The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-29 00:00:00

A LUCKY FRIDAY.

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Paul Raimbunt ..
Mr. Alfred Wigan.
Mr. Sharpe Mr. Wilkinson.
Joe Sharpe Mr. Meadow..
Andrew Stapleton Mr. Hermann Vcsin.
- Mr. Hardham Mr. J. Chester.
Bessie Stanford Miss Carlotta Leclercq.
Director
Assistant director Mr. George Ellis.

The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr.
Thomas Grieve.

The Queen's Private Bend wasin-ettendanee.

In addition to the guests visiting at the Castle who ac-
companied the Queen after dinner, the following had the
honour of receiving invitations to witness the dramatic per-
formance:—

The Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Countess
of Dornburg, the Counte,s of Mansfield and two Ladies
Murray, the Lady Emily Seymour, Lady Caroline and Miss
Barrington, Lady Louisa Kerr, Col. the Hon. C. B. and
Mrs. Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, the
Dean of Chester, the lies. F. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson,
the Hon. Adelaide Vernon, Sir Theodore and Lady Brink-
man, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Bruges, Mr. and Lady Emily
Cavendish, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. St. George Caulfield
Vice-Admiral and Mrs. Sykes, Colonel M'Douall (com-
manding officer), Lieutenant liawksley and Lieutenant
Hamilton of the 2nd Life Guards, Colonel Angentein
(commanding officer), Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton and
Captain Higginson of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards ;
Mr., Mrs., and Miss Erery; and Mr. and the Mimes
Vincent.

Refreshments were served to the company in the Throne-
room.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Duke of Argyll, the Right Hon. the Speaker, and Sir
Charles Wood, went out shooting this morning, attended by
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieutenant Colonel k.
H. Seymour.
Sir Edwin Landseer has arrived at the Cutle.
The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty
Serene
: Her Hoye Highness the Duchess of Kent, her
Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Ilohenlohe, the
Earl and Countess Granville, the Duke and Duchess of
Argyll, the Baron and Baroness Brunnow, the Count and
Countess of Lavradio, the Marquis of Breadelbane, the
Lady In-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de
Speth, Viscount Canning, the Speaker and Mrs. Lefevre,
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Philip', and Sir Charles and Lady
Mary Wood.
The band of the 2nd Life Guards attended in the Castle I
durinarchg dinner, and played the following selection :
M.
OverttuT, "La Siren." Maher.
wag; ' Prague"
Grand eelectlnn, Xaritana"
Quadrille, "Don Pasquale" Coate.
La Retraite
Polka, " Vire la joie" Stasny.
Oalop, "Corsican" Stratus.
God save the Queen.
Her Msacety's private band afterwards attended, and per-
formed the following compositions :
Overture (Op. 142)
Selection, "Marie"
Romance, "Outdo et Omens" Hale ry.
Maned, "Zweikacapl" Spahr.

The Bishop of London, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Kingscote
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at
his official residence in Downing-street, respecting the sub
division of parishes.
Mr. Robert Lamont, of Liverpool, had en interview yes-
terday with Mr. Cardwell at the Board of Trade. Viscount
Harding. had also an interview with the right hon. gentle-
man.

The Duke of Newcastle left town yesterday for his seat,
Clumber-park, Notts.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-ofEce to
the Governor-General of Canada.

