The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

Or court.

BALMORAL, X&Y 11.
The Queen and Royal Family took their usual ex-
ercise in the grounds yesterday.

A deputation from the Metropolitan Association of Medi-
cal Officers of Health had au interview with Viscount Pal-
merston yesterday, on the importance of sanitary supervision
of public schools.
A deputation from the Society of Arts bad an interview
with Earl Grans 31e yesterday, at the Privy Council-office,
in reference to the Artistic Copyright Bill now before the
House of Lords.

A deputation had an interview yesterday with Visoonnt
Palmerton.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of the Settlements on the Wert Coast
of Africa, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands, and from the Governors of the North American
Provinces, the Bahamas, and Bermuda.

Yesterday morning Prince Arthur landed early
from the Vivid, end, in the company of Colonel Owen, RE.,
director of works, inspected the new fort of Tregantle and
the battery at Caweand, to the west of Plymouth. His
royal highness then crowed the Boned to the eastern bat-
teries constructing at Boviaanct, Stsidon-heights, and Tarn-
chapel, where he wee reoeivci in a barge, which conveyed
him to the old citadel at Plymouth. In the evening he re-
embarked on board the Vivid. To-day he will probably go
to Tavistock.
The Crown Prince and Princess Victoria have
taken np their residence at Potsdam. The Berlin papers
announce the snivel of the Queen of England at Reinhard'.
bruise, the Duke of Saxe-Cobarg•Gotba's summer palace,
for the end of August, by which time it is expected that
the Princess Royal wi'l be able to join her there. The
Duke of Bare-Coburg is expected back in Germrny very
shortly, on his return from his African expedition.

Lady Louisa Tenison gave her first dancing party
last evening, at her residence in Grosvcoor•dreet. Previous
to the assembly, Mr. and Lady Louisa Tenison entertained
at dinner the Earl and Countess Russell and Lady Georgina
Rumen, the FM and Countess De Grey and Ripon, the
Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, Count Weldateio, Lord and
Lady Harry Vane, Lord Earlsfort, ,Major the Hon. A. H.
A. Anson, M.P., Mr. Peel, do.
The Countess of Ashburnham has issued cards
for an assembly on the 15th.

Lady Fitiwygram's morning concert in Con-
nsaght•plaoe will take piece on Wedzwaday. the 21st inst.

Lady Moleeworth entertained at dinner last
evening the Duke and Duchess of Montrone, the Marchioness
of Hy, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl Granville, the
Dowager Gaunter of Essex and Min Johnstone, the Conn-
tees de Penigny, Earl Cowper, Lady Frances Gordon, the
Hon. F. Calthorpe, Viscount Castleman, Lord Dafferin,
Mr. end Mn. liaillie Cochrane, Mr. Townley, and Dr.

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Lord and Lady Camoye and the Hon. Mines
Stonor are expected to arrive at 31, Dover-street., for the
season, in the early pert of the week.

Mr. Augustus Koppel Stephenson, of the Norfolk
Circuit, has been appointed recorder of Bedford, in emcee-
&ion to Mr. R. Couch, appointed a judge in India.

The second reading of Sir JelinTrelawnfe Anti-
Church Hate Bill is fixed for to-morrow. The opponents
of the measure are not prepared with any proposal for a
compromise, but Mr. Estcourt has given notice of hia inten-
tion to move the following amendment:—" That it is on-
just and inexpedient to abolish the ancient and customary
right, exercised from time immemorial by the ratepayers of
every pariah in England, to raise by rate among themselves
the sums required for the repair of their church, until
some other provision shall have been made by parliament
for the discharge of those obligations to which by custom
or statute the churchwardens on the part of the parish are
liable."

There has been some anxious questioning of the
officials of the International Exhibition on the part of the
five guinea season ticket holders, as to whether these docu.
manta would entitle them to admission to the Horticultural
Society's Gardens on Sundays. After a conference with
the representatives of the latter society, it has b3en de-
termined that five guiles season tickets will carry the
privilege in question.

The instructions issued on Saturday regarding
admission to Woolwich Amami do not, as stated yesterday,
reader tickets tumeeessary. Visitors can only be admitted

on Tuesdays and Thursdaya, between the hours of 10 and 4
o'clock, on production of cards, which must be obtained at
the Waroffioe, Pall-mall. The statement in regard to the
admission of loreignen is quite cottect.
Detachments of the Coldstream and Fusilier
Guards, under the command of Colonel de Bathe and
Captain Blackett, arrived at Eastbourne on Friday, from
Aldenhott and London, to go through a course of mus-
ketry practice. Upwards of 100 of the men are under
canvas, as there won not seelcient barrack room to accom-
modate them.

Of the various cricket matches played in Victoria,
amounting to twelve, the E'even have won six, drawn four,
and lost two.

A Melbourne letter says :—" Mr. Edward

Wilson, one of the proprietors of the Argus, leaves by
this maiL Mr. Wilson has been the founder of orr local
Aoclimatisation Society, =dm an unostentatious gratuitous
manner has done, and is doing, more for this colony's future
prosperity and advancement than many whose noise and
sound signify nothing. Mr. Wilson is, it is understood,
proceeding to Europe for the purpose of making arrange-
ments for the sending out a supply of salmon ova, a'l the
attempts previously made having proved failures."

To the new products naturalised in India, such
as tea and flax, will soon be added, it ix believed, the
quinineliebling cinchonas. When the state spends
50,0001. a year on quinine alone for its hospital', it becomes
a matter of importance to render India independent of
foreign supply, if not an exporter on her own account. For
this purpose the government of India have been making
most strenuous effort.. The plants procured from Bolivia
by Mr. C. Markham, whom Lord Stanley sent there, dud,
but those sent subsequently have so succeeded that the
experiment must be pronounced a success in the propagating
houses of the Ootacamund gardens.
Poore RELIT, IN LANCASHIRE.—This morning a
variety of statistics relating to poor relief in Lancashire and
Cheshire were returned to the House of Commons. One of
the tables shows the number of paupers relieved in the
distressed unions of the two counties in each of the nine
weeks ending with the sth week in April. The totals are
as follows:—In the lit week of March, 132,353 (a note in
the return attributes the excessive number of this week to
an Mamie in Liverpool occasioned by the prevalence of
easterly winds there, which stopped the principal business
of the port) ; 2nd week, 110,939 ; 3rd week, 111,402 ; 4th
week, 111,770. In the Ist week of April, 104,340 ; 2nd
week, 105,587; 3rd week, 104,167; 4th week, 104,279;
sth week, 104,508.
PRINCE OSCAR OF SWEDEN IN LIFEEPOOL.—This
prince (who is travelling incognito as Count Rosenthal)
visited Liverpool on Saturday, and, in company with Mr.
Holum, the deputy mayor, and Mr. S. R. Graves, inspected
some of the pnnapal buildings and works of the town. He
entered St. George's-hall whilst the Saturday kftersoon
Concert was going on, and at its conclusion played " God
Sere the Queen" on the grand organ with ooesiderableakilL
After this he was conveyed to the great landing stage, em-
barked on board the Cunard tender Satellite. and proceeded
down the river to the wort' of Mean. Wirer, at the
Canada dock. The yachts of the Royal Mersey Club turned
out on the occasion, sod the prince was much delighted with
their evolutions. Upon being asked by Mr. S. R. Graves,
the commodore, whether or not he would consent to become
an honorary member, he at ones expressed the pleasure he
should feel in having his name placed upon the bopks of the
club. In the evening the prince proceeded to Chester,
whither he bad come in the morning.