The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-18 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at ono
o'clock yesterday at Buckingham Palace. At the
Court the Earl of Derby had an audience of tho
Queen, and delivered to her Majesty the ensigns of
the most noble Order of tho Garter, worn by his
father the late Earl of Derby.—Count Buol-Schatt-
enstein, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor
of Austria, had an audience of the Queen, and de-
livered his credentials from his sovereign. His
Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., the Queen's principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Col. the lion.
Sir Edward Cast, her .Nlajestv's master of the ecru-
monies.—Mr. Sheriff Robert Walter Carden and Mr.
Sheriff George Edmund Hodgkinson were presented
to tho Queen by Viscount Palmerston (officiating for
Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary), when her
Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour
of knighthood upon both the sheriffs.—Lord Harris
WaS presented to the Queen, on his return from
abroad, by Earl Grey, Secretary of State for tho
Colonies.

The Privy Council was attended by Prince Albert,
the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord
Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign
and Colonial Departments, the Pint Lord of the
Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to
the Prince. Her Majesty having been pleased to
appoint the Right Hon. Charles Earl of Sefton to bo
lord-lieutenant of the county of Lancaster, his lord-
ship took the customary oaths. The lion. William
Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had an audience of her
Majesty. The court was attended by the Treasurer
of die Household, Viscount Combcrmcrc, Gold Stick
in Waiting, Lord Elphinstone, Lord in Waiting, and
Sir Edward Bowater, Goom in Waiting.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by tho
Princess Ilelena, and attended by the lion. Lucy Kerr,
Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel Francis thigh
Seymour, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Induatry
of all Nations yesterday morning. Iler Majesty and the
Prince remained one hour at the Exhibition, and then
returned to Buckingham-palace.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday.
l'rincc Albert presided yesterday: afternoon at a meeting
of the Commission for Promoting and Encouraging tho
Fine Arts in the re-building of the Palace of Westminster.
His royal highness arrived at three o'clock at the Palace at
Westminster, attended by Licut.-Colonel F. 11. Seymour.
The commissioners present were, the Earl of CarlWe, Lord
Colborne, the Right lion. Sir James Graham, and Sir
Robert 11. Inzlis, Dart. The Secretary, Sir Charles L.
F.astlake, and Mr. Aubrey Bezzi were in attendance. The
meeting broke up at five o'clock.
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Puttee Arthur and the Princess Louisa took an airing in
an open carriage and four yesterday.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Alice and As
Princess Ilelena, and attended by the Countess of Mount-
edgcumbe, took a drive in an open carriage and four yes-
tenlay afternoon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut-Colonel
F. 11. Seymour attended on horseback.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured her Majesty's
Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suite
consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgeombe, the lion.
Amelia Murray, the lion. Lucy Kerr, Lord Elphinstone,
Lord Charles Fitsroy, and Lieut.-Coloacl F. 11. Seymour.

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce,
Baroness de Speth, and Lord James Murray, honoured the
Royal ltal.an Opera with her presence yesterday evening.
The Duchess of Gloucester honoured the Earl and Coun-
tess of Jersey with her company at dinner last evening, at
their residence in Berkeley-square.
A. deputation respecting the coal duties had an interview
with Lord Seymour yesterday at the office of her Majesty's
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place.
The deputation consisted of Sir James Duke, Mr. Morton
(Lord Durham's agent), Mr. Taylor (Duke of Northumber-
land's agent), Mr. Wood (Helton colliery), Mr. Davey,
coal merchant, and Messrs. Potter, Hill, and Milne, co4l
factors

Mr. Tennent, M.P., and Mr. Mae Adam, Secretary to the
Royal Flax Society of Ireland, had an interview yesterday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, is recovering, and was much better yesterday.
The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yester-
day at the official residence of the First Lord of the'frea-
oury, in Downing-street. Present: the Bishop of Norwich,
the Dean of Carlisle, the Mastcr of Pembroke, the Rev.
IL G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq. ; the. Rev. Professor
Powell, the Rev. G. 11. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P.
Stanley (Secretary).
A general meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commis‘ionert
for England was held yesterday, at their office in White-
hall-place.