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
Wurtemterg, arrived at the Exhibition of the Works of
Industry of all Nations soon after nine o'clock yester-
day morning, to continue their inspection of the Exhi-
bition. Her Majesty and the Royal circle were attended
by the Lion. Matilda Paget, Baroness de Wangenherm,
General Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, and M. B. de Tres-
kow. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, else visited the
Exhibition yesterday. Aud their Royal Highnesses the
Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, attended by Miss
Hildyard, also paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday
forenoon.

The Queen and Pritico Albert and their Royal visitors
left tho Exhibition at halt-past cloven o'clock, and re-
turned to Buckinghainyalace._.

Lord 13roughton had r.n audience of the Queen yes-
terday, at Buckingham Palace, to present some presents
from Newab Nazim, of Bengal, to hor 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
laundah.

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 morchals, or emblems of rank, and a
palkee, or palanquin, for evening conveyance. These
presents were brought frein India under charge of Dr.
Yoni •
14.
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 Goths visited tho
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester house.
Tho Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking-
ham Palace. The cowpony included their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke turd Duchess of
Saxe Coburg Gothit, the Duke Ernest of Wurteraborg,
and the Prince Gustavus of Wasa, his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leicingen, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Douglas, the Marquis of Westminster, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Wangenheina, Baroness de Speth,
the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess Granville,
the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Baron Roppert, M. B. de
Treskow, M. Emon do Fetzer.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance
during dinner, and performed the following
gaselection;--
Overture, 0 A Legend of Montrose". s
Waltz, "Rose de INlai"
H. R. Bishop.
rb
Grand Selection, Lea Huguenots" eyeeer.
The Great Exhibition Quadrille
Prince Arthur's Match
Marien Eingugs Galop . .
In the evening Herr F. ... .
Kaufmann,..... f.rollmallerilesddcenil., with
his son and daughter, attended in the Palace, and had the
honour of performing before her
Albert and their illustrious Majesty and Prince
instruments, viz.,B i circle, with novel musical
armonieherd, ChOrdaulodion
Symphonion
(DioSelstpielenden ntswerke), and
Orcheatrion ; also, Der ib, Ku
rompet-Automat.
Dispatches were received yesterday a:. the Colonial-
office,
,from the Governor of the Cape o foo d 11013 -
Dispatches
;were also received from the Governors of
Sierra Leone d the Falkland

VISITORS •
TO WtSTMINSTER Ann .—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 behaved in the most decorous manner, and
have wandered through the isles of the Abbey, paying the
strictest attention to the works of art which have been pre-
sented to theirvie*, 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 Chapel,
admis-
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 super
This invention has preyed :tself the seded.
offered to smokers.greatest luxury yet