The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen on Saturday.

A deputation from the city of Glasgow, consisting of
the Lord Provost, Bailie Gourlay, Dr. Strang (chamber-
lain), and Mr. Forbes (town-clerk), had an interview on
Saturday morning with his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, to present an address with reference to the estab-
lishment of a national library and museum of inventions
in that city.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the
Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince Arthur,
the infant prince, left Buckingham Palace at eight mi-
nutes before two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for
Osborne, Isle of Wight. The royal suite consisted of
Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Mary Bulteel, Colonel
the Hon. Charles Grey, Colonel Wylde, the Master of
the Household, and Mr. Gibbs.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted
to their carriage by the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of
Wellington, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Byron, Lord Geo.
Lennox, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Major-General
Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour.
The Queen and the royal party were escorted by a
detachment of Light Dragoons to the Nine-elms station
of the London and South Western Railway, and left by
a special train for Gosport.

OSBORNE, SUNDAY.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
the Royal family, attended by the ladies and gentlemen
in waiting, arrived at Osborne yesterday evening, at 10
minutes before 6 o'clock.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday,
at Gloucester-house.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied by their Serene Highnesses the Princess Adelaide
of Hohenlohe' and the Prince Ernest of Leiningen, and
attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George
Couper, honoured the Royal Italian Opera House with
her presence on Saturday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended
divine service yesterday morning at the Chapel Royal,
St. James's.

His Serene Highness the Prince Ernest of Leiningen
has left Buckingham Palace for the Continent.
A deputation relative to Jamaica, consisting of Sir
H. Lushington, Mr. Dawkins, Mr. J. Carson, Mr. W.
Beckford, Mr. S. Cave, Mr. W. Stirling, Mr. H.
Davidson, Mr. S. Hibbert, and Mr. T. Hankey, jun.,
had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle, on
Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
A deputation on the subject of the Pilotage Bill had
an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, at the
Board of Trade, on Saturday. The deputation con-
sisted of Lord Chelsea, Captain Shepherd, Mr. James
Macgregor, M.P., Mr. Fearon, and Mr. Peter Hardy.
A deputation from St. Nicholas, Deptford, consisting
of Sir Edmund Filmer, M.P. ; Mr. Masters Smith,
M.P. ; Mr. Rolt, M.P. ; Mr. Sanders, M.P. ; and
Messrs. Davis, Fanchon, W. Masten, W. Smith, B.
Roberts, and Tilham, had an interview with Viscount
Palmerston, on Saturday.
Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office on
Saturday, to the Governors of the West India Islands.

THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—The proceedings on the
12th May—the inauguration day of this magnificent un-
dertaking—will be gorgeous in the extreme, no less
that 1,000 performers—vocal and instrumental—usher-
ing in its existence, in the presence of the nobility and
gentry of the United Kingdom. The Lord Lieutenant
and the Countess of St. Germans, and the Knights of
the Order of St. Patrick, her Majesty's Cabinet Minis-
ters, the Foreign Ambassadors, and the' municipal au-
thorities of all the principal cities and towns in Great
Britain, will take part in the interesting ceremony ; and
judging from the general interest all classes take in the
success of the Exhibition, there can be no doubt what-
ever but that the undertaking will be crowned with the
most signal success.
CABINET COUNCIL.—On Saturday afternoon, in com-
pliance with summonses issued on the previous morning
to all the members of the Cabinet, there was a Council
at the Foreign Office. At two o'clock, the hour ap-
pointed, the Ministers began to assemble ; the following
attended :—The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl Granville,
the Duke of Argyle, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of
Clarendon, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right
Hon. Sir 'James Graham, Viscount Palmerston, the
Merquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Sir W.
Molesworth, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The
Lord Chancellor subsequently joined his. colleagues.
The Cabinet Ministers remained in deliberation till after
five o'clock.
DEPARTURE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN
MAILS.—On Saturday about noon the British and North
American Royal Mail steam-ship, Cambria, Captain
Lang, sailed from the Mersey for Boston and Halifax,
with the usual mails for the United States and British
possessions in North America, 103 passengers, and a
large and valuable cargo of merchandise on freight. Her
mails were carried out in charge of Lieutenant Boys,
R.N., Admiralty agent.
ARRIVAL FROM AUSTRALIA.—The ship Kate„ 904 tons
register, Captain Graves, from Sydney, Feb. 12, arrived
at Plymounth on Sunday evening. She has over 26,000
ounces of gold dust, and 45 passengers, four of whom—
viz., Mr. and Mrs. Harley, Mr. Babbage, and Mr. Leye,
landed here. The Kate is laden with wool, tallow, and
hides. She came round the Horn, experienced strong
contrary winds, has not touched at any port, and has
been 108 days on the passage.
LETTERS FOR THE ARCTIC SHlPS.—Letters for offi-
cers, seamen, and marines serving in the arctic ships
will be in time for her Majesty's ship Phcenix if sent to
the Admiralty before the 9th of May.
SYDENHAM.—The Conservative Land Society have
purchased an estate within sight of the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham, close to the Forest-hill station, and a short
distance from Lewisham.—The Builder.
THE ISLE OF WIGHT SAVINGS-BANK.—NEWPORT,
ISLE OF WIGHT, April 30.—William Wheeler Yelf, the
late actuary and manager of the Isle of Wight Savings-
bank, underwent a final examination yesterday before
the magistrates of this borough upon several charges of
forgery and embezzlement, by which he had succeeded
in defrauding the bank of upwards of 8,0001. Mr.
Eldridge asked for a committal on the case of forgery
and embezzlement. He would be prepared with other
cases equally strong to bring forward at the prisoner's
trial at Winchester. The prisoner offered no answer to
the several charges. The bench then informed him that
he stood committed for trial on three distinct cases of
forgery; and for etealiug 20t, the motleys of the trustees, b