The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-28 00:00:00

Cbe Court.

ARDVERTICIE, WEDNF-SDAY, Aug. 25.—Her Ma-
ty and H.R.H. Prince Albert walked in the ground..
Mince Albert and the Prince of Leiningen went out grouse
shooting, attended by the Hon. Capt. Gordon. The
Marquis of Abercorn will be the only addition to the royal
Me Duchess of Gloucester left Gloucester-house
cm Wednesday evening, for li‘r residence at Richmond.

Le Baron de Beast, the Saxon minister, had an
Interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official
residence in Downing•street. Major.Geners.l Sir Harry
Smith, the Earl of Finesll, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. C.
K. Murray, and Mr. Mackinnon, had interviews yesterday
with Lord John Russell.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel leave Drayton Manor on
Monday next for Wynyard Park, Durham, on a visit to the
Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, during the festivi•
ties attendant on the nuptial/of the Earl of Portarlington and
Lady Alexandrine Vane. The inhabitants of Darlington
intend to testify their approbation of the Right Hon.
Baronet's valuable public services, by presenting hint with an
address on his arrival at Darlington by railway. A meeting of
the more influential inhabitants is to be held this day to
on the terms of the address. The members of the
Chamher of Commerce at Newcastle have determined, as we
have already stated, to invite the ex-premier to a public en-
tertainment at Newcastle while the right bon. baronet is the
guest of the Marquis of Londonderry.
Lord James Murray arrived in London, from
Ostend, by the Triton steamer, en Thursday.

(From last night's Gazette.)
WAR-OFFICE, M.o. 27.
Coldstream F. W. J. Byng to be am Se Bent., without
14th F.—Assist,Surg. W. Lloyd has been allowed to resign his
commledan.

Cape Mounted Rillemen.—Lteet. J. Bourke, tree 17th F., to be
Bout., aloe Turner, app. to 65th F.
Ilowurn3 Bm✓v.—J. T. Clarke, M.D., to be soniat..ourg. to the
tureen, eke Batley, app. to sth F.
Lewes or Tax Gnawer; Aro. 13, 1647.-11nnetaxeua.—For
Lieut. C. P. Browne, 26th Y., without put., reed Lieut. C. F. Browne,
25th F.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS.
LOCH LAGGAN, WEDNESDAY.—Yeeterday was
gain fine, but cold. H.R.H. Prince -Albert and the
Marquis of Abereern, started for Ben AuMee Forest to enjoy
the princely sport of deer-et:4lring on Loch Erricht side.
The party left the lodge at eight o'clock, riding on
ponies. At ten o'clock l'rince Leiningen, with Mr. Anson,
the keeper of the privy purse, drove from the lodge in an
open carriage, on their way to the moors of Strathmashie,
there to enjoy grouse shooting.. While Prince Albert
was engaged in the chase, her !silkiest/ made a short emir-
ion in the neighbourhood of the lodge, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales and the Princesses, all mounted on
small ponies. Had the day been more favourable her
Majesty would have extended the excursion, either up
Strath Padtock or down the north bank of the lake,—pro-
bably would have enjoyed a more leisurely view of the lodge
and of the two islands (Dojt Island and King's Island)
which lie within a short distance of the lodge.
The wind, however, had become somewhat strong and cold;
the heights of Ben Nevis—seen far away down between the
heights at the south-end of the loch—were wrapped in rah%
aad a thin drizzling vapour shrouded all the western hills.
Her Majesty and the royal childrea rode as far as the east
and of the loch. The road along the moth bank of the loch
is even more romantic than that on the north—now winding
round the brow of a rock, now creeping unseen through the
birch-woods. His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned
about two o'clock from the forest, having shot a royal stag
sad a roebuck. " The antler'd monarch of the waste" pos-
