The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1853.

etc Court.

The Q4con and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Princesses Helena acd Louisa, took a drive on Saturday
afternoon in an open landau and four. The Equerries iu
Waiting, Major-General Buckley and Captsin the lien.
Dudley de Hoe, attended on horseback.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Saturday morn-
ing, attended by hie Equerry in Waiting. His royal high-
ness, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley do Roe, visited
the British Museum in the afkruoon. _ . .

Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Princess's
Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. The
royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon.
Mary Seymour, Lord Waterp irk, Major-General Buckley,
and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe.
The Queen's Priest. Band attended in Buckingham
Palace after dionsr on Friday evening and performed the
following compositions:
Overturn, " Le Vrasseur de Preston" Adam.
Arlectiati, "Gustave"
Thetas, Az.... and Zetairs" VIII hr.
NC Arch, t'e .seturo Oratut.o"
Her Majesty and Prince Albert. with the Prince of
Wales, the Prinetss Royal, and the Princess Alice also the
ladies and gentlemen in waiting and the domestic house-
hold, attended divine service yesterday in the Private
Chapel at Buckingham Palace. The Hon.and Rev. Gerald
Wellesley °Vitt:tat. d.
The Duchess of Keno, secompanied by the Princess Ade-
laide of Holionluhe, visited the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary on Saturday at Kew.

Viscount Palmerston arrived in town on Saturday morn- ,1
ing, t 3 intend the Cabinet C3uncil, from Droadlands.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladaoste,
and the Right lion. Sidney Herbert and Mrs. llerbert ar-
rived in town on Saturday from Wilton House, Wilts.
Musurus, the Turkish Mint.-ter, paid a visit to the
Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the Foreign-office.
The Committee on Education of the Queen's Most Hon.
Privy Council met on Ssturilay at the Privy Conucibottice,
Whitehall. Present—The Lord President, the Duke of

Argyll, the Martini44:Lansdowne, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Lord John Russell, Cie Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
the Rif lit lion. Sidney Herbert.
A deputation un the subject of the repeal of the Manning
clause of tte Navigation Act had an interview with the
Right Hun. E. Cardwell on Saturday, at the Board of
Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Hudson, M.l'.,
Mr. Taylor, M.P., Mr. Wittiest Lester (Hartlepool), Mr.
William Steuart (South Shields, Newcastle), Mr. harks
Cowen (ditto), Mr. Simon Campbell (North Shields), Mr.
James Burgess (Sunderland), Mr. Thomas Smith (filitlcies-
borough). Mr. James Paton (North Shields), and Mr. Ro-
bert Young.
Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial-office
to the Governns of Australia
Despatches were received on Saturday from the Governors
of the West India islands.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office,
from the Governors ut Victoria. Malta, and Gibraltar.

A cabinet council was held ma Saturday at the
Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sentiwere the Earl of AberdeenZ Lord J. Russell,
the Lord Chancellor, Hurl Granville, the Duke of
Argyll, rho Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Pal-
merston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New-
castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James
Graham, the Right lion. Sidney Herbert, and Sir
William Molcsworth. The council sat three hours.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner
party on Saturday evening at his official residence in Down-
ing-street. The guests were Lord Wodebouse, Lord Lyt-
fehon, the Bishop (4 Quebec, the Provost of Eton, Sir
Charles Trovelyea, Mr. W.lter, M.P., Mr. Fitsgcrald,
M.P., Mr. B. Phibilners, M.P., Mr. It. Bell, M.P., Sir
Stafford Northcete, Mr. Trevor, Mr. Anderson, b.c.