The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-11 00:00:00

THE CALEDONIAN BALL.

The grand fancy dress ball in aid of the funds of
the Royal Caledonian Society and of the Royal Scottish
Hospital, which is ordinarily one of the great events of the
fashionable Kamm in London, took place last night at Wil-
lis's Rooms, and was perhaps one of the beat attended balls
which have been held there for many years peat. The walls
were tastefully decorated with flags, and from the ceiling
were suspended banners of the various clans. At one end
of the room a dais had been erected for the reception of
the ladies petroneues and their friends, who assembled early
ingood numbers. At 11 o'clock the Countess of Fife's "High-
land Quadrille" entered the hall-room, preceded by the pipers
of the Earl of Fife and the Earl of Dunmore, in national cos-
tume. The ladies in this quadr;lle wore tulle dresses trimmed
with white satin end bunches of heather, each exhibiting •
distinguishing badge. The gentlemen, almost without ap ex-
ception, appeared in Highland costume. This dance, which
was executed with great spirit and finish, excited remark-
able interest. The music had scarcely ceased whet the or-
chestra struck up the Dutch National Hymn, et the
Duchess of Roxburglie's and the Countess of fietheld's qua-
drille of "The Seasons" entered the ball-room, the Prince
of Orange heading the procession with Lord Vivian's
daughter. The ladies' costumes in this quadrille were espe-
cially remarkable for their elegance and beauty. " Winter"
was remounted by a dress of white tarletane,
trimmed with notched tarletane, the tunic of white
and silver tarlatans, decked with frosted leaves and robin
redbreasts. The bouquets and shoulder-pieces were corn-
posM of leaves end birds, and the hesi-dress was • bandeau
i la Watteau, with a wreath of snowdrops, green leaves,
and robin redbreasts. "Spring " exhibited • white tarla-
tans dress, trimmed with notched terletaue, with tank of
green and silver tarletane, trimmed with bunches of apple-
blossom and insects. The bouquets and shoulder-pieces
were composed of the same blossoms, and the heel-dress
was • bandeau i la Marie Stuart, with apple-blossoms, and
a wreath of frosted mean leaves and insects. "Summer" was
represented by • white tarletane dress, trimmed with notched
tarlet.the, with tunic of pink and silver tarletene, trimmed
with pink and white roses and butterflies. The bouquets and
shoulder-pieces were of the same &wen, and the head-
dress was • bandeau I la Vierge, with wreath of white
and pink roses and green leaves sprinkled with butterflies.
" Autumn " appeared in dresses of white tarlatans trimmed
with notched tarletane, and tonic of maize and silver tarle-
taw trimmed with wild flowers. The head-dress was •
bandeau i la jolie femme Louie XV., with wreath composed
of corn flowers and wild poppies, buttercups, roses, pink
and green leaves and green grass. All the gentlemen wore
fancy black velvet costumes slashed with broad ribbons of
various colours. This quadrille, like that which had pre-
ceded it, was danced with remirkable spirit, the partners,
before separating, joining in a Scotch reel to the music of
violins, led by • Scotch maestro. The division rope was
now withdrawn, and the ball became general. The Ducheaa
of Rozburghe was so much plumed with the success of her
quadrille that she exacted from every member of it a pledge
to reeppear ea grand tame at Almack's first subscription
ball on Thursday mixt.

Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council at Wind.
we to-day.

His Royal Highness the Duke de Chartres was
to be married thin morning to his cousin, daughter of the
Prince and Princess de Joinrille, at the Roman catholic
chapel of Kingston-upon-Thames.

The Countess of Derby bad an assembly last
evening, at the family residenee in St. James',-square.
Previously to the " reception" the noble earl and county%
entertained at dinner his Excellency the Austrian Arabes.
sailor and the Countess d'Apponyi and the Countess Marie
Paumgarten, the Duke and Dunham of Buccleuch and Lady
Victoria Scott, the Earl of Clarendon and Lady Constance
Villiers, the Earl of Wilton and Lady Alice Egerton, the
Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Sefton, Lord Stanley, Lord
Earlsfort, Colonel the 800. W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot,
and the lion. Frederick Stanley.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge a& the Princess Mary and his Royal Highness the
Duke of ()Ambridge honoured Count and Countess de
Flehault with their company at dinner tut evening, at
Coventry Rouse. The following were invited to meet
their royal highnesses:—The Duke of Newcastle, the
Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Earl and Countess
of Chesterfield, the Earl of St. Germans, Count Pahleo,
Count Wimpffeu, Dr. Quin. Colonel the Hon. James
Macdonald was in waiting on the Duke of Cambridge, and
Colonel Home Purees and Lady Geraldine Somerset on the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Mixers Man. After the
banquet the Countess de flahault "received."

A marriage ie arranged to take place between
Colonel Aldworth, late of the Royal Fusiliers, eldest son
of Mr. and Lady Letitia Aldworth, of Newmarket, in the
county of Cork, and the lady Mary Bernard, eldest daugh-
ter of the Earl and Cototem of Bandon.

Lady Margaret Beaumont's ball last evening, on
The Terrace, Piccadilly, wee attended by a brilliant circle of
the ariatoeracy. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange
honoured her ladyship with his presence, arriving from
Rooms shortly after midnight.

The Countess of Derby has issued cards for
select evening party to have the honour to meet their
Royal llighnesees the Prince and Princess of Wales after
dinner on the 24th inst., on which day their royal highnesses
have accepted an invitation to dine with the Earl and Coun-
tess of Derby.
The Earl of LichfielJ has been appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Staffordshire, is the room of the lets Lord
Hatherton. . _

The Rev. Delokwater Bourne is app.^bited to be
the mow Como of Coaterbory.

The BIRROPZIC OF MADAOLSCAR.—The
of Caps Tome has recoustreseded to the mono the appoint-
ment of the Rev. Dr. Fllis. the chief of the Loudon ?die-
aMeary Society's mposta is Mad:spent, ea the first bishop of
lass pasprood raw sunios.