The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-29 00:00:00

Vitt eatirt.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Aram 27.
The Queen and Princess Beatrice rode on ponies
yesterday afternoon in the grounds.
Her Majesty drove out this morning, accompanied by
Princess Louise and attended by the Hon. Flora Macdo-
nald ; Princess Beatrice went out walking.
In the afternoon the Queen held a private Investiture of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

Luncheon was nerved in the dining•room previous to the
ceremony.

Lonl Churchill arrived at the Castle yesterday, and
had the honour of dining with the queen and the Royal
Family. . __

APRIL .

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon. The Hon.
Lady Biddulph had the honour of accompanying her
Majesty.

Princess Beatrice took a drive In an open carriage.
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Churchill and Lord
Alfred Paget, went to London last evening, and honoured
the performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatre with her
presence. The Hon. Mrs. Wellesley bad the honour of
accompanying her Royal Highness.
Her Royal Highness afterwards returned to Windsor
Castle.

Th• Queen, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and
Prince Christian, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Wait-
ing, attended Divine Service this morning in the private
chapel. The Rev. R. Duckworth preached the sermon.
The Duke of Edinburgh, ►ttendel by the Hon. Eliot
Yorke, visited her Majesty to-day, and remained to
luncheon.

The Duke of Buckingham arrived at the Castle yester•
day, and had the honour of dialog with the Queen and
the Royal Family.
Mies Helps also arrived at the Castle.
Lord Churchill left the Guile yesterday,

The Prince of Wales rode out on Saturday, attended by
Captidus Ellis.
The Prince Wales attended divine service at the Chapel
Royal, SL James's, yesterday morning.
The communion service was read by the Rev. Thomas
Helmore, the Rev. Dr. Vivian, and the Rev. G. A. F.
Hart.
Anthem, " Since by man came death," (Handel.)
Sung by Master Coward, and Messrs. R. Baruby, Ben.
son, and Lawler.
Mr. Cooper presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. G. A. F. Hart,
from 1 tit. John, ch. 5, v. 4.
The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by the Hon. Eliot
Yorke, arrived at Clarence•house yesterday morning, from
Marseilles.

A Cabinet Council was on held Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of }Lames-
bury, the Right Honourable Spencer H. Walpole,
Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John
Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the
Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the
Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council was held at the Privy Council
Office, Whitehall, on Saturday, on the subject of the mottle
plague. The Lords present were the Lord President and
Lord Robert Montagu. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander
Williams attended the committee.

Several gentlemen, members of the corporation of
London, and of the vestries and district boards of the
metropolis, introduced by Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P.,
Captain Grosvenor, M.P., and Alderman Lusk, M.P., had
an interview with the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northoote
at the Board of Trade on Saturday on the subject of the
Metropolis Gas Bill.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on
Saturday from the Governor of Gibraltar. Despatches
were sent to the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mn.s Disraeli
arrived in town on Saturday from Hughenden Manor,
Bucks.

PRINCE OF WALFA'S THEATIM —Their Royal
Highnesses the Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, at-
tended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Lord
Alfred Paget, and Major Elphinstone, honoured this
theatre with their presence oriasturclayevening to witness
the new comedy of Caste.

The Marchioness of Lansdowne and family are
paving the holidays in Paris. The youthful Marquis of
Lansdowne arrived in London on Saturday, and has since
left town on his way to Oxford to resume his studies at the
above university.
Lord Stanley has issued cards for assemblies on
Wednesday next and on Wednesday, the Bth of May, at
his official residence in Downing-street.

The Earl and Countess of Derby will return to
St. James•s-square on Wednesday from their suburban
residence at Roehmunton, where they have been passing
the moms.

The annual festival of the Artists' General Bene-
volent Institution will take plate on the 18th of May, Mr.
Anthony Trollops presiding.

The family of the late Mr. C. W. Bennett, the
artist, is left unprovided for. It was not until quite late
that Mr. Bennett's position commanded liberal remunera-
' tion, and his health was always so delicate as to preclude
him from insuring his life. An afternoon amateur per-
formance for the benefit of Mr. Bennett's family will
shortly be given at the Adelphi Theatre, in which some
well-known literary gentlemen, and Miss Kate Terry—
who, it is understood, is shortly about to retire from the
stage—will take part. Contributions will be received in
the meantime by Mews. Glyn, Mills, and Co. ; the R•v.
Cheeks Kingsley, Everaley, Winchfield ; Mr. Mark Lemon,
Puack Office, Fleet-street ; Mr. J. Everett Millais, 7,
Cromwell-place, South Kensington ; Mr. Shirley Brooks,
6, Kent•terrace, Regent's Park ; Agnew and Sons, Man-
chester, Liverpool, and London ; Bradbury, Evans, and
Co., Whitefriars.

The operas announced for this week at Her Ma-
jesty's Theatre are Verdi's I Lombardi (to•morrow and
Thursday nights—first time for many years), and the
Haeuraas (Saturday).

The operas at Covent Garden for the current
week are Faust e Margherita (to-night) ; Afaaaniello (to-
morrow—first time) ; La Notre di Figaro (Thursday—tint
time); and 11 Barbiere di Sirigiut (Saturday, for the first
appearance of Mille. Adelina Patti, with a new Figaro in
Signor Cotogni). Don Corks is shandy in preparation,
A steam-packet communication between Swamp.,
in the Isle of Purbeck, and Poole, in Donetehire, is about
to be established during the rummer.