The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-07 00:00:00

COURT VIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
the Ladies and Gentlemen of thQ Court and the House-
hold attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the
Chapel Royal, Buckinsiharn Palace. rhe Hon. .a!:(1
Rev. Charles Lesliv et,urtertay officiated.
Her Majesty told Prtnee Alherr, attended by the
Equerries in Waiong, Colony is Arbuthnot a :d Bouverie,
role out on horst.baelc on Saturday foronoon.

Their Royal Highnrs,,es the Prince of.tV ales. Prince
Alfred. the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alscr, were
taketu.irings yesterday and Saturday in the Royal Gar-
dens 5T Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the
H. ea. Miss Eden, visited the Queen on Saturday at Buck-
ingham. Palace.
His S-rene Highness Prince Ernest of esse Philipp-
stahl. visited Prince Albert on Saturday. • -
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty on Saturday.
• The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Charlemont, the Hon. Miss Hamilton, the
Earl of Hardwicke, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel
Bouverie, honoured the Italian Opera with their pre-
sence on Saturday evening. Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Anna Maria Daw-
son and the Countess WratiNlaw), and their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz, also honoured the performance of the
Opera with their presence.
THE DUCHESS 01 GLOUCESTER.—Her Royal High-
ness passed an uncomfortable night on Saturday night,
and her c-ugh continued troublesome yesterday. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Grand
Duchess of Baden visited her Royal Highness yesterday,
at Gloucester House.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended divine 1
service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
Prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. H. I)akins, the Les-
sons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. W. Strong, from St. Peter, chap. i. verse 3.
The anthem, "Awake, awake, put on thy strength," was
sung by Messrs: Hawkins, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sir
George Smart presided at the organ.
Her Majesty was attended by the Marchioness of
Wellesley, the lion. Miss Eden, and Earl Howe. Among
the nobility present were the Marquises of Anglesea,
Winchester, and Northampton, Viscount and Vis-
countess Palmerston, Lords Cawdor, Devon, Tyrcon-
nell, Hatherton, Polwarth, Cantilupe, Norreys, and G.
Paget.
The Duke of Wellingto.t and Sir Frederick Trench
attended the early Service yesterday, in the Chapel
Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read by the
Rev. Dr. Wesley. The
_Sermon was preached by the
Rev. W. Strong.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, and the Princess Mary visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meek •
lenburgh Strelitz, attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay,
left Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, the seat of tie Duke+
of Rutland, on Saturday, for town, and arrived at the
Euston-square terminus of the London and Birmingham
railway, at six o'cl +ck, in the afternoon. The royal
party pr ceeded to Cambridge House.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by B Iron Knese-
beck, visited Captain Siborne's new Waterloo Model on
Saturday.
The Duke oc Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz attended Divine Service yesterday morn-
ing in Grosvenor Chapel. South Audley-street.
Prince Ernest of Hesse Philinpstahl visited the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday.
The Grand Duchess Stephanie of ile !en.—Tier Royal
Highness, accompanied by the Chevalier 13nnsen, Pros
sian Minister, and ateendel by th Baroness de Strum-
feder and Baron Roth +le Schreckenstein, visited anti in-
spected Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall, and the
New Palace of Weetirenster on Saturday morning. Her
Royal Highness afterwards honoured the Chevalier Bun
sen with a visit at his Excellency's residence nn Carlton
Terrace, and partook of a dejeuee. The Grand Duchess
and suite proceeded in the afternoon to visit and imp+ et
the British Institution, the Reform Club, and the New
Conservative Club in St. James's-street.
In the afternoon the Grand Duchess received a visit at
the Duke of Hamilton's residence in Portman-square
from the Queen Dowager.
Her Royal Highness, attended by the Baroness de
Strumfeder and Baron de Schreckenstein, honoured the
Italian'Opera with her presence in the evening.
Yesterday the Grand Duchess attended Divine Ser-
vice in the chapel of the Austrian Elibassy. Her Royal
Highness paid a visit to the Queen Dowager at Marlbo-
rough House. The Duchess of Kent vitited her Royal
Highness.
The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton had a dinner
party yesterday at their residence in Portman-square.
The company to meet the Grand Duchess included their
Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl,
and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the French Am-
bassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, the Duke de
Broglie, the Portuguese Minister and thq Baroness de
Moncorvo, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess
of Haddington, Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Leve
son, the Countess of Malmesbury. the Earl and Countess
of Lincoln, and the Marquis of Douglas.
Mr. Charles Russell, Chairman of the Great Western
Railway Company, and Mr. Saunders, the Secretary,
had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie on Satur-
day, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Captain Rous had an interview with Lord Stanley on
Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
meeting on Saturday. There were present the Bishop
of Rochester, the Bishop of Worcester, Lord Ashley,
the Right Hon. John Nicholl, and the Dean of West-
minster.
The Commission respecting, the Slave-trade Treaties
sat on Saturday. The Duke de Broglie and the Right
Hon. S. Lushing,ton were present. Captain Denman
and several naval officers, French and English, attended.
Sir R. Peel bad a Parliamentary dinner party on Sa-
turday, at his residence in Whitehall gardens.
Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr.
Divett, M.P., Mr. Hutt, M.P., and a deputation, had an
interview with Sir George Clerk on Saturday, at the
Board of Trade.
Dispatches for the Governors of Gibraltar, St. Helena,
Heligoland, the Gambia, and the Gold Coast. were sent
off on Saturday evening, from the Colonial-office.