The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-09 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A. Deputation of the Liverpool merchants (including Mr.
Thomas Bold and Mr. James Ingram), on the subject of the
remission of the tax on Guano at the Cape a Good Hope, had
en interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Saturday, at the
Board of Trade.

A Deputation of Ironmasters, headed by Lord Hatherton,
Viscount Ingestre, Colonel Anson, and other Members of Par-
liament, had an interview on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel.
Mr. Towneley, M.P., had an interview with Lard Stanley
at the Colonial-office, on Saturday. Mr. Wodehouse, M.P.,
and Mr. Cumming Bruce had also interviews with Lord Stan-
ley, on Saturday.
The French Ambassador transacted business at the Foreign-
office, on Saturday.
Mr. Entwisle, M.P., Mr. Mark Philips, M.P., and Messrs.
Atherton, Chippendale, Jackson, and Gibb, from Manchester,
had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, on Saturday, on
the subject of the Manchester warehousing question.
A Cabinet Council was held on Friday, at the Foreign-office,
gir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Sir
James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Gran-
ville Somerset, and other Ministers attended.
The Council sat two honrz.

A Deputation, including Messrs. Crossthwaite, Carr, and
Wilson, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
qu,r. on Saturday.
Dispatches for the Governor of Hong Kong were sent off
from the Colonial-office, on Saturday evening.
Sir C. Monek had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie,
on Friday. lir G. C. Glyn had an interview with the Noble
Earl, on Saturday.
A Deputation from Limerick had an interview with Sir R.
Peel, on Saturday.

HER MAJESTY'S BALL COSTUME

The Polonaise, the first dance of the evening, was led off by
The Queen and the Duke de Nemours
The Duchess of Nemours and Prince Albert,
followed by numerous couples of the distinguished company
present.
After the Queen's second minuet, the Countess of Jersey's
" Minuet d'Exaude" was formed in the Ball-room, and danced
by the following 'ldle= and gentlemen :-
-L idy Mary Howard Earl of Munster
Lady Louisa Fitzroy Mr. O'Brien
Lade Blanche Somerset Hon. Mr. Leveson
Lady Rachel Russell Lord Brooke
Lady Caroline Gower Lord Cantilune
Lady Alexandrine Vane Lord Needle
Lady Elizabeth de Burgh Viscount Lascelles
Lady Elizabeth Grosve .or Lord Keane
Lady Clementine Villiers Earl of Euston
Lady Adele Villiers Baron de Talleyrand
Lady Lucy Herbert Lord Mandeville
Lady Charlotte Herbert Hon. Mr. Cholmondeley
Miss Clive 'Viscount Dupplin
Miss Percy Mr. Clive.
The Countess of Jersey's Minuet de la Cour was danced by
Lady Clementine Villiers Viscount Mandeville
Lady Adela Villiers Monsieur de Talleyrand.
Lady Catherine Cust Lord Cranley
Lady Lucy Herbert Mr. Robert Clive
The Marchioness of Breadalbane's Strathspey followed, in
which the following ladies and gentlemen joined :
Lady Caroline Gower Mr. Grant
Hon. Eleanor Stanley Mr. Campbell, of Islay
Lady Mary Campbell Mr. De Bathe
Miss Edith Campbell Mr. Gordon Cumming
Lady Jane Charteris Earl of Gifford
Miss Baillie Mr. Russell
The Countess of Chesterfield's minuet was the next dance,
and was danced by the following party :
The Countess of elesterfield Baron de Talleyrand
Lady Cremorne Lord Cranley
The Countess of Craven Lord Cantilupe
Mrs. John Stanley Mr. Levison
Hon. Mrs. Anson Earl of Wilton
Lady Newport Prince Lie ven
After the return of her Majesty and Prince Albert and the
illustrious party from supper, the Queen's third minuet was
formed in the Throne-room, and was danced by
The Queen Duke de Nemours
Duchess of Beaufort Prince Albert
Duchess de Nemours Prince Leiningen
Marchioness of Douro Earl of Shelburne
Countess of Wilton Earl of Wilton
Lady Ernest Bruce Marquis of Douro
Countess Bruce Viscount Sydney
Lady Leveson Earl Bruce
Viscountess Canning Marquis of Douglas
Duchess of Buccleuch Alarquis of Exeter
The old English country dance, " Sir Roger de Coverley,"
having been danced in the Picture Gallery, the royal party
returned to the Throne-room, where a quadrille was danced,
and then a minuet (which concluded the ball), in which the
Queen danced with the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Albert
with the Countess of Wilton, Prince George with the Duchess
de .Nemours. The other couples being
Marchioness of Douro Pi ince Ed. of Saxe Weimar
Duchess of Buccleuch Marquis of Douglas
Lady Cremorne Earl of Wilton
Duchess of Roxburghe Marquis of Granby
And two other couples.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and their Illustrious guests,
the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and the Prince of Leinin-
gen, retired at half-past past two o'clock, from the State-rooms,
and the general company took their departure.
Thus clotted this magnificent Pe, which completely, as it
were, resuscitated a past age,
_so perfectly did the aristocracy of
the country, who were her Majesty's guests on this occasion,
identify themselves with the spirit and intention of their
Sovereign. The lapse of three generations might be forgotten,
and the Court of George the Second seemed actually again to
exist. Every dress was a complete study of historical costume,
and the effect of the whole was as interesting and magnificent
as can well be imagined.
A comparison may naturally be made between this second
Bal Costume and that of the reign of Edward, given by her
Majesty three years ago; and in spite of the gay and brilliant
costume of an age of chivalry, knights in flashing armour—
robes and mantles of velvet—waving plumes and surcoats, glit-
tering with the emblazoning of arms—in spite of all the variety
of a romantic and picturesque age—yet such was the unity of
effect—such the admirable manner in which all her Majesty's
guests had obeyed their instructions, not only in the costume
itself, but also in a measure in adopting the " manner of the
time," that this Fete, in its grave and formal magnificence,
may well take its place by the side of its gay and brilliant pre-
decessor, and leave in doubt to which the preference should be
given.

