The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-16 00:00:00

Irbt Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, JAM. 15.

Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred sal Primer
Alice, the Hoe. Mrs. tiny, Major• General the How.
K. Brace, Colose! the Hon. Sir Charles and Miss Phipps,
Lieut.•Cobmeel Keppel, Major Cowell, R.E , and Major
Elphinstowe,
The band of the Soots Fusilier l;uard., played daring
dinner the

Overture, " Robin Hood
Selection, .Loinorah" Meyerboer.
Pan song, " a Enke' Mendelran.
Ga.lop, Royal flout'
Her Majesty's private band shortwave performed in the
drawing-room the

Overture. " Zerline
atiertion, " Itretwa"
The musk In "A Winler's Talc"
Air de hang•, " Vain ......

Auber.
Weber.
Hattoo.
Rusatul.

The Queen, with Princess Helena, walked to Frogmorc
this morning, and visited the Duchess of Kent. The Prince
Consort, acc"mpanied by the Prince of Wales., went to
Virginia Water to skate, attended by Lord annoys, Lien.
tempt-Colonel Kingicote, Co',onel Ponsooby, and Lieute.
sant-Colonel Keppel.

Prince Alfred took leave of the Istueen, the Prince Con-
sort, and Royal Family, and left Windsor at half-past 9
o'clock, for Devonport, attended by Major Cowell, ILE, to
embark on board the Si. George, screw eteamgbip, 90 guns.
His Royal Highnew visited the Duchess of Kent last
evening, at Frogman.
Prince Arthur skated, attended by Major Elphinstone.
Prince Leopold took a carriage drive.
Lady Macdonald bag succeeded the Counters of Gains-
borough u Lady in Waiting to her Majesty.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.

Prince Alfred arrived bere this afternoon by
express train, and was received with great cheering. His
Highness will emlark to-marrow on board the St.
George, 90, screw, Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton ,
which is bound for the North American station.

DEATH OP THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.

His Grace the Duke of Sutherland died at his Kent,
in Staffordshire, on Monday night. The deceased duke was
born in August, 1786, succeeded his father as second duke
en the 19th of July, lfr.k.", and inherited the Scotch honours
of his house upon the death of his 'mother, in 1839. On
the 27th of May, 1823, he married Harriet Elisabeth
°earshot', third daughter of George, sixth Earl of Car-
life, by whom be had issue five sons and six daughters.
His pace was summoned to parliament in the lifetime of
by father, as Baron Gower (the former dukes barony). He
was high steward of Stafford, lord-lieutenant of the county
lot Sutherland, and custer-rotulorum of Staffordshire. He
suceeeded by his son, the Marquis of Stafford.

The Earl Granville, the Lord Presitleut of the
Council. as ministerial leader of the pversment in the
Home of Lords, will give the customary parliamentary
dinner on the 4th of the ensuing month to a numerous circle
of peen, supporters et the ministry.

The Earl of Derby, as leader of the conservative
party in the House of Lords, will give • banquet on
Monday, the 4th proximo, at his mansion, in St. James's-
square, to • large circle of hhipolitical friends.
On the arrival of Lord and Lady Herbert at the
Wilton Station, on Monday, they were met by a Loge num-
ber of the inhabitants of Wilton, beaded by • band of
music, who escorted them to Wilton House. The noble
Red and lady are entertaining a select circle, including the
Earl Geordie, the Earl and Countess Somers, Earl
Cowper, Count Paden, the Right Hon. Sir Charles
Wood, Bart, the Right Hon. Henry T. L. Corry, Mr.
Belford, M.P., and Mn. Helloed, and Mr. Montgomery.
We understand that Prince Victor of Hohenlohe

Langenbourg, grandson of the Duchess of Kent, will
shortly be married to Miss Lama Wilhalmina Seymour,
youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Geo. Francis Seymour,
G.C.S. sad G.C.H.

His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Wurtern-
burl; Sidi/6d at We Col.rwmtuu Hotel b. treuiug from the

His Excellencythe Belgian Minider and Madame
Van de Weyer have left New Lodge on • visit to Mr. Har-
court and Frances Countess Waldegrave, at Nuashans
Park, Oxon.

