The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, AuclusT 4.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, em-
barked in the Fairy yesterday afternoon, and went
towards Southampton to meet Prince Albert, on his
return from the camp at Aldershott.
The Prince arrived at Southampton soon after four
o'clock, and went on board the Fairy in Southampton
Water.
After a short cruise the Queen and Prince returned to
Osborne at seven o'clock.
The Princess Louisa took carriage airings both yes•
terday and to-day.

AUGUST 5.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
Prince Alfred, visited Haslar Hospital yesterday.
The royal party disembarked from the Fairy opposite
the hospital, where Vice• Admiral Sir Thos. Cochrane
was in waiting to receive her Majesty. Captain Dacres
and the officers of the establishment attended the Queen,
who went round the wards and minutely inspected all
parts of the building.
The Countess of Desert has succeeded Viscountess
Canning as Lady in Waiting.

1 Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Fo-
reign-office, Downing-street. The ministers present
were :—Viscount Pahnerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of
Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir
William Molesworth, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R.
Vernon Smith. Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Har-
r)wby. The Council sat an hour and a half.
Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of the Australian Colonies. De-
spatches were received from the Governors of the West
India Islands, and from the Governor of New South
Wales.

We understand the Queen and his !Royal Highness
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and
several of the elder royal children, will leave Osborne
early in the present week in the royal yacht for a cruise
to Jersey and the Channel Islands, with the intention of
being absent about three days.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and the Coun-
tess Persignv have issued cards for dinner parties, to-
morrow, and on the 15th iust., at the French Embassy.
There will be a soiree each evening.
His Excellency Count Lavra,dio, the Portuguese
Minister, left town, on Saturday morning, for South-
ampton, to meet the King of Portugal, who was ex-
pected to reach that port in the course of the day from
Ostend, having been on a visit to the King of the Bel-
gians, at Brussels.
Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone have left town
for Longford C Istle, Wilts.
Lord and Lady Brougham have left town for Brougham
Hall.
Lady Arabella Baring has left town for Scotland.
The Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring, M.P., remains in
town until the prorogation of Parliament.
The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma
Stanley, who returned to town on Saturday from visit-
iag Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Goodwood,
left the same day for Knowsley. Lancashire.
Viscount Melville bas left town to resume his mili-
tary command at Edinburgh.
The Earl of Lonsdale, who came to town from Low-
ther Castle early in the week for a few days, has since
left for his country seat, where to-day his lordship, as
Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Ciunberland, will re-
ceive the judges on the circuit—Mr. Baron Platt and
Mr. Justice Crowder—and the leading members of the
bar. The noble earl has a select family circle assembled
at the castle.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have,
durng the past week, entertained a large party at Hat-
field House, Herts, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli. M.P.,
and Mrs. Disraeli, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole,
M.P., and Mrs. Walpole, Lord and Lady Colchester,
Lord Stanley, Lady Cowley, and the Hon. Admiral
Percy, being among the guests. On Wednesday last,
the noble Marquis, as Colonel-Commandant of the South
Herts Militia, entertained the officers of that regiment
in the marble ball at Hatfield. The banquet was served
up in a princely style.
RECENT ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM. Viscount
Boyne, General Pod. ore, Lieut. Col. Clunes, Rev. W.
Dobson and family, Lev. C. Leeson Bingham, Rev. H.
T. Price, Dr. K'r. Dowager Lady Dillon, Hon. Mrs.
Murray, Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster. Col. and
Mrs. Hankev. Cob and Mrs. Abram Smith, Major Cra-
ven, May r Horne, Capt. and Mrs. Foster, Captain and
Mrs. Lee, Dr. and Mrs. Goodman, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Baker, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Blenkin, Rev. W. and Mrs.
