The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

trig ann.

BALMORAL, MAT 21.
The Queen and the Princess Louise drove in the
moraine to the Ballo& Bide.
In the aftenewe her Mayeity, with the Priam@ Lainin-
gee and the Primal Helene, drove by the Bridge of Dee
round by Ahem/der.

Priam Leopold and Princess Beatrice we to the Falls of
Garth&lt.

Tho Prince of Wales rods on horseback yesterday fore-
noon, attended by Major Teesdale.

The Princess of Weis took a carriage drive, attended by
lady Morton.
The Priam of Wales visited the (rand Duke of Rack-
baba( Strata, at IA Jannis Palace.
Hie Royal Hinhaeor went to the Hoare of Lads is the
aft/caeca.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-o Mos
from the Governer, of Canada, Heliavlsod, sad Malt►
Dispatches were mat to the Gorman of the Settlements
on the West Coast of Africa.

STATE CONCERT.

By command of the Queen, • State Conoert was
gime tut eve•ieg at Buckingham Palace, to which a party
of *early SOO was lavited.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a black
tulle dross with donnas of tulle and jet ornaments, and •
tunic trimmed with lace and jet. Head•drs. • tiara of
jet with jet ornaments. Her Royal Inghams also wore the
Victoria and Albert badge and the Portuguese Order of

Her Royal Higbee• the Duchess d Cambridge wore a
black elk diem, trimmed with flowers of tulle, and covered
with a deep lace tonic. Head-dreee • tiara of diamonds
and pearl, with white feather. Stomacher, necklace, sod
mining, pearls end diantoed&
Her Royal Highness the Primrose Mary wore • white satin
dram trimmed with tulle and retie ribbon, covered with a
tunic of Brussels Leos. Head-drew • diadem of diamond,
and water lilies. Stomacher, necklace, and earrings of pearls
and diamonds.

Hi Royal Higheres the Prince of Wales wore the uniform
of a general officer, with the insignia of the Order of the
Garter and of the Star of India

The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, with
their officers, Lieut.-Colonel Cooke, the ensign, and Colossi
Bourke, the cam in waiting, were on duty at the palace.
As soon aa their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince=
of Wales entered the saloon the concert eommenaed.
The programme of the mimic was as follows :
east 1.
Overture
Bong with Chore!, ' You
spotted Bmakea, Ndlia. A Midsummer I. Mendelsohn
W Patti e Itise Leaoallee
Night's Dream. 1 Bartholdy.
edang March
lisal Bob, Mlle]
Patti
Aria, "Ak lon' a IS" • LaTrartala) Mille. Patti Verdi.
Lied, •••Beklat Mold du Sasser Neel du," liar
Wachtel
Qaartetto. " E scherzo ed a Scalia" {Up hallo
to Mashers', Mdlle Patti, Mdse. Present,
ghost Gordon, e Dells 5.M. Verdi.
Arta, "Pear al la Potato (L'lteilaas In
Mdse. ?shell' losaint.
Chorus, "Amid, maid, 2 este II Bole'
,Masaniello)
PAW 11.

ON ertine, Zatapa
Duettino,"el, la etaaehaana" til Trovabrio),
knetteWrW • Her
Givalpsy
al Chorus, The Stara that above us are
us." iPreeleasi Weber.
Duo, Marinate ta guardia Ma," filsmori
Gerdoni e Dello Settle RcesinL
Villanelle a cinq volz, "Tour lee Attralts
tile:is Stuart , Menlo. Patti, Milani, Trikelll
Nice lan:elks, Sisson Gondol • Deily
Salle
Introduction, Instrwasatal Bridal Proves-
!Oedema/cr.
don, Weddlag Moak, and Itsdthalambun,
WaSter
-

The performer, exceeding NO in number, consisted of
her Majesty's private band, aided by several instrumen-
talists of the Philharmonic Society, her Majesty's Theatre,
and the Royal Italian Opera, the chains being selected
from the operas and the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter
hall.

The performance was oondocted by Mr. Anderson, the
director of her Majesty's private band. At the pianoforte,
Mr. Caine.

His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief held a levee yesterday ahem= at the
Horse Guards ; upwards el 100 officers attended.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Priam, Mary wired yesterday at their mi.
dame st St. Janeen Palace, heel Ounbridse Oatture, Kew.

T4ll QUEEN'S DIRTHIpAY.-.-(THIS DAY.)
This y her Maissty's 46th birthday was °slo-
ths rejoins.' cuitow.sy for so many years. but
whica have been interrupted of isis. One of the prettiest
eights was an loops:Mon of the household troops on the
parade ground, Hens Guards, by his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales sod Duke of Cambridge. In attendance on
the Prises were Brevet Major Christopher C. Temdabe,
C. 8., Captain George Hoary Grey, Lieutenant-
Colonel F. C. Koppel, Lioutsoant•General H. T. Knollyin
Lieutenant-General Hen. Sir James Yorke &what, .C. 8.,
with many other general officers. Hie royal highness was
dressed in the Humor uniform. He entered the ground
with the Commander-is-Chief and staff, the bands playing
"God says the Queen," and the Goards presenting arms.
Peals of balls were rung from the various church steeples
of the metropolis to-day. The royal standard was hoisted
from the Post-Aloe, Tower, Custorn•house, Arsenal, Wool-
wich ; Tilbury Fort, sad other goverummit offices. The
venlig lying in the river were dressed out with flags of all
entices, and a royal salute was fired.

