The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S COURT.

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The Queen held a fourth Court at Buckingham
Pekoe yesterday afternoon.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Lord !lir ed Hervey,
Lieutenant-General Racily", Major Grey, and Mr. C. L.
Wood, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Homo
Guards, arrived at the garden entrance of the Palace from
Marlborough.lionee shortly before :1 o'clock.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge was invited to her
Majesty's Reeeption. bet was prevented by absence from
town from being present.
Her Majesty's body guard of the Hoe. Corps of Gentle.
ratee.at-Arms was on dirty at the Court, under the oommand
of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Topham, the lieutenant.
The following officers were also present with the corps :
Lieutenant-Colonel William WWI, the Clerk of the
Cheque and adjutant, and Captain N. G. Philips, the sub
officer. _ .

The royal body guard of the Yeomen at the Gourd wee cat
duty, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. A.
Todd, the exon in waiting. Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke, the
sedge, was she present with the corps.
A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guarda was mounted
in the court of the Palace.

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The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, Princess Helios, sod Princes. Louise, entered the
White Drawing-room soon after three o'clock.
In attendance upon her Majesty were :—The Lades. of
Wellington, mistress of the robes ; Viscount Sydney, lord
chamberlain ; Earl of St. Germans, lord steward ; the Mar-
quis of. Ailesbery, master of the horse ; lady Camas,
Harrington, the lady superintendeet ; Viettinstess Jocelyn
the lady of the bedchamber in waiting ; the Hon. Mrs. A.
Gordon, the bedchamber woman in waiting ; Hon. Mrs.
Bruce, extra bedchamber woman ; Hon. Caroline Cavendish
and Hoe. Florence Seymour, =ids of honour in waiting;
and the usual *Sears of the household.
The Queen wore a black silk dress, with train trimmed
with maps and jet, a Mary Queen of Scots rep, with loci
veil, the cap ornamented with diamond& Her Majesty wore
a necklace of diamonds and • brooch eompoaed of • large
sapphire set in diamonds, the Itiband and the Star of the
Order of the Garter, the Victoria and Albert Order, and

the Order of Louise of Prumia.
Princess Helena wore a does of greradies over white silk;
train of white silk with trees satin stripe. Headdress,
wreath of red rases and this of the valley, feathers, and
veil ; ornaments, pearls and dimoods, Victoria and Albert
Order, and Order of St. Label.
The Princess Louise wore • similar draw and similar
mammas.

A somber of distiogniebed persons bad the honorer of
receivieg invitations to attired the court.

VISIT OF THE QUREN TO THE ROYAL HORTI-
CULTURAL SOLUTE Afro SOUTH BItHRIAGTOX MUM:M—
-EW Majesty the Queen visited the society's garden at
South Ruminators yesterday. She was accompasied by
their Royal Highnesses the Primness. Helens and Louise
and the Primes Alfred. The royal party entered the garden
by she eouth.eastern door, and were conducted by Mr.
I Cole, C. 8., member of the council, Colonel Scott, ILE, and
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Captain Cockerel', the essistant-sereetery, through the
rounds. Her Majesty visited the Orehid-home on the
west side, and examined the orchids, which are in a smell
house adjoining, and separated from visitors by sheets of
I plate-glue. The Queen thee paned through the eraser-
votary, stopping to admire some of the large rhododen-
drons now in flower. There wets but few viidtors
in the grounds, as the royal visit was unexpected.
The South Court of the South lieneiagton Mumma, the
decoration of which is nearly complete, was afterwards fir
pp.cted, and especially the mosaic of Mr. Laighton's *nun
of Menlo Pismo, just executed by Dr. Salristi,, end *led
. n one of the niches of the court. Her Majesty enema
liar satisfaction with what she bed sees, end also with the
gallery which is being wpm& for alt reeeptios of the
, Betteelle eeriness.