The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck-
ingham Palace for the reception of her Royal Highness the
Grand Duchess (Stephanie) of Baden.
Iler Royal Highness and suite arrived at the Palace in
two of the Duke of Hamilton's carriages, accompanied by
his Excellency Count Deitrichstein, the Austrian Ambas-
gador. ller Royal Highness was attended by the Baroness
de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein.
The Grand Duchess was received, on alighting from her
carriage, by Colonel Buckley and Colonel Wylde, the
Equerries in Waiting. The Earl of Morton, Lord in Wait-
ing. and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting, were also
in attendance at the Grand Entrance, and conducted her
Royal Highness to the presence of the Queen and Prince
Albert.

The Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, attended during the reception.
The Grand Duchess having been reconducted to her car-
riage, proceeded, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder
and Baron de Schreckenstein, to pay visits to their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Here-
ditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strehtz,
and the Duchess of Gloucester. _

The Grand Duchess also visited the other members of the
Royal Family, at their respective residences.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Equerries
in Waiting, took equestrian exercise yesterday morning in
the Riding School, near Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in a carriage and four
yesterday morning.
Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday. The company
included her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess (Stephanie)
of Baden, the Baroness de Strumfeder, the Austrian Am-
bassador and the Countess Deitrichstein, the Marquis of
Douglas, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl Jermyn, Lord
George Lennox, and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner,
and performed the following pieces :
Grand March of the Ist Life Guards—Her Royal Highness

the Duchess of Kent.
Svmphonia, No 3. Second Movement—Mendelssohr.
Polka, Almack's—Labitzky.
Potpourri, " Daughter of St. Mark"—Balfe.
Waltzer, Londoner Saison—Labitzky.
Polka, Norfolk—Labitzky.
Quadrilles—Waddell.
Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner in the
Palace.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
Baron Kneseback, honoured Baron Brunnow, the Russian
Minister, with his company at dinner yesterday evening, at
Ashburnham House.

Mr. Duncan, M.P. for Dundee, Mr. Binny, Mr. Farquhar,
and Mr. Webster, attended yesterday, at the Railway De-
partment of the Board of Trade, to present a memorial from
the Chamber of Commerce of Dundee, in favour of the Direct
Northern Railway.
The Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, had
an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday, at
the Foreign-office. . . _

Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office, for Sir R. R. Wilson, Governor of Gibraltar.

liis Excellency Baron de GersdOrff visited Captain Si-
borntes Waterloo Model yesterday, and expressed his ap-
probation of this very interesting work.

REPRESENTATION OF TnETroan.—The Hon. N.
B. Baring has been re-elected Member for Thetford without
opposition. The proceedings were opened by H. A. Bartlett,
Esq., the mayor. Leonard Shelford Bidwell, Esq., proposed,
and Thomas Withers Gill, Esq., seconded, the nomination of
Mr. Baring.
ROWING MATCII.—A scullers' contest took place
on Tuesday amongst watermen's apprentices, for a coat and
badge, given by subscription, the competitors being selected
from the various plying places between the Custom-house
and Blackfriars-bridge. The race was with six scullers, in
live heats, the distance rowed being from London-bridge up
to Blackfriars, down the Middlesex shore, round Lcndon-
bridge pier, and up to Old Swan-stairs. After a great deal
of rowing, and a little fouling, Thomas Driscoll (red) won
easily.

Mr. Tyler, proprietor of the Surrey Zoological-
gardens, had the honour of an interview with his Royal
Highness Prince Albert yesterday morning, at Buckingham
Palace, to submit the model of the forthcoming pictorial ex-
hibition, the subject of which was kindly suggested by his
Royal Highness. After entering minutely into the detail, his
Royal Highness expressed himself highly pleased with the
beauty and accuracy of the execution.
MAXIMS AND OPINIONS OF THE DUKE OF WEL-
LINGTON.—A volume has just been published under the
above title, which must Luieet a welcome reception from
all the admirers of the Noble Duke. The Editor ob-
serves—" Almost all preceding works of which the Duke
of Wellington has formed the subject, have been almost
exclusively occupied with the military exploits which
rendered him so illustrious during the first twenty years
of his public life, while his political career has been com-
paratively neglected. The Editor of these pages has
therefore endeavogred to supply materials by which a
just estimate may be formed of the Duke of Welling•
ton's claims as a Minister and a Statesman. The volume
witl be found to contain the Duke's deliberate opinions
upon all the great questions which have agitated the
public mind since the commencement of the present
century."
_ _

The funeral of the late Dr. lleberden, who died at
his residence in Cumberland-street, on -Wednesday last, and
who was one of the physicians, in conjunction with Drs.
Willis and Halford, to his Majesty George 111., took place
yesterday at Windsor, the body being deposited in the family
vault in the church of St.-John.