The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-26 00:00:00

STAI'E CONCERT:

By command of the Queen a State Concert was
given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which a party
of upwards of 700 was invited.
Theirßoyal Highnesses thePrinoe andPrinoess of Wales,
attended by the Countess of Idsoolesfield, the Hon. Mrs.
E. Coke, Earl Spencer, Lord Harris, the Hon. C. L. Wood,
and Major Teesdale, and escorted by a detachment of the
Ist Life Guards, arrived at the garden entrance of the
Palace from Marlborough-house about ten o'clock.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, arrived from Marl-
borough-house, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived
from Glouoester-house, attended by Colonel the Hon. J.

Macdonald.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge arrived from St.
James's Palace, attended by the Hon. Geraldine Somerset
and Colonel H. Purves-
The Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg litreUs; arrived,
attended by the Hon. Caroline Cust.
The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was
on duty in the palace, under the command of the Exon-in.
Waiting. Lieut.-Colonel Cooke, the Lieutenant of the
corps, also attended.
A guard of honour of the Soots Fusilier Guards was
mounted in the court of the palace.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the
members of the royal family, conducted by Viscount
Sydney (the Lord Chamberlain), and attended by the ladies
and gentlemen in waiting, entered the saloon shortly after
10 o'clock, when the concert immediately commenced.
The programme of the music was as follows
Overture, " Dinorah" Meyerbeer.
Quartette, " E scherzo ed e MUM" (Up Ballo in
ataacheras, Mesdames Titiens e lietteUieim,
Signori tiardoni e
Aria, " Peruke non ho" (Lucia dl Lammermoor;,
Miss Louisa lyre
Coro, " 0 Solutaiis"
Canzone di Megan, " Dolce ens brezza intorno
olezze (Micelle Mdlle. Tifton e Signor
Gordon'
Reinsure, " Ah ! non area pid lagrime" (Maria
di lindens Signor Graziani
Solo and Chorus, ' With a laugh as we go round"
(The May Queen', Miss Louisa Tyne
W. S. Bennett,
Scene, " Bel raggio" ~Senitramide , Mdlle 'Mims Rossini.
Cavatina, " Nobil donna, e Canto memo " (GU
Mdlle. Unttetheim
Aria, " Sin dell' eta pia tenure units" (lphienie
iu Tauride , Signor Ciardoni Gluck.
Duets, " aria" (Figaro). Millie. l'itiena
e Miss Louisa Fyne Mozart.
Chorus, "The nouns" .Paradise and the Teri) Schumann.
Terzetto, " Le faceioun' inchino" (II Matrimonio
Segreto,, Mdlle. Titicus, Miss Louisa Pyre, e
Millie. Bettclheim
Chorus, " Long live the Queen " Auber.
The performers, exceeding 160 in number, consisted o
her Majesty's private band, aided by several instru.
mentalists of the Philharmonic Society, her Majesty's
Theatre, and the Royal Italian Opera, the chorus being
selected from the operas and the Sacred Harmonic
Society, Exeter-halL
The performance was conducted by Mr. Anderson, the
Director of her Majesty's Private Rand.
A large number of distinguished persons had the honour
of receiving invitations to attend the concert, but some
were prevented by unavoidable circumstances from obeying
her Majesty's command.

Gounod.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

SAITRDAY, MAT 26, 8 6. X.

, I IR. I Extreme. Sea,
B. IT.I W. 11;!,?.. "-D. W 119 t 0
Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith
Ardrossan 29.8354! W. N. W. 11 3 E. b— 2
Greencastle _29.86 53 E. N. E. 1 4 N. N. E. b 1
Valentla • 29. 80 52; B. N. E. 1 7 B.H b 1
-
'29.83 49 N. W. 3 4 E. N. E. bin 1
Holyhead
Penzance '29.e0 59' N.E. S 9 1 LB.& er
Brest .. '29.65-; E.N.E. 5 6 &N.& toc
Lorient 29.6152 N. 2 3 N.R.o ,0.95 2
Rochefort._ W.
0.13 W. eo I 5
Plymouth 129 OD 501 N.N.E. 2 8 E. br 0.13 1
Weymouth 29.6350 N.E. 5 9 E. co 10.03 4
Portsmouth :29.62 50 E. N. E. 3 8 L cr
London -
Yarmouth 2369 52, N.E. 6 0 &S.& be 4
Scarborough. 29.8352 N.E. 2 2 E. Sc 2
Shields 26.8953' 8.3. 2 2 S.E. be 2
Helder - -

FNOBABLN
SMUT. 01 NORTNIIN NO
N. to W., strong tom- Coen& Westerly,
dente. Northwesterly.
N, to W., strong, Winn& Northwesterly. mode-
squally. to moderate, rate to strong.
some showers.
Al next above. Boornzan. As nert above.
N. to N.W., strong llaerram. Similar to above.
to moderate.
Northern--Scotland. Wertern—lreland, Wales, and adja•
ONION& Sonthern—ltogllsh Channel and Bay od Blew.
lastern—lastward itairland and North Bea.

/SPAT.
, fresh to too.

Foarforr-orrica, biair 25.—The Earl of Claren-
don, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, has received from the acting British chargé
d'Affaires at Lima a despatch, which encloses a decree of
the Peruvian government, prohibiting, from the date
thereof, the entry into the ports of Peru of those neutral
vessels which have furnished the Spanish squadron with
fuel, provisions, articles of war, or which have been in own-
munieation wits that squadron.—Garefle.
Wiirransi.r., MAY 25.—The Queen has been
pleased by letters patent under the great seal of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the
24th inst., to grant unto her Majesty's second eon, his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred Albert Ernest Albert,
K.G., K.T., and the heirs male of his body lawfully
begotten,
begotten, the dignities of Earl of Ulster, Earl of Kent,
and Duke of Edinburgh.—Oarette.
ROYAL HOSPITAL POIL INCIIIIABLEB.—The twenty-
fourth annual election of this charity was held yesterday
st the London-tavern, when thirty persona were elected to
I its benefits. There was a large num-ber of candidates.