The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-12 00:00:00

Zbe Court.

WINDSOR, JAN. 11.
The dinner party yesterday included the Dachas
of Kent, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abetters, chi,
Ladies Harriet and Louisa Hamilton, the Earl of anted*,
Vimeennt Torrington, Lady Fancy Howard, Baroness dit
Spelt, Sir George Cooper, and Major-General Wylde.
The Band of the Itval Horse Guards played dodge
dinner. Her Msjesty's Private Band performed aft*.
wards.

The Queen, with the Princess Alice, walked ic Ike
grounds adjacent to the Castle this morning.

Prince Albert, attended by Major-General the Bak
Charles Grey, Colonel the Ron. C. B. Phipps, and Coles.'
F. H. Seymour, left Windsor for London by a special trek
of the Great Western Railway, at Ave minutes put 10
o'clock.

The Prince drove to the Exhibition of the Photographis
Society, afterwards visited the Duchess of. Gloucester s
Gloucester Rouse, and returned to the Culls at half•pest
one o'clock.

Tho Earl of Clarendon accompanied his Royal High's.
to London.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. The ministers present Were
the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the
Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of
Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham,
Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
and Sir William Moleeworth. The council sat throe
hours.

The Sardinian Minister transacted business yeaterday g
the Foreign-office.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday kali,
seat, Broadlauds, Harts, for the purpose of attending tip,
Cabinet Council held at the Foreign-office.

Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good llope
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

The hidleisi Committee of the Privy Council eat yester-
day, and heard a petition for a prolongation of Lows's
patent (gas). The Lords present were the Dean of tla
Arch.. Court, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall,
and Sir Edward Ryan.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 11,

J. E. Erskine (1838) to the Orion, 80, screw steamship, m
Chatham.

Commanders E. H. Gunnell, to the Albion, 90, in the
Black Sea, and C. P. Coles to the Rodney, 90, Mediter-
ranean station.

Masters J. H. Allard (1851), to the Himalaya screw
steam-ship, at Portsmouth, and H. P. J. Simpson, to the
Desperate, 8, screw steam-sloop, of 409-horse power, et
Hull.

Second Muter W. H. Bradley, to the Himalaya.
Acting Clerk F. L. B. Bedwell to the Perseverance, troop
ship, at Woolwich.

The Merlin, peddle-wheel steam•vessel, of 312 horse-
power, having been thoroughly refitted at Deptford sad
completed for service at sea at Woolwich, has been eon-
missioced by Captain B. J. Sulivan, who commanded the
Lightning, steam-vessel, when serving in laying down
buoys in the Baltic last summer. The officers and crew of
the Lightning have been turned over to the Merlin.
The Locust, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander George
F. Day, has been ordered to be paid down to-day at
Woolwich.

The Sinbsd and the Drake, 13-inch mortar-Trunk,
have returned to Woolwich from Shoebaryness to have
some alterations made and the decks covered with lead.

Captain Travers's company, sth Battalion, Royal Artil-
lery, at present stationed at Leith Fort, and Captain Haw-
kins's company, 7th Battalion, stationed at Dublin, hay.
been ordered to return to head-quarters at Woolwica
mediately, for the purpose of being filled up and placed in
• state of readiness to embark far the Crimea. The addi.
tion of these two companies to those previously preparing
for foreign service, make 11 field batteries and companies
under orders for the seat of war in the Eut.

It bas been definitively announced by a recent official
despatch from the British government, that the head•quar•
tars of the troops in Canada are to be forthwith removed to
and permanently located at Quebo'.

PORTSMOUTH, Jaw.ll.

The crew of the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw
steam ship, Captain Gordon, were paid up wages to-day.
The Ajax, 60, screw-ship, Captain Warden, bent sails
this morning. She is now ready for sea.
The Hastings and Pembroke, 72 gun ships, that have
been in dock, being converted into screw ships, to carry 60
guinea* will have the necessary alterations effected by
the end of this month. They will, it is expected, with the
four or five other ships of the same character undergoing •
similar conversion at other dockyards, form a very suitable
and useful addition to the class of vessels best adapted for
service in the ensuing operations in the Baltic.
The Dragon, 6, paddle sloop, did not get away from Spit-
head for Pembroke (having the crew of the Victoria and
Albert on board, for the purpose of bringing her Majesty's
new yacht round to this port) tilt this morning.

