The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-28 00:00:00

1r be Court.

The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princeton
Royal, a, conipinied by the l'rince and Princess of Prussia,
Pnoco Fmk:rick William and the Princess Louisa of
l'russin, the Duke and Duchess of Naze Cohourg Gotha,
and Duke Ernest of Wurtcmlserg, re,urned their inspection
of the Works of Industry of all Nations at the Exhihitian
yesterday morning, arming at the building at half-past
nine, mid remaining till nearly eleven o'clock. In attend.
ante on the august party were the lion. Beatrice Byng, the
Countess A. de llacke, the Country, Oriolla, the Baroness
de Wangenheim, Count Pakler, Colonel lion. Charles Grey,
Licat.-Colonel Francis Ilugh Seymour, Ilajor Von Boyce,
Count Gulls, Fischer, Lieutenant Von Heins, and
M. B. de Tre.kow.

The Prince e and l'nncess of l'russia, and Prince Frederick
William, accompanied by the Prince.. Louisa, paid visits
3tstt nlay to the Duch,' of lit nt, at Clarence 11011110, St.
ames's, and to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester
Douse, to take leat e. The two Princes afterwards went to
Apsley House, and honoured the Duke of Wellington with
a Tint.. . . .

The Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leiuingen
visited and took leave of the Prince and Princess of
Prussia in the afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
The Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick
William, and the Princess Louisa, attended by the Countess
A. de Ilisekv, the Countess Oriulla, Count Piikler, Major
von Doyen, Count Oaks, Colonel Fischer, and Lieutenant
von Heins, took leave of the Queen yesterday afternoon on
their departure from England.
Iler Majesty, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Al-
fred, attended by the Ladies iu Waiting, the Master of the
horse, the Master of the Household, and the other Ge ntle-
men in Waiting, accompanied her royal visitors to the Hall
of the Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cod:meg
Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wiertemberg, also accompanied
the Prince and Princess of Prussia to their camagc.
Print: Albert accompanied the Prussian royal family.
The illustrious party quitted Burlingham Palace at 10
minutes before 3 o'clock, and proceeded to the London-
bridge terminus, where his royal highness took leave of his
illustrious guests, who departed by the South-Eastern Rail-
way for Dover, ea rook to Ostend. Lieut.-Colonel F. 11.
Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, attended
the Prusaiau royal family to Dover.
Prince Edward ul Saxe Weimar, accompanied the Prince
and Princess of Prussia from Buckingham Palace to the rail-
way terminus, and there took leave of their royal highnesses
The l'rince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr.
Birch, visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park
yesterday.
The Princesses Alice, Helena,
_and Lotus& took a drive iu
an open carriage and four yesterday.
Prince Arthur was taken an airing yesterday in the
garden of Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Duch. of Mare Cotimin-Gotha, took a drive yesterday in
all open earringe and four. Lieut.-Col. Host. C. B. Phipps,
and Colonel Ron. C. Grey attended as honeback.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Duke and Duchess of Sale CohourrOutka, and Duke
Ernest of Wsmemberg, honoured the Royal Italian Op. ra
with their prisons@ yesterday evening. The royal suite wen
the Viscosities' Jowly°, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the
Barosesiellf nit, Lord Dufferin, Lord 0. Lennox,
Lieut.-Col. P. , Col. the Hon. C. Grey and M. B.
de Trains. Dyeing the evening his Royal Highness
PAM, Abaft lisomvared the Institute of civil engineers with
a visit, awl afterwasds returned to the theatre to her Ma-
4caty. Laid ikamain km relieved the Marquis of Ormond*
lir his duties aslant in waiting to the Queen. Sir Frederick
Stevie Ira Mined Beat.-Colonel Hon. Robert Boyle in
Ills oindis as grams in waiting to her Majesty.
The Ilibioe of Liiingen. accompanied by Prince Edward
Of Maas Weiner, attended by Lord :lames Murray,
Ihsainnod bar Majesty** Theatre with their presence last
sessig.

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Joseph Smith, Mr. G.
Dodd. M.P., Mawr Boileau, Mr. Serjeant Wallinger, Mr.
Tierney Clark, and Mr. Bailey, had an interview yesterday
with Sir George Grey at the Home-office
Maine Ilarui4 had an interview with Earl Grey yester-
daiusLnthe Colonial-odiee.
Brannon had an Intel view yesterday with Sir
Gawp. Grey at the Home-office.
Mr. Cron, Seerttary to the Commissioners of National
Education in Ireland, had also an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday.
Kr. Jackman had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday.

(From last LOP& Oa El.)
LORD CHARELELAIN'ti-OFTICE, MAY 27.—Notice
is hereby given, that the State Apartments at Windsor
Castle will be closed from Friday neat, the 30th instant,
until Monday the 9th of June.
ST. JAllad-PALACE, MAT 21.—Her Majesty has
been pleased to appoint Captain Thomas Parker Rickford,
late of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ezon of her Majesty'.
Royal Body Huard of the Yeomen of the Huard, vice Sir
Seymour Sadler, resigned.
WHITEHALL, MAY 28.—The Queen has been
to appoint imam Duff, Esq. to be Lieutenant and
th+VPrinopal of the shire of Elgin, in the room of Gen.
the Hon. Sir Alexander Dia, deceased.
COHMIssION SIGNED ET THE LORD LIEUTENANT
or OLorcasraasntam—Cecil Charles Pole, Gent, to he
lieutenant in the Olonosetershire Regimens of Mutsu
Yeomanry.

