The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen went in state yesterday to the House of
Lords, to close the session of Parliament with a speech
from the Tnrone.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Mistress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, and the
officers of state, descended from the state rooms by
the grand staircase, to the garden entrance, at twenty
minutes before two o'clock. The state procession was
then formed in the following order :
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying
Colonel Masters, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, and Capt.
the Hon. Mortimer Sackvilla West, Gentlemen. Ushers
in Waiting, and Captain Phibba, Exon in Waiting.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying
Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, R.N , Groom in
Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom in Waiting to the
Prince; and Messrs. Gordon and Cameron, Pages of
Honour in Waiting.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying
General Wernyss, Equerry in Waiting; Colonel
Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince ; and
Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, Groom of the Robes.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying
Colonel Parker, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Colonel
Lascelles, Field Officer in Waiting; and the Right
Hon. William Sebright Lascelles, Comptroller of the
Lousehold.
A carriage, drawn by a set of bays, conveying the
Marquis of Donegal, G.C.H., Captain of the Yeomen
of her Majesty's Body Guard ; Lord Elphinstone,
(i.O H., Lord in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox,
Lord in Waiting to the Prince ; and Lord Marcus
Hill, Treasurer to the Household.
A carriage drawn by a set of black horses, con-
veying the Viscountess Canning, the Lady in Wait-
ing ; the Marquis of 'Westminster, Lord Steward ;
the Marquis of Aylesbury, K.G., Gold Stick in Wait-
ing; and the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of
the Stole to the Prince.

The Queen's Marshalmen.
The Queen's Footmen.
The Yeomen of her Majesty's Body Guard.

The state coach, conveying her Majesty the Queen ;
his Royal Highness the. Prince Albert, K.G. ; the
Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes; and
the Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Master of the Horse.
Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard, Vice-Chamberlain,
conducted the Queen to the state coach.

A guard of honour olthe Grenadier Guards was on
duty on the. Palace lawn, and received her Majesty
with the usual honours, the band playing the National
Anthem.

A detachment of the Life Guards formed the es-
cort.

The crown was conveyed to the House of Lords
by Sir William Martins.
His Excellency Count de Mensdorff Pouilly and
Count Alphonse de Mensdorff Ponilly were present
in the House of Peers during the prorogation of
Parliament.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace at five
minutes past three o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Ju Ige Advocate-General had an audience
of the Queen yesterday, and submitted to her Ma-
jesty the proceedings of some courts-martial.
His Royal Highness the Prince Albert presided
yesterday at the council for the management of the
Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, Somerset
House. His Royal Highness was attended by Lieut.
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided Yes-
terday afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Com-
mission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the
Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the
year 1851.
His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace of
Westminster about five o'clock, attended by Colonel
Bouverie. The Commissioners present were Earl
Granville, Lord Overstone, Lord John Russell, the
Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Sir Richard West-
macott, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Eastlake, Mr. Pusey, M.P.,
and Mr. John Shepherd, chairman of the East India
Company.
Mr. Scott Russell, secretary to the Royal Commis-
sion, was in attendance.
Colonel Reid, chairman of the Executive Commit-
tee, was present. Dr. Lyon Playfair and Colonel
Lloyd attended.
The meeting broke up at half-past six o'clock.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Italian
Opera-house with their presence last evening. Her
Majesty awl his Royal Highness were accompanied
by Count Alphonse de Mensdorff Pouilly, and were
attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lord Elphin-
stone, General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday morning,
at the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell, the Lord
Chaubellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Minto, Sir G. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey,
Sir John Hobhouse, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere,
and the Marquis of Clanricarde, attended.
The Council sat one hour and a half.

