The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1851.

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Her Majesty and Prince Albert with the Prin-
eases Helena and Louisa, accompanied by the Duchess of
Saxe Coburg Gotha and Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg,
inspected the machinery in motion at the Exhibition of the
Works of Industry of all Nations on Saturday morning. In
attendance on Her Majesty and the royal circle were the
Hoe. Matilda Paget, the Baroness de Wangenheim, Gen.
Wemyss, and CoL Biuverie, Her Majesty arrived at half-
past 9 and remain-it at the Exhibition till a quarter before
twelve o'clock. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred,
attended by Mr. Birch, also visited the Exhibition on
Saturday.
The Queen held a court at a quarter to three o'clock on
Saturday afternoun at Buckingham-palace.
Prince Henry of the Netherlands, attended by Baron
Stretenus, Netherlands Chargé d'Affaires; the Chevalier
Von Happen!, Chevalier do Casembroot, and Captain May,
of the Netherlands Royal Navy, had an audience of the
Queen to take leave of Her Majesty.
The Prince of Wasa, attended by Baron Koller, Austrian
Charirj d'Affaires, had an audience of her Majesty on his
arrival front the continent.

The Chevalier Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian minister,
had an audience of the Queen, on his return to this country
after a temporary absence.
Their Royal Highnesses and his Excellency were respec-
tively introduced to her Majesty by Viscount Palmerston,
G.C.8., the Quen'sprincipal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward
Cwt. K.C.H., her Majesty'a Muter of the Ceremonies.
Thu Right Hon. Sir Richard l'akenham, K.C.8., her
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the court of Lisbon, was presented to the Queen, at
an audience, by Viscount Palmerton, to take leave on pro-
ceeding to Lisbon.
The Queen, with the Princess Royal, accompanied by
the Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, took an airing in an
open carriage and four on Saturday afternoon, the Equer-
ries in Waiting, General Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie,
attending on horseback. Prince Albert, the Duke of Saxe
Coburg Gotha (attended by M. B. de Treskow), and the
Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg rode out on horseback at the
same time.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha and Duke Er-
nest of Wurtemberg, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with
their presence un Saturday evening. The Queen and the
royal circle were attedded by the Countess of Charlemont,
Baroness de Wangenheim, Hon. Matilda Paget, Lord Duf-
ferin, General Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, and M. B. de
Treskow. The Prince of Leiningen, attended by Lord
James Murray, visited Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday
evening.
The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales,
and the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the
court and the domestic household, attended divine service
yesterday morning in the Private Chapel in Buckingham
Palace. The lion. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.
Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and the younger members
of the royal family, took their usual exercise yesterday in
the garden of the palace.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness de Spcth, and Sir George Cowper, arrived in town
at half-past one o'clock on Saturday, front her residence,
Frogmore, near Windsor. Prince Henry of the Nether-
lands visited the Royal Dachau in the afternoon. Yester-
day Prince Albert, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg
Gotha, and the Duchess d'Orleans, visited her Royal High-
ness at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's.

The Transatlantic Packet Station Commission had a
meeting on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. Present :
Earl Granville (eiairman), lion. Win. Cowper, M.P.. Sir
James Gordon, K.C.8., Sir John F. Burgoyne, K.C.8., '
Captain Stephenson Ellerby, and Lord Hobart (Seen.-
The Earl and Countess Grey left town on Saturday for
Nunsham Park, Oxfordshire.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday,
for Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster.
Dcspatehcs were received yesterday at the Colonial-office,
from the Governor of Van Diemen 's Land. Despatches
were received, on Saturday, from the Governor of South
Australia.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY.—OR Saturday,
the Lord Mayor and members of the Court of Aldermen
and Common Councilmen forming the committee for carry-
ing out the forthcoming entertainment at Guildhall, had an
audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Her
Majesty, at a previous interview with the committee, had
mentioned Wednualay, the 2nd of July next, as the day the
corporation would be honoured with her royal presence.
On Saturday, however, her Majesty graciously intimated
to the Lord Mayor her intention to postpone her visit until
the following Wednesday, July Bth, the 2nd of July being
the anniversary of the death of that illustrious stab:smut,
Sir It. Peel.
OFFICIAL ARILANGSSIENTS.—Mr. Alexander Henry
Hastings Berkeley has been transferred from the poet of
attache at Lisbon to • similar position at St. Petersburg.
Mr. George Coles is named Administrator of the Govern-
ment of Prince Mira' d's Island in the event of the death
or absence of the Lieutenant-Governor.—Observer.

