The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-05 00:00:00

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WALES.

Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of St.
Allams, visited the House of Commons, and remained
is the Ambassadors' Gallery for ►bout an hoar, dor.
big which time the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer was speaking on the proposition of the govern-
ment to tax charitable foundations. Earlier in the evening
her Royal Highoms the Princess of Wales, attended by the
Countess de Grey and Ripon, and by Lady Charlotte
Lennox, also visited the house, and rem►ined in the Ladies'
Gallery far some time. Her royal highness left shortly
after 6 o'clock.

The coocert of last night of the Philharmonic Society, the
fourth of the season, was announced as being " by special de-
sire," a phrase quite well understood to mean that it waa to
be honoured by a royal visit. It immediately came to be
known that the royal visitors were to be the Prime and
Princess of Wales. There was consequently an eager and
extraordinary demand for places, and one of the moat
crowded and brilliant audiences we have ever seen
assembled in the Hanover-square Rooms. Their royal high-
MINS occupied the box fitted up immediately io front
of the orchestra. They were attended by a distinguished
party, consisting of Lord Harris, Lord Alfred Hervey, the
Countess de Grey, 001111t41111 Strafford, the Countess Abing-
don, the Hon. Mn. Stowe, Sir Thomas and the lass Glad-
stones, the Countess Dunne's, Lady and Mies Jure, Lady
Flower, General, Mrs. end Miss Knoll" Misr Goldsmid,
and Major Tonedale.
The programme of the concert was as follows :
PART I.
The musk to the " Egmont ' of GOethe Beethoven.
Mr. Bartholomew:, •' Illustrative Poem; read

by Mr. Arthur MMtbkan, vocal solo, by Idin
Banks.
Aria, Signor Delle "Deb slant ails
nnestra' Lion Giorannl")
Concerto in F minor, pianoforte, Madame
Arabella Goddard

?LIT IL

Meads Pastorale

Scent' a9d_ll,?!.na.l.2za, Signor Das Sodle—

('' Marla Padilla") -
Much In the Open of Tannhauxer

DonizettL
Wagner.
.... •

Conductor—Professor Sterndale Bennett.

The attention paid to the whole programme by the des•
tinguished visitors—end more particularly by the Princess
Alexandra, who seemed to listen to every piece with the
earneetiree of a genuine amateur of the musical art—was
the object of general remark. Between the parts his Royal
Highness the Priuoe of Wale* entered into conversation
with Primer Strudel* Bennett. The illustrious visitors
remaieed to the end of the cones and on their departure
were cheered with the same heartiness an at the moment
of their arrival.

Some weeks ego an invitation was given to the
Prince and Princess of Wales by the Corporation of the
City of London to partake of the hospitalities of the City
ea the ennui= of their marriage, leaving it to their royal
highness to chose the fête that would be most =meals
to them. Yesterday the Lord Mayor received • eons-
munication to the effect that the Prince and Prin.
aer will honour with their presence a bail at Guildhall
on the evening of the lst of June. This gracious intimation
has afforded the civic authorities the greatest joy, and they
will proceed to make the requisite preparations forth% :th.
With that view • spacial meeting of the Entertainment
Committee has been surammed for to-moss raw, and it will
readily be imagined that the reception of their royal bigh-
t's's; will be alike worthy of three august personages and
of the corporation. It so happens that at presort the whole
area of Guildhall is occupied by • mass of scaffolding erected
preparatory to the removal of the roof, and the substi-
tution of an open one in oak, more in hammy with the
edifice. It is matter for regret that the work could not be
executed in time for the auspicious occasion of the royal
visit. It has morally, indeed, been begun, and the scaffold-
ing will be removed without delay to allow of the arrange-
ments being made for the appreadiing fere.

RIB MAJESTY'S VISIT TO BALMORAL—It M not
as yet definitively arranged what day this mouth the Queen
and some of the youthful members of the royal family
leave for Balmoral to Fes a few weeks at the royal
Highland residenos. The 12th just. was originally stated,
bat sow the 14th is named.

THE ROYAL WEDDING Pumaxere.—The exhibi-
tion of the royal wedding presents at the South Kensiogton
Museum was brought to a close last night Towards the
end of the evening the band of the let Middlesex Volunteer
Engineers played the Danish national air, "Rule Bri-
tannia," and " God save the Queen."

The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and family
are expected at their mansion in Arlington-street, on
Thursday, train Paris, for the ession.
The Duke of Sutherland arrived at Stafford
Homan St. James's, yesterday, from Linetball, Salop. The
duchess and family remain is the country until the latter
end of the ensuing week.

The Marquiaand Marcbioness of Salisbury and
family loft town on Saturday afternoon for Hatfield,
Herta .

The Marchioness Townshend has issued cards for
her second ball, on hum 9, at her residence in Park lane.
Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redoliffe
and the Hon. Mimes Canning return to their residence in
Groavenor-equare to-morrow, from Nice.
The Austrian Ambassador and the Countess
Appeeri entertained the following company at dinner last
evening :—Prince Irrenbarg, the Spanish Minister and
Madame Comm the Saxon Minister, Maria Marchioness of
Aileebary. Viscount and Irisoountess Palmerston, Lord
Stanley of Aldarley, Count Pakten, Count Kalnoky, Mr.
Henry Omni* and Sir Anthony and Lady de Rothschild.
Lady Molssworth entertained at dinner !sat even-
ing, at her midair* in Enton-place, the Marchioness of
Ely, the Countess of Dasert, Voconnt Tarrington, Lord
end Lady Wodehouse, Count Wimpffen, the Vinconot de
Beaumont, Baron Alfred de Rothschild and Miss de Roth-
ochikl, Colonel the Hon. Strange Jocelyn and Hon. Mrs.
Jocelyn, Hr. and Mrs. Henry Baring, Mr. and Mrs. Higgins,
Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peke, and Mr.
Hayward.

Mr. Henry Seymour on Thursday will ask the
Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it ie
the intention of her Majesty's government to recommend
to her Majesty to summon the Convocations of Armagh and
Dublin, in the MOM MR000! u the Convocations of Can-
terbavy sod York ere summoned.

On Thursday Lord Robert Cecil will ask the
Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the report ia true
that the government have offered or intend to become pur-
chasers of the building in which the Exhibition of 1862 was
contained ; and if so, what sum they propose to pay for it,
and et what period of the seuion they intend to bring for•
ward the estimate.

Mr. Liddell will ask the Secretary to the Ad-
miralty on Friday whether ft is the intention of her
Majesty's government during the present session to intro-
duce ally measure further to amend the law relating to
Graceswich Hospital, or whether the Board of Admiralty
cootie:mist. framing any regulations having for their object
the reception within the hospital of wive', widows, and
orphans of seamen, or the construction of lodging-houses
fat their 'commode! ion adjaceot to the hospital, in
accordance with the recommendations of the royal cow-
minioners in May, 1860.
Among the fallen in the Polish insurrection is a
young Hungering formerly in the service of Garibaldi, who
is said by an eye-wheelie to have fought "like a tiger"
and to have despatched • great number of Russians with
his own hand before he received his destb-blow. The
Polish habit of reprding everyone whose position is not at
first eight generally intelligible as a spy, caused this young
ataa to be looked upon as such when he was in Cracow,
wham be was publicly Meshed by • mob oaly • few days
before he jollied his regiment.
. .

During the intended tour of the Pope in the
enuthere part of hie states, hi Holism will visit VeUetri,
Alatri, Fromm°, and Ceprano, on the Neapolitan frontier,
and return by Anigui.