The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-07 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S COURT.

The Queen held a Court at Buckingham-palace
yoterday afternoon.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, escorted by a
detachment of the Life GuArds, and attended by Lord
Alfred Honey, General Sir Williams Hoollys, the Hee.
C. L. Wood, and Captain Ribs, arrived at the garden
entrance of the Palace hors Marlborough•bouse shortly
before 3 o'clock.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince sad Princess Christian
arrived at the Palace from Promote, attended by Lady E.
Cavendish and Colonel G. Gordon.
His Royal Highness PAM* Arthur srrived from Green-
wich-park, attended by Major Slphinstose.
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The Field• Marshal Commandinvia-Ckief his Royal
Ellglinem the Duke of Cambridge arrived from Gloomier.
house, attended by Colonel the Hon. J. Msodonald.

His Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Bing arrived at the
Palace, attended by Colonel Oliphant.
Her Highness the Maharanee was prevented by indis-
position from attending this Court.
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Han. Corps of Gentle.
men-at-Arms was on duty at the Court, under the eons-
mend of the Marquis of Exeter, the captain. The fol-
lowing officers were also present on duty with the corps :
—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Topham (the lieute-
nant), Major Hamar (the dandard bearer), Lieuto-
eant-Colonel W. M'Call (the clerk of the Cheque and
adjutant), aed Captain N. G. Philips (the subeditor).
The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was
on duty in the interior of the Palace, under the command
of the Enos in Waiting.
A guard of honour of the Boots Fusilier Guards, with
their full band, was mounted in the court of the Pelsoe.
The Qtteen assompsnied by their Royal Highnesses the
Prime of Wales, the Prince and Prineem Christian, the
Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, Field-Marshal his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and his ifigiuses the
Mahsnjah Dllugiaing, entered the Wrests= a few
minutes after 3 o'clock.

The Quess wore a bleak silk dress, with train trimmed
I with maps sad jet, and sap with long veil of white erkpe
awe aenamented with large diamonds. Bee Mayest 7 also
wore a diamond necklace and eroeseentaisdag a miniature of
his Royal Highness the Prince Cason* the Koh-i-soar, u
• brooch, the Riband and Star of the Order of the Garter,
tad the Orders of Victoria and Albert and of Louise of
Prussia.

Her Royal Highness Princess Christian wore a train of
white and gold breeds trimmed with rich Madam point,
the petticoat of rich pock de sole, trimmed with lace and
gold ornaments. Head-dreg, diamond diadem, feathers,
and veil. Ornaments, diamond necklace and etonmaker.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise wore a train of rich
white and gold silk, trimmed with white and gold fringe ;
• petticoat of white tulle ever ric► glao6 silk, tunefully
trimmed with hellion of silk and scarlet velvet. Head.
dries, beads of scarlet velvet studded with diamonds,
feather sad veil. Outman* diamonds, Visions and
Albert Order, and Order of St. Isobel.
His Royal Highness Prince Ar.hrir wore the uniform of
• genthusaa cadet of the Royal Military Academy at
Wpolwieh.

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Warrzaamx, Mama 4.—The Queen ham been
to appoint, under her Majesty's royal sign manual,
the
iglit Hos the Lord OhemeaUer the Right Hon.
Spumes Horatio Walpole, and Sir Tr 1142. Twist, Knight,
D.0.L., her Majesty% Advocate-Gnieral, to be ler
Majesty% Oommiasimiers to visit the Royal Hospital of Bs.
Katherine, now situate is the Ragent's-park, and to
isguhy into the state, government, and revenues of the
said hospital—Gaietle.

WILITIZALL, MABCZ 4.—The Queen kw been
pleased to direct lettere= to be gamed oder the
groat meal of the Vattedappgaing Sir William
Pyi Weed, Kat., a viae-ebaaeadier, to be judge of the
Caul of pea.l ia Chancery, ia the room of the Right
Rae Hegh MacCabsont, Baron Callas, realgoed—
Owen& _ _

- FOILRIGI-OMOR, MAR= 5. —The Queen haa
bra pisensil to approve of Dos For Wins lovas 6 Is:pier&
so viorosesal for t►e British Paessesiese in North
Amnion, to reside st Quebec, far her Majesty the Queen
at itpsta.—Gaidis

