The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-15 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULARI

The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess
Helena, accompanied by Count de Mensdorff-Pouilly
and Count Alphonse de Mensdorff-Pouilly, and at-
tended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Flora Mac-
donald, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
Major-General Bowles, General Wenlyss, and Colonel
Bouverie, left Osborne, Isle of Wight, at ten o'clock
yesterday morning, and embarked at Cowes on the
Fairy Royal yacht, which conveyed the august party
to Gosport. Her Majesty, the Prince, and suite,
travelled by a special train on the South-We3tern
Railway to the Nine Elms station, and from thence
proceeded in three of the Royal carriages, escorted by
a party of Light Dragoons, to Buckingham Palace,
where they arrived at twelve minutes before two
o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at
the Palace by the Viscountess Canning., the Lord
Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Cham-
berlain, Lord Elphinstone, Lord George Lennox, and
Captain the Hon. J. Denman,
The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at
three o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham
Palace.

The Solicitor-General (Mr. Cockburn) was pre-
sented to the Queen at an audience, by Sir George
Grey, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for
the Home Department, when her Majesty was gra-
ciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood
upon him.

Mr. Robert Stanford (from the Cape) was pre-
sented to her Majesty, at an audience, by Earl Grey,
her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, and bad the honour of receiving Knighthood
from the Queen.

The Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting,
attended her Majesty at both audiences.
The Duke of Wellington bad an audience of the
Queen. _

Lord John Russell and the Marquis of Lansdowne
had audiences of her Majesty.
The Queen held a Privy Council, which was at-
tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy
Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries
of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Depart-
ments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First
Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy
of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Controul,
the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the
Groom of the Stole to the Prince.

Sir John Jervis, Lord Chief-Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas, was by command of the Queen
sworn of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Coun-
cil, and took his seat at the Board.
The Queen's Speech on closing the session of Par-
liament this day, was arranged and agreed upon.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
waiting.
At the Court General Jung Bahadoor, on a special
mission from his Highness the Raja of Nepaul, had an
audience of the Queen to take leave of her Majesty.
The Envoy was introduced by Sir John Hobhouse,
President of the Board of Controul for the affairs of
India, and conducted by Colonel the Hon. Edward
Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremo-
nies. The Envoy was accompanied by his brothers,
Colonel Juggut Shumshere Jung, and Colonel Dhere
Shumshere Jung.
The Earl of ,Westmoreland was presented to the
Queen at an audience, by Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
The Bishop of Montreal was presented to her Ma..
jesty at an audience, by Earl Grey, the Queen's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The Court was attended by Lord Elphinstone,
Lord in Waiting; the Treasurer of the Household, the
Vice-Chamberlain, the Comptroller of the House-
hold, and Captain the Hon: Joseph Denman, Groom
in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by
Count de Mensdorff-Peuilly and Count Alphonse de
Menad rff-PoUilly, honoured the Haymarket Theatre
with their presence last evening. The Royal suite
consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Lord Elphin-
stone, General Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
returned to town from Osborne.
Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. Alfred Dymond had
an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, with
reference to the case of the convict William Ross,
now under sentence of death in York Castle.

A deputation from the London Dock Company,
consisting of Mr. John Cattley, Mr. Charles Marryat,
Mr. Cave, Baron de Goldsmid, Mr. Manning, and
Mr. Powles, had an interview with the Right Hon.
Henry Labouchere and Earl Granville yesterday, at
the office of the Board of Trade. _

Captain Mangles Denham, R.N., F.R.S., has re-
paired to Southport, on the coast of Lancashire, to
hold a Government inquiry into the causes and cir-
cumstances attending the recent wreck of the Prince
Arthur steamer.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOT-

LAND.

An official communication was received yesterday,
stating that it was not the intention of her Majesty
to accompany Prince Albert at the ceremony of laying
the foundation-stone of the National Gallery on the
Mound, on Friday, the 30th instant. This will be a
great disappointment to the citizens, though it is still
children will be present at the ceremony. The Queen,
expected that the Prince of %Vales and the other royal
as now determined, will, on her arrival on the Thurs-
day afternoon, by the North British Railway from
Berwick, alight in a temporary station which is to be
erected at St. Margaret's, and entering her private
carriage, drive direct through Holyrood•park to the
Palace. The procession in connexion with the laying
of the foundation stone of the National Gallery on
Friday, is to muster at Parson's-green, where it will
be joined by Prince Albert and the royal children
from Holyrood Palace. Its course will then be along
the London-road, Waterloo-place, and Prince's-
street, to the Royal Institution. Prince Albert will
here be received by the board of trustees, and con-
ducted through the Royal Institution to the door at
the south side of that building, about forty or fifty
yards distant from which
is the site of the
foundation-stone. A gallery is to be erected
to the south of the Royal Institution for
the Royal Family and suite ; another gallery
is to be erected to the westword for the Judges of the
Court of Session, the Town Council, the Board of
Trustees, the Royal Academicians, &c. This gallery
is to hold about a thousand persons. Two other gal-
leries are to be erected, to which the public are to
have access on payment of a small fee. One of these
is to be on the eastern side of the Mound, and the
other on the slope in front of the Free Church Col-
lege. These galleries are not to be raised very high ;
neither are they to be covered, lest they should, to any
extent, obstruct the view. The whole of the space
the different galleries will be barricaded
in
a way
by
similar to a race-course.—Scotsman.
occupied

ROYAL VISIT TO THE HAYMARKET.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert and suite honoured the Haymarket Theatre last
evening, to witness The Willow Copse performed by
the Adelphi company. The pieces were consequently
acted, by special desire, in the following order :—The
Double-bedded Room, The Hippopotamus, and The
Willow Cope last.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
- NORTH-WESTERN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at Morecombe. Mr. Pudsey Dawson pre-
sided.

The report stated that the line between Skipton and
Lancaster was opened throughout for publio traffic
on the Ist of June last. The works then unfinished
have since been proceeded with in a satisfactory man-
ner. The directors were most anxious to have the
expenditure on capital account closed as soon as pos-
sible, and with that view, they were urging on the
completion of all works under contract. The Settle
and Clapham contracts were completed, the balance
due to the contractors paid, and the works on that
portion of the line now in the hands of the com-
pany. The time allowed for the completion of the
Gargrave and Long Preston contracts had also ex-
pired, and the accounts of the contractor were in the
course of settlement. The works on the Bentham con-
tract will remain in the contractor's hands till the let
of June in next year. The worke at the Lancaster
end of the line were already in the hands of the com-
pany. The total expenditure on capital account to
the 30th of June, is 879,9811., and it was estimated
that the further sum of 120,0191. will be spent in
completing. the railway and in providing sufficient
stock. With an increasing revenue they entertained
no doubt of being enabled to raise by debenture the
remainder of the capital, and to be in a position to
announce that no further call would be required.
The revenue account for the half-year showed that
the receipts had been 10.1931., and the expenditure
7,4281., leaving a profit of 2,7651.
The report was adopted, and after some formal
business had been transacted the proceedings closed
with a vote of thanks to the chairman.