The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

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The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yes-
terday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was at-
tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Loid President ; Lord John Rus-
sell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey,
Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Viscount
Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ;
Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the
Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir
John Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control for
the affairs of India • The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay,
Paymaster-General of the Forces ; the Earl Spencer,
Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Norfolk, Master of
the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert ; and the Earl of Clarendon.
Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the
Right Hon. George Earl of Clarendon Lieutenant-
General and General Governor of that part of the
United Kingdom called Ireland.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston,
Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the
Earl of Clarendon.
The Court was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde,
Lord in Waiting; the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold
Stick in Waiting; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer
of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, and
Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the
Hon. A. H. Gordon.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday
in an open carriage and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Leiningen, honoured Her Majesty's Theatre
with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal
suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss
Dawson, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lieut.-Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. R. Gordon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured the performance
with her presence.
The Queen inspected yesterday Mr. H. Moseley's
portrait of Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8.,
when her Majesty was graciously pleased to give per-
mission that the Lithograph from the picture should be
dedicated to her Majesty.

It being the Queen's intention to hold a Drawing
Room in St. James's Palace o❑ Thursday, the 27th inst.,
to celebrate the Queen's birth-day, the exhibitions of the
Royal Pictures must close atter Saturday next, the 22d
inst., and it will be resumed on Saturday, the 29th inst.,
the interval being necessary to prepare the Palace for
the Drawing Room.
No tickets to view the Royal Pictures will be issued
from Saturday next, the 22d inst., to Saturday, the 29th
inst.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday in a carriage. Her Majesty visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday at
Gloucester House.

Her Royal Highness the Duehess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce, left town yesterday morning for
her residence, Frogmoro House, Windsor. Her Royal
Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, at
six o'clock.

Lord Sandon, M.P., bad an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home Office.

Air. Richard- Yorke, and a deputation from the city
of York, consisting of Sir John Simpson, Mr. Chad-
wick, Mr. Jackson, Mr. John Wood, and Mr. Richard-
son, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yester-
day, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, in Whitehall-place.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere (Chief Secretary for
Ireland) left town yesterday for Dublin.
The Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements
had a meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall-
place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, Lord
Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries,
Sir Robert H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, and Mr. Milne.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday.
Lord %Moment% had an interview with the Right
II?n. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Com-
missioners of Railways, in Great George -street.
A deputation on the Health of Towns Bill, including
the Mayor of Sunderland and Mr. Alderman Moor, of
y.
Sunderland, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth
yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests.
The Rey. Dr. P. Shuldham Henry, and Mr. George
Bankes, had interviews with Sir George Grey at the
Home-office yesterda
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India colonies,
and also from the Governor of the Mauritius.
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_AJESTY'S THEATRE.—The
Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Roya.
Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness the
Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Viscountess Canning,
resence yesterday
Lady Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Miss Dawson, the Marquis of
Ormonde, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and the
Hen. Captain Queen an._
Gordon, honoured the performances at her
Majesty's Theatre with their
evening. Amongst the general
company were his Royal High •
ness Prince George, Prince Louis Napoleon, the Conde Mon-
(Thursday)
p
temolin, attended by the Marquis de Villa Franca, Gen. Don
Juan de Montenegro, and Colonel Don Francisco Merry, his
Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, and the Countess
Deitrichstein, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of
Sutherland,
and Lady C. Levison Gower, the Duchess of
Somerset; the Baroness Brunnow, and Mademosielle Olga
de Lechner, the Marq
n uis and Marchioness of Aber-
corn, the Marchioness of Douro, the Earl of Mun-
ster, the Earl of Cardi a the Earl of Lonsdale,
the Countess Kinnoul and Lad Sarah Hay, the Earl of De
la Warre Viscount Cantilu e, Viscount Morpeth, Lord and
Lady C. WellesleY, Lord BPurhleih, Lord Gardner, Lady
g
Fitzroy and Miss Somerset, LadV Elizabeth Macdonald,
Lady Carre, Lady Wirarn, the Hon. Colonel, Mr., and
Miss Cavendish, M. Cale Koudriaffs'cy, Sir A. Woodford,
Hon. Mrs. Saundersen, Mrs. Stevenson and party, who occu-
pied her Royal Highness the
the Duchess of Camlnidge's box,
it J. Conroy, Captain Conroy, Sir R. and Lady Howare,
C. iitaio r‘1,ylo:11, R.N., ',"iajryrthring, Mr. W. \v... V,'illirons,
Major Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. alontgomery, Mr. Grote, Mr.
J. L. Jones, Colonel Vaughan Mr. Bateson, M.P., Mr. Sac-
vin DL
e Fox, M.P., Mr. Mackinnon, Y-1
Mr. Hubert De
Burgh, &c. &c.