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31a-4—Brown, mother of the child, said she lived al
2,liaten-eourt, Eatos-lant, and her child Ellen had gone to
the convent seheol for 12 mouths. At 5 o'clock on Wed.
wads, dm was stet far, sad found the child en a table
in the sehed.roota, and thesistersof mom dreewlesber feet.
which were ooveredwith burst and the Sash Deming off self
it had been pulled off with tbelrldsa She leek thechild
to St. George's Hospital, where H s sentained. She sere
prisoner the next mote ,who hying Mosesed her tegllS
at what bad happened, admitted pit g the girl there
a_ •pus • nishment forming at being soot to Robed, and the
skid fell in. The sisters of matey, who some present, said
aloe had no besieges in the wachlwass at all, and that she
had been visualy motioned not to go Store.
By the I and ne husband west into the
wrieb-bouse and examined it The copper he,.,, large sad
very high, so that if the child len on to the Seer it would
Inert itself ve7 ma& the pesttlow of de child
I think it Jr Imelda fee bar le have gotta haneff,withest
she fell back wards, which she meld not hve done so only
her he t and legs were buried. We mentioned th 4 to the
prisoner, and she said nothing to it.
Oatherine Woolf, 12 years of age, deposed that she lived
next door but one to Mrs. Brews and took the frhi to
school. On Wednesday she cried blames she bad to ge to
school, and the prisoner threatened to keep hes in after
school hours, and did so, telling her to stand in is sorter.
by the altar steps, initiator prayers. Then she book eff
the child's jacket and gave it to witness, telling hew to take
it to her mother and say it would de for bee next little
girl. Prisoner then asked some one fora knife, to sot her
feet off for crying, and then took a little saw ham toe
pocket and showed it to the child. After that she Mask
the little girl into the washhouse, and pat her on the edge
of the copper ; the water was boiling and the steam
rising. She then lost eight of the stud for • Dampest
from the steam, and then saw the prisoner lifting the
child from the copper. The child screamed loudly. and
then its mother was sent for. A girl named Kate Cumin
was there all the time.

Emanuel Davis, 234 B. warrant officer, said he appals.
heeded the prisoner, and reed the warrant, at the eon.
vent. Should she had not does it wilfully. Bias had put the
child on the copper, and it tell in accidentally. The
waa 4 feet high, about 3 feet in diameter, and 9 mapper
brim, or ledge round it. He did not think it possible ter
the child to have got its feet in itself, if it were sitting in
the manner described. It must bare fallen In backwards
if it fell in at all.

This was the case for the prosecution.
The Rev. Mr. Kirke said there were witnesses for the
defence, and the eldest girl who was present at the tins*
was fetched.

name wu Catherine Cronin, latindrymaid
at the convent. She use in the washbouse the whole of the
time, and did set ass anything of t►eseaault. She was some
distance from the copper, and there were clothes in it, and
boiling water. The little girl was not crying when she
was trought in. She saw the child's socks were wet, and
told the prisoner. The child never cried or screamed, on
her Oath.

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In answer to the magi f mhe the witames persistently
adhered to her former statement, and Mr. Arnold ordered
her not to leave the wort.
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11arpret Galvin, one—of the scholars, about 16, wee
examined, and said Woolf complained that the little girl
would net p to school, and upon being threatened with
the cane she meld she would come to schooL Witness was
going to take the child home, when Woolf reminded Misr
Walsh of her, sad the latter fetched her back, and put her
in the corner, sod afterward, took her to the copper, and
Laid to Kate Cronin, " What would you do with a naughty
child that would not go to school!" and set it on the edge
of the copper, with its beak to the copper. Kate was
close to her at the time. Prisoner bold the child by the
frock all the time. The child turned and put its feet into
the copper, sad screamed so that it could be beard through
the whole convent. The water came to its knees. She
could see plainly. Prisoner cried oat that the child was
buret, and ran to the school•room and then she and Kate
Cronin pulled the child out, and pulled Ms mocks off.
Cross-examined by Yr. Smyth—l was about twelve yards
from the copper end could see it all. The child's feet
hung down the 'front of the copper. The primmer bold
the child, but did not look as if she woo holding it very
firm. She held it by the frock, but not very steadily.
When it fell into the water her head let go of it for a
moment. Its feet appeared to go down to the bottom et
the water. It was sitting on the edge at the time it fell
in. The child pulled its drew out of the prisoner's hand.
It got its feet round, and need its bands to turn round. IS
turned round in a moment.

