The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-04 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

At the weekly meeting of the Liverpool Town
Council yesterday, the Mayor said he had the gratifying
intelligence to announce that it was the intention of tho
Queen to visit the town of Liverpool on the 9th of October
next—(loud cheers)—and to proceed on the same day to the
mansion of the Earl of Ellesmere, at Worsley Hull. His
lordship then read the following letter to the council:—
. Balmoral, 30th August, reply to your
letter of the 28th, I have the honour to inform you, that it
is her Majesty's intention to pay a visit to the town of
Liverpool on the 9th of October next, and to proceed on the
same day to the Earl of Ellesmere's, at Worslcy.—l have
the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, J. }Lessem--
The Mayor of Liverpool."
His worship said he was quite sure that every member
of the council, as well as the public, would gladly avail
themselves of the opportunity about to be afforded them to
testify to her Majesty their loyalty, and that they were
capable of worthily appreciating the honour she proposed
to confer on the town. (Loud cheers.) He therefore sug-
qted the appointment of a committee forthwith—consist.-
of the chairman and vice-chairman of the several com-
mittees of the council, with the understanding that every
member of the council be considered, ea officio, entitled to
assist that committee—to make such suitable preparations

for the reception of her Majeoty u the important occasion
called for.

Mr. Alderman PROCTER seconded the proposition of
the Mayor, which was unanimously adopted.
Mr. TURNER, the chairman of the dock committee,
said that that body would contribute to the preparations
made by the council in any manner which might be most
desirable. (Cheers.)
Mr.'. B. LLOYD said that at • meeting of the com-
mittee of the courts of law it had been determined to re-
move the wall now erected round St. George's-hall, and to
put up a barrier of posts and rails of some neat form upon
the site where the permanent railing would be placed. The
floors were also to be laid with temporary boarding, and
steps furnished to each court, to give some idea of what the
courts would be when finished. It was proposed, if her
Majesty should visit the hall, that she should enter at the
north end, see the civil court, go down the hall to the cri-
minal court, then on to the southern portico, and to depart
by the eastern portico. The further arrangements of the
committee contemplated that the public should be admitted,
of whom they expected to accommodate about 2,000 in the
hall. (Great cheering.)
Mr. BILUILEY Mooaa and othercouncillors made various
suggestions, when the committee was appointed as proposed.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE NORTIL—We are
informed that estimates have been ordered to be prepared
by the Queen's tradesmen for fitting up, in a superior style,
the evening drawing-room in Ilolyrood Palace, before her
Majesty's return from the north. We would infer from this
that it is her Majesty's intention to hold a levee, of which
rumours have been in circulation during the last few weeks,
or at least that the royal party may be expected to remain
for a few days in Holyrood Palace, before returning to
England.—North British Mail.
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S
STRAKER SULTAN, Captain Brooks, left Southampton yes•
terday, as an extra boat, for Alexandria. She took out
ship letter mails for South Australia, Bombay, Ceylon,.
Mauritius, Madras, Calcutta, Aden, Alexandria. Malta, asta'
Gibraltar. Amongst her cargo was specie to the value at
42,0001. for India. She took out about 50 passengers—
amongst them was Maluncd Effendi, a young Turkish aim ,
of one of our engineering schools, who is gone out is tbs
Sultan to perfect himself in tho working of marine skew
engines. Two splendid carriage horses were sent out in
the Sultan to Alexandria ; they cost 2.501., and were pur-
chased in this country for Said Pasha, one of the Egyptian
princes. They are intended to run in•aurriele which was sent
out to Egypt from Southampton on the 20th ult. This curricle
wee a very magnificent one, manufactured by Hallmarke,
of Long-sere, and coat upwards of 600 guineas. The body
of it was in the form of a shell. The Sultan is expected at
Southampton, on her return voyage, about the Ist of
October, with ship mails, the date of which from Bombay
will be the Ist September, and from Calcutta the 26th
August. Among the passengers by the last homeward
Constantinople boat, at Southampton, was a Mahommedan

dervish, who had displayed such mechanical genius that
the Turkish Sultan had sent him to England to witness the
great sahibition. Fie had with him a very handsome clock,
which was a specimen of his self-taught mechanical skill.

DEPARTURE OF THE PAClPlC.—Yesterday *Et -
noon, at two o'clock, the United States mail steam-ship
Pacific, Captain Nye, left the Mersey for New York directs
having on board the extraordinary number of 190 passen-
gers (among whom were Miss Catherine Hayes and Miss
Williams, the vocalists), a large cargo of fins Manchester
and Sheffield goods, and the usual mails for the United .
States and the British provinces.

TUE NEXT LORD M.tXoß.—The forthcoming
election of chief magistrate of the City of London begins
already to engage the attention of the citizens. The senior
aldermen who have not passed the chair are W. Hunter,
Esq., T. Challis, Esq., and T. Sidney, Esq., M.P.
PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. —On Tuesday
evening a meeting of the committee of management, and
others interested in the welfare of this excellent institution,
was held at the London Tavern, for the transaction of ge-
neral blouses'. The 24th annual report congratulates the
subscribers on the result of this long experience, which ap-
pears to be the settling down of the society into a regular
and steady course. The number of indiOduals who have
participated in its benefits, by annual pensions, since the
formation of the institution, have been 224. The sum
expended in pensions last year was 665/. 12e, The pro-
perty of the society, invested with the Commissioners for
the Reduction of the National Debt at the last audit, yes
6,6641.85. M., producing an annual income of 2101.