The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-17 00:00:00

VW Court.

WINDSOR, JAN. IG.
The following had the honour of dining with her
Majesty yesterday : —Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg,
Prince Nicholas of Nall7lMl, Chevalier and Madame Bunsen,
the Marquis and Marchionms of Nurmanby, the Marquis
of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and
Countess of Jersey, the Earl and Countess Granville, the
Earl of Mulgrave, the Lady Cleinceitina Villiers, Sir
Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Bilfo/1 lladeln, and the
Baron Ruggenbach.
The band of the Royal Ifor.e Guard.' utterided in the
Castle, and performed during dinner the following
selection:—

overture -" RI radells° - ........ Fll'eow.
Wall. -"Prim. Duras" Jugien.
Selection—" PO .h" ... ..... "rnielnlin.
The friar (Pardon. .. ...-
tlalup -"llium " . Ounirl.
The Queen hail a party hat evening after dinner, and in
addition to the dinner cumpAny, there were present—Lady
Emily Seymour, Lady Caroline tad Mist Barrington,
Colonel lion. C.ll. and Mra. Filippa, Colonel lion. Charles
and Mr.. Grey, Sir George and Lady Cooper, Mir, Cooper,
aid Mieu Morier.

ller Majebt;;; private band wait iu attendance in the
evening.
The Queen and Prince drove out yestetdty afternoon in
an open carnage. Colonel F. 11. Seymour attended on
horseback.

Her Majesty walked in the ffnme-park this morniter.
The Prince of Wales, the Princa-ss Royal, awl younger
members of the royal family, took their accustomed walk-
ing and pony exercise.
Prince Albert went out shooting this foreno.m, upend, 1
by Col. F. 11. Seymour, and acconapaided by Prince 1.4-o-
-pold of Saxe Coburg, Prince Nicholas or Nas.au, the
Marquis or Granby, the Earl of Derby, the E mel
the Karl of Mulgrave, and sir Charles Wood.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty ,uolay.
The second dramatic perform ince at the Castle took place
this eveninr. Mr. J. It. Planelol's eirnedy of" Not a 11,4
Judge," with the Cute of "The Lottery Ticket," were
selected upon this occasion, the p.rth being filled accordin;
to the following programme:

Nur A LIAD JCDOE.
Marquis de Trer:tl
Count de Strints•rg
John Caspar Lavate.r
Christian Mr. U. Hewett.
fit tsnan Mr. Harley.
Zug Mr. (lark.
Kathye
Frits
Notary M
r. r.
eJ. II
ne.
Louisa AI i•+ Robertson.
Madame Batman
Guests, Villager., Guards, &e.
THE LOTTERY TICKET.
Capias Mr. Lands'et.
Wormwood
Charles
Mrs. Corset
Susan
Director
Assistant Din:Moe

The theatre arranged and the Fermirp painted by Mr.
Thema" Grieve.

The Queen and Prince Albert, with the elder royal
children, passed through the north corridor and enteral
the Ruben,' room about eight o'clock, accompanied be an
illustrious circle of visitors, comprising the Prince Ignia,,la
of sane Coburg, the Prince Nicholas of Ne-sau. Chevalier
and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis and Mari:bigness of Nor-
manhy, the Marquis of Granby, the Lad And Couute•. of
Derby, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clamen-
tina Villiers, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl of
Mulgravr, the Right lion. Sir Charles and Lily Mary
Wood, the Baron Iladeln, and the ILITOII Roggenbach.
The Queen and Prince were attended by the ladies and
gentlemen in waiting. The performance immediately coin.
menced, the Queen's private band attending in an ante
room. Refreshments were se reed to the royal vidtors
in the throne room. The following hail the honour et re-
reining invitations to witness the dramatic p elortnenee :
Le Marquis and La Maniuise d'llareourt. Lady Emily lter.
mour, Lady Caroline awl Mi.s Barrington, Lady Charlotte
Locker, the Hon. Mrs. Denman. Lord and Lady Vaun, and
lion. G. Mostyn, Colonel !Inn. C. B. and Mrs. Pinola',
Colonel lion. Charles and Mrs. Grey, the lion. and Rev.
K and Mrs. Moore, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss
Couper, Mr. it. Couper, Lieut.-Colonel Forester. command-
ing officer, Captain Igirg I:erne Manners, and Lieut.
don, of the Royal Horse Guards, Colonel Cranford, rom-
manding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Lamhert and Captain Mon-
tresor, of the Ind 13.ittalion Grenadier flu ink Mr. and
lion. Mrs. Caulfield and Miss Caulfield, Miss; Emily Mor-
kr, and Mr. and Mrs.

The Duchess of Gloucester received yesterday, at Glou-
cester House, Park •laue, the Duke of Cambridge and a se-
lect party to dinner.
Baron lientinek, Minister of the Netheilands, transacted
business with Earl Granville and the Right lion. henry
Lahouchcrc, at the Foreign-othee, on Woloesday.
Mr. John F. South, President of the Royal College of
Surgeons; Mr. Carer 11. Hawkins, rice-president; and
Mr. Araott, late Presi•lent of the College, had an inter-
view yesterday with Sir George Grey, at the Home-Mike.
Mr. Neilson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday,
at the (7•Aottial-ottice.

