The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, JAN, 17.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon.
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse also walked and drove
,a the grounds.

SUNDAY.

The Bishop of Worcester arrival at Osborne yesterday.
The Queen, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, attended
Divine service at Osborne this morning.

The Bishop of Worcester officiated.

A deputation from Ashton •under-Lyn^, consisting of
Mr. Pennington, Mr. Schofield, Mr. Gill, and Mr. Clough,
had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson,
M.P., on Saturday, at the Board of Trade, and laid before
him the testimonial signed by 1,140 persons, the workpeople
of Mr. J. Whittaker, cotton manufacturer of Ashton-under-
Lyne, presented by them to that gentleman in acknowledg-
ment of the liberality and kindness shown to them by him
during the present distress.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Canada,
the Bahamas, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Mends.

THE PRINCE OF WALES.—The following letter
has been received by the President of the Orphan
Working School, in reply to a communication sent by the
committee of that charity :—" Buckingham Palace, Dec.
26, 1862. Sir,—l have had the honour to lay before his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales your letter of the
16th inst., requesting his Royal Highness to become the
patron of the Orphan Working Sckool,and I am commanded
to express to you the gratification with which his Royal
Highness grants hisname as patron of this excellent charity.
—I have the honour to be sir, your obedient servant
(signed), W. KNOLLYS, Lieutenant-General—J. Reming-
ton Mills, Esq,"
THE NORWICH MAGISTRATES AND THE PRINCE
OF WALES.—The following acknowledgment has
been made by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
through General Knollys, to the address moved by the
High Sheriff, and adopted unanimously by the magistrates
assembled in the Shirehall at Norwich on the Bth inst., on
the occasion of the county quarter sessions " Sandring-
ham, Jan. 12, 1863.—Sir,—I am directed by his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales to acknowledge the receipt
of the address of the magistrates of the county of Norfolk
(moved by the High Sheriff), expressive of their gratifica-
tion at his Royal Highness having come to reside in their
county, and at the prospect of his repeated visits to it. His
Royal Highness has desired me to convey to the bench of
magistrates, of which you are the chairman, his warm thanks
for their address, and for the terms in which it is couched.
He is persuaded of the loyalty a^4l devotion of the county
of Norfolk towards her Majesty, and of its affectionate feel-
ings towards himself and the other members of the royal
family, and his Royal Highness looks forward with a sin-
cere pleasure to the opportunities which his acquisition of
property in the county will afford him of becoming ac-
quainted with all classes of its inhabitants.—l have the
honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, H. KNOLLYS.
—Sir Willoughby Jones, chairman of the quarter sessions.

Since her Majesty's departure from Windsor
Castle a suite of rooms in the Lancaster Tower has
been elegantly fitted up for the reception of their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Hesse. For the
accommodation of her Royal Highness the Princess Alex-
andra a suite of rooms in Edward the Third's Tower, for-
merly callel the Devil's Tower, is being prepared. The
walls have been redecorated with silk drapery, the doors
and cushions reiilded, and gates replaced, which are
taken out when these apartments are open to the public.—
Court Journal.

The Duke and Duchess of Roxhurghe have ar-
rived at the Clarendon Hotel from Broxmouth Park.

His Highness Prince Dolgorouky has arrived at
Long's Hotel.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli has issued cards of
invitation for a parliamentary dinner for Wednesday, the
4th of February, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate.
THE MlNlSTRY.—Viscount Palmerston remains
at his seat, Broadlands, Hants, where his lordship
received a visit yesterday (Saturday) from his colleague,
Lord Granville. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will ar-
rive in town to-morrow from Hawarden Castle. Mr. M.
Gibson arrived in London yesterday. Sir G. Grey, the Right
Hou. C. P. Villiers, and the Lord Chancellor have been
residing in the metropolis during the week. The Duke of
Newcastle is expected to arrive in town on Tuesday from
his seat, Clumber-park, Notts. Sir Charles Wood and all
the other members of the Cabinet are expected in London in
the course of a few days. Earl Granville, Lord President
of the Privy Council, will give a grand parliamentary din-
ner as ministerial leader in the House of Peers on Wednes-
day, February 4, at his residence in Bruton •street.--
Observer.