16 DECEMBER 1837, Page 8

the Court.

The Queen held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on Monday. The Duke of Cambridge, Earl Granville, and Lord Robert Grosvenor were sworn in members of the Council. Earl Somers took the oaths as Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire, and Lord Rodney as Lord- Lieutenant of Radnorshire. The Ambassadors from Turkey and the Brazils had audiences to deliver their respective credentials. After the Council, the Queen gave audiences to the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Lord Palmerston, and Lord Robert Grosvenor.

The dinner-company at the Puluce this week has comprised Lord Melbourne, Lord and Lady Cottenham, the Duke of Roxburgh, Lord and Lady Beresford, Earl Somers, Lord Morpetle Lord Byron, and Mr. William Cowper.