The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship
Rip n, rapt sin Moresby, with the heavy portion of the
East India and China mule, he. arrived here, with dates
from Alexandria, April b; Malta, April 9; Gibraltar,
Apra 15.
To,' steamer encountered strong headwinds in the Medi-
terrtnean and across the Day of Biscay. She blimp 1.59
mom; whom are General Fraser and wife, and
Hs; rr. Arbuthnot, Constable, and Dixon ; and on freight
tau packages of specie, 31 boxes of oranges, S9O bales of
stk. I I bales of cote as, '29 bales of flax, 20 cases of indigo,
paekazes of elephant.' tusk., and 170 packages of general
suroltandise.
our a twat.; fr. m Gibraltar are to the I•sth of April.
Th • •cre w-steamer Tiber, five days from Naples, arrived on
the 9th in-t, and sailed fsr Liverpool on the 9th. The
screw-steamer Arabian. six days and seven hours front Liver-
pool, touched at Gibraltar on tha 9th, bound to Constanti-
noele.
The fright-ship Poietiers, from Cephalonia, with a
part of the 30th Regime's on board, arrived et Gibraltar
ea the 10th. The screw-strainer Livorno, 10 days from
Liverpool, arrived on the 10 It, and cleared for G. noa and
Loghorn. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Datgal, with the outward mails of the 4th lost,
arrived on the 10th, and proceeded for Malta and Alex-
andria.
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The sersn•steamer Calpe, 74 hours from Marseilles,
reached Gibnltar on the 11th, end left the same day for
Ls: trot
The ateam-chip Tagus arrivid on the 14th, and cleared on
sant day for Siutharopten. touching for the usual mails at
Cadiz, Lisboa, Oporto, and Vigo.
At Gibraltar exchange on London at 90 days was quoted
at il; Spanish pillared dollars, 21 per cent. premium.

Vie Court.

THE LEVEE.

Prince Albert held a Levee on behalf of her Ma-
jesty at two o'clock yesterday afternoon in St. James's
Palace.
The Prince arrived from Buckingham Palace about two
o'clock, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards, and was
receind by the great Officers of State.
His Royal Highness was attended by the Duke of Nor
folk, K. 0., Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane,
K.T., Lord Chamberlain; the Duke of Wellington, Master
of the Hone; the Earl of Mularave. Treasurer of the
ficanebuld; Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; Lord
Drumlenrig, Comptroller of the Household ; Lord Elphin-
goae, G.C.H., Lord in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox,
Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness; Sir Frederic
Stoves, Groom in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom in
Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Major-General Buckley,
Equerry in Waiting; Lieut.-Colonel Francis llugh See-
SOU Equerry in Waiting to his ltoyal Highness; and
Colonel the Hue. Charles Grey, Private Secretary to his
Rord Highness.
The His. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms was on duty
emir the command of the Lieutenant. The sub•offieers,
Lieut:Colosel Nevill and Major Cooke, were also on duty.
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard
was on duty in the Palace under the command of the Exoe
in
The Cabinet Ministers present at the reception were the
Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury; Earl Gran-
ville, Lord President; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy
Seal; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State fur Foreign
Affairs; the Duke of Newcastle, 8. cretary of State for the
Calories; the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of
the Rxelsequer ; Sir James Graham, First Lord of the
Admiralty; Sir Charles Wool, President of the Board of
Control; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary-at-
War; end Sir William Molesworth, First Commissioner of
Works.

