The Press.
London, England, 1856-06-14 00:00:00

Court ant lasts.

Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family,
accompanied by her royal visitors, have passed
the Ascot week as usual at Windsor. Her
Majesty and the Court attended the races on
Thursday,

The Court returns to town today.
Prince Oscar of Sweden will arrive in London early
next week.
The Prince Regent of Baden has visited Glasgow
and the north this week, and returned in time for
Ascot races on Thursday. The ex-Queen of the
French, with the Duke and Duchess of Nemours,
arrived at Dover from Ostend on Tuesday.
A Drawing-room will be held on Friday next.

His Grace the Duke of Rutland continues in a pre.
carious state of health at Belvoir.

Volitttal.

CoraEr Comiens were held at the Foreign-
office last Saturday and Monday. The Councils
were fully attended, and sat three hours and a quar-
ter and two hours respectively.
Some CORRESPONDENCE between Lord Clarendon,
Sir James Hudson, and the Sardinian Government ;
upon the state of affairs in Italy, has been published
this week. Lord Clarendon incloses to Sir James
Hudson the note upon the subject addressed by
Counts Cavonr and Villamarina at the Paris Confe-
rences to the British Cabinet. Lord Clarendon
remarks that, it having come to the knowledge of
her Majesty's Government that it would be agreeable
V) the Sardinian Government to receive a written
reply to that note, proceeds to state on behalf of her
Majesty's Government th at—
• They cannot hesitate to declare their opinion that the
ocsupation of the Papal territory by foreign troops con•
atitutes an irregular state of things, which disturbs the
equilibrium. and may endanger the peace of Europe ; and
that, by indirectly affording sanction to misgovernment, it
promotes discontent and a tendency to revolution among
the people.

Lord Clarendon further states that as this state of
things has now, unfortunately, for some yr.ars peen
established, it may be possible that it could not sud-
denly be brought to a close without some danger to
public order, and the risk of producing events that
all would deplore ; but—

Her Majesty's Government are convinced that the
evacuation of the Papal territory may be rendered safe at
an early period by a policy of wisdom and justice, and they
entertain a hope that the measures agreed upon by the
Governments of France and Austria will lead to a gradual
withdrawal of their respective forces, and to bettering the
condition of the subjects of the Pope.

The note replied to by Lord Clarendon is verbally
similar to that addressed to the French Government,
the substance of which has already been made
public.
MR. SECRETARY LABOUCHERE'S despatch of May 2,
b) Sir Edmund Head, upon the return of three re-
giments to Canada, has appeared this week. Mr.
Labouchere explains that the force, having been ori-
ginally withdrawn from the colony for the support of
the ,Crimean war, simply resumes its functions on
the conclusion of peace.
THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RE-
roam ASSOCIATION has been assumed by Mr. Roebuck.
In an address to the members Mr. Roebuck alludes
to the failure of the Association so far, and proposes
that it should seek to influence the House of Com-

mons by corresponding with the constituencies, or-
ganising elections, and combining in one party as
many members of the Legislature as are favorable
to the views of the Association. Mr. Travers, Mr.
Morley, Mr. Gassiot, and a Mr. Revans, are pr.)-
posed as unpaid finance, corresponding, statistical,
and general secretaries, whose several duties will be
to regulate the accounts, &T.; to organise a plan for
obtaining information with respect to every con-
stituency in the country; to record that information ;
and, by organisation, seek to influence the electors;
and to collect every information connected with the
subjects or departments the Association desired to
reform. The objects of the Association Mr. Roebuck
defines as, " That the administration of our national
affairs may become a national work, and no longer
be, as it is now, the appanage of a small and favored
class ; and that the energy and skill which are
evinced by our countrymen, when conducting their
private affairs, may also characterise the government