The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock on
Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was at
tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Lord President ; Lord Cottenhatn,
Lord Chancellor ; the Earl of Tinto, Lord Privy Seal ;
Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir
George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment ; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs ; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the
Colonies ; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Ad-
miralty ; Sir John Ho')house President of the Board of
Control ; Lord Campbell, dhancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster ; the Earl of Clarendon, President oF the
Board of Trade ; the Marquis of Clanricarde, Post-
master. General ; Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward ; and
the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Ilorse. .

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Henry Earl Grey to be Lord Lieutenant of the
county of Northumberland, his Lordship took the cus-
tomary oaths.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to Lord John Russell, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, and Earl Grey.
Hui. Majesty was attended by the Earl of Listowel,
Lord in Waiting ; the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold
Stick in Waiting ; Lord Edward Howard, Vice Cham-
berlain ; Lord Marcus Hill, Comptroller of the House-
hold, and Edmund Sir Edward Codrington, Groom in
Waiting.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, their Excellencies Chevalier and Madame Bunsen,
Prince Lowenstein, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Speth, Earl Delawarr, Viscount and Viscountess Folke-
stone, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, the Right Hon. Sir
Charles and Lady Mary Wood, and Lieut.-Colonel

the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
attended during dinner, and performed the following
pieces :
Overture—Crusaders—Benedict.
Fest March—Camp of Silesia—Meycrbeer.
Introduction—" Maria Stuart "—Danizetti.
March—" Midsummer's Night Dream"—Mendelssobn.
Waltz—Tolbecque.
In the evening the following had the honour of joining
the Royal circle :—The Earl and Countess of Roseberv,
and the Ladies Primrose, Lord Alfred Paget, the Misses
Codrington, Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, and Captain
Francis Seymour.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort took their usual early walk.

- The Queen and Prince- Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the Domestic
Household, attended divine service yesterday in the
private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The sermon was
preached by the Bishop of London. The Hon. and
Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay assisted' in the service.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Aliee, took their accustomed
airings yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge at-
tended divine service yesterday in St. Michael's Church.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended
divine service yesterday in St. Paul's Church.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and
his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, ho-
noured the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur-
day evening.
Mr. Bright, the Chairman of the Royal South Lon-
don Floricultural Society, had an interview with his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge
House, ou Saturday, to present the report of the Hail-
stone Committee, which his Royal Highness was gra-
ciously pleased to accept and to approve.
His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge honored
the Marquis of Northampton with his company on
Saturday evening, and afterwards honoured Viscount
and Viscountess Palmerston with his company, at their
residence in Carlton House terrace.
A Cabinet Council was held at half-past four o'clock
on Saturday afternoon, at the Fore►gn-office. The
Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord
Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl
Grey, Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord
Campbell, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Clanricarde,
the Right lion. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. 11.
Lahouchere.

Viscount Morpeth afterwards joined his colleagues.
The council sat an hour and a half

The Solicitor-General for Ireland had an interview
with the Right Honourable T. Milner Gibson on Satur-
day at the Office of the Board of Trade.
Tne Bishop of London ordained five gentleman as
priests, and three gentlemen as deacons, at the early
service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday.
The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and- the
lessons by the Rev. Mr. Helmore.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service.
The Bishop of Worcester preached the sermon at the
daily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yester-
day. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Hall,
the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the communion
service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was, " Sing
praises" (Croft). Sir G. Smart presided at the organ.

EXPERT ROBBERY.—On Saturday information was
given to the police of the following expert robbery of a
cash-box, containing LW. in notes and gold, which took
place on Friday, at the Fountain Tavern, Clapton. Itsp-
pears for a few days previously to the robbery a gentlemanly
looking man, who represented himself to be a commercial
traveller, had frequented the house to dine, and on most oc-
casions had done so with the landlord or landlady, in the
bar-parlour. On Friday he came as usual, bringing with
him a carpet-bag. Whilst dining, some one came Into the
bar, and kept the landlady in conversation for some time.
Dinner being over, the supposed commercial gentleman paid
his reckoning and departed. Shortly after this, it was dis-
covered that the cash-box and its contents had been carried
off, and another box, exactly similar in appearance, substi-
tuted for it, and which, on being examined, was found to
contain nothing but sand.
DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday information was
received by the police that the shop window of Mr. Phillips,
No. 11, Tottenham-court-road, pldsmith and jeweller, was
smashed in by a youth dressed in a brown frock coat, about
fifteen years of age, who took out a tray of diamond, eme-
rald, and amethyst gold rings and brooches, and notwith-
standing the number of people who were passing, and an in •
stant pursuit, effected his escape with the property.
Fasa EXPORTED.—During the last season,
curedl7 ves
sels left Yarmouth for the Mediterranean
with
her-
rings, having on board 2,409 tons; there
steam and railway to Liverpool and London,have been sent by
not leas than
3,500 tons, making a total of 5,900 r
tens of cured fish, the
readersto
produce of our own fisheries. 0u
the justice of the importance attached
thismbaryanhchenocfe infercom-
merce by the merchants of our port.—Norfolk Chronicle