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 •f 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 Mildmay, 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, at 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., Mr. G. Hadfield, Mr.
Edward Wetherell, and Mr. VV. Harris, 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 H
M on. T. M. Gibson
M, M.P., and Messrs. John
Brotherton, .P., J. W. Patten, M.P.,
Bright, .P.)
Cobden, MT., Sanders,M.P. , Beckett, M.P., Greens'',
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 Ow 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 Exche-
Auer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down-
inwstreet.
Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an interview with Sir G,
.Grey on Saturday at the Home-office.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening
from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Ceylon
'and Hong-Kong.
Mr. Christie, and Mr. Miller had an
Right Hon Honourable
interview on Saturday, w
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 TIIE NETHER
LANDS.—THE HAGUE, March 17.—Intelligence was re-
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, Pr.me Minister of Portugal, dated the Ist of the
present month, announcing to me that the Court of
liness Pr
Portugal will go into mourning for a
ince Alexander of
week on occasion
of the death of his Royal Rig
the Netherlands."—Staas Courant.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
was attended by Lord John
at the Foreign-office. It
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, the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Labouchere,
and Mr. Macaulay. The Council sat one hour and
a half.
VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S
GRAND FETE —On Saturday evening Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston gave a splendid entertainment
to their Royal lligbnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and his Serene Highness 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 Cadogan and Mr. E. St.
John Mildmay, arrived shortly before eight o'clock, and
were received by the Noble Viscount, by whom the
Royal visitors were conducted to the saloon, the Duke
of Walington, the Duke of Devonshire, and the other
noble personages invited to the banquet, having all
assembled.
THE MARQUIS OF BUTE —We are sorry to an-
nounce that a rumour prevailed last evening of this
nobleman's death. Tho rumour appears to have been
founded on intelligence said to have been received by
the Marquis of Abercorn, to the effect that his Lordship
had died s',Odenly at Cardiff Castle.
The marriage of the Lady Sarah Hay, the beau-
tiful and accomplished daughter of the Earl and Coun-
tess of Kiunoull, with the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, is
definitively fixed to take place on Thursday next.