The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and
attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald and Major-
General the Hon. C. Grey, visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Glocester yesterday afternoon at Gloces-
ter-house.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for
Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuild-
ing the Palace of Westminster The meeting broke up
at 5 o'clock.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback
in the forenoon with the Prince of Wales.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prinee,
accompanied by the Princess Royal, honoured the Hay-
market Theatre with their presence in the evening. The
Royal suite consisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Caro.
line Cavendish, Lord Camoys, Major-General the Hon.
C. Grey, and Lieutenant• Colonel Ponsonby.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary have arrived at St. James's
Palace, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season.
His Imperial Highness the Prince Louis Lucien Bona-
parte left town last night for Paris, to be present at the
opening of the Senate on Monday next.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, who are
still staying at Alnwick Castle, are expected to arrive
at Northumberland House early in the ensuing month
for the season.

The Duke of Beaufort has returned to Badminton.
The Duchess gave a magnificent ball, on Tuesday last,
to the nobility and gentry of Gloucestershire and the
Surrounding neighbourhood.
The Duke of Newcastle is still staying at Clumber-
park. His Grace will not come to town for some
weeks.

The Marquis and Marchioness Townehend and Vis-
count Ray nham have arrived at Stratford-place, the resi-
dence of the late Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart.
The Earl of Ellesmere, we are glad to learn, has pro-
gressed favourably for some days past.
The Earl of Harewood passed a comfortable night on
Thursday, and was rather better yesterday morning.
The Earl of Dalkeith has arrived at Montague-house,
Whitehall, from the Duke of Buccleuch's seat, Bowhill,
Selkirkshire.

The Earl and Countess Spencer are still at Althorp_
park, entertaining company. His lordship was expected
in town yesterday.
The Earl of Cardigan arrived in town last evening
from Badminton, Gloucestershire, the seat of the Duke
of Beaufort.

The Countess of Lucan and Lady Lavinia Bingham
are staying on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Hamil-
ton at Pau, where a great number of the English aris•
tocracy are assembled.
The Earl and Countess Granville entertained a select
circle at dinner, last evening, at their mansion in Bruton-
street.

The Dowager Lady Raglan and the Hon. Misses
Somerset have returned to town from visiting the Duke
and Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton.
Lord and Lady Raglan have been staying during the
week, on a visit at Badminton, with the Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen and
his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, accompanied by
her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, visited the Hay-
market Theatre last evening, and witnessed the sixth
representation of the highly-successful comedy of
" Double-faced People."
" The celebrated pianist, Listz," says the Constitu-
tionnel, " has entered the religious order of Franciscan
Monks at Pesth. M. Hermann, another pianist of note,
has entered a religious house in the south of France."
Intelligence was received in town yesterday of the de-
mise, at his seat in Scotland, of General Sir J. A.. D.
Wallace, Bart., K.C.8., colonel of the 88th Regiment
of FootL ia.m
(ConnaughtmNTAßT B
Rangers).
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RrnrEN.—There were
issued, yesterday, the Penal Servitude Bill, the Chief
Constables'ißill, and the Royal Marine Forces Bill, and
a return relative to emigration to the North American
colonies.

SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS.—The Royal Brazilian Mail
packet Avon, Captain Revett, arrived at Southampton
yesterday, with the South American mails. The dates
of her ad vices are :—Buenos Ayres, Jan. 2' • Monte
Video, 5 ; Rio de Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 18 ; Pernam-
buco, 21 ; St. Vincent, 30 ; Teneriffe, Feb. 4 ; Madeira,
6 ; Lisbon, 9. Yellow fever was prevalent at Rio and
Pernambuco. Exchange on London, 28d. to 281 d ;
ditto, France, 345 to 348 ; Bank shares, 112 prem. ;
dittl, Rural, 145 prem. ; railway shares, par. Business
in the Buenos Ayres import market was very brisk.
Mails for Malta, Egypt, and Ceylon, will be made up
at the General Post office, for conveyance by the new
line of Australian contract packets, on each occasion of
their despatch, both by way of Southampton and by
Marseilles, thus affording an additional monthly commu-
nication with those places.
fair average amount of business has been
transacted since our last, but not to the extent we an-
ticipated. In some cases shares have advanced, and
the demand has been pretty good, but many others have
declined, and without any visible cause. Devon Great
Consols advanced to 470 ; we stated in our last that the
increased sales of ores led to the presumption that a
larger dividend would be declared next tine, but we are
requested to state this will not be the case, and we may
add that the present rate must necessarily depend upon
the standard for copper ores, which shows symptoms of
decline South Frances advanced to 375, but after•
wards declined to 355, 365. Basset shares have con-
tinued 2971 to 302 i, sellers ; West Basset, 36 to 364 ;
North Basset, 354 to 36.—Mining Journal of this day.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN
THE CIVIL SERVICE.—The Board of Traci,' : Mr. John
Robertson collector of customs at the port of Lowestoft,
has been appointed receiver of wreck, so as to include
the limits of the customs port. Legal department: The
office of chief clerk of Marylebone police court has be-
come vacant by the death of Mr. James Fell. Duchy
of Lancaster : Mr. Robert Arundel has been appointed
E award of the manor of Tanshelf-Cum-Carlton, in the
county of York, in the room of Mr. Thomas William
Tottie, resigned. Bank of England : A vacancy has
been created in the Manchester branch by the death of
Mr. John K. B. P. Kinsman. Coast Guard : Com-
mander J. N. T. Saolez has been removed from Gos-
port to Falmouth, vice Commander Wake, whose period
of service has expired ; Commander Augustus J.
Woodley has been appointed inspecting commander at
Gosport, vice Saulez. Customs : Mr. _Henry Andrews
has been appointed a clerk in the East awl West India Docks, London ; Mr. Francis Tories has be. promoted
from the fifth to the fourth class in the i.:)ng room,
London ; Mr. James Dott has been promotod 11'11
tidewaiter first-class to be tidewaiter fourth-69m in
London,..-Civil Service Gazette.