The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

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WINDSOR, Nov. 10,
The first dramatic performance at the Castle this
season took place this evening. The piece selected open thisoccasion was Shakspeare's historical play, in ti„. act..
" King Henry the Fifth," and the parts were filled &mord-
ing to the following programme
The Chorus
King Beery the F.fth
Duke or Closter Brothers to the King)
Dubose Bedford Mr.
Duke of Exeter (Uncle to the King)
Earl of Salisbury
Earl. f WestmorelandMr. Belford.
Archbishop of Canterbury Mr. 11. Mangos.
Bishop of Ely
Eat lof Cambridge (compiriton, /pine the (Mr. . t
Lord *coop Mr. al
Sir Thomas Grey Xing) ' ....... ' NI r. lle.,
6), Thomas 1.'0'4031 lamas.
Captain in King I . Addison.
Captain Cower
lieury's Army) I l'acs‘rt.
Captain Fluenen.. air. Lewis
Bate. )Mr. J. W
.. • —S.
r. Howe.
rim
Bardoiph
Pistol
Boy .... ......... (Servant to theic) Me.. hate Terry
Charles VI., King of Frame Mr. Lout. •
Law* the Dauphin
Duke of Burguraly
The Cons.abie of Frame Mr. Graham.
Gosernor of I lordeur
Morvjoy. a French herald
Isabel, Queen of Fiance
Katharine . (Daughter of Charles and babel) M 1.. T. lhaearo.
Quickly • (Patiors Wiles an Meuse) Sirs. B. nerd. a.
The Scene, at the begir.ning of the P:ay, dee in Engl.-aid,
but afterwards wholly in France.
Director
A ..i.ticnt-Director
The Theatre arranged and the scenery ainted by Sir.
Thomas Grieve.
At eight o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert entered
the Ruben. li•som, accompanied by the following illus-
trious circle, who had previously had the honour of dining
with her Majesty: The Duchess of Brabant, the Duke of
Brabant, the Duke of Argyll, the Belgian Minister and Ma.
dame Van de Weyer, the "light lion. W. E. and Mrs.
Gladstone, the Right lion. Sir Wm. and L t ty Moleeworth,
Lord Edward Howard, Lord George Lennox, Lurd A lol-
phus Fitrelarence, the lion. Sir Ralph and Lady Mary
Abereromby, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance.
The following had the honour of receiving invitati, Ls to
be present at the lto)al Entertainne nt : Lady Fretless
Bode' the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, Lady
Mary Hood, Lady Bertha Hastings, Lstly Caroline Bar-
rington, the lion. Ides. Gordon, the lion. and Ree. Ed.
ward Moore, Mrs. and Miss Moore, the lion, and lies. H.
Oust, Lady Anna Maria and two Mines Coat, Colonel the
Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, Sir George and Lady Couper, Miss and Mr. R.
Couper, the Res. Seymour Neville, Colonel and Mrs.
Challoner, Colonel and Mrs. Craufurd, Lieutenant-Cubed
Parker (commanding officer), Captain 11.isrg and Sir Wes.
Fraser (of the Ist Life Guards), Colonel Dixon (command.
ing officer), Lieutenant-Colonel Blair and Major Molrsom
(•1 the 2nd Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards), Captain and
Mrs. Cost, Mr. and I. idy Edith Cliltan, Mr. Ralph Ne-
edle, two Misses Cociric gton, Mr. and Mrs. H. Seymour
and Miss Seymour, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Glover.
The chic' n and her distinguis!,ed company having taken
their nests the performance immediately commenced.
Her Majesty's private band attended in an ante-room.
Refreshments were served in the Throne-room.
The dinner party yesterday included the Duke and
Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of
Argyll, Monsieur Van de Weyer, the Lady in Waiting to
the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady in Waiting to the
Duchess of Kent, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon.
Mrs. Gordon, Baroness de Speth, Lord E. Howard, Lard
G. Lennox, Colonel the lion. C. and Mrs. Grey, Colonel
the Hon. C. B. l'hipps, the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone,
Sir G. Conner, Sir J. Clark, Colonel Dixon' Commanding
Officer 2nd Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards; Lieut.-Colonel
Parker, Commanding Officer lit Life Guards; Count
Gustave de Lsnnoy, Mr. Becker, and Mr. Glover.
The baud of the Ist Life Gaited, attended during dinner,
and played the following piec's:
March—" IL K. B. The Prince of Wales"... Duchess of Kent.
Overture—" Die Wedges Welber von
%leaser "
Potpourri-6 Il Barbiere dl Pie iglia " Romani.
tfalzcr -"Turgentl Erriniertucgeu "
Belecticon --Opera "Zayre"
Fnedench Kim
The Queen's Private Band afterwards attended and
played the following compositions :
overture, '..teesonda"
Selection, " Le+ liugueticAo Mc yet beer.
Airs de Ballet, Maaaniello7• Auber.
l'rince Albert, with the Drake of Brabant, went out
shooting this forenoon, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel
the lion. A. Gordon.

