The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-27 00:00:00

CU Court.

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
the Prince.. Alice, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Helena,
honoured the Amateur Exhibition of Oil and Water Colour
P►inting., and also the French Exhibition in Pall.inall, with
a visit yesterday afternoon.
In attendance were the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon.
Beatrice Bung, Lord Harris, Lieut.-Colonel F. Caven-
dish, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Captain Du Plat.
The seventeenth anniversary of the Prince. Alice's birth
day, was kept privately, on amount of the mourning, at
Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.
tessor Owen had the honour of delivering his second
lecture on natural history yesterday.
The Prince C'onsi et, attended by Captain Du Plat, rode on
horseback yesterday morning.
The Prince of Wales, stymied by Major•Geneml the Hon.
8.. Bruce and Captain Grey, left Bucktighum Palace yester-
day afternoon for Oxford.

• dartkatime of bleachers, dyers, Gabbers. and &len-
der., had an interview with Mir George C. Lewis yesterday
at the Honseeolßee. The deputation consisted of Mr. J.
Amyl=ll Turner, M.P., Mr. Thos. Halley, M.P., the Hon.
A. Egerton. M.P., Mr. W. J. Legit, M.P., the Right Hon.
Frederick Peel, M.P., the Hon. W. Egerton, Mr. ./.
Richardson, M.P.. Dr. Brady, M.P., Yr. F. W. Russell,
M.P., Major W. F. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. M'Cann, M.P.,
Mr. Redmood, 31. P., Major Gray, M.P., Messrs. Bridson,
Charles Howarth, Richard Beeler, Stephen Blair (bleachers
sod buisitets) ; Maser,. John ll'hitehrul. James w,,eraii,
Thomas Schofield, George Nelson (bleachers, dyers, and
ani,liersl; and Messrs. John Goodier, William Mondial,
Henry Gentling (dyers and calenderers).
Apaches were sent from the Colonial-ofliee yesterday
to tip, Governor. of Hong Kong, Labitan, Ceylon, Malta,
and t ;dweller, and to the Lard High Comniissioner of the
lonian bland..

HIM itianterf'n VisiT TO THE BO'ICTY OF
WATER COLOU Its. —(THIB DA T. ) —This morning her
Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
accompanied by Prince Alfred,Princcesee Alice and Helena,
elated the Gallery of the Society of Water (.7,.p10um, Pen-
na.

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Anibasmtlor
Extraordinary to China., left town yesterday (Thursday),
by the 4.30 p.m. train, for Dover. His Excellency will
only remain in Purim for on hour and a-half this morn-
ing, and will proceed direct 1.4 Iliuseilles to Sue;
and thence to China. His suite, consisting of Colonel elea-
lock, C.R., military secretary ; Mr. H. Lock, private Merl.
tAry ; Hoe. James Stuart Wortley, first attaché ; Hon. W.
0. Thurluw, seam I attache, left by the mail train last
Right.

His Excellency the Sicilian Minister and Madame
Targioni will leave town to-morrow for Sicily.
The Duchess of Atholl has arrived at the St.
George's HoteL

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury en-
tertained at dinner last evening, at their mansion in Arling-
ton-street, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister, his Ex-
cellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess &natter,
the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord and
Lady Colchester, Lard Po'swarth and the Hon. Miss Scott,
Lady William Russell, Col. the Hon. Patrick Talbot, Mr.
Arthur Russell, M.P., and Mr. Shaw Stewart.
The Earl and Countess Howe have arrived at
Curnon House, from (topsail Hall, for the season.
The C"unteas of Erne has issued cards for a ball
on Tuesday, the Bth of May.

The Dowager Counteas of Jersey has left Berke-
ley...mare for Brighten).

Lady Flaholm wax safely delivered of a daughter
oa Wedaeolay, at MI lonbihip's residence is Herefravlatreet.

Lord and Lady Southampton have arrived at the
Wed Cliff Hotel, Folkeotooe.

No less than three colonelciea of regiments are
sow •acant by the recent deaths of General Sir Thomas
Ml6bon, Bart., (:.C. 8.. Colonel of the 10th Regiment of
Foot ; Lieutenant-General E. Fleming, C. 8., Colonel of the
47th Regiment of Foot; and Lieutenant-General Julia
Home Home, Colonel of the bath Regiment of Foot.

Nettaktier says it is ciirreutly reported
that Mr. Beujamie Lee Guinness, the heal of the great
firm of Gunmen sad Co., has uwiertaken to provide the
neersaary foal-lA,ooof.—for the complete reatomtine of
the ancient cathedral wed eolleziste chunk of St. Patrick,
accordieg to the plans bag published by the Dean
(Pakenhant) and Chapter —" a twirls act, worthy of the
representati‘e of the hate Arthur Guinness."

The amount of a guarantee fund in connexion
with the iutcmational Exhibition of 1817,4 promised up to
lut•ftlay last, was 190,0110/.

C. H. Pearson. Esry., M. A., Pmfemeor of Modern
History, King's College, London, ha. been appointed by
the ('ouucil of the Swirly of Arte, Examiner in English
History, in place of Sir Edward 8. Creasy, now Chief
J aptice of the lelatul of Ceylon.

The Oheertv; of the 30th att. says that
the wri..it oral cheering topic of the fortnight has been the
ni.weillous Rumen of the pearl fishery. The prieei realised
are unprecedented, waging from 9 to 16 guineas per thou-
sand. The result is that already the addition to the revenue
from thie pewee i. 31,733 Y. Capt. Pritchard condign' his
telegram of the 24th thee:—" I congratulate his Excellency
and Ilse government." And well he might, for on that day the
boats brought in 439,000 oysters, which sole fortheenormous
sane of 6,9641/., at se average of 131. per thousand. "So
valualde a ' kettle of fish.'" says oar Ceylon contemporary,
" wa. never collected 4 Aripo in one day before."
A letter from Tarbes (Hautes-Pyre;a4;el) says :
" Our department is at this moment covered with snow, in
p.n. a foot ile.•p. The temperature, which wag 20 deg. (66
s a;., has now Wien to freezing poitt !"