The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the
Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest of Wur-
tetnberg, the Marchioness of Douro, Baroness de
Wangenheim, Baron de Alvensleben, M. de Wangen-
heim, Captain Vyner, Lord C. Wellesley, Sir E.
Bowater, and Mr. G. E. Anson, left the Castle for
town, a party of the Royal Horse Guards, com-
manded by Lieutenant Corbet, forming the escort to
Slough.
The Earl of Hardwicke and Colonel Berkeley
Drummond left the Castle soon after the royal party.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were
taken a carriage airing in the forenoon.
His Exellency Baron de Brunnow, the Right Hon.
Sir Robert Peel, and the Earl of Aberdeen, left the
Castle yesterday.
The royal party 'returned from town at twenty
minutes past four o'clock, escorted by a party of the
Royal Horse Guards, commanded by Lord Alex-
ander Lennox.

The Earl of Hardwicke and Colonel B. Drum-
mond returned to the Castle in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw joined
the royal circle at dinner.

The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance during dinner.
In the evening the Distin family attended, by com-
mand, at the Castle, and had the honour of perform-
ing before her Majesty, and Prince Albert, and the
royal circle. The following is the programme:—
Overture, " Figaro," her Majesty private band—
Mozart.
Quintette, "Robert toi que j'aime," Saxhorns,
Messrs. Distin—Mayerbeer.
Minuetto and Trio, her Majesty's private band—
Kalil wodoe.
Polish Serenade, Saxhorns, Messrs. Distin—MS.
Scherzo, her Majesty's private band—Mendelssohn.
Canone, " Vanne a colei the adoro," Saxhorns,
Messrs. Distin—Costa.
March, "Les deux Journees,"•her Majesty's private
band.
Introduction and La Chasse, Saxhorns, Messrs.
Distin—Mendelssohn.
The performance took place under the direction of
Mr. Anderson, of her Majesty's private band.
The Queen and Prince Albert were graciously
pleased to express their admiration of the perform-
ance of the Distin Family, and her Majesty com-
manded them to repeat the last piece by Mendelssohn.
This morning the Queen and Prince Albert, the
Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Duke Ernest
of Wurtemberg, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine
Service in the private chapel of the Castle. The
Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
Divine Service in the afternoon, in the private chapel
of the Castle. Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting
on her Royal Highness.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Dukes of
Saxe Coburg and Wurtemberg, took their accustomed
exercise in the afternoon.
The Queen and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, and
the Baroness de Wangenheim, left Windsor Castle
soon after nine o'clock on Saturday morning in a
carriage and four. Prince Albert, the Dukes of Saxe
Coburg and Gotha, and Ernest of Wurtemberg, at-
tended by the Baron de Alvensleben, following in
another carriage and four; and Mr. George Edward
Anson, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward
Bowater, M. de Wangenheim, and Captain Vyner,
following in a third carriage and four.
The illustrious party, escorted by a detachment of
the Royal Horse Guards, proceeded to Slough, and
left' that station by a special train on the Great
Western Railway for Paddington. On arriving at that
terminus, Prince Albert, accompanied by the Dukes
of Saxe Coburg and Gotha and Wurtemberg went to
the Bazaar in King-street, Portman-square, where
Major-General Wemyss received his Royal Highness.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe
Coburg and Gotha, and attended by the royal suite,
arrived soon afterwards at the Bazaar, escorted by a
party of Lancers, and was received by Prince Albert.
The royal and august visitors, remained upwards
of half an hour viewing the Smithfield Cattle Show,
and then proceeded from the Bazaar to Buckingham
Palace, where they arrived soon after eleven o'clock.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Mr. Anson and Sir Edward Bowater, went to the
office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House.
Her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, the