The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-01 00:00:00

Cite Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Juxt 29.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon.
Princess Beatrice drove out in an open carriage.

Prince Leopold also drove out, attended by Mr. Legg.
The Queen, the Queen of Prussia, Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and
Prince Leopold, went out in the grounds this morning.
The Queen of Prussia, attended by Countess Schulen•
bourg, Count Nesselrode, and Dr. Brand* went to London
today and visited the British Museum ; and honoured
the Prussian ambassador and the Countess de Bern-
storff with a visit at the embassy. Her Majesty
afterwards visited the Princess of Wales at Marlborough•
house, and from thence drove to the National Memorial
to the Prince Consort, in Hyde-park, and the Horticul-
tural Society's Gardens at Kensington ; after which her
Majesty returned to Windsor Castle.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, Princess Louise and Prince Leopold, drove
beyond Bagshot this afternoon for the purpose of laying
the foundation stone of an addition to the Albert Orphan
Asylum at Collingwood•court.

The suite in attendance consisted of the Marchioneu of
Ely, the Baroness Schinck, the Hon. Florence Seymour,
Viscount Strathallan, Colonel Cavendish, Major-General
Sir T. M. Biddulph, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel the Hon.
D. de Roe, and Mr. Legg.
Her Majesty was received by the officers of the institu-
tion and received an address, after which her Majesty
laid the first stone with the usual formalities.

The Bishop of Winchester offered a prayer on the occa•
lion, and the children sung a hymn.
The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Secretary of State for
the Home Department, was in attendance upon her
Majesty during the ceremony.
The Queen and the royal family afterwards honoured Sir
James Clark with a visit at Bagehot•park.

The Prussian Ambassador and Ccantes. de Ilernstorff
arrived at the Casette yesterday, and had the honour of
dining with the Queen and the Royal Family.

JUNE 30.

Her Majesty the Queen, the Queen of Prussia, Prince
and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Louise, and Prince
Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting,
attended Divine service in the private chapel this
morning.
The Ver7 Rev. the Dean of Cork preached the sermon.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Malines-
bury, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir
John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L.
Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord John
Manners, Lord Naas, and the Right Hon. S. H.
Walpole.

Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American Provinces,
Bermuda, and British Honduras. Despatches were sent
to the Governor of the Bahamas, and to the Governor.
General of Canada.

Her Majesty tho Queen, with the junior members
of the royal family, will, it is expected, leave Windsor
Castle for Osborne on the 9th of July. The Queen will
remain at Osborne for a few weeks, and then return to
London en rouge for Balmoral.

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz dined with the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury on Saturday evening, at Lambeth
Palace. The following company joined the dinner circle:
—His Excellency the Netherlands Minister, the Duke and
Duchess of Wellington, the Duchess of Northumberland,
the Earl and Countess Stanhope, the Earl Bathurst, the
Earl of Morley, the Countess Vane, Lord and Lady Taun-
ton, Lord and Lady de Roe, Lord Ravensworth, the Right
Hon. Sir George Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8., and Hon.
Lady Seymour, General the Hon. Sir Edward Gust, Count
Strezlecki, Hon. Mrs. Bourke, &c.

Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess
de Paris honoured the Earl and Countess of Derby by their
company at dinner, at their residence in St. James's-
square, on Saturday evening. There were present to meet
the royal guests the M►rluis of Abercorn and Lady
Georgians Hamilton, the Marquis of Waterford, the Earl
and Countess of klaoclesfield and Lady Elisabeth Parker,
the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Viscount and Vis-
countess Sydney, Lord Hyde, Lard Henry Lennox, Lord
Stanley, Hon. Frederick and Lady Constance Stanley, and
Boerio, in waiting on the Countess de Paris. The
noble earl was unable to join the dinner circle owing to
a slight rheumatic attack. The countess afterwards had
a reception, which was numerously and fashionably
attended.

