The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Wtspson, TITURSDAY.—At the Grand Banquet given by
the Queen, yesterday evening, in the Waterloo Gallery, her
Majesty's Illustrious Guests, and also the Members of the
Diplomatic Corps, the Noblemen and Gentlemen in the suite
of the Sovereigns, the Officers of State, and the Officers of the
Royal Household, all appeared in uniform, or in their respec-
tive official costume, and wore their different insignia of
knighthood.
During dinner, her Majesty's Piper, in his full costume,
walked round the tables where the august party were seated,
playing national airs.
this moniing his Majesty the King of Saxony, attended
by his Excellency Baron de Cetto, went to Clewer.
Sir Robert Peel left the Castle early this morning for town.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Majesty the
King of Saxony went, this forenoon, to inspect the Farm, in
an open pony carriage and four. After viewing the Farm,
his Majesty and the Prince returned to the Castle, shortly
before one o'clock.

His Excellency M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, the
Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Londonderry,
Viscount Combermere, Lord Saltoun, the Right Ho-
nourable Sir Henry Hardinge, the Right Honourable Sir
George Murray, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Major-General the
Hon. E. P. Lygon, Sir James Clark, Sir Willoughby Gordon,
Sir John Macdonald, and Colonel Cleveland, R.A., took their
departure from the Castle to-day.
Baron de Thile, Prussian Chargé d'Affaires, the Earl of
lladdington, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir George Cockburn,
Colonel Glasenap, Baron Nicolay, M. de Berg, and M.
Koudriaffsky, arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the
Queen.
Mr. Sheriff Moon paid his respects, yesterday, to his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, through his
Excellency Baron Brunnow.
The whole of the illustrious party at the Castle went, to-
day, to the Ascot races.
The Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward, the Earl Delawarr,
Lord Chamberlain, and the Hon. Charles A. Murray, Master
of the Household, went early to be in readiness to receive the
Queen and Prince Albert, and their august visitors upon their
arrival at the Grand Stand.

At a quarter before one o'clock, some of the Royal visitors
took their departure for Ascot in three open pony carriages
and four.

The first carriage contained Lord George Lennox, Lord in
Waiting to Prince Albert ; le General d'Adlerberg, Aide-de-
Camp General to the Emperor; M. de Minckwitz, Grand
Maitre de la Garderobe to the King of Saxony ; and Count
Albert. Vitzthum, Chamberlain to his Majesty.
The second carriage contained Sir Henry Wheatley, Mr.
George Edward Anson, Baron de Reichart, Aide-de-Camp
to the King of Saxony; and M. d'Adlerberg, Aide-de-Camp
to the Emperor of Russia.
The third carriage contained Captain Francis Seymour,
Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Baron Knesebeck,
Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge; and Dr. Cants, Physician
to the King of Saxony.
- The gentlemen of the royal household all wore the Wind-
sor uniform. _ _

quarter past one o'clock her Majesty and her august
visitors left the Castle for Ascot. The illustrious party occu-
pied seven carriages and four, the postillions in State liveries,
and preceded and attended by outriders in scarlet liveries.
The Queen was conducted from the Royal apartments to
her carriage by the Emperor of Russia, and his Imperial
Majesty sat by her side. His Royal Highness Prince Albert
and his Majesty the King of Saxony sat opposite. The Prince
wore the Windsor uniform.
In the second carriage were their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Buccleuch,
and the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Jersey.
In the third carriage were the Baroness Brunnow, the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Gainsborough, and
the Duke of Wellington.
In the fourth carriage were the Maid of Honour in Waiting,
the Lac Caroline Cocks, Lady Peel, the Russian Minister,
Baron llrunnow, and Count Orloff.
In the fifth carriage were, the Maid of Honour, Hon. Miss
Devereux, the Duke of Sutherland, and the Earl of Aberdeen.
In the sixth carriage were, the Lady in Waiting on the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness Ahlefeldt, the Hon.
Mrs. Anson, the Bavarian Minister, Baron de Cetto, and the
Lord in Waiting, Viscount Sydney.
In the seventh carriage were, the Saxon Minister, Baron
Gersdorff; the Lord in Waiting on the Emperor, the Earl of
Htirdwicke ; and the Lord in Waiting on the King of Saxony,
the Earl of Morton.
Sir W. Otway and Colonel Drummond went in a pony
phaeton and pair.
The gentlemen of the royal household all wore the Windsor
uniform.
Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Col. Arbuthnot,
Equerry in Waiting, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater,
and Colonel Wylde, Equerries to Prince Albert, were on
horseback, in attendance on the august party.
The Royal Procession passed from the Queen's entrance
round the Grand Quadrangle of the Castle, under George the
Fourth's gateway, to and through the town of Windsor.
His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch rode on horseback from
the Castle to the races.
At a quarter before five o'clock the Illustrious party re-
turned to the Castle, and were received by the Master of the
Household. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Emperor of
Russia, the King of Saxony, and the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, alighted at the Queen's entrance.
The Emperor of Russia and Prince Albert walked to St.
George's Chapel in the forenoon, his Imperial Majestyandhis
Royal Highness afterwards went and inspected the royal
stables.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken airings yesterday
morning in the grounds of the Castle. In the afternoon the
Royal Family were again taken in the walks and pleasure-
grounds.
At eight o'clock last evening the august party sat down to
dinner, which was served in the Waterloo Gallery.

