The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1853.

Vbe Court,

Ttio King of Hanover, attended by Lord Elphin-
stone, blej.ir-Orneral Buckley, and his Gentleman-in-
Waiting, visited the Queen and Prince Albtrt yesterday
in-wising at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemour visited the Queen
yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses also paid a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha at Buckingham

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The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Bucking-
ham Palace. The company included the King of Hanover,
the Duchess of Kent, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Slecklenbargh Strelitz, the Duke and Duchess of Sale
Cohourg Gotha, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess
Mary, the Princess Adelaide of Hoheulohe, the Duke
of Wellington, Count Kielmansagge, the Earl of Mul-
grave, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caroline
Cust, Lady Suffield, the Baroness de Wangenheim,
Lord Elphinatone, Major General Buckley, Baron
Maori's, Baron Hedemann, Boron de Wense, Gene•
ral Count Decken, Captain Baron Reitmostein, A.D.C.,
Captain Baron lasendorf, A.D.C., Major Baron Boddien,
A.D.C., Dr. Lea, Dr. Kaufmann, Hon. R. Somerset, Baron
t3eshach, and Captain Baron Treakow. The Queen of
Hanover was prevented by slight indisposition from dining
at Buckingham Palace.
• The Band of the 2nd Life Guards attended in the Palace
during dinner, and performed the following music:
Mardi

"La Gam Ladia"
Wilt; Le Deli's"
Mors Polka

Selection "I Mudd^
Quadrille, " La Poste "
Galnp "Immergrun"
God Save the Queen

Moist
Strauss
Grattan Cooke
Dnalint(
Schubert
Labitzky

The King of Hanover, attended by Lord Elpbinstone
and Major-General Buckley, paid visits yesterday to the
Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the
Duchess of Cambridge, at their ivspective residences.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours visited the Duchess
of Kent yesterday, at Clarence-House, St. James's.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, visited the King and Queen of
Hanover yesterday at the Hanoverian Legation, Grosvenor-
I place.

A deputation from the University College, and a deputa-
tion from the Graduates Committee, had interviews yester-
day with Viscount Palmerston, at the Home-office, on the
subject of the College of Phyaicians Bill. The deputation
from the college consisted of F. J. Wood, LL.D. (Council),
W. Sharpey, M.D. (Professor and Dean of Medical Fa-
culty), Mr. C. C. Atkinson (Secretary) Francis Scott,
M.D. (Council), and Mr. John WOod (Chairman
of the Board of Inland Revenue, member of
College Council). The deputation of the Graduates
Committee consisted of F. C. Wood, LL.D. (Chair-
man), J. It. Quain, LLB., C. J. Foster, LL.D.,
honorary secretary; John Stones, M.D., T. Snow Beck,
M.D., F.A.S., Wm. Sheen, M.A., secretary; W. F. Mac-
kenzie, M.D., and Robert Barnes, M.D., hon. Med. Sec.
The deputadenswere accompanied by Mr. Cheetkam,
Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Milligaa,
M.P., and Mr. F. Crossley, M.P.
A deputation on behalf of the Warrington and Altrieg-
ham Railway Bill, consisting of Messrs. Holland, Whitley,
Lister, and Greene°, had an interview with the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade.
Mr. Hadfield, M.P. for Sheffield, and Mr. Joseph Brad-
bury, of Sheffield, hail an interview with the right hon.
gentleman yesterday.
A deputation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Jacob, president
of the College of Preceptors ; Mr. J. C. Newman, late pre-
sident and an examiner ; Mr. J. Coharton, M.A., modera-
tor and examiner in mathematics for the College ; and Mr.
John Parker, secretary to the College, had an interview
with Earl Granville (Lord President) at the Privy Council
office yesterday.
A deputation from the Congregational Union of England
and Wales, from the Baptist Union, and from the Pro-
testant Dissenting Deputies of the Three Denominations,
had an interview with Viscount Palmerston at the Home-
office yesterday on the subject of the Dissenters' Marriage
Acts Amendment Bill. The deputation consisted of the
Rev. George Smith, the Rev. Robert Ashton, and Mr. Rice
Hopkins, from the Congregational Union of England and
Wales; Mr. Underhill and Mr. George Lowe, F.R.S., from
the Baptist Union; and Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., Mr.
Josiah Condor, Mr. James Cook Evans, Mr. Joseph East,
Mr. William Beddome, Mr. R. H. Terrell, Mr. Charles
Reed, and the Secretary, from the Protestant Dissenting
Deputies of the Three Denomination.. The deputation
was accompanied by the following members of parliament :
Mr. Cheetham, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Milligan,
and Mr. Lowrence Heyworth.
Mr. William A. Wilkinson and Mr. Acton Ayrton had
an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday,
at the Board of Trade.

