The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-16 00:00:00

IHE COURT.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Walee, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The
Equerries in Waiting, General Wemyss and Lieut..colonel
the lion. Alexander Gordon, attended on horseback.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Her Majesty's
Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal
suite consisted of the Count,ws Desart, Hon. Mist+ Murray,
lion. Miss Macdonald, tbe Did of Morton, General Wensyss,
and Lieut.-colonel the lion. Alexander Gordon.
The Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe-Cobourg took
a carriage drive yesterday.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Bailie Orr, accom-
panied by Mr. Alexander Hanle, M.P., had an interview
with Sir George Orsy rsterday at tht Home-office.
The Marchioness of Lansdowne had an evening
party yesterday at Lansdowne-house, Berkelepoquare.

THE KING OP HaNOVER.—We have great satis-
faction in being able to contradict the reports insiduously
spread in different papers, that troubles had taken place at
Hanover, that the King had been obliged to leave his capi-
tal. Such rumours are utterly false and void of foundation.
We have seta letters from Hanover of the 11th, wherein the
state of the capital is mentioned as perfectly quiet.--11forning
Post of yesterday.—[Thesereportswere first " insiduoualy`
given currency to by the Morning Post itself; and capie.l
from that paper into the other journals.)

HER MAJESTY'S TfIEATRE.—The Queen and hit
Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the performances
at Her Majesty's Theatr, rsterday evening with their pre-
sence. The royal suite in attendance upon ter Majesty and
hh Hovel Highness included the Countess of Desart,Mon.
Miss Murray, Hon. Flora Bleed-meld, Earl of Morton,
thm. Wang's, and Lieut.-Col. the Lion. Alexander Gordon.

TIM SALE AT GORE HOUSE.—This sale continues
from day to day, and the interest which attaches to the pro-
perty does cot appear to subside. The sale of yesterday
comprised a large collection of pictures, drawings, and en.
graving.; and the following were amongst the poets realised
by the more valuable specimens. An equestrian portrait of
a lady, by Count D'Orsay, 6 guineas. Portrait e Dr.
Thomas Ashton, from the sale at Strawberry.hill, by Gains-
borough, 54 guineas. A whole length portrait of Count
D'Orsay, with a dog introduced by the count, by Stevens,
64 guineas. The Earl of Blessington in military costume,
by Stroebling„ 6 guineas. View on the Grand Canal,
Venice, by Holland, 81 guineas. Portrait
Portrait of Lord
Lyndhurst, by ¶.oust D'Orsay, 23 of
Viscount Canterbury, by Ciunt D'Orsay, 15 guineas.
Portrait of Madame de Gratfigny, 8 guineas. lhe Gam-
blers, said to be by Caravaggio, 16 guineas. A portrait, said
to be by Velsaquec, 64 guineas. The Lake of Nemi,
painted for Sir Horace Mann, by It. Wilson, 35
guineas. Pope PILLS VII., the original sketch for the
large picture, by Sir T. Lawrence, 25 'guineas. Por-
trait of General Count D'Orsay, in milt•ary costume,
by Count D'Orsay, 31 guineas. he Countess of Bleisinguan
contemplating a picture, by Count D'Orsay, 17 guineas.
The Duchess de Grammont, holding a fan in her left hand,
by Count D'Orsay, 30 guineas. Portrait of a favourite dog,
presented to the Countess of Blessington by the King of
Naples, by Edwin Landseer, 150 guineas. Samson and Delilah,
a small study by Etty, 5 guineas. Lord Nelson sealing tho
despatch announcing the battle of Copenhagen, an original
sketch by Sir D. Wilkie, 10 guineas. Clarissa Marlowe in
Prison, by Dubufe, 24 guineas. Hunting Party of the period
of Louis XV., by Alfred de Dru, 36 guineas. The Carrier
Pigeon, by Maclise, 25 guineas (bought by Mr. Grundy).
The Doves, by Count D'Orsay, 18 guineas. Portrait of the
celebrated Mrs. Inchbeld, by Sir T. Lawrence. 46 guneas.
Portrait of Henrietta Maria, said to be by Vandyck, 74
guineas. Silence, said to be by Guido, 25 guineas. Por-
trait of the Emperor Napoleon, in threequarter length, b
by
Count D'Orsay, 60 guineas. Portrait of a gentleman, y
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 11 guineas. Portrait of the Earl of
Blessington, by Sir T. Lawrence, 63 guineas. The Countess
of Illessington, by Sir T. Lawrence, 320 guineas, Portrait of
Miss Power, with a favourite spaniel, by Count D'Orsay, 14
guineas. Portrait of Miss E. Power, with a bird, by Count
D'Orsay, 23 guineas. The Duke of Wellington (from
which the engraving was taken), by Count D'Orsay, 180 gui
netts. The Marquis of Wellesley, by Count D'Orsay,24 witness.
The drawings and miniatures, which were disioged of
afterwards, fetched, in the majority of instances, very good
prices ; and the procseds of tho day's sale amounted altoge-
ther to a considerable sum.