The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albc,rt, 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, Buck-
ingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courte-
nay officiated. _
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their usual
walks yesterday -and on Saturday, in the royal gardens.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed exer-
cise yesterday in the pleasure-grounds.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen on
Saturday.
The Duchess of Kent took an airing on-Saturday in
a carriage and four. `Her Royal Highness visited . her
Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry
in Waiting.-

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an
airing in an open carriage and four, on Saturday, ac-
companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal
Highness Prince Alfred was taken out on his pOny in
the royal gardens. • -
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess- of
Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, the Duchess of Buccleuch, his Excellency
Connt de Reventlow, the Earl of Ripon, the Earl and
COuntess of Herne, Lady. Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Speth, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord Granville Somerset,
Lord George Lennox, ',Viscount Canning, Sir George
Anson, and Sir George Couper, Bart.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was
in attendance during dinner, and performed the following
pieces, under the direction of Mr. Tutton :
Overture, Op. 24,—Mendelssohn.
Melange, " Nuit de Grenada,"—Kreutzer.
Blu th en, Krange,—Zuhlner.
Waltz, " Cacilien,"—Strauss.
Terzetto e Chor, " Zen:lmre e Azore,"—Spohr.
The Queen inspected on Saturday the pictures of Mr.
Valentine Bartholomew, her Majesty's flower painter in
ordinary. -

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had an
interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday.
Mr. Glyn had an interview with the Earl of Dal-
housie on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Hamilton had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence
in Downing-street.
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colotaial-
office from the Governors of the West India colonies.
Sir Robeit I'eel had a dinner party on Saturday at
his residence in Whitehall-gardens.
The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet and Sir
Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley
officiated and preached the sermon. At the daily ser-
vice the prayers were read by the Rev. G. Repton, and
the lessons by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath.
The anthem (performed out of respect to the late Mr.
Hawes, upwards of fifty years a member of the Chapel
Royal) was " Lord let me know my end" (Greene).
Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
Among the nobility present were the Marquises of
Northampton, Anglesey, and Granby, Lord and Lady
Palmerston, Lords Cawdor, Foley, Hatherton, De
Msuley, and Cantalupe.
The Bishop of London will preach a sermon on Ash
Wednesday, and the
_Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Wilber-
force) will preach the sermon in the Chapel Royal on
Sunday next.