The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-01 00:00:00

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The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham-palace.
At the Court General De la Wermora, Commander in
Chief of the Sardinian Contingent with the Allied Armies,
was presented to her Majesty, at an audience, by the Earl of
Clarendon, K.G., the Queen'. principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs and conducted by Major -G 1 the
Hon. Sir Edward Cwt, K.C.H., her Majesty's Muter of the
Ceremoniee. The General was accompaaied by the Marquis
d'Aseglio, Sudinian Minister.
The Right Hon. William E. Gladstone bad an audience,
' and delivered to her Majesty the seal of Chancellor of the
' Ertehequer.
Sir James Graham had an salience, on resigning office as
First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert had an audience, and
delivered to the Queen the seals of office of one of her Majes-
ty's principal Secretaries of State.
Mr. Richard Graves Macdonnell, C. 8., Governor in Chief
of South Australia, was presented to the Queen by Sir
George Grey, one of her Mijesty's principal Secretaries of
State, when her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer
the honour of knighthood upon him.
The Privy Council was attended by Prince Albert, Earl
Granville, Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Lausdowne,Viscount
Palaterstos, Sir George Grey, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Pan-
mare, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Earl of Carlisle,
Sir Charles Wood, Sir William Molesworth, Viscount Can-
ning, Earl Spencer, Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of
Abercoro, and Lord Ernest Bruce (..fllciating for the Lord
Chamberlain).
Her Majesty in Council was pleased to &elm the Right
Hon. George Earl of Cariisls, K. 0., Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland.
Sir George Cornwall Lewis, Bart., was by command of
the Queen sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council, and the Seal of Chancellor of the Eachequer was
by the Queen delivered to the Right Hon. Baronet.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Montagu Earl of Abingdon to be Lord Lieutenant of
Berkshire, his lordship took the customary oath.
By command of the Queen a proclamation was ordered to
be issued appointing Wednesday, the 21st instant, to be
observed as a day of fast and humiliation.
An amended warrant was sanctioned at the Council
appointing Mr. Charles John Tottenham, M.l'., instead of
Mr. Charles Ponsonby Tottenham, M.P., to be sheriff for
Merionethshire for the present year.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the clerk of the Council
in waiting.
Sir t bathe Wood had an audience of her Majesty, and
kissed hands on being appointed First Lord of the
Admiralty.
The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith had an audience of
the Queen, and kissed hands in being appointed President
lOf the Beard of Control for the Affairs of India.
The Queen gave audiences to Viscount Palmerton, Earl
Granville, and Lord Panmure.
Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Mulgrave, Trea-
surer of the Household ; Ldrd Seaton, Gold Stick in Wait-
lug ; Earl Somers, Lord in Waiting ; and Colonel the Hon.
A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting.
Prince Albert presided yesterday morning at a meeting of
the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. His
Royal Highness arrived at the New Palace at Westminster
at 11 o'clock, attended by Captain the Hon. D. de Rue.
Present—Earl Granville, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord
Overdone, the Right on. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., the
Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., Sir Alexander Spearman,
Bart., Sir Charles Barry, Sir William Cubitt, Sir Charles
Eastlake, Sir Richard Viesunacott, Mr. Coulson, Q.C., Mr.
C. W. Dilte, and Mr. W. J. Hamilton (President of the
Geological gociety). Mr. Edgar Bowring, Secretary to the
Royal Commission, was in attendance. Mr. H. Cole, C 8.,
and Mr. Redgrave, R A., were also present. The meeting
broke up at two o'clock.
The queen had a dinner party in the evening. The coin
patty included the Duke of Argyll, the Duke and Dachas
of Wellington, the Turkish Minister and Madame Musunts,
the Prussian Minister and Countess Bernstorff, Lord and
Lady Seymour, Lord George Lennox, Lord and Lady
Ernest Bruce, the Right lion. Sir George Grey,the Right
Hon. Sir John and Lady Young, Rear-Admiral Chad', and
Mor-General Cstor.
Earl Somers and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood have re-
lieved Lord de Table, and Mr. F. Cavendish as the Lord
and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.

