The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-15 00:00:00

Vie Court.

It is understiood that the costume to be worn at
the Queen's state hill on Friday, the 13th of June, will be
the full dress of the time of the Restoration. It is hot to
embrace the whole of the reign of King Charles the Second
front the year MD to the death of that monarch in 1685,
but is to.be confined to the period immediately succeeding
the Restoration.

fhe Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales
and Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princes
Alice, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia,
Prince Frederick N% illiam, and the Princess Louisa of
Prussia, visited the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Regent'.
Park yesterday, and were received by the Duke of Norfolk.
The royal suites consisted of the lion. Eleanor Stanley, the
Countess A. de Macke, the Countess Orinlla, Colonel the
Hon. Charles Grey, Lieut.-Col. Francis Hugh Seymour,
Major Von Boyen, and Lieut. Von Heinz.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited
Her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham l'alace, and also
paid a visit to the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House,
St. James's.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince and 1 rincess of Prussia, and attended by the
lion. Eleanor Stanley, Countess Oriolla, Count l'ukler,
Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Lieut.-Colonel F. 11. Seymour,
and Major Von Doyen, visited the Exhibition of the Works
of Industry of all nations. Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Speth, and Sir George Outlier, also honoured the Exhibi-
' Lion yesterday with her presence.
The Duchess° d'Orleans visited the Princess of Prussia
yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar also paid a visit to the Prince and Princess of
Prussia yesterday.
The Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick
William, and the Princess Louisa, accontpanied by the
Duchesse d'Orleans and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
and attended by the Countess Oriolla, inspected Westmin-
ster Abbey yesterday afternoon. The illustrious party
afterwards visited the Bazaar in Baker-street.
The royal dinner party yesterday included the Duchess
of Kent, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frede-
rick William of Prussia, the Duke of Cambridge, Lady
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Sixth, the Countess A. de
Backe, the Countess Oriolla, Count Pukler, Sir George
Couper, Lord William l'aulet, Count Oohs, Major Von
Doyen, Colonel Fischer, and Lieutenant von Heinz. 11cr
Majesty had afterwards an evening party. The following
hal the honour of receiving invitations :—Prince Edward
of Sale Weimar, the Prussian Minister and Madame Ilan-
son, Mademoiselle Bunsen, Count Perponcher, Baron do
Langer, M. de Bethntann, the Netherlands Minister, Made-
moiselle Sehimmelpenninek and Mademoisehe Phillippine
Seleimmelpenninck, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady
Constance Lcveson Gower, the Duke and Duchess of
Norfolk, Lady Adelixa and Lord Edward Howard, the
Marquis and Marchioness of %Vestmiuster, and the Ladies
0. and A. Grosvenor, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Abercorn, the Marquis and Marchioness of Itreadallyme,
Lord and Lady Seymour, and the (two) llonourable Misses
St. Maur, Lord and Lady John Russell and the lion. Miss
E. Lister, Mr. Arthur Russell, the Earl and Countess
Granville, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, and the
(two) Ladies Hay, the Earl of Gifford, the Earl and
Countess of Jersey and Latliflementina Villiers, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Clanricarde mad the Ladies E. and
M. De Burgh, the Mankuis of Granby, the Earl and
Countess Bruce, Viscount tlilden, Lord and Lady Charles
Wellesley, Lord James Murray, Lieut.-Colonel the Hun.
C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, and the lion. Mrs. Gray.

The Cambridge University Commission met yesterday at
the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in
Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of Chester, thu
Bonn of Ely, Sir John Herschel', Bart., the key. Pr0b....0r
sedgy:wk, and the Rev. W. IL. Bate um (secretary).
Sir Edward N. Buxton and Mr. llardcastle, )11.P., had
an interview yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-
office.

Ths Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day morning. Present—The Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, Bic Chant...nor of the Duchy of Cornwall,
the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan.
The appeals, "The Attorney-General of New Zealand v.
Clarke" (New Zealand), ' Musader Mahomed Cazim v.
Meerra Ali Mahomed Shon.try•' (Bombay), and " Lynn v.
Brenchly" (Prerogative Court) were disposed of.
Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Des-
patches were also sent off to the Governor of Sierra Leone.
The Right lion. W. 0. Ifayter entertained a party of
English and Irish menthers of parliament at dinner yester-
day, at his mansion in Hyde-park.