The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-16 00:00:00

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WINDSOR CASTLE, lIAECH 16.
Prinoess Helena dined with the Prinoe and
Princess of Wales, at Mulborongh-hour, last rank& g-
raded by the Hon. Flora Maodosald and Colonel the Hoe.
A. Harding..
Primer Beatrice, &traded by Lady Caroline Barrington
and Colonel the For. Sir C. B. Phipps, harboured the per-
formance at the Olympic Theatre with her pressor
The Queen drove out thie mares, atteaded by the
Duchess of Roxburgh*, Lord Alfred Pagel, sod Coloual the
Hoe. A. Harding., sad visited the General Lying-in Hos.
pita', York-road, Lambeth.
Her Wieldy, accompanied by Prince= Helve, Prince's
Louise, and Prioress Beatrice. left Buckhrebnis Paw at •
quarter to 1 o'clock to-day for Wiodsor Carle, attended by
the Counter of Gainsborough, Lady Augusta Stanley, Lady
Carolina Be:Tinter the Hoe. Flora Macdonald, the Hon.
Sonar Seymour, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel the
Hon. A. Harding'.
His Royal Highness Prinoe Leopold arrived at Wisdom
Castle, at 11 o'clock.

The Prism of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Koppel.
hunted with his harriers at Staines, near Windaor, yesterday.
The Primus of Wale. took a carriage drive, attended by
the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council rat yester-
day. Fremont the Lords Justices Knight Brace and Turner,
and Dr. Luahington.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of New Zealand, South Australis, Tu-
muli*, !Abu's, Malts, and St. Helms.
The Right Hem W. Hutt and Mr. Bemerson Tenoent, ac-
companied by Irs. Hutt, left tows yesterday for Vieana,
rid Par* on a spsobil

VISIT OP THS PRINCE OP WALES TO
CHIIRTSSY STEEPLECHASSS.-(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon at half-past 12 o'clock his Royal
flightless the Prince of Wales, attended by Colonel Koppel,
left Narlborongh•boaee es ma* for laortsey, in order to
attend the steeplechases which commence today.

THE Qt AT THE GENERAL LYING-IN HOB-

FITAL, YORK -110Ial, Lerieera—The QIN= WWI graciously
pleased to visit this institution yeskedsy zoning. Bar
Majesty, attended by her Grecs the Duchess of Roxburgh*,
Lord Allred Page; Colonel the Ho.. Arthur Herding;
and Dr. Joiner. arrived at the hospital at 11 o'clock, and
wen received at the entrance by Sir Charlie Looock, vice-
president, Mr. T. Somers Cooks, vine-president and
treasurer, Mr. J. D. Allard; vine-president. Dr. Hutton,
and Dr. Clarke, two of the physicians, sad Mr. T. H.

Smith, the secretary avid solicitor. Her Majesty, atom-
panied by the physicians, paged Woe& the wards, and
evinced great interest in the health of the patients. Her
liajesty.wrote ber name in the visitors' book, and on leaving
expressed herself pleased with all that tame under her
notice. This charity was instituted in the year 1765, and
has oontinued to be an asylum for the wives of poor in-
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duairious tradesmen and mechanics, who from unavoidable
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midorturies, or the burden of large families, are rendered
icsoopable of bearing the expenses incident to childbirth,
and also for the wives of soldiery and sailors. Daring the
Crimean war relief was given to the wife of every soldier
who applied. The objects of the charity are not confined
to the locality in which it is situate. During three years
*oiling oo the 31st December, 1864, the board paned 793
women for admission as in-patients, and 3.168 to be at-
tended at their own homes as oat-patients, making a total
of 3,931 owes. The hospital is in need of income to meet
the iecreaaing and pressing demands on it.
Her Majesty will hold another court on Tues-
day, March 28. on which occasion the invitations will not
be reetrioted to the &Mal and diplomatic circle. The
ladies will wear teak's.

We (014) understand that, in consequence of the
probable occurrence daring the summer of an event which
will fill all loyal subjeete with joy, her Royal Menem
Princess Alice of He.., or the Prisons Helens, will bold
drawing rooms for her Majesty during the season, sad
thereby spare the fatigue to her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess of Wales, who will only hold the next drawing room.
. .

The anniversary of the marriage of the Prince of
Wales, on the 10th inst., was celebrated at Cowes, in the
Isle of Wight, by a torchlight procession.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has
consented to open the International Reformatory Exhibi-
tion at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, en Friday, May 19.
On account of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales's presence in Dublin gleam the early part of the
coming summer, there will not be the anal encampment on
the Darragh of Kildare this season. It is therefore ar•
pedal that there will be an unusually large number of
troops assembled In Dublin for the purpose of reviews, &c.,
which will be a great attraction for those Irish tourists who
might not otherwise visit Dublin.

The Right Hon. the Speaker gave hie fifth par-
liamentary fell dress dinner Lit evening, Marsh 15, to the
following noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord Robert Mon-
tagu, Lord Henley, Lord Henniker, Hon. A. Ponsonby,
Sir Michael H. Beach. Bart., and Messrs. H. H. Jolliffs,
lon T. Hamilton, B. B. Harvey, W. W. Wynn, Treherne,
Watkin, Ferrer, Kendall, Franklyn, Lee, Knatchball,
Leslie, Lever, Miller, Mundy, Norris, Murray, Peacock.,
Pugh, Salt, Somme, Werner, Stacpoole, Whalley, Main-
waning, Onalow, Denis P. Beresford, Wickham, Shaft°,
H. B. Sheridan ; Rev. Charles Hairdo, chaplain ; Mr.
Alfred Denison, privets wassiang. The right boa. gen-
tleman will held his lima es the evening of Wednesday,
March 29, and on Wednesday, April 5, at 10 p.m., full
dram. - -

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The Duke of St. Albans entertained a select
party at dinner lest evening at his residence in Park-atreet
The Duchess of Somerset gave a dance last night
at the Admiralty, Whitehall.
The Marchioness of Ely entertained the follow-
ing select circle at dinner last evening at her residence at
Princes-pt. :—Their Serene Highnesses Prime and Princess
Edward et fisize-Weimar, his Excellency the Russian Am-
bassador, and Baroases Enninew, the Deice and Duchess of
Rozburglie, Lord Walden, Lord West, Sir Roderick Mut-
alma, Major Jocelyn, fia
Miss Burdett Coutts and Mrs. Brown have left
town for Torquay.
Yesterday evening the Right Hon. Chichester
Fortesone, M.P., and Frames Countess Waldsgrave enter-
tained at dinner, at their residence, in Carlton-gardens :
Their Baal Righesims the Duke end Durham de Chasing,
the Doke d'Anamis, his Eseellency t►e Austrian Anibae.
mix end Conatess Appoeyl, his Eznelleurry the Belgian
Minister, his E.teellesoy the United States Minister. Baron
sad Baroness Blame, the Martinis of Hartiegton, the Earl
and Conateas of Clarendon sad Lady Emily Vain, the
Earl de Grey, theViesenntees Jocelyn sad like Jocelyn, the
Right Hen. Mileur Gibson, Hen. Mrs. Ponsoby, and the
Hoe. Lytilph Stanley. The Countess Waldegrays after
wards held an amenably.