The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.-TUESDAY.

The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham
Palace. The company consisted of her royal highness the
Duchess of Kent, his serene highness the hereditary Prince
of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Baron Bulow, the Prussian mini-
ster; Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Lady Augusta Somer-
set, Marquis of Normanby, Earl and Countess of Erroll,
Lady Ida Hay, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Surrey, Viscount
and Viscountess Beresford, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Hill,
Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord Foley, Lord Robert Gros-
venor, Lord G. Lennox, Hon. Col. Cavendish, Hon. Miss
Cavendish, Mr. G. E. Anson, Lady Barham, Hon. Louisa
Noel, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss
Lister, Baroness Lehzen, Lord Lilford, Col. Armstrong,
Col. Weymss, Col. Wilde,. Baron de Lowenfels, and Baron
de Gruben.
The Coldstream band attended during dinner.

WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Haymarket
Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suite
included the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Earl of Fingall, Hon.
William Cowper, Col. Wemyss, and Col. Wylde.
Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences, yester.-
day ' of her Majesty.
The Dowager Lady Lyttleton has succeeded Lady Bar-
ham, as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen ; and the Earl
of Fingall and the Hon. William Cowper have succeeded
Lord Lilford and Col. Armstrong as the Lord and Groom
in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Marquis of Douro, and Lord and Lady Ashley, were
among the company at the Queen's evening party on Mon-
day at Buckingham Palace.
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester,
yesterday, at Gloucester House, and the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, at Cambridge House.
Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. Among
the company were Baron de Nieumann, the Austrian Minis-
ter, on a special mission ; and Baron de Lebzeltern, Baron
Brunow, on a special mission from Russia; and Count
Nesselrode, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, and the Ladies
Gower, the Lord Chancellor, Lady Cottenham, and the
Hon. Miss Pepys, Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury,
Marquis of Analesy, and Lady M. Paget, Countess Stan-
hope, and Lady E. Stanhope ; Earl and Countess of Mint°
and the Ladies Elliot ; Countess of Cawder and the Ladies
Campbell ; Countess of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanora
and Constance Paget ; Countess of Surrey and Lady How-
ard ; Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady M. Grimston ;
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Francis Cow-
per, Viscount Morpeth, Viscountess Forbes, Mr. Vaughan,
Lord and Lady Worsley, Lord Leveson; Lord George Paget,
Lord Alfred ;Paget, Lord Dahneny, Hon. Mrs. (George)
Anson, Hon. William Cowper, Mr. Berkeley Paget, Hon.
Miss Paget, Hon. Charles Howard, and Mr. Methen.
Weippart's Royal Quadrille Band and her Majesty's
Chamber Band were in attendance during the night.
The Princess Augusta visited the Queen yesterday. Her
Royal Highness also visited the Duchess of Gloucester, yes-
terday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Malesty, yes-
terday.
Her Majesty was graciously pleased to sit to Mr. Hayter,
yesterday, in the full costume worn at the royal marriage.
I His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg
Gotha also sat for the same picture.

THURSDAY. ,
The Queen held a levee yesterday afternoon at St. James's
Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by their
suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace, escorted by a party
of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. In waiting were
the Mistress of the Robes, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton,
Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting; the Earl of Fiugall,
Lord in Waiting, and Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert ; the Hon. William Cowper, Groom
in Waiting ; Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel
Wylde, equerry to Prince Albert; Mr. Seymour, Groom of
the Bedchamber to Prince Albert; and Master Chichester
and Master Byng, Pages of Honour in waiting on the Queen.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was present
at the levee.