HUMILIATION AND PRAYER.
(From hut night's Supplement to the Gasette.)

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By the Queen.—A Proclamation for a Day of
Solemn Fast, Humiliation, and Prayer.
Victoria H.—We, taking into our most merlons consi-
deration the just and necessary war in which we are en-
gaged, and putting our trust in Almighty God that He
will graciously bless our arms both by sea and land, have
resolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy
Council, hereby command, that a public day of solemn
fast, humiliation, and prayer be observed throughout those
parts of our United Kingdom called England and Ireland, on
Wednesday, the 21st day of March nest, that so both we
and our people may humble ourselves before Almighty
God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and in the most
devout and solemn manner send up our prayers and suppli-
cations to the Divine Mtiesty, for imploring His blessing and
assistance on our arms for the restoration of peace to es and our
dominions : And we do strictly charge and command that
the said day be reverently and devoutly observed by all
our loving subjects in England and Ireland, as they tender
the favour of Almighty God, and ;would avoid his wrath
and indignation: And, for the better and more orderly
solemnising the same, we have gives directions to the meat
reverend the archbishops,and the right reverend the bishops
of Boglend and Ireland, to compote a form of prayer suit-
able to this occasion, to be used in all churches, chapels,
and places of public worship, and to take care the same be
timely dispersed throughout their respective dioceses,—
Given at our court at Buckingham Palace this twenty•
eighth day of February, in the year of our lord one thou-
sand eight hundred end fifty-five, and in the eighteenth year
of our reign. Got save the Queen.

(Fran last dihtY Supylootekt to thr Gessis.)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day
day of February, 1855 ; present, the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty in Council.—Triv day the Right lion. Sir George
Cornewall Lewis, Bart., was, by her Majesty's command,
sworn of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and
took his place at the board accordingly.—Her Majesty in
Council was this day pleased to declare the Right Hon.
George William Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, Knight of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter, Lieutenant• General and
General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom
called Ireland.

COMMITTIIS OP COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.-AB
order is Council published in list night's Gazette appoints
the Lord President of the Council for the time being, the
Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John
Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Canning, Sir Geo.
Grey, sad Sir thyme Cornwall Lewis, to be a committee
of council to superintend the application of any nuas of
money voted by parliament for the purpose of promoting
public education.
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Mr. Speaker will hold his lams, at 89, Eaton-
'guars, at 10 o'clock p.m., on the evenings of Saturday, the
10th Much, sad Saturday, the 17th of Much, 18.55.
COUNTY COURT JUDGRS.—The Lord Chancellor

has just made an order altering the circuit of some of the
county court judges. Mr. Bornay has been removed
from Circuit 34 to Circuit 20, held by the late Mr. Hild- I
yard •, Mr. Cooke, of Circuit 11, at Bradford, has beau ap-
pointed to Circuit 34 ; and Mr. Lonsdals, the last appointed
judge, is to take the circuit held by Mr. Cooke.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE'S VISIT TO THE CAllift4l
A letter from Paris states that M. Oily, a steward of the
Tuileries, specially attached to the service of the Empress,
has left for Constantinople, in order to prepare suitable
apartments for her Imperial Majesty in one of the summer
residences of the Sultan upon the Bosphorus. The ladies of
honour who accompany her have been ordered, it is said,
to include their ball dresser in their wardrobe, the inferable
beim, that the Turkish capital is net the only owe which is
to be visited.
PRUSSIAN CONDITIONS.—Lettsre in the indlpned.

axe' Beige state that ld. Utedors, when is Loudon, pre- I
posed seaditions for the special treaty with Prairie, width
were deemed altogether Inadmissible. Two of they were,
that the pump of a foreign army through Germany should
not be &mimeo& ; and seconaly, that France should gas-,
nodes to ?rondo the peerearion of the territory of the Dasby
of Posen, sad abstain from carrying the war into the Polish
territory.