The invitations numbered between fourteen and fifteen hun-
dred. The followtng had the honour of being invited :—His
Serene Highness Prince • Edward of Saze Weimar, the
French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, and the
Gentlemen Attaches to the Embassy ; the Austrian Ambas-
sador and the Countess Dietrichstein, and the Gentlemen At-
taches to the Embassy ; the Turkish Ambassador and the Gen-
tlemen Attaches to the Embassy; the Belgian Minister and
Madame Van de Weyer, elect the Gentle.nen Attaches to the
Legation • the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, and
gle Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation ; the Netherlands
inister and the Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation ; the
Lega-
tion Sardinian Minister and the Gentlemen Attaches to the the Buenos Ayrean Minister and the Gentlemen At-
taches to _ the Legation ; the Portuguese Minister and the
Baroness de Moncorvo and the Gentlemen Attaches to the Le-
teartiooz;nthz Venezuelan Minister; the Russian Minister and
runow ; Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner and the
Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation • the Sicilian Minister
and the Gentlemen Attaches to the Leg
Legation ; the Hanoverian
Minister ; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen,
Mademoiselle Bunsen _ and the Gentlemen Attaches to
the Legation ; the Brazilian Minister and Madame Mar-
ques-Lisboa an l the Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation ;
the American Minister, and Mn. Everett, Miss Everett, and
the Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation ; the Danish Minis-
ter and the Countess de Reventlow, the Gentlemen At-
taches to the Legation ; the Mex;eanea:ldlinister and Madame
Murphy, and the Gentlemen Attach the Legation;
Spanish Minister and the L'uchess detoS or, and the
the
Gentlemen Attaches to the Legation ; the (..;taoancYlVitlinister, and
the Baroness de Gersdorff; the New Granada
d'Af-
faires, and Madame Mosquera, and the Secretary taorgthe
Mis-
sion ; the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, and Baroness de 11. hansen, and the Gentlemen Attaches to the Mission ; the
Texan Charge d'Affaires, the Secretary to the Wurtemburg
Legation, Countess de .Tarnac, Madame de Ayala, le Due
de Broglie, Prince de Bro4lie, Count and Countess de Pa-
ha-nit. Mademoiselle de Fl .hault, Duchess de Coigny, Made-
moiselle de Coigny, Baroness de Taileyrand, Prince Leiven,
Prince Gilitzin, M. Gustave de Gersdorff, Baron de Folgoza, M.
Fallon, M. Van Kerckhove, M. Var. Capenberg, le Comte de
Heininger, le Capitaine B,)4hurst, Baron Duval de B!aergnies,
Baron and Baroness A,nin), Count Bonkowski, Baron
d'Aehrenthal, Count de Galve, le Baron et !a Baronne de la
Ronciere le Noury, la Comtesse Marie de Lusi, la Comtesse
Henriette de Lud, Count R. Kiwki, le Comte Amiral Pon-
tiatine, Count Rosen, le Comte Boleslas Potocki, le Comte
Dora! de Beaulieu, the Lord Chancellor, the Gold Stick in
Waiting, the Lady in Waiting on her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, the Lady in Waiting en her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester, the Lady in Waiting on her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Right Hon. the

