The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-11 00:00:00

The Queen's First Court.

The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace
on Saturday afternoon. _

Her Majesty, who had arrived at Backingbatn
Palace from Windsor Castle in the morning'
entered the White Drawing-room at three o'clock,
accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Bel-
gians, and by their Royal Highnesses the Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur.

In attendance upon her Majesty were Earl Rug"
sell, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, with the Countess Russell, and the
officers of the household.

The following members of the corps diploma'
tique having had the honour of being invited, et'
tended this reception:—M. Musurus (the Turkish
Ambassador), Madame Musurus, Mdlle. Musura°,
Khalil Effendi (First Secretary of Embassy) ; the
Count Apponyi (the Austrian Ambassador))
Countess Apponyi, and Count Wimpffen (Cone'
cillor of Embassy), with Prince Paul Esterhail
and Count Alexander Apponyi,who had the honour
of being specially invited; the Baron de Brett'
now (the Russian Ambassador), Baroness de
Brunnow, and M. Sabouroff, Councillor of Eel'
bassy) ; the Count de Bernstorff (the Prussian AU
bassador), and M. de Katte (Councillor of Embassy)'
the Prince de la Sour d'Au vergne (the French Am'
bmaador), and the Viscomte and Viscomtesse de
Contades ; M. Van de Weyer (the Belgian Minister)
and Madame Van de Weyer; the Baron de Cett°
(the Bavarian Minister) and Baroness de Cetto; the
Ilarquis d'Azeglio (the Italian Minister); the beret'
Bentinel (the Minister for the Netherlands); the
Count de Lavradio (the Portuguese Minister); the
Count Vitzthutn (the Saxon Minister): M. Torben
de Bille (the Danish Minister) ; M. Gutierrez (0'
sinister Honduras and Chargé d'Affairs for Salve'
dor); the Hon. Charles Francis Adams (the United
States Minister) and Mrs. Adams ; the Count
Wachtmeister (the Swedish and Norwegian Minis'
ter) and Countess Wachtmeister ; Don M. J. de 531116
(the Peruvian Minister) ; Mahmoud Khan (the Per
lian Minister); M. Cornyn (Spanish Minister) and
Madame Comyn ; M. Balcarce (Minister for the
Argentine Republic); M. Dabois (Minister Reg'
dent for Hayti); M. Calvo (Chargé d'Affaires fnr
Paraguay); Baron Blome (Hanoverian Charge
d'Affaires) and Baroness Blome ; M. Tricoupi (038
Greek Plenipotentiary); the two Plenipotentiaries
for Madagascar.
The Countess de Bernstorff, Madame Balcarce,
Madame Calvo, Don Manuel Carvalho (the Chilies
Minister) and Madame Carvalho, Mons. Marcolats
(Minister for Nicaragua), and Mons. de Francis°
Martin (Minister for Guatemala) and Madame de
Francisco Martin, had the honour of being invited'
out were prevented by indisposition and other 0'
avoidable causes from attending the reception.
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honouraiele
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty at the
court, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sit
William Topham, the Lieutenant. The following
officers were also present with the corps Major
D. Harmer, the Standard Bearer ; Lieut.-Colonel
W. M'Call, the Adjatant, and the Sub-officer, CaPt'
N. G. Phi,ips.
The Yeomen of the Guard, under the command
of Colonel Oliver Paget Bourke, the Exon on Wait'
tog, were on duty in the Grand Hall. Major'
General Fitzmaurice, the lieutenant, and
Colonel Cooke, the ensign, were present with. 01°
corps.
A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards 116
in attendance in the court of the palace.
The court being in mourning, the ladies NW
attended the reception were attired in full dre#
mourning costume, without trains. The gentler:4o
were in full cress, with crape on the left arm.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,. 10
ft
Buckingham Palace soon after five o'clock, en 4
returned to Windsor Castle.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians also act ortv
panied the Queen to Windsor.
The Queen wore a black silk dress, covered ,With
deep black crape, and edged with jet gimp ; a col)°(
,
white crape lisse in the (style of the cap of
Queen of Scots, with opals and diamonds, and a, long
white crape lisse veil attached to it.
Her Majesty wore theßibbon, Star, and Bad o°l
the Garter, a diamond necklace, and large cross 000;
taining the Prince Consort's miniature, and a br (Ace
composed of a large sapphire set in twelve lards
diamonds.
The Princess Helena wore a dress of white satin
handsomely trimmed with rich lace. Head droll,
:
of white roses with black leaves and diamond orlit/
ments. a
The Princess Louise wore a similar dress ofi
head-dress, but with pearl ornaments.

NEW ADELPIII THEATRE.—Their Royal lifigh d ;
nesses Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, attended by ))9-;
Caroline Barrington, Hon. Miss Lascelles, General are'j
Major Elphinstone, and suite, honoured the performaoce;
Leah, by Miss Bateman, at the Adolph theatre on S3tl/".
day evening.
The Duchess of Buccleuch has arrived in 13e1
grave•square from Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. e
The Marquis and Marchioness of Sa
entertained the Earl of Clanwilliam, Viscount and "Visc°l2
toss Enfield, Viscountess Ingestre, Lord Stanley,
Colonel the Hon. P.W. Talbot, Hon. Reginald Talbott
and Lady Elizabeth Adeane, and a select circle at dioliete
on Saturday, at their family residence in Arlington-otrec
Piccadilly.
His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle will 1ef,41:
Dublin Castle in the course of the present week for Lcili`"To,t,
for a few weeks' absence from the seat of his governrne—,
It is doubtful if the noble earl will be in town by Wecil„o.
day in time to dine at the banquet given by the Duke -in Duchess of Sutherland at Stafford House, St. James s'
compliment to their guest, General Garibaldi, to whoc-
h
has been invited, A tho
The Earl and Countess, of Gosford
Ladies Edith and Katharine Acheson have arrived in Gr'-
venor-square from the country.
The Countess of Ellesmere and the Hon. CaPtratri
Egerton have arrived in Paris from Nice, and are sl;ari
expected at Bridgewater House for the season. The
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of Ellesmere will remain some time longer on the
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Huntingdonshire.
S,u;ll Kensington Museum on the question, „„od
Cardinal Wiseman will deliver a lecture indgtillveg
from the Past and Present, what are the Prospects t7v
Architecture of London." from Alan cßilielltoelrton Castle,