The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-19 00:00:00

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Of3BORNIL, Mattes 17.
The Queen and Prince Consort walked oat yes-
terday afternoon.
The Tad at at. Gagman; Lord Steward, and Viscount
Ceditlereme, Vice-Chamberlain of the Hoesehold, arrived
this morning from Loudon, with addresses to her Majesty
from Loth Houses of Parliament.
MARCH 1&

The Queen and Prince Consort drove out yesterday, so-
eompsnied by the Princess Helena. The Marchionsi of
Ely and Lord Alfred Paget attended.
Prince and Princes Leiningen arrived on a visit to her
Majesty.
The royal dinner party in the evening included Prince
Alfred, the Princess Alice, the Prince and Princess Lei-
aingen, Major-General the Hon. Sir J. Barlett (commanding
South West District), Vice-Admiral Bruce (Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth), Sir James Clark, Major• General the
He C. Grey, and Major Cowell, RE
This morning the Queen and Prince Consort, Prince
Alfred, Prince Arthur, Princess Alice, Princes Helena,
Princess Louisa, and the Prince and Princes Leiningen, at-
tended divine service at Osborne. The Bev. G. Prather°
officiated. The ladies and gentlemen in waiting were also
present.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the Irust Lord of the Treasury,
in Downing-street. It was rttended by Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of
Argyll, the Duke of Newcastle, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, Sir
George Grey, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson,
the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon.
K Cardwell

A deputation, conairting of Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., Mr.
Brett, Mr. Bortherick, and Sir James Carmichael, had as
interview with the Right Hoa. T. Milner Gibson and the
Right Hon. W. Hatt on Saturday, at the office of t►e
Board of Trade. .

The C. P. Villiers, the President of the Poor-
lew Bawd, received on Saturday a deputation from the
par‘b of Christchurch, Spitalfields, consisting of the Rev.
J. Paterson (Rector), Mr. Bruahheld, Mr. Joseph Jones, Mr.
A. Nisbet, Mr. J. T. Hart, Mr. Hyam (Vestry Clerk), Mr.
Tangoes, Willaume (solicitor) ; and also • deputation
from the Wycombe Union, consulting of Mr. Hunt (chair-
men), Mr. C. Brown, Rev. G. Broadhead (vice-chairman),
Rev. G. Phillimons, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Oliff, and Mr. Her.
lean (clerk).
A deputation on the subject of the Minas Inspection Bill,
consisting of Mr. Nicholas Wood, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Peace,
and Mr. J. W. Day, transmuted business on Saturday at the
Hemewilke.

MDeepp
tchea were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
odice trona the governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and the
West India Wanda.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the birthday
of her Royal Highness the Princess Louisa, at noon a royal
salute was arid from Isar Majesty's ship Victory, flagship of
the Commander-inZhisf, at Portsmouth, in honour of the
occasion.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de
Weyer, his Excellency the American Minister and Ma.
Dallas and Hiss Dallas, the Marquis of Lanadolnie, the Earl
and Countess of Shaftesbury and lady Victoria Ashley,
Lard sod lady lerveden, the Bight Hon. Sir George and
lady Grey, Sir John Lawrence, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, the
Eight Hon. William and Mrs. Cowper, Mr. Oliphant, and
select party, at dinner on Saturday evening, at their mansion
in Piccadilly. lady Palinesston subsequently had a re-
caption, which wan attended by all the leading foreign di-
plomatic ministers, and a long list of the members of the
aristocracy.
Lord John Russell is suffering from a severe cold,
et his residence in Chceham-place. It is not likely to inter-
fere with his parliamentary or other public dutiful.

His Excellency theAmbassi;dor of France and
the Countess de Persigny entertained a select circle at
dinner last evening at Albert•gab House.

The Countese Apponyi will have an assembly on
Wednesday evening at Cando House.
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe and Lady
Charlotte lopes-Her have left Herniates Clarendon Hotel
for Brounouth Part, Dunbar, N.B.

The Duchess of Inverness will have a grand
dinner and an assembly this evening at her apattments in
Kensington Palace.
. .