Captain Huish had an interview with Sir George
Grey at the Home-officei yesterday. Mr. G. W.
Sperling had also an nterview, yesterday with the
Right Hon. Baronet.
.01r. John O'Connell and a deputation bad an in-
terview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing street.
Sir James Weir Hogg bad an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a general meeting yesterday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood left town yesterday morning for Hickleton,
Yorkshire.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, AUGUST 15.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
THIRD DAY.
Royal Yacht. Squadron Cup of 1001. value. By all
yachts of the squadron (no time allowed for tonnage).
Course, round the Isle of Wight. Three to start, or
no race. To start at ten o'clock.
YACHTS ENTERED.
Stations No. 1, nearest to Cowes Castle.
*l. Wyvern, schooner rigged, 205 tons, the Duke of
Marlborough.
2. Gondola, cutter rigged, 87 tons, W. H. Wood-
house, Esq.
*3. Destiny, schooner rigged, 107 tons, W. Wells, Esq.
*4. Fernande, schooner rigged, 125 tons, Major M.
Martin.
5. Freak, cutter rigged, 60 tons, W. Curling, Esq.
6. Arrow, cutter rigged,Bl tons,.Chamberlayne,Esq.
7. Brilliant, schooner rigged, 392 tons, G. H. Ackers,
Esq.
8. Constance, schooner rigged, 218 tons, the Marquis
of Conyngham.
9. Sultana, cutter rigged, 100 tons, R. C. Naylor, Esq.
10. Mosquito, cutter' rigged, 49 tons, Lord Londes-
borough.
11. Alarm, cutter rigged, 193 tons, Joseph Wild, Esq.
*l2. Bianca, schooner rigged, 32 tons, C. P. Leslie, &.q.
13. Aurora, cutter rigged, 47 tons, Le Merchant
Thomas, Etq.
Those marked with a star did not start.
The nine yachts without a star started with a nice
breeze from the N.N.E., crowding all sail for the Needles,
but before they reached Yarmouth the wind fell off.
The Aurora was thought at first to have the advantage.
then the Freak, then the Mosquito, the wind favouring
the smalltr vessels. Had the wind they had at starting
lasted, the general opinion was that the Alarm would
distance the others; indeed, the pilots and yacht captains
not in the match expressed their opinions very freely
that Mr. Wild ought not to have put the Alarm in, it
being like putting a race-horse of the first class to run
against a lot of ponies. Four out of the six schooners
were withdrawn, having no chance with so light a breeze
against the small cutter-yachts, much more the great
Alarm. At midday the breeze died away, and a drifting
match commenced. Towards evening a light breeze
sprung up from the S.W., but at the time of going to
post the yachts bad not made their appearance to the
eastward.

8 15, r. M.

The steamer that accompanied the yachts is just re-
turned ; they passed the Needles about 5 o'clock in the
following orderr—The Freak, Arrow, Sultana, Aurora,
and Mosquito. The latter being about five minutes
astern of the first; in nine minutes afterwards the Alarm
passed the Gondola, being seven minutes after her. The
Constance rounded the rocks at half-past five; the Bril4
tient being considerably astern. The steamer only fol-
lowed them as far as Freshwater, when, finding there
was no chance of their reaching Cowes till after mid-
night, she if ft them to their fates and returned.
Spoken in the Needles Passage, the Bremen barque,
Maria Francesca, bound to Cowes.,
The Roadstead is one forest ot masts, there are above 50.
yachts of the squadron, independent of other yachts and
pleasure vessels; a great influx of company has taken
place this week, and many houses have been taken, but
the town is far from lull.
At the annual dinner of the R.Y.S. yesterday, the
Commodore, Lord Welton, took the chair; the vice
chair being filled by the Vice• Commodore, C. R. M.
Talbot. Lq., 51. P. There were present the Marquis of
Bath, Lord F. Fitzclareuce, Lord A. Fitzclarence, the
Marquis of Ormond, Viscount Exmouth, Sir R. Graham,
and about 50 other gentlemen. Tale dinner gave universal
satisfaction.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE,

AnCusT 15, 1850.
ARRIVALS.
Aug. 10.—Destiny schooner, Wm. Wells, E:q , from
the Eastward; Sultana cutter, Richard Naylor, Esq.,
from the Clyde; Wizard cutter, Win. Delatield, Eaq.,
from Cork; Wyvern schooner, Duke of Marlborough,
from the East coast of Scotland; F risk cutter, Richard
Frankland, Esq., from Ireland.
13th.—Mirage schooner, Marquis of Ormonde, from
Ireland; Ballerina, John Davenport, Esq., from Norwa,l.
14th.—Freak cutter, Wm. Curling, Eaq , from Ire-
land; Maud shooner, T. Legh, from Dublin
SAILINGS.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Sohooners—Xarifa, Capricorn, Constance, Wyvern,
Brilliant, Sibyl, Fair Rotamond, Ballerina, Maud, Mi-
rage, Gipsy Queen, Bianca, Ariel, Fernande, Novice,
Destiny, Merlin, Titania, Hawk.
Cutters—Pearl, Alarm, Wizard, Elizabeth, Frisk,
Osprey, Gauntlet, Turquoise, Stormfiuch, Sultana, Au-
.