The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-04 00:00:00

ire Court.

WINDSOR warm Nov. 3.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon.
Ledy Biwa&ld arrived at the Castle.

The Right Hon. Lard Bahama, H.T., was swan la
yesterday Lord Lieutenant of Laneabaltim, in the room of
the late Duke of Hamilton, before the following lords of
the games Most Honourable Privy Oommil, viz., Earl
GressvMe, KG., Lord President ; Earl de Gamy and Rion.,
Secretary of State for War ; and the Bight Hon. Thomas
Milner Gibson, President of the Board of Trod*.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from dm Governor of llowfostediand, sad from the
Lord High Commissioner of the lonia Islands. Deepetebes
were mot to the Governor, of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon,
Hong Kong, and Liman.

TINE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS Or PRUSSIA.
—Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Prisons
of Preemie and mite left Inverary on Monday fcesioces en
route for Edinburgh, proceeding by the famed routs through
Glen Crow, Tarbet, on the beaks of Lothicenced, and Hsi-
loch, where they took the min in the 4.10 p.m. train.
Loclilomond Steam-boat Company had one of thedr =gni&
cent steamers at Tube{ to convey the royal party to Balionh,
bat their royal highnesses maned to drive al.mg
the banks of the "Queen of Elealliah lam* AA
the various stations on the Dumbartonshire Railway
large numbers of people were on the platforms, and gave
a warm greeting to their royal highnesses, who frequently
bowed their ackoowledgmenta. The weather wee delightful,
sad the royal party appeared is the beet of health and
spirit& The Prince and Princess arrived at the Mavis*
station shortly after seven o'clock last night, and were in.
oeived on the platform by Prince Alfred, Prince William
of Hems, and the Lord Provost. There was also a large
number of people on the platform, w►o loudly cheered the
royal party. The Prince and Princesn, wbo drove to Sla-
ne?, Hotel immediately after their arrival, were aoeoa•
ponied by the following anite--the Counts. Valerie Ho-
basilisk Coast Turatenatehr, and Captain Lowden. We
underhand that the Crown Prince and Prises will leave
Edinbergh for London by the 10.15 express as the North
British Railway this (Tuesday) night. —Seamus&

Hia Royal Highness the Duke of dazabtidge left
toys leek evening ee a visit to Glean] Hall, at the pallet
renewers seat, Cambridgeshire. The royal duke sad a
select party will remain there till the dime of the week.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and
Primer 'Cary of Ossebridge visited the ex-Queen of Prams
sad the Duke de Nemours, at Claremont, yesterday.
The Prince of Schleswig-Holstein has left the '1
SLOsesges Hoed.

The karquis of Hastings has left Long's Hotel.
The Earl and Countess of Lincoln and family
bare left tern for Park, as their way to Aire, where they
will paw the autumn before sobers to Rome for the whiter.

Ledy Herbert (of Lea) and family leave town in
a few doge fee Italy, where they will peso the winter.

The Bake of Beaufort will shortly leave New-
market for his seat, Badminton Hones, Gloucester, where
his grace lain& to receives succession of visitors.

Lord and Lady Ss'team, and the Ron. Miss
Truer, bays loft the Cavoodlah Hotel, Jarmya-stroot, for
Kailas Hall, Norfolk.

MUSIC.

AGRICULTURAL•HALL, ISLINGTON.

There was " a grand Musical Festival" last
night, under the patronage if Sir Morton Pato, Bart., M.P.,
William Cox, Esq., ILP., Sir James Tyler, and other in.
loentlal mem, for the purpose of inaugurating the ceps
(a pest sad edge inslrerneet) built by Willis for the Is-
teresticsal Exhibition, sad sow erected in the above bell.
The Messiah was performed on a male of extras.-
disuy magnitude. The chorus and instrumental bead,
ambered above a thousied performers. The prin-
cipal solo vocalists were Mdlle. Peeps. madame Sairdeo
Dolby, Mr. Wdbye Cooper, sod Mr. Lewis Thomas. Mr.
Willy was the principal violin ; Mr. J. T. Cooper was the
organist; and Mr. It. Glenn Wesley was the cooductar.
The performaeoe on the whole was exceedingly effective,
mad wan received by the audience with a degree of applause
sever heard when this most sacred of all matories is per.
formed at Ereter•ball, where a conventional metric:ties is
put upos loud demonstrations of sppeoval. The prlnesipaP
dams, whose talents are well known to the public, ezezied
thrombin greatly, and their vocal efforts were much aided
by the excellent acoustical properties of the ball. It was
attempted to encore two or three of the she, but the cells
were sot unanimous, and the singers very properly did ant
comply with them.

The choral portion of the performance, though very
grand, was not on the whole so successful us the solos. We
have often protested against the monster orchestra, which
have of late got so muck into vogue. In order to get a
thousand voices and instruments "to go wall together,•
they moat be thoroughly trained performers—Wind

moreover, by one 000ductor, and according to cos
uniform method. It is by this regular sad sys-
tematic trainiag that Mr. Costa makes his Woeful had at
iseter-hall move with the steadiness and ow-west of a vast
Maw. As it is, the Seared Harmoeic Society's band sad
theme an still too large ; sad their performance are sot
supertor—if, indeed, they are eqml—to those of Me Fro.
viscid Festivals of Birminghunothere there are net half the
number of performers ma at Exeter-balL Had the handand
Monts at bliegtou Lot night been five hundred strong in-
stead of a thomind the effect would have been clear and
distinct, and at lust equally powerful.
In the interval between the first and second parts of the
oratorio the powers of the organ were displayed by Dr.
Wesley, the celebrated organist of Whichever. wbo per-
formed a solo, consisting of an andante followed by ea ex-
tempore fugue. His performance, we need ecarcedy add, wee
masterly io the highest degree, and most warmly appLashod.
The unfavourable state of the weather had, of
crowded
some effect in preventing the hall from being so crowded ea
it might otherwise have been. There was, nevertheless, a
vast assemblage, even though it was not sufficient to fill •
building capable of holding twelve thomind persons.

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—It is stated that in the
proceedings in celebentioo of the election of the Lord
Mayor there will be little, if any, departure from the pro-
gramme of the preceding anniversary. The Guildhall is at
preeent in the hands of • body of workmen, wbo are
making the necessary preparatioca for the banquet to be
held there on Monday evening next, after his lordship has
been sworn into office ; but their tuk is lightened to some
extent by the handsome appear, ace presented by
_the hall
in consequence of the decorations of the wells by Mr. Craft
oo the occasion of the ball to the Prince and Princess of
Wales still remaining. Mr. Crane will, however, superin-
tend the decorations to be added for the festival on the 9th
Dort. The procession to and from Westminster Hall will
very mach resemble that of last year, except, perhaps, that
there will be fewer bands.