The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Bucclinch, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, Viscount Templetown, Colonel and Lady Ca-
therine Vernon Harcourt, Lord and Lady Lyttelton, Hon.
Captain Spencer, aid Sir George Couper.
The Lord Chamberlain had the honour of entertaining at
dinner on Tuesday the following distinguished guests in cele-
bration of her Majesty's birth-day. The Marquis of Ormonde,
the Earl of Warwick, the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Hard-
wicke, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Cantilupe' Lord Ernest
Bruce, Lord Forester, Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, Sir
William Martins, Sir Augustus Clifford, Sir James Clark,
Hon. M. Sackville West, Hen. Frederick West, Hon. Sir
Edward Butler, Hon. Frederick Byng, Mr. Rarnsden, Mr.
Blackwood, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, and the Field
Officer in Brigade waiting. The banquet was given at his
Lordship's mansion in Upper Grosvenor-street, the exterior of
which was brilliantly illuminated with the royal cypher, sur-
mounted by the imperial crown between two stars of the
Order of the Garter.

Yesterday her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
he Queen. _ _

Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham
Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, his Royal Highness Prince George, his Serene Highness
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duchess of Buccleuch,
the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of
Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Countess of Westmoreland,
the Earl of Cawdor, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caro-
line Murray, Lady Augusta Cadogan, the Hon. and Rev. C.
Leslie Courtenay, Sir George Couper, Captain Francis Sey-
mour, and Mr. Edmond Mildway.
The band of the First Regiment of Life Guards was in at-
tendance at the Palace during dinner, and performed the fol-
lowing piece. :
Overture, " Oberon"—Weber.
Walzer, " Bedford"—Labitzky.
Potpourri, " Don Carlos"—Costa.
Selection from "La fille du Regiment"—Donizetti.

Polka, "Pariser"—Strauss.
At a quarter-past eight o'clock his Royal Highness Prince
Albert left the Palace, accompanied by the Noble Direttors of
the Coosert of Ancient Music, for the Hanover-square Rooms.
The Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and the
Earl of Cawdor, were in the same carriage with the Prince.
The Marquis of Granby, Colonel Wylde, Captain Francis
Seymour, and Mr. E. Mildmay, occupied another carriage.
The Queen left Buckingham Palace soon afterwards, for the
Hanover-square Rooms, to honour the performance of the
Concert of Ancient Music with her presence. The whole of
the illustrious company accompanied her Majesty, and lift the
Palace in the following order:—

A carriage conveying Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir George
Couper, and Captain the Hon. Arthur Buncombe.
A carriage conveying Lord Byron, Hon. Miss Murray, and
the Hon. Miss Kerr.
A carriage conveying the Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady
Caroline Murray, Lady Augusta Cadogan, and the Countess
of Westmoreland.
A carriage conveying the Countess of Mount Edgecombe, the
Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Liverpool, and the Earl of Jersey.
A carriage conveying his Royal Highness Prince George,
his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and the Duchess of
Buceleuch.
A carriage containing her Majesty the Queen, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Sir William Harries and Mr. Mallett had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official re-
sidence in Downing-street.
Foreign-office.
The Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at the