(Molt LAST MONT'S GAZKTTE.)
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 28.
46th Foot. —Major-General Richard Egerton, C. 8., to be
colonel, vice ti 1 John, Earl of Stair, K.T., deceased.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Lieutenant George
Kershaw Sidebottom to be captain, by purchase, vice
Hamilton, who retires ; Cornet George Sapte Burnand
to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sidebottom ; Cornet
Thomas Lewis Hampton, from let Dragoon Guards, to
be cornet, vice Burnand.
14th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Echlin Matthews,
from the Ist West India Regiment, to be lieutenant, vice
Coon, who exchanges.
26th Foot.—Lieutenant John Henry Blake, from half-pay
of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be lieutenant,
vice Nicolls, promoted, without purchase, to an un-
attached company.
16th Foot.—Ensign Charles Henry Lambert to be lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Rotton, promoted ; Lieutenant
Richard Harbord to be adjutant, vice Rotton, promoted.
49th Foot—Captain Frederick Augustus Wethcrall, from
' the Rifle Brigade, to be captain, vice Stopfurd, appointed
to the 88th Foot.
50th Foot —Ensign Anthony Molloy Fawcett to be lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Cliffe, who retires; Quarter-
nester Alexander Fair to be paymaster, vice Dodd, de-
ceased; Lieutenant Patrick hPLongblin, from half-pay,
Rile Brigade, to be quartermaster, vice Fair, appointed
paymaster.
86th Foot.—Ensign Charles Wells Hogge to be lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sir Henry H. Edwudes, Bart., who
retires.
88th Foot.---Captain Charles Philip Joseph Stopford, from
the 49th Foot, to be captain, vice Forman, appointed to
the Rifle Brigade.
92nd Foot.—Lieutenant Arthur Wellington Cameron to be
captain, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires.
Rifle Brigade.— Captain Edward Rowland Formals, from
the 88th Font, to be captain, vice Wetherall, appointed
to the 49th Foot.
let West India Regiment.—Lieutenant Chidley Samuel
Coot., from the 14th Foot, to be lieutenant, vice
Matthews, who exchanges.
tad West India Regiment.—Lieutenant John Deane Reece
to be captain, by purchase, vice Harnett, who retires;
Ensign Francis Robert Charnock to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Reece.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment.—Lieutenant Edward Frederick
Tranehell to be captain, without purchase, vice Steele,
deceased; Second Lieutenant William Dobyne to he first
lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tranchell.
Cape Mounted Riflemen.—Brevet Colonel John Austen,
from half-pay, unattached, to be lieutenant-colonel, Tie*
Napier, who exchanges ; Major Charles Henry Somerset
to be lieutenant-colonel, by purchase, vice Austen, who
retires; Captain George Jackson Carey to be major, by
purchase, vice Somerset; Lieutenant Thomas White
Goodrich to be captain, by purchase, vice Carey; Ensign
Thomas John Lucas to be lieutenant by purchase, vice
Goodrich.
fftwee.—Brevet-Colonel Arthur Wellesley Torrens, of the
23rd Foot, to be assistant-quartermaster-general, vice
Brevet-Colonel Richard Airey, unattached, appointed
Military Secretary to the General Commanding in Chief.
101MISSARIAT. Assistant Commissaries-General: Ro-
bert Lindsey, Thcmas Rea, Gilbert Hamilton Dinwid-
die, Oliver Goldsmith, to be Deputy Commissaries-
General. Deputy Aso;- "^—missaries-General—lium-

phrey Stanley Jones, James Lane, George Home,l
Henry Ashton, Henry Priaulz, Frederick Death-
Waite, Thomas Wroot Midwood, Charles Anthony
Horne, William Palmer, to be Assistant Com-
missaries-General. Commissariat Clerks— E. Mills,
William M. Rogers, P. P. Harris, Arthur Hay, David
Standen, Donald Maclean Joseph Marsh, Frede-
rick Sackville Macgregor, Joseph M. Gaudet, George
Rennie, to be Deputy Assistant Commissaries-General.
—Their commissions to bear date 6th January, 1853.
ERRATUM in the GaziAto of the 21st of January, 1853.
The officers represented therein as having been
appointed to the 11th Dragoons, and 12th Dra-
goons, and to the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards, were ap-
pointed to the 11th Light Dragoons, the 12th Light
Dragoons, and to the Ist (sr Grenadier) Regiment of
Foot Guards, respectively.
MEIIO/LANDUIL—The date of the commission of Henry
Clark Worthington, gent., who was appointed ensign in
the 28th Regiment of Foot, by purchase, vice Gubbins,
who retired, in the Gazette of 21st inst., is 21st January,
1813, and not 21st January, 1843, as stated in the said
Gault. The Christian names of Ensign Gregg, 91st
Foot, are Henry William, and not William Henry.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Jaw. 27.
Corps of Royal Engineers.--Second Lieutenant Charlet,
Elwin Harvey, with temporary rank, to be second lieu-
tenant, with permanent rank.
ADMIRALTY, Jaw. 19.
Corps of Royal Marines.—Second-lieutenant Francis Wal-
ton to be first-lieutenant, vice J. E. Lock, deceased.

NEW DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS.
MONTOOMEILYBIIIItE.
Edward Conroy, Esq., and Charles Vaughan Pugh, Esq.

EAST RIDING OF
Robert Rance+, Esq., Chorea Pelsant Dawson, Esq ,
butt HAIFOIOD, Esq., and William Henry Harrison, LKI.
Ross-some.
Keith William Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., and Hugh
Mackenzie, Esq.

THE MILITIA.
The following commissions have been signed:
Edward HouWitch, Esq., to be captain, vice llawhin,
superseded, in the 2nd Somerset Regiment of Militia.
William Henry Spurway, gent., to be ensign, rico J. F.
Nicholls, promoted to ditto.
Captain James Talbot Stanley, to be captain, vice Strang.
ways, resigned, in ditto.
Frederick Stoodley, gent., to be ensign, vice Newberry,
resigned, in ditto.
William Ward Abbott, Esq., late captain in the 3Gth Re-
giment of Foot, to be captain, in the South llama nee.
ment of Militia.
Hugh Hamon John Massy, Hq., late captain in the 11th
Regiment of Foot, to be captain, in ditto.