sessed a head worthy a huntsman's skill, its branching horns
showing twelve points: when weighed this morning, it
was found to be fourteen stone, without fat or offal.
Although the carcase was not large, the heed was mag-
nificent. Prince Leiningen returned from Strathmaskiii-
moors about five o'clock, having enjoyed an excellent
day's shooting. In the game-bags were fourteen brace
of grouse. Earl Grey rode oat on • pony in the
afternoon, and went up Strath Padtock. A keeper pre-
ceded him with fishing-gear, and his lordship tried the
fly and the par-tail systems of fishing in the Padtock-water.
The Padtock is a black sluggish stream, not particularly
favourable to the fly-fisher. A basket of good trout re-
warded the earl for his pains. Lady Jocelyn rode a short
distance up the Strath on • pony, accompenied by General
Weaves, intending to participate in the amusements of the
"patient angler." Her ladysltip has a reputation for wit,
and she seemed to exercise it with a great deal of ppleasure
on the primitive appearance of the inn, and the miamllaneous
toppingsof • rustle charger which a fashionable gentleman
was at the moment mounting at the inn door.
In the course of the day Cluny Macpherson 'bated
the lodge, and placed at the disposal of His Royal
Highness the shooting of Aberairder, which Cluny has
hitherto reserved for himself. The shooting extends about
eight miles in le and three in breadth—lkom Aberairder,
on the aide of Legge.. to near the bridge over the Spey
st Leggin e.
vie
His Royal Highness was pleased to
accept the offer made by Cluny.
Leggin church, I understand, is being somewhat improved
inside, In the anticipation that the Queen will attend divine
service there neat Sunday. Her idejorty has brought no
▪ lain with her.
This morning the hills around the loch presented an en-
tirely different appearance from what they did yesterday;
although fair and cheerful, the der y did not present the sunny
aspect of summer, neither were the hills enveloped in the
wet mist of yesterday. The mountain scenery wore that
peculiar appearance generally supposed to precede rain, in
which all the glens and conies, all the rocks and heathery
knit, are seen with remarkable distinctness, though the
"'set they wear is cold and bleak. Occasionally great
Doss of mow-white vapour, driving up on the wind were
:algiby the hill-tops, along which they travelled slowly,
their feet far down the hill-sides, hiding
ill but the scenery at the base. Again the great
denim, flying lower, would sweep up the glens.
ruzgthemselves, sash-like,round the waist of
u......, leaving the summits apparently detached,
tie* like islands, over probably a calm and waveless sea.
At ten o'clock Prince Alton, accompanied by Prince Lei-
and the Hon. Mr. Gordon, drove up to the boat-
, where the party mounted ponies, and rode off to
its.. ling at Aberairder, placed by Cluny at the disposal
dal highness for the season. The Aberairder shoot
.1 Ilford' grouse, black cocks, ptarmigan, snipe, eke., with
meselerahle. numbers of deer ; in fact, almost every other
deed of game to be found on a Highland estate. This
Zas grouse are not so numerous es In some past NOMA j
blaek cock are in great variety.
,_TitcdMiSe.—Tostertlayd: ea nubble the shoot-
.aa Mend at Aberairder, the party preessied to the
mon, bit am usual rent le diappeletnatt. The
"" 'mg as bad as upon the other mime, the blade being
"a `ad wone, and consequently dila& es trash. After
flreaining .. ths ground about two homy die Priam Con-
k." 144 Prises ingen returned is as lodge, haring
qd but throe groan, two bleek-eses, gad two hares.
a_ -aans were shot by the Prince Lsiebiges. It is to be
mita that Ito better sport will be bawl Weiler as the
Mreait is the worst seamen that bee bess'enown
It is evaded thee taseeerow his
""iiiii*."l. arli°rooete the eximiskise ; a apart whist
114 bs 100 kale ss tbe gressaertalkw

