The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

Lord Penman) attended the Cabinet Council

Saturday afternoon.
The drawings made by the Royal Family for the
bessilt of the Patriotic Fund will be exhibited at Orford
Neely, to-morrow, and Wednesday.
The Lord Chamberlain has issued cards for a state
%all at Buckingham Palace on the 9th proximo. Her
Weeny has invited • brilliant circle to a juvenile ball as
Tuesday.
Earl Granville, though getting better, is still sat-
tiring, and is quit* unable to luta his house.
The absence of Sir James Graham from the House
a Commons has been occasioned by a severe attack of goat.
The right hon. baronet, who, with Lady Graham sad
daughters, went to Netherby to pass the Raster holidays,
Wm there assailedby gout, through which he bas been confined
to his room for a fortnight. Sir Junes and Lady Graham
oaf family are expected to arrive in town to-day from
Hotherby for the season.
The Marchioness of Tweeddale, after a brief
'ajar= in town, has left for Yuan House, Haddington•
shire. Her ladyship, while in town, received letters from
the Nat of war, which announced the wound of her son,
Lord John Hay, not to be serious, and that there was every
prospect of the gallant young nobleman soon resuming his
duties.
The government of Saxe-Coburg Gotha has just
promulgated the law of succession for the Daby. It is to
, the and, that in ease the Molar duke should die with-
oat leaving direct heirs, the sucosseion shall pen to
Priam Albert and his descendants, but that the reigning
King of Ragland and the heir presumptive to the throne
of Reglad shall be excluded. It is farther enacted, that
If, when the succession shall become vaeant, time shall
be as descendant qualified to sasesed, other than the King
eel we presumptive of Ragland, the King and heir
flail be bound to cense the dahlia to be administered
by a geventor, until a desesselat qualified to succeed
shall have attained his majority. The swap of the
heir presumptive to the duchies is Bred from his majority
as 18,000 fiorins (about 1,8000 a year. According to this
cereugement, upon the death of the reigning duke, who has
as a M, Prince Alfred would beame the heir preeump
Moos Prince Albert immediately succeeding.
Us annual ball at Paris, in aid of the British
Oballtable Fund, has been fixed for the 15th May. It wi:l
mks place es usual at the Judos d'Hiver, under the patron
ogees number of ladles of rank. Oa account of the influx of
obblos attracted by the 'inhibition, it is expected to prove
Oft sir unusual splendour.
ig Meer of the Minister of War, the gallery of
001111 Tad of all the fortified plans in Francs at the Be•ei
dssllewslides will be open to the public during the whole
antkusece of the Universal Exhibition. Fereigisers will

be admitted on presenting tbeirporeporta, and than persons
who may not be provided with them may obtain tickets oa
applioation either to the Minder of War or the general
director of the Diplit des Fortifteations.
_ _ _

In a pamphlet published at Berlin, and pretending
to seal-oSietal origin, it is said that of the battle of the
Alm sad the nisrob of Prises Yeatehtkoff to Baktobi
Semi, the whole garrison of Sebastopol 'misted of just
four battalions sad the body of somata* ; at that time also
noes of the preset outworks added, with the eseeptioa of
the well of the tows.