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

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

COURT CIRCULAR.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode 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
arl the
Marchioness of Douro, Lady Caroline Cocks, he Eof
Morley, General Wemyss, and Lieutenant. Colonel the
Hon. A. Gordon.
Ths 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 tus 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
has 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-
lingsfurst 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.

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At the Court a deputation from the Society of Friends
had an audience of the Queen to present an address oa
the subject of the African Slave Trade and Slavery. The
deputation consisted of Samuel Gurney, William Forster,
George Stacey, and Peter Bedford.
Her Majesty was accompanied by his Royal Highness
the Prince Albert. The deputation was introduced by
the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's Princi-
pal Secretary of State for the Horne Department, and
presented the following address in the Royal closet:—
" To Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and the dominions thereunto be•
longing.
" May it please the Queen—
" We, the undersigned, thy dutiful and loyal subjects,
representing the religious Society of Friends in Great
Britain and Ireland, desire respectfully to approach the
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
iu 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.
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" The continuance of the trade in slaves as prose-
cuted, contrary to either law or treaty, by the inhabi •
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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
religion of our holy .
" We feel for the sufferings
of the unoffending and
helpless victims of these
fabominations, and we feel for
the wrongs and miseries 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
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 li
pacific means this station for terminating by every
Africa, and for conferringdesolating' evil on the continent of
fin • unconditional
freedom on all those held in mediate
and
. slavery. And we ask per
mission humbly and plainly
that it is only in the extinction
to declare our conviction
ition of negro slavery that
we can have any security for the utter termination of the
African slave trade.

" May the Lord of Heaven and earth bless thee, our
beloved Sovereign, and thy Royal
Consort, and may His
blessing rest upon all thy house. We pray that, for the
sake of Jesus Christ our Lord He may give thee wis-
dom and strength to open thy Tsiouth 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, if it please Him, thou mayest live to
see the day in which negro slavery and the slave trade
shall be abolished throughout the earth.
" London, 3d month, 12th, 1849."
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 preser!cf.
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy
Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of
State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial departments,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Board of Control, the President of the Boar
the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Mas-
ter of the Horse. the Clerk of the
The Hon. William Bathurst was
Council in waiting. the President
ofden Trade,
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The Queen gave audience to the Marquis of Latlii•
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 Jacoael, on the mornings
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 28th inst.
For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon,
Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the morning of the 7tb, 17th,
and 2itth 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
23d inst.
Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt,
Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius, &c., on the evening of the
19th inst., via Southampton—due the 26th 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.