The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court, on Saturday afternoon, at Buck-
ingham Palace.
Mr. J. Buchanan had an audience, and delivered to her
Majesty his letter of recall as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of Ame-
rica. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmer-
ston, G.C.8., First Lord of the Treasury (officiatingfor the
Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs),
and conducted by Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir E. Cast, K.C.H.,
her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies.
Viscount Palmerston had an audience of the Queen.

The Queen, attended by Lady Churchill, Maier-General
Buckley, and Capt. the Hon. D. de Rue, visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, atler residence in St.
James's Palace, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
The Princo of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr.
Gibbs, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester
Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The
company included her Royal Highness the Princess Royal,
the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, Madame Tricoupi (the wife of the Greek NU-
nister), Count Colloredo, the Austrian Minister; the Earls
of Aberdeen and Elleuboreugh, Lady Blantyre, the Right
Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Henry
and Mrs. Fitzroy, Col. Barker, C. 8., Royal Artillery, and
Lieut.-Col. G. V. Maxwell, C. 8., 83th Regiment.
The band of the Royal Horse Gaards was in attendance
during dinner.
Yesterday, her Majesty and his Royal Highness the
Prince, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince
Alfred. and the Princess Alice, the L ,dies and Gentlemen
of the Courts and the Domestic Household, attended Divine
Service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace.
The Rev. John Vane, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet, read
the prayers, and preached the sermon.

Their Royal Highne,,ses the Duchess of Can.thridge
and the Princoas Mary left their residence at Sr. Jau►eM',
Palace, on Saturday, for Cambridge Cottage, Kerr, f.d.
the holidays. On Wednesday, the Royal Duche.,3 and
Princess will leave Sew, on a ♦isit to her -Majesty, at
Windsor Castle.

His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian
Mi-
nister, will leave town to-day for Dover, in order to
receive the Ring of the Belgians, on that Sovereign
landing at that port, to-morrow, from altend, on his
way to Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and
the Lathes Grovenor arrived at Grosvenor House on
Saturday, from Motcombe House, near Shaftesbury.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have left
town for Hatfield for the recess. The noble marquis
and family have been placed in mourning by the death,
at Madeira, of his son-in-law, Mr. James Maitland Bal-
four, late M.P. for the Haddington burghs, married to
Lady Blanche, the marquis's second daughter.
The Marquis of Exeter has left Grosvenor-square on
his return to Burghley House, near Stamford.
The Earl•Jermyn, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Harvey,
have joined the family circle, visiting the Duke of Rut-
land at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. The noble earl
has quite recovered from the effects of his recent accident
at Cadlands, while out shooting.
The Earl and Countess Talbot and the Ladies Talbot,
who are at present in Madeira, are not expected to re-
turn to this country before the month of May. The
Countess and Lady Victoria Talbot have both derived
benefit from the mild climate of the island.

Selina Viscountess Milton and Mr. Foljambe and
family, who came to town from Nottinghamshire in
order to attend the nuptials of Mr. Foljambe, jun., and
Lady Gertrude Acheson, daughter of the Earl of Gosford,
have left Fife House for their country seat.
APPROACHING MARRIAGII IN HIGH LIFE.--We are
enabled to announce that a matrimonial alliance is ar-
ranged, and will shortly take place, between, the Lady
Lavinia Bingham, daughter of General the Earl of Lucan,
and the Hon. Charles Hardinge, M.P., eldest eon of
Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.