The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham
Palace.

Ali Effendi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
from the Sublime Porte, had his first audience of the Queen.
to present his credentials. His Excellency was introduced by
the Earl of Aberdeen, K. T., her Majesty's principal Secretary
of Stale for Foreign Affairs, and c,nducted by _Sir Robert
Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.

Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Hawarden, Lord in
Waiting, and General the Hon. Sir William Lumley, Groom
in Waiting.
His Excellency, after presenting his credentials to her Ma-
jesty, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
7 heir Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians visited
their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glou-
cester House, the Princess Sophia, at Kensington, the Duke
of Sussex, at Kensington Palace, and the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, at Cambi idge House, yesterday.
Lord Stuart de Rothsay, her Majesty's AMbassador at the
Court of St. Petersburgh. was presented to the Queen yester
day, at an audience, by the Earl of Aberdeen.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the King
and the Queen of the Belgians yesterday at 13nekirigham Palace.
The Counts Mensdorf visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday
at Clarence House. . _

The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in a car- -
riage yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the King of the Belgians
yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday
evening included their Majesties the King and Queen of the
Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, M. Var.
de Weyer, the Belgian Minister. Earl of Liverpool, Earl of
Aberdeen, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Madame la Comtesss
de Merode, Baron Dieskau, and M. de Moerkerke.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended during dinner.
In the evening the following performers had the honour of
performing before her Majesty and her august visitors :—Mrs.
Anderson, Aldlle Linter, M. Duprez, and M. Staudigl,
Her Majesty's private band was also in attendance, and as-
sisted.

The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the Countess of
Dunmore its2the Lady in Waiting on the Queen ; and Viscount
Havrareien and General the Hon. Sir William Lumley have
succeeded Lord Rivers and Mr. R. Orm%by Gets, as the Lord
and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of
the Belgians, inspected yesterday the splendid centre piece of
the service of plate made for Count Woronsow.
The Duchess of Kent visited and inspected, do Monday, Mr.
Dunn's Chinese collection, in St. George's- place, of Models
of Bricks, Boats, and a Summer-house ; alio Paintings, Books,
and Furniture, Minerals, Shells, and other curiosities.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by, Baron Knesebeck,
honoured Miss Burdett Coutts with his company on Monday
evening, at her residence, in Stratton-stroll.
Sir Allan M'Nab, Baron di Poro, from Malta, and Lord
Crofton, bad interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the
Colonial-office.
The French Ambassador and th• Prussian Minister trans-
acted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office:
The Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges, met and
transacted business on Monday, at the Clarendon Hotel.
The Judicial Committee of her Majesty'S most Honourable
Privy Council sat yesterday.
In " Wallis v. Maughan," from the Prerogative Court of
York, Dr. Addasus appeared for the appellant; and the
Queen's Advocate, and Mr. Teed, Queen's Counsel, for the
respondent.
Lord Wynford gave judgment on the part of their Lordships.
The Court then rose.

COUNT WORONZOW'S SILVER SERVICE or PLATE.—
We were present on Saturday at a view of a splendid
service of silver plate, which has been manufactured by
Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt for the Russian Count Wo-
rotizow. The designs for this service are as elegant as
they are various ; and among themis a representation
of some of the principal faulous achievements of St.
George, the patron saint of England. The grouping of
the different figures in this representation Is full of joie-
turesque grace and spirit, and the richness 'Of the silver
sets off the subject to the greatest advantage. In one of
the groups St. George is represented on htrseback,
under a tree, rescuing the daughter of the Soldan of Egypt
from the grasp of the dragon ; and nothing can surpass
the apparent flexibility of the branches, and the delicate
tracery of the foliage, which have been managed with
consummate skill. The magnificent candelabra, the
highly wrought plates and dishes, tureens, &c., when
viewed altogether, ranged as they are along a table ea-
the spectator. The service is
and expensive, probably, that
pable of holding at least sixty individuals,. produce a
England for mail), years.
presented against the lnst
at which two Tcry members were re•
turned.
An accident from phosphoric matches occurred a
few days since near Versailles. Two persons were travelling
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aa,te suse
trteefbufeli:nnn
in an open cart, when they suddenly were alarmed by furious
flames bursting through the bottom, and communicating to
their pantaloons. They instantly sprung in haste to the ground,
and had scarcely time to get the horse out of the shafts before
ftanwvaseni"3deavi
the
ee vehicle,
were
even
consumed
mt the wheels,bevoetcilnicon the fire, fiberem, sad
ado
to stop it. The matches, the igiiition of which had eaused
the accident, were in a basket, er things., at the bottom
f the cart.

It is quite decided that Mr. Nicholls does not re-
turn to this country, in capacity of Poor-law Commis-
sioner. Indeed, the whole system is about to be revised
and remodelled. Next to the Poor-laws, we ,look ;upon
the Board of We ks as standing number •tirb of the
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