The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

The Queen gave the following most gracious answer :
" I thank you for your loyal and dutiful address, and I
receive with heartfelt satisfaction the renewed assurance
of your sympathy in all that conduces to my domestic
happiness."
The Lord Mayor, Mr. Edward Wilson, the mover of
the address, and Mr. Thomas Jeffries Holt, the seconder,
had the honour to kiss hands, and the deputation
retired.
The Archbishop of York had an audience, and pre-
sented to the Queen an address from certain members of
the convocation of York.
The Right Rev. Dr. Jackson had an audience of her
Majesty in the royal closet, and did homage on being
appointed Bishop of Lincoln. Viscount Palmerston,
principal Secretary of State for the Home Department,
and the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, deputy clerk of
the closet in waiting, assisted at the ceremony.
The Lieutenant of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard
of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms had an audience
of the Queen, and kissed hands on appointment to the
Lieutenancy, and received from her Majesty his silver
stick of office. The Lieutenant was presented to the
Queen by Lord Foley, the Captain of the corps.
Mr. Joseph Skip Lloyd had an audience of the Queen,
in the royal closet, on being appointed Clerk of the
Cheque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and
received from her Majesty his silver stick of office. Mr.
Lloyd was presented by Lord Foley.
The court was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland,
Mistress of the Robes ; the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady
in Waiting; the Duke of Norfolk, K.G. ; Lord Steward;
the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chamberlain ;
Lord Foley, Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-
at-Arms ; Viscount Sidney, Captain of the Yeomen of
the Guard ; the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., Gold Stick
in Waiting ; the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of
the Household ; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Cham-
berlain ; Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the
Household ; Earl Somers, Lord in Waiting ;
Lord L George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to
Prince Albert ; Lieut.-General Sir Edward Bowater,
Groom in Waiting ; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour,
Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Lieut.-Colonel
Popham, the Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms ; Colonel Bouverie, Silver Stick in Waiting;
Lord Charles Fitzroy, Equerry in Waiting ; Captain
the Hon. Dudley De Ros, Equerry in Waiting to Prince
Albert ; Major Harmar, Standard Bearer of the Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Colonel Fludyer (Grena-
dier
Guards), Field Officer in Brigade Waiting ; Mr.
Joseph Skip Lloyd, Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant
of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen Arms ; Captain Sir
John Kincaid, Exon in Waiting of the Yeomen of the
Guard ; Mr. H. Greville and Mr. C. Heneage, Gentle-
men Ushers in Waiting ; and Messrs. George Gordon
Macpherson and Charles Edmund Phipps, Pages of
Honour in Waiting.
The Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms were on duty,
under the command of the Lieutenant. The sub-officers,
Lieutenant Colonel Nevill and Major Cook, were also
on duty.

The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Palace,
under the command of the Exon in Waiting.
A Guard of Honour from the 3d battalion of Grena-
dier Guards was on duty in front of the Palace, with
the band of the regiment.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Saturday
morning, attended by Captain Hon. Dudley De Ros. In
the evening his Royal Highness, attended by Colonel
the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Lord
George Lennox, and Lieutenant-Colonel F. Seymour,
and Captain the Hon. Dudley De Ros, went to the
Trinity-house on Tower-hill, and dined with the Elder
Brethren of the Trinity-house, of which Corporation his
Royal Highness is Master. •
The Queen, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn, the
Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald,
Earl Somers, and Lord Charles Fitzroy, honoured the
Royal Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday
evening.
The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and
the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yesterday
morning, in the Private Chapel of Buckingham-palace.
The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
The ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the domestic
household also attended the Service.
The Duchesss of Kent, accompanied by the Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Lord James
Murray, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her
presence on Saturday evening.
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Orleans
visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence,
Clarence-house, St. James's.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Cam-
bridge yesterday, at her residence, in St. James's Palace.
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deputation, headed by the Right Hon. T. B. Ma-
caulay, the Lord Advocate, and Sir Wm. Gibson Craig,
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Satur-
day at his official residence in Downing-street.
Lieut.-Colonel Sleigh had an interview with the Duke
of Newcastle at the Colonial-office on Saturday.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on Sa-
turday from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, and
Malta.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afte.rnoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The ministers
sent were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John pre-
ell, the
Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville Russ
, the Duke of Argyll,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Clarendon, the
Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. Vis-
count Palmerston joined his colleegues after attending
the Queen's Court. The Council sat three hours and a
half.