Side-tables were placed round the apartment, on which
were displayed a number of the largest and finest shields and
salvers of the Royal Treasury; the former embellished with
a variety of classical and mythological subjects in basso
relievo, and the latter engraved with the Royal Arms, en-
circled by a deep border elaborately chased.
The magnificent chandelier, suspended from the centre of
the ceiling, had a very pleasing effect; it is composed of
ground glass, ornamented with the pattern of the collars and
badges of the several Orders of Knighthood of which her
Majesty is Sovereign. It has a border of small circular
divisions, each containing a single star of the different British
Orders of Knighthood.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Emperor of Russia, the
King of Saxony, and the Duke, and Duchess of Cambridge,
sat beneath this chandelier.

The table on which the Royal banquet was placed had
been tastefully arranged by Mr. Elliott, her Majesty's table-
decker, and presented a very elegant and splendid spectacle.
Two rows of gold candelabra, filled with wax lights, extended
the entire length inclosing the plateau, on which were
epergnes and other centre pieces richly sculptured in gold.
Among these splendid specimens of art were introduced a
number of rare plants in flower, fitted into gold vases.
The magnificent " St. George Candelabrum" formed the
principal ornament in the middle of the table, opposite to the
seats of her Majesty and her august circle, but two other
candelabra of larger size than the rest were placed at both
ends.

A succession of gold dishes on each side of the table, and
other articles of the same precious material, all richly chased
and burnished, added to the surpassing splendour and magni-
ficence of the banquet.
The company included his Imperial Majesty the Emperor
of Russia, his Majesty the King of Saxony, their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke
and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the
Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow, Baron de
Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Baron Gersdorff, Saxon Minis-
ter ; Baron de Thile, Prussian Chargd d'Affaires ; the Duke
of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland,
the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of
Jersey, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Haddington, the
Earl of Morton, the Earl of Hardwicke, Lady Peel, Sir Edward
Codrington, Sir George Cockburn, Sir Henry Wheatley, Mr.
George Edward Anson, Lord Charles Wellesley, the Hon. and
Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Lieutenant-Colonel Berkeley
Drummond, Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, Baroness Ahlefeldt,
Baron Knesebeck, the Provost of Eton, the Rev. Dr. Probe,
Baron Nicolay, M. de Berg, M. Koudriaffsky, Count Orloff,
le General d'Adlerberg, M. d'Adlerberg, le Prince Wassilts-
ckikoff, le Prince Radzivill, Colonel Glasenap, Dr. Reinolds,
his Excellency M. de Minckwitz, Count Albert Vitzthum,
Baron de Reichart, and Dr. Carus.
The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended during
the banquet, and performed the following pieces :
March ... II. Leslie.
Overture, " Oberon"
British Homage Waltzes
Fantasia, on Russian Airs Romberg.
Selection, "Alma" .•
The English Quadrilles ... Musard.
Polka Tolbecque.
After dinner her Majesty's private band was in attendance
at the Castle, and in the course of the evening (conducted by
Mr. Anderson) performed the following pieces :
Sinfonia, C Minor
Priere et Bolero, " Violoncello," Herr Offen-

bach Offenbach.

Allegretto, " Lobgesany" Mendelssohn.
Fantasia, Harp, Di. Parish Alvars, sur des
Themes de Lucia di Lammermoor Parish Alvars.
Finale, " Sinfonia, No. 6"

A Deputation, consisting of Mr. Chute, M.P., Sir Thomas
Wilde, M.P., Mr. Kemble, -M.P., Mr. Charles Potts (London),
Mr. Edward Evans (Worcester), Mr. John Underwood
(Norwich), and General the Hon. H. B. Lygon, M.P., had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the
subject of the vinegar duties.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office,
from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches
were also received from the Lieutenant-Governor of Van
Diemen's Land.
Lord Whanicliffe returned to town yesterday from Folke-
stone. Lord Eliot had an interview with his Lordship at the
Council-office yesterday.
Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday. from his visit
to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.