The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

WINDSOR, OM 25.
The Dinner party yesterday included the King of
the Belgians, the Dimness of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent,
the Dike of Brabant., the Count of Flanders, the Lady-in-
Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady in Waiting
to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the Bel.
gian Minister, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess
of Clarendon' the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Count
Gustave de Lannoy, Colonel de Moerkerke, the Baron
Priam, Monsieur Ricken, and Mr. Gibbs.
The Band of the First Life Guards attended and played
in the Castle during dinner. Her Majesty's Private Band
afterwards attended in the evening and performed the fol.
lowing selection :
Overture, "Die Ilebriden" Mendelssohn.
Selection, lat Act, Figaro "
Aria, " huryantho"
Choeur et Marche du Bout Apia, L'Entent
Frodirtue" Asher.
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and the Count of
Flanders, attended by the Count and Countess Gustave de
Lannoy, and Baron Prisse, went to Landon this morning.
The Earl of Aberdeen left for London this forenoon.
The Austrian Minister and Countess Colloredo have been
invited and are expected to day.
The Belgian Minister remains at the Castle on a visit.

The Duchess of Kent arrived in town on Monday, and
visited the Duchess of Gloucester at her residence, Glouces-
ter Hons., Piccadilly. Her Itoyal Highness left town at
three o'clock in the afternoon, for her residence, Frogmore.
Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the Foreign Onlee.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed 11 o'clock on Wed-
nesday next, at his lordship's residence, for the reception of
the Lord Mayor and the other authorities of the City of
London, en which occasion the Lou! Chancellor will signify
her Majesty's approval of the L•xd Mayor Elect. The
Lord Chancellor will also on the same day, at 12 o'clock,
receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., it being the first
day of Michaelmas Term.
The Duke of Newcastle left town last night.
Despatches were received from the Lord High Commis-
sioner of the lonian Islands yesterday, at the Colonial
office.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE—Tuesday, Od. 25.

WINDSOR, Om 24.

It is this day ordered by her kajesty in Council, that the
parliament, which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 27th
day of October instant, be further prorogued to Tuesday,
the 29th day of November next.

This day the Right Hon. John Parker was, by her Ma-
jesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's most Honourable
Privy Council, and took his place at the board accordingly.
At the Name Council • proclamation received the royal
sanction, ordering the election of a representative peer for
Scotland in the room of Alexander George Lord Saltoun,
deceased; suck election to take place at Ilolyrood Palace,
on Wednesday, the 16th day of November next, between
the hours of twelve and two in the afternoon.

Upon the representation of her Majesty's Commissioners
for building new churches certain contiguous parts of the
parishes of the Holy Trinity, Micklegate, St. Mary Bishop-
hill Senior, and Iscomb, in the city and county of York,
were ordered by the Queen in council to be united, and to
form one consolidated chapelry for ecclesiastical purposes,
for the new church of St. Edward the Confessor, at Dring-
houses, the patronage to be vested in Matthew Alexander
Eason Wilkinson, of Manchester, Esq., his heirs and
assigns for ever.

The Gaulle also contains Orders in Council regulating
certain graveyards. The Orders will be found in another
column.

DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 22.
The Queen has beets pleased to appoint Richard Tates
Cummins, Esq., to be Assistant-Colonial Secretary to the
Government of Mauritius ; Stair Douglas, Esq., to be Chief
Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Otike ; and Frederic
Robert Miami, Esq., to be Guardian of Woods and Forests
in that colony.

WHITEHALL, Oct. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to he
passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir
William Hall Gage, Knight, the office or place of Rear-
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral
Sir George Cockburn, Bart., deceased.

On. 24.

The Queen has been pleased to make the following ap-
pointments under the provisions and for the purposes of
The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853 ;" vis. :—Peter Erie,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be Chief Commissioner; James
Hill, Esq.. Barrister-at-Law, to be Second Commissioner;
The Reverend Richard Jones, M.A., to be Third COMMiI•
&loner ; The Right Honourable Sir George Grey, But.,
G.C.8., to be Fourth Commissioner • Henry Morgan Vane,
Esq., to be Secretary ; and Thomas 'Hare, Esq., Barrister-
at-Law, and Walker Skirrow, the Younger, Esq., to be In-
spectors.

CROWN-OFFICE, OCT. 24.
BOMBER IRITURNED TO 11liRTI IS TILE PBELINT

Borough of Lisburn.—Jonathan Joseph Richardson, EN.,
of the Island, in the said borough of Lisburn, in the room
of Roger Johnson Smyth, Esq., deceased.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Ocr. 24.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—thrgeOn John At-
kins Davis, to be senior surgeon, vice Quigley, retired;
Assistant-Surgeou Ross Reward to be surgeon, vim
Davis; Temporary Assistant-Surgeon John Alexander
hllluna to be assistant-surgeon, vice Renard.

ADMIRALTY, Orr. 21.
Dolma or ROYA.L MARINES.—Second Lieutenant Frede-
rick William Arthur Boyd to be first lieutenant, vies
T A. M. D'V. Pennington, to half pay.

NEW DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS.
LANCASIIIIO,_

Sir Elkanah Armit4;:lini.•,iimuy Lomax Gaskell,
Esq.

MILITIA.
The following commissions have been signed :
First Lieutenant Charles Robert Crigan to be captain,
vice Hay, resigned, in the Artillery Corps of the Royal
Lancashire Militia.
Frederick Dolly Gosling, gent., to be ensign in the King's
Own Light Incantry Regiment of Militia.
Lieutenant William Wemyss Methvcn Dewar to be cap•
tain, vice Fine, resigned, in the Oxfordshire Regiment of
Militia.
Ensign John James Ireland to be lieutenant, vice Shunt,
resigned, in ditto.
iteynell Ilele Fowell S?rye, gent., to be ensign in the
West Kent Regiment of Italians.
John Summons Ramsay, gent., to be ensign in ditto.
John Lea, gent., to be ensign in the Royal South Glon•
costar Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.