The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

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COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. It was at-
tended by Prince Albert, Rai Granville, Lord Presi-
dent ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne ; Viscount Palmerston, First Lord
of the Treasury ; Sir Ge3rge Grey, Secretary of State
for the Home Department ; the E. of Clarendon, Sc•
cretary of State for Foreign Adairs ; Sir Charles Wood,
First L,-Jr.l of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. R. Vernon
Smi;li, President of the Board of Control ; Earl Spencer,
Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lori
ainl-erlain ; an the Duke of Wellington, Master of

the florAe.
The Right Hon. Dudley Earl of Harrowhy and Hnn.
F.dxa, d Pieydell Bouverie were by command of the
Qqeen sworn of Iv r Majesty Mo•t am. Privy Council,
and took thoir pact-s at the Beard ace,rdingly.
tier MjeAty in C,nur,il was pleased t) appoint the
iti7l,t Hon. E. P. Bouverie VL.e-Peesid,nt of the Ctin-
mitt(); of Guinea for the consideration of all naatter:
rela lag to) Tr.ide and Foreign Plantations.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in

W &tin g.
Ear Granville ha-I an audience of the Queen, and re-
signed his seals of office as Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lan caster.
The Earl of Harrowby hal an audience of the Queen,
and was swore in Chancellor of the Duchy ani Count)
Palatine of Lancaster. Her Majesty delivered to th<
nob'e earl the seals of the Duchy and C•iunty Palatine.
Mr. Frederick Dawes Danvers, Clerk of the Council to
the Duchy, assisted et the ceremony.
The Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, Sir G.
Grey, a.,il Sir Charles Wood had audiences of the Queen.
Her Majesty was attended by Lord Ernest Bruce,
Vice-Chamberlain ; Viscount Drumlanrig, Comptroller
of the Household ; Earl Somers, Lord in-Waiting ; and
tie Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Groom-imWaitiniz.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert rent to the Crystal
Palace at Sydenhain on Saturday morning, accompanied
by the Duke of Cambridge ar.cl the Prince of Leiningen.
and attended by the Duchess of Atholl, the Hon. Flora
Macdonald, Major-General Bouverie, and Capt. Du Plat.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen at Bucking-
ham Palace.

Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening at
Buckingham Palace. The company included the Duchess
of Kent and the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Lein-
ingen' the Maharajah Dsleep Sing, the Earl of Harrow-
by, Lady Fanny Howard, Madame Tricoupi, the Earl
and Countess St. Germans, Earl and Lady Constance
Grosvenor, the Right Hon. Sjdney and Mrs. Herbert,
Sir John Login, Col. Ridley (Scots Fusilier Guards),
Major Oliphant (Chairman of the East India Company),
and the Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance in
the Palace, and performed during dinner.
Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, with the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the
Princess Alice, and the Prince of Leiningen, attended
Divine service in the private chapel in Buckingham
Palace. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Wind-
sor officiated.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou-
cester on Saturday, at Gloucester House.
Prince Ernest of Leiningen arrived at Clarence 119118 C,
St. James's, yesterday, from Portsmouth, on a visit to
the Duchess of Kent.

CABINET COUNCIL—A Cabinet Council was held cn
Satur lay afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-
street. The Minihters present were Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marqui,
of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey,
the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Vernon Smith, Sir
W. Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. The Council
sat two hours, _ _ _

A deputation from the Burial Boards of St, Maryle-
hone, St. Pancras, and Islington, had an interview with
Sir G. Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. The de-
putation consisted of Sir B. Hall, M.P. (Marylebone).
Mr. Alderman Challis, M.P. (Finsbury), the Rev. Thos.
Dale of St. Pancras (vicar), Messrs. John Flather and
Henry Farrar (churchwardens of St. Pancras), Messrs.
Robert Furness and William Durant Cooper (St. Pan-
cras Burial Board), Mr. William Anderson (Islington
Burial Board), Mr. John Layton (clerk to the Burial
Board, Islington), Dr. Sayer, Messrs, J. H. Ilarlowe,
and F. H. Bridgman and Mr. W. E. Greenwell, clerk
to the Burial Board (deputation from St. Marylebone).
A deputation consisting of Mr. Forster, Mr. Swanzy,
Mr. Sewell, and Mr. Blanksom, had an interview with
Sir G. Grey on Saturday.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-Ace, on Sa-
tur,'ay, to the Governors of the West India Islands.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Her Majesty and his Royal I
Higness Prince Albert, accompanied by the nuke of
Cambridge and the Prince of Leiningen, visited the
Crystal Palace on Saturday morning. Her Majesty
was attended by the Duchess of Athol and the Hon.
Miss Macdonald, and General Bouverie and Captain Du
Plat were in attendance on the Prince. The Royal party
were received by Mr, Laing, the chairman, and other
directors, and were conducted through the palace, with
the improved appearance of which her Majesty expressed
herself greatly pleased, In the course of the visit the
Queen made some purchases of jewelery and bronzes
from the stalls of Messrs. Itudolphi and Barbedienne, in
the Foreign Court, tiller the departure of her Al*: ty,
Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge were con-
duete.d by Sir Joseph Paxton into the grounds, where
they remained until half-past 1 o'clock,
Lord Aired Paget, Equerry to her Majesty, has been
selected by the Queen, to be Lord in Waiting to the
Emperor of the French during his visit to England.
Lady Hart3pp end Miss Anna Maria Hartopp have
left the ClArt-ndon Hotel for Four Oaks, Birmingham.
Sir tobert and Lady Gerrard have left the eleven-
de.'n for Roehampton.
The Right Hon. B. and Mrs. Disraeli left town on
Saturday for Hughenden Manor, Bucks, where they
will remain during the recess.
THE MARQUIS OF DONEGAL.—It is, says a Belfast
paper, the intention of the Marquis of Donegal to take
up his residence, if not permanently, at least for a time,
at Ormean,
TUE VIENNA, CONFERENCE.—It is confidently as-
serted that the purport of M. Drouyn di visit
to England was to protest against the course Lord John
Russell was pursuing at the Conference, as yielding too

much ; and that he was proceeding to Vienna with a
strong assurance that the English Plenipotentiary should
receive 'instructions not to assent to any propositions
unless they were fully in accordance witk the views of
our ally, and likely to be productive of a lasting peace.—
Morning Herald.
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Police-office. Mn B. F Bowdier, from Assistant-clerk
at Buw-street, is to be Second Clerk at Thames Police-
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—°ll;36l;DuserFOß THE CRIMEA.—This week 1,200 of
seatofwar battalions
r.rhoew will
btheecoGmuaprodssedwicllf e3moobarfrkomforeach of the four
the three regiments.
NEW YOTIK.—The commercial advices from New
York on Friday give very satisfactory accounts of the
stuck and money markets ; but much of the iMp ovg"
meet having been caused by the nova of +l-u - .-
_ ~o death of
the Emperor Nicholas. g^"-'
which took .0- ....o reaction, analogous to that
▪ Lutore packets.
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of money, as the banks were still increasing their loans
and discounts. The heavy amount of specie shipped by
this packet, 320,000/., and the fact of the rate of ex-
, change having gone up to a point to indicate the proba-
Ihility of further large remittances, were calculated, how-
ever, to excite caution. Letters from Panama received
au_thi_s.occasior. state that her Majesty's steamer Virago
- • •• .ipan case, on the 2.,kth