The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena, and the
Princess Louisa, arrived at Buckingham Palace yester-
day afternoon from Osborne, Isle of Wight.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, attended by the
Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Colonel
the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Bouverie, Lieut.-Colo-
nel F. H. Seymour, and the Master of the Household,
left Osborne at 10 minutes before 10 o'clock in the royal
yacht Fairy, and crossed to Gosport, where a special
train was in readiness to convey the royal party to town.
On arriving at the Vauxhall Station of the South-
Western Railway, the Queen and Prince, with the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Helena
and Louisa, and the royal suite, entered four of the
Queen's carriages, and, escorted by a detachment of the
17th Lancers, arrived at the Palace at 25 minutes to 2
o'clock.

The Queen and Prince were received, on alighting
from their carriage, by the Countess of Gainsborougb,
Lady-in-Waiting, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon.
Matilda Paget, Maid of Honour in Waiting ; the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Marquis of
Ormonde, Lord-in-Waiting ; Lord George Lennox,
Lord-in-Waiting to Prince Albert ; Lieut.-Colonel the
Hon. N. Hood, Groom-in-Waiting ; Colonel Grey,
Equerry-in-Waiting ; and Captain the Hon. Dudley de
Ros, Equerry-in-Waiting to Prince Albert.
Prince Ernest of Leiningen arrived at Osborne on
Monday, and accompanied her Majesty and Prince
Albert in the Fairy, yesterday morning, to Portsmouth.
The Princess Royal and Princess Alice remain at
Osborne, attended by Colonel Wylde.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Hon. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Mary Seymour, the
Marquis of Ormonnde, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain
the Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the Royal Italian
Opera with their presence last evening.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. John Wood, Mr.
Thomas Henry Hall, Mr. Deputy Harrison, the Re-
corder, and the City Remembrancer, had an interview
with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street. Viscount Palmerston was
also present at the interview.
A finance committee of the Royal Commission for the
Exhibition of 1851 was held at the Privy Council-office
yesterday. There were present Earl Granville (chair-
man), Lord Overstone, Sir A. Spearman, Bart., Sir W.
Cubitt, and Mr. Edgar Bowring (secretary). Captain
Owen, R.E., also attended.

DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN FROM
OSBORNE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 2.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and two of the
younger branches of the royal family, came over to the
port to-day, en route to town. The royal party left
Osborne a little before 11 o'clock, and embarked at
East Cowes soon after, on board the Fairy, Master Com-
mander Welch, Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence
G.C.H., being on board. In a few minutes afterwards
the yacht was under weigh, having the royal standard
floating at her main, the union jack at the fore, and the
Admiralty flag at the mizen.
In anticipation of her Majesty's crossing, the whole of
the ships comprising the fleet at Spithead, together with
those in harbour, dressed in colours at an early hour in
the morning, whilst the Royal standard was hoisted at
the Government establishments. As the royal yacht
Fairy approached the fleet a royal general salute was
fired by the flag-ship Prince Regent, 90, Capt. Hutton,
which was immediately taken up by the whole fleet,
comprising 18 men-of-war of various sizes. A very
heavy cannonade was the result, which must have been
heard many miles inland. The ships also manned yards,
the seamen being dressed in blue jackets and white
trousers. The Fairy passed by the fleet, and as she ap-
proached the platform battery another royal salute was
fired by the garrison, which was taken up by the Vic-
tory and Neptune, 120, in harbour. At 5 minutes to 12,
the Fairy entered the harbour, and was soon alongside
the Clarence-yard Jetty.
At Clarence-yard, the following officials were present
to receive her Majesty :—Admiral-Superintendent Fan-
shawe, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief in the absence of
Vice-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, K.C.B. ; Major-General
Simpson, Lieutenant-Governor ; Colonel Commandant
Menzies, K. 11., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen ; Captain
Courtney, Superintendent of Clarence-yard ; John
Davies, Esq., Master Attendant ; Joseph Pinhorn, Esq.,
Storekeeper ; Mills, Esq., Director of the South-
Western Railway Company ; Mr. Beattie, Locomotive
Superintendent ; Mr. Scott, Traffic Manager • Mr.
Godson, Superintendent ; and Mr. Stevens, of the Gos-
port Railway Terminus. A guard of honour was in
attendance from the Royal Marines, with the band of
that corps, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Childs.
Her Majesty having landed, proceeded to the royal
train, which immediately started for its destination.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children, ap-
peared in good health,