The Duchess of Dalberg and Sir John Dalberg
Acton, Bart., M.P., left Brighton on Saturday last for
Aldenham, in Shmpshire, preparatory to the funeral of the
late Came's Granville.

The Duke of Hamilton has left town on his re-
turn to Paris to join the duchess and family.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady
Arabella &arias West will shortly leave town for Bock-
hunt Park, feassez.

The fart and Ledy Constance Grosvenor have
taken poesession of their new mansion at Prince's Gate,
Knightsbridge.
The Earl and Countess of Fife have left Groave-
aortresoent for St. Leonardo-on-Bes fora few days.

The Earl of Dudley has arrived at Dudley House,
Park-lane.

Lord and Lady Ebury and Hon. Miss Grosvenor
have arrived in Park-street from Moore Park, Herta, for
the semon.

A diplomatic dinner took place at the residence
of the British Minister at Berlin, Lord Bloomfield, on
Wednesday. Among the guests were the Prussian Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs, Baron von &Melaka ; Count
Hohenthal, Count Carolyi, Count Bray, and the English
ministers at Hanover and Dresden.
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An entertainment, is the form of a theatrical
representation, took place at the palace of the Prince
Frederic William, Berlin, on Wednesday night last, at
which the Prussian royal family and many other German
princes and dignitaries were present. A little comedy was
first played, in which Count Furrtenstein, Count Lotions,
the Countess Holienthal 1., the Countess Sholunburg, aid
Count Hasler took part ; and the second part of the enter-
tainment was a farce, in which characters were represeffied
by several other persona of distinction.
Mr. Maguire, M.P., in the Cork Examiner, ex-
presses his opinion very bluntly upon Lord Canipden's con-
duct:—" The conclusion to be derived from the correspea•
dance in reference to the county election is that Lord
Cowden's part would have been more creditable had be
maintained no entire silence. For the rake of getting old
of election expenses he has thought proper to cost a number
of reflections and aspersions which he has now found it ne-
cessary to retract."
The following British insurance offices are stated
to be heavy losers by the fire at Berbadoes :—Northern,
Bun, Royal of Liverpool, Phoenix, and Imperial. The par-
ticulars cannot yet be fully ascertained.
The lecture at the Royal Institution on Friday
evening was delivered by Hr. H. T. Heaters—the subject
being "On the Relation between the Abnormal and the
Mental Formations of Plants."

The interesting collection of English pictures, the
property of the Rev. Henry Scott Trimmer, deceased, view
of Heston, the intimate friend and executor of J. ➢f. W.
Turner, 8.A., including a number of beautiful original *-
tures and sketches by Hogarth, Sir Jahns Reynolds, R.
Wilson, and Gaissborough, chiefly presented by the Ratite
to Mr. Joshua Kirby, author of the well-known work an
perspective ; and others, presented by King George M.,
late the property of the authoress, Kra. Sarah Trimmer—
was disposed of on Saturday.
Professor Owen delivered the seventh of his
course of lectures oa " Fossil Mammal a" at the !lime= et
Practical Geology, on Friday. Fomilelephants, the remains
of which are famed abundantly in the upper tertiary shat►
of England, formed the subject of the lecture.
Friday evening was the wood of the two extra
nights which ware promised by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean
at the dose of their recent brilliant engagement at the
Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh. The house sins an immense
sus, the ;ramps being crowded to overflow ; and e►en the
orchestral soars were invaded by the ►udience, the musi-
cians having to perform behind thu curtain between the
acts.
It has been proposed at Edinburgh that a public
euteradatnest should be given to the 78th Highlanders in
recognition of their susissut *anises in India. A prelimi-
way messing will be held on Wednesday on the subject, at
which Sir John R'Neill, Sir W. Gibsoweraig, said Sir J. G.
Bawd, are expected to be present.
M. Maurice lludevant, the sou of Madame
George Sand, is putted ► Chevalier of the Legion of
Honour is yesterday's Mo►sieur.