The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-09 00:00:00

T-111; PATRIOTIC lIIND.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes-
terday morning at a meeting of the Royal Comaalasioaero of

the —l:artistic food.
Me royal highness arrived et eleven o'clock at the palace
of Westminster, attended by Col. P. H. fiermenr.
The coostaladomars present were the Earl of Hardwick',
the Earl of Chichester. Lord St. Leonard", Lord Colchester,
Colonel the Hon. J. IJatimay, the Right Ham. Ulan, Her-
bert, the Right Hun. Sir J. Graham, the Right Hon. Vernon
Smith, Calomel 3. Wilson Patten, Sir Hew Rasp, and Mr.
T. G. Baring. Captaia Fishbourne, RN., and Lieut.-Col.
(Alloy, RA., honorary mcretariee, attended.
The meeting broke up at twelve o'clock.

BAPTISM OF THE COUNTESS BTRNSTORFFS
INFANT DAL:U.II7*NR.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal honoured
his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess
Houston! by standing sponsor for their infant daughter
yeeterday.
The princess mired at Prussia House, aceempanied by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, shortly of one o'clock.
Thu count sad countess received their illiutrious visitors
la
the vestibule, and conducted them to the drawing-room,
where a who< party, honoured with invitations to be pay-
ment, were already in attendence. Among them were the
kart sad Counters of Clarendon end Lady Constance Vil-
liers., the Ertl and Comtism of Westmorland, hie
En-
cellesq Lord Bloomfield, British Minister at Berlin; his
Excellency the Beemovertea Minister; his Excellency
the fiances MIAOW, Modem Van d• Weyer, and Professor
Leopold Rank& Lady Caroline Barrington was In attendance
on the Princess Royal, sad in the suite of her Royal Rightses
and the Prises Consort were the Marquis of Aberoom, Lord
George Lemnos, Major-General Wytde, sad Colonel Francis
ymour.
Seln the magnifk nit saloon adjoining the drawing-room
temperer, font was placed, with chairs of sate for the
princess and her royal father. Tho Rev. It. Weltaum,
chaplain to the legation, attended to bepthe the infant,
which was introduced by the Countess Bernatorff, end, at
the proper moment, banded to the Princess Royal, who
performed the office of chief sponsor In a very grateful and
touching &mar, and gave the child the names of " 'Victoria
Anna:*
The ce-sponmes with the Primes. Royal wets the
Countess of Clarendon and the Earl of Weeemorlsal.
The service was performed throughout in the German
language, according to the Lutheran rite of baptism.
After them ceremonial, the Princess Royal and the Prime
Consort honoured the count end counter by braeldasting
with the distinguished party pleurae.
This was the first OCISMIOP upon which the Primer Royal
has assumed the respomiltilitim of sponsorship; and, apart
from the peculiar appropriateness of the honour conferred by
her royal highneys upon the esteemed repreeentetive of •
country with which her own future life must be Ito inti-
mately amoodated, the position se umed by the princess de-
rives additional interest from the fact of her betrothed hus-
band, Prince Frederick William, laving stood godfather to
the youngest eon of Count Bernatorff, when that minister
represented hie sovereign at the Neapolitan court. This
little fellow as. an istimated spectator of the scene yesterday,
sad presented to the Princess Royal • beautiful bouquet as
her royal highness slighted from her earriage.—/hat.

This afternoon the Court leR Buckingham Pa-
lecnend travelled by the Gnat Western Railway toWindeur,
where her Makorii will be remanded by a her of distin-
guished Mikes for the Ascot races.
The Queen has commanded the Bishop of London
to preach before bee Mit)saty and the evert in the private
chapel within Buckingham Palace, on Sunday next.
This morning at 8 o'clock her Royal Highness the
Grand Duchess of Mecklenbargh Strelits arrived at the
South Eastern Hallway sidle, Landen-bridge, socompanial
by the Duke of Cambridge, on her departurefor Berlin. ller
Roysl Highness proceeded in the train whirl conveyed the
Ores of Oude and unite.
DEPARTURE OF THE I.X-QPIEK OP OPDE FOR
Pasta.—This morning, at en early hour, the QOM of Oude,
with her family and suite, took their departure from Harley
House, Newxvied, on a temporary visit to PoliS. The fe-
male porticos of the cortege travelled to the station in clued
carriages.
His Excellency the Austrian Minister and the
Counter d'Apponyi entertained at dinner lest evening, at
Chandas Hors, his Excelleacy the Turkish ambassador and
Madame Moires, the Marquis of Breadellans, the Mar-
' chivesss (Mats) of Merry, the Berl sod Countess Spen-
cer, the Earl end Counter Bessberaugh, the Earl and Coun-
ter Stsahope,theCounterCraven,Visoountsad Viscountess
Sydney, Viscount Canterbury, Baron and Baroness Lionel
is Rathachildi and Count Jarmart.
Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner, on Sun-
day, Prises Nichols. Trouberkoi, the Earl and Counties of
Esaaa sad Lady Add. Caps], the Earl ilennyn, the Earl end
Codas of Morley, the Countess of Fife sad Mies Warms,
Lad John Hay, M P., Viscount Castleman, M.P., the
Han. Mrs. Dice Sombre, Mr. sad Lady Caroline Townley,
Mr. A. Lustily, Yr. Stalked, M.P., Mr. Hayward, tc.
Lady Bethell's ball will take place on Wednesday,
the 17th instant, st bar residence in Eaton-spare.
Mrs. Colonel White gave a ball last evening in
Illignvowasn.
A marriage is arranged, and will shortly take
place, between the lady Mary Yorke, youngest daughter of
the Earl and Countess onlardwicke, sad Mr. W. G. Craved,
of the Ist Life Guards, nephew of the Berl of Craven.