The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-11 00:00:00

COURT U I RCU LAR.
In celebration of the sixth anniversary of her Majesty's
marriage, the following party had the honour of being in- '
vited to dine at Buckingham Palace yesterday :—Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of
liuccleuch, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Liverpedl, the Hon. and Rev. Leslie Courtenay, and
Captain Francis Seymour.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, led by Mr. Boose,
was in attendance during dinner, and performed selections
from Lachner, Webar, Streck, and Labitzky.
After dinner the following party were invited for an early
hour:—His Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Jersey, Earl and Lady Katherine Jermyn, the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of Delawarr
and Lady Mary Sackville West, Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, the Bishop of
Oxford, Lord and Lady Lyttelton, Dowager Lady and the
Honourable Miss Lyttelton, Lord and Lady George Lennox,
the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Laly Peel, the Right Hon.
Sir Jam's and Lady Graham. the Right Hon. W. E. and
Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs.
Anson, Hen. General Upton, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley
and the Misses Wheatley, Sir George and Lady Couper, Sir
Robert and Lady Gardiner, Sir George Arson, Sir James
Clark, Mr. llallani and Mr. Rogers.
Her Royal Highnessl the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, Bart., arrived
at Clarence House, St. James's, at ten minutes past twelve
yesterday, from her residence, Frogrnore-house, Windsor.
Her Royal Highness visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace,
anti remained to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince
Albert.

Messrs. Gambia and Nott had the bonour of submitting to
Prince Albert yesterday Mr. Nott's newly invented electric
telegraph. His Royal Highness was pleased to express his
approbation of its superior efficiency Bnd simplicity._ _

The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Marchioness
of Douro as the Lady in Waiting t.) the Queen ; and the
Earl of Warwick has succeeded the Earl of Morton as the
Lord in Waiting to her Majesty.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed daily
airings yesterday in the royal gardens.
Dispatches were received on Monday evening at the
Colonial-office from the Governors of the West India
Colonies.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat wester
day, and heard an appeal from Bengal, ' Cowie v. Benfrey."
The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Brougham,
the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.

Yesterday evening the lyric tragedy of Sophocics' Antigone
was read by Mr. C. Kemble, in the Picture Gallery, at
Buckingham Palace, before her Majesty, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
royal circle, &c.
For this purpose a stage was erected at the south end of
the gallery, on which. Mr. Kemble sat, with the chorus
ranged on each side of him •, on the floor was the instru-
mental orchestra, composed of her Majesty's private band,
conducted by Mr. Anderson, and beside him sat the author
of the English version, Mr. Bartholomew, who read the
chorus speaker's part, by which means the dramatic interest
of the piece was rendered more effective, and more nearly
resembling the antique mode of its performance. The music
of Dr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy was admirably executed by
the band and a select chorus.

It reflects no small credit upon the taste of the royal
selectors of this modernised relic of antiquity, for it is to
them that the noble party assembled on the occasion owe the
gratification which the last of all our noble Romans, Mr.
Keruble, afforded by his truly classical declamation.
The interest of this festivity was very much heightened
by the first opening of the grand staircase, after the embel-
lishments with which it has b en adorned during tht last
winter, under the direction of Mr. L. Gruner. The whole of
the decoration is after the best time of the great Italian
masters On the coiling four fresco paintings on gold ground,
representing Morning, Evening, Noon, and Night, executed
by Mr. ToWnsend, have a most hai py effect, and reflect the
greatest credit on our rising -chool of British artists; wreaths
of flowers surrounding these frescoes are the work of Messrs.
Murdock and Denby.

The splendid imitations of marble,executed by Mr. Moxon,
together with the handsome guilding, vivid colours of the
ornaments, and the bronze figures, carrying masses of light
on their heads, produce a most brilliant and striking effect.