The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-02 00:00:00

THE REFORM BILL.

It will be seen by our parliamentary report that
the ministerial Reform Bill will be introduced into
the House of Commons on Monday week, the 12th
of March.

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The Queen, accompanied by Princes Louise and
Prince= Beatrice, went out driving yesterday afternoon, and
walked in the grounds this morning with Princess Louise.
The Earl of Clarendon arrive the Castle, sod had an
audience of the Queen.
General de Mosquera, Minister from the United States
of Columbia, Baron de Penedo, Minister from the Emperor
of Beta, and Colonel J. M. Duran, Minister from the Em-
peror of Mezioo, were presented to her Majesty at audiences
by the Earl of Clarendon.

Visoount Torrington and the Hon. Mortimer Saukville
West were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Major• General F. H. Seymour end Colonel H. Poasonby
have suanieded Lieutenant• General the Eno. C. Grey end
Colonel the Hon. D. de Roe u Equerries in Waiting to her
M o°4Y'

The Prince of Wales went to the Homo d Lords yester-
day afternoon.

The Prince and Princess of Wales end Prince Alfred
dined with the Duchess of Inverness at Kensington Palace.

Lieutsoant-Colonel Koppel has succeeded Major Teesdale
as Equerry io Waiting to the Priooe of Wales.
The judicial committee of the Privy Coma sat yesterday.
Present—the Lords Justices Knight Braes end Turner, Sir
E. V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, sod Sir Lawrence PeeL

Deapatehes Were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the Governors of the West India Island; British Co-
lumbia, Vancouver's Wand, sad Crusade.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and rrinoe
Alfred honoured the Decline of luvernees by their pre-
sence at dinner yesterday evening at Kensington Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
Princess Maly, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, joined the party. The guests invited included the
Earl of Derby, Vitooliet and Viscountess Royston, sad Lord
sad Lady Cecilia Bingham. The Duchess of Inverness had
a select and early party after dinner to meet she royal
visitors.

The Prince of Wales has sent a contribution of
twisty guineas to the Licensed Victuallers' School, in ad-
dition to the sum of 3501., a moiety of the fine paid on the
enfranchisement of the school estate in 1857, which oc-
curred during his royal highnees's miserity, and which was
then received as a donation on his Isibrll.

The Countess Cowper received the Marquis and
Idarohioneu of Salisbury and a select party at dinner last
imaiog at her mansion io St. Jamea's-square._

The Countess of Desert and the Countess of
Viennese left town on Wednesday for Paris, on their we,
to Canoes, where they intend to sojourn a few weeks.

The Countess de Grey will have an amenably to-
morrow evade( at her residence in Carlton-gardens.

Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right
Hon. Chichester Fortmene, M.P. (Chief Secretary for Ire-
lead), arrived at their mildew.. is Cariton-gardens yester-
day from Ireland, ha►ing paid a visit to Lord and Lady
Clermont, at Serape:tale Park, after leaving Dublin.
Madame Muslims, the mother of the Ottoman
Ambassador in London, died on Feb. 14 at an advanced
age. Her funeral took place the next day at Constantinople
with considerable pomp, the procession being headed by
the ex-Patrisrch of Constantinople. The present Patriarch
was prevented from attending, but most of the other eccle-
siastical chiefs of the Greek community at Constantinople
paid the last tribute of respect to the deceased.

The Princess de Ld,n, whose death has been
announced, was 42 year of ego, the only daughter of the
Marquis de Balmy. The prises, her husband, is a son of
the bake de Roden, peer of France, who :valved In 1830.
The Princess de Limn leaves several children, the eldest of
whom, dlaba de Bohan, bean the title of Count de Porr-
boot.

Patti has signed her engagement of three months
with the St. Petersburg Opera. She is to hare 4001. per
sight—that is 10,0004 for her three months' stay is that
eapitaL

At West Lulworth, in Dorsetabire, a partridge's
nest was found lasi wash with six eggs is it ; and at Ramsey,
in Hampshire, a thrush's nest was found a few days ago,
with four eggs in it.

Italtpenny readings have been established at
Asdaver. le Hampshire.