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

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, AUG. 12'
Her Majesty drove out yesterday, accompanied by the
Princess Hohenlohe and Princess Louisa. The Marchiolle°
of Fly and Capt. Du Plat were in attendance.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duchess 1404°
and the Princess Marie of Leuchtenberg dined with her
Majesty yesterday. The dinner party also included 11"
Royal Higness Princess Alice, Princess Hohenlohe, Erin!and Princess Leiningen, the Count Tolstoy, Madame
u`i
Barikoff and Prince Kourakine, in attendance on the Gran
Duchess ; Baron de Brunnow, Lady Augusta Bruce. Rear;
Admiral the Hon. George Grey, Col. Foster, Commanding
Royal Engineers, South-Western District ; Col. the o°'
Sir C. Phipps, and Sir George Couper.
The Hon. Horatia Stopford has succeeded the Ken.
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, Nvlliell
was attended by his Royal Highness the Prince Censor"
Earl Granville (Lord President), the Lord Chancellor,
Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Phil
Russell, Sir G. C. Lewis, the Chancellor of the Exchalli.,er'
the Earl of Elgin the Right Hon. T. Miluer Gibson, 141-a
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 °f
the Horse), and Earl Spencer (Groom of the Stole to the
Prince Consort).
At the Council, Parliament was ordered 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 toot
the oathe of office.

The Hon. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Council in
waiting.
General Loven had an audience of the Queen to present
a letter from his Majesty the King of Sweden, and vial:
presented by Lord John Russell, the Queen's principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Count Platen had an audience of her Majesty.
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Mr. Charles Lennox Wyke was presentdd to the Queue
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 Ma-
jesty.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Ditra.Or
Cowell, arrived at Buckingham Palace, at 10 o'clock Yeses
terday morning, from Holyrood.
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 lles"
castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right lion' C.
P. Villiers, the Earl of Elgiu, the Right Hon. T. 1411°m.
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Gibson, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, the Earl of St. ilv't
mans, Viscount Sydney, the Marquis of Aylesbury,
Spencer, Count Platen, General Loven, Mr. Wyke, 0
Hon. Wm. Bathurst, and Mr. C. A. Hamilton left the
Waterloo terminus of the South-Western Railway, ts.,
special train, at a quarter-past nine o'clock yesterday 10°r;
big, for Osborne. The Ministers crossed from Gosperto
the Sprightly, and reached Osborne at one o'clock. 1
Ministeis took their departure after the Privy Council, at
half-past three o'clock, re-crossed in the Sprightly, and
returned to town by special train on the South-West
Railway.
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Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday
to the Governor of Bermuda, the Governors of the 10`,:i
American Provinces, and the Lord High Commissioner
the lonian Islands.