The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duke Ernest of
Wurtemberg, arrived at the Exhibition of the Works of
Industry of all Nations soon after nine o'clock yester-
day morning, to continuo their inspection of the Exhi-
bition. Her Majesty and the Royal circle were attended
by the Hon. Matilda Paget, Baroness de Wangenheim,
General Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, and M. B. de Tres-
kow. Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales and
Princo Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, also visited the
Exhibition yesterday. And their Royal Highnesses the
Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, attended by Miss
I.lildyard, also paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday
forenoon. _ _ _ _ _ _

v The Queen
and Prince Albert and their Royal visitors
left the Exhibition at halt-past eleven o'clock, and re-
turned to Buckingham Palace.
Lord Broughton had an audience of the Queen yes-
terday, at Buckingham Palace, to present some presents
from Newab Nazim, of Bengal, to her Majesty.
The articles consisted of an elephant's state trappings,
of velvet and gold, the houdah framed of ivory, inlaid
with gold, with coverings of gold and silver embroidery.
A state palkee or palanquin, also of ivory, inlaid with
gold; the covering of similar rich materials to the
houdah.

A throne or state resting couch, of crimson velvet and
gold, with a canopy richly embroidered with the pre-
cious metals, and supported by silver columns.
A pair of gold menthols, or emblems of rank, and a
palkee, or palanquin, for evening conveyance. These
presents were brought from India under charge of Dr.
Young.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge,
and their Serene Highnesses the Prince of Leiningen,
and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, visited the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha yesterday, at Buck-
ingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Prin-
cesses Helena and Louisa took an airing yesterday in an
open carriage and four.
The Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg,
and the Prince Gustavus of Wasa, his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Douglas, the Marquis of Westminster, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness do Wangenheim, Baroness de Speth,
the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess Granville,
the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Baron Roppert, 13. clf;
Treskow, M. Emon do Fetzer.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance
during dinner, and performed the following „ lecti
Overture, " A Legend of Montrose".
Waltz, " Rose de Mai"
Grand Selection, "Les Huguenots" Meyerbeer.
The Great Exhibition Quadrille
Prince Arthur's March
Marion Eingugs Galop .
.......... Hallendorf.
In the evening Herr F.
his son and daughter, attended rinllann' from Dresden, with
the Palace, and had the
honour of performing before her Majesty and Prince
Albert and their illustrious circle, with novel musical
instruments, viz,,' as Har •
_ monichord Chordaulodion
Symphonion p
also,
eSelbstpielenden Kuntswerke), and
Orchestrion; Der Trompet-Automat.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Eope.
Dispatches were also received from the Governors of
Sierra Leone and the Falkland Islands.

VISITORS TO WESTMINSTER AnnEY.--During the
first three days of the present holiday week upwards of
15,000 persons have visited Westminster Abbey, for the
purpose of inspecting the interior of that magnificent temple,
and the many splendid monuments with which it abounds.
The visitors have behav
thesis most decorous manner, and
paying the
have wandered through les of the Abbey,
strictest attention to the works of art which have been pro-
suited to their view, a circumstance which shows that pub-
lic buildings of all classes might, with advantage, be opened
at stated periods, and under proper regulations. The visi-
tors to the Abbey are allowed to roam where they please,
with the exception of Henry the Seventh's Chapeladults-
sion to which has been fixed at 6d. each person.
Cigars are now tipped with amber at the end next
the mouth; by this means cigar-tubes are quite superseded.
This invention has proved itself the greatest luxury yet
offered to smokers.