The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

Her Majesty the Queen held a Court to-day at
Buckingham Palace, the reception-rooms of which have
been fitted up with great magnificence. When the courts
were announced sonic weeks since an immense number of
applications for the honour of attending them were sent
in, and the selections hail to be made, doubtless to the
disappointment of vast numbers who were anxious to pay
their respects to the Queen. It was decided that
the number of ladies and gentlemen attending each
court should be limited to 260, and that number
was consequently not exceeded to-day. This num-
ber included the holies and gentlemen presented
to her Majesty for the first tune, the number being not
more than 100. With regard to these courts the regulation
is dispensed with that the lady or gentleman must attend
the court at which they propose to make presentations to
her Majesty. The Earl of Bradford, the Lord Chamberlain,
mused the state apartments to be opened for the reception
of company an hour before the court. It is announcer) that
a court will he held on Thursday the 14th of March, Satur.
day the 23rd of March, and Tuesday the 2nd of April. A
court will also be held on one day in the month of June,
to be hereafter specilioL

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed half-past
12 o'clock on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace, to receive
the address of congratulation of the corporation of the
City of London on the safe delivery of her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales, and the birth of a princess.
Thu Earl of Zetland arrived at his residence in
Arlington•street, on Monday, from Asko Hall, Yorkshire.

Tho Countess of Mahneslmiry, according to the
sooeunte received from Heron Court less evening, con•
tinues extremely ill.

lord Stanley of Alderley will have receptions
on the 20th and 27th inst. at the family mansion in Dover-
street.

The Bishop of St. David's has left Maiiriay's
Hotel for Abergwili Palace, Carmarthen.

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bniwer Lytton have
arrived at the Alexandre Hotel, Hydelm:lc-corner, from
Lisbon.

Mr. Herbert, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Herbert
have arrived in Eccleaton-aquare, for the seamen, from
llockrosa Abbey, Killarney,

It was announced at the meeting of the Liver-
pool Town Council yesterday, that the Right Ron. W. E.
Gladstone, M.P., had offered to lend on trust to the
Liverpool corporation, for five or seven years, his collection
of ceramic ware, now in the Kensington Museum. The
collection will be placed in the Liverpool Museum.
We read in the Dublin papers :—" Their Excel-
lencies the Lord Lieutenant and the DLuchioness of Aber.
corn will give a full-dress ball at the Castle on Monday
evening, March 18. The ladies to wear feathers and lap-
pets—no trains. The Knights of St. Patrick to wear
their ribbons and stars."

A third volumo of " Dissertations and Dis-
cussions," by Mr. John Stuart W.ll, M.l'. for West-
minster, is nearly ready for publication, by Messrs.
Longman. The volume will comprise the following
essays:—Thoughts on parliamentary reform ; Recent
Writers on Reform; -Psychology; A Few Words
on Non-Intervention; The Contest in America; Austin
on Jurisprudence ; Plato.

i A volume of Essays by Archbishop Manning, to
be entitled " England and Christendom," snd preceded
by a general preface " On the Tendencies of Religion in
England and the Catholic Practice of Prayer for the
' Restoration of Christian Nations to the Unity of the
Church," is nearly ready for publication ; and a second
series of " Essays on Religion and Literature," edited
by the Archbishop, is in preparation. The list
of these essays is as follows:-1. The Opening Die.
course for the Session 1866-7, Archbishop Manning,
2. The Relation of Intellectual Power to Man's True Per-
fection, W. G. Ward, Ph.D. 3. The Mission and Pros.
poets of the Catholic Church in England, F. Oakeley,
M.A. 4. Christianity in relation to Civil Society, E.
Lucas. 5. The Philosophy of Christianity, Albany J.
Christie, M.A. 6. The more Remote Preparatory Causes
of the English Reformation, H. W. Wilberforce, M.A.
7. The Inspiration of Holy S,ripture, Archbishop Man-
ning. R. Church and State, Edmund Sheridan Purcell.
V. Certain Sacrificial Words used by St. Paul, Monsignor
Patterson, ALL