The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Darby, the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Secre-
tairngtyWona, thlP°ele the Earl of Malmesbury, Sir John Pa-
ktington, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of
Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the
Earl of Hardwick°, the Right Hon. J. C. Henries, and
Lord John Manners. The Council sat two hours and
a half.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Eleanor
Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Earl of Verulam,
Lord Colville, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour,
honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence
on Saturday evening.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
backceen on Saturday, Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de
on Saturday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F.
Prince Alfred, the Princesses ' •
at Bucking-
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
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Prince Arthur, t.ll.lidoyaLl'ouis.sAatr,.eieatldto inspect Alice,
took their
exercise in the garden of
usual Buckingham Palace on
Saturday.
Albert honoured Mr.
with a visit on Friday, at his
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f the model of a statue
visit to her Majesty. Peel,
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Southampton at nine o'clock or Manchester.
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arrived at Buckiu
Serene Highness landed at
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Southampton for London at half-past nine
o'clock
and arrived
a quarter past one o'clock. morning,
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The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday
morning in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, and the
Royal Family took their accustomed exercise.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Royal, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court.
and the domestic, household, attended Divine service
yesterday morning in the private chapel in Buckingham
Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
The Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, has left
town for Paris for the Easter holidays.
A dprntation on behalf of tho Circa LumlunDroiusge
Bill had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole on
Saturday at the Home-office. The deputation consisted
of Messrs. W. Rowe, Q.C., J. Sturgeon, John W. Rath-
bone, John Joseph Morewood, George M. Perry, M.P.,
Frederick Hindmarsh, Algernon Warner, Edward
Walmsley, and James Barr.
Sir Roderick Murchison had an interview with Sir
John Pakington on Saturday at the Colonial-office.
Admiral Sir John Ross had an interview with Lord
Colchester at the Board of Trade on Saturday.
A deputation consisting of Mr. Hutt, M.P. Mr. Ni-
cholas Wood, the Hon. Major Cochrane, Mr. Elliot,
Mr. Thomas Miers, and Mr. Griffith Thomas (solicitor),
had an interview with the Right Hon. J. W. Henley and
Lord Colchester on Saturday at the Board of Trade.

Mr. J. C. Cobbold M.P., and a deputation from
Ipswich had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole
on Saturday at the Home-office. Mr. J. G. Smyth, MX..
had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colowal-
office from the Governors of the West India Colowo,
and also from the Governor of Gibraltar.

BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.._Tbe mual
meeting of this society was held last Friday evening, at the
Society's Rooms, 20, Bedford-street, Strand; J. Reynolds,
Esq., treasurer, in the chair. Mr. G. E. Dennes, the secre.
library, including 2,000 species of European plants presented
tarp, announced various donations to the herbarium and
and was presided over by M. Lenormand, The Rev. R. C. Douglas read a paper,
of McLeod, Cl
being "Notes on a monstrosity of Asparagus." The paper
led to some discussion, after which the meeting adjourned
until 7th May.
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EMIGRATION Yawl SKYE.—OII tili3 SUbject a pre-
liminary meeting of a private character WES held on Sa nr-
er by the
M.P.. Mr. uny Mcrher-
its McDonald,inhabitanCts,aliwtaeirne
Stanley Carr, Sir Duncan McDougall, C
Forbes, and many other gentlemen connected aptain Charles
of its
with the High-
present. Mr. Fraser, sheriff
plained the state of the popui • ute of Skye, briefly ex-
:l:nn Earls: At°
or drhSeei rhni uat
efatrneessbtu Freemasonsdr' Y.l:
in °P'f'
i rnt
:hci vLe
e erolvds
necessity which existed for emigration
anon in that island, and the
sure of relief, both for those as a permanent
re-
mainedmea-
behind. He also d who went and those who
had induced the local • drew attention to the reasons which
as the colony to
which
asociatixa to decide upon Australia
These reasons were n their emigrants could best be sent
Carr and other amply corroborated by Captain Stanley
Captain Forbes, speakers, and after some observations from
only measure deprecating
for wholesale emigration as the
relief for destitution in the North, the pro-
ceedings terminated b
com-
mittee to the appointment of a strong
cOncert measures for carrying out the object con.
teraplated,