The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The state ball announced as fixed for Monday, the
sth of May, is, we understand, to take place on Wednes-
day, the 7th of May.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the
Duchess de Nemours visited her Majesty yesterday, at
Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper, visited
the building, in Hyde-park, for the Exhibition of the
Industry of all Nations, yesterday morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester-
day afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for
promoting and encouraging the fine arts in the rebuild.
ing the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness
arrived at the new Palace at three o'clock, attended by
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon.

The Commissioners present were the Earl of Aber-
deen, Viscount Canning, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon.
the Speaker, Lord Mahon, the Right Hon. Sir James
Graham, Sir Robert H. Inglis, and Mr. B. Hawes, M.P.
The Secretary, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, and Mr. Aubrey
Bezzi were in attendance.

The meeting broke up at a quarter before five o'clock.
The Royal Family took their usual pony and walking
exercise yesterday, in the garden of Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Princess's
Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The
Royal suite consisted of the Marchioness of Douro,
Hon. Lady Flora Macdonald, the Earl of Listowel, Col.
Wylde, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Alex-
ander Gordon.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel
Wyldo and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, visited
the Royal Institution last evening.
Her Majesty's private „hand attended at Buckingham
Palace after dinner on Thursday evening, and performed
the following pieces:—
Overture, " Nuron" "t► Reissiger.
Selection, " Il Comte Ory"" Rossini.
Pas de Schal, "La Bayadere"
His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected, on
Thursday, at Buckingham Palace, a Bible, a fec-simile of
that used by King Charles the First upon the scaffold,
on the day of his martyrdom, copied from Smith's
" Collectanea Antique," which was submitted by Messrs.
Lambert and Brown.

A deputation, headdd by Lord Hatherton, Mr. Little-
ton, M.P„ and Mr. Thorneley, M.P., and including
Messrs. W. H. Duignan and T. P. Brettell (from Wal-
sall), Mr. G. England (Dudley), Messrs. J. Higgins J.
Linney, and P. Peters (Bilston); Messrs. E. Hipkins,
J. Twist, and T. E. Ward (Tipton); Messrs. F. Baker
and J. Bingham (Wolverhampton), Mr. E. Jones (Dar-
laston), and Mr. John Pearson Rtios (Wales), had an
interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-
office.

The Prussian Minister transacted business yesterday
at the Office of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an interview with the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, at his official residence, in Down-
ing-street, yesterday.
Mr. Sheriff Hodgkinson, Mr. Under-Sheriff Law, and
Mr. Under- Sheriff Ellis, had an interview,yesterday, with
Sir George Grey at the Milne-office.
The Rev. C. Smalley, Mr. W. H. Gardner, and Mr.
Alexander Boetefeur had an interview with Lord Sey-
mour at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of
Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place, yesterday, to
present a memorial from Bayswater.,
Lord Minteagle had an interview yesterday with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Pressly had also an
interview with the Right Hon. Baronet.
The Dean of St. Paul's had an interview with Sir G.
Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial
office to the Governor of the Canadas and the Governors
of the other North American Colonies.