The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-26 00:00:00

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 24.
Tho Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
walked and drove yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty drove out this morning with Princess
Beatrice, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald.
Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville,
took a drive.
The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Lieut. Haig,
returned from London last evening, and the Prince and
Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville and
Lord Alfred Paget, arrived at the Castle from their visit
to the Duke and Duchess d'Authale.
The Duke of Edinburgh and l'rince Christian went out
shooting, attended by Major-General Sir T. H. Biddulph
and Lord Alfred Paget.

The Duke and Duchess of Ruxburghe had the honour of
dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday,
and have left the Castle to-day.

Sot•. 25.
The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yesterday
afternoon, accompanied by Princess Christian.
Princess Louise and Prince Christian rode, attended by
Lady Susan Melville and Sir John Cowell.
The Queen, the l)uke of Edinburgh, Prince and Princess
Christian, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince
Leopold, and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, attended
divine service this morning in the private chapel.
The Rev. R. Duckworth officiated. •

The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli arrived at the Castle
yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen
and Royal family.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council eat on Saturday, at Whitehall,
on matters relating to quarantine. The lords present
were the Lord President, the Right Hon. Sir Stafford
Northcote, and the Right Hon. Horatio Waddingt..n.
Mr. Helps and Mr. Harrison attended the committee.
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A Committee of the Council sat again yesterday (Sun-
day) on the same subject. The lords present were the
Lord President, Sir Stafford Nortbcote, and the Right
Hon. Horatio Waddington. Mr. Helps, Mr. Harrison, and
Dr. Wiblin attended the committee.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at-
tended by the noblemen and gentlemen in his suite, is ex-
pected to arrive at Marlborough House on Saturday next
from St. Petersburg.

The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle have ar-
rived at the St. George's Hotel.

The Marquis of Bath, Viscount and Viscountess
Midleton, and the Hon. Miss Brodriek have arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square.
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The Earl of Derby has accepted an invitation to
be present at Wolverhampton daring the visit of her
Majesty.

Mr:Seymour-Fitzgerald, who has been gazetted
Governer of Bombay, will, it is said, leave this country
shortly before Christmas to assume the governorship of the
presidency early in the new year.
The Cruikshank Testimonial is progressing satis-
factorily. The subscriptions of the committee (a very
large one) will amount to nearly 1,0001.
A most interesting per:ormance is announced by
the Sacred Harmonic Society for Friday, Dec. 7-51ozart's
Requiem, preceded by Minders Dettingen Te Deem.
Time Lady of Lyons is, it is said, to hate a double
revival in London. Mr. Fechter, for whom Lord Lytton
has rewritten a portim of the piece, and Mr. Sothern will
both appear as Claude Melnotte respectively at the Lyceum
and Haymarket Theatres.

The new piece, A Sister's Penance, to be produced
at the Adelphi, is a dramatic version, by Mr. Tom Taylor,
of a story by Mr. Dubmirg, in Household Words. Miss
Kate Terry plays the principal character, and Bliss Hughes
makes her first appearance at the Adelphi.

The negro actor Ira Aldridge has had a great
RICONIS at Versailles in Othello—the only tragedy, unfor-
tunately, be can appear in. The theatrical performance
was preceded by a dinner, given to the stars of the litenu7
world, at the Hotel des Reservoirs. Alexandre Dumas
was among the last to arrive, and at next to 3f. Barrier*.
The prince of romaneists was in full force, and related
more anecdotes during the hour devoted to dinner than
an ordinary man would have remembered in a month. The
Versailles Theatre was crammed to suffocation.