The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-20 00:00:00

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE. Nov. 19.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of
Wales and Princess Christian, drove out this morning.
The Princess Louise went out walking, and Princess
Beatrice rode in the Home-park.
The Duke of Edinburgh, attesded by Lieutenant Haig,
went to London.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the
Castle this morning for Greenwich-park.
Prince and Princess Christian left tho Castle to-day for
Woodmorton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Lord
Alfred Paget.
Viscount Cranborne, Lieutenant-General the Right Hon.
Jonathan Peel, and Lieutenant• General If. Sandham have
left the Castle.

A deputation from the Incorporated Law Society, con-
sisting of Mr. Bell, Mr. Young, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Field,
Mr. Williams, and Mr. Williamson (secretary) had an in-
terview with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, at his official residence in Downing-street, yes-
tenlay.
A deputation consisting of Mr. Thomu J. Bower, Mr.
T. F. Edwards, and Mr. Alexander Young, had an inter-
view with Lord John Manners, at her Majesty's Office of
Works yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. The lords present were Lord Westbury, Sir E. V.
Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Laurence Peel.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Hilegoland. Despatches were
sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, the Mauritius,
Ceylon, Hong Kong, Laboan, and the Austulian colonies.
The Right Hon. Horatio Waddington arrived in town
yesterday from Brighton.

PROROGATION Or PARLIAMENT.—(THIS DAN.)—
The Lord Chancellor attended 'n state to-day in the
House of Lords, for the purpose of further proroguing the
Imperial Parliament. His lordship, who was attended by
his officials, ordered the House of Commons to be sum-
moned, and Sir Denis Le Merchant, Bart., the Chief
Clerk, appeared at the bar. The writ authorising
the prorogation was read by the Hon. Slingsby
Bethell, the clerk, after which the Lord Chancellor,
in the name of the Queen, declared the parliament ,Al-
journed until Tuesday, the 15th of January, 1867. Nothing
was said about meeting on that day for the despatch of
business, and it is the opinion of the officers of the house
that parliament will not actually meet until about three

weeks later.
CABINET COUNCIL.—There will be a Cabinet
Council tomorrow afternoon at the First Lord of the
Treaaury'a official residence in Downing-street.
The Earl and Countess of Derby are expected to
leave town the week after next for Knowsley Park, near
Liverpool, for a few weeks.
The Earl and Countess do Grey have left their
residence in Carlton-gardens for the Countess of Ripon's

villa at Putney-heath.
Lady Palmerston and some benevolent ladies and
gentlemen are about to build a small hospital at Ramsey,

in Hants.
The Post stated that, in consequence of the
energy displayed by Lord Westbury, the President of the
Judicial Committee, the arrear of cases, which on Nov. 1
were more than twenty in number, have been got rid of,
and that ten additional cases have been set down for hear-
ing, which in all probability will be determined before the
end of the month.
The committee of the Carlisle Testimonial have

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decided on recommending to a general meeting of the sub-
scribers that the memorial should be a statue erected in or
near Dublin.
In consequence of the date for the opening of
the Paris Exhibition having been altered from the lit of
May to the Ist of April, an order has been received at
Chatham directing the whole of the models in course of
preparation at the Dockyard for exhibition to be ready
for transmission to Paris by the middle of the month of
February.
" Angus" says of the Shrewsbury meeting

" Never before was the betting known to be so heavy-
' give and take' being the order of the day ; and in the
language of the pugilistic reporters, the deliveries were
strong and effective, and both parties countered heavily.
The guards sustained their well-known reputation for
bravery in the face of superior numbers, and the merchant
princes bore with equanimity the turn of the market
against them, as favourite after favourite came to grief.
And I cannot better illustrate the state of affairs than by
the fact of Mr. R., one of our greatest commissioners,
losing 24,000/. before be won a shilling."
Carlotta Patti sang on Saturday night at a con-
cert given for her by Monsieur E. de Girardin, at his pri-
vate residence, Rue Tanquet. Among the audience was
Prince Napoleon, M. Darimon, the deputy, Barmier de
Rothschild, and others. She sang the car atina in "Linda,"
as well as some brillant variations of extraordinary diffi-
culty in the " Carnaval de Venise," accompanied by M.
Frank. Carlotta Patti asks 1207. to sing ate concert ; yet,
notwithstanding this somewhat high tariff, is in peat de-
mand. The Patti family are a dynasty of artistes ; it is
said that there is • younger sister who bids fair to out-
shine Adelina, and • brother who is a magnificent tenor.
The South Australian Weekly Mail says that a
company has been formed for laying down • submarine
telegraph cable from Rangoon to Singapore,that the Dutch
government is going to connect by telegraph Singa-
pore and Batavia, via Sumatra,and the eastern part of Java
with Timor, and that the Queensland government are
about to extend their telegraph lines to the Gulf of Car-
pentaria.
A CLERICAL ERROR.—The following anecdote is
related in oennection with the recent journey of Prince
Napoleon. On his return to Franca hi entered • small
town in company with Dr:Yvan, and wishing to remain in-
cognito he requested the doctor to say or do nothing which
would make known his rank at the table ,P/rott where he
dined. The doctor, however, incautiously made use of
the epithet " monseigneur" which was overheard by the
servant. After dinner she said * the doctor, " Sir, I
heard you call the other gentleman monseigneur ; is he •
bishop ! "