The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-19 00:00:00

stances the chief, if not the only chain of effec-
tual provision for the unemployed, is to belanked
for in such new fields of productive labour as the
provisions of Mr. Vitticus' Bill are designed and
adapted to open up and multiply.

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PARIS, Joys 19.
The Prince of Orange has gone to Fontainebleau,
where his royal highness will pass a few days.

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DON JUAN DE BOURBON.
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WLNDSOR CASTLE, Jun 18.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
and attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, drove out yesterday
afternoon in ► carriage and four. Major-General Hon. A.
N. flood attended on horseback.
Sir George Grey arrived at the Castle, and had an andisnos 1
of the Queen.
Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia, attended by the
Countries Schulenbourg, the Counter Louise Schwerin,
the Count de Boos Waldeck, and Dr. Brandin, arrived at
the Cutlet° minutes before 2 to-day. Lord Methuen and
Liautenant•Colooel Hon. D. de Roe also attended her
Majesty.
Prince Alfred, who had proceeded to Dover, attended by
Major Cowell, accompanied her Majesty to Windsor.
The Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince Leo-
pold, drove down to the railway station in Windsor to meet
the Queen. A guard of hooJur was in attendance at the
station. _ .

The Infanta Don 3uan de Bourbon bas addressed
a letter to the Quecm of Spain, tendering his sub-
mission.

The Marquis Miraf!ores has declined to consider
the subject until after the repeal of the law under
which the Inianta was exiled.

Queee Victoria, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in
Waiting, met the Queen of Prussia at the bottom of the
staircase, and conducted her Majesty to her apartments.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected at the
Castle to-day.
The Prussian Ambassador and Counted' Bernstorff were
at Dover to receive the Queen of Prussia, and attended her
Majesty u far as Itedhill, whence they returned to London.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour.
able Privy Council met yesterday in the Council Chamber,
Whitehall. Present—The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Pre-
sident, the Duke of Somerset, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl
Rumell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lad Kingsdown, Sir
George Grey, Dr. Lushington, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Mr. Lowe.
The Queen's Advocate, her Majesty's Solicitor-General,
and Dr. Twills, were in attendance upon the Council.
Mr. Helps, the Clerk, and Mr. E. S. Harrison, the
Deputy Clerk of the Council attended.
The Duke of Newcastle retuned to London yesterday
from Oxford.

The Ohanoellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yester-
day from Oxford.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yeetee-
day. An appeal from Victoria, " Booth v. &Beckett,"
part heard, wu coocluded. The lords present were Lord
!Closedown and the Lords Justices Knight Brace and
Turner.

THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA.

The Queen of Prussia, on leaving Dover yes-
terday morning, travelled by the South-Eastern line to
Radhill, and thence to Reading and Windsor, a somewhat
logger routs, but one by which the changing of carriages
and the ride through London is avoided. Her Majesty
reached Windsor shortly before 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
At half-past 1 o'clock a guard of honour of the god bat-
talion Coldstream Guards, under the command of Colonel
Byog marched into the station-yard of the Great Wee.
tern Railway at Windsor, and formed into line fronting
the Queen's private waiting-room. A few minutes after-
wards their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and
Louise, and Prince Arthur arrived in a pony phaeton, and
metered the royal saloon to await the arrival of her Ma-
jesty. In a short time the signal was given that the train
had left Slough station, and precisely at a quarter before
two o'clock it came into the Windsor statioa, having per-
formed the whole distance from Dover in three hours ►nd
4d minutes.

Her Majesty, who was accompanied by his Royal High_
seas Prince Alfred, on leaving the carriage was met at the
station by the young prince and prinomsea, whom the
Queen affectionately embraced. Her Majesty was in deep
mourning, with her veil down. Immediately on her ar•
rival a messenger wee dispatched on horseback with the
intelligence to the Castle. On the arrival and deputes
of the royal pasty the Nittionel Anthem was played by the
corps of drums and fifer, and as they proceeded through
the town to the Castle a merry peal was sent forth from
the bells of the Chapel Royal of fit. George.

