19 JANUARY 1856, Page 2

qt Court.

TEE QUEEN entertained a select and distinguished company at Windsor Castle on 'Thursday, to witness the second dramatic performance this season. The play selected was " The Jealous Wife." Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales were able to enjoy skating on Tuesday in the Home Park. The Prince's shooting companions have been the Count of Flanders, the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Colville, and Lieutenant-Colonel Chapman, the engineer of " Chapman's Attack" at the siege of Sebastopol.

Besides the gentlemen above mentioned, the list of the Queen's guests includes the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, Lord Ashburton, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, the Speaker and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, and Colonel M'Murdo, late Commander of the Land. Transport Corps.