The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-02 00:00:00

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COURT CIRCULAR.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rodo oat on horse-
back, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A.
Gordon, and honoured the Duke of Wellington with a
visit at Apsley-house. to offer his congratulations to the
Noble Duke on the auspicious return of his natal day.
His Royal Highness the Duke Augustus of Saxe
Coburg Gotha visited the Queen and Prince Albert on
Monday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, and attended
by Lady Caroline Cocks, took an airing yesterday in an
open barouche and four. Major-General Wemyss at-
tended
on horseback.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the per-
formance of the Royal Italian Opera with their presence
yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the
Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, the Earl of
Morley, General Wemyss, and Lieutenant. Colonel the
Hon. A. Gordon.
The Earl of Morley has succeeded Lord Byron as the
Lord,in-Waiting to the Queen, and Captain the Hon. J.
Denman has succeeded Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood as
the Groom-in-Waiting to her Majesty.
Colonel Wylde, having completed his month in wait-
ing on his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, has been
relieved in his duties as Groom-in-Waiting by Captain
Francis Seymour ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour
bas been relieved in his duties as Equerry-in-Waiting to
the Prince by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon.
Colonel Buckley has been relieved in his duties as
Equerry-in-Waiting to the Queen by General Wemyss.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a drive
to Frogmore-house yesterday, returning to town in the
afternoon.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday
from Kew, and went to Buckingham Palace. His Royal
Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Glouces-
ter-house, and in the afternoon returned to Kew.
Their Serene Highnesses the Countess Erbach and
the Princesses Amelie and Elise of Hohenlohe Schil-
liogsfurst took leave of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent on Monday. Yesterday afternoon, at four
o'clock, their Serene Highnesses took leave of her Ma-
esty the Queen Dowager, and proceeded to the London-
bridge terminus, travelling by the South-Eastern Rail-
way to Dover, on their return to the continent.
A deputation on the Sheep and Cattle Bill, consisting
of Mr. Bourke, Colonel Taylor, Colonel Dunne, Mr.
Hamilton, and Mr. Keogh, had an interview with Sir
George Grey on Monday. Mr. Assheton Smith and
Mr. Robertson had also interviews with the Right Hon.
Baronet on Monday.

THE PRIVY COUNCIL.
The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
At the Court a deputation from the Society of Friends
had an audience of the Queen to present an address on
the subject of the African Slave Trade and Slavery. The
deputation consisted of Samuel Gurney, William Forster,
ed by his Royal Highness
the Prince Albert. The deputation was introduced by
the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's Princi-
pal Majesty was
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Throne, and, in love to man, and, as we reverently be-
lieve, in our duty to God, to lay before thee a matter
deeply affecting the well- being of a large portion of the
great human family.
" More than a century has elapsed since our religious
society first believed it to be a Christian duty to advo-
cate the rights of the natives of Africa and of those held
in slavery in the western world. With reverent thanks-
giving to Almighty God we recur to the successive acts
of our Legislature abolishing the slave trade, and subse-
quently releasing the slaves in our colonies from a state
of cruel bondage.
" The continuance) of the trade in slaves as prose-
cuted, contrary to either law or treaty, by the inhabi •
tants of other countries with sill the wickedness insepa-
rable from this unrighteous traffic, brings us into sorrow
and distress. It engenders war in its direst forms,
breaks the bonds of social life, reduces those who may
survive the horrors of their transit by land and sea to
hopeless slavery, and withal prevents the spread of the
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the wrongs and miseries of the multitudes still living in
slavery, and subjected to its cruel hardships and uncom-
pensated toil, and we deeply deplore the degradation
and the guilt which attach to the man stealer, the slave-
holder, and the dealer in his fellow men.
" In consideration of the magnitude of this complicated
iniquity, we are emboldened to ask thee, our gracious
Queen, in thy intercourse with the rulers of those na-
tions which are involved in these things, to use the in-
fluence of thy exalted station for terminatiag by every
pacific means this desolating evil on the continent of
Africa, and for conferring immediate and unconditional
freedom on all those held in slavery. And we ask per
mission humbly and
plainly to declare our conviction
that it is only in the ettinction of negro slavery that
we can have any security for the utter termination of the
African slave trade.

