The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-08 00:00:00

THE 3 XPIIESS,

be Court.

BALMORAL, Amen 6.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Hobanlobe,
drove oat yesterday.
The Primaries Helms and Louise, attended by Via.
countess Jocelyn, drove to Mar Lodge, and howoared,the
Countess of Fife with a visit.

Viscount Sydney, Sir George Grey, and Mr. Helps arrived
at the castle yesterday.

Her Majesty the Queen held a Privy Council on Wednes-
day at BalmoraL It was attended by Sir George Grey,
Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Sir
Charles Wood, Secretary of State for India ; and Viscount
Sydney, Lord Chamberlain.
The royal speech on closing the mouton of parliament wee
approved of.
Parliament was ordered to be prorogued until the 24th of
October.

The convocation of the clergy was prorogued until the
25th of October.

Mr. Helps, the Clerk of the Connell, attended.

The Duke and Duchess de Biaaccia La Roche-
foecauld have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Park

The Duc de Lusada has arrived at Brown's Hotel
from Paris.

The Duchess de Medina-Celi, accompanied by
the Counter de Monte Aiudo, has left the Clarendon Hotel
for Perin.

The Marquis d'Almasy, accompanied by Count
Jean Mikos and Ooent Paul de Featetica, bee Wt the
Brmiawick Hotel, Jermyevareet, to Hungary.
The Earl and Countess of Craven leave town to-
day to Coombe Lbbsy, Coveatry.

The Earl and Conutess of Shaftesbury and family
have left Greevenenermare foe the Coatieent.
The Earl and Countess of Verulam left town last
evikaing for their neat, Gerhambury, Iternty.

The Earl and Counteaa of Clarendon and family
will leave lowa is a few days for the Grove, near Watford.

Viscount Palmerston leaven town to-day for
Sheffield.

Vioomte de la Redorte has left the Clarendon
Hots! for Paris.

Lord Londeeborough has returned to Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeleyoquare, from Cowes.
Their Excellencies the Comte and Comteese
Omits wad the Marquis Oasts have arrived at Thomas
Hotel, Berkelepequare, from Madrid.

Mr., Mrs., and Mine Chamberlayne have arrived
at the Brunrwick Hotel, Jermynetreet, from their seat,
Creabury Park, neer Winchester.

Yesterday the marriage of Lady Evelyn Mary
Craven, daughter of the Earl and Counter of Craven, with
Mr. George John Bred's°ll Brow, eldest sou of Lord and
Lady Ernest Braes, was solemnised at St. George's,
Hanover-square.

A Marseilles letter of the sth says :—" The
Queer' Dowager of Naples, Maria Thou; arrived here yes•
today tram Geneva, end previously Zunoh, when she had
been to witness the betrothal of her daughter, Maria Aa-
oonciada, with the Archduke Charles Louis, second brother
of the Emperor of Austria. The Queen appears to be well
satisfied with the malt of ber journey to Zurich, when her
Majesty was met by several members of the imperial family.
The Queen bar this day left Marseilles on board the Ci,phles
stammer. accompanied by the betrothed princes; Count de
Gbgeoti (one of the sons of Ferdinaud I.), and General
Count deb Tour, her eltemberlabe

Till PIOYACT OF lIIKLAND.—The rumour in
now correct. says the Dublin Erasing Mail, that the
Bishop of Bath and Willa (Lord AtiekLuxl) is likely to be
the new Primate.

CONSRORATION OF ST. MARE'S CHURCH, VICTORIA
DOCA.B.—Yesterday morning the Bishop of London °owe-
tested s vet 7 handsome church, which has bees Greeted for
the seoceuroodatiou of a huge district scijaeeet to the Vie-

Paris Docks, the population -of which his become brown
pretty generally to the public under the name of " Loo-
donere over the Border." The district, which has rapidly
grown into a large town, was some years ago without
spiritual provision of any kind, but a committee, consist.
mg Of Sir Morton Peto, ILP., Mr. W. Oowper, M.P., sod
other gestkonen, was formed, and a sort of minimum"
agency was established under the direction of the Rev.
Herman Douglas, M.A. At first an iron church was
erected and schools established, and the desire to profit by
both was so manifest that it was felt desirable that widi.
lima bußdiep should be erected, and a school church
was built at • scat of 2,5001,, which was entirely defrayed
by Mr. Morrison, one of the directors of the Victoria
!bets. Mr. Donates having made an appeal to the public
for beds to relieve the Opted destitution of his district,
so vest se wawa t Sewed in that be determieed upon the
erection of a handsome church, sod the establishment of
glove factories, weed-cote* depose, and other ledastrial
socialise, all of . which have been eminently ineemenik
although, he says, his glove factory has been of lath nemr
what crippled by Mr. Glaciateee's tariff sod the American
war. The church, built from the designs of Mr. Temkin,
has cost 7,0001., and after the bishop's sermon yesterday • .
collection was made towards the discharge of an outsterel-
lug debt of 5001. The Victoria Dock Company gave the
site and three or four acres of ground for parsonage.
schools, and "amend church purposes. It is a matter of
regret that the health of Mr. Douglas has been so much
impaired by his great exertions in this formerly almost
heathen pariah, that, having succeeded in erecting the
church, and putting everything in working. order, he has
placed his resignation of the incumbency in the bands of
the 'Wallin
THE VACANT BISHOPRIC IN CENTRAL AFRICA.-
Much anxiety has been felt is reference to filling up the
missionary bishopric in Central Africa, which war
l=dy rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Chard..
elorie. The archbishop end bishop to whom the mom-
theedation of a memo, was naturally referred have well
ecenitlered the sebleot, and have et length offered to nom.
Mead fee the appointment the Rev. Henry Boyd, M.A., of
tirCollege, Oxford. Mr. Boyd graduated in 1853, and
or tome time curate of Belleau, near Alford, Liesolo-
E- be wee afterwards wornisated by the Rev. Prebee-
Banes, of Exeter, to the curacy of Probe', CornwalL
at protest engaged in clerical modal' a very spiritually
dutitue district in the east of Loodoa. .
Tan LANCASHIRE RELIEF Fin:fix—Among the
remote which came to head at the Mapdca.bome yesfec-
Jdb aid of the above hind were :-111e41. Carnegie,
adlesthome in Park Chapel, oldness., 85/. hi.:
Ml. ; celleeted in foer days kg Mn. An ,
%retro. Swim Come, Ezhibitioe, by ahreing their papist
j Mr. flit ild.; Mites tellectisas kr the chapel of Batlike
*band Ahlbseengh-hateh, 184. 7e. 64. rale. E, H.' V
taawis RIM.- Mie.thesty, lOL ; Mame. . aert A
!lleas'es. Y Minium, and . Mt. ; .I
Mathews slob, ; Kr. ,y., 14. ;
.1
'IL. How, 101. 10a. ; Miter-Os mellow, 10X, ; Mr.
N. C. Tree*, 14 • W. 11., lit. ;,. t. Ignathi• Poi*
key, bl. The anlimejton le fehreregof few
chimer
dishier I. the dlstriota, ;imb mid
26,6271. 11a. on Wednesday evades lesA„ Ahead the whole
of this sem bee been subscribed by the merchants and
private gipthlemos of the town. * the tradenneo, how-
ever, have lie oenie forward yetorltlor kai nerftelloska, it to
expected that a much greater am will be ironested. 1

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