The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-29 00:00:00

The Queen's Court•

The Queen held a third court at Buckingliani
palace yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty, accompanied by his Majesty the
King of the Belgians, and their Royal Highnesses
Princess Helena and Princess Louise, left Windsor
shortly before noon, and arrived at Buckingham
Palace at a quarter past one.
The Prince of Wales, escorted by a detachment
of the Royal Horse Guards, and attended by Earl
Spencer, Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Lieut.-Col. KepPel,
and the Hon. R. Meade, arrived at the garden en-
trance of the palace a few minutes before 3 o'clock.
Prince Alfred arrived, attended by Major Cowell'
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty at the
court, under the-command of the Standard Bearer
(Major Harmar), Lieut.-Col. William M'Call, the
Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant, and Captain
Philips, the sub-officer, were present with the corps.
The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the
Guard was on duty under command of Col. 0. r•
Bourke, the exon in waiting. Lieut.-Col. Cooke,
the ensign, was also present with the corps.
A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards
was mounted in the court of the palace.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the King of the
Belgians, the Prince of Wales, Princess Helena and
Princess Louise, and Prince Alfred, entered the
White Drawing-room shortly after three 9'clock.
In attendance upon her Majesty were the Duchess
of Wellington (Mistress of the Robes), and th°
usual officers of the household.
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Her Majesty the Queen wore a black silk L—e
with train trimmed with crape and jet, and a gal
Queen of Scots cap, with long veil, the cap or 113;
mented with a fringe of diamonds. Her Majesty
wore a necklace and brooch of opals and diamonds'
Ribaud and Star of the Garter, the Victoria all
Albert Order, and the Order of Louise of Prussia.'
The Princess Helena wore a dress of white greci
nadine over glace silk, ruches of grenadine and
bows of white satin ribbon ; train of rich white reP
Headdress, snowdrops, feathers and veil; onyx, and
gold ornaments ; Victoria and Albert Order.
Princess Louise wore a similar dress and solar
ornaments. a
A number of distinguished persons had the hone°
of receiving invitations to attend the Court.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at I,`
meeting of the council of the Duchy of Cornwall'
held at Marlborough-house.
There were present :—Lord Portman, Lord
Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir William Dunbar'
Keeper of the Privy Seal ; Sir William John Alex"
ander, Attorney-General ; Colonel the Hon. Si
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Charles Beaumont Phipps, Receiver-General ; and
Lieut.-General Knollys, Comptroller of the House'
hold of his Royal Highness.
Mr Bateman, the Secretary, attended as Clerk
the Council. • of
The Prince of Wales visited the pheasant* 5
Mr. Baker, in the King's-road, Chelsea, a few dl
since.
Mr. Shephard has had the honour of subinittil4
his new rifle to the Prince of Wales.
The Rev. R. Machray, of Sidney College, 110
interview with the Right Hon. Edward CardweP
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
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Despatches were received yesterday a"
Colonial-office from the Governors of Nova Sec".
New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Island.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and 13Dn thio
of Wales will entertain a distinguished party at dipper

evening at Marlborough House.
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The Princess's Theatre was last evening 110° of
with the presence of his Royal Highness the PrinOa
Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Colonel lelVel
Lieutenant Haigh. Smote

Her ,Royal :Highness Princess Helena and tbo
honoured the Olympic Theatre last evening, to witnesB

performance of Settling Day." 110
His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador at
issued invitations for a grand dinner on Monday foreign
the Turkish Embassy in Bryanston-square, to the fcll.
ambassadors and diplomatic representatives.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings liaBl
arrived at St. George's Hotel. alter
The Earl and Countess of Coventry, the PoWa
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis Conynelain, vsl:slcr
large party were to assemble yesterday in Grimston ci-eO..
near Tadcaster, on a visit to Lord and Lady 14°P

borough. to
The Earl of Dudley is expected to arrive ill
shortly from his tour in Egypt.
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The Earl de Grey's dinner party this eVeli-u-'eco
been postponed in consequence of his lordship havins '-
invited to join the dinner party at Marlborough 110115:;id
Baroness De Clifford arrived in town YesLe
for the season from the family seat in Leicestershire' 00
Lady Wodehouse is expected in town duri4 tlio
recess in order to pass a short time with her naotber,
Countess of Clare.
Lord Huntingfield has left the St. Gec'folo
Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzherbert have also left the 0`
establishment.
Mr. and Lady Virginia Sandars have arrive
thoir residence in Eaton-square for tho season• aof
L'AmemNE.----The copyright for El:41311a 11
Meyerbeor's posthumous opera has boon purchase
Messrs. Chappell and Boosey for £4,000.

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The Prince of Wales's Visit to thb DII/jlill

Exhibition•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The Prince will meet with a right r°
reception here. itoi;tll
Having travelled so often by Holyhead, DlP„,oren,
Highness might take Bristol or Milford. -"coli,
where the royal yacht could await him, ancl'„,of-
N oyed by half a dozen of our fastest screw OW; the
war, arrive at Kingston in a manner befittt like
heir of the greatest empire of the world, and 11-
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an ordinary passenger. vaPi
The Ballast Office will place their Stearn 1600
Alexandra, or the Dublin and Kingston Smogs
Packet Company their new Irish built Yac, oi to
Liffey, to convey the Royal party up the
the Custom-house. , 000'
No doubt the citizens of Bristol and the ;,co
tants of the principality will give the
cheering reception. TARO'
affimmtasaramswismahannmememennoml".
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Church,"
(sayss the A" genw menu,: )31isaetcitiuoa,';
Y'S CONFESSION. By the author 0
a.me author. The story is cleverly told, and i° ,tiro
vial. There are some scenes of great rover',.:rasu
sympathies of the reader are engaged for all con— Stu
the 11/3 set
the conflict. The interest of tho story lies fail to reff
to any vfo°rrnis.;"olell'ai:bril otrlb-'°"
delineation of character. It can scarcely fga :;ordinA—
' with thoughtful interest. It is very far abor° tlrar
run of novels, and deserves to find a longer
coaled to ephemeral works of fiction.