The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Privy Council yesterday after•
noon at her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne,
Isle of Wight. It was attended by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, the Lord Chancellor, the Bishop
of London, Lord John Russell, First Lord of the
Treasury ; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs ; the Marquis of Clanricarde,
Postmaster-General ; and Sir John Hobhouse, Pre-
sident of the Board of Control for the Affairs of
India.

A form of thanksgiving for the late abundant har-
vest was ordered.

The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council ia-isvaiting.
The Bishop of London, the Marquis of Olanricarde,
and Sir John Hobhouse travelled from-towlrto-attend
the Council by a special train on the London and
South-Western Railway; the Lord Chancellor from
his residence at Copse-hill; and Viscount Palmerston
from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The party crossed
from Gosport to Cowes in the Garland, commanded
by Capt. Smithett.
A dtjeune was served to the noblemen and gentle-
men attending the Council.
After the Privy Council, the Bishop of London,
Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount
Palmerston, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Sir John
Hobhouse, and the Bon. William Bathurst left Os-
borne, re-crossed in the Garland to Gosport, and took
their departure by a special train on the London and
South-Western Railway.
The Queen took a drive, in a char-a-bane, on
Monday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned from
Portsmouth on Monday afternoon.
. . . .

The royal dinner circle included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince
Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Anna Maria Dawson,
Lord John Russell, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs.
Phipps, and Sir George Couper.
Yesterday morning her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent took leave of her Majesty and Prince
Albert, crossed in the Fire Queen, commanded by
Captain Johnson, to Gosport, and took her departure
for her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen
and their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida, Prince
Gustavus, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, and
attended by the Hon. Miss Hudson, the Earl of Den-
bigh, and Captain Somerset, left Marlborough House
for the Euston-square terminus at a quarter before
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, travelled to Wat-
ford by the London and, North-Western Railway,
and proceeded to Cassiobury Park. The illustrious
party partook of a dejeune during their stay, and in
the afternoon took their departure, and returned to
town, arriving at Marlborough House at a quarter-
past five o'clock.
Lord John Russell arrived at his residence in
Richmond Park yesterday. evening, from
.a visit to
her Majesty at Osborne.
The Marquis of Clanricarde arrived in town on
Monday night.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office, from the Governors of New South Wales,
South Australia, and New Zealand.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor of Van Diemen 's
Land.

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