The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA.

We have received by submarine telegraph the fol-
lowing messaite from Theme, in anticipation of the
Overland 111:ul: _ _

" The steamer Austria arrived here on the 26th
June, at 11.45 p.m., in 106 hours from Alexandria.
" The India, Chiutse, and Australian mails have
arrived, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 16th
May; Hong Kong, 6th May; Sydney, 3rd April;
Melbourne, 6th April; and King George's Sound,
18th April
" There was no definite news from Rangoon, but
it was expected that either the treaty with the King
of Ava would be signed at once, or that our troops
would move on to Ava. The Governor-General is
anxious to bring the war to a close.
" Trade at Calcutta languid. Exchange on Lon-
don, 28. lid. •
"There was no mail from Shanghai, and no intel-
gence about the insurrection in China.
" At Canton, a French commodore had seized two
Englishmen, and forcibly conveyed them on board of
his ship, for walking near a French flag-staff on shore.
" Exchange at Hong-Kong, 51. per dol.
"In Australia things were proceeding prospe-
rously. From Ist January to 6th April, 500,000
ounces of gold had been shipped; price of gold,
3/. 17s. 6d. per ounce.

" At Melbourne the exchange was at par.
" No intelligence from Bombay, the last steamer
from Alexandria having conveyed the mail that was
to have gone on by this steamer."

Int (Court.

Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B
Phipps and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe, returned to
Buckingham Palace at half-past five o'clock on Saturday
afternoon from the camp at Chobbem.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Cobourg Gotha on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace.
The Countess de Neuilly also visited their royal highnesses.
The Prince of Hohenlohe Laogeubourg visited the King
of Hanover on Saturday, at the residence of the Hano-
verian Legation, in Grosvenor-place.
The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, attended
br Baron Seebech and Baron Treskow, visited the Zoolo-
gical Gardens, in the Regent'a.park.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Duchess of Saxe Cobonrg Gotha, took a drive in an open
landau and four on Saturday afternoon.
Prince Albert, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de
Ros, honoured the • fti2ers of his regiment, the Grenadier
Regiment of Foot Guards, with his company at dinner on
Saturday evening, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street.

Her Majesty, accompanied be the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Cobourg Gotha, end the Prince of Hohenlohe Lan
genbourg, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her
presence on Saturday evening. The roysl suite consisted
of the Countess of Mount Ldgeumbe, the Baroness de
Wangenheim, the Marquis of Ormoude, Lord Charles
Fitzroy, Baron Seebeck, and Baron Treskow. l'rince
Albert joined the Queen at the theatre. The Duchess of
Kent, accompanier, by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe,
and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Augusta
Bruce, and Lord James Murray, also honoured the per-
formance with her presence.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Princess Alice, and
the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yesterday
morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace.
The King of Hanover, attended by Lord Elphinstone,
Major -G 1 Buckley and Baron d'lssendortf, was also
present. The Hon. and it.. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the Domestic
Household, also attended the service.
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The Duchess of Sale Cobourg Gotha, attended by
Baroness de Wangenheins and Baron Treskow, attended
Divine service yesterday morning in the German Chapel in
the Savoy.
The Countess de Neuilly and the Doke and Duchess do
Neiman, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
an Saturday, at Clan nee House, St. James's.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess cf Gloucester yesterday, at
Gloucester House.

A deputation from the Sheffield School of Design, con-
sisting of Dr. Ferguson Brmisun. M.D. (President), and
Mr. B. Wightman (Honorary Secretaty), had an interview
with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell on Saturday, at the
Board of Trade.

The cathedral commission bad a meeting on Saturday.
Present, the Arebbiehop of Canterbury. the Archbishop of
York, tim Marquis of Blmidford, the Earl of Harrowhy,
the Si.hop of Lohdon, the Rshop of (Word, Sir John
Dodson, Sir John Patteton, the It v. Dr. Wordsworth,
the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the Rev. Rd. Jones
(Secretary.)

A cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The minis-
ters present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John
Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the
Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount
Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of
Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wm. Molesworth. The
council sat three hours.

The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg Streliti paid a villa 'o Portsmouth on Saturday after-
noon, to inspect the magndiunt fleet now at anchor at Spit-
head. Having dined at the George Hotel, they went on
board the Fire Queen steamer. Lieut. Mason, and pro-
ceeded in her to Spitbead. They there went on board
the 131 gun screw ship Duke of Wellineton, and from her
proceeded through the fleet in the Fire Queen to Ryde.

THE ROYAL CHRISTENING.

The ceremony of christening his royal highness the
infant Prince is to take place to-morrow, the 28th in-
stant, and to be performed in the private chapel of Bucking-
ham-palace, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of
all England. The sponsors of the young prince are to be
the King of Hanover, the Princess of Prussia, the Princess
Mary of Cambridge, and the Prince of ilohenlohe Langen-
burg. The names which the Prince will receive at the ad-
ministerirg of the sacred rite are Leopold—George—Dun,
can—and Albert. The party present at this interesting
solemnity is expected to comprise, in addition to her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the
illustrious sponsors, her Majesty the Queen of Hanover, all
the members of the royal family, the Lord Chancellor, the
Prime Minister, the three Secretaries of State, and the other
members of the Cabinet, the Foreign Ministers whose sove-
reigns are connected by marriage with this country or re-
lated to the sponsors, the Mistress of the Robes, the great
akin of the household of the Queen and the Prince, the
ladies and gentlemen in-waiting to her Majesty and Prince
Albert, the King and Queen of Hanover, and to the other
members of the royal circle, together with Garter King of
Arms, and other Aides of the Herald's College, who will
wear on this occasion their magnificent tabards and in-
signia. The usual service will be varied by the performance
of sacred music by a choir of experienced vocalists. The
time of baptism has been so arranged, that at the concise
lion of the ceremony her Majesty and the Prince, with
their august and distinguished party, will be conducted to
the state dinner given in honour of the eccasion. Other
visitors have been honoured with invitations for the
evening.

A rehearsal of the music to be performed at the christen-
ing of the infant prince took place on Saturday afternoon
in the chapel of Buckingham Palace. The gentlemen of
the Chapel Royal and their deputies were in attendance,
and also the private band of her Majesty. There are only
three vocal pieces :—A chorale by the King of Hanover,
1" 0, how good and lovely are Thy dwellings ;" an anthem,
Iby Costa, " Suffer little children to come unto me ;" and
the Hallelujah Chorus from the " Mount of Olives," by
Beethoven.