The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Ditc. 9.
The Queen walked in the grounds and drove,
accompanied by Prince's Christian and Princess Louise.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinatone, left she
Castle this morning for Greenwich Park.
Prince Leopold west to London, attended by Mr. Duck.
worth.

The Earl and Countess of Derby and Major-General
Ormsby, 8.A., bad the honour of dining with the Queen
and the Royal Family yesterday.
Lord and Lady Derby, the Bishop of Oxford, and
Major-General Ormsby, have left the Castle.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present
were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Marlborough, the Right Hon.
Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of
Buckingham and Chandos, 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, the Earl of Mayo,
and the Right Hon. Spencer H Walpole.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the Bahamas, British Hondu-
ras, and the Governor-Generalof Caaada.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales leaves
Sandringham to-morrow on a visit to the Earl and Coun-
ting. of Dudley at Buekenham, near Cromer, where his
royal highness will remain till Thursday. The Earl of
Dudley has invited a diatingui:hed circle to meet the
Prince for shooting.

The Marchioness of Abercorn and Lord George
Hamilton left Chesterfield House on Saturday for Cannes.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury left town
a few days ago for Pais, on their way to Pan, where it is
the intention of the oounteu to paw the winter for the
benefit of her health. The noble earl will return home
about the middle of next month.

The Earl and Countess of Portarlington intend
to remain in ltsiy till late in the spring of the ensuing
year.

Viscount Stratford do Radcliffe and Hon. Miss
Canning have left town for Upleatham Hall, on a visit to
the Earl of Zetland.

Lord Londesborough left Grosvenor-square at
the close of the past week to receive a shooting party at
his extensive preserves in the neighbourhood of Scar.
borough. Lady Londesborough remains in town.
Lord Elcho, M.P., has left town on a visit to
the Earl and Countess of Dudley, in Norfolk.

The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
has so far recovered from bi■ attack of lumbago as to be
able to attend the Cabinet Council yesterday. Mrs. Di,.
raeli is almost entirely recovered from the effects of her
serious illness.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, as well u
the Duke of Northumberland, h►ve arrived in Paris.

At the meeting of the Royal Geographical
Society last evening letters were read from Dr. Kirk, of
Zanzibar, 14 days later in date than the last that have been
published. He is very sanguine that Dr. Livingstone is
alive.

Subjoined is a list of the insurances effected on
her Majesty's Theatre, exclusive of the surrounding
houses; several of the offices, however, have lessened
their risk by re-insurances in other offices not named :
On the building—Liverpool and London and Globe,
10,000/. ; Northern, 6,000/. ; Lancashire, 5,003/. ; Sun,
4,000/. ; Atlas, 3,000/. ; Manchester, 3,0001. ; North British
and Mercantile, 2,000/. ; and Commercial Union, 2,000/.
On properties—North British and Mercantile, 6,000/. ; and
Royal, Liverpool, 3,oool.—making a total on the building
and properties of 44,0001. The insurances by Messrs.
Graves and Co., the print-sellers, are stated to be—Alli-
ance, 7,000/. ; Northern, 5,000/. ; County, 3,74. ; Sun,
3,0001. ; Westminster, 3,0001. ; Hand-in-hand, 3,000/. ;
Liverpool and London and Globe, 3,0001.; Lancashire,
3,000/. ; and Western, 3,0001.—a total of 33,750/.

The commercial letters from the leading houses
in Paris express a strong feeling in favour of the present
course of the Italian government, and great regret and
indignation at the recent violent ebullition on the part of
bd. Rouher.

On Sunday a pretty little Norman church,
situated at Letwall, in the most picturesque portion of that
cluster of ducal residences which adorn North Nottingham.
shire, was burnt to the ground. The cause of the catas-
trophe is said to have been the overheating of the warming
apparatus.

The Siberian pestilence—the worst form of the
cattle plague, which a few years ago spread as fares St.
Petersburg, whence it was propagated to western countries
—has broken oat again at Tobolak. Up to the 10th of
November 4,270 horses, 356 head of cattle, and nine men
had succumbed to the disease in that province. In the
Prussian province of Silesia the cattle plague is fast dying
out.

Favourable news continues to be received respect-
ing the sales of church property in different parts of Italy.
At Milan 13 lots, valued at 131,746 fr., were offered for
sale on the 27th and 28th of November, and fetched
191,1461 r. At Monza, also in Lombardy, 11 lots, set up at
0,4115 ft., were sold for 82,212 fr. lastly, the Corriere drflr
Purgie, announcing the result of various sales effected
during the course of the month at Bari, Giovinazzo, Con-
versano, Molt., and Putigliano, contains the intelligence
that 81 lots changed hands, the estimated value of
696.122 fr. being pushed up to 771,141 fr.

Weston, the pedestrian. who is walking from
Portland to Chicago, was at the lost dates within 100 miles
of Chicago, and as he had three more days of his time left
would certainly accomplish his offer to walk the 1,7,37
miles between these two cities in 26 walking days. A few
minutes after midnight on the night between November
24 and 25 he began his fourth attempt to walk 100 miles in
24 hours, and at 5 p.m. on the 25th had accomplished 70
miles, the time occupied being 16 hours and 50 minutes.
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Prairie fires are reported to be raging in carious
portions of the West. There has been a great drought in
that section, and the dryness of the land facilitates their
progress. In Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas they have been
particularly severe, devutating a large extent of country,
and destroying an immense amount of property. The
swamps of Southern Missouri are said to be a mass of fire,
and for 100 miles along the Illinois Central Railway the
prairies are buroh.g. No relief is looked for until heavy
rains fall, of which it is said, however, there is no imme-
diate prospect.

A SHIP ON FIME.—FALMOIITH, DEC. 9. —The
William Hunter, screw steamer, of London, Captain
Cowie, which arrived at Falmouth on Monday evening
from Taganrog for orders, fell in with a ship on fire, of
about 900 tons burden, at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, about 50
miles W.S.W. from the Lizard. Captain Cowie approached
within a quarter of a mile, in the expectation of finding
the crew in the boats, but he discovered none, and left her.
On Monday morning, at 7 a.m., they spoke the steamer
Cintra, of Liverpool, with signal flying, " I'm in dis-
tress," and they reported she had been towing a barque
and fouled the towrope in her screw. The William Hun-
ter took the Cintra in tow for two hours, intending to
reach Falmouth, when the tow-rope broke. The William
Hunter then put two hawsers on board the Cintra, but at
that moment the latter succeeded in clearing her screw,
loosed the hawser, and steamed away S.S.E.
UNITED KINGDOM ALLT,forcE.—The annual soiree
of the London Auxiliary of this association was held last
night at the Whittington Club, Arundel-street, Strand.
Between 500 and 600 of the members of the Alliance and
their friends assembled together and partook of tea, after
which the general meeting was held in the hall room.
The chair was taken by the Venerable Archdeacon Sand-
ford, who was supported on the platform by the Rev. S.
A. Steinthal and J. H. Raper, who attended as a deputa-
tion from the United Kingdom Alliance, 0. Thompson,
Dr. Brewer, the Rev. J. Burns, Dr. Hardwick., and va-
rious other minister' and gentlemen.