[ This is the weary of tie birth-dal ants Royal High-
ness Prince end, While I writs, a meg mid; some
is pe=lisays of the lair& Her
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' *End Beth* Majesty's plume on the Deb-
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bstar to Cluny Meephereen, who im-
rilelyleek Ilitilerer le aserre a fell enotimee et Mils-
' bake*. Its R welt NM were diteintte be la reedimem. The
engeinembeed Sidle 1101111UZ salmi dreams of that
hose to Nuke ham his viabwobsthrairentothe
disable. Dews Devideeme .. et 'Tensely lead • •aid
to air op the illnwerke were ordered tress Aber.
dean, in the mow dths Hamm and a rimy of Beam= were
fees t.. 6.1 brined up ..., palm In short, great activity
was shown in the intelligence; although, as
her Majesty's te were only imperfectly
known at Ard it was generally believed
that her Majesty a little surprise for his Royal
Highnesa the Priam The greatest excitement pre-
vailed through the country, end manifold were the shifts re-
sorted to by the peasantry to enable them to attend and to
appear in their national drug, or, at least, with some mark or
badge of their country and elan. The weather, fortunately,
was delightful ; it seemed to hays settled down for a long
tract of dry weather. The hills ware almost cloudless, and
the lake lay motionless, with a mirror-like surface. The
crowds did not begin to flow in in a continuous stream until
nearly eleven o'clock. The roads from that hour, however,
were covered with pedestrians. From the little tan at the
head of the loch the warm was stirring and altogether
peculiar—essentially Highland. From the glen through
which the Padtock runs came the sound of the
" martial pipe," mellowed into softness by distance, when
first heard, end floating down the valley with a dreamy
sound, recalling to mind the stirring times of the
past, when every husbandman was a soldier, oftener
weilding the " land-giving sword" than goading the ox
in the yoke of the peesshl plough; when, through the
same valley, to the some sounds, marched the ancestors of
the men now marching, and to meet and join in a very
different contest from that In which they were about to con-
tend. Time flies, manners change, and every change is for
the better. Strathspey sent teeth her grants from her
distant districts —from the feet of the Monalhadh Mountains,
from Rothiemurcus, and the braes of Abernethy ; Badenoch,
from her thousand glens, gave up her Macpherson; from
about Carryarralt and Olen there seam the Maekintoslies and
the Macdonald& Every ball gave its fair and gentle,
every boothie its honest and trae,—the men plaided, the
women kirtled and scarfed, In honour of the day. About
noon a procession was formed at the Boat-bridge. The High-
landsmen first set in order. At a given signal the pipers struck
up • march, and the procession set out for the lodge. To
enjoy the romance of the scene, it must be vividly
conjured up. Imagine a range of splendid hills, cut into
conies and ravines, inclining a quiet glen—a lake—a blue,
broad, and far-spreading lake—a forest of birches, aspens,
and mountain-ashes—a road winding along the shore, now
lost in • recess of the wood, now rising over a rock, now dis-
appearing in a little green bay—a thousand Highland men
and women, in gaudy diem, marching—halfa-dosen bag-
pipes sending mountain-lilts from their hoarse threats—while
the lake and mountains reverberated with sounds, swelling
and dying : imagine this, and the scene is realised. At the
lodge, the crowd who composed the procession were de-
lighted with a sight of her Majesty, who appeared
in great spirits, and of Prince Albert, who does
not seem in the least the worse for his Highland
sports. The royal prince and princes also commanded
much admiration. About one o'clock the crowd formed
themselves into groups, when an animated contest took
place in running, leaping, jumping, throwing the heavy and
light hammer, putting the stone, de., for prizes offered by
her Majesty. \Vhile the games were going on, the pipers
struck up those strathspeys and reel, which every Scotsman
places before all " Italian trills." It was not expect, d that
such music would speak in vain to Highland lads and lasses,
with their feet on the heather ; and in a minute feet were
frisking and heads " bobbing" in the Scottish reel,
" hooghing " and cracking of thumbs keeping time to the
movements of the feet.
While I write, the games are proceeding, and I mast
close before the prises are awarded, to catch the post, for
such • thing as an "express" could not be comprehended in
this " happy valley." A tall Highlandmen, in the Davidson
tartan of the Carrick, name of Kennedy, is likely to carry off
Dome of the prise, In the evening, ahould the fireworks
arrive in time, the scene will be magnificent. Skyrocket
ascending after akvrocket, bursting like mimic thunder in
the heavens, and filling like minute stars, will have a strange
effect amid the hills, and certainly " astonish the natives. •
Beside the lodge—in front of which the Highlandmen will
be regaled during the afternoon—a marquee has been put
up, capable of holding from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred. In it, to the music of the pipes, • ball will take
place in the evening, to which all who wear • Highland
dress will have admission. For the entertainment of the
people, large quantities of beef, mutton, and bread, with
stores of whiskey, ale, and porter, have been brought to the
lodge from Invernees. Seen from the loch—on which her
Majesty end the Prince will probably embark in their new
and very handsome barge, rowed by the seamen from the
royal yacht—the whole gathering around the lodge, the
armed and plumed Highlandmen, the splendidly arrayed
pipers, the dancers, and the fire-works, will form &spectacle
such as never was seen in Badenoch before.

