The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
His Roy& Highness the Prince rode on horseback in
the forenoon, attended by his Equerry in Waiting.
Her Majesty and Prince Albeii;, accompanied by
Prince Arthur and the Princess of Hohenlohe Langen-
burg, took a drive in an open carriage and four in the
afternoon.

Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. D. de
Ros atten,led on horseback.

The Princess Feodore of Hohenlohe Langenburg
visited the Princess Mary of Cambridge.
The Prince of Wales visited the Duchess of Kent at
Clarence-house, St. James's.
The Princess Royal visited the Duchcsa of Glocester
yesterday at Glocester house.

Her Majesty had a dinner party. The company in-
cluded his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, their
Serene Highnesses the Princess of Huherlohe LangPn-
burg and the Princes Feodore, his Excellency the Persian
AmbasFador, Fetal( Khan, the Duke of Wellington, the
Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl an I Countess of Cla-
rendon, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerton, Viscount
Torrington, Meerza Zeman Khan, Meerz% Maleum
Khan, Meerza Ali Nacke, Mahomed Ali Aga, the
Equerry in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge, and
Captain Lynch.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Cambridge yesterday at her residence in St.
James's Palace.

Despatches from the Governors of the colonies of the
West Inc ies were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

Despatches were sent to the Governors of the colonies
on the West Coast of Africa.

Her Blyal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Cambridge, yesterday, at her residence in
St. James's Palace.
The Countess of Westmoreland arrived in town, yes
terday, from Aptborpe. The noble earl will leave town
for Northamptonshire to-morrow.
The Earl and Countess of Lanesborough have arrived
in S'anhope-street, from Bath.
The Viscountess Somerton was safely delivered of a
daughter, at her residence in Prince's-terrace, on Satur-
day last. Her ladyship and the infant are going on
favourably.
The Earl of Bective has arrived at Underley Hall,
near Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bruce have arrived
at the St. George's Hotel.
Mr. F. West is suffering from indisposition at his
seat, Ruthin Castle, North Wales.
We understand that Mr. Frederick Cator has so far
recovered from his late gunshot wound as to render it
probable that he will soon be able to be removed.
His Majesty the ex-King of Oude, attended by a suite`
of about thirty, visited yesterday the exhibition of
Madame Tussaud. His Majesty was most splendidly
attired in an Indian costume.

The Earl of Elgin, the Minister Plenipotentiary Ex-
traordinary to be sent to China, has, since his arrival io
London from Scotland, hsd several interviews with Vis-
count Palmerston and the Earl of Clarendon. The noble
earl is at present uncertain when he leaves this country,
but trusts to be able to complete arrangements for his
departure by the second week in the ensuing month.—
Zdinburgh Courant.
The public debt of Piedmont amounted on the Ist
January last to the sum of 32,346,650 fr. of rente,
eluding 4,500,000 fr. for the late war.
The Postmaster-General gave notice yesterday that
the mail-steamer Gambia, which should start to-day
from Plymouth with the mails for the west coast cf
Africa, will not leave before Sunday next.
The Duchess Regent of Parma, in order to facilitate
the we of the telegraph in her states, has decreed that
the p ice of despatches in the interior shall be notably
reduced.

The King of the Belgian 3 has conferred the title of
baron on the Chevalier de Beaulieu, Be 4 i4n Ministe-r at
Copenhagen, as a mark of his royal satisfaction at the
services rendered in the negotiation of the special treaty
concluded between Belgium and Denmark relative to
the Sound eue 4.

DEATH OF MR. PLAYFAIR.- --We have to record the
death of the greatest of our northern architects—the man
who, more than any other, has filled the Sottish capital
with monuments of his genius. William Henry Playfair
died on Thursday morning, after a long illness, which
had for some years paralysed his limb,, and for tile last
day or two made him insensible to everything. Mr.
Playfair was born in Llrdon in July, 1789. He came
of to undistinguished stock. His father was an areh:-
test of note in his day, although his reputation has long
been obscured by the brighter eminence of his son ; and
his uncle was the celebrated mathematician and natural
philosopher, Professor John Playfair. He had the ati -
vantage of being educated under the roof of the httert
at a time when Lord John Russell was not the only
pupil of mark whom it sheltered. At a subsequent period
he accompanied his uncle in that continental tour which
occupied the closing years of the geologist's life.—Edin-
-6142g4 Courant._