The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-13 00:00:00

THE PRIVY COUNCIL

At tho Council Parliament was ordered to be fur-
ther prorogued from Tuesday, the 17th of December,
until the 4th of February ; and a Proclamation was
ordered, summoning Parliament to meet on the 4th
of February for the dispatch of business.
Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.

Her Slajesty was attended by the Vice-Chamber-
lain, the Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting, and Cap-
tain the Hon. Joseph Denman, Groom in Waiting.
The Greek Minister, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Minto, the Duke of Richmond, Viscount
Palmerston, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Fox Maule, Lord E.
Howard, and Mr. C. Greville travelled from town, to
attend the Court by a special train on the Great
Western Railway. Lord John Russell arrived from
Richmond-park ; and Mr. Labouchere from Stoke.
After the Council luncheon was served to the Mi-
nisters and officers present.
At a quarter before three o'clock the Ministers took
their departure, most of them returning to London
by a special train on the Great Wester:Railway.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, DEC. 12.
The Earl of Liverpool and Sir James Clark ar-
rived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and
the Prince.

The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in at-
tendance in the Castle yesterday (Wednesday) even-
ing, and performed the following selection during
dinner :
Overture, " Iphigenie " ... Gluck.
Selection, " Don Pasquale " Donizetti.
Waltz, " Caroline" Tinney.
Introduction and Chorus, "Antigone"... Mendelssohn.
Galoppe, " Hugo " Kuhner.
Radetzky March ... Strauss.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended,
and played the following pieces :
Overture, " Das Wunderwasser " Flotow.
Le Pre3he Anabaptist, "Le Prophete " Meyerbeer.
Adagio and Polonaise, " Gruss un das
Wintermann.
Vaterland "
Finale, Ist Act, " Oberon " ... Weber.

Mr. SemMing (Hon. Sec.) attended at the Home-
office yesterday with an address from the vicar,
churchwardens, and inhabitants of St. Pancras, against
the Papal aggression, 16.630 signatures.

COURT THEATRICALS :AT WINDSOR.
Last evening the Queen gave the first of a series of
dramatic entertainments at Windsor Castle. A
temporary stage had been erected in the Rubens-
room, which was elegantly fitted up for the reception
of her Majesty and the Prince and the distinguished
circle honoured with invitations to witness the per-
formanc2s. The whole arrangements were, as before,
under the direction of Mr. Charles Kean.
At the conclusion of the play, her Majesty was
pleased to send a moat gracious message to Mr.
Charles Kean, through Colonel Phipps, expressing
the gratification the royal party had received from
the whole performance, with particular mention of
the efforts of Mr. Charles Kean and Mr. Bartley.
lier Majesty was further pleased to notice the com-
pleteness given to the cast by Mrs. Charles Kean's
assuming the comparatively unimportant character of
Lady Percy.

(FROM THE COURT CIRCULAR.)
At eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and his
Royal Highness the Prince Albert, with their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred,
accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady
Adeliza Howard, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Earl of
Carlisle, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Canning,
Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord Edward Howard, Sir
James and Lady Graham, Sir David Dundas, Sir
James Clark, Lady Fanny Howard and Baroness de
Speth quitted the state apartments, and were con-
ducted to the temporary theatre. The Ladies in
Waiting to the Queen, and the Gentlemen in Wait-
ing to her Majesty and the Prince, attending her
Majesty and his Royal Highness.
The following were also honoured with invitations
to witness the dramatic representations :—the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Downshire, the Countess
of Mansfield and the Ladies Murray, the Hon. and
Rev. Henry and Lady Anna Maria Cust, and the
Misses Cust, the Hon. Peregrine Cust and Miss
Cusp, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. C.B. and Mrs. Phipps,
and Miss Bathurst, the Provost of Eton and the
Hon. Mrs. Hodgson, the Rev. Dr. Hawtry, Sir
George and Lady Conner, Miss and Mr. Couper,
Hon. Henry Ashley, Major-General Scott, Mrs.
Bouverie, Mr. and Mrs. Henry ,Seymour and Miss
Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. Grote, Mr. Birch, Mr.
Glaver, the Commanding Officer and two Officers of
the Coldstream Guards, the Commanding Officer and
two Officers of the Royal Horse Guards, and Com-
mander Forbes, R.N.
The Queen and Prince Albert being seated, and the
distinguished visitors and the ladies and gentlemen of
the royal household having also taken their seats, the
performance commenced.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in
an ante-room immediately adjacent during the

evening.
The following was the programme of the royal
entertainment :

