The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-19 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

The Queen went yesterday morning to the Parade
in St. James's-park, for the purpose of distributing the
Crimean medal to a number of officers, non.conunissioned
officers, cad privates of the army and marines, and officers,
non-commissioned officers, and seamen et the royal navy.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace
at tea miautes before eleven o'clock, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Duke of Saxe Cobourg,
and Prince Ernest of Leiningen, and. attended by the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Oainsborough, Lord.
Alfred Paget, Major• General Buckley, Captain Du Plat,l
illejm-General Berkeley Drummond, and Lieut.-Colonel
Biddulph ; Baron de Treskow was in waiting on the Duke
of Base Cobourg.
The royal party was escorted from the Palace to the
Parade by • detachment of the Life Guards.
Prince Arthur, the Primmer Royal, the Princesses Alice,
Helens, and Louisa, the Princess of Hohenlohe Langen-
burg, and the Princesses Adelaide and Feodore of Hoban-
lobe, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon.
Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, and Lord
Camoys, left the Palace abort a quarter of en hoer before
the Queen to witness the ceremony from the Horse Guards.
Her Majesty returned at half-past 12 o'clock.
Dinner was afterwards served in the Riding-school at-
tached to Buckingham Palace to a party of about 450, tom-
prig's all the non-commissioned efficers„ soldiers, seamen,
and , who had been previously decorated by the
Queen with the Crimean medal.
During the dinner, her Majesty and the Prince paid a
vim to the Riding-school, accompanied by the elder royal
family, and also by the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Stzelitz. the Duke of Cambridge,
the Duke of Same Cobourg, the Princess of Hohealobe
Laugenbarg, Viscount Harding. and Lord Pearson.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and Sir George Cooper, witnessed the distribution
of the medals by the Qnsen from the Horse Guards.
The Duke of daze Coburg visited and took leave in the
afternoon of the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester,
Ilse Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, at
Mirk respective residences.
Her Majesty and Print'. Albert, accompanied by the
Princess of liolienlohe Langsnbarg and the Duke of Size
Coburg, took a drive in an open carriage and four in the
afternoon. The Equerries in Waiting were on horseback.
The Duke of base Cobourg took leave of the Queen and
Prince Albert in the evening, on his return to the continent,
and quitted Buckingham Palace at eight o'clock for Dover,
attended by Le Conseiller Santwer and Baron de Treskow.
Captain Do Plat, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert,
weeded his Royal kiistiness to the South Eastern Railway

station.
In the evening the Queen
_gave a concert, to which the
Royal Family, the Foreign Ministers, and a party of the
nobility and geatrr were invited.
The Duchess of Kent arrived at halt part nine o'clock.
The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princes' Mary, the
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meeklenburgh Strelits, and
the Duke of Cambridge were also present.
The Maharajah Duleep Singh was attended by Sir J.
Login.
Ater Majesty and the Prince eatered the Grand Saloon at
a quarter Doors ten o'clock, accompanied by the Duchess of
Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary,
the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelita,
the Duke of Cambridge, the Princess of Hoheslohe Langen-
burg, and the Princess Adelaide of Hobenlobe, and attended
by toe Lord Chamberlain and the Ladies and °enthused in
waiting. The general company followed the Queen into
Use saloon, and the concert then commenced.
The following was the programme:

Quartetto, " MI mama la toes," ;rams. a Macro e
DkWe, divot' Ciarddal e Lacedmal (dad) Booddl.
Dad, " Far ealanta," Mad. Novella e alp. Malachi
(1A Bei 401 per arla) Mom
Air, " Spirit° d 11 versed," 81g. Gardonl (La Pri-
mavera) .
Trio, "Weal al mar," Mad. Novelle, 81g. Lombard • Mirndelmbl
m Parma Gortileirad.
Duilo, " Tropp° memo hal pogo la te," Kr. Weise a
Harr Formes Warta) ..
Alr, "Mi par oho an Imago lkoolo," Mad. Bodo
(Nina, COPPIde.
Quintero), " Meat» dormi," Mesdames Novella e
Dithde, Miami Garddal, Lucchesi, e Latiaehe

