The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-25 00:00:00

Eta Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Ju 24.
The Queen and Prince Leopold and Princess
Beatrice went out raderday afternoon.
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington,
arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon from Bucking-
ham Palace.

'Ler Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince
Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds this
morning.
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Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by
Baroness Chancy, Major von Hesse, and Baron von
Rahman, arrivod at the Castle this morning from Buck-
ingham Palace.
Prince and Princess Christian dined with tho Queen
yesterda
The Judge
Advocate-General had an audience of the
Queen to-day.

The Prince of Walee presided yesterday morning at a
meeting of the Governors of the Wellington College, at
the New Palace, Westminster.

His royal highness afterwards rode out attended by
Lieut.-Colonel Keppel.
The Princess of Wales drove out, accompanied by the
Crown Prince of Denmark.

Prince Christian, attended by Liout.-Colonal 0. G.
Gordon, went to the anniversary dinner of the Royal
Caledonian Asylum yesterday evening at the Freemason's
Hall.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office,
from the Governor-General of Canada. Despatches were
eent to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal,
St. Helena, and to the Governor-General of Canada.
A meeting of the Governors of Wellington College was
held yesterday in the Fine Arts' Commission-room at the
Palace of Westminster. Present—his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales (president), the Earl of Derby (vice-
president), his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Eversley,
the Bishop of Oxford, Lord Chelmsford, the Right Hon.
S. iL Walpole, Sir J. Weir Hogg, Bart., Mr. John
Walter, Mr. Henry Cox, Rev. G. R. Gleig, Colonel the
Hon. W. P. Talbot (hon. secretary), Mr. George Chance
(secretary). The Rev. Dr. Benson, master of the college,
was in attendance. The Governors met at eleven, and sat
until half-past one.
A deputation had an interview with Lord Stanley, at
the Foreign-office yesterday, relative to the establishing of
law courts in Egypt.
A meeting of the Judicature Commission was held yes-
terday at the Westminster Palace Hotel. Present—Lord
Justice Wood, Mr. Justice Blackburn, Mr. Justice Mon-
tagu Smith, the Attorney-General, Mr. W. M. James,
Mr. Quail', Mr. Rothery, Mr. Childers, Mr. Hollams, and
Mr. Bradshaw, the secretary.

Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess
de Paris honoured the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon
with their presence at dinner yesterday evening at his
lordship's residence in Grosvenor-street The count and
countess, attended by Mdlle. Boerio, arrived at 8 o'clock.
There were present to meet the illustrious guests, the Duke
and Duchess of St. Albans, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Bristol, the Earl and Countess Somers, the Earl Cow-
per, Lord Courtmuty, Lady Molosworth, the Bishop of
Oxford, Mr. and Mrs. Rolfonl, Mr. Delane, ste. The
Countess of Carnarvon invited a select party to assemble
after dinner.

The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cairns enter-
tained at dinner last evening at their residence, 5 Crom-
well-houses, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl and Coun-
tess Cowley, the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, Lord and
Lady Hylton, Viscount Mahon, M.P., General Peel, M.P.
and Lady Mice Peel, Colonel and Lady Jane Dundas, Mr.
and Lady Augusta Fremantle, Lady Rachel Scott, Mr.
Severne, M.P., and Mrs. Severna, Mrs. Augustine Barton,
Mr. Charles Gathorne Hardy and Miss Emily Hardy,
Captain M'Neill, and Mrs. Taylor.

Lieutenant-Colonel Miller, V.C., Captain C. B.
Brackenbury, Captain Branker, and Lieutenant Geary,
of the Royal Artillery, have arrived in Paris, and are
about to proceed on a professional mission to Italy and
Austria.

Lieutenant Nolan, 8.A., who went with a de-
tachment of royal artillery from Woolwich to Join the
Abyssinian expedition as instructors in the use of artillery
in mountainous countries with the modern system of
carrying small mortars and howitzers on pack saddles on
the backs of mules, sad the method of loading and nu.
loading them when required, and which did good service
at the battle before Magdala on Good Friday, arrived at
the Royal Artillery barracks yesterday morning and mot
with a most cordial welcome.

In committee on Bank Holidays and Bills of
Exchange (re-committed) Bill, Mr. Lusk will move the
following clause:—" (The day after Cluistanas-day to be
a bank holiday.) The day after Christmas-day, and the
Monday after Christmas-day when Christmas-day shall
fall on a Saturday, shall be kept as a close holiday in all
banks in the United Kingdom."

Mrs. Cobden and her daughters have accepted
the invitation of the committee to be present at the inau-
guration of the Cobden memorial statue on Saturday
afternoon next at Camden-town.

The centenary celebration of General Hoche
was to have tat* place to-day in Versailles. The autho-
rities would not allow speeches as being useless ; a dinner,
as being too tedious; a representation of Ponsard's Lion
Amoureux (in which Ileche is introduced), as too revolu-
tionary ; nor Marie-Joseph Chenior's verses to be recited,
as too glowing. "This," says the Sikle, "is ono mode of
celebrating the hundredth birthday of one of the purest
heroes of the French republic."

The Bing of Bavaria superintended the rehear-
sals of Wagner's new opera, The Singing Matters of Nu-
remberg. The piece has just been performed with success
in Munich. It lasted from 5 o'clock to 11. The composer was
called for repeatedly, and received in the box of hie royal
patron, and by his Majesty's side, the applause of the
audience.

A bazaar, under the patronage of her Majesty
the Queen, the Princess of Wales, the Princess Christian, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary Adelaide,
was opened yesterday in the riding-school of the Knights-
bridge Barracks, in aid of the National Central Ofiloe,
Park-street, Grosvenor-square. The object of the National
Central (Moe is to form a centre of union and intercom-
munication for institutions for girls and young women of
good character, conducted upon "scriptural and Protestant
principles," and there are now sixty-eight institutions on
Use list. The bazaar, which win very well attended, will
be continued to-day.
ROYAL Cizoolurnic..a. SoontrY.—At the meet-
ing of this society on Monday evening, Sir R. I. Murchi-
son, Bart., president, in the chair, the following gentle-
men were elected fellows:—George Harvey, W. Minim:
G. Roos, and Rev. I. 8. 8. Robertarm. T e BM paper
read was " A Journey between Erserum and Diabekr,"
by Mr. J. G. Taylor, her Majesty's consul at Diabekr. A
paper was also read by the Bishop of Honolulu on "The
Geography of Hawaii, and the Recent Volcanic Erup-
bens." A third paper was "On the Physical Geography
of Cape York Pminmla, Australia," Dr. A. Rattray,
R.N., surgeon to her Majesty's ship BahmaMer, which
was engaged during three and a half years in tending the
new settlement of Somerset at Caps York. A fourth
paper was also read by Professor Jams Taman, "Oa
the Geographical Distribution of the Diamond," in which
the author gem en momat of the recent diserwery ot
moods near the Orange River, Calso of Good= Thi•
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