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 MI airs 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 Ilayter, 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. Ilayter 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-
iand ;- 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 adipus, 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. Willeox, M.P., and Mr. Bryden,
Parliamentary agent, had an interview yesterday
with the Commissioners of Railways, at the Board of
Trade.
A deputation from the candle manufacturers of the
attended
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Mr.
Bryden, Parliascentary agent, had an interview with
the President of the Board of Trade yesterday, on
the subject of the opposition to Price's Patent
Candle Company's Bill. The deputation consisted of
the following gentlemen : —Mr. Warren, i\lr. llale,
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.