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

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Lord Chancell,)r bad an audience yesterday of
her Majeuty at Buckingham Pal tee.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
the Queen.

Her Majesty and hie Royal Highness the Prince, ac-
companied by the Princess Royal and the Princess
Louisa, took a drive in an open carriage and four in
the afternoon.

Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. D. de
Ros attended on horseback.

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

Prince Leopold visited her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge, at her residence in St. James's

Palace.

The Princess Alice took a carriage drive.
Earl Granvi le and Lord Panmnre had the honour
of dining with her Majesty in the evening.
Lord Charles Fitzroy and Captain the Hon. Dudley
de Roe have relieved Major-General the Hon. C. Grey
and Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby in their duties as the
Equerries in Waiting on the Queen and the Prince.
A numerous assemblage of members of the House of
Commons had a conference with Viscount Palmerston
yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street.
A deputation from the Birmingham Society of Retail
Brewers had an interview with Sir George Grey yester-
day at the Home-office on the subject of the Beer Bill.
The deputation consisted of Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr.
Scholefield, M.P., and Messrs. Joseph Forall, George
Welch, and T. Harding (solicitor).
The Royal Commission for determining the Site of
the New National Gallery met yesterday at 17, Great
Queen-street, Westminster. Present —Lord Broughton
(in the chair), the Dean of St. Paul's, Professor Faraday,
Mr. Cockerell, and Mr. Richmond.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes.-
terday. The appeals from the Admiralty Court, "Cargo
ex Aspasia" and " Cargo ex Gerasimo " (Prize), were
proceeded with.

Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes-
terday from the Governors of Ceylon, Malta, and New-
foundland, and the Lord High Commissiorier of the
lonian Islands.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday
at Buckingbain Palace.
The Duke of Newcastle is expected to arrive in town
in a few days from Clumber Park, Notts.
The Earl and Countess Vane left town a few days
since for their seat in Wales.

The E3rl of Portarlington left town yesterday, to join
the Countess at Emo Park, Ireland. The noble earl and
and her ladyship will shortly proceed on a continental
tour.

The Earl and Countess of Perth have arrrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkley-square, from Brighton.
The Earl of Granard and Viscountess Forbes are still
at Forbes Castle, Ireland, and will not come to town
until the first week in May.
The Earl of Radnor and Lady Mary Bouverie are not
expected in town until after Easter.

Lord and Lady Wensleydale gave a dinner on Satur-
day to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Right
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bouverie, Mr. and Mrs. Ford, Mrs.
Lane Fox, Miss Morier, Lord Glenelg, the Hon. E.
Phipps, Sir H. Itawlinson, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Hibbert,
Mr. Temple, &e. A few of her ladyship's friends joined
the party after dinner.

Lord Crewe has arrived at the Clarendon, from Crewe
Hall, Cheshire.

Lord Ossulston arrived in town yesterday from Bramp•
ton Park, Huntingdonshire.
Major-General Sir Chas. Yorke, military secretary to
his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief,
gave an elegant dinner yesterday at his new house in
South-street.

Of the remittances of specie and bullion by the Indus,
•a tho 4th inst., which are expected to reach about
800,0001., only about 8,0001. is understood to be in gold,
the rest consisting entirely of silver.

Sales of bar silver were effected on Saturday and to-
day at ss. I,ld. per oz. standard, being the same price as
was realised for the remittance by the last West India
packet.

Advices from St. Petersburg mention that the new
tariff was expected to be published about the let of
March.

TIIE COINAGE.— Great inconvenience is daily sustained
by the public in consequence of the brittleness of a great
quanLity of the gold coin at present in circulation. Im-
pure alloy is the cause of the trouble.
The mail steamer Clarendon, for the Cape of Good
Hope and Calcutta, will take out 50,000/. in gold to the
Cape for the Government service.