The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

BALMORAL, Auouar 28.
Her Majody held a Privy Council yesterday
morning.

The Prince Consort, Lord John Russell, and the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert attended the Council.
Mr. Helps, Clerk of the Council, WWI in attendance.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Idiot, and attended
by the Hun. Beatrice Byng, left the Castle yesterday for
Altura-Guiseach, where her Majesty remains until this day.
The Prince Consort went out deer-stalking, and joined
'her Majesty at Altma-Guiwach in the evening.
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Princess Helena and Prince/us Legge rude to the Garr-
wait yeatvnlay morning.

Sir George C. Lewis left town yesterday for Harpton
Court, Radnor.
liespiitchee were received yesterday at the Colonial-elate
from the Uovernor of la.

The ex-Queen of the French, before leaving Tun-
bri.lje•welle, honoured Sir Walter and Lady Caroline
Stirling with a visit at their seat at %Inwood.

The Duke and Duehem of Hamilton and family
are expected to arrive from Germany, on their way to
Brodrick Coatis, Isle of Arran, for the shooting I,OIIAOII.

The Earl and Countess of Cork aro staying at
Homburg, where the M.aniuie and Marchioness of Mari-
carde, and Mr. Beaumont, M.P., and lady Margaret Beau-
mont, are also residing.

Animq the visitorst now at Brighton are Viscount
and Viscountess St. Vincent and family, Lord Ashley, the
Count and CountessDismdoff, Lady Cathcart, Lady Paulett,
Lkly Henniker, the Earl of Howth, Lord Craastonn, Gene-
ral Bloomfield, the Hon. Dudley Want, Sir Richard Broke,
Bart., Heron de Cetto, the Bavarian Ambsasedor, kr.
The English Minister, Lord Bloomfield, has left
Berlin fur Leipsig, whence his excellency will proceed to
the tastle of Count Hohenthal, where the betrothal of the
English Minister at the Danish court, Mr. Paget, to the
Countess Hobeuthal, rvviently lady of honour toile Princess
Fi,deric William, will be celebrated. The marriage is to
take place in September.

Colonel Burnaby, of the Grenadier Guards,
embarked on Sunday at Marseilles, on hoard the Clyde, for
Beyrout. This officer, who is charged with a military
iniaion, is going to join Lord Dulferin is Syria.
Correcting a parvraph to the effect that he had
resigned the superintendence of the royal gun factories, Sir
W. Armstrong writes :--e" I have neither tendered my
resignation nor had the slightest communication with the
War-ofnce on the subject, but I may add that although
my engagement with the government is for a term of years,
yet that I have no intention of retaining either the office
or the emolument longer than my eervices may be required
for perfecting the system of artillery which I have been
the meairi of introduciug. I may also lie allowed to rei,nuk,
lest certain words in the paragraph should give rim to a
eontmiy impression, that although the duties of the office
which I have the honour bi hold do not demand my con-
stant attendance at Woolwich, yet they are such as to
&lamb my whole time and atteutiou."

The Kerry property of the late Mr. St. John
Masse we mold the other day in the town of Killarney, by
order of the Landed Estates Court, It was divided into
three lots, which realised about 7,0001., being neatly 2,000 f.
o►er the mend estimate. The rates obtained were
extremely high, the lota producing respectively 35, 32, and
W 1 veers' purchase, with, no prospective increase in the rent.
rolls aa the letting had been made during the present year,
and, in addition, all the royalties are "swerved to the chief
landlord.

The city of Marseilles (says a local journal) in-
tends to offer a diamond bracelet, worth 70,00nfr., to the
Empre.. on her lfajeaty'is approaching visit to that place.
It in to be ornamental with a large medallion bearing the
arms of the city, and in the interior of the medallion, which
is to be opened with r spring, is the portrait of the Imperial
Prince.

M. Caludo has ifteuoil his programme for the
Itahae ne4uou at Paris. The principal singers are Mesdames
Pen co, liattu ; Moors. Mario, Gardoni,
Grasiani, Zucchini, Angellini, and Paneaui, the last of
whom is the only novelty iu the list. lie is said to be a
tenor of merit.

Toe rubearsala of "Le Tannlimner" are now pro-
epaliag with activi►y at the Orand Opera, Paris. M.
Richard Wagner has arrived to superintend them.
At Milan the adventures of Garibaldi are made
the subject ..f a military ballet, In which the heroic leader
sienna and wield. his sates amid this almost frantic plaudits
of the medic !

A piece with the title of "Lee Riflewomen, ou
Ls@ Volostairce (seems d'Akilsterre," has been raceib el at
the ThEitra Beaumarchais, Park

The Sernaphore of 31;rsoilles says :—"Two Sisters
of Charity, both young, and cooling direct from Damascus,
w►ence they were able to escape through the protection of
Abd-el•liader, panned through Marseilles two days ago on
their way to Paris, socompauk,l by s tireek priest. One of
these young females ha.i her right ear rut otf by the Droves
at the moment ahem she au attending on some wounded
Chriatiaae, who had talon refuge iu the convent where she
resided."

The Czar of CIMODW has just rseeireti a warning
fur haviag " for some time past represented the political
sitnstion of Italy ins lig t (avowable to the revolt against
the legal eovernmeut, having loosnles obstinately persisted
in defenditig teudeneies iinsonpatible with the interest of
the state," kc.