The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-05 00:00:00

lir he Court.

OSBORNE, Mt. 3.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday morning and
afternoon.

Yr. Engleheart arrived at Osborne on Thursday, and
had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal
family yesterday.
The Queen held a council to-day, which was attended
by Earl Russell, Earl de Grey and Ripon, mad Mr. Ooschen.
Mr. Helps was clerk of the council.
Earl Cowley, Viscount Sydney, and Sir Charles Young,
Garter, arrived from London this morning.
Lord Cowley was introduced by Lord Sydney, Lord
Chamberlain (Sir Charles Youog attending with the In-
signia of the Order of the Garter), and her Majesty invested
Lord Cowley with the riband and badge of the Girt X.
Earl Russell and Earl de Grey bad audiences of her
Majesty. _

FEB. 4.

Her Majesty drove out yesterday, areompanied by
Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein,
and attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald.
Divine service was performed this morning at Osborne,
by the Rev. G. Prothero, before her Majesty, Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess
Hohenlohe and Prince Christian.

Lieutenant-General the Hon. C. Grey and Colonel the
Hoe. D. de Roe have succeeded Lord Alfred Paget and
Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge as equerries in waiting.
At the °mind' held on Saturday by the Queen, st
Osboue, a proclamation was ordered to be issued, giving
currency in the United Kingdom to the gold coin of the
Sydney mint.
A proclamation was also ordered to be issued, declaring
the Queen's neutrality in the war between Spain and Chili.
At the same council the sheriffs for the English sod
Welsh counties (with the exception of Cornwall and Lan-
cashire) were pricked for the year 1866.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday. Present, Lord Chelmsford, Sir E. V. Williams,
Sir James °oink, and Sir Laurence Peel.

Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colo-
nial-offioe from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Lohman,
Malta, Gibraltar, Vancouver's Island, and British Columbia.
Despatches were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta,
Ceylon, Hong Kong, Labuan, and the North American
Provinces.

HER Ma-mum—The Queen, attended by the
royal suite, will leave Osborne this afternoon, and cross
over to the Clarence Victualling-yard at Gosport, where her
Majesty will be received by the admiral of the port, the
general commanding the south-western district, sod other
officials. The royal train will leave Gosport about &quarter
to 4 o'clock, and is expected to arrive at Windsor about 6
o'clock. Aoeording to the present arrangement§ her Ma-
jesty will remain at Windsor Castle to-night, and proceed
by special train to lowa to-morrow morning in order to
open parliament. After the state ceremonial her Msjeaty,
it is understood, will return to Windsor Castle, and remain
at the palace till Wednesday, and then proceed back to
Osborne by the usual railway route.
_ _

His Excellency the French ambassador enter-
tained at dinner on Saturday evening at the embsesy, Hyde
Park-gate, his Excellency the Austrian ambasstdoe, hi■
Excellency the Saxon Minister, Earl Granville, Lord Fre-
deric Patriot, Mr. Hayward, the Marquis d'Andigni, ha
His Excellency the Danish Minister, General de
Bulow, has removed from Cadogan-place to No. 50, Wilton-
crescent.

The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town on
Saturday from Clamber. The duellers gave birth to a sou
at an early hoer on Saturday morning. Her grace and
infant are progressing favourably.

Lady Moleeworth entertained at dinner on
Saturday evening, the Duke of Wellington, Lady Susan
Vane Tempest, the Earl sod Countess de Grey, the Earl
and Countess of Cork. Lord and Lady Dufferin, Lord Stan-
ley, M.P., the Hoe. F. Cadogan, the Hoe. George Bowing-
ton, the Hoe. F. L. Gower, M. P., Lady Dorothy NeviP,
Mr. Henry Greville, and Dr. Quin.

An " K P." writes to a oontemporsry to say that
be (replied as follows to the usual invitation from the
Speaker sent on his first entering parliament :—" To Mr-
Speaker's Secretary.—Sir,—May I request that you will have
the goodness to inform Mr. Speaker, with my respectful com-
pliments, that it is with very great regret I feel under the
necessity of denying myself the honour of waiting upon
him on Wodoesday, the 18th lust. It is an honour and
pleasure of which I feel oonepelled to deprive myself while
etiquette prescribes that on such occasioos members most
present themselves in other dress than that usually worn by
English gentlemen of the present day.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, —." It is stated that Mr.
Abercromby permitted his guests to ►ppear in ordinary
evening costume.

