The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow
(Thursday) afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The
Council will be held at three o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by his
Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, and at-
tended by his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, his
Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Baron de Laner,
Count Oriola, and Count Groeben, and also by the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite, visited and
inspected Carisbrook Castle on Monday afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Royal High-
ness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, lel t Osborne at half-past
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, to embark in the Fairy,
for the purpose of visiting Spithead. The Prussian Minis-
ter, Prince Lowenstein, Baron de Laner, Count Oriole'
and Count Groeben accompanied their Royal Highnesses.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the
Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday
morning, on the sea beach.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester
House.
Mr. Sergeant Murphy had an interview with Sir G.
Grey yesterday, at the Home office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a
special general meeting yesterday, at their office, in
Whitehall-place.
The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council Cham-
ber, to hear counsel for and against the confirmation of
certain Acts of Naturalisation passed in the Island of
Jersey, in 1829. The Lords present were the Lord
President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretary of State
fur the Home Department, and the Chancellor of the
Duchy cf Lancaster.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

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WATERLOO.—A drive of about two hours on the
high road to Namur and Liege will bring the excur-
sionist to this field of slaughter. The distance is ten
miles. A carriage, with two horses, to go and return,
will cost about 2of. A vigilante (cab) may be hired for
one half, there and back. About two miles from Brus-
sels th, road passes through the forest of Soignes, a
gloomy tract of woodland, nine miles long and seven and
a-half broad. On the outskirts of the forest is the little
village of Waterloo, whence tho principal portions of the
plain will be found about two miles distant. May no
" citizen of the world" set foot on this sadly memorable
plain without solemnl reflectin that " seventy thousand
men were slaughtered on the field of Waterloo !" And
may no one return from it without a firm resolve to do
something towards the prevention of war, and the pro-
motion of that feeling which recognises the brotherhood
of
the great family of nations.—Bradshaw's Continental
Guide.

ET4iER.—On Tuesday morning, an Englishman
named Johnson, employed on the Rouen and Havre
Railroad, in attempting, at Malaunay, to jump from a
waggon at rest to one which was in motion, fell between
them, and lir.d nearly the whole of one of his hands so
dreadfully crushed, that on being taken to the hospital,
amputation was found necessary. On this occasion thf, in-
halation of ether was used, and the effects were such that
not only was the operation performed without the patient
suffering the slightest pain, hut when he recovered his
full senses, his spirits were so lively as to interfere with
the dressing of the stump.—GaEgnani.
M Jullien seems determined to lose no time in
securing all available talent for his forthcoming operatic
season at Drury-lane.
He has already engaged Gio-
vanni Reeve as first tenor. This gentleman made a
decided success at La Scala, at Milan. Mr. Whitworth,
a basso prgfundo, who earned the highest honours at
Stradella, Genoa, and Venice, has also signed articles.
The direction is in treaty with Madame Viardoi:Garcia,
"d 435 Birch will be one of the prime donne.