The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-04 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at
Bathingham Palace at 25 minutes helwo 3 o'eloek Jester.
day afternoon, from Ortend, on a visit to the Quern.
I His Majesty was ace isapsuisd by the Priapus Charlotte
of Belgium and the Count de Flanders.
In attendance on the King and the Princess were,'
Madame la Marquise Wirth de Bsray, Madame de Bores,
Colonel de Moetkethe, Captain Burnell, and Sir Robert
Carswell.

His Majesty wu handed from his carriage by the Duke of
Wellington, Master of the Horse, and was received at the
grand entrance by the Queen, who was accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Allied, Prince
Arthur, sad the Pnocewes Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Uri
the Duch. ea of Kent, and woe alien led by the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting. Toe Earl of Listowel, L ird in
Waiting; ford Alfred Paget, Equerry in Wsitteg to the
Queen; and Major General the Hon. Sir Edward Cue,
Comptroller of the King's Household in this country,
attended his Majesty to Buckingham Palace.
The King quttted Ostend at 8 o'clock yesterday morning,
crossed to Dover, travelled by a special train on the South
Eastern Railway to London, and on arrivitig, soon after
2 o'clock, p.m., lathe Bricklayers' Arms Scenes, was there
met by his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
His Majesty and suite entered four of the Queen's car-
riages, and proceeded from the station to Hackett:ham
Palace. Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Aber-
corn, Msj.wHeneral the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel
Seymour, went to Eastwood, Red-bill, to open the Asylum
for Idiots.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen and the Kicg
of the Belgians in the afternoon.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and the King of the Bel-
' glans, took a drive is en open landau and four in the alter
noon. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Seymour were in
attendance, ma horseback.
Her Majesty bad a dinner party in the evening. The
company included the King of t►e Belgians, the Count de
Fianden, the Duchess of Kent, Lady A. M Diens,
Baroness de lipeth, the Duke of Wellionton, the Belgian
Milliner and Madam* Tan de Weyer, the Maiquisot Bread-
album, Earl Spencer, Sir George Couper, Colonel de MOST'
hark., Captain Burnell, and Sir Riben Carswell.
The band of theist Life Guards attended, and performed
is the palace daring dinner.
The Duchess of Aiholl h anceeeded Lady Churchill as
Lady in Waiting to t►e Queen.
The Earl of Liatowel and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville
West have relieved Lord Byron and Colonel the Lim. A. N.
Hood in their duties as the Lord and Gloom in Witting 011
bet liejsety. Colonel Seymour hes relieved Copt -in the
Hun. Dadley do Roe as Equerry in Waiting to Prince
Albert.

A deputation from the Irish maltstere, omitting of Mr.
exid, Mr. Fontsll, and Mr. Monett (att stied by Mr.
Brydes, parhamentary agent), bad an intend. w with the
Chancellor of the Basheqtaer ye terday at hie flickl to.
sidemen in Downing-street, on the subject of th.•
Duties Bill. The deputation was accompantet by the f -
Aging olotaben of parliament. Mr George, Mr. Beentish, '
Mt. Ilemaide, Colossi Taylor, Me. Vance, Mr. Ale:ander,
Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Barrows, Mr. L. Montgomery, Mt.
()togas, Mr. Brady, Mr. O'Flaheity, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr..
Iristmea Kennedy.
A deputetims of the Stage Clrfillv• Committee had also
an laurels., with Um right boa. baronet on thr • Abject of
,he prs.sat detle. on stage oarriugem. The deowadoe
winsieted of Mr. IL Bartley, Mr. J. Bother, Mr. Oro.
Ceancellor, Mr. A. Wee, Mt. Douglas, and Mr. J. B.
Bradfield eeneretary).

Mr. Willa, of the Home Circuit, wu yt sterdsy
warn in us ens of her Majesty's Judge, before the Lord
Chancellor, at the Home of Lords.
Among the aristocracy who witnessed the demon-
stration in Hyde-park on Sunday, IMO the Earl of Derby,
the Berl Fortes's., Viscount ltaidstooe, Lord &noway.
ton, Earl of Claridge, Laid Charles Manners, Sor Watkis
Wynn, lion. Colonel Forrester, Hon. Joins. Macdoesid,
Captain irysor, Captain J. S. Stanley, H•
The Earl of Derby leaves town early in the ensuing
week for Knowsley, near Prescott, to entertain als ego circle
of sporting friends during the Liverpool ram westing.
A marriage will shortly take plum between the
lewd Muncester end t►e Lady Jane Grosvenor, flattener of
the Marquis sad Marehionses of Westminster.
The Marquis of Lansdowne entertaioed a select
sleets at dinner, last evening, at Imam:lows. House.

Yesterday evening Miss Burdett Cocotte held a
'nett sweat* at her mans in Btrattot.street,
Pie-
adilly. The rifwtiew was honoured with the attend race
if a Ivry eem.ross cowpony of the aristocracy.
Mrs. Petro gave a splendid ball last night, at her
Maw ia Berkeley square.
The sassal dionse of the Society of Arts, held yet.
eardi is the Crystal Pa/ace, seder the presidency of As
Deka of Argyll, wan .headed by gentlemen who may
be seespeed es repreesetatives of the arts, the manufamwriss
onowneese, the sakes*, the essieserlag, sad the literary
sad issehealee isethatleas of the sosawy. The dinner
Melt plass at the sud et the wit wins of lie Palace.