The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-13 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen will hold a Privy
Council to-morrow (Monday) afternoon at the Castle,
at half-past two o'clock.
Yesterday the unfavourable state of the weather
prevented her Majesty and the Royal Family from
taking their accustomed walking and equestrian ex-
ercise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle.' His
Royal Highness Prince Albert, from the same' cause,
was prevented from enjoying the sport of shooting in
the royal preserves.
The Duke of Sotomayor, the Spanish Minister, had
an audience of the Queen on Friday evening, to
deliver his credentials. His Excellency was intro-
duced to her Majesty by the Earl of Aberdeen, prin-
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, • and was
most graciously received.
The Queen and Prince Albert took equestrian ex-
ercise for an hour on Friday evening in the riding
school, attended by the Equerries in Waiting.
His Excellency the Duke and the Duchess of Soto-
mayOr, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the
Earl of Aberdeen, Lord and Lady Cottenham, and
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, took their departure
from the Castle yesterday.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Cie-
: mentina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie,
and Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, arrived
yesterday at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson and
the Res. Frederic Anson, had the honour of joining
the royal circle at dinner yesterday.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in atr
tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private
band afterwards attended in the Castle, and per-
formed the remainder of the evening.
This morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked
for some time on the Terrace and in the Home Park.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were
taken walking exercise in the forenoon.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the whole of the
Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine
service this morning in the private, chapel of the
Castle. The Hon. and . Rey. C. Leslie Courtenay
officiated. ,

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron
Knesebeck and Mr. Mildmay, honoured Count Kiel-
rnansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, with their corn-
, pany at dinner on Saturday evening, at his Excel-
leney's residence in Grosvenor-place.
The Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duke of. Mecklenburgh Strelitz attended Divine
service yesterday morning in Grosyenor Chapel.
A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The
Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of
Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Earl of Aberdeen,
Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Lord Wharneliffe,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington,
'Earl of Ripon, the Right Honourable W. E. Glad-
stone, and Lord Granville Somerset.
The Earl of Aberdeen and Mr. Gladstone arrived
in town in the forenoon from Windsor Castle.

The Council sat three hours.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday. The
Rev. Dr. Wesley read the prayers ; the Rev. Mr.
Perkins preached the sermon. The Marquis of Down-
shire, Lords Hawarden, Wharncliffe, and C. Fitzroy,
attended the evening service in the Chapel Royal
yesterday.
The Earl and Countess of Dalhousie left town on
Saturday for Windsor Castle.
The Austrian Ambassador, Count Dietrichstein,
paid visits to the Royal Family In town on Saturday.
Dispatches from. the Governor of South Australia
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.