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

the Court.

- OSBORNE, ass. 5.
The Queen drove out in a sledge yesterday after-
noon, accompanied by Priam Leopold and Princess
Beatrice, and this morning her Majesty drove in a sledge,
with Princess Christian.

Princess Louise drove out this morning in a sledge
attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald.
Prince Christian went out shooting, attended by Colonel
Ponsonby. Captain Von Schroetter had the honour of
accompanying his royal highness.
Lady Susan Melville left Osborne yesterday.
Mr. Helps had the honour of dining with the Queen
and the royal family in the evening.

JAN. 6.
The Queen drove out in a sledge yesterday afternoon,
attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athol..
Prince and Princess Christian walked in the grounds,
and the other members of the royal family went out also.
The Queen, and Prince and Princess Christian, Princess
Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, attended
divine service at Osborne this morning.
The Rev. R. Duckworth officiated.

The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer
arrived atOsborne yesterday, and had the hollow' of dining
with the Queen and the royal family.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Malta; despatches were sent
to the Governors of the North American Provinces.
Summonses have been issued for a Cabinet Council to be
held at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, in Downing-street, on Thursday next, the
10th inst.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP WALEri.—OH
Saturday their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, with the infant Prince Albert Victor, left Holk-
ham-hall, the seat of the Earl of Leicester, and returned
to Sandringham-bowie. Their royal highnesses, who were
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of their suite,
travelled in a special train on the West Norfolk Junction
Railway from Holkham to Heachatu, and from the latter
point the train passed over the Lynn and Hunstanton
Railway to Wolferton, the station for Sandringham-house.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh also quitted
Holkham in the special train, which wan arranged to leave
the Holkham station at 3.45 p.m., being due at Wolferton
at 4.45 p.m., thus enabling the royal party to reach Sand-
ringham-house between 5 and 6 p.m. The West Norfolk
Junction and Lynn and Humdanton Railways being
worked by the Great Eastern Company, the special train
was accompanied by the district superintendents of that
system. The extent of the vast park preserves of the
Holkbsm estate can be readily appreciated by a traveller
on the West Norfolk Junction Railway which runs by the
side of the park for a considerable distance. The elegant
monument erected by public subscription to the memory of
the late Earl of Leicester—better known as "Coke of
Norfolk "—also forms a prominent feature in the land-
scape which unfolds itself before the passenger.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has
fixed next Friday, 11th of January, at 1 o'clock, to receive
the Associate Commissioners for the Paris Exhibition, at
the South Kensington Museum, to consider various sub-
jects relating to the Exhibition.

The first of the series of Cabinet Councils pre-
ceding the meeting of parliament will be held on Thursday
next, the 10th instant, and not Tuesday, the Bth, as ori-
ginally settled.

Tho Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., left
!tome on Wednesday last for Florence. Mn. Gladstone
and daughters have arrived at Florence from Rome, and
will remain there about a week. The youngest sons are
at Eton.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare are
expected to leave the Duke of Leinstor's seat in Ireland
towards the latter end of the week, for London, on their
way to visit the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, at Clive-
den, near Maidenhead.