The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-24 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S COURT AND P. 'filY.Y

COUNCIL.

lArrNinon, OCT. 23,—The Queen held a Cou and
Privy Council, at one o'clock this afternoon, I it the
Castle.
The Privy Council was attended by his B oyal
Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdo wne
(Lord President), the Lord Chancellor, Lord J o 1 n
Russell (First Lord of the Treasury), Viscount Pal -
merston (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs),
Francis Baring (First Lord of the Admiralty), L' ird
Broughton (President of the Board of Control), ;he
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere (President of the
Baud of Trade), the Earl of Carlisle (Chancallv r of
the Duchy of Lancaster), the Duke of Norfolk (Mai,
ter of the Horse), and the Marquis of Ahe'ecorn
(Groom of the Stole to the Prince).

The Right Honourable Edward Lord Seymour,
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, wa. by
command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's iroat
Honourable Privy Council, and took his seat at the
board.

Esrl Granville, Vice-President of the Board of
Trade, also took his place at the Council.
At the Council Parliament was ordered to be fur.
ther prorogued from the 4th of November to the 15th
of January.
The Honourable William Bathurst was Clerk or
the Council in Waiting.

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as:
dio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary from her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, had an
audience of her Majesty to deliver his credentials
siitoins,EG".6Cll.l7, he 3si introducedaisty by Viscount Palmer-
cvwa
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State for Foreign Affairs.
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The Countess de Lavradio was presented to the
Queen by the Viscountess Palmerston.
The Honourable John Bligh, the Queen's Minister
Plenipotentiary to the King of Hanover, was pre-
sented to her Majesty, at an audience, by Viscount
Palmerston, on his return, on leave of absence, from
Hanover.
Mr. John Shepherd, chairman of the East India
Company, and Sir James Weir Hogg, deputy-chair-
man, had an audience of the Queen on the part of the
Court of Directors of the East India Company, who,
in grateful recollection of the patronage vouchsafed by
the Queen to the Great Exhibition of the Works of
all Nations, and more particularly to the Indian sec:
tion of it, had, by a unanimous resolution, requested
that their chairman and deputy-chairman should
offer for her Majesty's gracious acceptance, a spci-
men of each of the principal articles exhibited by the
East India Company. The chairman and deputy_
chairman were presented to the Queen by Lord
Broughton, President of the Board of Control for the
affairs of India.

Vice
-Chancellors) Parker
her
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Viscount Palmerston (officiating for Sir
11-(.l(n.aojMniGersi Richard
ytb,eicydllhome Secretary), and received the honour
of knighthood from her Majesty.
Mr. Joseph Paxton, Mr. William Cubitt, and Mr.
Charles Fox, were severally presented to the Queen
by Viscount Palmerston, and had the honour of
knighthood conferred upon them by her Majesty.
The Right Hon. Sir David Dundas, Judge Advo..
cate-General, had an audience of the Queen, and sub-
mitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some courts-
m artial.

The Queen was attended by the Earl of Morley,
Lord in Waiting, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Sir Ed-
ward Bowater, Groom in Waiting.
Luncheon was served in the Castle to the noblemen
and gentlemen attendi©g her Majesty's Court.
The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, the
Earl of Carlisle, Lord Broughton, Sir F. Baring,
Lord Seymour, Lord E. Howard, Sir D. Dundee,.
and the Hon. W. Bathurst, travelled from town to at-
tend the Court by a special train of the Great Wes-
tern Railway. The Marquis of Lansdowne travelled
from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts, to attend the
Council.

Most of the Ministers left the Castle at twenty mi-
nutes before three, and returned to town by a special
train on the Great Western Railway.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, OCT. 23.
At three o'clock a meeting of the Royal Commis.
sion for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of
all Nations was held in the Castle, his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert presiding. The other Royal Com-
missioners present were :—Earl Granville, Lord John
Russell, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir
Richard IVestmacott, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir
William Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Pusey, M.P.,
and Mr. John Shepherd.
Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Edgar Bowring, secre-
taries of the Royal Commission, attended.
Lieutenant-Colonel Reid (chairman), Mr. Henry
Cole, and Mr. Charles W. Mike, of the Executive
Committee were present.
Dr. Lyon Playfair and Colonel Lloyd, Special
Commissioners, also attended.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and
Lady Harriet Hamilton, Earl Granville, and Viscount
Canning took their departure from the Castle to-day.
The Queen and Prince walked in the Slopes and on
the Terrace, this morning.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred walked
with her Majesty aid his Royal Highness. The
Princess Royal and the younger members of the
Royal Family took their usual exercise.