Lord Broughton kit town yesterday.
lkspatehes were sent off ye,terday fnms the Colonial.
office to the Governors of the North American Provinces,
and also to the Governors of the West India Islands.

(From left nio,.. f;aznftr.%
DowNtso-Ferannr, JAN. 11;.—The Queen has been
pleased-to appoint George Hammond Whall..y. Esq., to Le
Collector of Customs for the Island of Trinidad.

NEWS IN LONDON OF LOUIS NAPOLEON-3
NEW "CONSTITUTION FOR FRANCE."

(Preis the Deily Nearly.)

Tho question of priority of information on this
subject having been mooted by a contemporary, it is but
justice to our French correspontlnnt to record the fact,
that the submarine telegraphic despatch, containing in-
telligence of the promulgation of Louis Napoleon's new
" Constitution,"—together with an account of the contents
of that document,—was received by the Daily News alone,
and published exclusively in its columns on Thursday morn-
ing, at eleven o'clock.
No other paper appears to have received the news from
Paris at all on that day. One journal published a sub-
marine telegraphic despatch, dated Paris, 12.30 p.m.—an
hour, at least, later than the intelligence no headed had
been issued to the public in Loudon from the Daily .Vews
li office, in Whitcfriars.

TIIF. CONVICT SAII II ANN HILL—The life of
this wretched woman will, it is stated, be spared. When
the fact that a respite had been granted became known, the
jury unanimously memorialised Sir George Grey for a full
reprieve.

PROTESTANT ALLIANCE.—Lost evening a public
meeting of the members and friends of the East London
Protestant Alliance, was held at the Beaumont Institution,
Beaumont-square, Mile-end-road, for the purpose of adopt-
ing resolutions against the encroachments of popery, and
the endowment of it by the British government, and to
petition parliament for the repeal of the Maynooth Endow-
ment Act. James Gould, Esq., took the chair. Tho
meeting was addressed by the Rev. W. W. Champnevs,
Rector of Whitechapel, the Rev. S. l)ivies, Rev. h.
Robins, Rev. W. Dribble, the Rey. I'. M.Devran, and the
11ev. G. Smith.

THE LEEDS REFORM MEL"TiNo.—The meeting
to be held in Leeds in support of the Manchester scheme
of parliamentary reform is fined to take place on Tuesday
evening neat. The meeting will be held in the Music
liall, the largest room in the town ; and J. 0. Marshall,
Esq., M.P. fur the borough, and other influential gentle-
men arc announced to take part in the proceedings.
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StatREY CONSUMERS' GAS COMPANY.—A general
meeting of the consumers and shareholders in this com-
pany took place last evening at the Southwark Literary In-
stitution, Borough-road, "to receive an important cons.
munication from the trustees." There wan a crowded at-
tendance. Mr. J. 'fhwaites, one of the trustee, of the m-
PanY' presided. Ile said ; co
hat in November lot he had
given his assurance to the consumers that their works and
mains were of autlielent capacity to supply a district twice
the sire. Unfortunately, he hail bets llCCeitted by the
statements of Mr. Headley, the engineer. The result
showed that there was not suffleient gms to supply one-half
the consumers in Myth-street; the other half had not then
got their meters attached. Ile has dreaded the conse-
quence of the consumers being left (Or one night in dark-
ness, as that must have been the ruin of the association.
After consulting with the engineer and the directors, he
hail applied to Mr. Croll, of the Great Central Company.
That gentleman examined their works at Itotherltithe on
the 20th of last month. Ile found the gasometer with not
more than 30,000 feet of gas in it at 3 o'clock in the after-
noon. Mr. Croll had since taken possession of the works,
and the result was, the consumers had now an abundant
'supply—Mr. lleadley entered into a lung statement
lof his proceedings in connexion with the company
since the foundation of the works in January last.
Mr. Croll found fault with the works, but he had made
an otter of a lease, and had also recommended that he (Mr.
Headley) should have a compensation of 300 f. As to Mr.
Croll's report lie would hare to answer for that in another
place. The quantity of gas was greatly dependent on the
way in which the meters were fitted up, over which he has(
no control. In one case the IBM had connected the ',yrs..°
pipe with an old water-pipe in the premises. Mr. Bone,
one of the trustree, moved a resolution des laring, that the
wannest thanks of the consumers were due to the directors
and trustees, for the prompt and vigorous measures which
they hail taken to save the ascociation from ruin, ana
ap-
proving of the proposition msde to the director+ by Mr.
Croll, Ili which he undertook to supply gas of the purest
quality at Is. per 1,000 cubic feet, with a prospvt of
a further reduction. Mr. Hackett seconded the ri,ollition.
which was unanimously agreed to. The proceeding+ e!osed
with a vote of thanks to the directors and the chairman.