The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-09 00:00:00

fix Court.

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
the PrineemesAlioe, Helena, and Louiss„risited thetioietyal
Arts, inJainatniet, Adelphi, yeeterdayafternoon. In attend-
ance were the Duchess of Athol', Han. Beatrice Byng, Lord
Marks Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel Pansoeby. The Queen
and Prince Consort afterwards took a carriage drive.
The Prince Consort rode on horseback attended by Lieut.-
Colonel Ponsonby, and visited the National Portrait Gallery,
in Great George-street.
The Queen and Prince Consort honoured the performance
at the Princess's Theatre with their presence last evening.
The royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Athole, Hon.
Beatrice Byng, Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Methuen, Lord
Charles Fitzroy, and Lietit..Colonel Poneonby.
The Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, attended by
Indy Qtroline Barrington, Major-General Sir Henry Ben-
tinck, and Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., honoured the
Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, with their presence
Let inning.
Mamas. Thomas Agnew and Son had the honour of
submitting to the Queen the picture by Mr. Barker of the
"Belief of Lucknow, and the meeting of Generals Have.
lock, Outram, and Sir Colin Campbells"
The Duchess of Athole has succeeded Viscountess Jocelyn
as the Lady-in• Waiting to the Queen.

A Cabinets Council was held yesterday at
the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, in Downing-street. It was attended
by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chan-
cellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir
C. Lewis, Lord John Rummell, the Duke
George C.
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon.
T. Milner Gibson, Sir George Grey, the Right
Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon. Edward
Cardwell.

Deepattbee were received M the Colooial-office, yeeter•
dky, from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Manritias,
the Australian colonies, Malta, Gibraltar, and the Lord
High Commissioner of the lonian Wands. De. patches
were writ to the Governor of Canada and the Governs
of the Falkland Islands.

SOCIETY or Aars.—Her Majesty the Queen and
hb Royal Wishner the Prince Consort, accompanied by the
Princess Alice and other members of the royal family,
yesterday visited the collection of the works of the late Sir
William Roes, R.A., now being exhibited at the Society of
Arta, John street, Adelphi. Her Majesty was received by
Mr Thomas Phillips, chairman, and other members of the
council of the society.

Partwass'e THEATIM —Her Majesty, the Prince
Consort, and a Munerous suite, honoured this theatre with
their preeenoe last night. The play performed was The
Pool's Remoge.

The Earl and Countess of Bradford entertained
a select circle at dinner lad evening, at their mansion in
Delgravevouare.
The Earl and Countess of Guilford and the
ladies North are expected in town in a few day. from
Waklenharo Park, near Dover, for the mason.

The Earl and Countess Fortesene are shortly ex-
pected in Orosvenor•gmare from Castle Hill, Devon.
Viscount and Visoountess Cantpden have arrived
at their residence in Portman•guare from Paris, for the
161.011.

Lord and Lady Southampton will return to town
early next wea from Whittlebary Lodge, Northampton-
shire, for the season.

Lord Adolphus and Ludy Susan Vane Tempest
arrived at Hoklerneese Howe lam maim from Brighton.
The marriage of Mr. Adams and Lady Elizabeth
Yorke is fixed to take place early in Jane at Wimpole
Hall, Cambridgeshire.
The Right Hon. J. D. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Fitz-
gerald arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Satur-
day, and left for Paris an Tuesday.

We understand that, in consideration of the
valuable semen rendered by him in the conduct of the
business of the House of Commons, the Queen has con-
fined on Mr. Erskine May, the clerk-assistant of the house,
the Companionship of the Civil Order of the Bath. Mr.
May's mane will be familiar to our readers as the author of
the work upon Parliamentary and Constitutional Law
and Urge.

As it is considered probable that her Majesty
will review the volunteer forces later in the summer, DO
field day will take place in Hyde•park on May 18.

It will be seen that tho chief measure which oc-
cupied the House of Commons last night was the removal
of the excise duty upon paper, sad that a narrow majority
of nine has saved the bill from perdition. The Time
thinks that even yet there is a certain degree of danger,
"lest the scanty character of the majority should risk the
safety of the bill in the Lords, where a defeat is not so
certainly fatal to a government?"

