The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-29 00:00:00

The Calcutta arrived here this morning.

Vbe Court.

WINDSOR, JAY. 27.

The dinner party yesterday included the Ducheas of
Kest, the Makarejah Damp Singh, the Doke and
Dash.. of Argyll, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Spells, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Sir John Login, and Mr. Gibbs.
The bend of the Royal Hone Guards played during din-
ner, and her Majesty's private bend after.
The Queen with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice
walked in the Cude gardens and slopes this morning.
Prince Albert accompanied by the Maharajah Dulisp
Singh went eat shooting.
Lord Ernest Bruce and the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn
Stanley arrived is the afternoon.
The dinner party this day included the Duchess
of Kent, the Maharajah Duimp Sibgb, the Duke and
Duchess of Argyll, Lord Ernest Brace, Lady Fanny
Howard, Baroness de Speth, Sir John Login, and the Rev.
Artbnr Penrhyn Stanley.
The bend of the Royal Horse Guards played during din-
ner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in
the Castle. _

SUNDAY, JAN. 28.
The Queen and Prinee, the four elder royal children, the
Duchess of Kent, end the Maharajah Daleep Singh, the
ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic house-
hold, attended divine service this morning is the private
chapel of the Castle.
The service was performed by the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office. It was attended by the Earl
of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the
Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Gran-
ville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wil-
liam Molesworth. The Council sat three hours.

Meetings of the Oxford University Colllllgilliall were
held at No. IS, Great Queen-street, Westminstsr, on Wed-
nesday, Thursday, and Friday, in the last week. The
mnamissioners present were the Earl of Ellesmere (chair-
man), the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Ripon, Mr.
Janne Coleridge, the Dun of Wells. and Bir John W.
Awdry, with the secretaries, Mr. Goldwin Smith and the
Rev. 8. W. Wayte.

THE Comm.—As at present arranged, her Ma-
jesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by the younger branches of the royal family,
and attended by the ladies end gentlemen of the royal
household, will take their departure from Windsor Cutle
on or about the 14th of next month, and proceed to Buck-
ingham Palace.

DEPARTURE OP BARON VON Ul

Von

Used= left England oa Saturday last. His Itscelleney
arrived in Dover by the eight o'clock express train, and
alter taking some refreshments at the Lord Warden Hotel
proceeded by t►e South Easters Company's packet, Prim-
age Mary, for Calais, en route to Brunets.

Fox Cum.—The first dinner of the Fox Club this
season took plies en Saturday evening at Brooks's. Pre
sent, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Ebrfugton. M.P.,
Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair, Emil of Strafford, Viscount
Milton, M.P., E. A. Sanford, Big., Lord Saye and Selo,
A. K. Stephenson, Esq., Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart., Colo-
nel bolder°, Earl of Weirder, Roylaud Alston' Esq., H. F.
Stephenson, Esq., Captain Townshend, R.N., M.P., Lord
Stafford, Sir M. .1. Cholmeley, Bart., M.P., Hon. G. W.
Fitswilliam, M.P., Lord Camoys, Earl Fitswilliam, Earl of
Yarborough, Right Hon. Edward Enloe, M.P., Earl of
lielmeter, Right Hon. Dr. Lushiagton, Hon. Augustus Bar-
rington, and Hon. H. H. Duncan.
A large meeting of the Derby party wan held on
Saturday night, at Mr. Disraeli's reudenes, to consider bow
to take advantage of the present crisis.

Mr. A. Douglas is appointed second clam clerk,
Mr. J. M. Barron acting ditto, and Mr. Angolans Spaldirig
third class clerk, in the Comptroller of Victualling Depart-
ment of the Admiralty, Somerset•houe. Mr. Herbert L.
Reid is appointed third class clerk in the Accoantaat
General's Dope:tame of the Admiralty at fimaneet-hesec
—o6wrosr.

Tax Dumas Rzorarr or Palau has immed a
decree, establishing an additional land tax of 1* per cent. 10
be levied within the first sir months of the present yea,.
The proceeds of this tax are to be applied to the compensa-
tion of losses sustained by Are.
_ _

VIENNA, lex. 22.:—Yesterday there were three
grand dinners here ; Count de Bud had at his table the
whole of the diplomatic corps sad most of the Austrian
generals. hf. de Kennerits, the Santa minister, bad as
garets, Count d'Arnim, the Princes Gortobakoff and
Deatdoff, and several of the Baum legation ; and, lastly,
Count d• fitackeberg, the Military Reuses Pktsipoteteliary
entertained Boron Han, Prince de Schwameabers, and
mural other persons of note.
Count de Labedoydre and the Marquis Adrien
Gustave de Comilla's° have been appointed chamberlain
to the Emperor of the French.