(By command.)
Shakspere's historical play of King Henry the Fourth,
Part I.

king Henry the Fourth Mr. COOPER.
Henry rrince of Wales 1 sons to the f Hr. ANDERSON.
Prince John of Lancaster f King & Miss DALY.
Earl of Westmoreland 1 Friends to the f Mr. C. FISHER.
Sir Walter Blount j King Mr. BELTON.
Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester Mr. RYDER.
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland Mr. KING.
Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur (his _ _ _

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eon) . .N .. • Mr. C. KEAN.
Archibald, Earl of Douglas .. Mr. F. CooKE.
Sir Richard Vernon Mr. J. F. CATHCART.
Sir John Falstaff Mr. BARTLEY.
Poins
Gadshill Mr. R. CATHCART.
Peto
Bardolph ..... ...
Francis

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iMr. KEELEY.
Carriers

Sheriff Mr. PAULO.
Raby
Travellers......Messrs. WYNN, DALY, STOKES, and ll.LiwEs.
Lady Percy, Wile to llotspur .......... Mrs. C. KEAN.
Mrs. Quickly, Hostess of a Tavern in
Eastcheap
SCENE —England.
Director Mr. CHARLES KEAN.
Assistant Director Mr. GEORGE ELLIS.

Mrs. KEELEY.

The Theatre arranged and the Scenery painted by Mr.
TIIO3IAS GRIEVE.

LAMB nir R NATIONAL SCHOOLS.—Wednesday after-
noon the first stone of the Holy Trinity National Schools,
Carlisle-s:reet, Lambeth, was laid in presence of a large
number of the principal inhabitants, by the Rev. C. B. Dal-
ton, M.A., rector of St. Mary's, Lambeth. The site was
given by his Grace the Primate, being the south-west angle
of Lambeth Palace Park, which during the late Dr. Hawley's
time suffered equal encroachment for the erection of the
Holy Trinity district church. The schools are intended for
200 boys, 200 girls, and 100 infants. The merit of this va-
luable addition to the parochial institutions is due to the in-
cumbent of Trinity Church, the Rev. James Gillman, M.A.,
through whose perseverance the necessary funds have been
obtained. Previous to the ceremony Divine service was per-
formed at Trinity Church; after which the clergy and con-
greation, preceded by a large number of children, repaired
to the ground ; and, after an appropriate address, the Rev.
Rector laid the foundation stone, the customary forma-
lities, add the proceedings terminated with the Doxology.
CULTIVATION OP FLAX IN IRELAND.—Further
sati,factory accounts have been received of the exertions of
the gentry in the south to extend the cultivation of flax.
Even in Kerry some progress has been made -by the newly-
formed Farming Society at Listowel, where subscriptions are
increasing, and arrangements Will be made to procure from
tie Ulster Society an instructor qualified to teach the far-
mers in the north of Kerry the best mode of cultivating and
preparing flax.

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WINDSOR, TIICESDAY.—The Queen held a Court
andlPrivy Council at one o'clock this afternoon'at: the
Cas tie.
At the Court Monsieur Tricoupi was presented to
the Queen at an audience by Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, and delivered his credentials to
the Queen as Minister Plenipotentiary from the King
of Greece.
The Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil was presented
to the Queen at an audience by Viscount Palmerston,
kissed hands on being appointed her Majesty's
Minister Plenipotentiary at Florence, and took leave
of the Queen on his departure on his mission.
The Duke of Richmond had an audience of the
Queen, and presented an address from the hop planters
of Sussex and of the Weald of Kent, praying her
Majesty to prevent the levy of the remaining moiety
of duty of 1848 until after the meeting of :Parliament,
when their case will be brought before the Le-
gislature.
The Noble Duke also presented to her Majesty the
fallowing addresses against Papal aggression :

Signatures.
Fr cm inhabitants of the city of Chichester 322
From ministers and congregation of Provi-
dence Chapel, in the city of Chichester 215
From minister and coPgrogation of Zion
Chapoi, in the city of Chichestrr
From inhabit :sots of Worthing, and parish
of Broadwater 391
From ladies in Worthing
From inhabitants of the parish of Little-
hampton
From parishes of Stinton and Binstead
Viscount Ponsonby was presented to the Queen at
' an audience by Viscount Palmerston.
Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of
Lansdowne and Lord John Russell.
The Queen's Privy Council was attended by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President,
the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury,
the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign
Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Post-
master-General, the Secretary-at-War, and the
Master of the Horse.