The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-05 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

WINDSOR, JAN. 4.
Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock
this afternoon.

Previous to the Council the Earl of Aberdeen and
Earl Granville had audiences of the Queen.
Earl St. Germans had an audience of her Ma-
jesty to kiss hands on being appointed Lord-Lints-
nant of Ireland.

The Duke of Argyll had an audience of the Queen
to kiss hands on be►ng appointed Lord Privy SeaL
The Privy Council was attended by the Prince
Albert, Earl Granville, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl
St. Germans, Sir William Molesworth, and the Duke
of Norfolk.

The Most Noble George Duke of Argyll, and the
Right Honourable John Viscount Sydney, were, by
command of the Queen, sworn of Her Majesty s
Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their seats
at the Board.

Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the
Right Honourable Edward Earl ER. Germans Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland.

The Most Noble George Duke of Argyll was
sworn in Lord Privy Seal.
Mr. Charles Greville was Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.
The Duke of Montrose had an audience of her
Mgjesty, and resigned his wand of oftioe as Lord
Steward.

The fluke of Norfolk had an audience of the Queen,
and kissed hands on receiving the wand of office as
Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household.
Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Hawarden,
Lord in Waiting, and Lient.-General Sir Frederick
Stavin, Groom in Waiting.
The Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Bt. Germans, Earl
Granville, the Dukes of Montrose and Argyll, Vis-
count Sydney, Bir William Molesworth, and Mr. C.
Greville, travelled from London to attend the Council
by a special train on the Great Western Railway, and
arrived at the Castle at half-past 2 o'clock. After
the Privy Council the Ministers returned to town by
the same route.

The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty
yesterday:—The Duchess of Kent, the Prises of Leiningen,
the Princess Adelaide of Hohealohe, the Lady in Waiting
to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and Colonel
the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
Her Majesty's private hand attended in the evening, and
performed the following selection :
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The Counter 2.;;ihZaTuCT•eded the Mu-
thinness of Ely u Lady in Waiting to the Queen. and
Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Stosk, has succeeded Major.
General B. Drummond as Groom in Waiting.
Lord Stanley of Alderley is staying at Alderley Park,
Cheshire.

The Hon. C. P. Villiers is staying at Wolverhampton.
Despatches were received at the Colonial ono* yesterdayt
from the Governors dl the North American Provinces.

(FROM LAST NIGHT'S OAZITTZ.)
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, DEC. 30.—The
Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. John
George Brabeson, Earl of Beesborough, to be Master of her
Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right Hon.
James Alexander, Earl of Raisins, resigned. The Queen
has also been pleased to appoint the Hon. Alfred Paget
(commonly called Lord Alfred Paget), to be Chief Equerry
and Clerk Marshal to her Majesty, in the room of the
Right Hon. Charles John Lord Colville, of Cuirass, re-
signed.
WHITEHALL, JANUARY I.—The Queen has been
pleased to direct letters patent to be paved under the great
seal constituting and appointing the Right. Hon. George
Earl of Aberdeen, K.T. ; the Right Hon. William Ewan
Gladstone ; Alfred Hervey, Esq., commonly called Lord
Alfred Hervey); the Hon. Francis Wemyss Charteris ; and
John Sadleir, Esq., to be Commissioners for executing the
dices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Gnat Britain, and
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland::
WINDSOR, JANUARY 3..—Her Majesty having been
graciously pleased to deliver the custody of the seals of the
Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster to the Right Hon.
Edward Strati, the oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster was this day, by her Majesty's command, ad
mi-
nisteredto him accordingly.
WINDSOR, JANUARY I. His Royal Highness
Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint Captain the
Hon. Dudley Charles Fitzgerald de Roe, of the First Life
Guards, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness, vice
Beuverie.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 31.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. Winston J. Trowbridge as Con-
sul at Barni&sis for the United States of America.—The
Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustav Heyn
as Vice-Consul at Belfast far the Grand Duke of Meeklen-
burl Schwerin.
CROWN-OFFICE, JANUARY 3.—Members returned
to serve in this present parliament :—Borough of Hertford .
The Hon. William Francis Cowper, one of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty.—Town of Nottingham : The
Right Hon. Edward Struts, of Kingston-hall, in the
county of Nottingham, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lances-
ter.—City of Carlisle : The Right Hon. Sir James Robert
George Graham, Bart., First Lord Commissioner of the
Admiralty. JANUARY 4.—City of London The Right Hon.
John Russell, commonly called Lord John Russell, one of
her Majesty's Principal Sseretaries of State.

(PlOll ♦ SUPPL 22222 TO LAST NOSIIT'S O12I?TI.)
Windaor, Jan. 4.—This day the Most Noble
George Dou.rlas Duks of Argyll and the Hight Hon. John
au crt Viscount Sydney were, by her Majesty's command,

sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and
took their respective places at the board accordinsly.
Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the custody
of the Pnvy Seel to the Most Noble George Douglas Duke
of Argyll, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seat was this
day administered to him, and his grate took his place at the
board accordingly.
Her Majesty in Couneil was this day pleased to declare
the Right Hon. Edward OTSAVIIIe Earl of St. Germans,
Lieutenant-General and General-Governor of that part of
the United Kingdom, called Ireland.
Her Majesty in Council was tois day pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. Edward John Lord Stanley. of Alderley,
President of the Committee of Council appointed for the
consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign
Plantations, in the absence of the Presidentof the said Com-
mittee for the time being.