The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

COURT NEWS.

THURSDAY.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort rode on horseback yesterday morning,
attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Charles
Fitzroy. and Liehtenant-Colonel Ponsonhy.

The-Prince of Wales, attended by Major-General the
Hon. R. Bruce and Major Teesdale, arrived at.Buck-
ingliam Palace yesterday afternoon from Oxford.
The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Alice, and attended by the Hon. Beatrice
Byng, took a drie in a carriage and four in the after-
noon. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horse-
back. •

His Royal Highness the Prince. Consort presided over
a meeting of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic
Fund, held in the afternoon, at three o'clock, at the
Palace of Westminster. The followin,; Royal Com-
missioners were present :—The Earl of Liardwicke, the
Earl of Chichester, Lord Rokeby, Lord Colchester, Lord
St. Leonards, Lord Fermoy, Lord Lyveden, Colonel the
Hon. 3. Lindsay, Sir James Graham, Sir 'John Paking-
ton, Sir Robert Throckmorton, Colonel J. Wilson Patten,
Sir Morton Peto, J. Ball, Esq., and the Lord Mayor.
Captain E. Gardiner Fishbourne, R.N., and Colonel
John Henry Lefroy, RA., Hon. Secretaries, attended.
The meeting broke up at a quarter past five o'clock.
A nqeeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal
Commission for the exhibition of 1861 was held on
Tursday at the Privy Council office. There were
present Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, the Right
Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., Sir A. Spearman, Mr. Coulson,
.
Q.C., Mr. Mr.
I‘Tir. Edgartiai
Bowring (secretary). . an
officer attended.

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HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.
•Her Majesty's the Queen gave on Wednesday evenin
a State Ball, to which a party of 1,811 were invited.
ThiiPieture Gallery, Green Drawing Room, Saloon,
State Dining Room, and Promenade Gallery, were
opened for the reception.
A Guard of Honour was on duty in front of the
Palace. The .yeoinen of the Guard lined the grand
hall and staircase, under the command of the Exon in.
Waiting. Major-General Sir Travell Phillips, . lieu-
tenant of the Royal Body Guard, attended.
The company began to arrive at Buckingham Palace
soon after nine o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary arrived at 20 minutes past ten o'clock,
attended. by Lady G. Somerset and Colonel Home
Purvey.

The Duke of Cambridge was attended by his Equerry
in Waiting.. —
The Queen and Prince Consort were conducted to the
ball and concert room by Viscount Sydney, Lord Cham-
berlain, the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward; and
other , principal officers of the Royal Household. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice; the Duchess of
Cambridge, and the ,Princess Mary, the Duke of Cam.-
bridge, the Prince and Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, and the' Mahe.-
rajah_Duleep. Singh. The Ladies and Gentlemen in
Waiting attended the Royal party. The Corps 4) D. lo
-
matique and the,general company folloWed.
The Queen wore a dress of white crape over white
silk, two flounces, the upper one • looped up :with
bouquets of white. lilacs and chrysanthemums orna-
mentedwith dhimonds., Her Majesty'S headdress was
formed of a wreath of white lilacs and_chrysanthemui-ns
ornamented with diamonds.
The Princess Alice wore a white crape dress over rich
Oace silk, trinunecl with bugles and white roses. Her
royal Highness wore a wreath of white roses to
correspond. I • • •
The Duchess of Cainliridge Wore a' black glace silk
dress.' 'trimmed with black tulle, and on overskirt. of
deep black lace; a stomacher necklace and earrings of
pearls and diamonds. Her Royal Highness's headdress
was composed of .a pearl tiara, black feathers, and black
lappets.
The Princess 'Mary of-Cambridge wore a white tulle.
dressJestooned with large bows_ of mauve riband and
fringe, and covered with a silver tulle veil, the body to
correspond; a stomacher of pearls and diamonds, Reck-
lace and ear-rings pearls and diamonds. Her Royal
Highness wore as a headdress a wreath of lilies of the
valley and Mauve velvet leaves, with diamond ornaments:
The Priticeits of Leiningen wore a white tarlatans
,dress over white silk, trimmed with wild eonvolynlus
-Her Royal Highness wore in her hair a wreath of wild
cOnvolvulus entwined with diamonds.
Weippert's band of thirty-sir musicians, conducted
by Mr:John Weippert, was in attendance in the orchestra;
and soon after the entrance of Her Majesty and the dis-
tinguished coiiipany, commenced •a valse, " Floriana"
(Tinney). The following dance music was played dur-
ing the night:-

Floriana
Lurline
Kathleen Mavourneen
Jolics Oiseaux
Malaga
Zuleina
Annie