The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY. —The Queen and Prince. Ahert, and
their illustrious visitors, took an airing this morniag, her
Alajesty and the Duchess de Nemours being in a pony phaeton
and pair, Prince Albert in a single-seated droshka, and the Duke
de Nemours and the Prince of Leiningen in a double-seated
droshka. The two latter carriages were each drawn by a very
fine horse, driven by Russian grooms, the harness and capa-
risons being alse in the Russian stele. These equipages formed
part of the present recently arrived from St. Petersburgh, from
his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia.
The Royal party returned to the Castle shortly before eleven
o'clock, and her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their illus-
trious guests, having alighted from their carriages, and having
been joined by the Master of the H. rse, remained some time to
witness the droshkas being driven several courses at a rapid
rate round the area of the grand quadrangle. Mr. Banister,
Maitre d'Eqiiipage, to whose care the different animals sent by
the Emperor were confided on their journey from St. Peters-
burgh, was in attendance. The horses in the droshkas are of the
Orloff Stud.
The Duke of Bedford was prevented by indisposition from
arriving at the Castle yesterday evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual walks
and rides this morning, in the pleasure-grounds of the Castle.
The Earl of Liverpool and the Earl Delawarr left the Castle
at half-past eleven o'clock this morning, for Ascot. Major-
General Sir Henry Wheatley, and Colonel Berkeley Drum-
mond ; and Colonel Bowles, Prcetorius, and the Hon.
Captain Spencer, followed, at twelve o'clock, in two pony car-
riages and four.

At twenty minutes past twelve o'clock the Queen and Prince
Albert and their illustrious visitors, attended by the royal
suite, left the Castle for Ascot in the following order:—
A barouche, conveying the Queen, Prince Albert, and the
Duke and Duchess de Nemours. •
A barouche, conveying the Prince of Leiningen, the Mis-
tress of the robes, the Duchess of Buccleuch, the French'
Ambassador, the Count de St. Aulaire, and the Master of
the Horse, the Earl of Jersey.
A landau, conveying the Duchess of Bedford, the Lady in
Waiting on the Duchess de Nemours, La Baronne de Fingner-
lin, and the Earl of Aberdeen.

A carriage, conveying the Countess Delawarr, Lady Mary
Sackville West, the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty, the Mar-
quis of Ormonde, and the Gentleman attending the Duke de
IVemours, M. Borel de Bretizel.

A carriage conveying the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Maids of
Houour, Hon. Misses Paget and Liddell, and the Equerry to
Prince Albert, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater.
The Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, ,Lord George Lennox,
and the' Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty, the Hon.. Colonel
Grey, were in attendance on borseback. -
His'Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Seiene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen appeared in the Windsor uniform, and
wore the most noble Order and Badge of the Garter. All the
gentlemen of the Royal household were habited in the Windsor
uniform.

The royal party returned to the Castle from the races
shortly before four o'clock.
The Duchess of Kent received visits in the forenoon at her
residence, Frogmore Lodge, from her Majesty and Prince
Albert, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, and the Prince of
Leiningen, during their morning drive. The Royal Duchess
visited the juvenile royal family at the Castle in the afternoon.
The Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, and Mr. and Lady
Theresa Digby, arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to her
Majesty.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal,
and the Princess Alice, were taken airings in the afternoon.
Dinner was served in St. George's Hall. The plateau was
was decorated with a number of vines, loaded with fine bunches
of ripe grapes, and placed in moss-covered vases. These, to-
gether with choice exotics, were intermixed with a great
variety of splendid epergnes and candelabras of gold plate, the
magnificent St. George candelabrum forming the centre orna.
merit of the table.

'The band of the Coldstream Guards was stationed in the
West Gallery of the Hall, and performed during dinner the
following pieces :
Overture' " Anacreon"
Valse, "Pas des fleurs" Alarm zek.
Grand Trio, " Al Regor" (Don Carlos) Costa.
Quadrille, " The Zampa"
Grand Fantasia, " Les Diamans de la Courenne" Auber.
Bohemian Polka Koenig.
Pas Redouble Tolbeque.
The royal dinner party included her !loyal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, their Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de
Nemours, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Count
de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, the Duchess of Buc-
eleuch, the Duchess of Bedford, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, and Lady
Mary Sackville West, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Rosslyn, Lord George Lennox, the Right How. Sir
William Fremantle, Mr. George Edward and the Hon.
Mrs. Anson, Sir Henry Wheatley, Mr. and Lady Theresa
Digby, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the lion. Captain Spencer,
the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, the Provost of
Eton, the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, La Baronne M. de Finguerlin,
and M. Borel de Bretizel.

The Queen Dowager, attended by ber suite, left Marlbo-
rough House yesterday morning about a quarter past eleven
o'clock.

The Duke of Cambridge arrived at Cambridge House yes-
terday from Kew. His Royal Highness visited the Duchess
of Gloucester, and returned to Kew in the afternoon.
Mr. John Wood had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday.
Sir Charles Malcolm had an interview with Lord Stanley,
yesterday, at the Foreign. office.
Mr. Bell, M.P., had an audience with Sir George Clerk,
yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were sent off, yesterday, from the Colonial-office,
to the Governor of the Mauritius and Van Dieman's brad.