The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

Court NC1135.

The Queen and the Royal Family arrived in town
from Osborne on Tuesday.
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort honoured the
performance at the Haymarket Theatre, with their
presence on Friday evening. In attendance were Lady
Macdonald, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon.
Flora Machnald, Viscount Strathallan, Colonel the
Hon. A. N. Hood, and Captain Du Plat.
" The Prince of Wales," Bays a letter from Rome of
tho 26th ult., " continue,' to enjoy eseellent health,
and to visit with unfailing interest the treasures of art
and archaeology with which Rome abounds. Ilia Royal
I Highness has derived the grt &test gratihcation from the
conteuiplation of the Collosseuin by moonlight, visiting
the venerable ruin recently more than once fur that
purpose. This week the prince has been twice to the
Capitol and twice to the N atican galleries of sculpture,
under Mr. Gibson's valuable guidance, and has passed
the whole of this woniing along the ancient Via Appa,
which, of all localities iu the neighbourhood of Roine,
presents the happiest combination of picturesque views
and objects of archatological interest."
THE ARRIVAL OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS
OF KENT.—On Friday umniing her Royal Highness the
Duchess' of Kent left Frogniore Lodge, accompanied
by Lady Fanny Howard, and travelled by special train
on the Great Western Railway, to Paddington, amid
proceeded to St. James's Palace, where Her Royal High-
nese was received by Sir George Cowper. Her Royal
Highness afterwards paid Her Majesty a visit at Buck-
ingham Palace.
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His Royal Highness the General Coinmanding-in•
Chief will hold a liver, at the Horse Guards, at one
o'clock, on Thursday, the 7th of April.

A Cabinet Council was held on Friday afternoon at
the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
in Downiug-street. The Ministers present were the
Earl of Derby, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord
Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hard-
wicke, Mr. Secretary Estcourt, the Earl of Slalinesbury,
the Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, General Peel,
Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakingtou, and Lord John
anners.
It is • very natural and a very legitimate act on the part
of Lord Derby (says the Times), before resigning office, to
recommend to the Queen certain gentlemen of his party
for elevation to the Peerage. His choice liu fallen on
three persons who must in justice be pronounced fairly
entitled to the honour, if large territorial possessions are
to be accepted as • sufficient title to the Peerage. The
three new Peers are, first, Sir Charles Morgan, of
Tredegar, in Monmouthshire, a kind of Chieftan of the
Welsh Marches, as much so, at least, as any man can
be • chieftain in these modern and prosaic times. The
second new Peer is Mr. Egerton, of Tatton, in Cheshire,
who, after the decision in the House of Lords upon the
celebrated Will cause, divided the Bridgwater property
with Lori AUord. He too, it is almost needless to say,
is • man of large property, and a stanch Conservative.
The third on the list of new nobles is Colonel George
Wyndham, of Petworth, in Sussex. It would be super-
fluous to enlarge upon the territorial dignities and wealth
of the Egremont family, or the manner in which they
have devolved upon their present possessor. As long as
the considerations we have mentioned are to be held
paramount in the promotions to the Peerare, not a word
can be said against any of the gentlemen upon whom
Lord Derby's choice has fallen. There are also to be
some promotions, including, it is said, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Mr. Henley, Mr. Votheron Estoourt,
and Mr. W. Deedes, to the rank of baronetcy.