The members of the new University Club, who have
for some time been serking for temporary quarters during
the building of their club-house on the site of Howohio's
Hotel, hey*, it is said, found aoeommodation at a house at
the earner of Seville-row.

Mr. Holman Hunt, it is said, contemplates a
journey to Jerusalem and s lengthened stay in the Holy
City, with a view to the prosecution of his art.

On the 19111 ult. General Clay, the American
Minister in Russia, while travelling in the interior, was
entertained by the Corporation of Merchants at Moscow.
Oa alighting at the Mercantile Academy, where the dinner
took plans, Oatmeal Clay and Mr. Curtin, hie Secretary of
Legation, were received by the directors of the Academy
cad some members of the committee of reception. Having
been andunted to the banqueting ball, the smote were
again formally received by the committee, and the more
eminent among the company presented to them. The
latter consisted of 127 Rumbles, among whom some of the
great dignitaries of the city are mentioned es having been
present,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF ADMIRALTY.
(Before the Right Hon. Dr. Ltuhingtoo.)

TIM BANDA SID raawiz BOOTY.--Tlli 71116TIIiTH_DA.Y.

This case was resumed at the sitting of the court. It was
the thirteenth day of hearing.
Mr. Mellish, Q. 0., coucladed his address on the part of
General Carib'', and his column.

2dr111;144:740n followed on the same side, and denied
the fighting qualities of Gee. Sir Geo. Whitlock, and said
he had been fitted by one of the Rajahs when he ought to
to bare been fighting. It was the other forces, and not the
fighting reptitAtion of General Whitlock, that had lad to
the surrender of the booty.
His lordship will sit several days this week to hear the
arguments on the part of the defendants, and on the nest
sitting the Attorney-General will open the case on the part
of General Sir Geo. Whitlock.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Wore M. Coinzoiniaose Oenlburo.)
II RN KAMA&

The bankrupt was alinendruper , of Knightsbridge, sines
an assistant, reskliag near Victoria-park. Debts Mi. The
cue has bees before the court limos July, 1864.
Mr. It. Griffiths opposed, for a creditor who bad for-
merly been in the bankrupt's employ. The bankrupt had
disposed of his business at Knightsbridge to his father-in-
law, Mr. Hanley, whom he had been directed to produce
for examittatioe, but this had not been done.

His Honour said he should not pass the bankrupt until
his father-in-law was produced.
Mr. Griffiths asked that very limited protection should
he given.
the Honour—l don't see the advantage of locking him
np. If you send a man to prison a debtor, he probably
oomes one • thief.

Mr. Griffiths —There is • chaplain in every gaol, and
that ought not to be the case. (A laugh.)
Ultimately the case was adjourned sine die, with protec-
tion fora month.

IX It C. WUBS.
The bankrupt was described as a merchant of Spital6elds,
formerly of Lendenhall-street. The liabilities are 10,6631.
including 3,6181. in respect of accommodation bill& The
assets and property held u security are returned at 5,2001.
This was the sitting for examination and discharge.
Mr. M. Abrahams stated tbat the bankrupt had not
answered the requisitions of the assignees, and ea adjourn-
ment for that purpose was now asked.
Mr. 8. Griffiths appeared for creditors.
An adjoarninent was ordered.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The February general sessions of the peace for the
°panty of Middlesex commeeced this morning at the
Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin,
&metal:it-Judge ; Mr. Payne, Deputy Assistantdadge;
and the following magistrates H. H. Harwood, Mr.
Charles White, Mr. Henry White, Mr. Perbury, Dr. Jar-
vis, Mr. Stutdeld, Sir George Hodgkinson, Mr. Loveland,
Mr. Tweotyman, Mr. Hankins, Colonel &riven, Lord
Distant) Owl, Mr. C. B. Johnson, Mr. Loogden, Mr. Giles
Filcher, and Mr. B. Sharp.