The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The- Queen held a Court and Privy Council. at
three o'clock ;yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham
Palace.

The Council was attended by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secreta-
ries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial
Departments ; the First-Lord of the Admiralty, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President
of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, the
Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the
Grooms of the Stole to Prince Albert.

At the Council, her Majesty having been pleased to
appoint the Right Hon. Charles Lord Sudeley to be
Lord• Lieutenant of the county of Montgomery, his
Lordship took the usual oaths.
The Archbishop of York and William Good-
enough Hayter, Esq., were, by command of the
Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy
Council, and took their respective places at the Board.
The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter had the honour of
kissing hands on being appointed Judge-Advocate-
General.

The Queen pricked the list of Sheriffs for the pre-
sent year.
A Seal for the general government of New Zea-
land ; a Seal for the Province of New Ulster, in New
Zealand; a Seal for the Province of New Munster, in
New Zealand ; and a Seal for the Island of Labuan,
which had been prepared by Mr. Benjamin Wyon,
Chief Engraver of her Majesty's Seals, were sub-
mitted to the Queen in Council, and were approved of.
' The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting at the Court.
Viscount Falkland had an audience of the Queen,
and resigned his Gold Stick of Office, as Captain
of the Yeoman Guard.

The Marquis of Donegal had an audience of her
Majesty, and kissed hands on being appointed Captain
of the Yeoman Guard. The Noble Marquis received
from the Queen his Gold Stick of Office.

Lord Campbell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster, had an audience of the Queen, when her Ma-
jesty appointed a Sheriff for Lancashire.
The Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lans-
downe and Lord John Russell.

The Court was attended by the Marquis of
Anglesey, Gold Stick in waiting ; the Treasurer of
the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Comp-
troller of the Household, the Earl of Morly, Lord in
waiting, and Colonel Drummond, Groom in waiting.
At the close of the performance of the CEdipus, at
Buckingham Palace, on Thursday (the anniversary
of her Majesty's marriage), the Queen and Prince
Albert were pleased to express to Mr. Bartley their
most gracious approbation of the admirable manner
in which he had officiated as reader of the tragedy.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were also
pleased to express to Mr. Bartholomew their gra-
cious approval of his translation of the work.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace,
yesterday, included their Royal Highneses the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg, Count Artur Mens-
droff, Madame de Waugenheim, Mr. G. E. and the
Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Baron Fritsch.
The band of the Coldstream Guards were in attend-
ance during dinner.
The royal children took their accustomed airings
yesterday.
The Hon. Miss Murray and the Hon. Miss Mac-
donald have succeeded Lady Caroline Cocks and the
Hon. Miss Paget as the Maids of Honour in waiting
to her Majesty.
A deputation from the Steam Shipowners' Asso-
ciation, consisting of Mr. Anderson, M.P., Mr.
Williams, Mr. 'Wilson, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Morgan
(secretary), and accompanied by Mr. Pattison, M.P.,
Mr. Browne, M.P., Mr. Duncan, M.P., Mr. Guin-
ness, M.P., Mr. 'Willcox, M.P., and Mr. Bryden,
Parliamentary agent, had an interview yesterday
with the Commissioners of Railways, at the Board of
Trade.
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A deputation from the candle manufacturers of the
attended e
City, headedby 3birr. Aldermanlvire
Humphery,,theirsolic
Bryden, Parliamentary agent, had an interview with
the President of the Board of Trade yesterday, on
the subject of the opposition to Prioe's Patent
Candle Company's Bill. The deputation consisted of
the following gentlemen :—Mr. Warren Mr. Hale,
Mr. Humphries, Mr. Tindall, and Mr. Davis.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North
American Provinces.
Dr. Lushington had an interview yesterday with
Sir G. Grey. Mr. Matthew Bell, M.P. for Northum-
berland had also an interview with the Right Hon.
Baronet.
Mr T. W. Webster had an interview yesterday
with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, at the Office of
the Commissioners of Railways, on the subject of the
Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway, accom-
panied by Mr. Sheill, of Dundee, the Secretary to
the Company.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday, and heard an appeal from Jamaica, Davis
v. Barrett.

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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY, FBN. 11.4".
Our arrivals of grain are pretty good for this day 'a
market. The trade continues heavy for most articles.
Wheat is Is. to 2s. per quarter lower than on this day
se'nnignt. Barley has declined is. per quarter; Oats and,
alteration. Arrivals :—Wheat, 12,612; Barley, 5,785;
Shelling steady, but sale very limited. Beans without
Oats, 514; Beans, 1,390; Linseed, 365; Shelling, 120;
Malt, 64.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday a frightful
accident occurred at the Midland Railway station Bir-
mingham, by which one of the guards came by his death.
It appears that the sufferer (named Jackson) was to have
accompanie • d the four o'clock train to Derby, and had
' made the necessary preparations for that purpose, but
unfortunately be delayed a short time in taking his place
upon the train. The usual signal having been given the
train moved, and just as it was set in motion Jackson
attempted to get on the carriage step. His foot, how-
ever, unfortunately slipped, and he fell under the wheels
and was crushed. The train was stopped, and the guard
taken up and conveyed to the General Hospital, where
it was ascertained that both his legs were all but severed
from his body. He expired in about an hour after. He
was 26
years of age, and lived at Derby. Almost at
the same hour another accident, which had nearly bean
attended with similar fatal results, happened at the
Camp•hill station, belonging to the Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway Company. A man, named
Evans, was engaged with two other porters moving
some carriages, when he unfortunately got between the
buffers, and was dreadfully bruised. He was taken to
the hospital, where he still lies.
Letters from Bremen of the 18th ult. state that
the Dutch Government had opened negotiations with
the Zollverein for the conclusion of a treaty of commerce
and navigation.