The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Wedn..sday eluded the L 1.1 Chancellor and Lady
Lyndhurst, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Liver-
pool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl and Countess of Arun-
del and Surrey, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, the
Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, the Right Hon. Sir
John Hohhouse and Mr. Hallam.
Her Majesty's private band attended in the Palace
after dinner.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the royal
gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of her Majesty yes-
terday.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an
airing in the royal gardens yesterday.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace
.yes-
terday included the Marquis of Exetir, the Marquis of
Granby, the Earl and Countess Bruce, the Earl and
Countess of Verulam, and Lady Jane Grimstpn, Lord
and Lady Dalmeny, and Lord and Lady Leveeon. •
In the evening his Royal Highness the Hereditary
Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. the Earl and
Countess Delawarr, and Lady Mary Sackville West,
Lady Anne Primrose, S'r Henry and Lady Wheatley,
and the Misses Wheatley, Mr. George Edward and the
Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Captain the Hon. James Murray,
joined the royal circle at the Palace.

Ilis Excellency the Minister of the Netbeam& was
prevent& d from attending her Majesty's Levee on Wed-
nesday, in consequence of Mademoiselle Dedel having
recently had the measles.

A deputation from the North Wales Railway Cum-
pany, consisting of Sir John Ronnie, Mr. Archer, and
Mr. Johnson, transacted business at the Railway De-
partment of the Board of Trade yesterday.
Mr. Dowding, Surveyor-General of Customs, Mr.
Amand, Collector of Liverpool, Mr. Tier, Collector of
Bristol, and Mr. Maclean, had an interview nith Sir

Robert Peel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr.
Dean, Chairman of the Customs, yesterday,
The Attorney-General transacted business yesterday
at the Home. office.

Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglaq, M.P., Sir
W. James, Sir J. 'humor, and a deputation from the
manufacturers of Turpentine, had an interview with Sir
George Clerk on Wednesday, at the office of the Board
of Trade. _

The Earl of Powis, Mr. Clive, and Mr. Sproner, M.P.,
had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Wed-
nesday, at the office of the Board of Trade.

Woor.wicu, 111Aucif s.—The Erebus and Terror,
experimental vessels, were commissioned at Woolwich
on Tu, sday, and the following officers have been ap-
pointed to them:—To the Erebus—Captain Sir John
Franklin, K.C.11., to have the command of the Arotic
expedition; Commander James Fitzjsmes (1842), for-
merly commander of the Clio, 16-gun sloop on the East
Indian station ; Lieutenant Henry T. 1). Le Vescornte .
(1841), formerly serving in the Clio; Mate Charles
N.
Des Vozux (1844), from the Excellent gunnery-ship, at
Portsmouth; Second Master H. F. Collins, from the
Shearw ai
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the s t eam
surveying-vesse ,
service;employ
Clede G
by
Captain
Ca.pFta.lPn iWnhaosrni"
ington ,
Gunner J. G. Robinson, Boatswain J. G. TerrT, Car-
penter W. Weekes. To the Terror—Captain F. R. M.
Crozier (1841). Lieutenant Edward Little
,(1837),
Lieutenant G. 11. Hodgson (1842), Carpenter !homes.
Honey.
The screw-propeller steam-frigate, ordered to
be built upon Mr. Lang's plan, is to he named the Watt.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Orange gave a most splendid bal costume last week at
their palace at the Hague, at which the King and Queen
of Holland, the Ministers of State, the members of the
corps diplornutique, and upwards of six hundred of the
elite, of the city were assembled. After the arrival of the
King and Queen in the saloon, a procession of fifty-
five couples passed herons their Nlajes'ties, attird
in character, mostly from Sir Walter Scott's " Quentin
Durward." Three sets of quadrilles were 'subse-
quently. formed, viz., a quadrille of Highlanders
(in which Prince Alexander of the Netherlands,
Air. Hudson Lowe, Sir Strafford Jerningliam, Baron
V. Hardenbrock, Count de Noailbs, and B iron V. Bo-
gaiide were remarkable for their superb dresses),
quadrille in costumes of the period of Louis XV., and a
quadrille representing characters of the time of Francois
1. The Prince of Oriiii.:e represented Louis XV., and
in the course of the evening appeared ns Louis XIII.
The Pr:ncess of Orange was attired as Constance of
Arragon, and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands as
Jeanne de France. The Queen of Holland's costume,
that of Margueritte d'Anjou, was literally covered with
brilliants and other precious gems. Their Royal High-
nesses Prince and Princess Frederick of the Nether-
lands will also shortly give a bat co:tante, in. conse-
quence of the Oda with which the one given by his royal
brother went off.
Lord Middleton has given tlie sum of_ 1001.
towards the funds for the erection of the Roman Catholic
Church in Lambeth.
AI ARISC IT AL COLLEG 17, ABERDEEN.— On Saturday
last the election of Lord Rector of the Marlschal College, Aberiiee.ii,
for the ensuing year took place, when Mr. Sheriff Allison, of Lanark-
shire, was chosen by a considerable majority of all the nations ()vet
the Right Hon. T.ll. Macaulay, M.