ILLNESS OT THE EARL 01 DERDT.-A letter DIY
received from Knowsley Ball at Liverpoolyeeterday.
stating that his lordship was each better, and had been able
bklit up for some tie diviag dm day.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
Yesterday the number of visitors to the Crystal
Palace was greater than on the previous day. From 10 to
11 o'clock 8,t39-1 visitors entered ; by noon the number had
reached 15,699: and at one o'clock as many as 30,000 per-
sons had arrived. The etange lathe company was betrayed
in many war. Instead of the leisurely strollers who were seen
last week contemplating this and that object, perhaps for the
twentieth time, were now seen crowds of curious faces,
eager to inspect the thousand novelties in a day. The
visitors passed in an uninterrupted stream through the
building, and the nave and transept resumed somewhat of
their former crowded appearance. It would be idle to pre-
tend to classify the crowd of visitors, and estimate what
proportion belonged to the working and what to the middle
orders. Industry here wears no livery, and the
provident artisan can make holiday in as good a
coat as the merchant. It was so yesterday. The
mistrusted shilling public exhibited as much self-res-
pect and intelligent appreciation of the attractions of the
place as their more select predeceseors. Abe* half-past
nine, when but a small number of persons had arrived at
the Glass Palace, the Queen drove up accompanied by
Prince Albert, the Princess Hoye!, the Prince and Prince's
of Prussia, and a number of her Majesty's German friends.
Theltoyal party remained about an hour and a half perm.
bulating the several departments, and left at eleven. About
twelve o'clock the Duke of Wellington arrived, but soon
discovered that he was too late to inspect the worka of
industry in his accustomed quiet manner. After passing a
short way up the centre avenue ha returned, and left
the building in which he had remained but ten minutes.
In the course of the day two women were apprehended in
the act of picking a lady's pocket, and on being searched a
purse was found on one of them, the contents of which she
was unacquainted with, neither could she give an account
where she hail obtained it. The probability is that it was a
spoil which they had taken from some person in the Exhi-
bition in the course of the day. The purse still remains in
the hands of the police to he identified. Officers well ac-
quainted with the persons of almost all the professional
thieves were stationed at the doors, and on any suspicious
characters passing through they are followed, soul their
proceedings narrowly watched. Oetectives, in plain cloths*,
also are stationed in various departments of the building,
and every possible precaution has boon taken to provide for
the protection of the public.

AMATEUR THEATRICALS AT DEVONSHIRE

HOUSE.

The second amateur performance for the benefit of
the Guild of Literature and Art took place yesterday, at
Devonshire house. On this occasion Sir Dulwer Lytton's
play of "Not so Bad as we Seem" was re-produced, and re-
ceived with the applause which it deserved, by a numerous
and fashionable audience. As on the pre SiOUY occasion, the
scene in which Mr. Dickens, as Lord IVibwd, personates the
feature, of the publisher Curd was most admired, and cer-
tainly the author of " Pickwick " showed wonderful versa-
tility of talent in changing the intonation awl manner of
Lord Iriboot to that of the vulgar and greedy publisher.
This versatility, however, was still more wonderfully
shown afterwards by Mr. Dickens, in the farce
of " Mr. Nightingale's Diary," a trifle which had
been produced fur the occasion by the joint ef-
forts of himself and Mark Lemon. Mr. Costello
acted the part of Mr. iy/efingak. That gentleman has
been manned to a lady twenty years ago, and separated a
year after marriage, and though his wile has been dead for
several ye.in, he continues to pay her allowance to the
lady's brother, who has not thought fit to reveal the death
of his sister. Mr. It 1,1110,1,9f-de proceeds to Malvern fur his
health, and keeps a diary or the symptoms which affect him
—symptoms which he hopes to get rid of by the water cure. At
the watering-place, however, he is preceded by Ganettewig,
the suitor of Mica Nightingale, who deplores the obduracy
of fathers in general, and Nightingale in particular, who
has had the audacity to refuse him the band of his
daughter. Nifj/disiyak's reason for refusing dabbleteig
(has Nightingale's hand is that Mr. Gabblesrig talks too
much and too well, and dues too little. Gab/stalely, however,
redeems his character at Malvern by spiritedly countermining
the attempts of the late Mrs. Nightingale s brother, who,
under various disguises, endeavours to impose on the fears
and gullibility of the old gentleman. Gabbfeiny, by a series
of disguises, defeats all the successive swindles that are in-
vented against Nightingale, who consents at last to the
union of his daughter with her lover.
Mr. Dickens, in the divers disguises he assumes during
the farce, shows how well lie can sinume different
characters, rivalling LCY3/1607 in varying his teaturos
Mathews in the glibness of his speech, and Boa& in the
mode of imitating age. Mark Lemon as the " do" was
admirable, and Mr. Costello capital as the. quack. A ball
followed the pert; ,rataucc, which delighted all present.