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

COURT CIRCUL_4R.

WINDSOR, MARCH 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-
tere4 a!so to the King of the Belgians and the Duchess
of Kent.

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

The Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Stalo rd House,
on Thursday, from attnding her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

The Duke of Wellington arrived at Ansley House,
on Wednesday afternoon, from attending her Majesty
at Windsor Castle.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and
family 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 Hill-street, on Wednesday,
front Enville Hall, Staffordshire;

It is stated on circuit that Mr. - Self, of the Oxford
Circuit, is t 3 succeed Mr. Broderip as one of the magis-
trates at the Westminster Police-court.
According to the Epoca of Alldrid several Carlid
officers are 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.
Mn. BRIGHT'S HEALTH. —Mr. Bright, M.P., is on a
visit for a month at Ben Rhydding. His general health
is go id, but the undue arain to which devotion to the
public interest has exposed his aysntal faculties, is nosy
evident from his inability *o attend to thee familiar sub-
jects without pain. He is, therefore, very wisely givio
his overtaxed brain the repose which it requires.—Leeds
Mercury.

A grand diplomatic banquet was given on Monday
last by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Turin, in
honour of the King's birth-day. The British Ambassador,
Sir J. Hudsoo, proposed a Oast to the King.
The last letters from Constantinople state that the
Sultan has authorised the publication of a newspaper in
the Arab langua,c, br circulation amongst the inhabi.
tants of Syria, Egypt, and ether parts of his empire in
which Arabic is spokcn. This journal, which is to bear
the title of Mirat ul Alwal (the Mirror of the People), is
to appear once a week.

ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY.—We observed with very great
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 deeply interested in such a movement.
Church affections, artistic taste, archxologics.l studies,
will all enlist their votaries ; and the promises of sup-
port and assistance already made are large and nume-
rous. The Earl of Verelam (the Lord-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.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Crystal Palace was
visited yesterday afternoon by no less than 17,507 per-
sons. Long 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
these visitors were conveyed from the Palace., without
accident, in the evening. - .