Hunter, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Paget, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Waterfall. Departures—Hon, Miss Noel Hill, Hon.
Miss E. Noel Hill, for Shropshire ' • General Clark Ken-
nedy and family, for Harrogate ; Lieut.-Col. and Mrs.
Royds, for Upton House ; Major and Mrs. H. C. Baker
and family, for Brighten ; Major and Mrs. Read, for
Hertfordshire ; Captain Bowen, 69th Regiment, for Kil-
kenny ; Captain Deans, R.N., and family, for thee
Channel Islands ; Captain Russell and family, for the
Isle of Wight.
RECENT ARRIVALS AT HARROGATE.—Amongst the
fashionable arrivals at the Granby Hotel, Harrogate, are
the Right Hon. the Earl of Lauderdale, the Right Hon.
the Lord and Lady Belhaven, the Right Hon. the Lord
and Lady Douglas, Tice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Anthony
Maitland, Bart.,• C. Band, G.C.M.G., the Very Rev.
Sir George Cockburn, Bart., Dean of York, and Lady
C.akhurn, the Hon. Mrs. Hunter, Mr. and Mrs.
Robertson, of Ladykirk, and family ; Waring Maxwell,
Esq., and lady ; Captain Stanley, Shaw, Esq., Mr.
and the Hon. Mrs. Gocdon Duff. Mr. Stocks, Captain
Villiers, R. Wybrants, Esq., and lady ; W. Baird, Eqq.,
lady, and family ; E Johnstone, Esq., Mrs. Johnstone,
and family ; Mrs. Colonel Dickenson. Rev. Julius Shad-
well, R. Brooke, Esq., E. English, Esq., Mrs. and Miss
English •, Rev. H. and Mrs. Walker, C. Skipper, Esq.,
Mrs. and Miss Skipper, &c.
Ma ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—His Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge honoured the performances by
his presence on Saturday night, when among the fashion-
able company present we remarked his Excellency the
Sardinian Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Welling-
ton and Lady Emily Hay, the Duchess of Inverness, the
Duke d'Osuna, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely,
the Earl and Countess of B3sborough, the Earl and
Countess Bruce, the Earl of Hopetoun, the Countess of
Hardwicke and the Ladies Yorke, the Countess of Glen-
gall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Countess of Tanker-
ville, Count Louis Corti, Viscount and Viscountess
Sydney, VisoanntCranbnurne, Viscount and Lady Emily
Dunoarvan, Viscount Exmouth, Lord and Lady Caring-
ton, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady Caroline Maxse
and Misses 11inxse, Lady Shelley, Lady Rachel Russell,
Tasly Ryan, Baron Steinberg, Sir William De Bathe,
Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir Henry Meux, Sir G.
Armytage, Lieut.-General the Hon. H. Cavendish and
Miss Cavendish, Hon. L. Agar Ellis, Hon. W. C. Cust
and Hon. Flora Macdonald, Hon. Frederick and Mrs.
Chichester, Hon. G. Ponsonby, Hon. G. Noel, Hon.
Mrs. D Carleton, Hon. G. Mulles, Hon. Mrs. Douglas,
Hon. Mr. Boyle, Hon. E. Laecelles, Colonel and Mrs.
Watson, Colonel Challoner, Colonel Tyrwhitt, Colonel
B Knox, Captain Bateson, Captain N. Sturt, Captain
Maxse, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. R. M. Milnes, Mr. Craven,
Mr. Vansittart, Mr. N.. Macdonald, Mr. Bligh, &c.
Marvellous things are predicted of the fete which is to
be given at Versailles on the occasion of her Majesty's
visit to Paris. For example, a ball in the most beautiful
saloons of the palace, a grand supper in the salle de
spectacle, a fairy-like illumination in the park, with the
great fountains playing for the first time at night, and
reflecting a thousand colours; promenades with flam-
beaux through the historical galleries, &c.
OYSTER FAIR AT BILLINGSGATE.--On Saturday morn-
ing, according to annual custom, the oyster market was
opened with the customary formalities by Mr. Goldham,
clerk of the market. There was a large supply of Whit-
stable, Colchester, Milton, and Queenborongh Natives,
Old Barleys, Common and China Rocks.
BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL,—The governors have ap-
pointed the Rev. T. Arundell Tagg, of All Saints, Gor-
don-square, to the office of Reader of Christ Church,
Newgate-street, in the room of the Rev. A. K. B. Gran-
ville, incumbent of St. James's, Hatcham, and chaplain
to the Earl of Ripon, resigned.
MADLLE. RACHEL—This eminent trag4dienne has
kindly given her services for a performance at Drury-
lane Theatre, on Thursday next, in aid of the funds of
the French Charitable Association. As she leaves Liver-
pool on Saturday, en route for America, this will be her
last appearance in England. It shows a worthy disin-
terestedness in this great artiste to devote her last efforts,
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