The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning
in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Their -Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the
Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton,
were taken an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Walei was taken an
airing in the royal gardens yesterday.
His Royal highness Prince Albert presided yesterday
afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and
encouraging the Fine Arts in rebuilding the Palace of
His Royal Highness, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, ar-
rived at Gwydyr House at half-past two o'clock. The Corn.
missioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord
John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Ashburton, Lord
Colborne, Lord Mahon, the Right Honourable T. B. Macaulay,
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Hallam, and Mr. Thos.
Wyse.
At half -past three o'clock, Prince Albert left Gwydyr House,
for the new Palace at Westminster, Viscount Palmerston,
Lords J. Russell, Mahon, Ashburton, and Colborne, Sir R.
Inglis, Messrs. Macaulay, Hallain, and Wyse, followed.
Mr. Eastlake, secretary to the Fine Arts' Commission, and
Mr. Barry, the architect, received the Prince and the other
Commissioners, and attended them during their inspection
of the new Houses of Parliament and the other buildings
now in progress. Mr. Gnssell, ene of the contractors, also
attended the illustrious party through the different works.
Prince Albert remained at the new Palace until a quarter
past five o'clock, and then took his departure, attended by

Sir E. Bowater.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace' yesterday
included the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley,
the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Rosalyn, and Viscount
and Viscountess Emlyn.
The band of the Ist Life Guards attended during dinner
at the Palace, and performed the following pieces : .
Sinfonia, Vol. 3
Walzer, Percy Labitzky.
Polka, Norfolk
Potpourri, Don Carlos
Quadrilles, Scotch... Waddell.
Pas redouble (from the Daughter of
St. Mark) Balfe.
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THE GRAND DII.CIIESS STEPHANIE OF BAIDEN.—Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand dinner at
Gloucester House, yesterday, to her Royal Highness. The
company to meet the Grand Duchess consisted of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene High-
ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Austrian Ambas-
sador and the Countess Dietrichstein, Count de Pollow (Sar-
dinian Minister), Count Kielmansegge (the Hanoverian
Minister), the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, the
Marquis of Winchester, the Marquis of Douglas, the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemen-
tina Villiers, and Baron Knesebeck.
The Grand Duchess was attended by Baroness do Strum-
feder and Baron de Schreikenstein.
The Duchess of Gloucester had afterwards an evening
party.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended
by the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz,
and attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, arrived at Gloucester
House at ten o'clock.
The company began to arrive at half-past nine o'clock.
Among those present were Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minis-
ter; the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, the Saxon
Minister and Baroness Gersdorff, Baron Koller, Baron Brea-
ner, Count de Noailles, the Duke of \Buccleuch, Marquis
and Marchioness of Douro, Marquis of Granby, Mar-
chioness of Ely and Lady A. Loftus, Marquis of
Salisbury, Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Ho-
nourable Mortimer and Lady Mary Sackville West, the
Countess of Haddington, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Countess
of Verulam, and Lady Jane Grimston. Mr. Grimston, Earl
Cadogan, and the Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan, the
Countess of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray, the Earl and
Countess of Sheffield, the Countess Bruce, Viscountess Pal-
merston, Lord Goderich, Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss
Mitford, Lady Stanley, Lady Peel, Mr. Frederic and Mr.
John Peel, Lady Graham, Lady Rendlesham and the Hon.
Misses Thellusson, Lady Beauvale, Lady Charles Wellesley,
Lord H. Loftus, and Mr. Vincent.
Madame Dulcken had the honour of performing before the
Illustrious party during the evening.
His Excellency Sarim Effendi, the newly appointed Am-
bassador from the Sublime Porte to this Court, arrived yes-
terday at the Turkish Tmbassy in Bryanstone-square, at-
tended by a numerous suite.
A deputation respecting tin, consisting of the Earl of Fal-
mouth, Sir C. Lemon, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Praed, Mr. Came,
Mr. R. Bolith, Mr. Williams' Mr. C. Bolith, and Mr. R.
Taylor, had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at
the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches from the Governors of Hong-Kong and the
Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday for the Governor of
Ceylon, and also for the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.
A deputation of the Flint-Glass trade, consisting of Messrs.
Arthur Powell, J. G. Green, Rice Harris, Chester, and Aps-
ley Pellatt, had an interview with Sir George Clerk yes-
terday.