THE DUKE or GENOA.—After the return of the Duke
of Genoa from Woolwich on Saturday, his Royal High-
ness was entertained by Viscount and 'Viscountess Pal-
merston at dinner, at their mansion in Carlton Gardens.
The following distinguished company had the honour of
meeting his Royal Highness :—His Excellency the
French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski ; hiso
Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Duchesss
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The Lord M or arrived at the Palace at five min
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past three o'clock, in procession from the city of Lon-
don, in his state coach drawn by six greys, and was
attended by his Chaplain, the Sword-bearer, and the
Mace-bearer. His lordship was accompanied by the
Aldermen, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex
(Messrs. Carter and Croll), Common Councillors, and a
number of officers of the Corporation.
The aldermen present were Sir Peter Laurie, Hunter,
Cubitt, Moon, Finnis, and Sir James Duke.
Among the members of the Common Council were—
Mr. Deputy Cork, Messrs. T. Cotterell, John Wood,
Barnard, Harker, H. L. Taylor, Lambe, Hogg, Evans,
W. Simpson, T. B. Simpson, C. Whetham, Fuller,
Valiance, Knott, Low, 'Pewtress, Langbourne, Mil-
lard, Lloyd, J. Hoppe, Roberts, Rathbone, Randall,
Perkins' Webster, Bache, D. Nicoll, Sully, Deputy
Bedford, Butler, and Williams.
The officer's: of the Corporation present were—The
IRecorder, the Remembrancer, the Comptroller, Secon-
dary Potter,The Bridge Comptroller, the Water Bailiff,
the Tout Clerk, and Mr. Temple, keeper of the
Guildhall:
At three o'clock the Lord Mayor and the deputation
were ushered from the library to the throne room by
Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting.
Her Majesty was seated on the throne, Prince Albert
being by her side - the ladies in waiting and officers of
the royal household occupying their usual stations on
either side of the sovereign. Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for the
Home Department, stood near her Majesty.
The Lord Mayor and aldermen advanced, when the
' Recorder read an address of congratulation on the birth
of a prince from the Court of Aldermen. The Queen
returned the, following most gracious answer ?
"I thank 'you very sincerely for your loyal and dutiful
address, and for the affectionate interest which you have
expressed in my domestic happiness. I have the most en-
tire reliance on the loyalty and attachment of the City of
London. It is at all times my earnest endeavour to main-
tain and strengthen the free institutions which this
country has long enjoyed, and which afford the best gua-
rantee for the welfare of all classes of my subjects."
The Lord Mayor, kneeling, received a copy of her
answer from the Queen, and dlivered it to the City Re-
membrancer.
Sir Peter Laurie, the mover of the address, and Al-
derman Hunter, had the honour of kissing hands.
This deputation having retired, to form part in the
presentation of the address from the Lord
Mayor, Al-
dermen,
and Commons of the City of London, in Com-
mon Council assembled, the whole body advanced,
headed by the Lord Mayor, the Recorder being on his
right. The Recorder read the address, congratulating
the Queen on the auspicious event f the birth of a
prince. Her Majesty returned the following most gra-
cious reply :
" I have received your dutiful and affectionate address
with feelings of the greatest satisfaction. I fully appre-
ciate the loyalty of the citizens of London and their warm
attachment to the free institutions of this country. The
welfare of my people engages my constant attention, and I
derive my greatest gratification from the assurance that
they are happy and contented."
A copy of the Queen's answer was again delivered to
the Lerd Mayor,
Mr. Deputy Cork, the mover, and Mr. Thomas Cot-
terell (late sheriff), the seconder of the address, were
presented, and kissed hands.
The corporation then withdrew.
The following Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the
City of London, Mr. James Bentley, Mr. Arthur Wal-
ford, Mr. Donald Nicoll, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Edward
Wilson, Mr. Thomas Jeffries Holt, Mr. J. 0. Hanson
Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Sykes, F.R.S., Major J. A.
Moore, Mr. Toker, Mr. Hookey, Mr. Jeremiah Evans,
Mr. John Humphrey, Mr. Deputy Lake, Mr. Somes,
Mr. J. Kinnersley Hooper, Mr. William Lawrence,
Mr. Charles Alliston, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Bedford, Mr.
James Harford, Mr. Robert Obbard and Mr. Charles
John Baker, headed by the Lord Mayor, and attended
by Mr. Henley Smith, clerk and treasurer, then ad-
vanced to the presence of the Sovereign, the Lord' Mayor
reading their address of congratulation on the birth of a
prince.