The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, SATURDAY.

The Queen and his Royal Highness, accompanied by
Prince Ernest of Leiuingen, walked this morning in the
grounds at Osborne.
The younger portion of the Royal Family walked and
rode as usual.

There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes-
terday.
SUNDAY.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness took their usual
early walk this morning, and their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and
younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode
as usull.
The Queen and Prince, and the Ladies and Gentle.
men of the Royal Household, attended Divine service at
hippingham Church.
Prince Ernest of Saxe Leiningen took leave of her
Majesty and Prince Albert, and returned to Frogmoro
House yesterday.
Baron Stcckmar, Sir James Clark, and Dr. Meyer,
arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon, and had the
honour of joining the royal dinner party,
Sir James ClEs' k returns to London this afternoon.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Privy
Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations had a meeting
on Saturday morning at the Board of Trade. There
were present—the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, President
of the Board of Trade; Earl Grey, Secretary of state
for the Colonies; Earl Granville' Vice-President of the
Board of Trade; Sir Edward Ryan; and Sir James
Stephen.
Dispatches from the Governors of New South Wales,
Van Diemen's Land, and the Mauritius, were received
on Saturday at the Colonial-office.
.The Chancellor of, the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood had a dinner party on Saturday, at their residence
in Downing-street. The company consisted of the
Netherlands Minister and Mademoiselle Schimmelpen-
ninck, the Duchess of Inverness, the Earl of Strafford,
the Earl and Countess of Minto, Lady Georgina Grey,
Mr. and Lady Anne Tuffnell, the Dean of Westminster,
Mr. T. Baring, and Mr. Augustus Barrington.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in
the Chapel Royal, St. James's yesterday. The Rev. Dr.
Wesley read the prayers and preached the sermon. At
the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. J.
C. Haden, the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the
communion service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The ser-
mon preached by the Bishop of Ely.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
a meeting at the British Museum on Saturday. His
Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, on Saturday.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell,
the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clauri-
carde, and the Earl of Carlisle.
The Council sat three hours. __ _

A deputation from the vestry of Marylebone, on the
subject of Sunday trading, had an interview with Sir
George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. The
deputation consisted of Mr. Nicholay (Chairmaa), Messrs.
Grange, Davis, Hickman, Calder, Trail, Wingfield, Hay-
man, and Adamson.
Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, had an inter-
view with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, on Saturday,
at the office of the Board of Trade.
A deputation on the subject of Irish Railways, includ-
ing the Earl of Glengall, the Right Hon. R. L. Shiel, the
Right Hon. Thomas Wyse, Mr. French, and Mr. Rey-
nolds, had an interview with Lord John Russell and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, in Downing-
street.

THE COURT.—According to present arrangements,
her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the
youthful members of the Royal Family, leave Osborne
for Buckingham Palace on Monday or Tuesday next, in
order to hold a levee at St. James's on the 21st inst.
The Right Hon. the Speaker had his customary
Parliamentary entertainment on Saturday evening, at
the Right Hon. Gentleman's official residence in Eaton-
square, on which occasion the following noblemen and
gentlemen, Members of the House of Commons, were the
guests :—The Marquis of Douro, the Earl of Mulgrave,
Viscount Castlereagh, the lion. Colonel R. E. Boyle,
the Hon. Colonel Gco. T. Keppcl, Sir Chas. Lemon,
Bart, Sir Geo. T. Staunton, Bart., Sir John llope, Bart.,
Major S. W. Blackall, Mr. C. L. Cumming Bruce, Mr.
Wm. Beckett, Mr. C. B. Adderley, Mr. Henry Drum-
mond, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. H. C. Compton, Mr. W.
Tatton Egerton, Mr. W. H. C. Plowden, Mr. J. G.
Smyth, Mr. C. Baring Wall, Mr. D. Pugh, Mr. Francis
Pigott, Mr. Osman Ricardo, Mr. F. Scully, Mr. 11. A.
Ilerbert, and Mr. John Abel Smith. The Right Hon.
Thomas Milner Gibson was unavoidably prevented from
jcining the circle.
The Rev. William Cook, M.A., incumbent of the
church of St. John the Evangelist, St. Pancras, has been
appointed Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Chester,
in the room of the Rev. James Cartmell, 8.D., elected
master of Christ's College, Cambridge.
THE llous or CommoNs.—Mr. Geo. Woodhouse
has been appointed Assistant a puty-Housekeeper, in
the room of the late Mr. B. Bellamy.