Yesterday afternoon the Prince and Princess of
Wales, accompanied by their suite, left Oxford at
3.30 p.m. en route for Windsor, where they arrived at
4.44. The Prince and Prince's were met at the station by
Prince Alfred, who had been waiting their arrival. Their
royal highnesses at once proceeded to the Cutler to visit the
Queen and her illustrious visitors. The Prince and Princess
of Wales are expected to return to Progmore in the course
of next week.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
de Chartres left Edinburgh au Wednesday on a tour
through the Highlands of Perthshire.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princes, Mazy honoured Viscount and Vis-
counts. Sydney by their company at dinner last evening,
at their residence in Cleveland-square, St. James's. There
were present to meet their royal high:mesas, their Seems.
Highnesses Prince sod Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar,
the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of
Sandwich, the Earl of Claowillism, the Earl Cowper, the
Earl of Brecksock, Lard and Lady Rokeby, Dowager Lady
Truro, Lady Florence Rapt, and Dr. Quain.

Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerriaon received
►t dinner last evening, at their residence in Piccadilly, the
Earl and Countess of Harewood, Visoount and Viscountres
Somerton, Lord and Lady Bateman, Lord and Lady Col-
ville, Lord Loughborough, Hon. E Ashley, Hon. Mrs. and
Mi.. Claughvan, Mr. Vivian, Mr. Baring, M.P., and Mies

Viscount and Viscountess Holinesdale enter-
tained at dinner lad evening, at their residence in Berke-
ley-square, Viscount St. Aiaph, Lord and Lady Egerton of
Tattoo and the Hoo. Min Egerton, Mr. and Lady Mary
Nisbet Hamilton and Miss Hamilton, Hon. Captain Ed•
wards*, Hoe. Gilbert Heatboote, M.P., Mr.. White of
Woodlands and Miss White, Mr. Gmville, Mr. Cookerell,
&c.

Viscount and Viscountess Royston and Lady
Agnate Yorke are at present staying at the British Em-
bassy, Paris, on a visit to the Earl Cowley.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
notified that his engagements will not allow of his in-
specting the London Rifle Brigade in Richmond Park to-
morrow, as was previously arranged. He will, however,
hold his inapectiou of the regiment in Hyde Park at half-
past 5.

The annual general meeting of the members
of the University Hall, London, is to be held on the 25th
instant.

The Patriot says :—" We are told that since the
Bev. H. Ward Beecher has been in England he has ex-
pressed his intention oot to undertake any public engage-
manta, and he says he shall neither speak on the platform
nor preach in the pulpit. He disavows all political purpose
in his visit to Europe, and, so far from seeking to influence
public opinion here, he expremes satire indifference to it.
This is matter of regret. It will be a great disappointment
if Mr. Beecher returns without giving Englishmen an
opportunity of listening to his eloquent expositions of sacred
truth in some of our leading metropolitan pulpits ; and it
will be a great mistake if he does not make the endeavour
to come to a cordial understanding with his brethren on this
side of the Atlantic."

The Royal Oak, soon after anchoring at Spit•
head on Wednesday, on the conclusion of her official trials,
received cutlers to proceed to sea and join the squadron in
the Channel, under the command of Bear-Admiral S. C.
Decree, C.B. She soiled before daylight yesterday morning.
The vote of 67,0001. in this year's estimates for
the Ordnance survey is to be distributed as follows :—Eog-
land, 26,009/. ; Scotland, 26,0001. ; Ireland, 9,0001. ; mili-
tary surveys, 6,0001.
The irovernment of Italy is directing attention to
the sanitary stato of the country, and to the establishment
of institutions for the improvement of the conditioo of the
humbler dorm A report on vacrioatiou of considerable
interest has been drawn up by Dr. Carsori, the conservator
of hospitals. A decree bee bees issued by the Kiog with
the view of making provision for the deaf and dumb, and a
society boa been formed under his immediate patronage for
the relief of meadieity. A meeting was lately held at which
the Prince Amidie (the Due d'Aosta) and the Minister of
Instruction were present, to consider the best means of
giving employment to the poor and industrious.

riEr; Eirn 1R10313, FRIWE EVEN rml, JUNE 19, 1863.

SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE COM-
MISSIONAIRES OF LUNACY.

