The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-09 00:00:00

Int Court.

WINDSOR, Jan. 8.
Her Majesty ittd his Itoyal Highness Prince Albert
drove out this morni-g, attended by the Maide of H.MOUr in
waiting and the Equ eee ic s in waiting, Lord Cherto
and Colonel Seymour.
The royal family took their usual airings.
The Queen held a privy council at 1 o'clock at the Cutlet.
It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
Marquis of Leusdowne (Lord President), Sir George Grey
(S cretary of State for the Home Department), Bert (hey
(Secretary of State for the Colonial Department), the Right
o
Her. H. Labouchere (President of the Board of Trade), the
Marquis' of haus (Lard Chamberlain), and the Duke of
Norfolk (Mute. of Use Ilene). The Marquis of Lansdowne
had an audience of the Queen previous to the council. The
Hen. William Bethnal was the Clerk of the Council la
waiting.
8 r George Grey had an audience of her Majesty.
Her Majesty held a court, at which the Right Rey. Dr.
Hinds had en audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet,
and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Norweek. The
Bishop of Chester (CI- rk of the Closet) and Sir George Grey
(her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the HOMO .D.-
pertment) assisted at the ceremony. The Right Rev. Dr.
O.iphant had an audience of her Majesty, and dad homage
on being appointed Bishop of Llaniatf. The Bishop of Ches-
ter and Sir &burp Grey assisted at the ceremony. Luncheon
was served to the noblemen and gentlemen attending the
court and council.

The royal dinner party this evening Includes her It )3.'1
Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard,
Baronets de Spew, the Earl of Liverpool, Sir G. Scored, and
the Rev. James Cartnsell.

The Bee of Listowel has relieved Lord Elphinstone in the
duties of Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Col. Hon. R.
Boyle has relieved Col. Berkeley Drummond in the duties of
Groom in Waiting to her Majesty.

After attending her Majesty's court yesterday
afternoon, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Eail Grey, the Bishop
of Chester, the Bishop of Norwich, the Bisbi p of Llandaff,
Sir George Grey, the Marquis of Breadslbane, and the Hon.
Wiliam Bathurst lest Windsor by a special tr►in on the
Great Western Railway, and returned to the Paddington
•erminue. The Rirht Min. K. Lalesuchere left Windsor for
B.oke. and the Duke of Norfolk also lock his ueputure
from Windsor Castle. _ _

A deputation from the Board of Directors of the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company,
c‘n s i • gof Mr. Francis Rufford, M.P. (chairman), Messrs.
Wil'i•m Mathews and Michael Cirmehrook (directors), Mr.
Charles El,elfLrd (solicit.r), and Mr. N. T. Smith (secretary),
has an interview with the Commiationers of Railways yis-
tirday, at the Board of Trade.

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
[From last night's Gazeme.)

PROCLAMATION.—Vietorift, oar Par-
liament stands prorogued to Wednesday the sixteenth day of
this instant January, we, with the advice of ourprivy coin.
cd, do hereby publish and declare, that the mid Parliament
shall be further prorogued, on the said sixteenth day of
J y instant, to Thursday the thirty-first day of 'unary
instant ;land we have given order to our Chancell rof that
part of i..ur United Kingdom called great Britain, to prepare
a Commission for proroguing the Cams accordingly and we
do hereby further, wiser the advice 'formai.% declare our
royal will and plea-tire, that the said Parliament alai!,
on the said Thursday the thirty first day of Ja-
nuary instant, assemWe and be holden for the
despatch of divers ureent and important affairs : and
the lords spiritual and temporal, and the knight., eitizecs,
and burgesses, and the e immissiotirrs for shires and burghs
of the House of Commons, are hereby required and coin-
mended to give their attendance accordingly at Westminster,
on the raid fnursday, the 31st day of January last,—Given
at our court, at Windsor, this Bth day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight handred and titty, and
in the thirteenth year of our reign.-0.4 save the Qartee.

WINDSOR, JAN. B.—Her Majesty in council was
th;e day please d, upon the represents ion of the It et lion.
the Urns tf the CommittPs of Connell on Educe i n. to ap-
point Ralph R ,bert Whe. hr Linger), Egg., to be ALeistaut
84:.retary to the said Committee.

DEATH OF LIEUTENANT WAGHORN,

We regret to announce the sudden and unexpected
&sal of the gallant pioneer of the overland route. It his re-
.i.lence, Golden-terrace, Pentonville, yesterday, in the irh
year of his age.
Mr. Weghorn had returned only on Christmas Day frm
Mal a, where Le had bie a residing a short time La tie
of : i. health, wt.ich had Len considerab:y impaired by
anxiety and brass of mind, arising chiefly from pecuniary
enasrments contracted in his prosecution of the Trie-te
cup TIMMItIIIII 1846, and which liabilities the devoti,n of
all his means and tke sacrifice of his entire proper y ware
ad. qua's, to liquidate. ladipendrist of the main incid,l.ts -:f
Lis cistory in connection with the Indian enterprise, that has
in-Jnort,liserl his name as one of the greatest pract,cal bene-
factors of the age, his career has been moat, xtraA.dinary, fu.l
of the strangest vicissitudes, and ab,..unding in evi lances of
character in every way worthy of enduring CO/03111tUICIfit.35.
Of th,, pension lately Awarded him by gov, rnment to :iced
receive only ore quarter's payment. His vision is nor

in s• raitened -circticosi..ntes, peitcii ally atteibutabfr:.97.tr
huPhan•!'s Hithrcii.ded tcdearours to discharge, in his
private capacity, obligations incurred on the faith of what
he believed to be a permanent retection of his terraces by the
tl1( wave, aril on larhalt of the coonucitr. His iL ath was
octasioted, not so much by say spec:tic disoreer as by a
. ni tit' break up of tr.e •pteca ; though his iron eonttitutim
r•tf.qt d a i great a risistance to the ii.roacts o: debility, that it
was tho.sielt to the last he would rally. Has dissolutirn was
a:tended oy great pith tnd suffaing.

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.

Yesterday the commissioners assembled in Gui:i-
IVIr. Deputy PEAC,,CK in the chair.