The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-22 00:00:00

COV.BT CIRCULA,R-

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
Before the Council, the Earl of Aberdeen had an au-
dience of her Majesty.
Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen, and
received the seals of office as Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
The Lord President had an audience of the Queen.
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy
Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, Lord John Rus-
sell, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial
Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the
Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham-
berlain, and the Master of the Horse.
The Right Hon. George Earl of Clarendon, Knight of
the Most Noble Order of the Garter, was sworn one of
her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (Foreign
Affairs).

The Right Hon. Stapleton Viscount Combermere,
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, took the
oaths as Constable of the Tower of London.
The Hon. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Council
in waiting.

The Earl of Clarendon bad an audience of the Queen,
and received froht her Majesty his seals of office, as Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Sir James Graham had an audience of her Majesty.
The Queen was attended by the Treasurer of the
Household, the Vice-Chamberlain the Comptroller of
the Household, the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., Gold
Stick in Waiting ; Lord Elphinstone, G.C.H., Lord in
Waiting ; and Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Flora
Macdonald, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Alfred Paget, and
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the
Lyceum Theatre with their presence last evening.

The Education Committee of the Queen's most Hon.
Privy Council held a meeting yesterday at the Privy
Council Office. Present--The Lord President, the Earl
of Aberdeen, the Duke of Argyll, Lord John Russell,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert.
A deputation on the subject of the Great Grimsby
Improvement Bill, had an interview with Sir William
Molesworth yesterday, at the Office of Works and
Public Buildings, in Whitehall-place. The deputation
consisted of the Earl of Yarborough, Xi. Heneage,
M.P., Mr. Rendel, Mr. Babb (town clerk of Grimsby),
Mr. Radford, and Mr. Charles Parkes.
A deputation on the subject of the Health of Towns
Bill, consisting of Mr. Edmund Thomson (Mayor of
Clitheroe), and Mr. Edward Hodgson, of Clitheroe, had
an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday.
The deputation was introduced by Mr. M. Wilson,
M.P. for Clitheroe.

Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Down-
ing-street. _ .

-A. deputation from Bermondsey, on the subject of the
Bermondsey Regulation Act, had an interview with Sir
William Molesworth yesterday, at the Office of Works
and Public Buildings. The deputation consisted of Dr.
Chalin, Mr. W. Lucy (churchwarden) Mr. W. Ramsey
(chairman of the Board of Guardians), Mr. J. Harris
(sidesman), Mr. T. Crisp, Mr. J. Coleman, Mr. J. Cox,
Mr. H. Elkington, and Mr. B. Drew (vestry clerk).