This morning the above report, conflating of 42
pages of an ordinary blue-book, was issued from the par-
liamentary oeintiakoffice.
During 1862 the oommireiosers paid in all 1,449 visits to
asylums, hospitals, Deemed houses, and single patients and
workhouses. The COMMiII6OOIIIIII say that their inqui-
' rice into the subject satisfied them that the cases in which
removal to the new criminal asylum at Broadmoor
are necessary or desirable bear • small proportion
to the &gareg•te number. They add :—" In advising
the retention in the several asylums of the large majority of
the patients classed as criminal, we were mainly influeuced
by the consideration of the comparatively trivial nature of
their offences (not affecting life or person), their long resi-
dence in the asylum, their harmless and industrious
character, and the vicinity of their relatives and friends.
In the course of these special inquiries, our attention having
been drawn to the subject generally, we have been forcibly
impressed with the impropriety and absurdity of treating •
large number of patients confined under Secretary of State's
warrants as of the criminal class, or otherwise than as ordi-
nary lunatics, from whom they cannot, upon any sound
principle, be distinguished. We think it most desirable that
the Secretary of State should be empowered (which be is not
at present) to transfer such patients from the criminal to
the ordinary pauper class. For this and other objects, the
revision and consolidation of the Criminal Lunatics Acts
appear to us to be essential. We think it unnecessary to
repeat the views we have long held, and frequently ex-
pressed, in reference to the law applicable to that dam of
the insane, and which were embodied, amongst others, in
our eighth report. The urgent necessity for an early con-
sideration of the subject will appear upon attention to the
probable working of the present Criminal Lunatics Acts on
the large and rapidly increasing numbers of criminal patients."
It seems that the number of criminal patients in asylums,
An., have increased in the last 19 years from 257 to 877.
The number of insane or imbecile patients in convict prisons,
in the criminal hospital at Woking, and in pole, all of
whom the Secretary of State is empowered to mod to the
now criminal lunatic asylum at Broadmoor, is unknown to
the commissioners. The lunatic hospitals are highly spoken
of in this report. The commissioners think that admission
to them should be less difficult, "if not in every case, yet
at least in those where the petitets suffer from sudden and
uncontrollable impulses to commit violence or suicide, and
who desire to place themselves under care and treat-
meat." They think also it would be very desirable
"if arrangements were trade for the reception therein of
persons, of whom we have reason to know there are many,
not insane, who, being conscious of • want of power of
self-control or of the addiction to intemperate habits, or
fearing an attack or a recurrence of mental malady, and
being in all respects free agents, are desirous of residing as
voluntary boarders in au institution for the insane. Upon the
question whether, and, if so, in what way, such arrangements
can be legally and properly carried out, the commissioners
have thought it well to fortify themselves by the opinion of
a conned of eminence, and accordingly submitted • ease to
Mr. Webby. It seems that he entirely concurs with the
commissioners in their construction of the enactments upon
the subject ; that there is nothing in the statutes to prevent
the admission of the persons referred to as voluntary
boarders into registered hospitals ; and that there would be
no difficulty in enforcing legally the stipulations and condi-
tions of any agreement, by bond or otherwise, for their
residence therein."

The commissioners again advert with strong expressions of
regret to the fact that the governors of Guy's Hospital have
ceased to carry out the intention of its founder, who en.
Joined them to take charge of a certain number of insane
patients. There are only 15 lunatic hospitals, which are
really benevolent institutions, under the supervision of the
commissioners, and they strongly urge an extension of this
kind.): provision for the insane poor who are not paupers. Scot-
land possesses a great advantage over England in this respect.
Ii appears that of the 833 private patient' placed in asylums
lin Scotland, 6.52 are in chartered asylums, and only 231 in
lieensed houses. In English hospitals, which are analogous
to the chartered saylums of Scotland, the private patients
amount to only about 1,000, whereas as many as 2,746 are
in licensed houses.

Nearly all the lunatic hospitals in England are now
well placed, and the comfort and better treatment
of the patients has thereby been promoted. The re-
moval of Bethlehem Hospital to a better site
is hailed with satisfaction, and a hope expressed
that St. Luke's, which, after Bethlehem, is " the wont
situated and externally the gloomiest lunatic hospital in the
United Kingdom," will move to • better locality. The scanty
remuneration of attendants at the asylums is animadverted
upon, and the temporary absence of patients for visits to
their friends is urged as having • beneficial effect.
Great evils still prevail in the treatment and accommodation of
insane paupers detained in workhouses, the number of whom
is steadily on the increase. Workhouses are not the places
for such patients. But the Lunacy Acts Amendment Act,
1862, the commissioners hope, will ultimately enable them
in some degree to ameliorate the condition of this unfor-
tunate Claes. 0.

The report enters into a great variety of details respect-
iog particular asylums, medical oertificates, prosecutions
during the year, new eoactments, !cc., and closes with some
excellent remark, upon employments and amusements..