By 16.jrn;111=K;C;Cronin aad misoosr took the
child out between them. I did not ell out The sisters
came down at the screaming, and then they lilted the child
oat. I saw the poor child in the hot water, and dad not
doand pall it out. I was waiting for owe of the sisters to
it. The child might have been scalded to death. I
didn't assist._

- Kate Cronin recalled, and, cautioned by the
adhered to her former etetement. The cristfigt"Devter
scrammed. She never spoke to the prisoner. She did not
help the child out of the copper, nor pull its socks off.
Mr. Arnold ordered a aummene to compel her attend-
ance on the Melt =cosies, and ordered /1111i410111C• foe
three other witnesses who were present.
Prisoner made a statement, by which it appeared that
Woolf had bras At four mirages (untrue) to her from the
child's mother, requesting it to be corrected. She did not
like to beat it, so put it on the copper to frighten it, and it
socideatally got ha feet in.
Mr. Arnold remanded her fora week, mad said he should
require bail in S.N. for her appearance.
The Rev. Mr. Kirke laid he believed the girl waa inno-
cent, and Weenie surety for her.

Tex SICK Poos sir WORIZOIIBIII. —A meeting
of the Irsocistion far the Improvement of Workhouse
leArmaries was held, surer the presides/1y of the Hon.
Perey Windham, M.P., yesterday, at 69, Wimpoitiotreet,
the residers of the honorary secretary. ♦moan these
preset were Kr. Julian Ooldsmid, M.P., Mr.
Currie, the Rev. T. R. Richanoad, Kr. Wert Hart, Dr.
Auntie, the Rev. F. Roswell, Dr. Dobai, Dr. Rogers, Mir
Twhaint, rid Mr. F. Hill. Statements were made by Kr.
Ernest and other members present as to many ere-
spelled abuses in workhouses, especially la aortae country
institution& Dr. Aerie expressed the rinks that it
would be clearable for 110111341 of the parliamentary members
to more for a grerelperaseassiery inquiry into the whole
system of poor-law relief awsegbeet the oeuntry. After
a converesacie, in while took part, Dr. Angie,
at the request of theundertook to drew ep •
minute on the *ablest, l tted to another meet-
lag; end in the weramo it was rewired le salt
tee of the yeses, a =mbar et the essociatise, to
request lard Doves to Mate ea early as pre& Ma
intention with seeped to the asseesemi hr
refarmiag preload wedaseessi • question of seer
impress, to Sees isrecesisd is We eon of the atsk poor
ia • large who
was them Wrier forward. It wee
Ward that • Ira who hail bees me et mire Wan re
Leedom workhouse, sad had bees herd be resign Ms posi-
tion net very rag rase thesagkeberesbuesse brought out
in a Poor-law inquiry, bed bra sgpsisted in the respond.
hie grilles starter is • eraser or the smith side ot
the Timms& IiiIIMSI4 Alt Maim ihe
had GP
the morn thus apparel, sad wises rearrest had boor
etsethwed We Poer-law Beerd,_tiedureek to ask goer
wrier ea Ws subject in the Hoar et Otiminons.
vote of thanks to the Waimea tsendaairedilleserrostedbip
after much restr s@ ainer' had besa im
Amami, or rag SONJUIMISHII2.—YeateMeit
wing the sew rixilissyserew stesinshipasisereetshis•
from Melbourne, wee safely hauled tote the Sri boils
Dirks, at Blackwell. This was the dint voyage at the
skip, and having met with light Wads sad being • few
days overdue seer anxiety wee hit fee her safety. The
vessel sear up the river or Thiszeday far the peep., of
berg docked, bat. being tweed Wend off BLekwell,
god the high wind 'whisk thee grerallel
_eating wPws hare
she Wreck the upper per ef Briassisk pier, seer the
cattle leading Wier, end riaterionately two bargee, one
lades with NA tufts. ef wirsk mowed alespide ate
wharf, was soak This seeserrily delayed the are,
sad there berg NM iied4 as to whether there was a-
Meet water te lake the ship la dock, it wee
deemed edvtwhle that Abe should return dews the river to
Lao Reach, below Pardo* where she brought up fee the
sight. In the rem of the day a number of
aggpse and Wk bemire were put oa board the liapoNoa
sdegierew, whish Masi tkthemat Blackwell. Burly peter.
sersiog Sri Ihmwerlehfre was aria lakes in tow,
and edgy imbed IS already stated.
Vitervive Lira tinoLoovera, The protestor
et polio at Oxford, Mr. Phillips, by started ter NeNoi,
vile an interim to visit sad =swim Veravlos, and- to
test. by Weal observation, ourtela views
oaths pin
to which he has been lad. We shall
yeobabky
Athosoura be Wormed dlke remit Kee* throe menthe
hanota—. _

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