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

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, MAT 4.
The Queen, with Princess Helena, walked and
drove in the grounds this morning.
Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice also walked and
drove.
Prince Leopold, attended by Lieutenant Stirling, took •
drive.
Prince Alfred, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke,
arrived at Windsor Castle this morning.
His royal highness went to London in the afternoon.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale,
visited her Majesty this afternoon.

The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred,
visited the Queen at Windsor Castle yesterday.
The Princess of \Vales, attended by Viscountess Walden.
visited the Exhibition of French and Flemish Pictures at
the French Gallery, Pall-malL
A deputation from the Butchers' Prade Protection
Society, consisting of Mr. E. Hill, Mr. H. Varley, Mr. J.
Short, Mr. T. Pickworth, Mr. W. Fazan, Mr. A. Redman,
Mr. T. Woodley, Mr. H. A. Israel, Mr. J. Cobb, Mr. W,
Mills, and Mr. W. G. Holloway, had an interview with the
Right Hon. Sir Ceo. Grey, at the Home-office, yesterday.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Barnes, M.P., Mr.
Baxley, M.P., Mr. Cheetham, M.P., Mr. Graves, M.P.,
and Mr. Hibbert, together with the following representa-
tives of Sunday-school Associations in London, Liverpool,
Manchester, and other places, viz., Mr. Hugh Booth, Mr.
R. Butcher, Mr. R. G. Clement, Mr. J. S. Davies, Mr. H.
Denby, Mr. J. H. Estcourt, Mr. Thomas Forrester, Mr.
B. H. Grindley, Mr. Edward Holt, Mr. Johnson, Dr.
Parkhurst, Mr. W. J. Popplewell, Mr. C. Swallow, Mr.
W. Warburton, and Mr. W. F. Watson had, an interview
with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, at the office of the
Poor-law Board, Whitehall, yesterday.
A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour-
able Privy Council met at the Privy Council-office, yester-
day, to consider questions relating to cholera. The Lords
present were :—Earl Russell, the Duke of Somerset, the
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. H. A.
Bruce, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley
of Alderley, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Right
Hon. C. P. Villiers. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-
General, Mr. Waddington, Mr. Simon, Mr. Helps (Clerk of
the Council), and Mr. Harrison (the Deputy-Clerk),
attended the committee.

THE QUEEN'S COURT. (THIS DAY.)—Her
Majesty the Queen held a court to-day at Buckingham
Palace. Her Majesty was attended by nearly
all the leading members of the royal household,
a large number of the aristocracy, the corps
diplomatique, and others specially invited who had the
honour of being " received." It was announced that her
Majesty will hold another court on Tuesday, the 19th of
June, and that the Princess of Wales will hold drawing-
rooms on behalf of her Majesty on Wednesday, the Tatrd
instant, and on Saturday, the 9th of June.
Her Majesty the Queen is expected to leave
Windsor Castle on or about the lith inst. for Balmoral.

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The Queen (says the Northern Whig) has made
very liberal and large purchases of Irish poplin for the
wedding trousseau of the Princess Helena.
HAYIKARKET THEATRB.—The Prince of Wales
and Prince Alfred, attended by Major Teesdale and Mr.
Yorke, honoured this theatre with their presence last
night to witness the performance of the Favourite of
Fortune.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings and
the Earl and Countess of Kintore have arrived at the St.
George's HoteL
The Countess of Jersey and Mr. Brandling en_
tertained at dinner last evening his Excellency the Russian
Ambassador and Baroness Brunnow, his Ezoellency the
Spanish Minister and the Marchioness de Molins, the
Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Otho
Fitzgerald, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily
Feel, Count Maffei, Viscount Hamilton, Mr. and Lady
iVirginia Sanders, Mr.Caleraft, &c.

In the recent division on the Marriage with
Deceased Wife's Sister Bill it appears that there was a
majority of twenty English members in support of the bill,
which was defeated by the votes of the Irish and Scotch
members. About 400 members expressed their opinion,
including pairs.
PROPOSED MONUMENT TO Kreo LEOPOLD I.—

Ritualists, MAT 3.—ln to-day's sitting of the Chamber of
Representatives., the President read a bill signed by a large
number of members proposing the appropriation of a mum
of one million francs for the erection of a monument to
the late /Lug Leopold I. The bill has been referred to a
special acsantittee of the holm.