The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen honoured the Duchess of Gloucester with her
presence last evening at her residence, Gloucester-house. A
select party of the Nobility and Gentry were honoured with in-
vitations to meet her Majesty.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of
the Belgians, arrived soon after ten o'clock. The Master of
the Horse, the Lord Steward, and the Lord Chamberlain, were
in attendance at the entrance. The Queen, on alighting, took
the arm of Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Albert follow-
ing with the Queen of the Belgians. The Royal suite included
the Countess of Charlemont, Countess de Merode, Hon. Misses
Stanley and Hamilton, Viscount Hawarden, Baron de Dies-
kaw, M. de Moerkerke, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Sir William
Lumley, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward Bowater.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by
Ladies Caroline Legge and Georgiana Bathurst, lion. Captain
Liddell and Sir Samuel Higgins, received her Majesty and the
Royal Party in the Hall, and conducted her August Visitors into
the dining-room.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent (attended by
Lady Anna liaria Dawson and Sir George Cooper, Bart.) and
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta
Somerset and Major Stephens, arrived a short time previous to
her Majesty, and were received by Ladies C. Legge and G.
Bathurst and Sir S. Higgins.
Soon after her Majesty's arrival, the Duchess of Gloucester
and her august visitors passed to the upper suite of State
Rooms, and having entered the principal apartment, a succes-
sion of Tableaux were represented by a party of the Nobility
and Gentry in an adjoining room, in the following order :
Tableau I.—Lalla Rookh.
Tableau 2.—Marino Faliero before the Council of Ten.
Tableau 3.—Group from Pinelli.
Tableau 4.—Bride of Lammermoor.
Tableau s,—Scene from Sir Charles Grandison.
Tableau 6.—Vice.
Tableau 7.—Novice. -
Finale.—God save the Queen.
Among the company present were the Belgian Minister,
Earl and Countess Brownlow, Earl of Verulam, Earl and
Countess of Clarendon, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland,
Marquis of Stafford, Lady E. Leveson Gower, Earl of Clare,
the Austrian Minister, the Hanoverian Minister, Marquis and
Marchioness of Ely, Lady Stanley, Countess of Clanwilliam,
Earl and Countess of Carlisle, Earl and Countess Jersey, and
Lady Clementina Villiers, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Earl
-and Countess Delawarr, Earl and Countess Wilton, Lord and
Lady Norreys, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst,
Lord E. Hill, Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Cautilupe,
Marquis of Lon d inderry, the Russian Minister and
Baroness Brunnow, Miss Vernon, and Colonel Har-
court, Lord and Lady M. Alford, Duke and Duchess
of Beaufort, Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury,
Lord and Lady Ashley, Lady Louisa Hay, Earl of Ripon, the
Duke of Wellington, the Countess of Haddington, Earl of
Aberdeen, Earl Craven, Lady Charles Somerset, Viscount and
Viscountess Mahon, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Earl
of Liverpool, the Saxon Minister, the Duchess of Inver-
ness, Madlle D'Este, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Downshire, Lady Peel, the Duke and Duchess of
Buceleuch. Viseount and Viscountess Folkestone, Countess of
Zetland, Hon. Mr. Dundas, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers,
Marquis of Douro, Lord Abinger, Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn.
IThe Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert
yesterday.
Sir William C. Ross, A.R. A., had the honour yesterday of
taking the last sitting of her Majesty the Queen of the Bel-
gians, and also the first sitting for a portrait of the King, by
command of her Majesty.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her
Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, attended by
Mademoiselle Kaas and suite, left Marlborough House at one
o'clock yesterday for her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by
Lady Augusta Somerset, honoured the Earl and Countess
Brownlow with their company at dinner on Wednesday, at
their residence in Belgrave-square.
Mr. Irving and Mr. D. Barclay had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Lord Hatherton and a deputation on the subject of Mines, had
an interview with the Earl of Ripon on Tuesday, at the office
of the Board of Trade.
Mr.. Walker, Colonial Secretary of Trinidad, transacted busi-
ness at the Colonial-office yesterday.
The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday at the
Foreign-office.