The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-17 00:00:00

gbe Court.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended b3L the
lion. Mary *weer, General Wetuyss, and Culooel
Bouverie, went to tits Exhibition of the Works of Hitlgstry
of All Nations yesterday morning. Her Majesty wrivW at
the Exhibition at 20 minutes put 9 o'clock, and con *nett
her inspection of the machinery until 11 o'clock, and 'then
returned with Prince Albert to Buskingharn Palace. ',The
Prince of Wales, and Prince Allred, attended by It.,lllreh,
visited the Exhibition yesterday forenoon. lhe Prideess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended by Miss Hildlord,
also visited the Exhibition yesterday.
Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majestyrs-
terday at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham !iliace
in an open carriage and four at twenty minutes before ,Tour
o'clock yesterday afternoon for Claremont to visit., tho
French royal family, the Countess of Charlemont, Gederal
Wemyss, and Colonel Bouverie, attended in another Open
carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert 'and
suite returned to Buckingham l'alace at ten tuinuttls to
eight o'clock.
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'The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last even-
ing included the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalhane. Lady fanny
Howard, the Baroness do Spoth, and Lieut.-Cal. the Hon.
C. B. and Mrs. Phipps.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by the Baroness de Sixth,
went to Frogmore yesterday morning, and returned to her
residence, Clarence Rouse, St. James's, in the afternoon.
' A deputation, consisting of Viscount Castlereagh, M.P.;
I Mr. M'Cullagh, M.P ; Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.l'.; Mr. Shar-
man Crawford, M,l'.; and Mr. Beauclerc, hail an inter-
view with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official teal-
donee, in ].)owning-street.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re-
venue, hail an interview with the Chancellor of the ExChe-
quer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street.
Sir Mathew Barrington transacted business yesterday at
the office of the Commissioners of Railways, iu the Board
of Trade.

Mr. liscott had an interview with Sir George Grey yes•
terday, at the Home-Mike.
Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of Western Australia. De-
spatches were also received from the Governor of the
Canadas. _ _

Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governors of the West India Islands, and a. !so
to the Governor of Gibraltar.

LOSS OP THE ROYAL MAIL STE.AMER FALCON.—
On the arrival of the schooner, Lara, at Halifax, at two
o'clock, mm., on May 27, from St. John's, Newfoundland,
Captain Adams, her commander, communicated the tidings
of the total loss of the steam ship, Falcon, on her passage
to Halifax during the previous week. The Falcon started
for Halifax at nine p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, and when
five hours out from St. John's she struck with
tremendous violence on some rocks outside of Isle
de Bois. The engine was immediately reversed,
when she backed off and struck another rock astern. After
repeated collisions, she managed to back out clear to sea.
By this time she was 21 feet by the head, the bows baying
been stove in. The engineer let off the steam to prevent
the boilers collapsing, and the cry was—" To the boats."
Fortunately, the water was smooth, and all hands made
good their escape to the shore. Captain Corbin remained
by the vessel till the last moment, anti succeeded in saving
the mail: and almet all the moveable property. The night
was densely foggy. The Falcon was built in the Clydo
about three years ago, and was employed hi carrying the
mails between Bermuda, St. John's Newfoundland, and
Halifax, Nova Scotia.

SERIOUS BALLOON ACCIDENT.—Last evening,: at
six o'clock, according to advertisement, the Victoria and
Albert balloon ascended from liatty's Hippodrome, in the
Kensington-road. Favoured by its proximity to the Exhi-
bition the ascent was attended by an immense crowd. At
the appointed time Mrs. Grahain, accompanied by her hus-
band, stepped into the car, and the balloon was imme-
diately detached from its fastenings. It rose slowly front
the earth, but had not ascended above 50 or 60 feet when it
again sank, and in ding so the silken envelope Caine into
contact with a pole or flag-staff sustaining a considerable
rent, by which the gas begun to escape. This recoiling
motion, as our informant learned from Mrs. Graham, was
due to the insufficiency of the supply of gas, a fact which
had struck her attention before she took her seat. Tho
balloon again ascended, and by a succession of alternate
risings and ainkings at length got clear of the iuelosure, and
floated away in the direction of the Crystal Palace. I'hen
over the building the aeronauts discharged their ballast,
which they had been compelled to carry, gr.( atly to their
own dishleantage, while moving over the heads of the
crowd. After clearing the building with some difficulty,
and damaging a flag-staff, the balloon drifted towar,:s the
Green lark, and skimmed the surface of the reser-
voir, whence it again suddenly rose to the altitude
of the houses in Piccadilly. A breeze at this time
carried the balloon towards the roof of Col. North's house
in Arlington-street, which looks into the park. In its pas-
sage over that dwelling the sar became fixed between the
sloping roof and a stack of chimneys rising from it. A gust
of wind now gave a new impetus to the nualline, winch
dragged heavily, and carried away the chiume..- stack. Its
buoyant force seemed to have been exhausted by this effort,
and as the gas was fast escaping, it offered no resistance to
the wind sufficient to permit any further progress before tho
arrival of aid. As all the windows in the upper story of
Col. North's house were burred, no assistance could be ren-
dered from the interior, but the inmates of the house ad-
joiniug found a way to the roof, and conveyed the voyagers
much injured by the skylight into a place of safety. They
were immediately attended by a gentleman named Moore,
femierly of the medical prolessien, and Mr. l'owell, u surgeon
of the neighbourhood. Both Mr. and Mrs. Graham were
found perfectly sensible and collected. Mr. Graham; hail
a severe scalp wound, and many bruises on the face, but
not of a character to create alarm. Ile complained touch
of his chest, and experienced great difficulty of breathing,
but uo fracture of the ribs could be detected. Mrs. Graham
had a very severe scalp wound, and also a few incised
wounds on the face. She complained also of much pain
over the right side of the loins. After a short time had
elapsed they bad sufficiently recovered the shock to walk
down stairs, and being placed in a cab returned home.

