itt Court.
THE Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Windsor Castle on Thurs- day afternoon. At the Council, Lord Seymour was sworn in a member of the Privy Ccruncil, and took his seat at the board. The gal of Granville, Vice-
President of the Board of Trade also took his place at the board. It was ordered that Parliament be further prorogued from the 4th November to the 15th January. At the Queen's Court, the Count de Lavradio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Portugal, was presented by Viscount Palmerston ; and the Countess de Lavradio was presented by the Viscountess Palmerston.
Mr. John Shepherd and Sir James Weir Hogg, Chairman and Vice- Chairman of the East India Company, had an audience on behalf of the
Directors, to request her Majesty's gracious acceptance of a memorial of the Indian compartment in the Great Exhibition of Industry and Art. The present was a selection of Dacca muslins, furniture, jewellery, in- cluding a costly string of pearls, specimens of silver filigree work, one or two of the jewelled agate cups, carpets, shawls, and brocades. Mr. Richard Kindersley, and Mr. James Parker, nominated Vice- Chancellors, were presented, and received the honour of knighthood. Mr. Joseph Paxton, Mr. William Cubitt, and Mr. Charles Fox, the de- signer, architect, and constructor of the Crystal Palace, also received the honour of knighthood.
The Duchess of Gloucester came from Richmond Park on Saturday, and visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
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