The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A grand dinner was given yesterday evening at Buck- 4
ingham Palace to her Majesty the Queen Dowager and
the Noble Directors of the Concert of Ancient Music.
The company consisted of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, the Duchess of Buccleuch ; the Lady in
Waiting on the Queen Dowager, the Countess of Shef-
field; the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge,
Baroness Ahlefeldt; the Duke of Well'ngton, the Earl of
Liverpool, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Cawdor, the
Earl Howe, Lord George Lennox, Hon. William Ashley,
Baron Knesebeck, and Captain Francis Seymour.
At a quarter-past eight o'clock his Royal Highness
Prince Albert (the Director for the evening, in the
absence of the Earl of Westmorland) left Buckingham
Palaco, accompanied by the
.Noble Directors for the
Hanover-square Rooms, The Royal party left in three
carriages ; the first conveying Baron Knesebeck ; the
Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain Francis
Seymour ; and the Equerry to his Royal Highness, Col.
Wylde ; the third carriage conveying Earl Howe, the
Earl of Cawdor, and Lord George Lennoxthird
carriage conveying his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the
Duke of Wellington.
The Queen, accompanied by the Queen Dowager, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the remainder of the Royal
party, left the Palace soon afterwards, for the Hanover-
square Rooms, to honour the performance of the concert
with her presence.
The august party occupied five of the Royal carriages,
the first conveying the Hon. William Ashley, the Groom
in Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and the Hon.
and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay • the second conveying
the Lord in Waiting, Lord Byron ; the Equerry in
Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot ; and the Hon. Charles A.
Murray. The third, conveying the Lord Steward, the
Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon.
Miss Frances Devereux ; and the Lady in Waiting on
, th© Duchess of Cambridge, Baroness Ahlefeldt, The

fourth, conveying the Duchess of Buccleuch ; the Lady
in Waiting, the Viscountess Canning ; the Lady, in
Waiting to the Queen Dowager, the Countess of Shef-
field ; and the Master of the Horse. The fifth, convey-
ing her Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back yesterday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in
Waiting.
The Royal Family were taken airings yesterday, in
the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, honoured Mr.
Sheriff Moon with an interview, yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, vi-
sited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at
Marlborough House.
The Bishop of Newfoundland had an interview with
Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Freshfield had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Dispatches from Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of
Canada, and the Governors of the other North American
provinces, were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.