EXI'ORTB FROM TILE UNITED KlNClXAL—iet,ter-
day a return to the House of ellMllloll,l was printed, showing
that in the last two years, ending the Ist Jan. la,t, the de-
clared value of With& produce and manufactures exported
from the United Kingdom was G 8,934,3121.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT 11ARNSLEY.—Sin00
the occurrence of the explosion in the workings of the Oaks
colliery, difficulty has been experienced iu recovering the
body of one of the sufferers named Billington, in conse-
quence of the existence of tire in the pit. On Friday, how-
ever, the unfortunate man's remains were got out, and an
inquest having been held, at which no new facts were
elicited, a verdict of accidental death was returned.

THE ACCIDENT ON TIII BRIGHTON AND LE\VE.
AI LWAY. —Yesterday the inouest on the body of Samuel
Jackson, the unfortunate driver of the en ins of the train
which met with the accident on this line of railway, was
resumed at the Town-hall of Brighton, before Mr. Cell, the
county coroner. The jury having viewed the scene of the
accident, the same witnesses were examined as were pro-
duced at the Lewes inquest, including the passengers of
the train and those who were near the spot, hut nothing
more satisfactory was elicited as to how the sleeper got on
the line.—The inquiry was proceeding when our despatch
left, but it was understood that it would be adjourned until
to-morrow.

ORM OUTRAGE ON A CLERGSMAN.—Oft Saturday
Mr. John Dixon, of Broughtou, in the parish of Stock-
bridge, in the Winchester divudou of the couuty Southamp-
ton, described as a gentleman, appeared before the magis-
trates at the County Ball, Winchester, to answer an infor-
mation charging him with having, on May 21, last, in a
railway carriage belonging to the South Western Railway,
wilfully interfered with the comfort of the passenger., and
particularly that of the Rev. Cl. T. Hoare, of Lyndhurst.
The Rev. Mr. Roam proved that the defendant had ad •
dressed most insulting and indecent language to him, and
the magistrates inflicted a fine of 405., expressing their ro-
grot, at the same time, that they could not, under the bye-
law' of the company, impose a higher penalty.
Asel2f. APPOISTMENTo or TIIE NOREOLIi CIRCUIT.
Yestenlay the Lord Chief Boron and Mr. Justice Cresswell
Sled the following days fur the ensuing assizes within the
Norfolk circuit, viz. .—Buckinghainahire, Saturday, July
12, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire Tuesday, July Id, at Bed-
, ford. Huntingdonshire, Thursday, July 17, at Hunting-
don. Cambridgeshire, Saturday, July 19, at the County
Court of Cambridge. Norfolk, Thursday, July 24, at the
Castle at Norwich. City of Norwich, the same day at the
Guildhall. Suffolk, Wednesday, July 30, at Ipswich. Thu
11114i20, fur the city of Bristol, in the Western circuit, are
fixed for Wednesday, Aug. 13.
BASK OF AUSTRALASIA. Yesterday, the 17th
annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was
held at the establishment in Austin Friars, City. Oliver
Farren, Esq., having taken the chair, Mr. Milliken, tho
secretary, read the report which shows the business of tho
, bank to be healthy and profitable ; no important bad debt
had been incurred, and all have been provided for; whilst
I considerable progress had been made in the realisation of
the securities held against old denendencies. 'fhe profits for
the year ending Oct. 14, 1850, have greatly increased, Nee-
-1 ing amounted to the sum of 64,2221., less an expenses of ma-
i nagement in Louden and the colonies. The balance at credit
of profit and loss at the above date amounted to 36,2161.
I The directors hope next year to be able to increase the
rate of dividend, as the whole of the entire profits of
the bank will by that time be free from any
drawback, and also enable them to establhti streserVb find
to meet contingencies. The directorsatuth flt heir re dtt
that the condition of the colonies, ifftlrthe tmteption
of Van Diemen's Land, has continued sk.W' finprove
both in respect to commercial and moitetafraffaltit 'Thu
production of the gemt "tat% consntoditlerhaftlfeen.niipre-
cedentedly large, and the Alto •of "the !niche • nfarketthas
been such as to afford atilt' etentageaehrte the 'settler,
while prices have not toted its' High to 4b taiserrA
',ion that a spirit of otersitieolation vOill Of* derlsd.
The prospects of Van Bet 's 'And eseltrlefewe
aspect, which malt/Martha fristiteil'te tlati
state of the convfflitiesSolt,fihit SO bdeff WNW i
point is settled AbrEilegbitßOttbt-thit fhP4oldrifi7AFTllli
great naturalnkantages, will partigteM the Niirelopi
non to also wBUt °Mania •,•"` - A " • .

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