The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-05 00:00:00

VISIT OP HER MAJESTY TO THE METROPOLIa

(THIS DAY.)

This morning, shortly before half-past 10 o'clock,
her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
Piinoses Helena, sod attended by the Counter of Gazebo-
rough, Major-Gen. Seymour, Col. du Plat, and Gen. Grey,
left Windsor for London, arrivieg at 11.10. Her Majesty's
visit was, it is understood, for the purpose of inspecting
the progress of the Prince Consort Memorial in Hyde-park.

VISIT OP HER MAJESTY TO ST. GEORGE'S
CHAPEL, WINDSOR.

Yesterday afternoon her Majesty and her Royal
Highness Princess Helena visited the Chapel Royal of St.
George, and attended the evening service, which commenced
at half-past 4 o'clock. The Queen and Princess drove down
to the deanery, through which they passed to the royal
closet near the altar, where they remained till the close of
the service. The prayers were intoned by the Rev. E.
Tepsfield, minor canon ; the first lesson being read by the
Rev. M. Frewer sod the second by the Rev. Canoe Anion.
The " Magaificat" and " None Dimittis" were snug to
Croft in A. The anthem was taken from the 5.36 th hymn,
" Blessing and Glory," and snug to Bach's music by Haws.
Adams (alto), Barth, (bass), and Tony (tenor), assisted by
the choir of the cathedral, Dr. Elvey presiding at theerpn.
The chapel, which was lighted with wax tapers, was
densely crowded with a large and fashionable 000gregatioe,
the Deep of Canterbury being present amour others. At
the conclusion of the service her Msjesty returned to the
Castle, passing privately through the deanery on her way ;
in fact, her presence in the sacred building was scarcely
koowr. to the majority of the worshippers at the time.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, with the Hon. Mrs. and Colonel Byng, the
Countess of Macclesfield, Lieut• General W. T. Koollys,
Msjor Teesdale, Captain Grey, Mr. Herbert Fisher, and
Mr. Holtzman, attended Eleadriagharn Church yesterday
morning. The Rev. Robert Wilson Penne, M.A., incum-
bent of Gaywood, officiated and preached.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ac-
companied by Colonel the Hoe. James Macdonald, Colonel
Thome H. Clifton, Colonel Hot'. H. F. Keane, and Rear.
Admiral the Hon. James It. Drummond. C.R, went out
shooting on the covers at Coombe Wood, Surrey, on Satur-
day. The sport was excellent. Within • few bourn the
party killed above 400 bead of game.
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His Excellency the RWlB4lllAmbassador and the
Baroness Bruno°, entertained the following circle at dinner
yesterday evening atthe Russian Embassy :—His Excellency
the Turkish Ambassador and ?disdains Musurus and Md/le.
Masora*, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, his Et.
cellency the Minister of the United States, big Excellency
the Swedish Minister and Countess Wachtmeieter, his Ex.
collate,. the Mexican Minister, Count Wimpffen, Coast
lialnoky, M. de Falb*, Baron Beck Friia, Chevalier Maul,
M. de Saboiarcd, and M. de Berg.

The Duke of Argyll arrived in town from Edin-
burgh on Thursday night. The duchess and family ere
still residing in that city. The nob!, duke ia likely to be
detained in town some days by otlial duties.

Viscouut cod isconntesb Palmerston will leave
town towards the close of the weak for Broadlanda. The
noble viscount and viscountess will receive a sueomioa of
meets there daring Christmas.

On Friday night Lord and Lady Wodehonse
g►ve a lift to the exhibition of Irish manufactures, at the
Royal Dublin Society, by honouring the perfornmom of
the Christy Minstrels with their presence in the Exhibition
building. Although the charge was half-a-crown, and the
weather unfavourable, the attendapee was larger than it
was at the inauguration. Netrly 4,000 ladies and gentle-
men were present, oomprisini the cream of public society.
The galleries were filled wherever standing room could be
obtained, sod the nave was packed long before the time ea.
pounced for the concert to commence.

HEALTH OF THE EARL OF CARLIALL.....We greatly
regret to leans that the state of Lord Carlisle's health has
become such as to cause alarm to his friends.—Lade Hen
cur), of this day.

DEATH or rug COUNTE.4 or DECTI YE. —We
have to announce the death of the Countess of &dive,
which took place yeeterday manlier at the family residence,
in Grafton-street, Berkeley-square. The Countess, w►o
bad hese in a very bad state since July last, had been for
some weeks given op by her physicians. She was the only
child sad heiress of Mr. W. Thompson, the opulent alder-
man of London, and for many years M.Y. for Westmoreland.