The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 27.
Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock
this afternoon. Present—Prince Albert, Lord Cran-
worth, the Lord Chancellor ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord
Privy Seal ; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the
Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the
Colonies ; Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Ad-
miralty ; Earl Granville, Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the
Horse ; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain
(officiating for the Lord Chamberlain).
At the Council, a proclamation was ordered to be
issued summoning Parliament to meet on the 12th of
December for the despatch of business.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
waiting.
The Queen gave audience to the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir
James Graham, and Sir George Grey.
Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Listowel and
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stovin, the Lord and
Groom in Waiting.
The Duke of Argyll and Sir George Grey remained at
the Castle, having been invited.
The Queen, with the Prince of Wales, walked in the
Home Park this morning.
Prince Albert went out shooting.
rho Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke
of Argyll, Sir James Graham, Sir George Grey, Earl
Granville, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Mr. C. Greville
travelled from London to attend the Privy Council by a
special train on tho Great Western Railway.
After the Council the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James
Graham, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Lord E.
Bruce, and Mr. C. Greville left the Castle at half-past
four o'clock and returned to town by a special train.

The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for the
Grange, on a visit to Lord Ashburton.
Despatches from the Governor of Canada were re•
ceived yesterday at the Colonial office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday in the Council Chamber Present the Lord
Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court,
and Sir J. Patteson. An appeal from the Isle of Mats,
" Birnie v. Caystile," was commenced.

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Lord and Lady Palmerston, accompanied by their
Excellencies Lord and Lady Cowley, dined on Friday
with M. de Morny.
The Duke of Buccleuch'a second son, Lord Walter
Montagu Scott, is on the eve of returning from India to
England, having exchanged into the 15th Hussars, now
on home service.
Frances Marchioness of Londonderry has left folder-
nesse House for Wynyard Park. Lord Adolphus Vane
Tempest, M.P., arrived at Constantinople, oa the 16th
instant, with his detachment of the Scots Fusilier Guards,
in the Queen of the South, en route for the seat of war.
The Earl and Countess Vane are now staying at their
seat. Machyilleth, Wales.
The Marchioness of Hastings and family have returned
from visiting the Earl of Enniskillen and the Marquis
of Ely, to Carton, the seat of the Duke of Loinster.
The Earl of Powis arrived in town, on Saturday, from
Powis Castle, near \Velehpool. The Countess and the
Ladies Herbert are staying at Powis Castle.
Lord mid Lady Foley have arrived in Grosvenor.
square, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk,
at Arundel Castle.
LIEUT.-GENERAL BROWN.—A letter received from
that gallant officer states that he is gradually improving
—that he feels his wound to be but slight, and that Le
believed he should be able to resume duty im m ediately.
BERLIN, Nov. 15.—Lord Minkellin, having been li-
berated by the Emperor of Russia, is expected to arrive
here this evening, on his way to England.
The departures from the port of London for the Aus-
tralian colonies during the past week have comprised
eight vessels—two to Sydney, with an aggregate bur-
den of 1,721 tons ; two to Adelaide, with an
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burden of 1,085 tons ; two to Port-Philip, with au ag-
gregate burden of 618 tons ; one to Hobart Town, of
735 tons ; and one to Launceston, of 415 tons. Their
total capacity was consequently 4,001 WI. Tho rates
of freight exhibit no recovery,