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The Lively, lighter, went out to the Dragon yesterday
afternoon, and brought into harbour the luggage of Rear-
Admiral Chad., which the Dragon had brought from Leith,
on Admiral Chads' hauling down his flag front the &din
burgh, 60, screw ship, on hi. return frtm the Baltic.

The Marley Hill, No. 169 steam transport, basing filled
up with another cargo of wooden buts, had her compasses
adjusted to-day prior to sailing for its Crimta. There are
about sixty more huts to be sent out to complete the ori-
ginal number ; but, ac..ording to recent accounts from the
Crimea, they will hardly be required, as the army appears
to have provided themselves with wooden houses before any
had arrived from England.

The following gentlemen have passed yesterday and to-
day at the Royal Naval College in this dockyard :
For Naval Cadets :—M . J. E. Pringle, D. E. IL
Grant, H. B. Gordon, H. li'lnroy, J. W. D'Arcy, R. de R.
Hawkey.
For Muters' Assistants :—A. Carr, P. Rees.

For Clerks' Assistants :—P. P. Rouse, W. P. Taylor, R.
Hill, R. \V. Parish, E. S. Lean, H. J. Harvey, J. G. Frank-
lyn, H. F. Johnstone, R K. H

MARSEILLES, JAL 9.
The Jura, transport, took on board to-day 38
officers and 1,190 troops. This ship also takes out a large
supply of planks and • considerable quantity of ordnance
for the army before Sebastopol.

DUBLIN, SAN. 11.
The following is an authentic list of the officers
who sailed for the Crimea on Saturday last on board
H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre from Queenstown, vie. 17th
Regiment: Major Arthur lowry Cole ; Captain D. L.
Colthunt; Lieutenants J. A. Caulfield, W. D. Tompsolli
and W. H. J. Dishrowe ; Ensigns 0. S. Butler and J. 0.
Travers; Assistant-Surgeon W. M. Gibaut. 30th Regi-
ment Captain W. J. Robertson and Lieutenant E. N. Sill.
' 33rd Regiment: Captain H. D. Ellis ; Ensigns C. W.
Willis and A. E. W. Ellis. 41st BAgiment Captain C. P.
Bertram ; Lieutenants W M'C. Lambert and H. J. Nowlin.
47th Regiment: Captain Chas. Elgee. 49th Regiment:
Ensign T. F. Euateoe. 65th Regiment : Lieutenant James
Hannay. 67th Regiment: Captain W. E. Brown; Lieu-
tenants J. C. Ingham and J. C. Ashwin. 63rd Regiment:
Lieutenants E J. Hunt and C. A. Hand. Medical Staff:
Acting Assistant Surgeon T. G. Creuy.
The Princess Royal, transport, is hourly expected to
arrive at Queenstown, for the conveyance of troops to the
Crimes.

The depttit of the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment, row sts-
tioned at Newoastle•npon-Tyne, will shortly be passed over
to Belfast; and upon their arrival the depot of the 92nd
Highlanders will embark at Belfast (where they are now
stationed) for Glasgow, en route to Edinburgh.

Every exertion is being made to re•constitate the
cavalry force on service, and recruiting for the heavy 024-
valry has been particularly brisk during the last few weeks,
the ard Dragoon Guards being employed in getting men for
the sth Dragoon Guards, the 7th Dragoon Guards for the
Inniskillens, the fat Dragoon Guards in Edinburgh for the
Soot. Greys, and the Queen's Bays at Dundalk for the 4th
Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. The Newbridge Barracks
(cavalry depot) and the Royal Barracks, Dublin, are de-
scribed as quite full ; and Naas, Carlow, and Navan are
spoken of as shortly lobe occupied by cavalry preparing for
the Reit.

MACPHERSON OF CLIINY.—This Highland chief-
tain has addressed a letter to the public prints, giving the
most unqualified contradiction to the report that his !nib
whe is commencing his military career in the 42nd High.
lenders, wu about to sell out rather than face the dangers
of a campaign in the Crimea. —North British