The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

Vie Court.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at
tame o'cleck yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
At the court Shad Khan had an audience of the Quern,
and delivered to her Majesty hie credentials as Envoy Ea-
traordtnary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Shah of
Persia.

The Count de Vitzthum bad an audience and delivered
to the Queen his credentials as Minister Resident from the
King of Saxony.
Thtir Excellencies were respectively introduced by the
Earl of Clarendon, E.G., the Queen's principal Sieretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-Gen.
the Hon. Sir Edward Cwt, K.C.H., her Majesty's Muter
of the Ceremonies.

The Persian Minister was attended by the Secretary
Interpreter of the Legation.
The Vice-Chancellor Stuart was presented to the Queen
at an audience by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her
Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, and had the honour of knighthood conferred
upon him by the Queen.
Mr. Richard Bothell, Solicitor-General, was presented by
Viscount Palmerston, and received from her Majesty the
honour of Knighthood. Joseph Francis 011iffe, M.D.,
Physician to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, was pre-
sented by Viscount Palmenton, and had the honour of
Knighthood conferred upoa him by the Queen.
The Privy Council was attended by Prince Albert, E.G.,
Earl Granville, Lord President; the Earl of Aberdeen,
K.T., First Lord of the Treasary ; Viscount Palmerton,
0.0.5. Secretary of State for the Home Department; the
Earl of Clarendon, N.G., Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs; the Oak, of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the
Colonies; Sir James Graham, Bart., First Lord of the Ad-
miralty; the Hight Hen. Sidoey Herbert, Secretary at
War; the Duke of Norfolk, K. 0., Lord Steward; the
Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chamberlain ; and
the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun-
cil in Waiting. After the Council, Captain Wardlaw.
Elton of her Majesty's Yeoman of the Guard, had an •adi-
eace and received from the Queen hi, silver stick of office.
Captain Wardlaw was presented by Viscount Sydney, Cap-
tain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Her majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Breadel-
bane, Earl Granville, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir James
Graham.

The court was attended by the Marquis of Anglesey,
K. 0., Gold Stick in Waiting; the Earl of Mulgrave,
Treasurer of the Household; Lord Ernest Bruce, Viee
Chamberlain ; Lord Druntlanrig, Comptsollerof the House-
hold ; Lord Rivers, Lord M Waiting ; aad Mr. R. Ormsby
Gore, Groom in Waiting.
Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at Buck-
ingham Palace. The company included the Duchess of
Kent, the Duke of Genoa, the Prince** Adelaide of Hohen-
lohe,Marquis D' Areglio, Sardinian Minister; Count de Vies-
thum, Saxon Minister; the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lady
Anna Merle Dawson, Earl Mulgrave, the Chevalier Mae-
serail D'Azeglio, the Marquis de St. Marian, A.D.C.,
Count Della Valle, A.D.C., Count Avogadro, the Marquis
Rapallo, Colonel Wylde, and Lady Caroline and Miss Bar-
rington.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended in the
Palace during dinner, and performed the following selec-
tion :

tolonalee—Ted
Overture, Brides of Venire" Seeedict.
Waltz, "bongs of the Therms" GungL
Selection.. Robert le Wale ......
Galop—Champegner Lumbye.
The Duke and Duchess of Sase Coburg Gotha arrived at
Buckingham Palace at 2,5 minutes to 11 o'clock last night,
on a visit to her Majesty from the Continent. Their Royal
Highnesses travelled from Dover yesterday evening by the
South Eastern Railway to the London Bridge terminus,
and were conveyed with their suite, the Baroness Wangcn-
helm, Baron Siebach, and Baron Treskow, in two of the
Queen's carriages, to Buckingham Palace. Their Royal
Highnesses were received in the Grand Hall on their
arrival by Prince Albert, attended by the Groom in Wait-
ing, the Equerries in Waiting, and the Master of the
Household.
The Duchess ofCambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelit: visited the Duchess of
Kent at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's.

A deputation of the friends of voluntary education had
an interview with Earl Granville, Lord President, as Presi-
dent of the Committee of Council on Education, yesterday,
at the Council Office, on the subject of the measure now be-
fore parliament. The deputation consisted of Mr. Samuel
Morley, Mr. Joeiah Conder, the Rev. John Burnet, and the
Rev. J. Hinton. The deputation was accompanied by Mr.
Apoley Pellatt, M.P., and Mr. George Redfield, M.P.