The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-16 00:00:00

ebe Court.

The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied
by the Priucesme Alice and Helena, honoured the perform-
ance at Her Majesty's Theatre on Thursday evening with
their presence. In attendance were Lady Churchill, Hon.
Horatia Stopford, Lord de Tablet', Lord Alfred Paget, and
Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. D. de Rae.

The Queen walked yesterday in the garden of Bucking.
ham Palace.

The Duch/mot Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard,
arrived upon a visit to her Majesty at Buckingham Palace,
at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon from her residence, Frog-
man.

The Prince Consort presided yesterday after non at a meet-
ing at the Royal Caumissioa for promoting and encou.
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serthe Fine Arta in the rebuilding the Palace of West-
. Hie Royal Highness arrired at the Palace at
Westminster at 3 o'clock, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. D. de Res. The other commissioners present were
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Stanhope, Viscount
EversleT, Lord Llanover. Lord John Manners, the Right
Hoe. William Cowwr, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham,
and fler Benjamin %twee. The Secretary, Sir Charles L.
&Allah*, attenstecl. . . .

TM Meeting broke up soon after five o'clock.
The Primers§ Alice and Helen► and Prime Leopold
visited the South Kensington Museum yesterday.
TM Marquis of Hresdalbene, K.T., has been selected by
Mr Majesty to proceed upon • mead mission to invest his
Ma*iy the King of Prussia with Order of the Garter. His
lordship will be accompuded by Major-General Lord
Predenc hart, C. 8., sad by Virount ilinchinbrook, of
tM t:renadier Guards.

Sir Charles Young, Garter King of Arms, will also pro-
ceed upon the mission with the Marquis of Breads!bane.
A deputation of the Justices of the West Riding of York.
shire, appointed to wait noon the Home Secretary, on the
enbjeet of allowances to perecators and witnesses in
criminal prosecutions, had an interview with Sir George C.
Lewis, yesterday 'at the Haar Aim The deputation con-
sited of Colonel Smyth, M.P., Mr. W. B. Beaumont, H.P.,
Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., Mr. John Wells, Mr. G. Si
Bescroft, H.P., Hr. William Edward Forster, ILP., Hr. T.
H. Ingham, Mr. Wilson Overload, Mr. W. B. Wrightson,
H.P., Mr. Osage Armitage, Mr. Siena Phillips, Mr.
T. Collins, H.P., sad Lard Hodson. M.P. The Justices
were acoompenied by Mr. B. Dixon, the acting Clerk of
the Pesos, and Mr. Mandell, the Solicitor for the West
Riding.
Thu Governor of the Bank of F.ngland and the Deputy-
governor had ea interview with the Chanoelksr of the Ex.

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&ismer yesterday.
Mr. Wright had an interview with the Right Has.
Themes Milan Gibson and the Right Hon. W. Hutt yea-
tai at the Aloe of the Board of Trade, and sulmitted
a meal se • safety railway.
The loggia' Committee of the Privy Council at peter-
ss/4mA. appeal from Madras., " Venosteawara Naicker v.
Bliaoitoo-hervacaren," part beard, was concluded.
Despetebee yore received yesterday at the Colonial.
Aloe hos the Governor of Malta. Despatches were sent
to the Hovervor ed Canada, aed to the Lord High Commis-
sioner el the lonian Wanda

(nor Laffxian's alarm)

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LORD CuAliazaLsises-ornei, ram 2.—Notice is
hereby given, that the quota will bold Lanes, at St.
Janito's /Woos, wen tie following di" at two o'clock,
via :—Wsdneaday the 90th instant, .id Wednesday the
la& of Musk .net.

Lose Ciilitsiiikanes-orrice, Fa 7.—Notice is
boreby gives, that the Queen will hail a Drowlez 4000 at
at. Jana% Palace, upon Thunday the 214 el March auk
at two o'clock.

iIVITUASI PALACE, Fen. t —Tbe Queen was
Ili da pleased to ceder the honour of K upon
Araks: Cotton, Colonel•CcosinandostlaCh°M'adiesty's
Moder ragimmini.
Mr. JArtines PAurr, Fre. 14.—The Queen was
tbie da pima to cooler the honour of Knighthood upon
Bielard Charles Kirby, Fe.q., Companies of the Moot
Honourable Order of the Bath, and late Accountant.
Osumi of the Wm Department.
Frs. 14.—The Queen him been
Mitto apt Charles Marquis of Handy to be
t and Sheriff-Principal of the Shire of Abadan,
in the room of Dome FAH of Aberdeen, deceased.
Duwmixo-arissr, Fat 11.—The Queen line been
pionced to appoint William Charles Gibson, Fag., to be
Colonial Secretary for the Island of Ceylon ; John Smale,
Nag, to be Attorney• General for the Colony of Hong
Ksz,zditTrancis Spencer Wiglev to be one of her Ma.
jest s Ormond for the Virgin Islands.
a-arartr, Foe. 14.—The Queen has been
tatto appoint Lieutenant•Colooel Harry St.
.K, tolio Governor and Commander.in.Chief iGn.23
ear theiontodss or Homan' blonds, in America.

Yeeterday the Earl of Derby, who appears to
bore lost all Wes of his recent severe illness, honoured
Mayan, the pliotegiapher, with a visit at his studio in
Regent-etreet. The weather was far from favourable to
photographic nuinipuktion, but Mr. Mayan was fortunate
enough to produce several remarkably suomiestui portraits,
some of which, weunderstend, are to be published.

The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and family
do not intend to leave Dalkeith Palitoe for town until altar
Pater.

The Duchess of Norfolk and family have arrived
at Norfolk Houma from Amidst Castle.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester
hare arrived in town from Atuport House, Andover, for the
111080014

The Marquis' and Marchioneas of St. Antonio and
Madame Costello have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn•
street, for Portugal.

The Counte;s Dowager of Tankerville entertained
at dinner yesterday, at her residence in Hertford-street, the
Countess of Chesterfield. the Hoe. Fredenek and Lady
Adelaide Cadogao, the Earl Granville, the FAH of Shel-
burne, Count de Jancourt, and Mr. Charles Greville.

The Countess of Mouut Eiligcumbe and Lady
Ernestine Edgennibe have joined the itui of Monet
Edgenmbe at Farrance's Hotel, frees Mount Falgcumbe,
Devooport.

The Earl and Counteas of Lincoln are expected
is tows early meat week from Paris.

The Countess Cowley soul the Ladies Wellesley
have lett tows for Paris.

Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly
this aiming, and oa Saturday asst.
Lord and Lady Chelmsford entertained a select
party at dinner last evening, at their residence in Eaton-
square.

Lord and Lady Egerton have arrived in St.
James'asquare, from their seat is Cheshire, for the mama
Lord Richard Grosvenor has just returned home
after several years' &teepee. during which period his lord-
ship has travelled is America, Australia, China, and lapse.

iAdy Molimworth entertained at dinner List
evening Maris Marchioness of allimbury, Viscount Falkland,
Lord landiellia, M.P., Mr. and the Hon. Mn. Wodehmme
Currie, Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., Hon. Mrs. Dyne
Sombre, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Mrs. Ford. Sir Henry
Rawboson, Captain de Fab., Right Hon. Colonel Forester,
M.P., and Mr. Milbanke.

Si; Leopold H•Clintock was preftuted on Thurs-
lg. at a public meeting in Dublin, with a splendid seem°
of plate.