The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-03 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

_ Her Majesty received a telegraph despatch from Sir Jas.
Clark on Tuesday night to announce that the Princess
Royal and the infant prince are progressing most satisfac-
torily.
The Queen and the Prince Consort left Windsor Castle
for Buckingham Palace at half-past 12 o'clock yesterday,
accompanied by the Princesses Alice and Helena, and at-
tended by the Countess of Desert, Lord Crofton, Major-
General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell,
Colonel P. H. Seymour, Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby, and the
Master of the Household.
A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards received the
Queen at the Windsor station of the Great Western Rail-
way, and a special train conveyed the royal party to Pad-
dington.

A detachment of Light Dragoons formed the escort to
Buckingham Palace, where the Queen and Prince arrived
at 25 minutes past one o'clock, and were received by the
Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of Beaufort, Viscount New-
port, Lord George Lennox, Lieut.-General Wylde, and
Captain the Hon. D. de Ros.
The Queen held a Privy Council in the afternoon. It
was attended by the Prince Consort, the Lord President,
the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord
of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home,
Foreign, Colonial, War, and India Departments, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty,
the President of the Roard of Trade, the First Commis-
sioner of Public Works, the Lord Steward, and the Master
of the Horse.

At the Council the Queen appointed the sheriffs for the
different counties of England and Wales for the present year.
• The Queen's Speech for opening the Session of Parlia-
ment was submitted and agreed upon.
A proclamation was issued warning people from trading
with Japan until the ratification of the treaty.
Mr. John Inglis, the Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, by
command of the Queen, was sworn of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council, and took his seat at the Board.

The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.

Her Majesty held a Court. The Hon. Charles Augustus
Murray had an audience of the Queen, and delivered to her
Majesty a letter from the Shah of Persia. Mr. Murray was
presented by Lord Stanley, Secretary ofeStato for India.
The Duke of Montrose, Chancellor of the Duchy ofLan-
caster, had an audience of her Majesty.
Colonel Sir Henry Storks, K.C.8., was presented to the
Queen at an audience by Sir Edward B. Lytton, Secretary
of State for the Colonies, and kissed hands on appointment
as Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.
Mr. Joseph Arnould was presented to her Majesty at an
audience by Lord Stanley, and kissed hands on appointment
as Puisno Judge at Bombay.

The Earl of Derby, the Marquis. of Salisbury, Generl•
Peel, and Lord Stanley had. audiences of the Queen._

Her Majesty was attended by the Treasurer of the House-
hold, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the House..
hold, Lord Crofton, Lord in Waiting, and. Colonel the Hon.
A. Liddell, Groom in Waiting.
The Quedi and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the
Princesses Aliee and Helena, honoured the performance at
the Hayrnarket Theatre with their presence in the evening.
In attendance went the Countess of Desart, Lord Crofton,
Colonel F. 11. Seymour, and Capt. the Hon. D. de Ros.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard
and Miss Victoria Wortley, dined with the Queen on
Tuesday.

The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan Pelham Clinton,
the Prussian Minii ter and Countess Bern.storff, and Colonel
the Hon. A. and IY,rs. Gordon, left Windsor Castle yester-
day morning.
Captain the Hon. D. de'Ros has relieved Lieut.-Colonel
Ponsonby in his duties as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince
Consort.