31 JANUARY 1857, Page 2

Ot taut.

THE Queen held an investiture of the Order of the Bath, at Windsor Castle, on Saturday ; when the Earl of St. Germans was invested with the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross ; and a number of civil and military officials, whose names have been already mentioned, were invested with the insignia of Knights Commanders and Companions. The third dramatic performance at Windsor Castle took place on Wednesday; the plays selected, Mr. Planche's "Secret Service" and Mr. Dance's "Hush-money."

The Queen has walked abroad every day except Monday, when she was detained within doors by the weather.

Prince Albert has been shooting, and yesterday, with the Prince of Wales, he skated in the Home Park.

There has been a large assemblage of guests at the Castle this week. The list includes the names of M. and Madame Van de Weyer, Lord and Lady Palmerston, Lord Panmure, Colonel Francis Seymour' the Duke of Cambridge, Count Persigny, the Count and Countess Chreptowitch, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir George and Lady Theresa Lewis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Earl and Countess De la Warr.

The Count of Flanders left Windsor Castle, for Belgium, on Monday.