The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCELAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by her
Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and attended by
the Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon.
Miss Dawson, Earl Ducie, Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Lord Alfred
Paget, and Colonel Seymour, left Windsor Castle at
three minutes past twelve o'clock yestevday. for the.
Slough Station, and travelled to town by a special train
on the Great Western Railway.
Her Majesty and her Royal Consort, and the illustri-
ous party, arrived at Buckingham Palace in fonir car-
riages and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, at a
quarter past one o'clock from the Paddington terminus.
The Queen and the Prince were received at the
Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the
Household, and Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in
Waiting to Prince Albert,
The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three
o'clock. At the Court, the Right Rev. Dr. Shirley,
Bishop of Sodor and Man was introduced to the Queen,
at an audience in the Royal Closet, and did homage
upou his appoin!mcnt to that see. The Right Hon. Sir
George Grey, Bart., her Majesty's principal Secretary
of St,te for the Home Department, and the Rev. Mr.
Vane, Deputy-Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, assisted
at the ceremony.
The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord
President ; the Lord Chancellor ; Lord John Russell,
First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secre-
tary of the Home Department ; Viscount Palmerston,
Secretary of State fez* Foreign Affairs ; Earl Grey,
Secretary of State for the Colot.ial Department ; the
Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ;
Sir John Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control ;
Lord Campoell, Chancellor of the DuChy of 'Lancaster;
the Earl of Clarendon, President of the Board of Trade;
Viscount Morpeth, Chief Commissioner of the Woods'
and Forests ; the Marquis of Clanricarde, Postmaster-
General ; the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Pa} master-
General of the Forces ; and the Earl Spencer, Lord
Chamberlain.

At the Council the Queen's Speech on opening the
Sessions of Parliament was arranged and agreed upon.
The Hon William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord John Russell, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount
Murpeth, and the Lord Chamberlain.

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The Court v% as -attended by the Marquis of Anglesey,
Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl of Ducie, Lord in,
Waiting ; Lord Marcus Hill, Compiroller of the House-
hold ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Wait-
ing ; and Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting
to Prince Albert.

Her Majesty- and Prince Albert honoured the per•
formance of the French Plays with their presence yes-
terday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the
Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Dawson, Earl Ducie,
Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Seymour.
Lord John Russell, as First Lord of the Treasury,
gave a grand Parliamentary dinner to a numerous party
of Members of the House of Commons yesterday even-
ing, at his official residence in Downing-street. The
company appeared either in official uniform or in Court
dress. During the evening Lord John Russell read her
Majesty's Speech to his distinguished guests. The corn.
pany consisted of the Right Hon. the Speaker of the
House of Commons, Lord Ebrington, the O'Conor Don,
Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Rich, Mr. Parker, Admiral
Dundas, Captain Berkeley, Hon. William Cowper, Mr.
Ward, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Sir William
Somerville, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Benjamin Hawes,
the Right Hon. Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Mr. V% yse, Lord
Morpeth, the Right Han. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon.
T. B. Macaulay, Hon. Fox Maule, Mr. Charles Bul-
ler, Major-General Fox, the Right Honourable
Sir T. Milner Gibson, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Robert
Grosvenor, the Attorney General, the Solicitor Gene-
ral, the Lord Adv,cate, the Solicitor General for Scot-
land, the Hon. Charles Howard, Mr. Lewis Ricardo,
and Lieut.-Colonel lie ppell.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President of the
Council, gave a grand dinner to a party of Peers, (in-
cluding the Mover and Seconder of the Address in the
House of Lords), last evening, at his residence, Lans-
downe House. The Lords appeared in full dress.
The Queen's Speech was read by the Noble Marquis
to his Illustrious guests.
The Lord Advocate of Scotland had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday. The Chairman of the Excise had also an in-
terview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.