The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-26 00:00:00

ANNOUNCE.VENTS BY " THE OWL."

We understand that it is the intention of her
Majesty next year to hold drawing-rooms and also t 3 give
some " breakfasts" in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
—The Sultan will arrive in London on the 13th July, and
Ituckin3hani Palace is now being splendidly prepared for
h;* reception. A conservatory is being built, and two
tents will be erected in the garden, which is receiving
large quintities of plants from Hew Gardens. The
apartments prepared for the Sultan's occupation look out
upon the pleasure ground of the palace.—The Queen of
Prassia 101 remain bore a fortnight on • visit to the
Queen. Her Majesty will be attended by Count Nestel-
rode, CountNis Schouleubmg, • secretary, and a doctor.—
His Royal Highness the Pr.nce of Wales, attended by the
Duke of Sutherland, Captain Arthur Ellis, and the Hon.
Oliver Montagu, will leave London on Friday next for
Para, and sill return in time to be present at the
ball et Buckingham Palace on the 3rd of July.—
His Royal Highness Prince Christian has been appointed
Ranger of Windsor Great Park.—Count Gleichen has been
appointed Constable of the Round Tower, an office, we
believe, of some emolument. —The Viceroy of Egypt will
arrive in thia country on Monday next, and will be the
guest of Mr. Larking, at The Firs, Blackheath (his high-
ness's agent in this country). The fact of his approaching
visit bus been intimated to Lord Stanley, so it yet may
not be too late to make arrangements for his reception
more in accordance with the position of the Viceroy, not
only as a reigning prince, but as one of our truest and
most important allies.—We learn that the decision of the
court-martial held at Simla on Captain Jervis has at last
been confirmed, and consequently that gentleman is no
longer in her Majesty's service. We are also informed that
be is to receive 1,1(C0i. on account of his commission.—
It is probable that the Reform Bill will be sent to the
House of Lords about the 12th of .July,—At the review,
which is definitively fixed for the sth inst., there will be
about 9,000 men. There will be 13 battalions of foot, 7
regiments of cavalry, 2 batteries of horse and 2of field
artillery, with 24 guns. The command will be taken by
his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. The cavalry
will be commanded by the Earl of Lucian, the artillery by
Colonel Phillpotta, R.H.A., and the horse artillery by
Colonel D'Aguihsr,C.B.—There are but thirty-five presenta-
tions to be made at the drawing-room to-morrow--the
smallest number within memory.—Lord Westbury (ex-
LordChancellor)hasconsented toactas first arbitratorunder
the working arrangement proposed to be concluded between
the South Eastern and Brighton Railway Companies.—
The Hon. Reginald Abbott has been appointed additional
private secretary to Lord Derby.—The programme adopted
at the mccing of the Irish Peers and members of the
Lower House, for the purchase, consolidation, and man-
agement by the state, through a parliamentary commis-
sion, of the existing lines of II Mb railway, was presented
to the cabinet on Saturday afternoon, but at so late an
hour it could not be taken into consideration. Lord Lucan
and the Marquis of Clanricarde have received all intima-
tion from the Premier that the entire subject will be dis-
cussed at the council of ministers on Thursday next, when
there is every probability that the committee of cabinet
members and practical railway financiers promised by Lord
Derby will be nominated.

A whole fleet of English yachts is at this
moment in the harbour of Dieppe. Amonget them are the
Surf, Water Kelpie, Queen, Ellen, Pantomime, Zayda,
Amulet, Aline, &c.

Marshal Forey is improving in health, as the
paralysis with which he wu struck is now confined to the
right arm.

Yesterday evening the Fishmongers' Company
gave • sumptuous dinner in their 1114 near London-
bridge, the company including a large number of members
of the livery. The chair was taken by the Prime Warden
(Mr. Walter C. Yenning). The company, numbering about
200, included Mr. Bright, M.P., his Excellency the Han-
seatic Minister General Fox, Mr. DaWish, M.P., Mr. T.
Barnes, M.P., Mr. M'Kenna, M.P., Colonel Stepney, the
Hon. Adolphus Liddell, Q.C., Mr. David Mahoney, Mr.
Samuel Morley, Mr. John btorley, Mr. George Moore, Mr.
J. E. Burkitt. &c. The chief interest of the proceedings
was s speech by Mr. Bright, M.P.

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, JIM 25.
The Queen drove yesterday afternoon down
to Frogmore, and took leave of Prince and Princess
Christian.
Princess Louise and Prince Louis of Hesse rode ins
horseback, attended by the Honourable Nary Ls/cense
and Lord Alfred Paget, and Princess Beatrios took a
drive.

Prince and Princess Christian, attended by the Hon.
Mrs. Gordon and Colonel G. G. Gordon, left Frogmore
last evening for London, en rouge to the Continent. The
infant Prince Christian Victor arrived at Windsor Castle
this morning from Frogmore.
The Queen of Prussia, attended by Countess Schulen-
bonrg, Count Nasselrode, Dr. Vetten, and Dr. Brandi.,
arrived at the Castle at half-past I to-day.
Viscount Torrington also attended her Majesty.
The Prinoe of Wales, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel
Keppel, met her Majesty at the Waterloo Junction os the
South Western Railway, and accompanied her Majesty to
Windsor.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince
Louis of Hesse, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely,
Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Cavendish, the Equerry
and Groom in Waiting, upon horseback, drove down to
the railway station in Windsor, and met the Queen of
Prussia. Their Majesties drove direct to the Castle.
Princess Louis of Hew, Prince Leopold, and Princeu
Beatrice, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting,
met the Queen of Prussia at the bottom of the staircase.

Her Majesty then was conducted to her apartments by
the Queen.
The Prince of Wales remained to luncheon, and returned
to Marlborough-house in the afternoon.

Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lieutenant
Colonel and Mrs. G. G. Gordon, left England yesterday
morning in the " Maid of Kent" for the Continent, on •
visit to the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Augustenburg
and other members of the Prince's family in Silesia.
Their Royal Highnesses will be absent from England
for seven weeks, during which time the infant Prince will
remain with her Majesty.

Her Majesty will hold a council at Windsor Castle to-
day (Wednesday), at 3 o'clock.

A deputation consisting of Lord Wharncliffe, Viscount
Milton, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Henry D. Seymour,
M.P., the Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, M.l'., Mr. C. Waring,
M.P., Mr. E. W. Watkin, M.P., Mr. R. B. Sheridan,
M.P., Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., Sir R. Anstruther,
Bart., M.P., Dr. Cheadle, Mr. A. R. Isbister, M.A., Mr.
G. Molyncaux, Mr. J. M. Grant, Mr. F. Alger, and Mr.
Joseph Nelson, hail an interview with the Duke of
Buckingham, at the C,olonial.office yesterday, on the subject
of the Red River Settlement and the opening up to
colonisation of the North West Territory.
A deputation from the Newton Abbot Union, introduced
by Sir Lawrence Palk, M.P., and consisting of Mr. Lear,
Mr. Weymouth, and Mr. Kitson, bad an interview with
the Earl of Devon, at the office of the Poor Law Board,
Whitehall, yesterday.

Mr. D. 0. Hill, R.S.A., has had the honour of submit-
ting to her Majesty's inspection the picture painted by him
representing the First General Assembly of the Free Church
in Scotland.

Henri. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., of Bruton-street,
had the honour of submitting to the Queen their magnifi-
cent Tennyson Vase in oxydised silver, p►rtly gilt, which
ham been manufactured by them expressly for the Paris
Exhibition, and designed and modelled by H. H. Arm-
stead.