The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

gbe Court.

OSBORNE, SATUZDAT.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prinee Arthur, drove
out yesterday afternoon ; Colonel the lien. C. Orly
attended on horseback.

SUNDAY.

The Queen and Prince, accompanied by thelCridicess
Royal and Princess Alice, attended by Colonel the lion. C.
Grey, drove out yesterday afternoon.
&r Edward Landseer has left Osborne.
The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Counter of
Mount Edgcumbe as Lady-is-Waiting to the Queen.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester

on Saturday, at Gloucester-bouse.
The Duchess of Kent attended divine service yesterday
morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street; Lady
Anna Marta Dawson was in waiting on her Royal High-

A deputation, headed by Mr. Ansley Pellatt, M.P., had
an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
The Solicitor-General and Mr. Trevor, of the Inland Re-
venue Department, bad an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer oa Saturday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Mr. Matthew Forster and Mr. Brodie Cruickshank bad
an interview, on Saturday, with the Duke of Newcastle, at
the Colonial-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left
town oa Saturday, on a visit to the Hen. Mrs. Talbot,
Falconburst Lodge, Edenbridge, Kent. The right hen.
gentleman will not return to town till Thursday afternoon.
The Duke of Newcastle left town on Saturday for his
grace's seat, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope on Saturday, from the Colonial-aloe.
Viseouat Palmerston has left town for his seat, Broad-
lands, Hants.
Deep itches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of Canada. Despatches were also re-
ceived yesterday from the Governors of Malta and Gibral-
tar, end from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islaxds.

Aeropirmzsrs.—Lord Robertson, one of the
Lords Ordinary of the Outer Howe, succeeds Lord Cun-
.ningharne, as one of the Lords of Session of the Inner
House. George Deas, Esq., advocate, called to the bar in
1828, and Solicitor• General for Scotland in 1881, is appointed
a Lord Ordinary of the Outer House, in the room of Lord
Robertson. Mr. Oeorge Shield, Assistant Clerk of Session
in Edinburgh, is appointed Depute Clerk of the Court, in
the room of Mr. John Hay, resigned. Mr. William Hamil-
ton Ball is appointed assistant clerk of the Court of Ba-
sica, in the room of Mr. Shield.