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S 81111.
Gamuts arrived at Southampton yesterday from Alex-
andria, where she had been sent to bring home the passen-
gers which left India by extra steamers put on by the above
mentioned company. The Ganges WAS detained n fortnight
at Alexandria owing to some delay the other aide of the
isthmus. She made the quickest passage front Alexandria
ever known. The following are her dates of sailing :—From
Alexandria, May 27th at noon; arrived at Malta, 30th at
noon; sailed front Malta, 30th, 9p.m. ; arrived at Gibraltar,
June 3rd, 1 p.m. ; sailed from Gibraltar, 3rd, 6 p.m. ;
arrived at Southampton, Bth, 9 a.m. She brought home 82
paasengers, 120 India packages, 1 box of specie, and the
largest ship letter mail ever known since the establishment
of mail packets to the East Indies, and which consisted of
16 large boxm of letters. Amongst the packages was a box
of mangoes, a present to her Majesty from Grand Cairo.
The following are the names of her Majesty's ships of war
at Malta :--Queen, Albion, Superb, Ganges, Ceylon;
steamers—Scourge, Firebrand, Medusa, Merlin, Medina.
At Gibraltar, none. The Entine, which left Southampton
for Constantinople on the 29th alt , arrived at Gibraltar
June 3rd, 13Jp.m. The Iberia steamer was at Gibraltar.
fnREE LARGE STEAMERS, the Ganges, Teviot, and
Trent, from different and opposite parts of the world, viz.
from Egypt, the West Indies, and from Brazil, came up
Southampton Water one after another yesterday morning.
Such a sight is rarely witnessed. To see these immense
steamers rounding Calshot Castle was a novel and interest-
in • sight. They brought mails and news tram the Bea
Indies, West Indies, Mexico, Portugal, the Cape of Good
Rope, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres. Nearl SOO passengers
from all parts of the world landed' from taco steamers at
Southampton. The hotels in that town were erammed, and
the railway terminus was like a fair.
LOSS OF TUE NEPTUNE (LONDON AND ST. PETERS-
BURG) STEAII-11111P.—NLEROW ESCAPE OP TUE PASSIM-
-02114 AND CREW.—This first-class splendid steam-frigate,
has, we re gret to say, been wrecked on a formidable
reef of rocks in the Sound of Elsinore while pursuing a
voyage from the Thames to the northern capital. It may
be recollected she was specially selected to convey the
numerous packages of Russian manufacture and produce
for the Great Exhibition, which are now in the course of
arrangement in the building, and, having taken on board
almost as valuable a cargo, was on her return voyage when
the unfortunate accident betel her. It appears that she
left her moorings off Irongate Steam-wharf, St.
Katherine's, on the morning of the 27th ult., having on
beard about 40 passengers, a general cargo of marchan•
dile, and some four or live carriages, which were plated
as deck. She made the Elsinore Light about
put 10 on Sunday night last, the wind blowing ne-
ther fresh from the N.N.W. but beyond that there
was no unfavourable circumstance. Nothing occurred to
create the least alarm until she had steamed some eight or'
nine miles further, when suddenly she "bounced" into a
dangerous reef of rocks off that part of tho coast called
Swine Bottoms, off Logamas, and all was thrown into a
state of consternation and dismay. The engines were
backed, and every stratagem was resorted to to get her off,
but without avail, the wind and rough sea act en the
vessel so sa to drive her further into danger ; andl less
than half an hour the water had burst *morn bee sem-
partmcnts (for she was an iron-built ship), asabse halves
full up to within • foot of her main deck. Baron als
attention was prudently directed towards saving the Wee of
the passengers and the ship's els being ketsmaliall
NM several craft came down of the week.
Same were Laded on the Jutland east, and elbows en
the appeals oboes, Sweden. Timmer each were main
to new eireeml bales of ladigo sad are whistle pardon,
at boo mew In this the crew were sesemehl.
the fillwate day, owing to the bowday, gill
le dap sustained serious damp; se sea
an es le have bat little hope of her betag pt
lbw the el the wreck reaching Elsinore,
the weft ef lefts aegehesd the lietha steamer to the
aitt 1110 Pnotollrote serl lavlag shifted a quantlty of
cargo. mss es ism amyl. ice pneeeeded to Capiderpeh
Other yowls. with &vbg apparatus, having gees to the
week ellemets will be made, when she is lightened of her
err, le pt her once more afloat; but this is considered
as of the rock on which the steamer
streak have peslinnldand remain in her bottom. Iler
ism is meek tole repotted. She was handsomely fitted up
sad wee a very fast steamer, having 250 horse power en-
From all amounts there appears to have been no
rail. that the ship ens out of her course. Whether this
arose desmio an erne is Mown of thorn on board, or
tram mom Weft Is her compass, which is probable, the
vsemi bang built of inn, we have received no prestige io-
dine was halt at Waterford, and was nearly
.00 tsar berthss, It is ieported at Lloyd's that the vessel
and smgo were insured in several marine insurance com-
panies is the City, to the extent of 150,0001. She was due
at St. Peesisbnrg on the 4th. Another steamer has been
pined on the steam.
MfttielloGAL MOTIOGENTs.—SeveraI of tits Minis-
ters have left town fm the mess. Lord John Re roll went
to Easenseed Park en lattuday. Lord Pamela= left
tows he Desilleads. Iced and Lady Grey betes gem to
Nenshem Pub. Mr. Lehreshere his left tees gatlls
aft Peek. The ~,,,rmist bard° wise meat to lb
et Ilioleated ea night. TM anacelks
/itake. tha Prissed°4 to mi. Hkeielna
inungarn of TIME MILITARY FORMS IN IRS-,
tnern.—lt apron Moe are (Adel account that the aslant
if troops servo( M Irtlsad have, in ampere's of Ike
take and impeeved audition of that eseatry boss sr
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