The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-17 00:00:00

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The Count of Oaladen arrived at her residen

on Oerltoo•honmeeneee a few days since, from Owborne.
The Counter of Dunmore and family are shortly
expected in town from Dunmore Park, Stirlingshire. Her

laciyahip has taken a mansion on

• term of years.

Lord Londesborongh has arrived in town from
Grinnaon, Yorkshire. His lordship will leave town early
next week far the Coatiaeet.

Lord and Lady Wensleydale entertained a select
circle at dimes, last evening, at their resklemee in Park-
street. Liar in the evening her ladyship had an assembly.

Lord and Lady Overaone will leave town in a
few days for Overdone Park, Northamptonshire.
The Barmier de Clifford and the Hon. Mrs. and
Miss Ewell will return to town on Tuesday raft, fro.
EirlyNallery, Leioestershire,

The Hon. Augustus Berkeley continues in s
precarious slats although an improvement has taken place.
His @imaginer, Mn. Colonel Ricketts, is in attend's= on
her father.

A rumour was prevalent yesterday in naval
circled that Captain G. Seymour, C. 8., commending bar
Majesty's ship Hero, would return to England few the
purpose of being entrusted with the commend of the vowel
which conveys hie Royal Highness the Prince of Woks to
Coeds.

The United Service Gazette says that Prince Alfred
is being brought up in the service precisely the woe as if
he were the son of a private gentleman. "He museses
with the midshipmen, keeps his regular watch, dines
occasionally in the ward.rocen, and takes hie tom to
dins with the captain. He is •treated by his memniatee

se, is all respects, one of themselves—is called to order
by the caterer, and runs the same risk of being made
the subject of a practical joke u any other young gen-
tleman—himself, however, being generally pretty forward
in the business of playful mischief. Upon one question,
that of smoking, the young prince is sternly denied the
privilege indulged in by other officers. That growing weak-
ness of the age, most mischievous in its consequences, par-
ticularly when carried to exams, is prohibited as far u
Prince Alfred is concerned, and upon one occasion,
we believe, his royal highness had his leave stopped for •
fosinight, for being detected in the set of ' blowing a
abed "

We (Waders Times) understand that Mr. Alfrad
Seymour, of Rao* House, Wiltshire, wham family for-
merly resided at Noetlabrooke House, near Exeter, is shoot
to offer himself to the new comtitnency as i candidate on
the liberal interest to represent the city is parliament.

We (Staffordshire Advertiser) regret to learn that
Mr. J. Ayshforel Wiec, ILP., hu been incapacitated from
attending to his parliamentary duties since Monday after.
soon, when he wan seined with an attack at imenensa and
ecespelled to leave the house.

Dir. Shirley Brooks is announced as about to
deliver before the Literary Letiente el Leicester, a lecture
on the interior life of the Home of Common., into which
he had abundant insight during his enpgroment, in other
days. The lecture is called " A Night with the Speaker."
The Mayor of Leicester presides.
Frederick Gye, Feq., has kindly granted the free
we of the Theatre Royal Covent-garden, for a beet& in
dad the funds of the Royal Dramatic College, on Then-
day, the OM buret. Most, it not all, the principal MOM.
' hers ef the thereimd meteors are to be brought together.
We (.Ithasersies) understand that Mr. Gye in-
tends to padre, sot M. Gouriod:o Port, as bad been
✓umoured, but OM MIRCIIIIMMIS of M. David. Our opinion
'of the whams et swab a prelerease seed sat be Pres. The
book a/ IL David's opera (though its ortgleal Mee of pre-
sent/mg "the Last Judgment" was tamed out of it, ars
rather tors strong for even French digestion of irreverence)
will, we bury, have to be clipped and changed again ere it
pares our ounorehip. This to had! is a serious drawbrik
to a new work, were the music as valuable as M. David's is
the revers. Not ell Signor Redilinill splendour, lavished
to its utmost on that incomparable finale, can keep has
lioioe on our Italian stage, owing to the transformation if
the story rendered necessary for England.
Mr. and Mrs. Kean appeared at the Theatre
Royal, Dundee, en Wednesday night, in Hamlet.
A special meeting of the Royal Academicians ii
called for on Tuesday evening next, to receive a report from
the council on Yr. Cope's motion fur enlarging the number
of associates.
One of the largest meetings of the members of
the Royal Dublin Society that has been held for many
years, took pies es Thursday in the theatre of that institu•
the, to do honour to Captain Kir Leopold M'Clintock. The
Lord Lieutenant was in ettendeace, and all the leading men
in Dublin emembled to testify their respect for the heroic
bislisems. A suitable address was presented to the gallant
discoverer, and nothing could well be mote Battering than
his reception by the crowded meeting. Among those pre-
sent were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Gough, the Marquis of
Kildare, the Lord Justin of Appeal, tho Dean of St. Pa-
trick's, Ulster ILingat- Arms, Professor Houghton, de.
Lord Macaulay, who held iu the highest venera-
tion the famous Admiral Robert Blake, expressed, some
math; before his death, a hope that the gentlemen of
Somerset would met up sae se memorial of that groat man.
The naggestioe was taken op. A 'ascription ins been
commenced. Mr. E. H. Bally has contributed the design.
Mr. Hepworth Dilol2 has written the inaeriptioe. The
; work Me bees executed in the studio of Mr. Papwortb,
where it will ear be ready for public inspection.
I The will of the late Right Hon. Henry Fitaßoy,
of Upper Orurvenorstreet, London, and of Seseexsquere,
Brisibtos, was proved in the London Court of Probate, on
the AM instant, by Mrs. Fiteßoy, the relict and sole
; ezeatdriz. The persoesity was sworn eider 40,000 f. Sir
1 Anthony de Rothschild, Bart, woe nominated r executor
in ease Mn FitalLoy had not survived her boob& Mr.
litsßoy has bequeathed his estate; real sad perusal. to
his wife, for the use of hermit sad ••bek dinglies. She
will is concisely drawn, bean the date of the 11th of
November, 1850, and wasi attested by W. N. Mediate, I
solicitor, Craven-street, Strand, and John Wilkins, butler
to Mr. /Stalk".