The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-23 00:00:00

Vbr court.

rl Cowley had an audience of the Queen on
&tunlav afternoon at Buckingham Palace.
The Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfred, rode
out on horseback on Saturday morning, attended by Captain
Du Plat.

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the
Princess Alice and Prince Arthur, took a drive in a carriage
and four in the afternoon. Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood
and Oiptain Da Plat attended on horseback.
Yesterday the Queen and the Prince Consort, the Prince's
Alice, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the
Princesses Helena and Louie*, the ladies and gentlemen of
the court, and the domestic household, attended divine
service in the private dispel, Buckingham Palace. The
Hun. sod Very Hew. the Data of Windsor officiated.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord
Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of
Argyll, Sir G. C. Lewis, Lord John Rus-
sell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset,
the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Sir George
Grey, Earl of Elgin, the Right Hon. C. P.
Villiers, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell.

Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, cm Se.
Curley, from the Governor of Malta. Despatches were
sent to the Governor of Bermuda.

YRE PABEIONABLE SEASON.

A satisfactory indication of the character of the
appnaching sesaon may be gathered from the unusual ful-
ness of town at present, the briskness of trade at the West-
end, and the number of court and fashionable appointments
already announced. It has Dot frequently happened that
we (Pool hare been able at this early period before Whit-
enatide to publish so full a list as that which is ap-
pended : To-morrow Her Majesty's levie Lady
Caroline Tovrtieley's drat sairie de...ante. Wednes-
day—Mrs. Washington's Hibbert's ball. Thursday—
Court mourning changes. Almack's first bell. &star-
day—Her Majesty's second drawing-men. April 30—Lady
Caroline Tosrucley'm second aoirle damask. May I—The
Countess of Kinnoull's first soiree dasaaaate. May 2—Lady
Egerton's (of Tattoo) ball. May 3—Court mourning ceases.
May 4—Hoe. Richard Cavendish's first ball. May 7—The
thinness of Rummell's second aoirtie dame:rat. May 8—
Mrs. Wykeham Martin's ball. May 9—Her Majesty's
Ent state concert. May 10--Ahnack's second hell. May
11—Her Majesty's juvenile ball. May 13—Mr. Benediet's
=anal grand morning concert at her Majesty's Theatre.
May 14—Lady Sondes' ball. May It—Her Majesty's Ent
state ball. May -Her Majesty's birthday drawing-room.
May 94—Ahriack's third ball.
It will be seen that the first of Almack's balls is an-
oiniced to take place on Thursday next at Willis's Rooms.
The ladies patronesses have exhibited an unusual interest
in the success of the " first subscription," and all these
who have already arrival in town have undertaken to
attend with large parties of friends. A brilliant Kaska
is therefore confidently expected.

His Excellency the Anibamador of France and
couateai de Pendiray are expected at Albert-gate
Home to-morrow, hem Parte.

His Excellency the Swet and Norwegian
Ifinkter and the Counts Platen received on Saturday the
afflicting news of the decease of their youngest daughter,
the Barmen SilfversehiOld.

His Excellency the Earl COwley arrived in town
ea Friday, from the British Eanhassy, Paris. His excel-
lacy i■ staying in Clevelandaquare on a visit to Via cunt
and Visomntras Sydney.

The Earl ..1 St. German., the Lord Steward of
the Queen'. Household, will go to C.inada, in the retinue of
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received
a letter on the subject of the Wine Licenses, &a., Rill,
besting the sixtiature of "A Respectable Holy of Working
Mae," eel be would be glad to be informed from what
body of pumas it proceeds.

The Pyno awl Harrison opera company brought
their engagement at Liverpool toe eloae on Saturday night
with Mr. Alfred Melon's open of Virturisse. Madame
t'elesto commences an engagement to-day.

" Death has been fearfully busy of late," writes
" Argue," of the Poo, "among the racing men of the south.
First, Sir John Mill went, and your readers may like to
learn that he left near 100,1AKY. behind hint in money, ex-
clusive of landed property. Then John Day followed ; and
after him, in rapid succession, come Mr. Sloane Stanley and
Mr. Fulwar Craven. All were of the same school and age.
Mr. Stanley was one of the regular blue-coated, brow-
buttoned, yellow.waistooated, and drali.tronsered country
gentlemen. A sportsman in every sense of the word, and
with • kind wont for everybody but • poacher, whom he
regarded as 'the greet soda evil.' He was the confederate
,t 1 the late Duke of Rutland on the turf, and won as often
aa he bad • right to expect with so small a team. The
brothers Royce were his trainer and jockey, and both did
him justi.v. Mr. Pulver Craven W. 1.11 quite 'a horse of
another colour,' and was always an object of curiosity
on • racecourse, dremed in a brown coat, knee-broacher,
and gaiters, with • Lauri melon; as • JIM/ pedlar, and in his
scarf • large gold pin with a model of Deception, w:th whom
John Day won the Oaks for him. In his eccentricities be
imitated the late Squire of Halton, John Myttou ; but
latterly, after he bad lost =ireful of his children by an
accident, he became very retired in his habits, abandoned
his old hannts, and never took an active part in the duties
of his states. His charities were numerous, and many
men with • better reputation have had lass claim to the
• orld's approbation."