The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning
in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday
inelue.ed the Duke and 'Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis
Of Granby, the Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Diary
Ltckville West, the Earl and Countess Rosebery, and the
Hon. and Rev C. Leslie Courtenay.
In the evening the following-had the honour of joining the
royal circle:--His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. his Serene Highness Prince
Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Jersey,
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and the Ladies Clementine and Adds Villiers, the Ladies A.
and L. Primrose, Viscount Cantelupe, the Hon. Mortimer
Sackville West, the Hon. Francis and Lady Anne Charter's,
Mr. George Edward and the Hon: Mrs. Anson, Captain
Hamilton, and Captain the Hon. James Murray,
The Hon. Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Hamilton have.
succeeded the Hon. Miss Paget and the Hon. Miss Kerr as
the Maids of Honour in waiting to the Queen.
The band of the First Life Guards was in attendance
during dinner, at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, and
performed the following pieces :
Sinfonia; No. 2, G minor
Polka, Oltnutzer
Potpourri:—Don Pasquale Donizetti.
Walzer, Lebeus Pulse Launer. •
Quadrilles, Le Druid
Polka
At • the Queen's Levee, on Wednesday, in St. James's
Palace, the Marquis of Westmluster was presented to her
Majesty on succeeding to his title, by the Earl of Wilton.
His 'Royal Highness Prince-. Albert honoured Mr. Thor.
burn, with an audience on Wednesday, at which the por-
traits of her Majesty and the Prince of Wales were sub-
mitted for his Royal Highness's inspection.
Mr. Thomas Brigstock had the honour, by the Queen's
command, of attending at the Palace yestelday, to exhibit to
her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert the full-
len.gth portrait of General Nat, G.C.8., painted by Mr.
Biagstock, for the Town-hall, Carmarthen. Her Majesty was
pleased to express her approbation.
her Rqat Highness the Grand Duchess (Stephanie)
of Baden visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and
the hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, on
Wednesday, at Cambridge House.
Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Glou-
cester, the buchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, paid visits of congratula-
tion to the Grand Duchess (Stepanie) of Baden yesterday, at
the Duke of Hamilton's residence in Portman-equare.
A Deputation of the Hull Dock Company had an interview
Ishii the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Vice-President
of the Board of Trade yesterday.
Sir Edward Codrington and a Deputation had an interview
with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.
spatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were Ant off &Om
the Colonial-office on Wednesday evening.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an
.nterview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. Ricardo transacted business yesterday at the office of
he Board of Trade.

THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE OF
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON.—We understand that the
publication (so long expected) of this important historical
work, written by M. A. Thiers, the late Prime Minister
of France, and which forms a Sequel to his celebrated
History of the French Revolution, is announced to take
place during the present month. Mr. Colburn, of Great
Afarlborough• street, has become the purchaser of the sole
and exelnsive right of prior publication of the work in
Great Britain, and his translation has been made under
the capress slnrtion and crlfhi:o roficarsit oafndtheseactiotnhdor,byD.
Forbe.
volumes,
C each ampbell,
illustrations, may be received in the
r
prise os.
country on the 20th of
March, by being previously or-
dered ; avid an edition is also to bo issued at the same
time in weekly shilling parts. The pericd tmbraced by
this work forms decidedly the moat important era in the
History of Modern Times. On the qualifications of the
author it would to superfluous to debcant. If the cha-
racter of M. Thiers, as a statesman.wele not well-known
to the whole world, the merits of his preliminary " His-
tory of the French Revolution" would irresistibly claim
the public favour in behalf of this new production, which
become: invested tv'th a deeper importance to us the
neater the history approaches to our Own times, and the
more British interests are involved in the events which it

records.
THE LATE LAMAN BLANCITARD'S FAMILT...—The
Committee of the Royal Corporation of the Literary Fund,
atits meeting on \Vednesdav, unanimously voted 1001. to-
wards the fund now raising for the benefit of the family of
this talented and lamented gentleman. The committee of
distribution thus testified their respect for Mr. Blanchard's
memory and their commiseration for the circumstances in
which those dependent on his literary exertions were left by
his premature death. We believe this is but the second in-
stance in the history of this truly munificent society in which
so large a sum has been voted to an individual case. Never
can the exception to the general rule be morn fully justified
by the committee, nor more warmly commended by the sub-
Ecriters, than by the affecting circumstances which cmnbine
to take this civil out of the rule which applies to ordinary
claims upon the Literary Fund.
The Baron D'Arnheim and suite arrived at Lon-
don bridge ,vharf from Ostend, by the General Steam
Navigation Company's steam•ship Earl 9f TAiverpcioll
. early ties uoruing.