The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-31 00:00:00

THE COURT

WINDSOR, JAN. 29.---The Queen and Prince and the
royal family walked out in the Home-park this afternoon.
The Duchess of Sutherland arrived on a visit to her
Majesty. The dinner party comprised the Duchess of
Kent, the Princess Royal, Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and
Countess Stanhope, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord
and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lady Fanny Howard, the
Baroness de Speth, the Right Hon. William and Mrs.
Cowper, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right Hon.
T. Pemberton Leigh, Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas,
Major-General Sir Richard Airey, and Major-General
Dupuis, R.A.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—
Yesterday morning at half-past eleven o'clock, her
Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, with the royal suite, left Windsor-castle, and
travelled by special train on the Great Western Railway
to Paddington, and on'arriving at the terminus proceeded
in several of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a
detachment of the 3rd Light Dragoon Guards to Bucking-
ham-palace, where the illustrious party arrived shortly
after twelve o'clock. Her Majesty and illustrious party
were received at Buckingham-palace by the Marquis of
Breadalbane, Duke of Wellington, Right Hon. Lord
Ernest Bruce, M.P., &c. The Guard of Honour on the
parade at Buckingham-palace, consisted of the Coldstream
Guards. In the afternoon the Queen held a privy
council, at which the lists of sheriffs for the ensuing year
was submitted, and approved by her Majesty.

MARRIAGE OF CAPTAIN SAYER AND Miss PHIPPS.—
Yesterday the marriage of Captain Sayer, of the 23d
Royal Fusiliers, to Miss Phipps, eldest daughter of
Colonel the Hon. C., B. Phipps, C. 8., Keeper of her
Majesty's Privy Purse, and niece to the Marquis of Nor-
rnanby, took place in the Chapel Royal of ;St. George,
Windsor. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied
by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Alice, and Prince Alfred were present at the ceremony.

iiTHE PEAC ;CONGRESS AT PARlL—ThelConstitutionnel
of yesterday states its opinion, that the Peace Congress
will not b able to commence its deliberations before the
20th or 25th of February. It also says, that the signa-
ture o' the preliminaries of peace will be reserved for the
Congress. The armistice also, will not, if the above
version be accurate, take place till the Congress meets
The Emperor has ordered apartments to be prepared at.
the Elysee, and elsewhere, for the official residence of the
members of the Peace Conferences.

THREATENED IMPEACHMENT OF MINISTERS.—Yesterday
afternoon a public meeting was held at St. Marlin's Hall,
Westminster, in compliance with an invitation placarded
to the following effect :—" Do the men of Westminster
desire peace at any price ? " The Hon. Colonel Vereker
moved the first resolution condemnatory of the proposed
pacification and declaring the terms to be unsatisfactory.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. A. B. Richards. A
stormy discussion followed in which Mr. Harris attempted
in vain to move an amendment of an opposite character,
and eventually a resolution in favour of the impeachment
of ministers was almost unanimously agreed to.

RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL POLICY.—The Journal de St.
Petersburg just received, contains a communication from
the Russian Consul at New Orleans, suggesting that
Russian merchants should make arrangements for obtain-
ing, corn direct from America, at a less expense than it
can be supplied via Liverpool and London. The same
journal remarks, that as the least saving in the price
would be of the utmost importance, direct relations ought
at once to be established for opening this new branch of
Commerce. The Invalide Ruese contains news from the
East coast of the Black Sea. Iskander Bey was
severely wounded on the 23rd instant, and General
Prince Andronikoff had been dismissed from
.his post, as
Governor of Tiflis.