The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

11-1 NEVMINISTE Y.

(From the Court Circular. )

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council this day
at the Castle. At the court the following had audiences
of her Majesty :
Lord St. Leonards, to resign the Great Seal of
England.
The Marquis of Salisbury to resign the Privy Seal.
The Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, to resign the seal
as Secretary of State for the Home Department.
The Earl of Malmesbury, to resign the seal as Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, to resign the
seal as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, to resign the seal
as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Duke of Northumberland, on resigning his office
as First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Right Hon. R. A. Christopher, to resign his
seals of Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of
Lancaster. Mr. Christopher was accompanied by Mr.
Danvers, Clerk of the Council to the Duchy.
Lord Claud Hamilton, to deliver up his wand of
office as Treasurer of her Majesty's Household.
Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock,
which was attended by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, Earl Granville, Lord Cranworth, the Earl of
Aberdeen, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon. W. E. Glad-
stone, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Marquis of Lansdowne.
At the Council Sir William Molesworth, Bart., Sir
John Young, Bart., and Mr. Edward Cardwell, were,
by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's
most honourable Privy Council, and took their places at
the board.

The Right Hon. Granville Earl Granville was de-
clared by the Queen in Council Lord President of the
Privy Council.

Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the cus-
tody of the Great Seal to the Right Hon. Robert Lord
Cranworth, his lordship was sworn into office as Lord
High Chancellor of England.
The Right Hon. Henry Viscount Palmerston was
sworn into office as one of her Majesty's Principal Se-
cretaries of State (Home Department), and received the
seals of office from the Queen.
The Right Hon. Lord John Russell was sworn into
office as one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State (Foreign Department), and received the seals of
office from the Queen.

The Most Noble Henry Duke of Newcastle was sworn
into office as one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State (Colonial Department).

The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone received
the Seal of Chancellor of the Exchequer from the Queen.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell was declared by
the Queen in Council, President of the Committee of
Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations.
Sir William Molesworth kissed hands, on being ap-
pointed Chief Commissioner of Works and Public Build-
ings.

Mr. C. Greville was Clerk of the Council in Waiting.
The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen
before the Privy Council, and kissed hands, on being
appointed First Lord of the Treasury.
Sir James Graham had an audience of her Majesty
after Council, and kissed hands, on being appointed
First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert had an audience of
the Queen, and kissed hands, on being appointed Secre-
tary-at-War.

The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood had an audience
of the Queen, and kissed hands, on being appointed
President of the Board of Control for the affairs of India.
The Right Hori. Sir John Young had an audience of
her Majesty, and kissed hands, on being appointed Chief
Secretary for Ireland.
The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord John Russell
had also audiences of the Queen.

Her Majesty was attended by the Marquis of Exeter,
Lord Chamberlain ; Viscount Hawarden, Lord in
Waiting, and General Berkeley Drummond, Groom in
Waiting.

The whole of the noblemen and gentlemen attending
;he Queen's Court and Council, partook of luncheon at
the Castle.

The Duke of Northumberland, Lord St. Leonards, the
Marquis of Salisbury, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole,
the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Right Hon. R. A.
Christopher, Sir J. Pakington, the Earl of Malmesbury,
and Lord Claud Hamilton, travelled from London to
attend her Majesty's Court, by the Great Western
Railway.

The Earl of Aberdeen, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Cran-
worth, and the other members of the new Administra-
tion, travelled from town by the South-Western Rail-
way, and returned to London by the same route, after
the breaking up of the Privy Council at a quarter past
five o'clock.

( From a 'Supplement to the London Gazette.)

At the Court at Windsor, the 28th day of December,
1852, Present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to
declare the Right Hon. Granville George Earl Gran-
ville Lord President of Her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy
Council, and his Lordship took his place at the Board
accordingly.

This day the Right Hon. Sir William Moleswortb,
Bart., the Right Hon. Sir John Young, Bart., and the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell were by her Majesty's
command sworn of Her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy
Council, and took their respective places at the Board
accordingly.

Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to de.

liver the Great Seal to the Right Hon. Robert Monsey,
Lord Cranworth, whereupon the oath of Lord Chancel-
lor of Great Britain was, by her Majesty's command,
administered to his lordship, and his lordship took his
place at the board accordingly.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Most
Noble Henry Duke of Newcastie, the Right Hon. John
Russell (commonly called Lord John Russell), and the
Right Hon. Henry John Viscount Palmerston, to be
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three of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
they were this day by her Majesty's command, sworn
three of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
accordingly.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 28.

The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince of
Leiningen, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent,
The Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs.
Phipps, Colonel McDouall, Commanding Officer 2d Life
Guards ; and Colonel Wood, Commanding Officer 3rd
Battalion Grenadier Guards.

Her Majesty's private band attended in the evening
and performed the following selection :

Overture, "Egmont"
Finale, Ist Act "Le Pre aux Cleres"
Serenata

... Beethoven.
'... Herold.
... Beethoven.

Selection, Ballet, " Masaniello"

Auber.

The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Prince o
Leiningen, went from Frogmore this morning to Clare.
mont to visit the Countess de Neuilly.

The Rev. Henry Mildred Birch, one of her Majesty's
Chaplains, preached in the Chapel Royal, St. James's
Palace, on Sunday last.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France, accom-
panied by the Countess Walewski, left town on Monday
for Paris, en conge for three weeks. Previous to his
departure his Excellency had an interview with Lord
John Russell.

SUSPECTED Loss OF Two PERTH VESSELS, WITH
THEIR CREWS.—We regret to announce the disappear-
ance, within the last two months, of two vessels belong-
ing to the port of Perth, viz., the Catherine and Ann,
and the Ocean's Bride. The former vessel (a schooner
of 73 tons) belonged to Mr. J. M‘Gilliwie, coal mer-
chant, and was under the command of his son James at
the time of the supposed melancholy occurrence. From
what we have learned of the circumstances, we under-
stand that the Catherine and Ann sailed from a port in
the Baltic in September last, with a cargo of iron
for England, and had proceeded on her homeward
voyage till she was overtaken by a storm off the
coast of Norway, from which she sustained con-
siderable damage, and obliged her to take shelter
in fa port of that country. Arter the gale had
subsided, she rein out to sea, and has not been heard of
since. It is supposed that she must have foundered
after clearing the land, and every one on board to have
gone down with her. The other unfortunate vessel, the
Ocean's Bride, was a brig of 151 tons, belonging to
Messrs. Graham and M‘liay, and was under the charge
of Capt. Thomas. Bruce. In August last she left New-
port in Wales, with a cargo of coals for Valetta, in the
Island of Malta. She arrived there in safety, and after
discharging her cargo, she cleared out for Palermo, in
Sicily, from whence to take on board a cargo of sulphur,
and return to England. The distance between Valetta
and Palermo may be' roughly guessed to be about three
hundred miles, and with average weather, might be
run down in the' course of a week. But notwithstand-
ing all this, neither Capt. Briice nor his brig have yet
arrived at Palermo, and we believe the owners despair
of their safety. —Caledanian'Afercury.