The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-13 00:00:00

frbe Court.

The Queen with the Princesats Alice and Helena
ramie on horseback yesterday morning in the Riding.house
of Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and Prince Consort, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Hy, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, and
Colonel the Hon. A. Harding., left Buckingham Palace at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Frogmoro to visit the
Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty and his Royal Hightails
returned at a quarter past 6 o'clock. The royal party tra-
velled to Windsor and returned to town by special trains
on the Bouth-Western Railway.
Prince Leopold and the Princess Louise visited the British
Museum yesterday.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the
Priming Alice, honoured the performance at Covent-prden
Theatre last evening with their presence. In attendaaos
were the Marchioness of Ely, Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Lord
Harris, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hoe.
A. Hardin*.
The Itieshiemees of Ely has succeeded the Countess of
Caledon as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen.

The Commissioneis for the E;hibition of IKO2 had a meet-
ing yesterday: at their office, 454, West Strand. Present—
F.arl Granville, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Thomas
Baring, M.P., Mr. C. W. Dilks, and Mr. Thomas Fair
bairn.

Count Baptiste Metaxa arrived yesterday at the Colonial-
office with government despatches from the Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial•oice
to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

HMI MAJENTY'S THIRD LEVEL --(THIS DAY).-
This afternoon her Majesty the Queen, aocompaniml by his
Royal Highness the Prince Cowart, left Buckingham
Palates for St. James's Palms, whim her Majesty held a
levee.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, CoVINT-GAIDEN.—aer
Majesty, the Prime Consort, and the Princess Alice,
attended by the Manthiesets of My, the Hon. Eleanor
Stanley, General Grey, Lord Harris, and Colonel the Hon.
A. Harding°, honoured, for the wooed time, the repre-
sentation of the Domino Noir with their presence last
evening.

VISIT Or THI ROYAL CHILDREN TO TEIR BRITISH
MU/MCC—The Princes Helena and Prince Leopold, at.
tended by Lady Portman and Viscount Torrington, paid an
early audios:pared visit yesterday to the British Museum,
and numisid a omeidemble thee inspecting the different
departments of the national collection. Their royal high-
weer were redacted through the building by the heads of
dapartaseata, who pointed out the more remarkable objects
le their notice ; and on arriving at the library the clarifica-
tion and arrangement of the books for affording facilities for
study in the ending-roam were explained by Mr. Parse,
the principal librarian.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will
anis* at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday, from Cam-
bridge. _ _

Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
L. Coaster Apponyi gave • greed entertainmeot, lust
evening, to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, and his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge. The following were invited to inset
their royal highocams :—.Tbe Duke of Newcastle, Maria
Marchissem of Aileabury, the Earl Granville, the Earl and
Cognises of Shelburne, the Earl of St. Germans, Viscount
and Vieountess Sydney, Viscount Chelsea, Maria Countess
Paumpulen, Count M. Esterhazy, Count Wimpffes, Count
lakaoky, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Adeane, and Captain
Lasky. Captain Cad and lady Augusta Cadogan were
in waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and Colonel Tyrwhitt wee in attendance as his
Royal Mosso the Duke of Otmbridge. Later la the
maim the Coaster Appouyi had as assembly.
The Duke of Sutherland has arrived at Stafford
House, St. James's, from Trentham. The duchess remains
with the dowager duchess at Trentham.

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Marquis
of Lora bath returned from Trentham, where they bare
bees staying for the last ten days with the Duchess of
Sutherland and family circle.

The Duke of Somerset will hold hie second levee
te-morrow afternoon, at the Admiralty, Whitehall.

The Marchioness of Salisbury baa issued cards
for an assembly no Wednesday, the 90th last., at her man-
sion io Arlingten.atreat

The Earl and Countess Stanhope give a grand
setertainment on Saturday next to their Royal Highnesdes
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Wary.
The Speaker will hold his second and last levee
this evening, at the New Palace, Westminster.

Mr. R. S. Mulford, M.P., and Mrl. Holford have
arrived at their 111AUS611 in Park•laae, from Westonbirt
Howls. Gloucestershire.

Mr. Henry Mi'bunko entertained at dinner last
evesdag, at his residence in Eatou•plsoe. the Countess of
nataiat sad Lady Melee M'lloiniell, Lord arid Lady Godol•
iii- °shore*, Vincent sad ViBoolllo4llll Bury, Viscount
sad Viseouatess Mahlon, Lord sal Lady Egerton of Tattoo,
Hoe. Freest Deecontle, M.P., sod Mrs. Duncombs, Hoe.
Francis sod Mrs. Stonor, Right Hon. Cecil Forester, M.P.,
sad Sir Henry CottereU.

The meeting of the Irish Roman catholic pre-
lates, convoked for yesterday, is postponed to the middle
Cl April. owing (says the News) to the occupation of the
bishops in several of the dioceses rendering their absence,
at this season. a matter of minute inconvenience ; but it,
is probable that some other cause hes ioduoed this very
sudden postponeseeet—perhaps renewed negotiations with
government upon the subject of the national system of
education.

The committee of the Boy 4 Testimonial have re-
easemectled that the sum of 1001. should be devoted to
the erection of • n.onument on the spot where Captain
Boyd and his sailors lost their lives, 501. for • tablet in St.
Patrick's Cathedral, rod 25/. for grave stomps in the Monks-
tows churchyard, when the gallon are buried. They also
reeesameod the erection of • Boyd Marine Charity at
!lowdown. Others who are best acquainted with the
wishes of Captain Boyd's family object to the marine
asylum, on the mood that it is the business of the state
to erect such an institution ; that it could not be permanent'
without a nation .1 endowment ; and that, not being per-
manent, it would not be an appropriate memorial. They
would decidedly luster a statue in St. Patrick's Cathedral.