The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-27 00:00:00

MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.

The Lord Chancellor, accompanied by Lady Truro,
has left Eaton-square for the country, for the vacs-
' tion. The Premier and Lady John Russell intend to
make a tour of the Highlands for a fortnight, and
after paying their respects to her Majesty and the
Prince-Consort at Balmoral, proceed to Minto-house,
' near Hawick, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of
Minto, where the Noble Lord and Lady intend to
stay some days. The Marquis of Lansdowne is with
the Marchioness at Bowood-park, Wilts, surrounded
by a select family circle. The Right Hon. Sir Geo.
Grey leaves Fallodon, near Aln wick, this day, for
York, in order to receive her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, at
the railway terminus, on the Queen's way to visit the
Earl of Carlisle at Castle Howard ; the Right Hon.
Baronet, as Home Secretary, having been selected to
attend on her Majesty during the royal progress to
the Highland retreat at Balmoral. There is no truth
in the report that her Majesty would visit Fallodon,
the seat of the Right Hon. Baronet. The Earl of
Carile arrived at Castle Howard in the early part of
the week, from Naworth Castle, the ancient family
seat of the Howards in Cumberland, in order to make
every preparation for the reception of her Majesty to-
morrow evening. The Countess Dowager and
Lady Mary Howard had previously arrived
there from the Duke of. Devonshire's seat
in Derbyshire. The Duchess of Sutherland
and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, Lady Dover
and the Hon. Misses Ellis, the Right Hon. W.
T. and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Miss Lascelles, Lady
Elizabeth Grey, and other members of the family, are
to assemble at Castle Howard, to have the honour to
meet the Queen and royal party. The Marquis and
Marchioness of Clanricarde and family have repaired
to Brighton. The Noble Marquis occasionally comes
to town during the week on business connected with
his department in the Government. The Lord Privy
Seal, accompanied by the Countess of Minto and the
Ladies Elliot, arrived at Minto-house, N. 8., on
Tuesday last from town for the autumn. A large
family party will shortly assemble there. The Earl
and Countess Grey intend to remain at Hawick. hall
until the middle of next month, when the Noble Earl
is expected to return to London to relieve the Secre-
tary of State staying in London. Viscount Palmer-
ston continues in town, and is not expected to leave
fur Broadlands, his seat in Hants, for three weeks to
come. The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring ar-
rived at his official residence at the ‘idmiralty on Sa-
turday afternoon, from Portsmouth, after attending
her Majesty on her marine excursion to Ostend. The
Right Hon. Baronet and Lady Arabella Baring and
family leave town far Brighton, and afterwards go to
Stratton-park, Rants, for the autumn. The Right
Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, are making
a tour of visits in Scotland ; also the Right Hon.
Henry Labouchere. The Right llon. Fox Maule is
at Birnam-lodge, near Dunkeld, N. 8., and is not ex-
pected in town before November. The Right Hon.
Sir John Cam Hobhouse is at present residing at
Erlstoke-park, Wilts.
THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.

COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS.
The preliminary operations for its realization are
going briskly forward. The whole space, and, of
course, something more than the exact space to be
covered by the building for the Exposition, is fenced
in by a substantial paling, within which masses of
timber are being deposited, and the necessary sheds
and temporary workshops are being rapidly run up.
The space which the fence circumscribes is about
112 yards in breadth, and 740 yards in length ; but
of course the actual limits of the building will not be
quite so great. The paling may be said to com-
mence opposite the Royal Humane Society's receiving-
house, and to end close by the bridge across the Ser-
pentins.ln the enclosed space are two rows of trees—
one a scattered clump of fine old elms, the other a
line of smaller and younger trees. Matters will be
so arranged that none of these ornaments of the park
need fall. The few trees the destruction of which
was inevitable have already disappeared. The
ground to be covered by Mr. Paxton's palace of iron
and glass lies contiguous to only one of the entrances,
and that a minor one, to the park. This is the
Prince's-gate, opening from the Kensington-road,
not very far from the turnpike. From this gate a foot-
path leads diagonally across towards the bridge over
the Serpentine, and this little-frequented path is the
only thoroughfare which will be shut up by the
" profanation in question. The carriage entrance
at this point will not even be obstructed, for a second
entrance has been made from the public way, exactly
opposite the main gate of the enclosure. Through ,
this, all heavy loads of materials, and so forth, will be I