The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 7.
After the departure of the King of Sardinia from
Folkestone yesterday, Prince Albert and the Duke of
Cambridge went to the camp at ShortieWe, where the
Prince presented a stand of Colours to the German
Legion. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards took lun-
cheon with Col. Baron Von Stutterheim and the officers
of the Legion.

The Prince returned to Windsor Castle at ten minutes
past five o'clock.
The Duchess of Sutherland, Colonel the Hon. A. N.
Hoods, and Mr. Gibbs, had the honour of dining with
her Majesty.
The Band of the 2d Life Guards played during the
dinner. Her Majesty's private baud afterwards at-
tended and performed in the Castle.
The Duchess of Sutherland left the Castle to-day,
The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice
Byng have succeeded the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and
the Hon. Flora Macdonald as Maids of Honour in
Waiting.
Her slajesty held a Privy Couacil at three o'clock
this afternoon. Present, Prince Albert, the Earl of
Harrowby, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, the
Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Duke of Argyll, the
Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Marquis of Bread-
albane. _ _

The Duke of Argyll had an audience of the Queen
previous to the Council, and delivered to her Majesty
the Privy Seal.
At the Privy Council Parliament was ordered to be
further prorogued from the 11th December until the 31st
January, and a proclamation was ordered to be issued
summoning Parliament to meet on the 31st of January
for the desratch of public business.
Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the oust( dr
of the Privy Seal to the Right Hon. Dudley, Earl of Har-
rowby, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal was al-
- to him, and the noble Earl took his place at
the board.

Graville was the Clerk of the Council in
, The Queen having been pleased to deliver the custody
of the seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lan-
caster to the Right ion. Matthew Talbot Baines, the
oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was by
her Majesty's command administered to him. Mr. F.
Dasvea Danvers, Clerk of the Council and Registrar of
the Duchy Court of Lancaster, attended.
Viscount Palmerston and Sir George Grey had au-
diences of her Majesty. Lord Dufferin and Mr. F.
Cavendish were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of
Harrowby, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir George
Grey, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, and the Right
Hon. M. T. Baines, travelled from London to attend
the Privy Council by a special train on the Great Western
Railway. The Ministers left the Castle at 20 minutes
pat four o'clock, and returned by a special train to
town.

Tho Marquis of Lansdowne went on Thursday on a
visit to Lord John Russell, at his residence in Glouces-
tershire.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left London
yesterday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bed-
ford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the governors of the North American Pro-
vinces.

Despatches from the governors of Ceylon and the
Mauritius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

THE COURT.—According to present arrangement, the
Court will take its departure from the Castle on Monday
next for Osborne, there to remain about 10 days, when
the Queen will return to the Castle for the Christmas
holidays. On New Year's-day, the oratorio of "Joseph,"
by Mebul, will be performed at the Castle on an exceed-
ingly gland scale. It is expected that Madame Gold-
schmidt will take part in the performance.
The Marquis of Lansdowne went, on Thursday, on a
visit to Lord John Russell, at his residence in Glouces-
tershire. _ _

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left London
yesterday, on a visit. to the Duke and Duchess of Bed-
ford, at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
The marriage of the wealthy Sir Henry Meux to the
daughter of Lord and Lady E. Bruce is announced as
about to take place.
The Morning Post announces that the marriage of
Lady Jane Feilding, second daughter of the Earl of
Denbigh, with Captain Lovett, Ist Life Guards, will
take place early in January.
APULLtN RAILWAY.—The King of Naples has just
issued a decree authorising M. E. Melisurgo, the pre-
sent contractor for the Apulian Railway line, to con
struct a branch line to Salerno, by the Mercato San
Severino.

Captain Fellowes and Lieutenant Loma; who ar-
rived yesterday morning in the Euxine, were the
bearers of despatches to the Government from China, re-
lative to the capture of the crew of the Russian frigate
in the Chinese seas.
THE LIVERPOOL S!ABBING CASE.—John Conolly, the
hotelkeeper, charged with stabbing Donleary, the Irish-
man, on Thursday mornirg, and causing his death, was
the same evening committed for trial under the coroner's
warrant, charged with manslaughter.
The discount market remains without alteration. At
the Bank of England the demand is active, but not in any
degree beyond what was anticipated.