The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-14 00:00:00

the !Court.

OSBORNE, Aram 13.
The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday
morning, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess
Beatrice, and drove in the afternoon, accompanied by
Princess Helena.

The Princess LAWN/ and Prince Leopold drove out in
the afternoon.

A committee of the Lords other Majesty's Most Honour-
able Privy Council met yesterday in ttwo Council Chamber,
Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords
present were—the Lord President, the Right Hon. W.
Monsell, and the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce.
Colonel RIUTIOSS, R.E., Mr. Help. (the clerk of the
Council), and Mr. Harrison (the deputy clerk of the
Council), attended the committee.

A deputation from the Thames Conservancy, consisting
of Mr. J. Thorp, Mr. T. H. Fry, Captain Right, Admiral
Sir F. W. E. Nicholson, and Mr. A. F. Elmalie, bad an
interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, at the
office of the Board of Trade, yesterday, an the subject of
the Thames Navigation Bill now before parliament.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
office from the Governors of the Mauritius, Natal, Malta,
and Gibraltar.

The Queen, during the recent inspection of the
eavalry barrseks at Windsor, considered that one room
was not sufficient for the use of the married soldiers in the
new quarters now building. Two rooms will therefore, if
possible, be allotted to each married trooper with a family
when the quarters are finished. A large extent of ground
in Spring•gardens, Windsor, has been cleared of houses
and cottages, preparatory to the extension of the Sheet-
street infantry barracks. _ .

The marriage of her Royal Highness Princess
Helena and his Serene Highness Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein will, it is understood, be celebrated in
the private chapel at Windsor Castle. This small but
handsome building is situate at the end of the famous St.
George's Hall, or banqueting room, and is close to the pri-
vate apartments occupied by the royal family. The chapel
is being prepared for the ceremony.
His Excellency the Spanish Minister and the
Marchioness de Moline had a dinner party yesterday.
There were present—The Earl Granville, the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers, his Ex-
cellency the Italian Minister, his Excellency the Hanove-
rian Minister and Baroness Biome, his Excellency the
Saxon Minister, Baron Maude, Mr. Cortina, and Viscount
de la Vega. In the evening some members of the corps
diplomatique met at the Spanish Legation.
The Duchess of Sutherland gave birth to a
daughter yesterday at Stafford House.
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Earl Beauchamp has offered to erect a memorial
in Salisbury Cathedral to his ancestor, Bishop Beau-
champ, who was Bishop of Salisbury, from 1450 to 1481.

A requiem mass was performed yesterday morn-
ing in St. George's Cathedral, for the late Queen of the
French, Marie Amelie. There tru a large attendance.

On Friday last the Rev. Henry Hammond Lub-
bock, clerk, M.A., was instituted to the rectoryof Gunton-
with-Hanworth, in Norfolk, on the presentation of the
Right Hon. Charles Lord Salad, of Glutton-hall, in Nor-
folk. On the same day the Rev. Jamas Wilson, clerk,
ILA., was instituted to the rectory of Town Barninghani,
in Norfolk, on the presentation of John Thomas Mott, of
Town Bermingham-hall, &sq. On the same day the it.
Hobart Singleton Blofeld, clerk, ILA., was instituted to
the violin, of Orniesby-with-Soroutby, in Norfolk, on
the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.

Asea wall is about to be erected at St. Helens,
at a soot of about 10,0001.