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

THE ESPRI'SS, SATURDAY EVENINq, FEBRUARY 2, 1861.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Fn. 1.

The royal dinner party yesterday comprised the
Princess Alice, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince and
Princess de Joinville, the Princes Francoise d'Orleans, the
Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl of Shelburne, Lord John
31:inners, Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse, Colonel
and Lady Emma Talbot, Colonel Seymour, C.D., and CoL
the Hon. J. Macdonald.

The Laud of the Royal Hone Guards played during
dinner.

The fifth dramatic performance took place in the evening.
The following was the programme :

A Comedy, in Three Acta, by Mr. Tom Taylor, entitled
THE CONTESTED ELECTION.

Mr. Dedgson 'an Attorney)
Mr. Wapshott •a Barrister, Mr. W. Farm.
Mr. iloneylom a retired wholesale
Omar,
Peekover Pres Went of the blue lambs) Mr. Backslaw.
Topper President of the Green Limit Yr.
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Copperthwaire • hieetors of Slam. % Mr. Morrell.
Old Wiokle ) borough .Mr. Morse.
Mr. Gathercole of the Ylamborough
" Beacon-,
Mr. Spiteheock of the rim:thorough
"Patriot "
Trundle Clerk to Dedeleal Mr. Coe.
snapper a sheriff's Orioar) Mr. Courtney.
James 'servant to Mr. lioestybua)
Mn. tiolleyiptin Mr. li ime) btu i's second
Wile .
Clara her stepdaughter Miss Fanny Wright.
Under the direction of Mr. W. Hatboro Duane.
Stage Manager Mr. George Ulm.
The theatre amazed and the areaery painted by Mr. Thomas
Grieve.

A little after half-past eight the Queen and Prince Con-
sort, with Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold,
Primes' Helena, Princess Louise, the Luke of Cambridge,
the Prime, and Princess de Join.ille, and the Princess
Pram-owe d'Orleana, accompanied by the dinner company,
and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen io Waiting,
entered the theatre in St. George's Hall, when the per-
refinance immediately commenced.
Her Majesty's private band formed the orchestra.
Refreshments were served in the Waterloo Gallery.

The Queen, with Princess Alice and Princess de Joinville,
drove out this morning in an open carriage and four ;
Viacountess Caatleroise, Lady Emma Talbot, and the
Lady in Waiting, followed in a second carriage and four.
Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood attended on horseback.

The Prince Consort, accompanied by tbe Duke of Cam-
bridge and the Prince de Joinville, went out shooting,
attended by Colonel Punsonby and Colonel the Hon. J.
Macdonald ; Lord Castlercese and Colonel Talbot had the
honour of shooting with the royal party.
Prince Arthur rode out on horseback, attended by Major
Elphinstone.
All the visitors have left the Castle. The following took
their departure in the afternoon :—The Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Colonel the lion. J. Macdonald; the Prince
sod Priucess de Joinville, and Princem Francois. d'Orlwans,
N'iscount and Viscountess Castlemese, and Colonel and
Lady Emma Talbot. Earl and Countess Grey, and Lord
John Manners quitted the Out!e in the forenoon.
The queen will bold a Privy Council at Buckingham
Palace on Monday Dent, the 4th inst.

A Cabinet Council was held yestenlay at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trnaury,
in Downing-street. The ministers present were Vis-
count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornwall
Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of New-
castle, Lord Herbert, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon.
Thomas Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers,
and the Right Hun. Edward Cardwell

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day in the Council Chamber. A
.petition for Napier's
patent prolongation (improvement to smelting ores) was
heard. Lord Crituworth stated that their lordships would
advise the Queen to grant an extension of the patent for the
term of live years. A petition for William Newton's patent
prolongation (improvement in letterpress printing) was
heard. Lord Crauworth, on the part of their lordships,
sitavd that they would advise her Majesty to grant a pro-
longation of the patent for the term of five years. The lords
present were—Lords Cranworth and Chelmsford, and. the
Lads Justices Knight Bruce and Turner.
Despatihes were sent from the Colonial-offico yesterday
to the (inventors of the West India Islands, British Colum-
bia, Canada, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince
Comort,aud the youthful members of the royal family, will
arrive at Buckingham Palace on Monday from Windsor
Castle. The Queen will hold a Privy Council the same
afternoon, when the royal speech to be delivered at the
opening of parliament the succeeding day will be settled.

