The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

CHINA

11-stAioso, Sen. 9.—The mail which was to
leave on the 7th, has been poetpoced until this day,
so as tv enable the public to reply to &deices by the
Fornivra. which brought the Euglish mail of 26th
slui)••
'that all engrossing subject, the rebellion, keeps
us in a state of anxiety and uncertainty. Mail after
nail has been expected to convey to Europe certain
intelligenceof the fall of I'ekin, and the dethronement I
of the reigningdynastd,or the anti ihilation of the
gents by the northern 'tartar forces. The outgoing mail I
will nut remove this feerplexity, for although it is
confidently stated that Pekin has fallen into the hands I
of the insurgents, and although the report is widely
beiieved, }'et no one is in a position to say with
an, degree of certainty that such is the case, yet
such an eventuation must result. The l'ekita Gazette
i tiaed with accounts of victories gained over the
insurgents, but these official statemmts are not
believed. From Canton we hear that the im-
perial city has fallen, but the steamer Lady
Nary Wood, from Shanghai, brings no certain
new,,, only mere rumours, such as have been current
for the past two months. At Shanghai, up to the
26th of August, no later news bad been re-
ceived from Nankin or the neighbourhood, and
no change in the position of the insurgents had
been arcertained. Exchange at Shanghai had reached
a ruinous height; the Oriental Bank Corporation was
drawing a flit. per dollar at six months, East
India Cumpany's Bills on Calcutta Rupees 360 per
I 00 dollars.

Clo Court.

WINDSOR, 0cr..27.

The royal dinner party yesterday included
the King art the ilehri in., the Duchess of Unbent, the
thin Duchess of Kent, the Duke of &stunt, the Count of
Flanders, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William of Hesse '
l'hilipstual, the Lady is Weiuug to the Duchess of Bra-
bant, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the
Bareness de Spetb, the Belgian Minister. the Austrian Mi-
nister. and Countess Colloredo, the Earl and Countess of
Clarendon, Count Gustave de Lannoy, Colonel de Moer-
kirk', Baron Prime, M. Ricken, and the Gentleman in
Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge.
'lte Band of the let Life Guards attended in the castle
during dinner and played the following compositions :
Juhrl, (overture
Se:et.ties, Itteu:ett.."
2V.,,wrallis Waage r Gun"
Potpourri, Luertai.l bonds"
lil:o
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Her .Majesty's private band attended afterwards and
performed the following selection :
Overture, Egm.'nt".
violin, U. eeinton Minuet.
Curo, o Cromeon
some de Dame, La Bayarlere"
The Qum* and Prince with the King of the Belgians,
the Duke and Duetting of Brabant and the Count of Fen-
ders, attended by the Countess of Desert, the Count and
Countess Gustave de Lannoy and the gentlemen in waiting,
went to London this morning by a special train of the
Great Western Railway.
Her Majesty drive to Buckingham Palace and afterwards
visited the Duchess of Gloucoter.
The Queen and Prince returned to Windsor Castle at 10
minutes pest 2. Toe Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred
took their usual riding exercise.
Prime William of Hesse Philipstlial, the Austrian Minis-
ter and Countess Colloredo, and the Earl and Countess of
Clarendon left the castle this morning for London.
The Duke and Deebessof Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess
of A.hoil and the Marquis of Abcreorn have been invited,
and are expected et-day.
A deputation frees the Evangelical Alliance had an in-
terview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the
Foreigteoffies. The deputation consisted of Sr C. B.
Eardley, Mr. 0. Hitchcock (London), Mr. John Hender-
son (Glasgow), Rev. Dr. Steen', honorary secretary of the
Evangelical Alliance; Rev. Dr. Blackwood, LLD.; Rev.
Dr. Bunting, late secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary
Society; Rev. P. Latrobe, secretary of the Moravian Mir
sionary Society; Rev. John Aogell James (Birmingltem);
Rev. Cur John Glynn, M.A., rector of Witchamptoa,
Bev. Dr. Duff, missionary of Fees Church of Scotland, Cal-
cutta; and the lie,. John Jordan, vicar of Elisions.
The Commissioners for Inquiring into the state of the
Corporation of the City of London held a meeting yester-
day, at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Tresswy in Downing street. The commissioners prevent
were the Right lion. ll.Laboaehere,the Right lion. Sir
John Pattesoa, and G. Cornwall Lewis, Esq.

Mr. W. GREY, Lord Grey's youngest son, ie bin*.
!erred Iron Paris to Stockholm as charge d'atlairm, in the
absence art Sir E. Lyons.

DLATII OP SIR WM. BETHA.M.—We regret to
have to announce the death of Sir William Betham,
Ulster King of Anna, which took place suddenly on Wed-
nesday damning at his residence near Blackrock.—Dublin
Emoting Mail.

ILLNESS OF TUE BISSOP or NORMICH.—The
right res. prelate has been suffering from to severe an at-
tack of illness that he hu been compelled to postpone a
course of confirmations for which he had made arrange-
ments.