AMENDED CUSTOMS

An amended schedule of the alterations in the
Customs duties proposed in the budget has been laid on
the table of the House of Commons. These amendments
are supposed to be the final determination of the govern.
sent, after patiently hearing and earefully ocasidenng all
the representations which have been made by the various
parties interested.
On a close comparison with the original schedules, we
find the following alterations in the new and amended
schedules :
1. In the case of clover, grass, and other seeds, the egg
Is proposed to be wholly repealed, except on carraway weft
which are used in confectionary only. The duty ob
from ends last year was 40,0001, of which 31,0001. will be
thus relinquished.
2. In the case of nutmegs, iu :place of a uniform duty of
Is. a lb. on all kinds, the present duty on cultivated nut- I
mess will be reduced from 2s. 6d. per lb. to Is., and the
duty on the sort known as wild nutmegs will remain as
heretofore, at 6d. the lb.
3. Bilk plush used in making hats will be reduced from
2s. the lb. to Is., and varnish made of alcoholic spirit, from
30s. the gallon to 12s. the gallon.
4. With regard to dare), the duty will remain as pro-
posed in the first schedule, but the duty on rice, as a raw
material, will be reduced from ls. per cwt. to 40.
5. With regard to Guinea grains and the extracts, they
will be struck out of the schedule, and will remain the same
as heretofore.
6. With regard to iron and steel wrought-iron wire and
rough iron castings will be admitted free and machinery,
wrought or polished castings, tools, cutlery, and other ma-
nufactures of iron and steel not enumeresd, at 24.6 d. the
cwt., instead of 55., as in the first schedule.
7. Walking sticks will be charged at 6s. the 100 in place
of 4a. the doses.
8. Chicory, dried and raw, will be charged at 41. a ton
till October 10, 1854, and will then be free. Chicory,
routed and ground, will be charged 4d. the lb. in pleas
of 6d. Coffee, roasted sad ground, will also be charged 41.
la place of 6d.
9. Vinegar, in place of being admitted free, will be
charged with a duty of 3d. a gallon, to countervail the duty
on malt, Act.
10. Bosp will be charged with an impact duty of 2s. 4d. al
cwt. to countervail the duty on tallow; and Maria, will
also be awed 2s. 4d. the cwt. for the same potpies.
11. Miens will be struck oat of the side altoge-
ther, eel amide as at present.
I& Oeshe-squared will remain as in the echedule Int
seimeed from 16s. to 4s. Bd. the ewt. ; bat ands
whelk iamb will be reduced from 84. the lb. to ii hapless
13. Wilk velvet ribbons, with cotton backs, will he Aerial
3s. 6d. the lb. ; and broad silk velvets, with Geese baits, at
3e. the lb.
14. Caelselissery, swaths, ite.-la placed 10. the lb.,
the duty will be IL tin July 5,1864, when the sugar duties
will be opialkei, led lid. lb. after that date.
15. Toys milieus" to be charged at 4d. the lb. in Men
of 6d.
16. Lispesdee sest.-la plisse et Wag free at ewe, to be
charted the the wt. for few yeoman.. saw dot to be fres.
riPjaper, bash, As.-laiplem an. a lb. teammesevall
the eerie dray, Y Is In he ipat Al Weis gels
Hebei paler se MI to be whoWlet iety leas dl be is
pseud SiMO9 pet 'writhe) at lie. hem eeepelse web
wheel we have treaties or intanstliesl espyeigter
easen, cwt.
18, 80s.
et dtheoves to be admitted at L. the lb. in place el
hall. Tobasea-This article is Week oat of the new
sibeemba, sad remains as hermehre in every respect.
IS. Window Gises.-Ths duty to be 2s. the owl. to April,
UK eel Is. to April, 1857, and
then fres.
U. Beer, !Mwßeer, ea-These articles are with-
balsa from the esisseiles, eat will remiss se heretofore.
1111. Bran sad Fibril to be admitted free.
IL Albumen to be frac
91. Xusered, mixed or manufactured, except mustard
leer, 64. a mt.
16. Bailee, in plan of a reduction from 16e. to 10e. per
g Asa
are
417:111 at 15s. lbe ewt.
ibliswie made to die resolutions
Ile segeledem he plying duties :
1. regard to *sees, the new duty of 2s. 6d. the
cwt. 3. 1e be paid on the landing weights in place of re-
"no 1 *est as tea is sheets of more than
28 Ile.. almallderto as a deinstion from the quantity
oa whisk MeV is paid, is no huger to he made, but the
duty VI be levied oa the toll weight of the tea.-
Ecorsoesia.

ExatErno:t or AIISTIALLtIe GOLD.—On Situ .
day the public were Invited, and not uasnixemfaUy, to wit-
ness a novelty at the Great Globe, in Leicester-square,
°ovulating of a collection of Australian gold, and of speci-
mens of rocks and precious stones from the same attractive
region. This collection was formed by a gentleman, named
Calvert,who was residing inAustrelia at the period when gold
was first diseorared,and who,with an impulse partly mientide
and partly commercial, appears to have at 0009 sat about
sequiriag some of the most precious samples of the new
trams. Among is a specimen of quartz vein,
anima round in , and cheat two inches in diameter,
whim is so rich la pmeirmamietal ss to yield at the rate
of 111,0001. per ton d seek. TM owner stases that be
obtained with 00•9 about II cwt. is a military spun
fa in tM beselor. There an sone Mason water-
ways simple inn New loath Waite, as beipp as though
W
indliateived their bit pelts as manna aim Among
the maw Wm" besides eneallint eat dittleadwakm.
there are sem tiseseaimia Oa hen Mena easgirmerate,
th:lrainenen baying bean paved by Wit awing as
ei
penal. Mr. Went is ea aides experinentalist in
gold, sal hams his epsilons Mikis gene particles of
gold dun obtained by anew peens at Me wiss beta De-
could» granite in • dennopinnli MM. 8a own% in-
deed, that granite format at s orbit spelt will, tinder de-
conpmition, invariably ]tilt *job-sins substance; but,
graaing this, it by 119 00000 Mows that the yield would
be sealant to nommen, dis operator. In the oelleatios
I viewed es whets thus it au* to interest the *lex.