The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-22 00:00:00

Zbe Court.

The Quoin hold a Privy Council at three o'clock
yesterday aftaraoss, at Bucking►a® Palm's. It was
attended by Primo Albert, Earl Granville, Lard President;
the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs; Visocuat Canning, Pestaraster-Ganeral; the Earl
of Hariewhy, Chancellor of the Decay or Lancaster ; Bar.
Sparrow, Lord Steward ; and WO Marquis of Breadalbane,
Lord Casainerlain.

The Hoe. W. Batharst was the clerk of the council I.
waiting.
The Earl of Clarendon sad Earl Granville had audience
of her Majesty.
The Queen was attended by Lord Ernest Bruce, Viet-
Chamberlain ; Lord Camoys, Lind in Waiting ; rairllajoe.
Osroml Berkeley Drummond, Groom le Waiting.
Her Majesty, attended by tits Hon. Eleanor Beasley sad
Major General Buckley, suited the Duchess of Gloncemsr
in the forenoon, at Gloucester-house, Piccadilly.
Priem Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wake
and Prince Alfred, attended by Captain Ds Plat.
The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. Thema.
parry included the Duchess of Hest, the Prises's of Hobos.
lobe Langenburg, and the Princess Adelaide, Primes Ernest
of Leiningen, the Duke tad Peahen of A•gyll, Lady Arms
Maria Dawson, Viscount Torrington, Major. General the
Ham J. Barlett, sad Sir George Coupes.
A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock p.m.
yesterday, at the Foreign-oflice, Downing.sucet, when
the following Ministers assembled : Viscount Palmer-
stow, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl 01
Clarendon, Lard John Russell, Lord Pinson the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Ron. R. Vernon Smith, Sir William
Molseworth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of
Harrowby. The Council sat two hours.

Despatches ware received et the CoWeal-came retards,
from the Getman or $s North AlSillfiCall Provisoes.

FRANCE

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PARIS, MONDLY Bruise.
Vague rumours of the renewal of negoolations at
Vienna, and of a better understanding betwees
Austria and the Western Powers, had an extraordi-
nary effect arm the Bourse to-day. The very Im-
probable report that M. Drosyn de Lhoys is about
to return to °Zoe was credited in many quarters, and
the inference drawn naturally was that the French
Oovernment had become a convert to the policy for
advocating which M. Dronyn de Lhuys was dis-
missed a few days ago. The Rents, although very
firm all day, and in great demand, roes but 16c,
closing at 68fr. 90c., after having touched 69fr.; but
the rise in railway shares was very important;
Orleans rose 261 r.; Rouen, 15fr.; Eastern, 17fr. 60c.;
Lyons and Mediterranean, 12fr. 500. Grand Cen-
tral, which has long been neglected, was in great
demand, and rase 6fr. The Austrian Railway rose
12fr. 60e.

The Imperial Commission and the directors of the
Universal Exhibition lead a cat and dog life together,
and their bickering. materially retard the completion
of the woefully incomplete arrangements. It is the
general opinion that the compose acts in a narrow,
miserly, pettifogging spirit wholly unworthy of their
Zito; They appear to be doing their utmost to
the public with the whole affair, and drive
people away from their doors. Angry at having
been compelled to the issue of free adassioos to ex-
hibitors and the press, they throw all sorts of dif-
ficulties in the way of the privileges intended to be
granted. Exhibitors complain that they are made
to pay for the admission of the workmen whose
armors are seemeary to unpack their goods and
arrange their stalls. I understand that the Imperial
Commission has impounded the money taken at the
doors, and deposited it in the public treasury to await
the settlement of divers &pates. It is reported that
a claim has bees pot forward on behalf of the poor
to one-tenth of the receipts, pursuant to the law
which awards to the poor that proportion of the
money taken at all plasm of public asesuessenf. The
question whether the Palate of Industry falls within
that category will perhaps have to be derided by a
court of law. The shares is the company were in
great disfavour at the Boone to-day, and while
almost every other disseriptios of secunty rose
ooasi-
deeably, they fell lfiefr.
The ?Writ has an article protesting against the
the proton**. of the company to make the exhi-
bitors at the Palace of Industry pay for their admis-
sion to the flas arts exhibition. la rapport of its