The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday
morning in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace.
his Royal highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting.
Their Royal Iligliness.es the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken air-
ings yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
The Commission for promoting and encouraging the
Fine Arts in re-building the Palace of Westminster, met.
in one of the Committee ftnis of the House of Commons
at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert presiding.
The Prince and the CommiAsioners, attended by Mr.
Barry the architect, and Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary of
the Commission, went over the building of the new
H,,uses of Parliament.
Prince Albert, attended by Colonel liTylde, left at five
o'clock, when the Commissioners broke nil,
The Commissi mers present were the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hon. the
Speaker, Lord Mahon, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, -ud Mr.
Hallam.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Sir Ri-
chard Westmacott with a visit yesterday afternoon, at
his residence in South Audley-street.
The Marchioness of Douro has succeeded the Vis-
countess Jocelyn as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
And Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe has succeeded
Sir Frederick Stovin as the Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.
The Prince of Leiningen visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. His
Serene Highness also paid visits to their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester,
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, Prince George, and the Grand Duchess Ste-
phanie of Baden, at their respective residences.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Leiningen, honoured the Italian Opera with
their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite in-
cluded the Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks,
Viscount Sydney, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel
Wylde. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (at-
tended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson) also honoured the
Opera with her presence.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the
Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager yesterday, at Marlborough House.
The christening of the infant Earl of Angus and
A rran, son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas,
took place at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the
presence of a select circle, in St. James's Chapel, Pad-
dington. Among the company present were her Royal
Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, the
Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Douglas, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset,
the Earl and' Countess of Lincoln, Viscount and
Viseountess Canning, Mr. and Lady Louisa Os-
wald, Baroness de Strumfeder, and Baron Roth de
Schreckenstein. After the ceremony all the company
present returned with the Marquis and Marchioness of
Douglas to their residence in Connaught-place, where
a dejeune was served to the distinguished party. His
Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar was
present at the christening.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou-
cester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
Pridce Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl visited the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge
House.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited the Grand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden yesterday, at the Duke
of Hamilton's residence, in Portman-square.

The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden honoured the
French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulair with
her company
nat dinner yesterday, at the residence of the
Embassy, in Manchester-square. Her Royal Highness
Was attended by Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron de
Schreckenstein.
Mr. King, from the National Bank of Ireland, and a
deputationl had an interview with the Chancellor of ti e
Exchequer Yesterday, at his official residence in Down-
g:street..

Earl Cathcart had an interview with Lord Stanley
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, held a
meeting yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitqaall-
plane. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Bishops of London, Bangor, Carlisle, Chester, St.
David's, Ely, Gloucester and Bristol, Lichfield, Lincoln,
Rochester, and Worcester, the Lord President of the
Council, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of INsborough,
the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Right Il7lu. John
Nichol!.

Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. Pusey, and Mr. GiThert
John Heathcote, had an interview yesterday with Ole
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The French Ambassador transacted business yester-
day at the Foreign office.
The Earl of Chichester had an interview yesterday
with Lord Stanley.
Lady Peel left town yesterday `'or Drayton Manor,
Stafford:hire.
The Postmaster-General and the Chairman of the
xeise had interviews with the Chancellor of the Ex-

ehectuer yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governors of the West India
Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial office.
Dispatches were received in the afternoon from the Go-
y* rnor of Hong-Kong. Dispatches were sent off yester-
day from the Colonial-office for the Governor of the

Talkland Islands, and also for the Governor of Gibraltar.

The additions which her Majesty has made to the
Osborne estate, Isle of Wight, by purchase of contiguous property,
:o.nprises the Woodhouse estate, which includes the Idea Wight
acecourse, and the whole of the land from Osborne and Barton to
King's Quay creek, The Woodhouse estate was the property of
the Hon. W. H. A'Court Holmes, M.P.

A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON !-GRAND OPENING
FETES.

First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested
by H. It. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her
most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER,
H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

NOTICE.—The extreme unfavourable state of the weather ren-
dering it impossible to complete the unprecedented Pyrotechnic dis-
play, the OPENING IS UNAVOIDABLY POSTPONED TILL
WHIT-MONDAY, the 12th Inst.
A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the
Pride of Scotland and of Scotchnien, and the immortal Scott's "Ain
Romantic Town," introducing the 041 and New Town, the Nor'
Loch, as it formerly existed, the Calton 11111, Nelson's Monument,
Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's .Monu-
ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrord Palace, and all the most inter-
esting features of" Auld Heckle."
The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is :I.:lighted to Say it met with
his most decide and perfect approval, and from the more than usual
care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the
happiest production of Mr. Dausfm's pencil. The drawings were
made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of
the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this
Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr.
GODFREY has been occupied since the cIOSSOf lag summer, in com-
posing and arranging a varied and pleasing Succession of superior
Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including souse Ori-
ginal Pieces by Foreign Compe.Fers, not ye: ;:ertbrmed in this co*tutiv
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At Dusk will takeplace the must catraoldlua:y Lxinbitton of
FIREWORKS ever attempted. TL't entire of in..., Gigantic 2lodel
wilt he Illuminated. The ditlerent eft:vices in front of the houses, the
tires t„, the Calton Ilill, Arthar's Seat, and the serrounding Monti-
:tans, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoieini.,'s
wh;ich took place on her Majcsty's Visit wits he accurately pow-
teayLd. And, as a Finide, a grand Aquatic lict,al and Patriotic
Tableau, Fitly Feet hi height, ti,ii bu exhibited hi the 'centre 01 the
Lake r . The Portraits or lier Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted
by Fame, ,and surrounded by: emblems imd ..ther Ocvici,i trill be in-
traluced. The Tableau designed tuol executed l,y Mr. Dansou.
11" bee" to giVing efft.,Ct to t 1;!..
Mr. Southlty
matchless and sti;.erli design, which cues..; th, D'A
:ice, the salute arul Discharge or Itoelads Crum it-;•1 ;-,r-
iomuling lodging, will form the most br.lliant Y totectinii, Displa
dyer witnessed.
Feeding of the Catittvora, at hai....past Four ; uis,s„,
Five: Concert, at Six; and Pyratecluh.i tr,litay at \
kdiris.,i(4l. SlLlltlit:

DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday afternoon, be
tween four and five o'clock, Mr. E. Turner, of the Rising Sun,
Brooksby.street, Barnsbury.road, Islington, was robbed of a small
cash-box, containing notes and gold to upwards of 110/. The
robbery was effected by three men, who were hanging about the
house for some time, and of whom he had received a quantity of
silver, for which he returned gold, and having occasion to go to the
cellar a short time afterwards the robbery was (Alerted. He unfor.
tunately exhibited his cashbox at the time of giving change, which
the thieves took note of, and having left it in the bar prim', in
his absence, they secured it and got safe Mt