The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Ther Majesties went in state last evening to Drury-lane
Theatre.

A Guard of Honour (from the Foot Guards) were on
duty at the Royal Entrance, where Mr. Lee, the High
Constable of Westminster, and Messrs. Smith and
Gardner, the principal officers of police, were in attendance.
The interior of the Royal Box, and the Saloon adjoining
it, were fitted up very elegantly ; the Royal Box was hung
with fitted drapery, having glasses introduced in the sides ;
in front of the box were two state chairs for the King and
Queen ; the draperies in front were of crimson and gold,
and above the gilt cornice of the box were the initials of
their Majesties, surmounted by a Crown.
The Saloon was brilliantly illuminated with a chandelier
in the centre and wax lights.
Their Majesties and Suite came in nine carriages, with
an escort of the Royal Horse Guards. The King appeared
in a naval uniform, and wore the Riband, Jewel, and Star
of the Order of the Garter, and the Star of another Order
of Knighthood. Prince George of Cambridge accom-
panied their Majesties. His Royal Highness was in mili-
tary uniform, and wore the Riband and Jewel of the
Guelphic Order. In their Majesties' suite were the Earl
of Albemarle, Master of the Horse to the King ; the Earl
of Belfast, Vice-Chamberlain ; the Countess of Brownlow,
Lady in Waiting to the Queen ; the Earl of Denbigh, Lord
Chamberlain to the Queen ; the Earl of Erroll, Master of
the Horse to the Queen ; the Marchioness of Westmeath,
Lady of the Bedchamber ; and Miss Hope Johnstone, Miss
Mitchell, and Miss Bagot, Maids of Honour; Lord Adol-
phus Fitzclarence, Lord in Waiting ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick
(Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards), in Waiting; Sir
Joieph Whatley, Groom in Waiting ; the Marquis of
Clanricarde, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Sir
George Seymour, Master of the Robes ; Major-General
111‘Donell, Principal Equerry to the Queen ; Lieut.-
Colonel Richardson, Royal Horse Guards, Silver Stick in
Waiting ; Colonel Horace Seymour, Equerry in Waiting
to the King ; Colonel Wilson and Mr. Hudson, Gentlemen
Ushers to the Queen ; Mr. Pearson, Exon of the Yeomen
Guard in Waiting; Master Grimston, Page of Honour to
the Queen ; ilr. Marsh and other Gentlemen, Ushers to
the King.
Lord Saltoun, the Field Officer in Waiting, and Sir F.
Roe, the Chief Magistrate of Police, were in attendance at
the Royal Entrance to receive their Majesties.
The King gave audiences yesterday to the Duke of Rich-
mond, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Albemarle,
and Sir John Macdonald.

The Queen took an airing yesterday in a carriage to
Kensington._

The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia
visited their Majesties yesterday.
Prince Talleyrand visited Viscount Palmerston yester-
day at the Foreign-office.
Viscount Lowther, Sir James Graham, Mr. Stanley,
M.P., Mr. J. Attwood, and a Deputation, had an inter-
view yesterday with Viscount Althorp.
A deputation, headed by Messrs. Morton and Barclay,
had an interview with Viscount Althorp yesterday.
The Committee of the Lords of his Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council, appointed to consider the peti-
tion to the King respecting the granting a charter to the
London University, held their first meeting yesterday
morning at the Council Chamber. There were present
the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of
London, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Judges of
the Courts of King's Bench, the Common Pleas, and the
Exchequer, the Earl of Eldon, and the following Cabinet
Ministers, viz., Earl Grey, ie Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Ripon, Viscount Melbourne, Mr. Secretary
Stanley, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Holland,
the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Carlisle, and Lord
John Russell.

The following is the official return of the ex-
portation of the precious metals from the port of Lon-
don, from the 11th to the 17th inst., inclusive :
Gold coin, to Hamburg B7 07.
Silver coin, to ditto 3,470
Ditto, to New York 7,820

The messenger bearing the treaty signed by
the Ministers of the four powers of England, France,
Spain, and Portugal, placing the Peninsula under the
protection of the two first-named countries, left Lon-
don on Tuesday, for Plymouth, from whence he is to
sail this day (Thursday) for Lisbon, on board the
County of Pembroke steamer.—Times.