The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at
Buckingham Palace.

His Highness Ibrahim Pacha, attended by Sami
Pacha, and also by Edib Effendi, Turkish Chargé
d'Affaires, had as audience of her Majesty.
Count de Bjornstjerna, one of the Seigneurs of the
'Kingdom, General of Infantry, Envoy Extraordinary
tand Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King
of Sweden and Norway, had an audience of the Queen,
on his return to this Court on leave of absence.
Colonel Iterregui, Minister Plenipotentiary from the
Hipublic of Peru, had an audience of her Majesty to pre-
sent his credentials.

Baron de Beust, Saxon Minister Resident, had an
audience of the Queen, to deliver his credentials.
His Highness the Pacha, and their Excellencies were
respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston,
her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester,
Master of the Ceremonies.
The Court was attended by Viscount Hawarden,
Lord in waiting ; and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in
Waiting.
Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen
yesterday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Seymour,
Equerry in Waiting. The Prince visited his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House.
liar Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, visited her
Majesty yesterday.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included her Royal High-
;less the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the
Prince of Leinengen, his Serene Highness Ibrahim
Dacha, Samiracha, Edib Effendi, Ottoman Chargé
.l'Affaires; Viscount Palmerston, Lady Augusta
Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Marquis of Abercorn, the
Earl of Liverpool, Colonel Bonfort (Secretary to Ibra-
him Pacha), and Mons. Nubar (Interpreter), and Major
Dickson.

The band of the Scots Irusniar-Gustrds was in attend-
ance in the Palace during dinner.

Their Royal HighneLis the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge honoured the Marquis of Salisbury with their
company at dinner on Monday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
honoured the Italian Opera with her presence last evening.
The annual inspection of her Majesty's body guard
it the Yeomen of her Guard took place at St. James's
l'ah,e, yesterday, when the whole of the corps was in-
spected by the Captain, attended by the Lieutenant, the
Ensign, the Adjutant, atql the Exons.
Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley sustained a be-
reavement yesterday, by the death of their eldest son.
Mr. Benjamin Hawes attended yesterday at the Co.
onial-off►ee as one of the Under-Secretaries of State for
he Cobnies.

Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Col,,nial-office for the Governor of Hong-Kong.
The Right Hon. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the
Exchequer, has left town for Yorkshire.
The Right Hon. H. Goulburn lett town on Monday
afternoon for Cambridge.

THE HOLBORN BATH SWIMMING

CLUE ANNUAL DINNER.

The annual dinner of this truly excellent and invalu-
able institution took place at the Freemason's Tavern,
yesterday, when there was an exceedingly numerous at-
tendance of the members. The object of the dinner was
not to obtain subscriptions to the funds of the society,
but for the purpose of distributing medals and prizes to
the successful competitors, and by a re-union, to promote
amongst the members a social and friendly feeling. It
is not our intention to enter into the merits of such an
institution, as we are sufficiently aware that most people
cordially coincide with the opinion of Locke, that swim-
ming forms a necessary part of the education of a man,
but it may not be uninteresting to state, that according
to the report of the Registrar-General in 1844, no fewer
that 1,976 persons were accidentally drowned in that
year, all of whom would be yet preserved to society and
their friends had they known the art of swimming.
Pasting over the other advantages derived from the art,
auel as health and recreation, we will merely advert to
the proceedings of the evening. Mr. Hedgman presided,
and after the honorary secretary, Mr. HoraceKenworthy,
read the report, which stated the gratifying progress of
the society, several large silver medals, beauti-
fully engraved, were handed to Messrs. Poltoun
nwad Robins= of Oid9rd, who were the no.