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The Cambridge Irviependeat says that at the
Concert at Sidney College, the National Anthem
was omitted in compliance with en express wish of the
court and the prince himself, that " for the future, when
his royal highness appears in public, during his stay in
Cambridge, he may be allowed to enjoy himself in quiet,
and be received with silent respect."

His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, K.G., held
his first drswiug•roum fur the season at Dublin Cutle on
Thursday evening.

The Duchess of Inverness gave a grand enter-
tainment last evening, at Kensington Palace, to their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prim:mut
Mary, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
The following were invited to meet their royal high-
nesses Excellency the Ruasian Ambassador and the
Hareem Brunnow, his Excellency the Austrian Ambas-
sador and the Copulae; d'Apponyi, the Duke of Newcastle,
the Earl of St. Germans, the Countess of Erroll, Viscount
and Viscountess Castterms', Lord and lady Napier, Lord
and Lady Cremorae, Count Wimpffen, Baron Buck-Fries,
Hon. Henry Eliot, General Foster, Colonel Home Playas,
Captain Falbe, Mr. Peel, Miss Gor, Mal. Taylor, &c. Later
in the evening her grace hada small assembly.

The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana
Beauclerk bay* returned to town from Buckinghamshire.

The Duke of Rutland comes to town on Monday
from Belvoir Castle, Leicestenhire,

The Earl and Counte& of Winchilaes and Lady
Florence Paget bays left the St. George's Hotel.

His Excellency General von Bonin has left
Maerity's Hokil on hie return to Berlin.

Lord and Lady Willoughby de Ereaby have
arrived in town from Grimthcatie Park, Lincolnshire.
Lord and Lady Wodehouae have arrived at
their residence in Bryanstons•square from Kimberley Park,
Norfolk.

Baron and Baroness Meyer de Rothschild have
been entertaining their Royal Highneeen the Duke and
Duchene d'Aumale and a large party at Mentinore during
the pat week.

Thu Right Ron. Sir Edmund W. Read, Go-
veroor.Geoeral of Canada', and Ludy Heed and the Mimeo
Heed, have left Farrance's Hotel for Liverpool, on their
way to Canada.

Sir Anthony and Lady de Rothachild have en-
tertained a select party during the week at Aston Lodge.
Amongst the company have been the Duchess of St.
Albans .ord Lady Diana Beauclerk, Lady Holesworth,
Omit Wimpffen, Hon. Evelyn Ashler, Sir Henry Dotterel',
Ike Mime Probyo, Mr. Delane, Mr. Waal, Mr. J. Abel
Smith, to.

We (Staffordshire Advertiser) are happy to state
that the Duke of Sutherland has had another favourable
week, ands decidedly improving. The duchess went out
Ear a drive on Thursday for the first time since the duke's
Illness. Besides the duchess, there remain in the house
the daughters of her grace—the Michela of Argyll, the
Marabiaaasa of Kildare, Lady BLmtyre, and Lady Coastance
Gramme ; so that the noble duke, during his severe
Mans, boa bad all the attention and sympathy that could
be offered by his affectionate family. The Marquis of
Stafford and the Hoe. Charles Howard also remain at
Trentham.

The Earl of Lincoln, eldest son of the Duke of
Newcastle, te about to form a matrimonial alliance with
the daughter of Mr. Henry Thome Hope, of Deepdene.
The bride will hare a princely dowry.

Oa Saturday Morning the marriage of Lieu-
tsmaat-Colonel John Francis Cost, of the Grenadier Guards,
and Lady Florence Harriet Lucelles, fourth daughter of
the late and sister of the present Earl et Harewood, was
seleassised in St. Mary's Chapel, Dalkeitistark by the
Very Rev. Dean Ramsay, in presence of a numerous and
fashionable assemblage. The gallant bridegroom in
nephew of the lrrl.o of Buccleuth, and the youthful bride a
niece of the duchess.