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the
Prince of Leiningen, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal
Suite, and the domestic household, attended Divine service
yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace.
The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Coartenay read the prayers, and
the sermon was preached by the Rector of St. George's, Ha-
nover-square.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, were taken airings yesterday in the Royal Gardens of
Buckingham Palace.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke
and Duchess de Nemours, and the Prince of Leiningen, ho-
noured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday even-
ing. The Royal Suite included the Hon. Misses Paget and
Liddell, la Baronne de Finguerlin, Marquis of Ormonde, Colo-
nel Berkeley Drummond, Hon. Colonel Grey, and M. Borel
de Bretizal. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, also honoured the performance of the Opera
with her presence,
The Queen Dowager visited the Duchess of Cambridge on
Saturday. The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Glou-
cester visited her Royal Highness yesterday.
The Queen Dowager, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince
Edward 'of Saxe Weimar, attended Divine Service yesterday
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Hoek, from St. Mark, chap. ix., ver. 10.
The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, the lessons
by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the communion service by the
Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem, " I was in the spirit" (Blow),
was sung by Messrs. J. B. Sale, Chapman, Hawkins, and
Hobbs, Sir George Smart presided at the organ.
Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde
and the Hon. William Ashley. Among the nobility present
were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess of
Sutherland, the Marquises of Salisbury and Worcester, the
Marchioness of Lorne, the Countess of Wilton, the Viscountesses
Palmerston, Sydney, and Canning, Lords Cawdor, Bandon,
Erroll, St. Germans, Gosford, Devon, James O'Bryen, Alford,
Palmerston, Cantilupe, and Morpeth. The Dukes of Wel-
lington, Rutland, and St. Albans, and the Duchess of St.
Albans attended the early service in the Chapel Royal. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook, and the prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Duke of Montrose,
the Marquis of Northampton, Lords Powis, Bathurst, Delawarr,
and Sydney, attended the afternoon service. The Rev. Dr.
Hook will preach on Sunday next.
The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George
and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yesterday after-
noon in the Foundling Hospital. Lady Augusta Cadogan was
in waiting on her Royal Highness.
The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Queen Dowager on Saturday.
A Deputation from the Bandon and Bantry Railway Com-
pany, consisting of the Earl of Bandon, Viscount Berehaven,
Viscount Bernard, M.P., Admiral Lord James O'Bryen, Hon.
Henry Boyle Bernard, Captain Evans Freke, Mr. W. Gabbett
Beare, Mr. W. Morley, Captain Forster' R.N., Captain
Ommaney, R.N., Mr. F. W. Hamilton, Mr. W. Fitzgibbon,
Mr. R. T. Belcher, Mr. T. R. Sarsfield, accompanied by Sir
John Rennie and Mr. E. Leahy, engineers; Mr. Farquhar,
solicitor ; and Mr. W. Black, secretary ; had an interview with
Sir Robert Peel on Saturday at his official residence in Down-
ing-street.