The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by
Prince Arthur and the Princess Helena, visited the Z
logical Gardens, in the Regent's-park, -yesterday morn-
ing. In attendance were the Hon. Eleanor Stanley,
Lord Alfred Paget, and 0.)1. F, H. Seymour. In the
afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness, attended
by the Equerries in Waiting, visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr.
Munro with a visit at his studio, in Upper Belgravc-

place.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by
Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Mr. Gibbs, visited the
establishment of Messrs. Dd La Rue, in Bunhill-row.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the
Hon. Lucy Kerr; Lord de Tabley, Lord Alfred Paget,
and C•)I. F. H. Seymour, honoured the Princess's Theatre
with their presence in the evening.
The Duchess of Wellington has succeeded Lady Mac-
donald as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lard de
Tabley and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West have re-
lieved Lord Dufferin and Col. the Hon, A. N. Hood, in
their duties as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty. a

The Queen held a Privy Council this day (Wednesday),
at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir Couper, honoured the
Olympic Theatre with her presence last evening.
The funeral of the Countess of Pembroke took place
place at Wilton, on Thursday last. AU the naembera of
her ladyship's family, male as well as female, followed
the remains to the grave.
Lady Mary Wood has an assembly this evening, at
the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Lady Caroline Towersley's soiree for Friday, the 11th,
is postponed to Friday, the 18th.
Lord Pantnure and Sir Charles Wood left town yes-
trday for Portsmouth.
Lord Skye and Sele and the Hon. Miss Fiennes and
the Hon. Mr. Fiennes have arrived at the family man-
sion, in Grosvenor-street, fromA3roughton Castle, near
B In bury.
The remains of the Right Hon. George Robert Daw-
son, late Deputy-Chairman of the Customs Board, were
interred on Monday in the Necropolis at Woking..
APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—We un-
derstand a matrimonial alliance is arranged, and will
shortly be celebrate 1, between the Lorsl Forester and
Adela Tiscountese Melbourne, widow of the third and
last Viscount Melbourne. A matrimonial alliance will
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THE FERMOY PEERAGE.—The Committee for Privi-
leges sat yesterday to consider the claim of Edward
Burke Roche, Lord Fermoy, in the peerage of Ireland,
to vote in the election of representative peers for Ire-
land. Lord Redesiale presided. The Lord Chancellor
referred a question to the judges embracing the facts cf
the case, and asking whethtr, in their opinion, the ex-
tinction of the earldom of Menrath in 1812 was such an
extinction lus was contemplated by the Act of 'Union to
entitle the Crown to create a new peerage for Ireland.
The learned judges took time to consider the question.
The Persians have taken possession of the filatd
of Karate, in the Persian Gulf. The Minister at
War of the Shah is dead. The Khan of Baraljchan
has been arrested.