The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty held a Privy Council at two o'clock
yesterday afternoon at Osborne, Isle of Wight. It
was attended by his Royal highness the Prince Albert,
the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury,
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, the Lord Steward, and
the Master of the Horse.
At the Council the Parliament was further proro-
gued from the 4th day of September to the 4th day of
November next.
The Hon. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Coun-
cil in Waiting.
Previous to the Council, the Queen gave audiences
to the Earl of Westmoreland and to Sir Hamilton
Seymour.
After the Council, Sir David Dundas had an inter-
view of the Queen, to lay before her Majesty the pro-
ceedings of some Courts-martial.

The Ministers left town to attend the Court by a
special train, on the South-Western Railway, at a
Tiartor-past nine yesterday morning, and reached
Gosport at a quarter to one, where the Sprightly
steamer was in readiness to convey them to Osborne.
At a quarter to four o'clock they embarked on board
the Fairy royal yacht on their return, reached Gos-
port at half•past four o'clock, and proceeded to town
by a special train.

OSBORNE, MONDAY'.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, with the Prince of \Vales and Princess Royal,
attended Divine service at Whippingham Parish
Church vesterday morning. The Rev. T. Protheroe
officiated.

Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo-
nial-office to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong
Kong, and to the Governor of Malta. Dispatches
were also sent off to the Lord High Commissioner of
the lonian Islands.

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• in of this term, as
BROTHER. JONATHAN.—The
n recent number of
applied to the United States, is given it was communicated
the Norwich Courier. The sayseditlo
of years of age, who was 6111
by a gentleman now up
wards of the revolution. The story
active participator in the scene of
Washington, after being
is as follows :—" When
of Gtheenarmy of the Revolution Wax,
fwefu
appointed Commander
organize it, and make preparations
came to MassachusetH '
for the defence ofth
am-
munition and o with, and great difficulty to obtain
etrhomceostunon4trnye,cheessfaoryundtea
meet
tt Rant of oo
such condition, the cause at once might
foe he had to contend
no
occasion, at that anxious period, a con-
taonk-iindocnier, and others was had, when it seemed
be
he e
hmo.p e
ilefs attacked
snuoltwaatiynaconu. fdh
ielisdevised to make such preparations as were
H Excellency, Jonathan Trumbull, the elder,
necessarv.
then- Governor of the State of Connecticut, on whwe
was nt and aid the General placed the greatest reliance.
" We must consult Brother Jonathan on the
and
remarked,
subject., The General did so, and the Governor was
'sue-
cossful in supplying many of the wants of the army. When
difficulties afterwards arose, and the army was spread over
the country, it became a bye-word, ' We must consult Bro-
ther Jonathan. The term Yankee is still applied to a por-
tion, but ' Brother Jonathan' has now become a designation
of the whole country, as John Bull has for England.'
" Dictionary of Americanisms," by John Russell Bartlett,
1849. —From Notes and Queries.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.--The
general election of orphans to this Asylum took place yester-
day, at the institution in Bow-road, under circumstancestl
.y
of
more than oti n
nary interest. The grounds were very
decorated with flags and exotics, and throughout the day
were thronged by a fashionable company. Mr. 14 ns
having taken thej chair, at twelve o'clock thechpiolldlreonpenweerde.
and closed at three o'clock, when the following children
Davey,
declared duly elected : —Thomas Walker,_
oWi
g D uthwaite, Mary
'Thomas Philpot, William Evans,
oral, one of the elder
Mr. Gribble, of Bow; Captain ShutNtleiwr.
Adams, Jemima Glanville, and IG'aeemrma-relliozdogb
brethren of the Trinity House; eb.int4Thceaplttaieva.
the advantages of the institution, Warren, Mr. Gould, and other.gentlemenle.
had upon the commercial
I country, at the same time and the strong claim it
having spoken of
lionn;etcantile interests of the
arning the necessity of establishing
increasingug the number of recipients
a building fund, and
ed,rl;hieth
eaovmopteanoyf
in
uhantkahe
ladies
were permitted to go over the apart.
course of the evening
institution, and Captain Warren's novel system
committee. The °tot. the
ee
echhaatiirtyan
ments of the
the girls' bath-room, which is lavatories,d the proceedingst
ess,o c
especially ~
re-
markableof for its clean and perfect arrangement, were gene-
rally admired.