16 APRIL 1859, Page 5

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THE Quintsi held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. At the Privy Council the Archbishop of Canterbury was directed to prepare a form of prayer and thanksgiving for the recent successes in India, to be used in churches on Sunday the 1st of May. At the Court Sir James Hudson British Minister at Turin' had audience. The Earl of Derby, the Earl of Malmesbury, and the Mar- quis of Salisbury had audience. The Queen held her first Drawingroom this season at St. James's Palace on Thursday. It was largely attended.

Her Majesty has driven abroad, and ridden in the Riding School this. week. Accompanied by the Prince Consort she has visited the Princess's Theatre.

The list of guests at Buckingham Palace includes the names of the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Earl Granville, Lord Churchill, Lord Macaulay, Major-General the Right Honourable J. and Lady Alice Peel, Sir John and Lady Pakington, Major-General Wylde, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Alice, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Claude Hamilton, Lord Panmure, the Dean of Windsor, and the Honourable Mrs. Wellesley.