The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday
afternoon at Buckingham-palace.
At the Court the Donna Anna of Portugal, Great Aunt
of the King of Portugal, was presented to her Majesty
at an audience, by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., the
Queen's Principal Secrectary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Her Royal Highness was conducted by Major-General
the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's
Master of the Ceremonies, and was attended by the
Count de Lavradio, the Portuguese Minister.
The Privy Council was attended by Prince Albert,
Earl Granville, Lord President • Lord Cranworth, Lord
Chancellor ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the
Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., First Lord of the Treasury ;
Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G.,
the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of
State for War and the Colonies ' the Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir James
Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty; the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Secretary-at-War ; Sir William Moles-
worth, First Commissioner of Public Works ; the Right
S. Lushington, D.C.L., Judge of the Admiralty Court ;
the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chamberlain ;
and thelMarquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of the Stole
to the Prince.
At the council a proclamation was ordered to be issued
respecting prizes of war, and Orders in Council were
passed giving directions and instructions to her Majesty's
Courts of Admiralty.
The Queen having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. William Earl of Craven to be Lord-Lieutenant of
the county of Warwick, his lordship took the customary
oaths.
Mr. C. Greville was the clerk of the council in waiting.
Her Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon,
the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran-
ville, the Duke of Newcastle, and Sir James Graham.
The court was attended by the Earl of Mulgrave,
Treasurer of the Household; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-
Chamberlain ; Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the
Household ; Lord Byron, Lord-in-Waiting ; and Mr. R.
Ormsby Gore, Groom-in-Waiting.
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
rode on horseback, attended by Captain the Hon.
Dudley de Ros.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last
evening included the Duchess of Kent, the Belgian Mi-
nister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon, Lady Fanny Howard, the Ba-
roness de Speth, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Her-
bert, Brigadier-General the Hon. J. Y. Scarlett, and
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker.
The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance
in the palace during dinner, and performed the following
compositions :
Selection—" Guido et Genevan
Halevy.
March—" Turque"
Los Echo du Mont Blanc J ullien.
Fantasia—" Robert le Diable"
Polka—" Passion Flower"
Pas Redouble—" Le Lion et L'Aigle" Bright.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Henry Ashworth,
M.P. (Manchester Chamber of Commerce), Sir Elkanah
Armitage, Mr. Ald. Pilling, Mr. Ald. Bancroft, the
Town Clerk of Manchester, and Mr. Drake, Solicitor to
the Birkenhead Dock Trustees, with Mr. Bright, M.P.,
Mr. Kershaw, M.P., and Mr. Geach, M.P., had an in-
terview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at
the Board of Trade.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester-
day from the Governors of South Australia, New Zea-
land, and the North American provinces.

The Rev. Mr. Perowne, M.A., has been appointed
by the council of King's College to the new professor-
ship in English history, and to the lectureship of modern
history, without public competition.
Benedetto Negri, once a distinguished professor of
singing, expired on the 24th instant, in his 71st year,
being born at Turin on the sth of January, 1784.
Viscount Doneraile died at his family seat, Doneraile,
county of Cork, on the 27th inst. He is succeeded by
his only son, Hayes, now fifth viscount, married in 1851
to Miss Lenox Conyngham, by whom he has issue one
daughter. The deceased viscount was one of the repre-
sentative peers for Ireland.

THE WAGES MOVEMENT.—THE PRESTON ARRESTS.—
Last night a public meeting of the operatives of the
metropolis was held in St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre,
to protest against the recent arrest of Mr. Cowell and
the other leaders of the locked-out workmen at Pres-
ston, and to take measures for their defence and vindi-
cation. The room was literally crowded to excess. The
chair was taken by Mr. W. Coningham, barrister-at-
law, the late candidate for Westminster. Mr. Cowell,
Mr. Newton. and others, addressed the meeting, and a
series of resolutions were passed in favour of the opera-
tives and their leaders, and pledging the meeting to
support them,