The Hon. Aril l y Company, Bashi 11-row, had a grand
inspection, which was aumarously attendad.

His Royal Highness Prim* Alfred passed the
19th at the court at Carlanais, whieli capital he left on the
2Dth to visit the Queen of Prunia at Baden, whence he is to
continue his journey through Switserland.

At a meeting of the ladies patconeeses of the
Calecloaka bell yesterday diorama it was announced th►t
this Royal Highnesses the Priam and Prinoes• of Wales
hare signified their intuition of hamming the ball with
their preasnoe. The smusgemente for the ball, which will
be restricted as to numbers, are proceeding ettidstorily.
The Conatem of Fife will have the Highland Quadrille,
sad another character quadrille is is the tonne of farms-
tiom. The Duchess of Roxburgh, the Coasts, of 'Lanolin,
the Oonatimm of Fife, Viseountem Stormost, and Lady Hen-
rietta Alien, were smoog the ladies present at the cons.
mittee yesewday.

Earl and Countess Russell and family arrived in
lowa yesterday tress Panbrskeledgs, Riehmosd-park.

The Countess Cowper has issued cards for an
easembly on Thursday next, also fora ball on the tad pron.

Mine Burdett Conttea ball will bike place on
Tuesday, the 14th of June.

Ou Saturday afternoon the christening of the
infant son of the Earl and Counting of Dalkeith was per.
formed by the Rev. Lord John Thynne, D.D., sub-dean
of Westminster (uncle of Lord Dalkeith), in the baptistry
of Westminster Abbey. with which venerable building the
Duke of Buocleuch is officially connected as high steward
of the city of Westminster, under the dean and chapter.
The child was named " John Charles." Among the few
relatives present were the Duke and Duchess of Bacchus&
and the Ladies Scott, the Marchioness of Alien:lora, Lord
Henry Scott, /sc.

We (Scotsman) understand that the eminent
sculptor and our townsman, Mr. Calder Marsha% R.. 4-, has
been commissioned by her Majesty to mom& one of the
large sculptural groups for the Priam Consort memorial
about to be erected in Hyde-park.

Mr. James Namuyih delivered a lecture at the
Royal Inetitation on Friday evening " On Day and Night
is the Moon." The lecture was illustrated with numerous
well.exeouted drawinp on a large male of various parte of
the moon's surfaoe es sees through a powerful telescope,
exhibiting in every part Indications of extinct volcanoes.
There were also suspended in the lecture-room two globes
of the relative sizes of the earth sod moos, and at a corre-
sponding distance from each other.

On the motion for going into committee on Testa
Abolition (Oxford) Bill, Mr. Scully will move that the bill
be oommitted to a aslant committee.

Mr. Farnall reported to the Central Relief Com-
mittee, yesterday. that daring the fortnight ending the 14th
inst. 13,916 pewee were struck off the relief lists of the Ti
unions composing the cotton manufacturing districts. Mr.
Hugh Moses gave notice of a motion to main " the Pre-
sident of the Poor-law Bawd to seek for further powen
wider the Public Works A et, to enable him to lend a for.
ther sum of at least 500,0001., in order to promote sanitary
sod other improvements in the nwinfactaring district;
and thus to provide employment and wages for cotton ope-
ratives."

A large audience assembled in the Manchester
Free-trade Hall last night, in rapport of the Permissive BiJI
of Mr. Wilfrid Lawson. The object of the meeting, ea
described by the chairmen, war to obtain parliamentary
striation to "a permissive bill for any district where three-
fourths of the inhabitants, householders, believed it de-
sirable that pablic-honese should be closed." The meeting
adopted resolutions in socardanoe with this design.
At Capron, where the inhabitants are princi-
pally Garibaldi'. own retainers, and .steely erased 30 in
number, the general was received with every spark of
&treaties. A good dinner wsa provided, the colon* (hos-
beadroaa) was meet for, and the hero of Manila, the object
of specadation at this moment to the whole world, is great
on the subject of potatoes and beans and grapes.
Soon after leaving Gibraltar Garibaldi wrote the
following note to the Duke al Sutherland :—" Gibraltar,
May 3.—My dear Friend,—Having reed in the London
journals that you and your friends have formed the
generous intention to epee a subscription in favour of myself
and my children, I most let you koow that it is impossible
for me to accept it. It is, however, bat one demand the
more on the gratitude which I owe to you and be your noble
friends for so much kindness.—Devotedly yours, G. Galli.
BLLDI. To the Duke of Sutherland."

The Count and Countess de Chambord, &wont-
palsied by the children of the late Dachas of Perm, have
returned to Preluded from Venice.

Prince Charles of Prussia has returned from the
scene of war and goes to Glinike, near Spandau. On the
19th be paid a visit to the King at Berlin. He travelled in
the strictest intortito to avoid the ovatioas of the people.

The Echo of Honfleur states that for some days
past a stranger from Paris, with an official introduction, has
been matins experiment, with electric light in fishiug. The
fish, attracted by this great light, arrive in shoals at the
surface of the WSW, and are taken without any difficulty
with a net. The imperial Al= cutter Rainier, of the coast-
guard service, has beep placed under the direction of the
stranger to continue his experiments.