The Princess of S.derno 'visited her Majesty today, and
afterwards drove to Fregnme and called upon the Dueuess
of Kent.

The Hon. Matilda Paget end the lion. Mary Seymour
have succ.:eded the Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hen.
Eleanor Stanley as Maids of Honour in Waiting to the
Queen.

The Duke of Argyll, the Belgian Minister, Lord S.
Iloward, Lord G. Lennox, and the Right lion. W. E. Glad-
stone, arrived at the Castle yesterday on a visit.
Lord Adolphus Flutekrone, Sir W. auu Lady Moles-
worth, the lion. Sir Ralph and Lady Mary Abcrcrornby,
and Mrs. Gladstone, are expected to remain on a visit.

A deputation from the West-End Grand Junction Rail-
way, consisting of Messrs. Tulle, Mumble, and Nind (pro-
moters), Messrs. Dunn and Ottawa, (Solicitors), Mr.
Sladen (Parliamentary Agent), Mr. Gordon (Consulting
Engineer), Mr. Drake (Surveyor), and Messrs. Lewis and
Marrable (Architvcts,), had an interview with Sir William
Molesworth yesterday at the Office of Works and Public
Buildings in Whitehall-place.
Sir Charles Foz and Mr. Lionel Gisborne had an inter-
view with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the Foreign-
office on behalf of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Com-
pany.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall-
place. The Commissioners present were the Bishops of
London and Rochester, the Earl of Chichester, the Right
Hon. Henry Goulburn, and Mr. J. G. Shaw Leferre.
A deputation respecting the Charing Cross Bridge, con-
sisting of Messrs. Few, Grissell, and Baly had an interview
yesterday with Sir W. Molesworth at the office of Public
Works and Buildings in Whitehall-place.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday
from the Lard High Commissioner of the lonian Diana.

A cabinet council was held yesterday afterncoa
at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were
the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord
Chancellor, Earl Granville. the Duke of Argyll, tho
Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham
Sir Chalks Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three
hours. The Duke of Argyll and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday morn-
ing from Windsor Castle, in order to attend the
Council.

NEW MAYORS.

DEVONPOST.—Mr. John Clouter, an active liberal,
hu been elected mayor.
PLYILOCTII.—Mr. CopaMon Lopes Radcliffe, a solicitor,
and a nephew to Sir Ralph Lopes, the M.P. for South Devon,
has been elected mayor of the borough. This election is duo
rather to local feeling respecting certain parliamentary bills
promoted by particular members of the council, than to
anything political. The new aldermen, are Mr. Thomas
Gill, formerly M.P. for the borough, and Mr. John Kelly,
the legal agent in the borough of Mr. Ronodell Palmer.

Mr. Alderman HawkEs, the ex-mayor of Bir-
mingham, was entertained at • banquet, at the Royal
Hotel in that town, on Wednesday evening, the new mayor
presiding. Mr. blunts, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P., and a
very large number of the most respectable inhabitants of
the town were present, in compliment to Mr. Hawker for
the creditable manner in which be has passed through
his mayoralty.

MISS BAINIVIITH'S SCOTTISH ENTER FAIN-

MEN T.

Miss Rainforth gave the second of her Scottish

Entertainments yesterday evening at the Whittington Club,
and was received with discriminating applause by a crowded
and attentive audience. Sir Walter Scott's " Idarmion"
was selected for the night's reading. The audience listened
with commendable patience to the recitation of three long
descriptive cantos, which had little recitable about them,
and were amply rewarded by the two or three sweet
ballads which the lecturer made incidental to the reading.
e. Young Lochinvar," the delight of rising elocutionists,
wu sang to a pleuing, but scarcely sufficiently animated
air, and that fine war song " Blue Bonnets over the
Border" with a fire which was rewarded by an unani-
mous encore. The second part of the entertainment was
almost exclusively musical, and comprised several of poor
Wilson's gems, which received full justice from Miss Rain-
forth's pure and musical voice, and well-trained and ex-
pressive style of singing. Lees reeding and more singing
will, we have no doubt, make this lady's entertainments
highly popular with the public.

THE FORTIFICATIONS IN DEVONFORL —The ex-
tension of tnese works is being proceeded with, but not
with any great rapidity ; whether the delay arises from the
unfavourable ociuion of the yeAr, or any doubt of the use-
fulness of the plans is not known: the latter would not
surprise us, for though we would not pronounce the fort-
ticstions on the land side as useless in that character. yet
we cannot help contending, as we have before done, that
the public monies are being misapplied, and that expended
on some toy works on the land side which might be more
efficiently laid out on the neighbouring coast.