gibraltar.

The Duke of Wellington, Lord and Lady Ashley,
and Sir Frederick Trench, attended the early service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St.:James's. Prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. and the Commu-
nion Service by the Bishop of London. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Cureton. At the daily
service the prayers were read by the Rev. G. Repton,
the lessons by the Rev. J. C. Haden, and the Com-
munion Service by the Bishop of London. The ser-
mon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Cureton. The
anthem was " Sing unto the Lord " (Greene). Sir
George Smart presided at the organ.

ARRIVAL OF HIS ROYAL HIGH-

NESS THE DUKE DE NEMOURS.
His Royal Highness the Duke de gemours ar-
rived at the French Embassy, in Manchester-square,
last evening, at 25 minutes to eight o'clock, from the
terminus of the South-Eastern Railway, at London-
hridgo, sooomparliod by tho Duke and Duchess
Auguste of Saxe-Coburg (Princess Clementine), and
his Excellency Count de Jarnac, the French Mi-
nister. The Duke on his arrival at Hertford House
seemed greatly dejected, as he was evidently suffering
from excessive fatigue; and we regret to say, from
their escape from the French capital having been the
act of a moment, not the slightest luggage was
brought, so that in fact none of them possess a change
of garment. _ _

The Countess de Jarnac, the Count Louis de
Noailles, and M. de Rabaudy, were assembled in the
vestibule to receive the Duke de Nemours and the
unfortunate individuals accompanying that prince.
The Duke was waited on immediately after his
arrival at the Embassy by their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, attended by Baron Fritsch,
and Lieutenant• Colonel Wilde.

Their Royal llighnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe-Coburg and Prince Albert were instantly con-
ducted to the saloon of the Embassy. The meeting
was deeply affecting, the Duchess of Saxe•Coburg
being painfully overcome by her feelings. The Count
and Countess de Jarnac were alone present at the
distressing interview, the Royal Equerries being with-
in call in an ante-room.

On taking their departure from Paris, the Duke de
Nemours went by one route and the Duchess (cousin
of the Prince-Consort) by another, intending to meet
or join the same road at a place appointed. It was
not discovered till the Duke reached the coast that
the Duchess had not preceded him. It appears now
that she was unfortunately left behind.
As to the exemplary Queen of the deposed Sove-
reign of France nothing is positively known, but the
anxiety respecting that amiable woman is much re-
lieved from the well-known regard in which she was
held by the people of France.
The Prefect of Paris arrived in London yesterday
from Paris, having made his escape from the capital
on Thursday night.
The Duke de Montebello, the Minister of Marine
and the Colonies, and of course Member of the Cabi-
net under M. Guizot, arrived on Saturday in London
and is staying with the Hon. Francis Charteris, M.P.,
and Lady Anne Charteris, at their residence in Chas-
ham-place. The Duke escaped with little difficulty,
but in a state of comparative destitution, having no
clothing whatever.
At the French Embassy nothing is known as to the
route Louis Philippe took on his sudden retreat from
the Tuileries. It is not believed that the ex-King
went to the Chateau d'Eu as stated. It is thought he
had repaired to Belgium.
M. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, was
thought to have escaped towards the Belgian frontier
or the south of France, to pass into Italy.
The Duchess de Coigny, a member of the house of
Stair, and consequently a Scotch lady, arrived in
Dover-street on Saturday from Paris, having escaped
over the walls surrounding the capital. We learn the
Duchess assumed the disguise of a servant. The gal-
lant Duke remains in Paris.