" May the Lord of Heaven
beloved Sovereign, and thy Royal Consort, and may His
blessingrest uponall thyhousaen. d
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for the
sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, He may give thee wis-
dom and strength to open thy mouth for the dumb, to
plead the cause of the poor and of him that hath no
helper; that he may prosper thee in thy work of righ-
teousness; and that, it it please Him, thou mayest live to
see the slay in which negro slavery and the slave trade
shall be abolished throughout the earth.
" London, 3d month, 12th, 1848."
Her Majesty, having received the address, was pleased
to return the following most gracious answer:—
" I have received your address with much satisfaction.
I fully appreciate the benevolent efforts of the Society
of Friends on behalf of the suffering and oppressed.
" I am deeply sensible of the wrongs and evils inflicted
by the slave trade, and my endeavours will continue to
be directed towards its extinction."
The deputation then retired from the Royal pr_es!_trei;
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal II g
ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the LSeal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the L
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for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial departments,
the chancellor of the Exchequer, the Presidenttar rersi v
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Board of Control, the President of the Board of Trade,
the Lord Stewards the Lord Chamberlain, and the Mas-
ter of the
of the Horse.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in waiting.
The Queen gave audience to the Marquis of Lans-
downe and Lord John Russell.
The Court was attended by the Earl of Morley, Lord
in Waiting; Lord Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting;
the Treasurer of the Household; the Comptroller of the
Household; and Captain the Hon. J. Denman, Groom
in Waiting.

DEPARTURES OF THE FOREIGN
AND COLONIAL MAILS FOR MAY.
The following are the dates on which the Foreign and
Colonial mails will be made up at 'the General Post-
office during the present month, and when the return
packets will be due at Southampton, Liverpool, and
Falmouth:—
For the British and foreign colonies in the West
Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda, and the
Havannah):—Venezuela and Jacmel, on the morning's
of the 2d (this day) and 17th inst., via Southampton ;
Bermuda, Nassau, New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, and
Havannah, on the morning of the 2d only; Madeira,
Grey-town (San Juan de Nicaragua), New Grenada,
Chili, and Peru, on the morning of the 17th inst. only
—due on the 7th and 22d inst. at Southampton.
For British North America and the United States, on
the evening of the 4th inst., via Liverpool, Halifax, and
New York; on the evening of the 11th inst. to Boston ;
on the evening of the 18th inst. to New York; and on
the evening of the 25th inst. to Boston. Next packets
due on the 2d inst. (to-morrow) from Boston, 17th New
York, 23d Boston, and 31st New York, at Liverpool.
For Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, on the even-
ing of the 4th inst., by her Majesty's brig Peterel, via
Falmouth. Her Majesty's brig Penguin, overdue; her
Majesty's brig Express, due on the 23th inst.
For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon,
Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the morning of the 7th, 17th,
and 28th inst., via Southampton—due on the 6th, 16th,
and 26th inst.
For the Mediterranean, Malta, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon,
Mauritius, India, Hong-Kong, and China, on the even-
ings of the 7th and 24th inst., by the fortnightly over-
land closed mails, via Marseilles—due on the 2d and
23c1 inst.
Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt,
Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius, &c., on the evening of the
19th inst., via Southampton—due the 28th inst. at
Southampton.
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Van Diemen's
'Land, and. New Zealand, by private ships as they may
sail.
France, &c., twice daily—morning and evening (ex-
cept Sundays)—by steam-packets, via Dover and Calais
due daily
' -- Belgium, &c.,..every evening (except Sundays), via
Dover and Ostend—due daily.