The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-03-23 00:00:00

Court Nrins.

Her Majesty the Queen held a levee on Wednesday
afternoon, in St. James's Palace, Her Majesty end His
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and escorted by a
detachment of Life Guards, arrived from Buckingham
Palace and were received by the great officers of State.
FRERCORS FOR THE NEW PALACE.-011 Thursday
Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royel Highness the
Prince Consort, paid a visit to the studio of Mr. Her-
bert, at St. John's-wood-road, for the purpou of inspect-
ing that gentleman's great cartoon of "Moses bringing
down the table of the Law to the Israelites." Mr. Her-
bert has been engaged upon this cartoon for upwards of
two years, and is now about to execute it in fresco for
tl.e new Houses of Parliament. His Royal Highness the
Prince Consort has evinoed hie interest in the work by
frequently visiting it during its progress, and Thursday
brought Her Majesty to inspect it on its completion.
The Queen was graciously pleased to express her deep
interest and approbation, both of the subject and its
manner of treatment by Mr. Herbert.
Thursday vu the birthday of her Royal Highness the
Princeu Louisa. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent paid a Visit of congratulation to the Queen in the
forenoon at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty the
Queen gave a ball in the evening to • party of between
160 and 170 of the juvenile nobility ouid gentry. The
Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Fanny Howard and
Sir George Couper) and the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary arrived about 9 o'clock. The Queen,
the Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, Prince Arthur, and the Princesses Alice, Helena,
and Louisa entered the Throne Room, soon after 9
o'clock, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Primus' Mary. The
Princesses, Alice, Helena, and Louisa wore pink glue
skirt', with bouillonnees of pink tulle, tastefully trimmed
with wreaths of snowdrops. The Primes' Alice wore
• wreath of snowdrops round her head. The Prince o
Wales and Prince Alfred wore the Highland dross.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance and dano
ing oomineneed.
The Queen and the Royal Family arrived at Bucking-
ham Palau from Osborne on Tuesday.
Her Majesty has deolaredler intention of conferring
• baronetcy on the son of thr late Sir Henry Lawrence.
It is also the intention of the Court of Directors of the
East India Company to propose to the Court of Pro•
prletors the grant of WI annuity of £l,OOO a year.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort presided on
Friday at a meeting of the Council of the Duchy of
Cornwall, held at the Duchy-office, Buckingham-gate,
St. James's Park. There were also present the Chan-
cellor, the Right Hon. Thomas Pemberton Leigh; the
Hon. Henry Bouverie William Brand; the Attorney.
General, Mr. Alexander; the Treasurer, Colonel the
Hon. Charles Beaumont Phipps; the Duke of New-
castle, Lord Portman, and the Secretary (Mr. James
Robert Gardiner.)
The Duke of Cambridge went to Chatham on Monday
week to inspect the troops of the various Indian depots
now attached to the three battalions of Infantry. His
Royal Highness afterwards visited the garrison hos-
pital.
Baron Brunow, once more accredited to the Court of
St. James's, as representative of the Emperor of Russia,
hu arrived in London to resume his diplomatic func-
tions. The Slimness will continue her residence abroad
for the present.
A Vienna letter in the Indlpendance of Brussels
says :—" Sir Hamilton Seymour, availing himself of a
leave of absence which he obtained some time ago, will
shortly pay a visit to England with Lady Seymour, who
has lately recovered from a rather serious illness. Baron
de Bourqueney will also pay a visit to Paris after
Easter to fetch Madame de Bourqueney and his children
to Vienna."