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

A correspondent writes from Paris that " there
is nothing of striking interest in the Paris journals
on the Eastern question, neither is there anything
very new in the information which they give us on
the subject. The statement of the Morning Post
seems to be received by them as positive, and the
inference which they draw from it is, that the Bri-
tish and French Governments will insist on the
immediate evacuation of the Principalities. The
general impression appears to be that this sort of
ultimatum on the part of England and France will
not be rejected by Russia ; but if the account from
Constantinople of the Hospodar of Moldavia having
put an end to his relations with the Porte, and
having thus virtually refused to recognise any
longer the suzerainty of the Sultan, be true, a,
new and important phasis of the question presents
itself ; for the invasion of the Principalities by
Russia will not in that case have been a mere
temporary occupation, but will have had the
effect of depriving ;he Sultan of a portion of
his territory to add it, at no distant period, to
the dominions of the Emperor of Russia, as it
is certain that Moldavia cannot exist long in a
state of independence. There can be no doubt
that the Hospodar of Moldavia has a right to
say to Turkey—" By treaty you are bound to pro-
tect me ; the protection which you promised was
the condition on which I recognised your suzerainty.
But you leave me without protection against an
invading army, and therefore I cease to be your
vassal." This would be very good reasoning under
ordinary circumstances, and even at present we do
not see what other reply the Sultan could make to
it than that he was unable to give the promised
protection, because the Great Powers who had
pledged themselves to cause the integrity of his
empire to be respected, had refused to enable him
to drive the Russians out of the principalities. It
must be evident, however, if what is reported of
the Hospodar of Moldavia be true, that this rejec-
tion of the suzerainty of the Porte has been effected
by the influence of Russia, and that the evacuation
of the principality will not in this case have the
effect of restoring to the Porte the portion of the
• territory thus detached. France and England,
which have tolerated the occupation of the princi-
palities by Russia, will feel themselves bound to
repair the consequences of that occupation by
enabling the Sultan to place things on the former
footing, and whatever expense this may be attended
with must, of course, be chargeable on Russia, for
without the Russian invasion this new state of
things would not have happened.
The Prefect of the Basses Pyrenees has been of-
ficially informed that the journey of the Emperor
and Empress to Pau has been postponed, and will
not take place this season.
Letters from Brest of the 29th ult. state that a
certain activity is displayed in the arming of
vessels. The Duguesclin man-of-war and the Pro-
serpine frigate have arrived in the port, and the
Armide frigate, towed by the Souffluer, left the
port on the morning of the 29th. Rear-Admiral
Charner was to hoist his flag on board the Hercule.
The French Government have instructed their
Consul-General at Bucharest to remove his flag.
The Prefect of Police has, in consequence of the
discovery of the conspiracies formed to attempt the
life of the Emperor at the Hippodrome and the
Opera Comique, adopted a regulation which will
render the sojourn of improper characters in Paris
more difficult. He has published an ordonnance
commanding that all servants residing in Paris
shall, within three months, under the penalty of
imprisonment, provide themselves with a /ivret at
the Prefecture of Police. Any servant not provided
with such a livret or certificate shall be expelled
from Paris, after an imprisonment of from eight
days to three months.
A reaction took place at the Bourse yesterday, and
public securities have somewhat recovered from the
fall they experienced on Monday, closing steadily.
The Three per Cents. for cash have regained 20c.,
and for the account, 15c. ; the Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. for cash, 25c., and for the account the
whole of the amount of the fall on that day, 10c.
Bank Stock has not participated in this improve-
ment, but has further given way 10f. The last
quoted prices are—For cash : Three per Cents.,
78f. 55c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c.
For the account : Three per Cents., 78f. 55c. ;
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f. 50c. ; Bank
Stock, 2,830 f. Northerns, 872 f. 25c ; Paris and
Orleans, 1,167 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 933 f.
75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 934 f. ; Paris and Rouen,
1,114 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 760 f.
50c. ; Western of France, 740 f. ; Rouen. and
Havre, 503 f.