A deputation, headed by the Lord Advocate, kid an in-
terview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing.-street.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Booker, Mr. Macartney,
Mr. James Macquaen, Mr. Dickson, Mr. W. Nisbet, and
Mr. A. Tufnell, had an interview with the Bight Don. E.
Cardwell, yesterday.
Despatches were sent yesterday from tke Colonial Office
to the GovernovGeneral of Canada and the Governors of
Australia.

The Judicial Committee of the Patsy Council at yester-
day in the council chamber. The lords present were, the
Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Ad-
miralty Court, Sir J. Pennon, and Sir E. Ryan. An
appeal from Bengal, M.Rellaz v. Wallace," was part
hoard.

TILE KING AND QUEEN OF HANOVER.
Yesterday, at half-past 12 o'clock, the King of
Hanover left the residence of the legidon to pay a visit to
the Queen and Prince Albert, and remained at Bucking-
ham Palace nearly two hours. On leaving the palace the
King visited the of Kent, the Duchess of Glouces-
ter, and the Dui= of Cambridge.
The Dedham of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg Strelite, visited
the Queen of Hanover at the residence of the legation
daring the morning.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Adelaide of Ho-
henlohe also visited her Majesty during the morning.
At three o'clock the Queen, accompanied by the Princess
Royal and the Princess Alice, paid a visit to the Queen of
Hanover. The King bad returned to the residence of the
legation at this time, and wee In attendants to welcome her
Majesty.
The King, attended by all the memben of bis suite, dined
with her Majesty and the Priam Consort at Buckingham
Palace last evening. The Queen of Hennes remained at
the legation throughout the day.

IN TURKEY.

TO TUI

SlR,—The tenor of the remarks upon our Turko-
Russian policy made by "Anglican's" in the Times of
this day would lead many to suppose that it was the object
of England to maintain in all its rigour the Osmanli into-
gral of the Turkish empire at any cost against the intrinsic
interests of those other subjects of the Porte, wbo profess
the Greek creed. But is this so? shall we by supporting
Turkey uphold the oppression of the Christian population?
I think not. To infer that the oath of the Christian is not
taken in opposition to that of the Turk, is not in accordance
with the daily experience of the Greek population—the
law of evidence is there as fully enforced as elsewhere—to
believe that Greeks or any other Christians are obliged to
feign poverty to escape extortion is simply arguing for
present facts upon long past data. Some of the wealthiest
merchants of Turkey are Greeks. Their pecuniary mesas
are not unknown, nor do they seek to hide them—neither
ere) they persecuted. In whose hands are the principal
government mercantile transactions ? No one at all
acquainted with Turkish sauna is ignorant that the
wealthy Armenian merchants hold the largest portion ;
but the wealth accumulated thereby is neither " squandered
in Ilishommedan sensuality, nor used for their own oppres-
sion," is " Anglicanns " would lead us to suppose.
The whole conduct of the Greek subjects of the Porte,
and, indeed, that of all other non-Mahommedan residents,
distinctly shows their satisfaction with the present laws of
the empire.
The policy of England is not to uphold the Turk against
the Greek, but, by protecting Turkey as a whole, enable
her rulers to continue undisturbed that system of political
and religious freedom which all parties now so fully
enjoy. If the Greeks are liable even to be persecuted as
one might expect from " Anglicanus," how is it they so
eagerly seek Constantinople, and so fearlessly accumulate in
that city their great wealth i The truth is, that there they
possess religious freedom and personal security to an extent
certainly as great as that accorded by any ruling power to
its foreign subjects, and do not desire a change.
England is said to be on the side of decay against regene-
ration, apathy against enthusiasm, lte. &c. If to open up 1
the resources of an empire, to remodel finances, and to
press into its service wherever it can the acknowledged
talents of other nations, be a sign of decadence, Turkey
may be said to decay, but not otherwise. Her real deca-
dence is, that she is gradually falling away from the igco-
rant fanaticism of an elder time, and taking advantage of
the experience of other peoples to increase her own.
The apathetic Turk is but a phrase of to-day ; its fitting
application is long past. AU her leading statesmen are
men of progress. The Sultan himself is of that party ; and
the daily influence of European ideas is nowhere more ra.
pidly developing than on the shores of the Bosphorus.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Craven Hotel, June 17,1853. E. U. STANLEY.

CRICKET.

M.C.C. AND GROUND AGAINST TEN UNIVERSITY OP
Oxroan.—This match was finished yesterday at Lord's,
in favour of Oxford, by 22 runs, after a close game, the
score being:—Orford: lit innings, 134; 2nd innings, 114
—X.C.O and Ground: Ist innings, 113; 2nd innings, 113.