The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

WINDSOR, Ocr. 29.
The Queen and the Duchess of Brabant walked
in the prisett grounds pt the Castle this morning.

Prinee Alter, with tne King of the Belgian; the Duke
of Brabant, the Count of handers, and the Duke of Cam-
bridge, accomoaried by the E trl of Afton, went out shoot-
ing, attended by Colt-nel Vylde.
The Duke ut Cambr;dge Duke and Duchess of
Athull, the Marquis of akbereGro, the Earl of Aberdeen,
the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of
Mansheld, the Earl ut 11u:stave, and Lord l'Antaare left
the Castle to-day.
Earl Granville, the Portuguepe Minister and Countess
Larradio, Lord John liussell, and Viscount Ilardinge
arrived this afterncon.

The Belgian Minister and the Marquis of Breadalbant
remain on a visit.

Tile band i•f :he First Life Guards attended in the Castle
during dinner, yesterday, and Performed the following
Pieces:
March, "ILILII. the Prineeof wale." lie Duchess of lama.
Overture. "Des Luatten Welber von
Windex"
rotpourd, Tell" itue-in%
Weimer, "la Vigils dml nettlemoto"
Selectee:, "Lasts di Lammermoor ' Mailman.
Podia, " Genes as Huebert"
The Queen and Prince, with tee Duke and Duchess of
Brabant and the Count of Flanders, took a drive, this
afternoon, attended by the Countess of Dicer:, the Counter,
Onetime de Lanooy. mod the Ron. 11..atricc Bvng. Colonel
the Hon. Cliaries Grey cud Colonel Wylde were is uttee-
dance on Lonieback. _ . _ _ _ .

The dinner party this day included the King of the
Belgian', the Duchiss of Brabant, the Duchiss of Kent,
the Duke of Brabant, and the Ccuut of Flanders, the
Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady
in Waiting to the Duchess ut Kent, Lady Carii.ine Bar-
rington, Lady Frances Bruce, Bareness de Spcth, Earl
Ciraritiille, the Belgian Minister, the Portuguese Minister
anti Countess Layradio, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord
John Kussell, Viscount Hardingc, Sir James Clark, Count
Gustave de Lannuy, Colonel de kloerkerke, Baron Prisse,
and M..Ricken. - . _

The Band ,tithe &As Fusilier Guards was in attendance
during dinner. The Queen's private !hind aft/made
attended in the Cud, and played the following compd.
iaitinns - .

Overture—. 4-Tkisks" Chen:Art
cis leidlhiser iG Sette-ieu '
Ueetboren
Auber
OCT. 30.

Romance
Camu: du Marclu':—"l

The Queen and Prince, the I'rince of Wales, the l':incess
Rcyal, the Princess Alice, and the King of the Belgians,
the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the domestic
household, attended divine serviet this morning in the
private chapel of the Castle. The Belgian Minister, Earl
Granville, the Marquis of Bread*lhane, Lord John Russell,
and Viscuunt Harninge were ale) at the service. The
and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated.
The Duke and Duchess of Btainent, the Count of Flan-
ders, and the Princes Charlotte of Belgium, the ladies and
gentlemen of their suite, and the Portuguese Minister
and Countess de Lacradio, went to the catholic chapel
at Clearer.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left town for
Hawarden Castle, near Chester.
Lord Stanley of Alderley has left town for his seat, Alder-
ley Park, Cheshire.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-cffice on Satur-
day front the Governors of Hong-lfong, Ceylon, and
Lehman.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
front the Governors of the North Amman provinces.

st-prLy OF COAL.

NEM

SATURDAY NIGHT.

A large fleet of collier vessels for London, which
have been detained with long continued southerly winds,
left the Tyne, Wear, Seabam, Hartlepool, and other porta
on the Durham and Northumberland coast by this morn-

log's tile. Afore than three hundred vessels left the Tyne
alone, and they all have s fine wiud to Yarmouth Roads,
which, if the spanking b that we have to-night keeps
up, they will reach tomorrow; and, all going on well,
may arrive in the pert fur Tuesday's market. Notwith-
standirg the prestnce of so teeny veuels in our ports, coal
Mighty still keep steady both for London and the markets
of North Europe: they are 10s. 61. per ton to London, l 3
to Southampton, and about IW. a keel for Hamburg. This
is a very bu•y sod prosperous autumn fcr shipowner., and
they will have good balances to show at the end of the
year, notwithstanding the heavy averages they were called
upon to pay, arising out of the severe loss of shipping in
the North Sea last winter.

There is reason to fear that the shipowners and seamen
will get thoroughly embroiled with regard to the manning
clauses, and other regulations put forth by the union of the
latter, without some mediation takes place between them.
The Shields owners have had offices fir three weeks for
engaging seamen Woo do not belong to the union, and have
an agent down in Scotland for the purpose of sending
up Scotch seamen. As yet he has not been able
to prevail upon more than a score to come up,
and those, when they reached Shields, were, the principal
part of them, induced to join the Seamen's Union. A
reward of 101. is offered by the Owners' Association for the
appreheneion of some of the Union seamen, who they allege
trepanned some of those unfortunate Scotehmen. The
seamen have delegates down in Scotland, and as soon as
the agent of the owners engage any Scotch seamen, they
telegraph up, and ►ot their mates on the Tyne and Weir
knew who arc coming. The seamen nee threatening to
strike, and lait.g the matters in dispute ti an issue.

SLIME OF A CONSTABLE—PoIice-constable John
11`Cormack, 131 T, destroyed himself on Friday morning
at the station, Brook-green, Ilurnmeramith. The deceased
bad bees in the force about hve years, and was generally
employed to drill the men of hi. die i ion. in consequence of
his having been a soldier in the Ith Light Dragoons. Ile
was one of the mounted patrol, and the last time he was
seen alive was about G o'clock on Friday morning, me the
stables, where be was supposed to be going to look after
his horse. At Si o'clock the deceand was diszover..l
another constable suspended by a rope, which was listened
to the roof of the loft over the stables. It seemed, from
the position in which be was found, that he had previsusly
obtained one of the halters in the stables, and loosened one
of the ends to fasten to the roof. In order to reach it he
must have got on to a beam, and haring made a noose in
the rope Timid his neck, he then threw himself off from
the beam, and strangulation must have ensued almost im-
mediately afterwards. Upon being discovered au alarm was
quickly made, and the deceased was cut down, and he was
found to he finite dead. The deceased, who was about forty
year; of age, hs-1 been dull and oppressed for souse time
past, and it is, attributed to his being embarrassed in his
all .irs, and there is no doubt that the fear of being prose-
cuted by his creditors operated strongly upon his min 1
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