The Diplomatic Circle was introduced, when the follow-
ing foreigners of distinction had the honour of being pro-
muted to his Royal Highness :
By the French Ambassador, M. le Baron de Cabral, At-
tache to the French Embassy.
By the Sardinian Minister, Ls Comte Francois Venal. de
Castiglione, Chamlacllan de S. M. la Refine de Bardaigne.
By the Belgian Chargé d'Affaires, M. Leopold Orban,
Attache to the Belgian Legation.
By the Mexican Charge d'Affaires, Don B. Comes Parise,
Attach:to the Mexican Legation.
The diplomatic circle wu attended by Count Walewsks,
the French Ambassador; M. Jules de Bann, Secretary of
the Embassy; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister; Baron
de Brunnow, Russian Minister; M. Alexandre de Berg,
First Secretary of Legation ; Count de Kicluzansegge Ha-
noverian Minister ; Chevalier Batmen, Prussian Minister ;
Baron de Rehausen, Swedish and Norwegian Minister;
Baron de Geer, Secretary of Legation ; Senor X. Laurin,
Spanish Minister; M. P. Sorel*, Secretary, and Mr. J.
Croke Navarra, Attaché to the Legation • the Margated'Azeglio, d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister ; the Chevalier Massimo
Aznglio, the Marquis Oldoini, First Secretary ; and Count
Curti, Secretary of Legation ; M. Tricoupi, Greek Minister;
and H. Lidorikee, Secretary of Legation ; M. Dilatarns,
Ottoman Minister; Emma Bey, First Secretary; and Di-
laser Effendi, Secretary Interpreter of the Legation ; Baron
Bsatinck, Netherlands Minister; Chevalier Pinto de Sp-
een!. Secretary of the Portuguese Legation ; and M. F. F.
de la kiganiere, Attache to the Legation; M. Mooed., Bra-
zilian Minister ; soil the Chevalier Cavaleanti, Altaché
to the Legation; Prince de Carini, Sicilian Minister;
M. de Bills, Danish Minister, and Count Reventlow Crinzi
sil, Secretary of Legation ; Count Colloredo, Austrian Mi-
nister ; the Chevalier Don Jose Berrando Be Zulueta, Mr.
J. IL Ingersoll, American Minister ; Mr. H. Treacot, Se-
cretary, and Colonel T. B. Lawrence, Attach! to the Le-
gation ; Colonel F. Iscio' Mexican Charge d'Affaires ; K.
Divot% Belgian Charge d'Affaires; and W. Octave Dela-
Secretary of Legation ; the Earl of Clarendon,
G , the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for
Futeion Affairs ; and Col. Cornwall, her Majesty's Mant-
ua Master of the Ceremonies.
The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour
bt being presented :
Earl of Annesley, oy Viscount Mandeville.
Mr. James Augustus Atkinson, on going abroad, by Lord
Sstand Sele.
Mr. Allen Bathurst, by the Earl Bathurst.
Mr. Bellew, M.P., by Lord Duakellin.
hear-Admiral Berkeley, on his appointment to office, by
S., James Graham.
Lieutenant Henry Bethune, on appointment to Royal
.523,es Light Infantry Militia, by the Duke of Richmond.
Mr. Carsick-Buchanan, of Drumpeller, by du Marquis of
rbuond. _ .

Sir. Andrew Buchanan, on being appointed her Majesty's
Leroy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Court of Denmark, by the Earl of Clwendon.
Major CaSander, Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry,
If the Marquis of Dreadalbane,
Captain Campbell, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, on promo-
Ulu, by Lieutenant-General Sleigh.
Colonel Challoner, on appointment to the command of the
Wad regiment of Surrey Militia, by the Earl of Leon-
ine.

Mr. Cholenondeley, by the Marquis of Cholmondeley.
Colonel Colville, on promotion, by H.R.H. the Duke of
Cambridge.
air. °moils Edward Cooper, on appointment as Deputy
Lestenszt of Etna, by Viscount Maynard.
Deputy-Assistant Commissary General Crookshank, by
kis uncle, Sir Fitzroy Kelly.
Ur. Cuthbert, on appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant,
musty Kent, by Earl Cowper.
Ur. John F. W. de Salis, late Attache to H.M. Mission
at Turin, by the Earl of Clarendon.
Mr. L. C. de Girin de Valdonue, by his uncle, Sir File-
n,' Kelly, M.P.
J. E. Deane, on appointment to Gold Coast Corps,
by Colonel Airey.
ir• I mei (. .nrl.• Diann, Scots Fusiiit r Gnariis, on promo.
40n. 11.K.H , the Duke of Cambridge, R.U.
Lieutenant John Elliott, R.M., as return from Rur-
al's rmi appoiutmkut to tho Staff of the Royal Marines, by
KajorifJeneral Sir Jobs Owes, K.C.B.

Captain the Hon. D. Erskine, by Colonel Bentilack.
Lieut.-Colonel Eyre, by Viscount Hardinge.
Mr. H. W. Freeland, on being appointed a MagistrAir or
Deputy-Lieutenant county Sulam by the Duke of Rich-
, snitd.

Viacount Falmouth, on succeeding to the title, by Vis•
Count Sydney.
Lieutenant James Ito a Farquharson, on his appniwment
to the Scots Fusilier Guards, by his lather, Mr. larq.ibar-
ion of luvete...uld.

Mr. Richard F.:Howes, on his appointment u Deputy-
Lieutenant county 11,rIts, be Mr. Fellowes, M.P.
Archdeacon Lane Freer, on his appointment to be Arch-
deacon of Hereford, by the Bishop of Hereford.
Captain the Hon. Edward Gaga, K.A., on promotion, by
Ida father, Viscount Gage.
Mr. Pemberton Gibbs, by Sir Fitzroy Kelley.
Mr. Home Gordon, on appointment s: Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, county Sutherland, by tie Duke of Suther:and.
Lieut.-C.l4nel (!rant, King .= Light Infantry Militia, by
I General Viscount Comberrnere.

