The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-19 00:00:00

ebt Court.

The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the
Privy Council-oifloe. Present, the Lard President, the Duke
of Somerset, Viscount Palmerston, and the Right Hon.
Robert Lowe.

The Attorney-General, Mr. Helps, Clerk of the Council,
and Mr. Waddington, Under• Secretary of State for the
Home Department, were in attendance upon their lord-
ships.

Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from his
seat, Broadlands, Hants.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial•ofliae
from the Governors of the Australian Colonies, Ceylon,
Hong Kong, and Gibraltar. Despatches were sent to the
Governor of Canada, and to the Lord High Commissioner
of the ionise Islands.

The Prinoe of Wales took leave of the royal
family of Denmark at Cologne, and went on to Glenn,
where he petaled the night. Hu royal highneas WAS to pro-
ceed the next day to Reinhardtebrunn, to join Queen Yin.
tee's.

The Berlin journals announce that the Prince
aad Princess Royal of Prairie, with their children, have
I left the Prwrian capital for Gotha.
His Excellency the Turkish Ambasaador haa
arrived in Brianston-ognare, from St. Leonardo.

The Karl and Countess of Derby have been on a
visit at Loephawe Lodge, Derbyshire, the shooting boa of
his Grain the Duke of Rutland.

The Marchiouesa d'Audignoi was safely delivered
of a boo end heir yesterday, at her residence in St. George's-
place. Hee ladyship and infant are progressing favourably.

The Viscountess Hood and Captain Tibetta have
left Brown's Hotel for Barton Seagram
Lord Harris has arrived at his residence in South-
street, from his seat, Belmont, near Feversham.

Lord and Lady Otto Fitzgerald have returned to
Carlton-house-terrace from Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Yesterday the Marchioness of Carmarthen g►ve
birth to a see ►t 13, II eracrd-otraet, Park•laee.

Angling is becoming quite a fashionable sport
with ladies in the north of Scotland. Among other pisca-
torial feata performed by fair hands, we notice that on
Tuesday List week the Duchess of Richmond landed from
the Spey a fine grilse weighing 51b., and three sea trout, her
graos's drill and luck being, however, surpassed os themes.
river by Lady Caroline Cordon Lennox, who on the Thurs-
day killed a admen of 91b. and a grilse of 71b., winding up
her line and the week's doings on the Friday by "basket-
Leg" a splendid salmon of 20110.

The Hon. and Rev. W. H. Scott, rector of Maiden
Newton, and the bishop's chaplain, who had just accepted
the Archdesoonry of Dorset, resigned by the Prebendary
Hurtable, rector of Sotto" Waldron, kiss since declined the
appointment and requested the bishop to nominate some
other clergyman to it. Mr. Scott, after an examination of
the responsibilities of the office. was of opinion that his age
and the state of his health would render him unequal to the
discharge of the duties.

On Weduesiay last the Roy. William Francis
Jen Blake, clerk, was instituted to the rectory of Great
Dunham, in Norfolk, on the presentation of Robert Blake
Humphrey, Beg., of Wrexham, in the same county.
A missionary association has been formed in
Trinidad (or the purpose of bringing Riede° Christian
teachers front India to act u interpreters, cateehista,
teachers of schools, and assistants to the clergy in evan-
gelising the Coolie immigrants.
The municipality of Florence has entrusted its
gonfaloniere, the Marquis Ferdinand° Bartolommei, with •
mission to Princess PM, for the purpose of presenting to
her, on the occasion of her marriage, • cup of agate, partly
encircled with • dragon of gold, eat with two diamonds for
its eyes, and otherwise adorned with enamels and beautiful
carvings, executed by IL Luigi &overrun in the style of
&neonate CelliziL

Official notice has been published that the
Legislative Chamblee of Denmark have been convoked to
meet at Copenhagen on the 4th of October next.

A new journal is about to be published at Nice,
andel the title of the Prows Aferidiosok. MIL Alexandre
Dumas, Idery, and Alphonse Barr will be among its
contributors.

The number of visitors to Ostend this season
seems likely to exceed that of the exceptional year 1857.
On the let October of that year the number attained was
15,000 ; in the present year at the present time 14,643 have
been inscribed.

Both in Demean and Antigua the qneetion of
introducing black aad coloured labourers from the United
WWI is seriously under consideration.

Desertion is very common amongst the English
troops at Trinidad. It appears that the soldiers desert to
the Spanish main, where they get good pay to act or drill
sergeants.