The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

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BALMORAL, Jets 5.
The Queen and Royal Family, with the Ladies
and Gentian= in Waiting, attended Divine Service in the
Castle.
Dr. !Vetoed, her Majesty's Chaplain, officiated.

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The Prison. Helena and Prisms Leiningen afterwards
went to the parish church of Oath* where Dr. M'Cleod
performed the duty.
The Duke of Argyll and Dr. leCleod had the honour of
dining with the Queen and Royal Family.

The Prince and Princes of Wales, attended by the
Countess of Morton, Lieutenant•Ceneral Knollys, and
Lieutenant•Colood Koppel, left Marlborough-house at noon
yesterday, for Fropoore.

The Prince and Prinoses Louis of Here, attended by the
Baroness von Gummy and Captain von Weaterweller, left
Marlborough-house for Windsor Castle.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince and Princess
Louis of Here, honoured Meson. Day and Son with a visit
on Monday to the German Gallery, for the purpose of
inspecting the picture of his Royal Highness's marriage, by
Mr. G. H. Thomas and Mr. William Simpson's water-
colour drawings of India, Thibet, and Cashmere.
A deputation to present memorials from the Corn and
Coal Exchange, London, and the millowDms, whArnolimi
and residents on the south side of the Thames, praying for
the abolition of the turnpike-gates and sidebars on the
• math side of the Thames, had en interview with the Right'
Hon. Sir George Grey at the Home-office yesterday.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor' of the North American Provisoes and
Bermuda.

Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelits, who have been on a
visit to this country for • few weeks, intend to leave St.
James's Palace on the 20th instant for Germany.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
de Montpensier last evening entertained at dinner the
Duke de Chartres, the Duke de Nemours, the Count
d'Ett, the Duke d'Alencm, the Prince de Joinville,
the Duke de PenthiCrre, the Doke d'Annale, Prince
Philip of Wurtemburg, the Spanish Minister and Madame
Comyn, the Duke de Granada and the members of the
Spanish Legation in L mdou, Viscount and Viscountess
Vigier, Mons. and Madame Becher, Colonel Velarde and
Senor Cagigas (in attendance on the Duke de Montpensier),
Madame de Cala, in waiting on the Duchess de Montpensier,
Colonel Soli., M. Saudi's, M. Laugel, &a. After the
banquet the royal party went to the Italian Opera, Covent-
prier, to witness the performance of Feast.
Lady Marian Alford received at dinner last
evening, at her residence at Priece's-gate, the Earl Gran.
the Earl Cowper, the Earl and Countess Somers,
Lord and Lady William Compton, Lord Hubert De Burgh
Canning, the Earl Brovrnlow, and the Hon. Mr. Cast, &c.
Among the presents to Lady Frederick Caven-
dish yesterday was her Makety's, • locket having a large
amethyst in the centre with a cross of diamonds upon it,
surrounded by pearls, with the Quota's hair inside ;
together with • valuable Indian shawl. Her Royal High-
ness the Princess Helens's gift was a gold brooch and coral
with her royal highness's heir inside. The bridal gifts also
comprised • diamond tiara from the Duke of Devonshire ; a
superb gold bracelet from the Earl Spencer, set with
rubies ; the Marquis of Hartington presented • bracelet of
pearls and diamonds ; the Earl of Dudley, a beautiful gold-
mounted dressing-came, and there were valuable gifts from
the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir
Stephen Glynne, the Rev. Healy Glynn, the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, &e.

A marriage will shortly be solemnised between
Lord Henry Loftus, brother to the late and uncle to the
preseat Marattis of Ely, sod Louise Countess of &afield.

The marriage of the Hon. Ellen Stuart, daughter
or Lord and Lady Blantyre, with Bir David Baird (scoording
to the Warerhampton eh, oxide) in fixed to take place on
the 15th instant.

Mr. Cave to-morrow will ask the President of the
Board of Trade whether his attention has been directed to a
statement that a large fleet of oyster smacks baa been lately
dredging within twenty miles south of Beachy Head;
whether this is not contrary to law ; and, if so, why the
prohibition against smacks putting to eta with dredges on
board of ter the 30th of April, which baa hese rigidly carried
out at Shoreham Harbour, is not enforced elsewhere.
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Lord Robert Cecil intends to elk the Vice-Pre-
mildest of Council to-morrow whether be will undertake
that none of the witnesses who may be examined before the
committee on inspecton' report' shall suffer any prejudice
to their official position and prospects, so fa: as the Council-
office is concerned, on account of any evidence which they
m., giye before that committee.

Mr. Arthur Mille, ou the let of July, will call
attention to the preseut position of the territories claimed
by the Hadson's Bay Company, and more a resolution
on the subject.

Fontainebleau rams, which, as usual, take place
during the stay of the French court ►t that imperial real-
' dame, are fixed for Sunday next and the Sunday after.
The Italian national rifle shooting meeting will
commence at Milan on the 19th. Prince Humbert is pre-
sident of the executive committee charged with superin-
tending the preparations. A large number of native and
foreign marksmen are expected.

The inauguration of the new church of Notre
Dame de la Garde, at Marseilles, took place on Sunday. Im-
mense numbers of persons from all the surrounding depart.
meats 'arrived to take part in the ceremony. The proces-
sion, which included about forty bishops, archbishops, and
cardinals. wu more than two hours in pasting, and only
reached the summit of the hill on which the building is
erectel at 3 in the erotica.