The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-13 00:00:00

Ebt Court.

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OSBORNE. JAN. 12.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of
Hesse, drove out this morning.
Major•Geueral the Hon. A. N. Hood attended on horn-
book.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of Heligoland, the Lord High Commie-
Wooer of the lonian Islands, and from the Governors of
Canada and the Bahamas.

His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador has
left Chandcai House cia a visit to the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Bath at Looglaat, Wilts.

His Excelleucy the Prussian Ambassador and
the Countess Bernstorff left Prussia House yesterday morn-
ing for Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty. Their excellen-
cies are expected to return to London to-morrow.
Viscount and Viscountess Castfermis° have left
town on a visit to the Marquis sad Marchioness of Bath at
Loftiest, Wilt&

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Viscountess Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn
have returned to Broadlanda from visiting the Earl and
Counted. of Venda= at Gorhambary.
Lord and Lady Vaughan have left Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Croton Park, Cambridgeshire.
The melancholy news hag arrived from Gibraltar
of the death of Him Cagily Somerset, the youthful and only
daughter of Colonel and Mn. Poulett Somerset.

Sir Charles Wood's Indian policy was very freely
bandied at a meeting of Halifax operatives last night, and,
with one diasentient, a resolution was adopted expressing
the "indignation" of the meeting at the "incompetency
sad obstructive policy " which the rigtt hon. baronet has
made the feature of his Indian Secretaryship. Sir Charles
speaks in Halifax tonight, aid judging by the proceedings
of last night, his reception will be a warm one.

The Naples correspondent of the Times, writing
on the 7th, says :—" Among the festivities of the week
has been • brilliant reception at Lady Strachsu's on
Monday last, at which were present all that are noble or
dii►tinguished of Italians or foreigners now in Naples. The
great attraction of the evening was the beautiful Duchess
of Sutherland, who was present, together with the Duke,
and the Duke and Duchess of St. Arpioo. Of nouns, there
were shoals of Marchese., Marchesinis, and Conies, and all
the rest of the small fry of Italian nobility. On the same
erasing Retort performed at the Fordo in Blisalvtla ddC
hogAilterra. The house was very full, and the enthusiasm
with which the great actress was received was very great.
Last evening Titian. sang for the first time do Leerezia
Borgia at San Carlo. She arrived here on Friday last, and
entered on her first prom on Saturday. She finds, I be-
! lists, all the arrangements of that much vaunted theatre
most defective, and labours under the additional disadvan.
tags of being illsupported, for the company is wretched.
Without being crowded, the house was full, and the per-
formance of Titian. was a great sumer, the audience call-
! iag for her after every act, and greeting her with shouts
of applause."

Accounts from Cognac state that the demand for
bmady is becoming less every day, and nevertheless the
price is firmly maintained. It appears that Nome of the
principal houses of Cognac propose to export their stock on
hand to England, in hope of obtaining a good price for home
cosiumptioa.