THE NEWSPAPER STAMP ACT.

(Firm %Ito Heastoisvist.)_

On the motion of the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Hesse of Oommoes lest eight reenced ergo into a commit-
tee of the whole home ea Monday sest.cia order se outsider
the laws relating to the Newspaper Stamp Acs. According
1 to the notices of meths distribets4 this mooting, the Chu-
cellos of the Nushegaut will upon that omission propos
'certain rashness ter the edeption of parliament, el the
iptinadwook of a new act to he introduced panelist there%
grim whisk we oiliest that the following will be the Rah,
frahares of it. All the misting laws in relation to thq
well he repealed-tea well those which relate to
fin, as those which relate to registcaties end
aseutties. It will then be provided that mat .idly new*
papers, bat any prtnted single publitaties of say kind, net
weeding four ounces la weight, doll pass through the
Post-efike either with as hapreind stamp, mat pretest,
or with the ordinary postage lad. Bat we animation
there will be this difference in Moir elmewspapers or other 1
pablications which are published wok is bummed stamp,
that they will be entitled to retrain mission throagh the
Post-ogice for seven days after the date of publicatioa,
while the common adhesive damp, dazed at any thee
after pabliestioo, will entitle the came to be tranemitted
only once. It will, however, be Wmai Is publish any
portion of a newspaper Iso Matra beginhamd Mid
*Mktg the privilege of retrammileima sad the re-
mistier of the *Utica undamped. Thais, is point of het;
the meths will be to treat all printed nadir alike, mid It
miry through the Post-Mike to any pen it the II
Kingdom, fix one psalm my single gelneatioa net az
w: cesium fear comes, with privilege ;cif re-trameshim
within men days is the case rehned M Is mom. le
Copyright and libel, us pins will the she be Meld 1.
the same sheaths any as other pall...noes. • asses
camplste and entire change of the present law,
to the peat.t simptletty, meld net possibly havellans•
posed. What offset it will have epos the preen =
sountly it is impugns to say, but of this we teal
that anther eh car eay *her Menge will shade
prised 4111111/I**Rgiglies Se Warfare with the best
if the poem as 11 matt guilt.

NAVAL AND MILITARy.

(IT 1L3071110 TILIOZAPI.)

FALMOUTH, Strout
Her Maissty's new steam yacht, from Milford,
p d is t awe s
ow of two stamen, $8 szp•stsd, at sight o'clack
thi morning.

It is stated tote not improbable that the pm ot
Cardigan will be the new Inspector dal cgge,
vah7.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 27.
W. A. P. Ropers (1829), from the CoastGaud, to the
6016erew steam ship as Portsmouth. Muter Bunt*
), to the , 21, screw steam corvette, at
I Ps"'
Paomonow.---Lieut. John W. D. 11I'Donald (Kim b..'
eeaLL esrvieg as flag lieutenant to Vice-Admiral J. Wij
as, C. 8., in the Britannia, 120, when flag ship oe.thi
itemises& sad Black Sea station, is promoted to
commander fee rank only.
The Admiralty will receive tenders on the soli
instant, for the conveyance from the • Thum to Li,.
of 288 tons of light ordnance stores (filled emtridges,
ets, and tubes), 19 tons of heavy ordains ones
and 17-21 feet of light ordain*. stores (carriages),
Wes of naval acres.
A committee of master shipwrights, •• •
Mr. Francis J. Lairs, Master Shipwright of
Dockyard ; Mr. R. Abethell, Master Sbipwriettet•
monk Dockyard ; and Mr. Henry Chatfield, Leto
wright of Deptford Dockyard, assembled on Saturday
at the offices of Commodore John Shepherd, in We**
Dockyard, for the purpose of inquiry into the cum Mee
Perseverance iron screw steamship upsetting in the so
Dock on Saturday the 20th inst.
WHACK OP A TEANSPORT.—Letters from Galliag
mention that the transport ship Arnotdale wee
near that plane, on the 12th of January, full of water.
A contract has been entered into by goremout
for the supply of a very large number of cavalry uhemod
madness for the use of the navy ; the last meatisedific
man vastly superior to those at present la mks.
They are rather longer, with a slight nene,eing.
to those worn by naval officers. The formation of am
and guard will also give a much firmer grasp to the
wielding it ;it will be vein in a frog suspended g
inistbelt, in front of which there will be a surapeet to,
tonehe-bex, capable of containing twelve rounds if id
cartridges, so that, counting six rounds in the
with which when at quarters the sail•trimmen an
an will be famished, each man will have eighteen
of niansunition. The present contract for revolves
6,000, and it is expected to be completed by March
molasses and sabres are to be manufactured of the test
tempered mild steel, and will be severely tested before WI
err. accepted.