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The Duchene of Buccleuch will leave Belgrave-
square in a few days for Dalkeith Pahice, in order to be
present at the wedding of Lady Florence Lamellas and
Lieutenant-Colonel Oast. The Earl and Countess of Dal-
bath remain in town.

The Marquis and Marchioness de Beauforte hare
left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris._

The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun left town
yesterday for Holywell Hall, near Stamford.
The Earl of Shelburne left Lansdowne House
yesterday for Bowood.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston willreturn
to Cambridge House, about the 24th inst., from Brostßands.
Viscountess Jocelyn's children have su far recovered as to
lee considered out of danger.

Lady Frederick Bentinck and Mils. Lane Fox
leave town this week for Brighton.
The Ladies Laaceßea leave town in a few days for
Delkeith Palace. The marriage of Lady Florence Lamellas
with Lientenent-Colonel Cast is postponed from the 29th
to the 31st inst.

Lady Caroline Neeld has arrived in town from
visiting the Earl of Shaftesbury at St. Giles's, Dorset.
The Baron Wylde and Lady Mary Wylde have
arrived at their residence in Grafton-street, from a tour of
visits.

Lady Molesworth has left town on a visit to
Lord Broughton, at Tedworth House, near Marlborough.
The Countess of Portsmouth gave birth to a son
at Eggenford Home on the 13th inst.
Sir William Jardine, Bart., be. arrived at
Cavandish Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Jardine Hall, N.B.
The estimated cost of extending the Eastern
Comities Railway from Shoreditch to Finabury•eirens is
600,0001., with power to borrow 200,0001. The line in in-
tended to run from Arundel-street, Bethnal-green, pamoing
through Mile-end New-town, Spitalfieldt, Shoreditch, Nor-
ton Folgate, Bialtopegate, London-wall, and terminating et
Blongleld-street, Finsbury Chapel. The east of the com-
pany's proposed extension from Wendon to Saffron Walden
hi 25,000/.

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The construction of a central railway station in
Fiosbury.circue is for the purpose of aceottunndating the
trifle of the Metropolitan, Eastern Counties, and other
railways. The estimated cost of carrying it out is
1,900,000 f. It is proposed that the Eastern Counties, Greet
Northern, Metropolitan, Midland, Great Western, and
London. Chatham, and Dover Railway Companies should
be authorised to subscribe towards the undertaking. A
saw street is proposed to be made in connerioa with the
dation from the south end of Circus-place to the east side
of Moorgate-street.

A most interesting case will come before the Tri-
bunal of First Instance at Paris on the 25th of the present
month. Madame Bonaparte, first wife of the late Prince
Jerome Bonaparte, eit-King of Westphalia and uncle of the
Emperor Napoleon, and her son by her marriage with the
prince, claim to inherit their part of the personal property
left by the prince. Madame Bonaparte, who is now in
Paris, wan an American lady named Paterson, and the teal
object of the present nit is to reestablish the perfect
!agility of her marriage.
A Constantinople letter says :—" The Russian
General fiebastianoff arrived a few days ago in Pea from
Mount Atha*, where he has been employed for nearly two
years, with a staff of no fewer than thirty assistants, taking
photographic copies of the biblical and other ascent
to be found in the various convents of the mountain. He
is said to have secured 16,000 negatives, amongst which are
copies of an Old and New Testament of the ninth century,
sad one of the Psalms of the seventh. From the positives
of the copies thus made lithographs will be taken in St.
Petersburg, at the expense of the government, for pre-
sentation to the chief national libraries of Europe. Polities,
however, as well as photography, are said to have occupied
the general's time and attention."
From Rome we learn that Signora Carlotta
Pocchioi died there shortly after her confinement. This
lady, who must be wsll known to the frequenter' of Her
Majesty's Theatre. wan 'marled about a year ego to Signor
Pasiusle Boni, the wer,known mn;tre flu baltd.
CRYSTAL PALAcIE —ONE SHILLING DAT. --
; Ttg.uar, JAN. ro. us on payment, 1,540; ditto
by swan tickets, 724.—T0t51 vi.siturw,