The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-07 00:00:00

Abe Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Deo. 6.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
drove in the grounds this morning.
Prince's Louise went out driving, and Prince's Beatrice
also took a carrisp drive.
Lady Napier arrived at the Castle yesterday.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (consisting
for the present of the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and
Turner, Sir LAWTOOCO Peel, Sir Edward Ryan, and Sir
James Ctolvile) is still engaged in the hearing of appeal@
from India and the Eastern dependencies.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Cambridge.
house yesterday for Broodlends, Hants.

Her Majesty, with the junior members of
the royal family, will, it is expected, leave Windsor
Castle on or about the 17th or 19th Mat., and proceed
to Osborne, where her Majesty will spend the Christmas
memo. The Court will probably reside about six weeks
at Osborne, after which the Queen is expected to return to
Windsor.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
attended by Colonel the Hon. Jame' Macdonald, left
Gloucester House, Perk-lane, on Monday afternoon, for
Looniest, Willa, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchionces
of Bath.

The Duke of Devonshire's party at Chatsworth
has separated in consequence of the death of the Earl of
Carlisle.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have
arrived at Trentham. Staffordshire, from Chatewasils.
The Earl and Countess Russell have arrived at
Pembroke Lodge, Riehmoed.park, from visiting Mr. and
Lady Elisabeth Portal at their seat in Hants.

Lord and Lady Taunton and Lady Caroline
Laetrile@ were staying at Castle Howard when the Earl of
Carlisle was taken with his fatal attack. Lord Taunton
and the Hon. Mimes Labouchere were about to leave Castle
Howard for London, on their way to the family mat in
Somersetshire, but, owing to the remarkable change from
the previous day, his lordship stayed at Castle Howard.
We (Foal) have reason to believe that one of the
vacant garters will be conferred on Earl Sower.

The Freeman claims Sir Thomas Henry, the
senior magistrate of the Bow•etreat Polioooourt, upon
whom the queen has been pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood, as an Irishman. He is the son of the late Mr.
David Henry, one of the eminent arm of Henry, ?dollies,
and by whom so many great public works in
Ireland were carried out, and brother•in.law of the hon.
member for Athlone, Mr. John Enrds.

A letter from Mr. James Hannay appears in the
Ediubargh newspapers to the effect that he has resigned Lis
appointment as editor of the Edinburgh Evening Cooruot,
and that he will not be responsible for anything which may
appear in ita columns after the god March neat.

Mr. Ruskin delivered a lecture in the Rusholme
(Manchester) Public Hall Let night, on " Kipp' TM;
11.1ri0C," u it SW advertised, or, as the learned lecturer
himself described it, on " How or whet to read." The
lecture was in aid of the Rusholine Library Fund, and In
every mums it was successful.

The annual meeting of the Salford Working
Men's College was held last night, when the government
prize* aad oertificates were dietributed. Mr. Massey, the
member for the borough, was present.

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The amusements provided for the persons who
are honoured with invitations toCompi4tee are of • peculiar
and, except for the pigeons, somewhat innocent description.
" among the diversions reserved for the guests of the Em-
peror," says the Opinion Norionale, an authority on such
matters, "is pigeon-shooting in the park, and on this bet-
ting more or less high takes place. Several hundreds of
pigeons are many times let fly. Many are brought down
by the murderous lead ; acertain number succeed in beffilog
the skill of the sportsmen, but yen may be certain that
those which escape the gun will not be lost in the forest, u
all, or nearly all, ultimately return to their old quarters.
The sportsmen have, according to their rank, three or four
guns loaded by one or two guards, who heed them in as
they are wanted. The Emperor has standing behind him
six sub-officers of the garrison, who are charged with the
mission of loading the ten guns which are set apart for his
Majesty ; but it is the Baron de Lange who delivers them
into the heads of the Emperor during the sport."
Accounts from Stockholm of the 28th ult, state
that the hurricane at that place has been succeeded by •
fall of snow in sorb quantities th►t no one can now travel
except in sledges. Those, it may be as well to state, are
simply the bodies of carriages taken off the wheels a•d
affixed to a curved framework.

Winter seems to have commenced in earnest in
Russia. A letter from Cronstadt of the 23rd ult. states that
the sea was then frozen there as far as the eye could reach.
Siz sailing vessels, in sight on the previous evening, were
frozen near Tolbsken. The communication on the ion with
Oremlenbaum was practicable both on foot end on horse-
back. Sledging bad begun at Helsingfors, Kuopio, and St.
Michael. At nothing the sea was frozen as far es could
be seen from the shore. Two merchant steamers, with full
cargoes, cos belonging to Finked and the other to swans,
were frozen in at that port on the eve of their intended
departure.

The extraordinary feat of walking 1,000 miles in
1,000 boon is said to have been completed in Liverpool
by a woman calling herself the Australian pedestrian. This
feat was once considered an herculean teak, but recentl►
several women are at heat reported to have moomplisbed it.
PALACI. ONE SHILLINO Day.--
TUESDAY. Dcc. 6.—Adinissions on payment, 924 ; ditto by
mason tickets, 961 ; total. 1,905.