THE ANTI-SANITARIANS OF ST. ANDREW'S,

HOLBORN.

At a meeting of the rate-payers of the united
parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn-above-ban, and St. George
the Martyr, Middlesex, held yesterday in the ball of the
workhouse in Gray's-inn-lane, for the purpose of " making
and signing a rive, for the relief, maintenance, lodging, sad
employment of the poor, and en other important affairs," •
scene took place, upon an allusion, incidentally, to a printed
circular, which is worthy of being recorded as an evidence of
the extreme horror with which the rate-paying inhabitants
of the above parishes regud the question of establishing
baths and wash-houses for the poor. Of the advantage
which such an establishment might prove, even to some of

the rate-paying parishioners thensieleos, we-
are compelled to
say that we bore away upon our person living testimony.
The following is the circulu—and the "scurrilous and
paltry bill " therein alluded to was a reprint, in the form
of a hand-bill, of an article which appeared in the Er-
press of the 13th of August, commenting upon the re-
sult of the motion fur apportioning a sum under the act for
erecting baths and wash-houses for the poor, which motion
had Won rejected by a mai:Vf 174.
Houma Usios.—Brother yses,—Allow No is think you
kw so pony renanthot to the that was Erie* not to attend
sni need yen solsoom allingi nob by a tenon In-
istwohn ninon is your nisi br yen * non md
in the doktiymniliob hainnow 111* try is ushetoate
or* husino is ire miniostion tispodelo the
c= ethos* whim Ity as uti na •• pont
at lin pra twn bn lel *pawl his Wl* yoyftllTZ:
Ember * an wr onus horkwi relosoporo ounsmod
cony twinno
kr Ihdr rink aid the Wein lobs to
ewe or *e pon ownlssan ningspr. ARBON sennyt mai In
Erb we Inlay son to Wmaa yaw nip tvaprie. oits
home own ir...=.6.1.= la dr puma.
mind sod rod sidan as
jailing =I womine igoodonny or pew rano *II tipp=
win la Ow poi di toffy fhb* oho* tw• of to the
an Wog mai io th• he
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rate-ppl Ibitirosidlis or • annilne int paltry
party ef intim* (heaven save :Xi
who on Mr*, nine.* in Om here against their
reeleisein 12111 einsymase the distruisergat
owl the Mr& ofthe V noes wallJsd
Immo shi wtstaastra. owe
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soislore pow *nays* son on neon. That bin dm*
mob owl Nay dwell= no we we*, lho poltroon who to drew-
nitnians. owl sow* I *II Inn than with Ow mined tiodesept.
—ABATS-PATIZ TOWIT TWA' 1114111,1116.
. . . .

Mr. Bon:sacs, (the clerk) haeleg reed the aseemits of the
governors and direekee, hen whisk it appealed that owing
to an ineressod payment to the guardians there remained a
deficit of 1,2001.,
Mr. TALBOT (a director) rose to move a rate of 18d. in
the pound, being 2d. higher than the last ; but it was with
great regret he did so, and assured the meeting that he had
hesitated to do so until he had fully convinced himself of its
aeceasity. On the last occasion they had liberally voted the
whole rates woposed under the impression that it would
have miff oed ; but they nevertheless had a deficit to meet of
1,2001, money expended for the support of their
brother parishioners. They had, unfortunately, in them
parishes a great number of Irish as well as English
poor, but that was an evil which they could not prevent, and
was therefore, bound to provide for. It appeared by the
rotates het the demands upon the rata-payers had more
than doubled ahem lest year. The number receiving out-
door relief last jeer wee, upon the weekly averilr, 323
this year, PIM. le.ber, last year, 349; this year, 307.
was merely for those two parishes, sod not he the whole
union. Well, the mossy expended het year he the relief
of the poor was, weakly, In whom Ai year, up to the
25th August, it vas W. Leebiepidie Ms feet, eel
considering at the emu thee the price of
visions, it was not may seepehieg the
had called upon the gineeme art directors fur 1,2171.
more than had been eskeleted upoo. That he
thought a fair sad waeworable Men latinsaise the
rote. The only of doubt width holl labb
ad:a was the guardians' ellieelle mom he
Mbiteelatet to The IMMO Dal hen
sheet 1,9091. or %ow, but this yens i n 1 MIK
It eieuvred to him et the board that that was Mho, MOO
Nos the ians had a right to tekeekte, and the baud
y sent it beck for expleardien ; upon which they
stated, although the prim prediems had fallen, they
could not at all eahmista aim prises oonticuing so
low during the view aeatls (ends el thew) ; that at
all anal, they_ did sot west they treall be lower than last
year, sod that they bed nay men to believe that
Wateed of a healeaties of elolemee, then would, when the
harvest was over, be a eseiblemlie leereepe. (More marks
of dissent.) They theeehre emodeed that 2,8001. was not
at all an overestimate. Even a rate of ltd. in the pound
3001. '

would, according to the ammenta, leave a deficit of It
was therefore evident that if the rate were reduced, the
guardian and overseer would be thrown into a position of
much difficulty. They had certainly power under the act to
come before the rate-payers again; but that was • coarse
shish be hoped they never would be compelled to
Tabs all those matters into consideration, he felt j
is prepeeteg • rate of ls. 6d. in the pound. But before he
eat 411114111 he wished to caution the meeting spinet
betlg imilseseed by a document Maned, " A rate-payer of,
tweedy_ yowl standing," charging the directors with being
" Almon and washtub speenlaton." (iluahlaughter.)
They were set, es the Fend esseeies, Whet wen to con.
aider the cram of web-ham *nibs post, but that suck
was a job, ce that the seessie If dimmitee sada be guilty
of a job of that ea way slier iandpies was gib sat of the
quietist, ea Um bee set the mow ens if se She seed, is-
ems& es theylrel set the esesedieire of • etillies. ewe*
ke the peesest ef clerks. They was sees by the
poses* et the eserdisse to pay certain nu% slit* isms