The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-30 00:00:00

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. Z.
The Queen walked and drove in the grounds yes-
terday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louise ; and
her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove ont
this morning. The Duchess of Roxburgh° was iu attend.
MO&

Prinowis Louise, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald,
went out walking.
Prince Leopold also went out walking, attended by Mr.
Duckworth.

The Earl of Clarendon and Lady Emily Villiers arrived
at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with
the Queen and the royal family. Lady Geraldine Somerset,
and Major-General Lard Frederick rauhd, had also the
honour of being invited.
Her Majesty's private band played in the rdrawing-room
after dinner before the Duchess of Cambridge and Prin.
caw Louise. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were
also present.
The band played the following reliestion under the
direction of Mr. G. Anderson :

Overture, " La Part du Diable"
Masquerade Beene, Le Pre aux Mires
Allegretto tichersando, tiinfoula No. 8 Beethoven.
Bolero, " Vespres Slelllennes"
Andante and Rondo
Haub, „Oberon" Weber.

A deputation, representing the Trustees of !the River
Lea, consisting of the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Dimedele,
M.P., Mr. Franks, Mr. Alderman Gibbons, Mr. J. Meyer,
and Mr. J. Merchant, jun., had an interview with the
Duke of Richmond and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave, at
the office of the Board of Trade, yesterday, on the subject
of the introduction of a bill to effect the conservancy of
the entire watershed of the River Lea.

The lords present at yesterday's sitting of the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council were Sir James W.
Co'vile, Sir E. V. Williams, Lord Justice Halt, and Sir
Lawrence PeeL

CABINET COVNCIL.—A cabinet council is ap-
pointed to be held this afternoon at three o'clock at
the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence
in Downing-street.

Mr. Gladstone is to visit Ormskirk and South-
port on Thursday, the 19th of December, and to address
his constituents there.

Lord Henry Percy, M.P., and Lady Louima
Percy left town yesterday morning for Perim, on their wey
to Cannes for the winter.

The marriage of Commander the Hon. Victor
Montagu, R.N., second son of the Earl of Sandwich, with
Lady Agneta Harriet Yorke, youngest daughter of the
Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, took place on Thursday
sat at Wimpole Church, Cambridgeshire.
We have to announce the death of the Hon. Mrs.
Adolphus Liddell, wife of the Hon. Adolphus Liddell, the
permanent Under Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, who died yesterday morning at the family residence
at East Sheen, near Richmond. The lamented lady was
the youngest daughter of Mr. G. Lane Fox, of Branham,
I Yorkshire. She was born 10th May, 1822, and married
14th October, 1845, the Hon. Adolphus Liddell, youngest
son of the late Lord Ravensworth, and by whom she leaves
• numerous and youthful family.

On an early day after the recess Mr. M'Cullagh
Torrena will move for a select committee to inquire into
the state of our treaty relations with foreign governments
regarding extradition, with a view to the adoption of a
more permanent and uniform policy on the subject.
On Monday Sir Henry Winston Barron will ask
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether be
has consented to have England represented at the proposed
conference on Italian affairs, and on what terms.

Sir Robert Collier will ask the Secretary of State
for War, on Monday, whether a statement which appeared
in the Western morning News is correct, to the effect that
on the removal of the 40th Regiment from Plymouth to
Aldershot, the troops were kept on board her Majesty's
troop ship Simoom for three days without bedding or
blankets, and were compelled to lia upon bare boards,
witkont any covering ; and whether they were kept with-
out food from 5 p.m. on the 11th November, when they
left the ship, until they arrived at Aldershot at half-past
2 the next day.

The following members voted last night against
the new contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany:—Messrs. W. 8. Allen, A. 8. Anion, J. Candlish,
W. Graham, G. Hadfield, Lord W. M. Hay, Mews. H. IL
Jackson, G. Leeman, G. J. S. Worn, C. N. Norwood,
C. Seely, M. W. Thompson, and the Hon. G. Waldegrare-
Laslie
Tellers—Mr. lidloren and Mr. J. B. Smith.

The Army and Navy Gazttte says that the pon-
toon raft tried at Woolwich the other day was a great
aroma It is admirably suited for the purpose of em-
barking and disembarking horses and guns of all calibres.
As it is intended only to be carried on board ship in lieu of
the old paddle-box boats, its weight out of water, though
considerable—about 18 tons—does not ranch signify.
Nothing can exceed its buoyancy and steadiness in the
water.

" Applications," says the Army and Navy
Gazette, "continue to be made by officers to ths Horse
Guards for permission to go to Abyminia in any capacity.
Kenyan anxious to be attached to the expedition without
pay, sod are ready to make themselves useful in any way
that may be approved. The spirit at the bottom of all this
is, of course, most creditable ; but the authorities have—
and, on the whole, wisely, we think—come to the resolu-
tion of not sanctioning such volunteering. It may save
trouble and disappointment if we make it mown that the
Horse Guards will not allow any officer to be connected in
any capacity with the Abyssinian expedition, unison his
services are specially requested by Sir Robert Napier."
The Gardeners' Chronicle congratulates the autho-
rities of the oathedral church of St. Paul on the suomesful
culture of scarlet runners and cauliflower, among the
tombstones, at dm north-eastern end of SL Paul's Church.
yard, during the past season.

A singular expression of sympathy has been
offered by "to Ulsterman," who writes to the Dublin
/Freeman aa follows :—" Dear beg to forward you
the enclosed two shillings for the relief of the three Irish-
men executed in Manchester on last Saturday." He is •
true eisiatryiaan.

A letter from Rome of the 23rd Bays :—"Among
the wounded Garibaidiom prisoners at the hospital of St.
Agatha there is, besides Kr. J. Soholey, anothse British
subjest, who, although a non-oembatant, had the misfor-
tune to experienoe the •eree►Zles of the'Chassepet rine-
balls, having lost three fingers of his right hand by one of
those marvellous missiles. This is Mr. W. Arthur Benny,
who was too sear a spectator of the fight at Montana, and
was captured by the French at Monts Boloondo, where he
retired to ha►e his wound dressed."