The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1862.

ebt Court.

WINDSOR CANTLE, Reim 15.
The Earl of Derby arrived at the Castle last
night, and returned to Loudon today.
Lady Fanny Howard arrived Ude afternoon.
THE NEW ROYAL RIAIIIIIOLEINIL _ _

MARCH 16.

Divine service was performed in the private chapel of
the Castle this morning by the Hon. and very Reverend the
Dean of Windsor.

The Queen yesterday laid the first stone of a mausoleum
in Promote-pawls, in which are to be deposited the re-
mains of her dearly loved husband the Prince Consort, and
ultimately her own. _ _

Her Majesty, in performing this act of reverential and
devoted affection, was surrounded by all her children now
in England, and was attended by the Ladies end Gentle-
men of her Household in Waiting, and those who had
in any way specially attended upon the Prince.
Her Majesty, supported by the feeling of the sacred nature
of the duty she bad to perform, was able to complete the
ceremony, and after the stone was laid, the Dean of Wind-
sor said • prayer asking God's blueing on the work. The
few carefully selected ponces who were permitted to be pre-
sent were assembled upon the pound at 12 o'clock, and
her Majesty, with no attendanW but the royal children,
proceeded on foot from Frogman House (whither her
Majesty had previously come in • carriage in the
moat private meaner) to the spot where the stone
was prepared. Upon the stone is the following inscription :
" The foundation stone of this building, erected by Queen
Victoria in pious remembrance of her mat and good hus-
band, was laid by her the 15th day of Mar* A.D. 1862.
Blessed are they that sleep in the Lord.' " The building
is to be erected under the superintendenee of A. J. Hum-
bert, EN., architect ; and the reclining status of the Priam
will be executed by Baron MarcebettL Her Majesty had
wished that this mournful ceremony should Wm place upon
the first annivenary of the death of her revered mother
Use Duchess of Kent, but as that day was Sunday, the eve
of the anniversary was selected.
There were present—The Crown Princess of Prussia
(Princess Royal of England), Princess Alice, Princess
Helena, Princess Louis, and Princess Beatrice,
Prises Alfred sod Prince Arthur ; the Countess
of Caladon (Lady in Waiting), the Hons. Beatrice
Byng and Emily Cathcart (Maids at Honour), lady
Augusts Brace, Lily Caroline Barrington, Countess von
Eichulenberg (Grande Maarten to the Crown Princess of
Prussia), Countess Blucher Walstadti(Ludy in Waiting), and
Count Furskn'oetein (Chamberlain to her Royal Higlisims),
Viscount Torrington (Lord in Waiting to the Queen),
Colonel Cavendish, Groom in Waiting), Colossi the Hon.
A. N. Hood, and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardiage, C.B.
Equerries in Waiting), Lieut..Genesul the Hon. C. Grey,
Colonel the Hes. Ste O. Phipps and the Hon. H. L. Phipps,
the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the Hon.
Mrs. Wellesley, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, Lady
Cowper, Major-General Seymour, Miss Hildyard, Madame
Efocidi, Miss Banat, Major Cowell, RH., Major Elphin-
stone, R.E., Mr. Baked, Mr. Woodward, Colonel Ponaonby,
Colonel Seymour, C. 8., Boots Fusilier Guards), Mr. Meyer,
Dr. Jenner, and Mr. Brown.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury
in Downing-street. The ministers present were
Visootint Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Karl
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey,
Karl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir G. Corm-
wallLewis, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the
Eachequer, the Duke of Somerset the Right Hon.
Thomas Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Kdward
Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right
HOD. C. P. Villiers.

A deputation from Nottingham, eassisting of Yr. Barber,
sad Mr. A/initial, on the part at the Tows Clowneil, and
Mr. Ors mad Mr. Aahwell, together with Yr. Benders, the
°lark, es behalf of the board of gnerdism, had an interview
es asterdly with the Bight Has. 0. P. Villiers, at the
ogee el the Pear Lew Board, Whitehall.

The Oominittse on Monistical of her Majesty's most
Honourable Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday et

Present the Lord kcesidest, the nuke

of Socreereet, the Cheariellor of the lizebequer, Sir George
Gm, Dart., the /Ike. President, awl the Lord Advocate.
Despatebse w• received on Saturday at the Colonial•
office from the Lord High 0011101illaleir of the lonian

Idaoda. Dopatebta were sent to the governors of the
West India Isissib, British Columbia, and Bermud►, the

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