The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-12 00:00:00

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WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNZ 11.
The Queen, with Princess Helena and Princess
Louise, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty held a Council to-day, at 1 o'clock, at
which were present Earl Granville, the Duke of Somerset,
and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey.
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Mr. Russell Gurney, and Mr.
Hammond arrived at the Castle, and were sworn in
members of her Majesty's bloat Honourable Privy Council,
and took their seats at the board.

Mr. Helps was the Clerk of the Council.
Earl Granville and Sir George Grey had audiences of
the Queen.
The Lord Chamberlain had an audience of the:Queen to
present several addresses from the House of Lords.
Lord Cremorne and' the Hon. Mortimer Suckville West
were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Miss Durant had the honour of submitting to the Queen
a marble bust of the late Sir Charles Phipps, executed by
command of her Majesty.

The Prince of Wales, attended by the Dean of 'Westmin-
ster, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel
went into the City yesterday forenoon and laid the found:
ation stone of the new house of the British and Foreign
Bible Society in Earl-street.
His Royal Highness was afterwards entertained at
luncheon by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Crown Prince
of Denmark, drove to Kensington Palace yesterday and
visited the Duchess of Inverness. .

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The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the
Crown Prince of Denmark, went to the Philharmonic con-
cert, Hanover-square Rooms, in the evening.
The Duke of Edinburgh presided at the dinner of the
Royal Caledonian Society, given last evening at the Free-
masons' Tavern. His Royal Highness was attended by
the lion. E. Yorke. _

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards honoured the Earl
and Countess of Wilton with their presence at a ball in
Grosvenor-square.
A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Matt Hon-
ourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Council-
chamber, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague.
The lords present were the Lord President, the Right
Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Chichester For-
tescue, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, and the Right Hon.
W. Monsen. Mr. Helps and Colonel Harness attended.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
office from the Governors of Victoria, South Australia,
Western Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Ceylon. the
Mauritius, Natal, Canada, and Heligoland. Despatches
were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Ceylon,
Hong Kong, and Labuan.
At the drawing-room held by her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty, at St. James's
Palace, on Saturday last, Mrs. Mark Napier was presented
by the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Lennox ; Miss Frances Napier,
by her mother, Mrs. Mark Napier; and Mrs. Niabett by
Lady Stafford.

HER MAJESTY'S Jot RNEY To SCOTLAND. Her
Majesty the Queen,with their Royal Highnesses Prince,ses
Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, attended
by Lieutenant-General Grey, Lord Charles Fitzroy, the
Duchess of Athole, Dr. Brown, Lieutenant Stirling, Mr.
Sahl, ke., will, according to the present arrangements,
leave Windsor Castle to-morrow evening at a quarter to
seven o'clock, e'n route for Balmoral.
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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales will give a grand hall this evening at Marlborough
House in honour of the marriage of the Princess Mary of
Cambridge and his Highness Prince Teck.
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His Royal Highness Prince Augustus of Saxe
Coburg, her Imperial Highness Princess Leopoldina of
Brazil, Duchess of Saze, with the infant Prince Don Pedro,
and attended by their Excellencies the Chevalier Machado
Coelho de Castro. Madame Coelho de Castro, and Senator
Candido Borges Monteiro left the Clarendon Hotel yester.
day for Brussels, rid Dover and Ostend. Their Royal and
Imperial Highnesses were likewise attended by his Excel-
lency Baron de Penedo and the members of the Brazilian
Legation. _ _ .

The Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the
Countess of Wilton with their presence at a grand ball last
evening at the family mansion in Grosvenor-square. Their
royal highnesses were accompanied by the Crown Prince
of Denmark ; the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by Mr.
Forbes and Mr. George Forbes, also honoured the countess
with their presence, each appearing in Highland costume.
The Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar were
also present.
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Lady Molesworth received at dinner last evening
their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward
of Saxe-Weimar, the Marquis of Hartington, M.P., the
Earl and Countess of Dudley, the Marquis of Dovrmont,
the Earl Cadogan, the Right Hon. Chichester Forteacue,
M.P., and Frances Countess \Valdegnsvc, Lady Susan
Vane Tempest, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Via.
count and Visoountess Stratford de Re&liffe, Lord and
Lady Londesborough, and Mr. and Mrs. HoHord.
DUDLEY HOUSE, PARK-LANE. —A concert in aid
of the Hospital for Disease.s of the Heart will take place
on Wednesday, June 20, at 4 p.m., under the immediate
patronage of the Earl and Countess of Dudley and the
Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire. A programme
will be duly advertised.