The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-31 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Qucen took a drive in a carriage and four yesterday afternoon
attended by the Lady in Waiting', the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe
The Equerry in Waiting, ',old Charles Wellesley, was in attendmic
on horseback.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at
a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and Encouraging the
Fine Arts, in rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal
Highness arrived at Gwydyr House at a quarter before three o'clock,
attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting.
The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Ashburton, Lord Col-
borne, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., Mr.
Henry Hallam, Mr. Samuel Rogers, and Mr. Thomas Wyse.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal,
and the Princes a Mice, werltaken airings yesterday in the royal
gardens ofHackingham Palace.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of
Leiningen, honoured the performance of the French Plays with their
presence yesterday evening. The royal suite Included the Counteos
of Mount Edgecumbe, Lord Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, and
Colonel Wylde. _ _

The Queen and Prince Albert inspected yesterday the drawings for
the illustrations of her Msjesty's approaching bal costume, to be pub-
lished in the Pictorial Times, which were submitted by Mr. Stephen
Sly. tier Majesty and his Royal Highness were pleased to express
approval of their historic accuracy.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duelies; of
Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at
Marlborough louse.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge took a drive in a
carriage to Kcw yesterday, returning to Cambridge House in the
afternoon. Her Roy9l Highness dined with the Duchess of Glou-
cester. at Gloucester house, in the evening.

Ms Royal Highness the Buie of Cambridge, attended by Mr. Ed-
mund Mildmay, dined with the Officers of the 2d Life Guards, at the
Knightsbridgo Barracks, yesterday evening.
Mr. Fortique, the'Veneznelan Minister, has arrived in town, after
an absence of nearly five months, passed by his Excellency in Spain.
A meeting of the Commissioners fin• the government of Pentonville
Prison was held at the:Council-office yesterday afternoon. _ _

The Commissioners present Were Lord WharnelilTe, the Duke of
wchmond, the Earl of Devon, Lord John Russell, MAjorJebb, Mr.
Critufurd,- and Mr. Russell.
The ReMesiasileal Commissioners for England had u mating yes-

tcrilay afternoon, at the Office in Whitehall-place. There pro-
sent the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, and St. 'Daviirs, the night
lion. H. Hobhonse, and the Right Hon. John Nictioll. •
Mr. John, Wood, Chairman of. the Excise, hr..t an interview with
the Chancellor of the K-Achowler yesterday, at his official residence
In Downi!ig r eet
Dispatches from the (loyernor of Hong-Kong, and alto from the
Main:Rini, were ,ceeivcd yesterday at the Colonial-oillce.

Tia Wuiru Sr..yrif..L--The author of " Revela-
ti which notwithstanding its un-
sp‘ltnrl of r
ngi severity,l.sia''" (a w
is non work, which
to contain the most COM.
piete acou
' a:: count yet published of the Russian empire) is
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about to give to the world a work of fiction, of which ~,ii
the elements are derived from actual occurrencvs, or real
characters. It is entitled " The White Slave ; or the
Russian Pea ant Girl ;" the scene is laid in the IZth..siaii
do.ninions, the pciied only a few years removed from
our q.*n. Whilst its avowed aim i 3 to throw light on
the condition and prospects of the immense white-slave
population of Russia, the description of manners, customs.,
opinions and prejudices. and phraseology of all einssos
of the people, which work cut the proposed object, will
enable the general reader to gather from it a more com-
plete ilea of that singular empire, than could have b; fs
conveyed by a more serious work. In this respect, '.:
may be compared to " Anastasius," or the Persian
novels of AlOrier, being to the imperfectly known Russia
of the pre&ent day, what they were to contemporaneaus
Gi•cece and Turkey—a living portraiture of men and
thin Ty.
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to hear that since the dinner on Wednesday evening last, the
East and West India. Deek Company have contributed 1001. to
this Institution, and intimated to their clerks that their becom-
ing members of the Association willlrfamtrably thought of b::
the Court of Directors,