Mr. Charles Ilutt.n Gsegury, C.E , by the Right Hon.
the President of the Boaduf Trade.

Earl Urnivemir, on hit marriage, by the Duke of Nor-
folk.

Mr. Charles Blink Hamilton, on his return from Flor-
rag*, by the Murquis of Breadalhane.
Captain Vredene Wiliam Ilainnton, on hia appointment
to In one of her Majesty's Hon. Carps of Gentlemen at
Arms, by Lord Foley.
Commander IL J. Hawker, by Captain C. Wyvill,
A.D.C. _ _

Hainmen,ley, by Colonel Bouveric.
Mr. Henry Hilt:yard, by Lord Breadslhane.
Mr. Hubbard, Governor of the Bank of England, by the
Chancrilor Gf the Exchequer.
Mr. Ingham, on being appointed one of her Majesty's
counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Lord Mark Kerr by Earl Talbot.
Mr. Philip Kingsford, by the Bev. R. W. Jaf, D.D.
Mr. Henry William Knox, Deputy Lieutenant, County
Mayo, by Lieu,. •General Sir Hobert Arbuthnot.
Dr. Hunter Lane, by Dr. J. C. B. Melia.
lien. Itolyvt Laley, on his marriage, by Lieut.-General
Lord Roden.
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Colonel the Hon. F.. Littleton, on his appointment to the
comrnarpl of the 2ad Regiment of Steffordshire Militia, by
Field Marshal the Marquis ot Anglesey.
Captain Little, 10th Royal Hassan, on promotion,
Lieut.-General the Earl Beauchamp.
Captain Maxwell, by Mr. Drat, M.P.
Mr. Henry Alworth Merewether, on his appointment as
one of Her Majesty's counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Lieut.-Colonel George Napier, on return frost the Cape
of Gaol Hope and appointment to the Staff in Canada, by
General Vioc slant lL.rdinge.
Cantina Murray Prior, on being appinted a Deputy-
Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex, by the Marquis of
Salisbury.
Mr. Duncomhe Pyrke, on his appointment to be one of
her Mattel's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by
Lord Foley,
The Rev. John Itashdall, by Lord Marcus Hill.
Mr. Joshua R iturt Reeve, by Lieut.-Colonel Francis
Seymour.
Mr. Frederick Robinson, on appointment to Scots Fu
silver Guards, by Colonel Colville.
Captain Robinson, on his appointment to the West Kent
Light Infantry Regiment of M.litia, by Earl Cowper.
Mr. Dudley Ryder, by the Earl of Ilarruwhy.
The Solicitor-General fur Scotland, by Viscount Palmer-
ston.

Sir Edward Gooch, Bart., M.P., by Mr. William Hope
-ere.
Mr. Bridarman Simpson, by the Earl of Effingham.
Captain Charles Robert Simpson, Queen's Own Light
Infant, by the Earl of Wilton.
Mr. Jahn Hawkins Simpson, by the Earl of Kintore.
Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, on appointment as Ad-
miral Superintendent at Malta, by Sir James Graham.
Captain Freville Surtees, 15th Royal !LOWS' on his
Mani from India, by General the Marquis of London-
derry.
Captain Earl Talbo' R.N., on appointment as Nasal
Aide-de-Camp to her dajesty, by the Duke of Northumber-
land. _ _

Captain and Adjutant James Drummond Teller, on pro-
motion, by the Master-General of the Ordnance.
Second Lieutenant Thornhill, Huntingdonshire Rifle
Militia, by the Earl of Sandwich.
Captain Arthur 1 remayne, 13th Light Dragoons, on his
promotion, by Lieutenant-General Hon. E. Y. Lvgon.
First Lieutenant Vane, Huntingdonshire little Militia,
by the Eul of Sandwich.
Captain Warden, R.N., on return from foreign service
and appointment to her Majesty's ship Fiagard, for special
duty, by Bir James Graham.
Mr. T. M. Weguelin, Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
England, by the Chancellor of the Eachequer.
Mr. John William White, by the Duke of Wellington.
Lieutenant Mathew White, 76th Regiment, by Lieuten-
ant-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, K.C.B.
Colonel Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Bart., We►t Kent
Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, on promotion, by Earl
Cowper.
-Captain Edward Winnington, on appointment to the
Worcestershire Militia, by Sir 1:12017331 Winnington, Bart.,
M.P.
The following noblemen and gentlemen also attended tha