Dis Excellency Monsieur and Madame Van de
Weyer are expected to arrive this evening at the
Castle, on a visit to the Queen.
The following had the honour of dining with her
Majesty yesterday (Wednesday) evening :—The
Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady
Harriet Hamilton, Earl Granville, Viscount Canning,
and Colonel Bouverie.

Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner
in the Castle, and played the following selection :
Overture, "Ileimkehr aus der

Frembe"
Quartetto—No. 3, Op. 18, Allegro ;
Andante con moto ; Allegro presto;
2 violins, viola, and violincello.
Messrs. Sainton, Cusins, Hill, and
Chip ..
Danse Bohemienne Meyerbeer
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of South Australia, dis-
patches were also received from the Governors of
Hong Kong, Ceylon, Malta, and the Mauritius.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
One of the most prominent features in the British
machinery department took its departure yesterday,
and was safely conve3ed to its pertnnnent location.
We mean the monster engine of the Great Western
Railway Company, which was rolled out of the
Crystal Palace in the morning, and drawn in safety
by the united strength of eighteen horses to the Pad-
dington terminus. This locomotive monster, which
weighs twenty-nine tons, on first emerging in the
road, buried its wheels in the gravel, but was at
length persuaded to move, and performed the rest of
the journey in a reasonable manner. The other ar-
ticles of bulk in the same district are rapidly disap-
pearing, but on the opposite side our continental
neighbours are not so active in their movements as
the Executive Committee could wish. The impression
is that they are endeavouring to make sales, but
are retarded in their object by the prohibition against
the entry of any persons into the building, except Ex-
hibitors.

It is rumoured that, in addition to the ceremonial
described in the Circular, a decision was come to by
the Royal Commission, awarding to Sir Joseph
Paxton the sum of 5,000/. for his services in designing
the Crystal Palace.

DEATH OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE
DUCHESS D'ANG O ULEME.
We have stated, on the authority of a letter from
Frohsdorff, that on the 15th inst. the Duchess D'An-
gouleme was attacked by severe illness, but that on
the 16th there was a favourable change, and her phy-
sicians hoped for her recovery. Subsequent accounts,
however, inform us that on the 17th unfavourableb
symptoms again declared themselves, and on the 19th,
at eleven o'clock in the morning, her Royal Highness
expired. year,
expired. The deceased Princess was in her
haveho l e
The Count
having been born on 19th Dec., 1778.
.sria
of her short but severe illness, whlidc.
De Chambord did not quit his aunthdu g
1 The Assemblie
arisen from suddenly taking
death, signed "Pastoret
with a sentiment of pro-
"lt is with a broken heart, a
Nationale has the following announcement of the
very sad piece of
found sorrow, that we announcesociety, ntatetdhetow
and religion have sus-
tained France, Europe,
edaughter of Louis XVI
news.
..
daughter—th of a martyr, and a martyr
time than he,has just given up to God a
for a longer time
to be ' th
which God had formed _
•the strength of some
soul
of all '—Marie Therese Charlotte of
and the example
that a
damn i
r irreparable
ahle
aaiut, loss .
France has just died. In tracing these words the pen
atop in our hand. To-morrow, perhaps, we will en-
deaconr to speak of her to those who know her, and who
will weep for her—to thoss who were not fortunate
enough to know her, and whose providence she would
have been. Never did the Lord call to himself a more
noble heart—never did France lose a heart more truly
French. She died in tho bosom of the Lord, but she
died without again seeing France."
0 FridP

in
. riday two trucks, forming part of the heavy
goods train, and gaily decorated with flags, entered the
Swansea terminus of the South Wales Railway. This de-
monstra'ion was called forth to celebrate the transit of the
first specimens of steam-coal forwarded from Aberdare over
the Vale of Leath and South Wales Railways. to Swansea.
The display was well worthy of the occasion, for finer speci-
mens of this valuable material it has never yet been our lot
to set eyes upon. There were in all eleven pieces, of which
two were teu feet in length. The pieces were of various
weights, from 1 to 2% tons. One of the latter monster lumps
was on Saturday conveyed in a waggon, drawn by
horses, appropriately decorated, and deposited in the Rey,'
vf *9llth Wales.--Swansea #er