The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-02 00:00:00

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WINDSOR, Faa. 1.
The following had the honour of dining with her
Majesty yesterday : The Duchess of Kent, the Duke and
Duchess of Nemours, the Princess Adelaide of Hokenlohe,
the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness
de Bpetb, Viscount and Visoounteas Stratford de Redcliffe,
and Colonel the Hon C. B. and Mrs. Phipps.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended in the Castle,
and played during dinner..
Her Majesty's Private Band attended afterwards In the
evening, and performed the following compositions :
Oeerten. "Le Serment ". .
Selection. "Le Premix Nice* Herold.
Merike a It Ronialae

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The neen and Prince, with the Duke and Duane of
Nemours, drove out in an open carriage yesterday after-
noon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F. H.
8771:were in attendance on horseback.
: Albert, with the Duke of Nemours and Prince ,
Edward of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by Mr. Henry Sey-
mour, Mr. Challoner, and Captain Tottenham, went out
shooting this forenoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H.
Seymour.
The Duke and Duchess of Nemours, with the Comte
d'Eu, the Due d'Alencon, and the Princess Marguerite of
Orleans, left the Castle chic afternoon for Claremont; and
the Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de &deli& left for
Loudon. _

lielluehesa of Norfolk has succeeded the Viscountess
Canning as Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
Earl Somers has arrived as Lord in Waiting in plate of
Lord Elphinstone ; and Captain the Hoe. AVest has re-
lieved Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. N. Hood as broom in Wait-

ing to Wrii.j.;77"
Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Lord Charles Fits Boy
and Lient-Coloncl the Hon. A. Gordon, Licut.-Colonel
F. H. Seymour, as Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and
the Prince.

The Committee on Education of her Majesty's Moat
Honourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday, at the
Privy Council Office, Whitehall. The lords present were
the Lord President, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of
Argyll, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert.
A deputation from the Steam-ship Owners' Association of
London,consisting of Mr. Moffatt, M.P. ; Mr. W. J. Hall,
Mr. Pratt, Mr. Robinson. and Mr. Morgan (Secretary), and
accompanied by Me. Duncan, M.P., Mr. M'Gregor, M.P.,
(Glasgow), and Mr. Clay, M.P., had an interview with the
Right Hon. Edward Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Al-
derley, yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
A deputation from the Town Commissioners of Brighton
had an interview with the General Board of Health, yes-
terday, at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted
of Dr. King and Mr. Cornford, and wero attended by Mr.
Slight, Clerk to the Commissioners.
Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at their residence in
Chesham-place, yesterday, from Richmond.
Despatches were sent, yesterday, from the Colonial-office
to the Governors of the West India Islands.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. The lords present were :—The Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir E.
Ryan, and Sir J. Patteson. Heath's Petition for Exten-
sion of Patent was heard and adjourned.

It is intended to make two additional companies
to each regiment of infantry of the Queen's troops m the
East Indies.

(MOM LAB? GIII/111.)
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 31.—The Queen has been
plea :d to approve of Mr. Charles Palgrave as Consul at
Dublin, and of Mr. George Moss as Vice-Consul at St. He-
lens, for hie Majesty the King of tho Belgiene.