The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MAR= 21.
The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal,
attended Divine service this morning, and received the
Sacrament of the Holy Communion, which was adminis-
tered a'so to the King of the Belgians and the Duchess
of Kent.

The Hon. and Very Rey. the Dean of Windscr
officiated.

Tao Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Stab() rd House,
on Thursday, from attmdiug her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House,
on Wednesday afternoon, from attending her Majesty
at Windsor Castle.
Thu Marquis and Marchioness of Westnlinster and
faintly leave town, to-morrow, for Motcombe House,
near Shaftesbury, for the holidays.
The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warr ington
arrived at their residence, in Hifi-street, on Wednesday,
from Enville Hall, Staffordshire.
It is stated on circuit that Mr. Self, of the Oxford
Circuit, is to succeed Mr. Broderip as one of the magis-
trates at the Westminster Polica-court.
According to the Epoca of Madrid several Carlist
officers aro engaged in carrying on the civil war in
Mexico.

Pieces written in commemoration of the restoration
of peace are already in rehearsal at the Paris theatres.
MR. BRIGHT'S HEALTH.--111r. Bright, M.P., is on a
visit for a month at Ben Rhydding. His general health
is go:A, but the undue “train to which devotion to the
public interest has exposed his mental faculties, is now
evident from his inability ,o attend to these familiar sub-
jects without pain.. He is, therefore, very•wisely giving
his overtaxed brain the repose which it require.—Leeds
-Mcnury.
A grand diplomatic banquet was given on Monday
last by the Minister of Forein Affairs at Turin, in
honour of the King's bir,h-day. The British Ambassador,
Sir J. Ilufl,lon, proposed a toast to the King.
The la-t letters from Cosistantinople state that the
Sultan has authorise,d the publication of a newspaper in
the Arab langutrae, fur circulation amongst the inhabi-
tants of Syr.w,
_Egypt, and ether parts of his empire in
hich Ar.);oic is BpOken. Thi. journal, which is to hear
the title of Mirat ul Altoal (the Mirror of the People), is
to a'ppear once a week.

ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY.—We observed with very great
I satisfaction, in the Herts Guardian of last week, an
announcement, stating that an important county move-
ment is to be made in the course of the present month
for the restoration of St. Alban's Abbey Church. Two
objects are in view—the one the preserving perhaps
the most interesting monument of antiquity in the
country ; the other, the placing it in such a state as
to make it fit to receive a Bishop of St. Alban's. It
is difficult to imagine any person, or class of persons,
who will not be deep!y interested in such a movement.
Church affections, artiitic taste, archaeological studies,
will all enlist their votaries ; and the promises of sup-
port and assistance already made are large and nume-
rous. The Earl of Veralam (the Lard-Lieutenant of
the county) will initiate the movement, subscribing
himself 5001., and Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., has under-
taken the laborious task of honorary secretary.
Tins CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Crystal Palace was
visited yesterday afternoon by no less than 17,507 per-
son,. L )ng before the opening of the doors, at 1 o'clock,
the railway station at London-bridge was literally be-
sieged, and throughout the afternoon it continued
thronged. The utmost efforts of the railway company
were tasked to convey passengers to the Palace, and,
although trains were despatched as fast as they could be
filled (on an average every five minutes), many hundreds
were unable to obtain conveyance until too late to avail
themselves of it. The utmost order and decorum pre-
vailed throughout the building, not the slightest injury
was done to the statues, plants, or flowers, and neither
wine nor beer was supplied between the hours of 3 and
5, spirits being never sold in the Palace. The exhibi-
tors' counters were closed, all sales being strictly pro-
hibited. A selection of sacred music was performed by
a full orchestra in the centre transept. The whole of
thcse visitors were conveyed from the Palace, without
acaidtnt, in the osenin.