On Saturday night the Duchess of Buckingham
and Chandos threw open Chandos House for the first time
since the mansion has been occupied by the family, for an
assembly. At a dinner party previously to the reception,
there were present the Earl of Mahan/bury, the Earl and
Countess of Haddington and Lady Frances Beillie Hamil-
ton, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford and Hon.
Xis Thesiger, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, M.P.,
and Mrs. and Miss Hardy, Mr. W. H. P. Gore Langton
and Lady Anna Gore Langton, Mr. Du Pre, M.P., Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Hotham, Mr. and Miss Langton. Mr.
H. L Bryant, &c.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady
Emily Villiers have left town for Faris,

TM. month there is to be a grand regatta on the
Seine, which is open to all the world. It will take place
on the 9th and following days, under the p►tronage of the
Emperor of the French, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke
of Edinburgh. Committee :—The Prince of Wale., the
Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Sutherland, Hon. G.
Denman, M.P. (treasurer), Rear• Admiral Sir F. Nicolson,
Bart., C. 8., Rear-Admiral Ryder, R.N., Mr. C. J. Selwyn,
Mr. S. R. Graves, M.P., Rev. William Roger., Captain
Hoare, R.N., Mr. J. Macgregor, Mr. J. W. Chitty, Mr.
Allan Morrison, Mr. C. Wylde (hon. sec.), and Mr. E. D.
Brickwood, manager.
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Tas TURKISH EMBASSY. —His Excellency the
Turkish Ambassador and M. E. MUJUMS left town yes•
terday for Paris, in order to reoeive his Imperi►l Majesty
the Sultan on his arrival there.

The Fox Club's annual flab dinner was held at the
Trafalgar, Greenwich, on Saturday. There were present
the Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of
Dartrey, Lord Carew, Lord Mostyn, Lord Dacre, Colonel
Adair, Sir E. M. Buller. Bart., M.P.,Hon. Edward Coke,
Lord Camoys, Sir Henry Cottrell, art. Mr. John Cotes,
Marquis of Normanby, Mr. Frederick Du:ndas, M.P., Right
Hon. J. W. Fitzpatrick, Lord Methuen, Lord Poltimore,
Mr. John St. Aubyn,M. P., Mr. A. K. Stephenson,Viscount
Sudley, Sir William Scott, Bart., M.P., Lord Suffield, Mr.
E. Thump, Sir H. Williamson, Bart., M.P., Hon. J. H.
Vernon, Mr. H. H. Vivian, )1.1'., Hon. G. Vernon,
Colonel erratum., hc.
Quaturrr MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. —The monthly
meeting of this society was held at University College on
Friday ; Mr. Ernest Hart, president, in the chair A paper
was read by Dr. Robert Braithwaite on " The Organiza-
tion of Moises," which he prefaced by some remarks on
the writers on bryology, and afterwards described the
distinctive characters of the spores, stems, leaves, repro-
ductive organs, development of the fruit, sporangium, Ito.,
as well as thehabitata of mows, modeof collecting, exami-
nation, preservation, and uses. He was attentively lis-
tened to by a numerous audience of members and visitors,
who, at a a:numeral:lone which followed, had an opportunity
of viewing under the microscopes carefully prepared
speciesm
ens illustrative of the paper. Four members were
elted.
Her Majesty in Council has been pleased to'
grant a charter of incorporation to the Poor Clergy Belief
Society.
Mr. Harvey Lewis, M.P. for the borough of
Marylebone, has been appointed a deputy-lieutenant for
the county of Middlesex.

Numerous applications having been made to the
War-oflice for tickets for the Hyde-park review, it is
stated that tickets are only procurable at the office of the
Board of Works, to whom the entire distribution him been
entrusted.

A valuable collection of modern pictures, in-
cluding the collections of Mr. W. Brocas, R.H.A., Mr. W.
Dixon, and numerous other works from different private
collections, was dispoeed of on Ssturday last at the rooms
of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods, in King-street,
St. James.