The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-03 00:00:00

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, MAT 2.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise
and Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, left the
Castle yesterday for Greenwich•park.
The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at the Cutle yesterday,
attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke, and his royal highness
left this morning for London.
Lord Charles Fitzroy arrived at the Cantle yesterday, and
Sir James Clark left.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Princess
Beatrice, 3wl Prince Leopold, left the Castle to-day at ten
minutes past three o'clock for Osborne. The suite con-
Mated of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Flora Macdonald,
Major-General Sir T. M. Biddulph, Colonel H. Ponsonby,
Mr. Legg, Mr. SAM, and the Master of the Household.

The Counteu Blucher has also lilt the Castle for
Osborne.

The Prince of Wales stood as sponsor to the infant son
of Colonel the Hon. H. Byng, at the Chapel Roy►l, St.
James's, yesterday morning.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale, reds
out in the forenoon.

The Queen of Denmark and the Prince of Wales, at-
tended by Madame de Bille, General Sir W. Knollys,
Major Teesdale, and M. de Castenachiold, visited the
Royal Academy in the afternoon.
The King of Greece, attended by Count Rodoetamos,
left Marlborough-house in the evening, for Dover, en mutt
for the Continent.

The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Mr. Haig, left
Clarence-house in the evening, and accompanied the King
of Greece to the Continent.

The Prince of Wales accompanied the King to the ter-
minus of the South Eastern Railway at Charing-cross.
A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-
office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague.
The lords present were the Lord President and the
Duke of Richmond. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander
Williams attended the committee.

A deputation of members from the following firms in
Lancashire and Yorkshire—via., Sharp, Stewart, and
Co. (Manchester) ; Parr, Curtin, and Madeley (Man-
chester) ; J. Harrison and Co. (Blackburn) ; Mather and
Platt (Manchester) ; Peel, Williams, and Peel (Man-
chester) ; Beyer, Peacock, and Co. (Manchester) ; Mus-
grave and Sons (Bolton) ; Wren and Hopkinson (Man-
chester) ; E. Bellhouse and Co. (Manchester) ; Darling
and Sellers (Manchester) ; Clapham and Sellers (Man-
chester) ; W. Dickinson and Son (Manchester) ; Lees and
Beard (Manchester), and J. and E. Wood (Manchester),
employing in the aggregate upwards of nine thousand
hands—had an interview with the Right Hon. Spencer H.
Walpole, at the Home-office, yesterday, to oppose the ex-
tension of the Factory Acts to the engineering, machine
making, boiler making, and metal founding trades. The
deputation was introduced by Colonel Wilson Patten,
M.P., Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., Mr. Batley, M.P., Mr.
Joseph Fielden, M.P., Mr. W. H. Hornby, M.P., Colonel
Gray, M.P., and Mr. James, M.P.
A deputation from English Plate Glass Manufacturers,
consisting of Mr. R. W. Swinburne (chairman of the British
Plate Glue Manufacturers' Association), and Messrs. H. B.
Jackson, S. H. Norris, S. H. Bukham, James Sivewright,
J. Crossley, J. A. Hobson, W. H. Petitjean, N. Shell.
merdine, IL Tarlatan, J. Wood, A. Goslett, W. Blink-
horn, and G. Gwilliam (secretary to the Association), had
an interview with the Duke of Richmond, at the office of
the Board of Trade, yesterday, relative to the French duties
on plate glass.

CABINET COUNCIL.—There will be a cabinet
council to-day at the First Lord of the Treasury's
official residence in Downing-street. The council
is appointed for one o'clock.
DEPARTURE Or HER MAJESTY FOR OSBORNE.
Yesterday afternoon her Majesty the Queen, with their
Royal Highnesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice and
Prince Leopold, attended by Lord Charles Fitzroy, Gene-
ral Biddulph, Colonel Ponsonby, and Lady Churchill, left
Windsor Castle at 10 minutes past :t o'clock, for Osborne.
The royal party drove to the Windsor station of the Great
Western Railway, where they were received by Mr.
Tyrrell, the superintendent of the line, Mr. Alfred Hig-
gins, divisional superintendent, and Messrs. Besant,
Kirtley, and Dawson. The Mayor of Windsor, Mr. F. K.
Copeland, was also in attendance, while a large number
of ladies and gentlemen had collected about the private
waiting-room and platform, the weather being very fine.
As her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice was getting into
the Queen's saloon her foot slipped, and the princess fell
between the platform and the step of the carriage on to
the permanent way. Fortunately Mr. A. Higgins was at
the time near the saloon. That gentleman immediately
perceiving the mishap, rushed forward and lifted the little
princess from her unpleasant and dangerous position. She
did not appear to be hurt, but was no doubt somewhat
frightened. Had the train moved the consequences would
have been serious.

The Bishop of London entertained at dinner, at
Fulham Palace, on Wednesday evening last, the president
and officers of Sion College. Covers were laid for 24.

The Charter-house athletic sporta will be held
on Wednesday the Bth inst., commencing at 2 p.m.
WESLEYAN HOME MISSIoN SOClrrY.—The an-
nual meeting of this society was held last evening, in
the City-to chapel • Mr. Wm.liPArthur in the chair.
After prayer had been offered by the Rev. G. Smith
the Rev. Charles Prest, the secretary, read the report,
from which it appeared that for the evicting circuits of
the minion, 37 married and 11 single ministers were pro-
vided by the society, and that at the conference of 1866,
80 ministers were appointed for " aggressive" work,
while 10 were apportioned to the army and navy. The
report went on to state that since the formation of the
society 51 chapels had been built, and that the total
number of those converted amounted to 9,211 The finan-
cial statement showed a balance in favour of the society
of 2,0431.55. 9d.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND TEMPE-
RANCE Society.—Lust evening the annual meeting of this
society was held at Willis's Rooms; the Dean of Carlisle
presiding. The report, which was of a congratulatory
character, was read. Nine new parochial associations bail,
it was stated, been founded during the past year ; 9'2
meetings hart been attended ; many letters had been re-
ceived from clergymen, asking for visits ; 13 sermons had
been preached in various places, and several of those on
Sundays, showing that the prejudice against the intro-
duction of the subject in the pulpit was wearing out. The
number of persons recorded as abstaining clergy a year ago
was 576, and the number at present was 628, showing an
increase of 62.
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Paovinew.NEWSPAPER Sum irry.—At the annual
meeting of this old established society, held at the Crystal
Palace on Wednesday, upwards of ro provincial newspaper
proprietors were present. The chair was occupied by the
president, Mr. Fisher, of the Waterford Mail. Several
matters of importance to the interests of the society, in-
cluding Sir C. O'Loghlen's libel bill, having been dis-
cussed, the president and vice-presidents for the past year
were re-elected for the ensuing year—Mr. Fisher, presi-
dent; Mr. Harper (Iluddenffield Chroniele), Mr. liwiruser-
ton (Maedenfletd Courier), Mr. Bellerby (Eider Aging
Poet), Mr. Douglas (North Wales Chronicle), Mr. Ruegg
(Sherhorne Journal), Mr. Glover (Leamington Courier),
Mr. Naylor (Cambridge Chronicle), with the addition of
Mr. Leader (Sheffield Independent), and Mr. Mate (Poole
Herald), vice-presidents; Mr. Baxter (Sussex Ezpresa)
honorary secretary. The members dined together, as
usual, under the presidency of Mr. Fisher.