The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, Ata. 5.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Con-
sort, accompanied by Count and Countess de Lacroma, the
Crown: Prince and Princess of Prussia, Princess Alice,
Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, embarked in the
Fairy this morning at half-past 10 o'clock, and steamed
towards Cowes. Her Majesty held a Council afterwards,
at which were present his Royal Highness the Prince Con
sort, Earl Granville, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Pal-
merston, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Russell, the Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer; the
Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster; the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward; and
Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain.
At the Council the Royal Speech, on closing the Session
of Parliament (this day), was submitted and approved.
Mr. A. Helps, the Clerk of the Privy Council, attended.
Earl Russell had an audience of the Queen.

His Excellency M. Musurus, the Turkish Ambassador,
had an audience of the Queen and delivered his credentials.
His Excellency was introduced by Earl Russell, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
Viscount Palmerston had an audience of Her Majesty.

Mr. Roundell Palmer, Solicitor-General, was presented
to the Queen at an audience by Earl Russell, one of Her
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and received from
the Queen the honour of knighthood.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Earl Granville had
audiences of the Queen.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Time was when
this company was often very unjustly saddled with other
companies' misdemeanours. It became quite the fashion
to attribute the casualties and irregularities of other lines to
Eastern Counties' mismanagement. If a driver stopped
his train to chase a hare, or gather a cap of mushrooms, the
Eastern Counties obtained public credit for the freak ;
and,. even recently, our facetious friend, Mr. Punch—speak-
ing the letter" 1" having fallen from the word " lawful,"
d making an advertisement to read thus :—" People to
packages are directed are requested to come
forward and pay the awful charges on the same"—shoulders
his frolic upon this much-abused comp any ' • whilst the
general public, not caring to dive into railway statistics
are consequently unaware that the Eastern Counties,
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The annual treat given. by that gentleman and his co-direc-
Itors to their employs came off on Saturday astinthe
shape of an excursion to Southend ; on whichl occasion
couple of trains, of thirty carriages each, drawn by twoof
the company's powerful new engines, and containing 2,500
souls, left Stratford at an early hour, under the presidence
of Wm. Kitson, Esq., the locomotive superintendent; re-
turning before eleven in the evening without a single mis-
hap. The excursionists were accompanied by the two bands
of the Sth Essex (Eastern Counties) Rifle Volunteers, in
their uniform, who contributed much to the day's enjoy-
ment. It is pleasant to witness the existence of such good
feeling between the employers and employed in so large a
community; and too much praise cannot be accorded to a
management which is characterised by respectability, punc-
tuality, courtesy, and general desire to meet the public
requirement.
BALTIMORE, July 22.—The Delaware, from Deme-
rara, arrived here, reports having been boarded on the 18th
of July in lat. 36, long. 75, by the United States steamer
Albatross, having in charge two prizes, one a schooner from
Galveston, and the other a brig from Charleston.