The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an open
carriage and four yesterday afternoon. The Equerries
in Waiting, Major-General Bouverie and Captain Du
Plat, attended on horseback.
Major-General Vivian had an audience of the Queen
yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and was presented
to her Majesty by Lord Panmure, Secretary of State
for War. . .

General Cannon was presented to the Queen at an
audience by Lord Panmure,
Lord Panmure had an audience of her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback
in the forenoon, attended by his Equerry in Waiting.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester
last evening at Glocester-house. The Royal suite con-
sisted of the Viscountess Canning, Major-General Bou-
verie, And Captain Du Plat.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary also visited the Duchess of
Gloucest,-r.

Major-General Bouverie and Captain Da Plat have
relieved Lord Alfred Paget and Captiin the Hon. de
Roe in their duties as the Equerries in Waiting to the
Queen and the Prince.
, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir
G. Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence-house, St.
James's, yesterday morning from Frovnore-house.
The Committee of Privy Council for Education sat
yesterday at the Council-office. Present—EArl Gran-
ville, Lord President, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and Viscount Canning.

CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at
the Foreign•office, Downing-street, at two o'clock yes-
terday afternoon. The Ministers present were—Vis-
ccunt Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G.
Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir Wm.
Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. Lord Panmure
joined his colleagues at half•past three o'clock, from
attending the Queen, at Buckingham Palace. The
Council sat two hours.

ROYAL VISIT TO CHATHAIL—Great preparations are
being made at the Strood terminus of the North Kent
Railway, and several workmen are engaged making
considerable alterations, in consequence of information
the railway authorities have received that it is the inten-
tion of her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, with
Prince Albert, and other noble personages, to pay a visit
to Chatham. The Royal party will leave London on
Saturday morning, by railway, from London-Lridge
station.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess Walewska entertained at dinner, last even-
ing, at the residence of the French Embassy, Albert-
gate House, his Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of
Nassau, and a distinguished party.
We regret to learn that the Duke of Richmond is
confined to his residence at Brighton by an attack of
gout.
THE RECTORSHIP OF ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY.—Mr.
Layard has been elected Lord Rector of the Aberdeen
University, by a majority of three out of the four nations
over Colonel Sykes.
A meeting of the Oxford University Commission was
hold at No. 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on
Wednesday. The commissioners present were—the Earl
of Ellesmere, chairman, the Dean of Wells, and Sir J.
W. Awdry, with the secretaries, Mr. Gold win Smith
and the Rev. S. W. Wayte.
The accounts received yesterday by the St. John del
Rey Mining Company from Brazil are stated to show a
profit for the month of November of 3,260/., from 6,936
tens of ore.

The Australian Mining Company have notified that
they have obtained a charter of incorporation with
limited liability.
Advices from Quebec mention that the firm of Le
Mesurier, Tilstone, and Co., an old and large house in
the produce and timber trade, have resumed payment,
and that the event has produced a very favourable im-
pression. The business of their connections at Mon-
treal and upon the Ottawa had not from the first suf-
fered any interruption.