Quartette, "Baapa,"slut Oar&MT• Lusehmi,
Mr. Wee 84. LaMothe Dmilsotil.
Air,_ " I Meal ma tardar," Kelm. Iromilo
(Natal
adore) Mozart.
Dna,6lg. Madan( • Labels*
Comilla) Pai
Ai(r, "lab might. wail,* Hat Farms (Die WM& r.
wadi') WilaaL 1
Duo. "Parcae ad moordi • *ail." Malmoo. Bodo
. Maid, (PAW* RomiaL
Coro. . Mama Modal" TIM
Mr. Costa presided at the pianoforte.
The Green Drawing-room was appropriated for refresh-
meats between the parts of the concert and during the even-
ing. At the conelusion of the perfermanos bar Majesty sad
her distinguished guests reared to the State Dinner-room.
where supper was saved.
The following were among *bee who bad the honour of
receives/ invitations To. Maharejah Below Singh,
Prince Gholun Mohammed, Prince Peruse Shah, the Bel.
gian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer the Bavarian
Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Hanoverian Minister
and the Ci.untem Helene Kielmansegge, the Sardinian
Minister, the Greek Minister and Madame Trieoupi, the
Turkish Minister and Madame Munn, the Netherlands
Minister, the Portuguese Minister and the Countess de
Lavradio, the Brazilian Minister and Mdlle. de Mande, the
Sicilian Minister and Princess di Carini, the Austrian
Minister and the Countess de Conned°, the Mezisan Minis-
ter, the United Stites Minister and Miss Lane, the Danish
Minister and Madame d'inholme, the Prussian Minister
and Countess de Bernetorff, the Swedish end Norwegian
Minister and Baroness de Hachocibild, the Saxon Minister,
the Peruvian Minister, the Spanish Chargé d'Affaires and'
Madame Comyn, the French Chargé d'Affaires, Le Dee
dns Admiral Viscount de Chateaus*, Sank Paths,
' and the ilaros and Baroness d'Undont.
The attendance of noblemen and ladies was large.

The Governor of the Bank of Bagland had an interview
with the Chasesdor of the Itzehequar yesterday at his ofii.
dial residence in Downing street.
Despatches from the Governors of the settlements on the
west coast of Africa were received yesterday at the Colo-
Dial office.

To-day the Court celebrates the 36th aaniversiu7
of the birth of her biejesty gams Victoria. The moil
birth day of the Queen falls on Thursday ant.

Yesterday afternoon an alarming rumour, of un-
known origin, sad now happily known to have been
wane, spread with electric rapidity through the metro-
polis. It was mid that a noeseeful attempt had been
made on the life of an exalted penossage, whose providential
deliverance from a similar danger very recently engaged
public attention.
THE REPAIR. or BIACKYRIARB BRlDGE.—Yester
day, at a Court of Common Council, Mr. Thomas Whits
brought up a report from the Bridp-lteme Committee stat-
that, pursuant to the order of the
December
of the 7th ot
last, they had obtained an estimate of the en
pease of repairing Blathfrisre-bridge, ansountiog to the sum
of 39,6001. A long discussion took plats, several of the
mentoers being of opinion that it wee not at all desirable
so smash up the old bridge es proposed, especially at such a
wady rate se the report recommended. Ultimately, on the
. mean of Mr. De limey, it wee resolved that the report be
, printed and circulated maws the members of the court

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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 19.

LATEST FROM ABROAD.

The following telegraphic despatcher, from Berlin,
Vienna, and Varna, appear in the Times of this
morning :

THE CONFERENCES.
" BERLIN, FRIDAY, MAI( 18.

" The Journal do Sl. Petersbou►g publishes a cinelei
despatch, addressed to the representatives of Ramis abroad,
containing a lituitian account of the progress of the View
Conferences.

" The settlement of the first point is declared to be the
fulnlment of a promise which Russia had made to guarantee
the prosperity of the Principalities.
" The Emperor decided the second point in f of the
commercial liberty of all nations.

" The third point concerned the balance of power in
Europe, but wee incompatible with the bosons. of Ruims.
" The Plenipotentiaries of France and England refused
to deliberate upon the fourth point, the most important of
all for Christendom."

.. VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENINO, M& 18.

0 Things have undergone a change. New Austrian pre.
position/ were probably forwarded yesterday to London seg
Paris.