(at tout THE Queen remained at Osborne till Tuesday, and
was visited there by the Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha and the Princess Clementine. The Chevalier Bunsen also accepted the honour of an invitation to Os- borne for a day and night.
The Royal Family returned to London on Tuesday afternoon ; and were met by the Queen of the Belgians, who departed for the Continent on Wednesday.
The Queen held a Court and Privy Council on Wednesday. At the Court, General Prince Castelcicala, Envoy Extraordinary from his Sicilian Majesty, in a private audience, presented credentials as also accredited Envoy Extraordinary from the Duke of Parma to her Ma- jesty. Solar Isturitz had an audience, and presented crodontiale as En- voy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Spain to Queen Victoria. At the Privy Council, the Earl of Cottenham resigned the Great Seal. Lord Langdale, Sir Launeelot Shadwell, and Baron Rolfe, were sworn in as Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal; which was delivered by her Majesty to Lord Langdale as First Commis- sioner. After the Privy Council, General Jung Bahadoor Koonwur Ra- najee, on a special mission from the Rajah of Nepaul, was presented to the Queen, and delivered to her Majesty a letter, and also interesting and valuable presents, from his sovereign. The General was accompanied by his two brothers.
The Queen held her first public drawingroom for the season on Thurs- day, at St. James's Palace ; and as the day was the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, the assembly was one of the most brilliant courts ever held by Queen Victoria. The Knights of the various orders wore their collars, the Equity Judges their gold robes. The Nepaulese Envoy and the officers of his mission appeared in all the refulgence of their gorgeous Oriental costumes : the Envoy's costume was of green velvet, picturesquely laced with gold embroidery ; he wore a collar of emeralds of large size, and a turban glistening with a profusion of diamonds. The Queen wore a dress of pink silk, a train over a petticoat of white satin, with embroidery, and trimmings of pink, silver, and white tulle, and bunches of white lilies and green leaves ; her head-dress was formed of feathers and white lilies set with diamonds ; she wore the collar and star of the order of the Garter, ant "was looking remarkably well."
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