The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBOICNE, AuG. 12.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday, accompanied by the
Princess Hohenlohe and Princess Louisa. The Marchioness
of Fly and Capt. Du Plat were in attendance.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duchess Marie
and the Princess Marie of Leuchtenberg dined with her
Majesty yesterday. The dinner party also included hot.
Royal Higness Princess Alice, Princess Hohenlohe, Prince
and Princess Leiningen, the Count Tolstoy, Madame de
Barikoff and Prince Kourakine, in attendance on the Grand
Duchess; Baron de Brunnow, Lady Augusta Bruce. Rear-
Admiral the Hon. George Grey, Col. Foster, Commanding
Royal Engineers, South-Western District; Col. the Hon.
Sir C. Phipps, and Sir George Couper.
The Hon. Horatia Stopford has succeeded the Hon.
Flora Macdonald as Maid of Honour in waiting.

The Duchess of Kent took a drive yesterday.
The Queen held a Council this day at Osborne, which
was attended by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
Earl Granville (Lord President), the Lord Chancellor,
Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Newcastle, Loll John
Russell, Sir G. C. Lewis, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the Earl of Elgin the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the
Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell,
the Earl of St. Germans (Lord Steward), Viscount Sydney
(Lord Chamberlain), the Marquis. of Ailesbury (Master of
the Horse), and Earl Spencer (Groom of the Stole to the
Prince Consort).
At the Council, Parliament was orde red to be prorogued
to Thursday, the 27th October.
The Royal Speech for closing the session of Parliament
was submitted and approved.
Mr. Charles A. Hamilton was appointed to act in the
absence of the Clerk of the Council in ordinary, and took
the oathe of office.
The Hon. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Council ill
waiting.
General Loven had an audience of the Queen to present
a letter from his Majesty the King of Sweden, and was
presented by Lord John Russell, the Queen's prinelPal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Count Platen had an audience of her Majesty.
Mr. Charles Lennox Wyke wai presented to the Queen
at an audience by Lord John Russell, on being appointed
to a special mission to Nicaragua.
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the Lord
Chancellor, and Earl Granville had audiences of her ga"
jesty.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Mai"
Cowell, arrived at Buckingham Palace, at 10 o'clock yes-
terday morning, from Holyroo?.
The Prince left the Palace at 11 o'clock for Osborne.

Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran-
ville, Sir G. C. Lewis, Lord J. Russell, the Duke of No"
castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. C•
P. Villiers, the Earl of Elgin, the Right Hon. T. Milner
Gibaon, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Earl of St. Geri
mans, Viscount Sydney, the Marquis of Aylesbury,
Spencer, Count Platen, General Loven, Mr. Wyke, the
Hon. Wm. Bathurst, and Mr. C. A. Hamilton left the
Waterloo terminus of the South-Western Railwah by
special train, at a quarter-past nine o'clock yesterday wart:
ing, for Osborne. The Ministers crossed from Gosport 'l.'
the Sprightly, and reached Osborne at one o'clock. 112:
Ministers took their departure after the Privy Council/ a;
half-past three o'clock, re-crossed in the Sprightly,
returned to town by special train on the South-Western
Railway.

Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yesterdaY
to the Governor of Bermuda, the Governors of the Nortil,.
American Provinces, and the Lord High Commissioner 0
the lonian Islands.