The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-27 00:00:00

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, F. 26.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
drove in the grounds this mornieg.

The Priem of Wales went to the Hoses of Lords yester-
day afternoon.
The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of
Maoolosfield, took a carriage dries.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Cloonan ist yester-
day. The Lords present were : The Lords Justices Knight
Bruce and Turner, hi: E. V. Williams. Sir J. °cavil*, and
Sir Laurence PreL

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of the North American Provinces.
Despatchee were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malts,
the Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Koeg, Lobos°, the Cape of
Good Hope, Natal, the Australian Colonies, sad New
Zealand.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince
Alfred, visited the St. James's Theatre het evening.
The Eul and Countess of Yarborough left tea .1
yesterday for Menage.

Lord and Lady Colchester entertained the fol-
lowing company at dinner last evening at their residence
in Rerkeley-square :—The Marchioness of Ely and L.dy
Marion Loftus, the Earl sad Countess of Arran and Lady
Caroline Gore. Visevuot Braberni, Lord George Quin, 8 r
Ralph and Lady Howard, Mr. and Lady Elisabeth Ruesell,
Camel North, M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., and Mrs.
Taylor, Mr. A. Herbert, &c.

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His Excellency the Spanish Minister and the
Marchioness de Moline entertained the following company
at dinner on Sunday evening at the Spanish Legation in
Portman-square Excellency the Russian Ambas-
sador and Barmier Minnow, his Exoglency the Austrian
Ambsssador, his Excellency the Hanseatic Minister, the
Duchess of Botomayor, the Marchioness of Ely, Prince
Gortchakoff, the Marquis de COWL Irujo, Mr. Hayward,
Mr. Jerninghans, &c. After dinner his Excellency the
Spanish Minister and the Muchioness de Moline received a
small and select party.

Last evening Sir Moees Montefiore, accompanied
by Dr. Hodgkin, left Load= for Palestine on another mis-
sion of philanthropy to his brethren io the East.

Madame Naniier-Didi4e, Tamberlik, sad Gra-
ziani have arrived in Paris from St. Petersburg. Graziani
wto appear Let night, and will probably also take part
with Frasehini and Madame Groni in the revival of /1
Giuramente.

Mr. Baxter intends, in oommittee of supply on
the army estimates, to move a reduction of the Fortifica-
tion votes, and the reduction of vote 14 by 100,000 L, befog
the sum required for the defecates of Quebec.
Mr. Hibbert's bill, to permit capital punish-
ment' to be carried out, nate certain regulations, within
the interior of privies, has been deferred till Tuesday next.
On an early day Mr. Morris proposes to call the
attention of the bones to the state of the " Law of Re-
moval " from Great Britain to Ireland of persons receiving
relief, and to the injustice of maietsiog a system which is
applicable to favour of Great Britain only.
Mr. William Ewart, on Friday, will move, that
on Tuesdays (especially as being days on whit& government
business is sot generally brought forwsrd) the house do
meet at 12 o'clock, and rise at, or before, 6 °Weak, es ea
Wednesday,.

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Mr. Baxter intends to ask the Under Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, oa Friday, if nay repreeelta.
Com have been madeto the government of Portugal retard•
fog the connivance of Portuguese offline% on the East Oorat
of Africa, with the slave trade, and likewise regarding the
claim of Portugal to many hundred miles of that coast,
where that power has so settbomeet or military form.
The members of the General Committee of Elec-
tions will be sworn at the tatde this day, at 4 o'clock.

At Northampton the wholesale prices of MOM are
for the whole arum (without the offal), sad ef the beet
quality :—Shorthorn beef, 4a. 4d. per 81b. ; Waster mat-
too, se. per fa.