The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FEB. ?,.
The dinner party yesterday included the Do.:,;oess of
Kent, Prince Earnest of Leiningen, the Be!„gian Minis.
ter and Madame Van Weyer, Lady }:anny Howard,
Baroness de Speth, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and Sir G.
Couper.

Tile band of the Grenadier
r
nor, and afterwards her Ar. duards played during din-
sjesty's private band.
The Queen and
of Leiningen, rode, accompanied by Prince Ernest
out on horseback this forenoon. The
Hon. Beatrice P.,yng,ll.lajor-General Bouverie, and Capt.
Du Plat attended her Majesty.
The Q.:A", accompanied by Prince Ernest of Leinin-
gen, '7,rove out in as open carriage in the afternoon, at-
te:ded by the Duchess of Wellington and the Hop, Bea-
'trice Byng. Major-General Bouverie attended on horse-
back.
The dinner party comprised the Duchess of Kent, the
Princess Rcyal, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Col. the Hon. N.
and Lady Mary Hood, Sir Jas. Clark, Col. F. H. Sey-
mour, and Mr. Gibbs.
The band of the 21 Life Guards played during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the
Castle.

SUNDAY, Feb. 10.
The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and
Prince Erne of Leiningen, the Ladies and Gentlemen
of the Co'.irt, and the domestic household, attended Di-
vine Service this morning in the Private Chapel of the
ea..itle. The Duchess of Kent 7183 also at the Service.
'rho Hon. and Very Rev., the Dean of Windsor ail-
ciated.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were :—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chan-
cellor, Earl Granville the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the
Chancellor of the; Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the
Right Heti, R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
the Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll.
Tb'e council sat three hours and a half.
A deputation from the Birmingham Lord's-Day De-
fence Committee had an interview with Viscount Pal-
merston on Friday. The deputation consisted of the
Hon. and Rev. T. M. Yorke (Rural Dean), Rev. John
0. Miller (Rector of St. Martin's), Rev. Dr. Mackenzie,
Councillor Manton; Mr. Henry Wright, Mr. E. Heeley,
introduced by Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., and Mr. C. N.
Newdegate, M.P.
Meetings of the Oxford University Commission were
held at No. 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on
Tuesday, Wednesday; Thursday, and Friday last. The
Commissioners present were the Earl of Ellesmere, the
Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Ripon, Mr. Justice
Coleridge, the Hon. Edward Twisleton, the Dean of
Wells, and Sir John W. Awdry—with the secretaries.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday, and heard an appeal from the High ourt of
Admiralty, " Lawson v. Carr," the ".Tames." The
lords present were the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn-
wall, the Dean of the Arches Court, Sir J. Patteson,
and Sir W. Maule.
Her Majesty, on the recommendation of Lord Pal-
merston, has conferred a pension of 1001. per annum on
Mr. S. Lover, well known for his Irish songs and stories.
—Court Journal.
glan d re-
p e
3.0 t ne Fridaydth eirl
liberality
alDirectorsity i
n givingof
the Bank
to
every clerk n the
establishment a bonus of 101. per cent. on his salary for
the past year.
THE ALLEGED mum!! MURDER AT PENSIIIIRST.—We
of En
i
( Maidstone Journal) need hardly say that there was not
the slightest truth in this story, and we are informed
that the whole was concocted for the purpone of hoaxing
a credulous village damsel who is much given to novels
and romances,