It appears that a petition praying for the total

disfranchisement of the borough of Harwich is now in
course of signature in that town. The petitioners observe
that in Harwich the elective franchise conduces neither to
the morality, happiness, nor proaperity of the place, but,
on the contrary, to very great demoralisation and

feeling. They also state that they have good reason to
believe that the corruption for which Harwieh has long
been notorious still exists, and that elections are not
decided by the honest votes of true men of either party,
but by the votes of such men as are open to undue
influence.

We are requested to state that the British Com-
missioners for the negotiation of the French tariff have
their office at No. 82, Rue de PUniversia Parte.

Fonzuut-orncs, MAY 4.—The Queen has been
gacioealj pleased to appoint William Doris, Esq., now
to her Majestic lotion at the Court of Persia,
to he Secretary to her Majest s Legation to the Argentine
Cewfwieratica • and irdwant . Eastwick, Esq., to be Secre-
tary to her Majesty's Lep.tion at the Court of Persia.—

LOID 0171C1, MAT 7.—Notice
is hereby given that the queen will bold a drawing-room at
&. James's Palace, upon Twaday, the 12th of June next,
at two o'cleck.—Gartne.

LOZD CIA3IIIIZILLAIN'6 OPTIC; MAT 7.—Notice
is hereby given that the Qvitien will hold a levee at Bt.
James's Palace, upon Wedneeday, the 20th of June next,
et two o'clock. N.B. The knights of the sever►l orders are
to appear in their collars at the levee on the 20th of June.
—Ga:ate.

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i 1860.
LATEt3Ik INTELLIGENCE.
GARIBALDI'S DiFARTURE FOR SICILY.
The Paris Petrie announces as a positive fact that
Garibaldi left Genoa for Sicily in the night of May
5 and 6. The Piedmontese government bad ordered
the seizure of the arms and munitions deposited at
Quarto, near Genoa, and had carefully watched the
port, but the ship in which Garibaldi sailed had
papers for Malta, and had been clear out at sea
two days previously. Garibaldi reached this ship
in a pleasure boat, and at once steered for Sicily.
The Opinion Nationale, whioh only publishes what
it thinks may be "safely said without
compromising the cause of liberty," learns
from Turin that several ships, conveying
reinforcements to Garibaldi, will follow in
quick succession. Their rallying point is the Isle
of Capraia, on the north-east coast of Corsica.
Thence they will follow a course which it is not de-
sired to indicate, since there are many armed cruisers
on the coast of Sicily, whose mission is to prevent
the patriots from landing. A few days ago Gari-
baldi counted 1,200 recruits for his expedition in
Genoa, and among them were 'many offieers of
eminence, who had thrown up their commissions in
the Piedmontese army in order to join him. The
number was increasing every day.
A Turin letter of May 6, in the Prase, states
that shortly before his departure Garibaldi was in
extremely low spirits, in consequence of M.
Massimo d'Azeglio, the president of the committee
of his subscription for a million of muskets, having
refused to hand over to him the money in hand
without the authorisation of Count Cavour. In a
letter to a friend the brave general said that he was
"tired of life because the means of serving his
country were taken away from him." Shortly
afterwards, however, he recovered his wonted
energy, and determined, in spite of all difficulties,
upon the daring expedition which he has under-
taken.

MAY 8.

Advices from Genoa positively deny the reported
disembarkation of General Garibaldi in Sicily.
The Sardinian steam flotilla has left Leghorn for
Sicily.
No news has been received direct from Sicily,
but letters from Naples to the sth instant state
that the insurrection continued in the interior of
the island.

Government had raised the state of siege at
Palermo, but the court-martial was to sit perma-
nently.

Business had not been resumed.

General Baizano had demanded a reinforcement
of 5,000 men, in consequence of the Garibaldi expe-
dition.

SARDINIA.

TURIN, MA &

The King arrived here to-day, and was met by
the inhabitants, by whom he was warmly cheered.

The result of the elections is favourable to the
ministry. The Chamber has adjourned until
Thursday.
General Oudinot has given a denial to the report
that he intended taking service in the pontifical
troops.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, WIDMIDAY, MAT 9.

The Military Committee having, without any es-
sential modification, unanimously granted the sup-
plies for placing the army upon a war footing, the
discussion of the project in full sitting is expected
to take place on Monday.
This discussion will probably be concluded in
one single sitting.