The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Con-
sort rode on horseback on Saturday morning. attended
by the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Alfred Paget, and
Colonel F. H. Seymour.
The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took a
drive in an open carriage add four.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert pre,4cled at a meet-
ing of a Committee of the Royal Corninissi ,ners for the
Exhibition of 1851, at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday.
The other members present were the Earl of Derby,
Earl Granvil,e, Lord Stanley of Alderley, L Ord Over-
stone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon.
B. Disraeli, M.P., the Right Hon. W. E. Cl-adstone,
M.P., and Mr. Coulson, Q,C.
Mr. Edgar Bowriug, Secretary to the Royal Commis-
sion, was in attendance.
The meeting, which took place at 11 o'clock, broke
up at a quarter to 2.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince
Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa, took a
drive in the afternoon in an open carriage and four.
The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Con-
sort, accompanied by the Princess Royal, honoured the
Royal Italian Opera with their presence in the evening.
In attendance were the Marchionet=s of E'y, the Hon.
Mary Seymour; the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Byron,
Lord Alfred Paget, and Col. F. H. Seymour.
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Yesterday her Majesty and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, the Pi ince of Wa'es, the Princess Royal,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Court, and the Domestic Household at-
tended Divine service in the chapel at Buckingham
Palace.
The Hoa. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi-
ciated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at her residence,
Gloucester House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard and Lord James Murray,
honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence on
Saturday evening.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17.—Since the proclamation
of "peace the rate of exchange has been rapidly going
down from 137 to 120 piastres the pound sterling.
WAnsaw, April 25.—General Prince Gortscbakoff
has just published a decree maintaining the prohibition
against the exportation from Poland of rye, barley, oats,
wheaten flour, and cattle. The reason assigned for this
measure is the existing dearness and scarcity of those
articles.
The Royal British Bank will open on the Ist of May
a Holborn branch at the corner of Chancery-lane.
SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER. CoLouns.•—The
private view of this society's exhibition took place on
Saturday, previous to its being opened to the public
this day (Monday), and was attended by a numerous
and fashionable company of the aristocracy. Arnow.,
the distinguished visitors we noticed the Duchess (7f
Sutherland, the Duchess of Wellingt)n, the Diike and
Duchess of Argyll, the Duke and Duchess of Northum•
berland, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marchioness of
Ailesbury, Earl Grosvenor, Earl and Countess Grey, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Oxford, Win-
chester, and Lichfield, Viscount and Viscountess Chel-
sea, Earl and Countess Jersey, Lady Peel, Lady Mac.
donald, Lord and Lady Monteagle, the Right Hon. Sir
Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Right Hon. Henry
and Lady Mary La.bouchEre, the Right Hon. Vernon
Smith, Lord Stanley of Aidorley, the Hon, Mrs. Sey-
liaour Bathurst, 44c,