The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
the Queen yesterday. The Duke and Duchess 'd•
Nemours also paid a visit to her Alajesty yesterday,
at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal. Highness Prince Albert rode out on
horseback yesterday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. A. Gordon.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by Mr. Birch, took a drive yesterday morning in an
open carriage.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes-
terday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Com-
mission
for the promotion of the Exhibition of the
Works of Industry of all Nations to be held in the
year 1851.

- His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of
Westminster at three o'clock, attended by Lieut.-
Col. the Hon. A. Gordon. The Commissioners
present were the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl Granville,
Lord Overstone, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Richard West-
macott, Mr. J shepherd, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr.
Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Pussy,M.P., and Mr.
R. Stephenson. Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Stafford
Northcote, secretaries to the Royal Commission,
were in attendance. Col. Reid, R.E., Chairman of
the Executive Committee, was also present.
Before the meeting of the Royal Commission, the
Building Committee assembled yesterday morning,
in the new Palace of "Westminster. There were
present the Duke of Buecleuch, Mr. Barry, Mr.
Cubitt, Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. C. R. Cockerel!, and
Mr. T. L. Donaldson. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary
to the Royal Commission, was in attendance, and
Mr. Digby Wyatt was also in attendance.
The members of the Building Committee bad an
interview with Prince Albert and the Royal Com-
missioners. _ _

The meeting broke up at half-past six o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Prin •
cess Royal, the Princesi Alice, the Princess Helena,
and the Princess Louisa, took their usual exercise
yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and
the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the
Queen of the Belgians yesterday. The Duke and
Duchess de Nemours also paid a visit to the Queen of
the Belgians yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Lsinin-
gen, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their pre-
sence yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness was
attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord
James Murray.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at .the
Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Rus-
sell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto,
Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring,
Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. Fox Maul..
The Council sat three hours.

A deputation from the Corporation of London upon
the Metropolitan Interments Bill, consisting of Sir
James Duke, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., Mr. Low,
4r. Deputy Harrison' Mr. John Wood, Mr. H. L.
Taylor, and the City Remembrancer, had an inter-
view with Sir George Grey, yesterday at the Home.
office.
A deputation from the Committee of the Protest-
ant Dissenting Deputies on the Metropolis Interments
Bill had an interview yesterday with Sir George
Grey. The deputation consisted of Mr. J. H. Mills
(chairman), Mr. John Wilks, Mr. John Bennett,
' and the Secretary.
Hie Excellency the Turkish Ambassador left town
yesterday, for the Hague, by way of Calais, accom-
panied by Sadik Bey, second secretary to the em-
bassy, and Yaver Effendi, private secretary. The
first secretary of the embassy, Cabouly Effendi, who
has lately been promoted to the rank of functionary
of the second class, remains as Charge d'Affaires
during the Ambassador's absence.
According to the official announcement in the Con-
stantinople Journal, of the 24th April, M. Zohrab
Ottoman, Consul-General in this country and first
attaché to the Turkish Embassy, has been promoted
to the rank of a functionary of the third class, in re-
ward for his good and faithful services during the
thirteen years that he has occupied these posts.
Sadik Bey, second secretary to the Embassy, has
also been promoted to the rank of a functionary of the
third class.

M. Agop Divitgian and Dilaver Effendi, both at-
taches to the Ottoman Embassy, have lately arrived
from Constantinople.
A meeting of the Committee appointed by the Royal
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to communi-
cate with the local committees of the metropolis, was held
yesterday at the Board of Trade. There were present
Earl Granville (chairman), the Marquis of Salisbury,
Viscount Canning, Lord Ashburton, Sir John
Boileau, Bart., the High Bailiff of Westminster, Mr.
Cardwell, M.P., Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. T. Gibson,
sen., Mr. Field, and Mr. Manby.
Colonel Reid, R.E., chairman of the Executive
Committee, and Dr. Lyon Playfair were also present.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a general meeting, at their office in Wbitehall-place,
yesterday.
The Marquis of Salisbury had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday. Archdeacon Berens,
and Mr. William Keogh, had also interviews yester-
day with Sir George Grey.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West
India colonies.