The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

THE PRIVY COUNCIL,

The Queen held a Privy Council and Court at one
o'clock yesterday afternoon at her Majesty's marine
residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight.
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne
(Lord President), the Earl of Minto (Lord Privy
Seal),• Lord John Russell (First Lord of the Trea-
sury), Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the
Home Department), Viscount Palmerston (Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs), Sir Charles 'Wood
(Chancellor of the Exchequer), Sir Francis Baring
(First Lord of the Admiralty), Sir John Hobhouse
(President of the Board of Control for the affairs of
India), and Earl Fortescue (Lord Steward).
At the Council the Royal Speech on the closing of
the session of Parliament was arranged and agreed

Mr. Matthew Talbot Baines, First Commissioner
of the Poor-law, was, by command of the Queen,
sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council, and took his place at the Board.
A proclamation was ordered to be issued for giving
currency to coins called florins.
Another proclamation was ordered to be issued for
a distribution of prize money.
The lion. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting► at the Court.
Sir David Dundas, Judge Advocate-General, had
an audience of the Queen, and submitted to her
Majesty the proceedings of some Courts-Martial.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sheil was presented to the
Queen at an audience by Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., her Msjesty's Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of
Lansdowne.

The noblemen and gentlemen attending the Queen's
Court travelled to Gosport by a special train on the
London and South-Western Railway, crossed in the
Fire Queen steam-packet, landed at Osborne-pier,
and arrived at Osborne at a quarter before 1 o'clock.
After the Council luncheon was served, and at 3
o'clock the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto,
Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Sir John
Hobhouse, Earl Fortmue, Sir David Dundas, the
Right Hon. M. T. Baines, the Hon. W. Bathurst,
and Lieutenant-Colonel Sheil, left Osborne, re-em-
barked at Osborne-pier on the Fire Queen, crossed to
Gosport, and returned to town on the London and
South-Western Railway by a special train, which
arrived at the Waterloo-bridge terminus at a quarter
past 6 o'clock.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir Francis
Baring left Osborne for Guernsey.
Lord J. Russell remained at Osborne on a visit to
her Majesty.

CO UICT CIitCULAR.
OSBORNE, MONDAY.

The Queen and Prince Albert and the younger
branches of the Royal Family walked and rode this
morning in Osborne•park.

There was no addition to the Royal dinner party
yesterday.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert inspected on Saturday the finished engraving,
by Mr. Ryall, of the Royal Christening in Bucking-
ham Palace, from the picture painted by C. R. Leslie,
R.A., for Windsor Castle, as a companion to the
" Holy Sacrament at her Majesty's Coronation in
Westminster Abbey," which was submitted by Mr:
Moon.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left
town yesterday morning for her residence, Frogmore
House, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness re-
turned to Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past
six o'clock in the afternoon. Lady
Lady Anna Maria Dawson has relieved
Augusta Bruce in the duties as Lady in Waiting on
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.---YESTERDAY.
Not a bet laid, nearly all the subbcribers having left
for Goodwood.
GooDwooD, MONDAY NIGHT.—No arrivals of con..
sequence since our last.

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES OF CHOLERA, JULY 30.
In London and vicinit Attack,. Deaths.
y.................. 240 130
In England and Wales .................. 320 169
In Scotland ................................. 58 41

Total..

340

UPENING OF THE NORTH KENTRAILWAY.—It iS
seldom that a great undertaking of this kind is permitted
to begin its career of usefulness so silently as did the
North Kent line yesterday. Doubtless there were rea-
sons why the directors had not, or could not, have re-
course to the usual expedients for celebrating or giving
éclat to the event. Notwithstanding, however, it could
not but be observed that the London-bridge station, on
the Greenwich or North Kent side, was unusually
thronged during the greater part of yesterday, and the
clamour for time bills and tickets to Lewisham, Black-
heath, Woolwich and Gravesend, was extraordinary.
The line, we believe, is in excellent order. On Sunday
morning a long train of carriages drawn by three en-
gines, on which were the chairman, secretary, superin-
'
dt eound-ebnr
d,
gand t
rsomemiu uof s
clock, and stopped at
every station on the line to see that all the arrangements
m and
were coplete,in a state of readiness for the open-
ing. According to the time bills, trains are to run to
wo,thvich every half-hour. nod to Gravesend and Ro-
chester every hour, from 7.30 A.M. uLltl 9.30 P.M. Tl.is
accommcdation will not be more than sufficient for the
populous suburban districts between London and Wool-
wich, and those very popular watering places, Erich,
Gravesend, Sic.

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