The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-03 00:00:00

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BALMORAL, MAT 31.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
rode out on ponies yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty drove, accompanied by
Princess Christian.

Her Majesty gave a dance to the tenants and servants of
Balmoral in a tent near the Castle. Her Majesty, accom-
panied by the royal family, and attended by the ladies and
gentlemen in waiting, was present during the afternoon,
and again after the supper in the evening.

JUNE 1.
The Queen went out driving yesterday morning, accom-
panied by Princess Christian.
In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by Princess
Louise, rode on ponies up to the Shell in Glen Gelder.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinatone, left the
Castle yesterday for Blackheath.

The Prince of Wales stood sponsor to the infant son of
Viscount and Viscountess Royston, at the Chapel Royal,
St. James's, on Saturday.
The Prince of Wales, attended divine service yesterday
morning at the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The Communion Service was read by the Rev. the Sub-
dean, and the Very ltev. the Dean of Chichester.
Anthem, " God is gone up."—Croft.
Sung by Masters Carmichael and Coward, Messrs. R.
Barnby, Foster, Benson, and Lawler.
Mr. Goss presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Very Rev. the Dean of
Chichester, from Malachi, c. iv., v. 2.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmeabury,
the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, Lord Stanley,
the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pakington, Sir
S. Northcote the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Rich-
mond, Lord J. Manners, and Lord Naas.

A deputation from the British Medical Association,
consisting of Dr. Coles, Mr. C. H. Rogers Harrison,
F.R.C.S., Dr. Royles, Mr. George Bottomley, F.R.C.S.K,
Dr. W. Camps, Dr. Gibbon, Dr. Merriman, Mr. W.
Martin, F.ILC.S., Mr. J. N. Gibson, F.R.C.S., Mr. Robert
Denny, F.ILC.S., Mr. T. Heckstall Smith, F.R.C.S., Dr.
J. H. Paul, and Mr. J. B. Curgenven, transacted business
with Lord Robert Montagu, 11. P., at the Privy Council-
office on Saturday, on the subject of the Vaccination Bill,
which is now under the consideration of parliament.
The following members of parliament, representing
Irish constituencies, had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street, on Saturday :
—Major-General Dunne, Sir F. Heygate, Sir Henry Bruce,
Colonel Hon. H. A. Cole, Hon. J. L. Cole, Mr. Torrens,
Mr. R. P. Dawson, Mr. W. F. Dick, Mr. Innsby Gore,
Mr. Vance, Sir J. Strange, Mr. Lanyon, Mr. S. G. Getty,
Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Stewart Knox, Lord Claud J.
Hamilton, Mr. E. W. Verner, Mr. lon Hamilton, Lieut.-
Colonel Fords, Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, and Lieut.-Colonel
Tottenham. Lord nuts, M.P., Chief Secretary for Ire-
land, was present at the interview.
A deputation from the Metropolitan Water Supply As-
sociation, consisting of Mr. J. M. Matthews (chairman),
Mr. Parker (secretary), Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Hepburn,
introduced by Mr. B. Whalley, M.P., had an interview
with the Duke of Richmond and the Right Hon. Stephen
Cave, at the office of the Board of Trade, on Saturday.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of Ceylon, Hong Kong, the
Mauritius, and Natal. Despatches were sent to the
Governors of the West India Islands, British Honduras,
British Columbia, the Australian colonies, the Bahamas,
and to the Governor-General of Canada.

The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained at
dinner on Saturday evening their Serene Highnesses Prince
and Princess Edward of Sane Weimar, the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Brad-
ford, the Earl and Countess Spencer, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Dalkeith, the Earl of Morley, the Earl Annesley,
Lord Stanley, Lord and Lady Churchill, Colonel the Hon.
W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot, and the Hon. Frederick
and Lady Constance Stanley. After dinner the countess
had a very brilliant assembly.
The Duke and Duchess d'Aurnale honoured
Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon.
Chichester Fortescue with their presence at dinner on
Saturday evening, at their residence in Carlton-gardens.
The following had the honour to meet the royal guests :
—The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount and
Viscountess Sydney, Viscount and Viscountess Amberley,
Lord and Lady Honeys, Lady Georgians Grey, Lady
Niolesworth, Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., the Right Hon.
Sir Henry Storks, G.C.8., Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. Bernal
Osborne, M.P., Mr. Hayward, Am

The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart.,
M.P., and Lady Pakington entertained his Excellency the
Netherlands Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister
and Baroness Hochschild, Earl Beauchamp, the Earl of
Abingdon, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford and
Hon. Miu Thesigcr, Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, ALP., and
Lady Mary Egerton. Barone*. North and Colonel North,
M.P., Hon. Lady Pakonham, Admiral of the Fleet Sir
Thomas Cochrane and Lady Cochrane, &c., at dinner on
Saturday evening, at the Admiralty.
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The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., and
Mrs. Hardy received the following compiny at dinner on
Saturday evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-crescent:

—His Excellency the Italian Minister, the Ear I and
Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Eai 1
Cadogan and Lady Mary Cadogan, the Earl of Eldon, Lady
Elizabeth Cornwallis, Colonel and Lady Jane Taylor, Hon.
Mr. and Miss Liddell, Mr. and Mrs. Arkwright, Mr.
Ridley, ate. Later in the evening Mn. Hardy had a mall
and early party.

On Friday a meeting of the Masonic Order of
Ireland was held in Dublin for the purpose of considering
a proposal for the establishment of a school for the educa-
tion and maintenance of the sons of deceased and deserv-
ing members of the order. A subscription list for that
purpose was opened, and contributions exoeeding 500/.
have been announced. It is intended to establish a school
under the immediate control and wanseement of the order
for 24 orphans. To do this effectually It will be neoeseary,
according to the calculations of the hononry secretary, to
raise a sum of 10,000 L in the first instance, with the pros-
pect of a revenue of 500/. or 6001. a year.
It is rumoured that Dr. Lyon Plarfair, C. 8.,
professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh,
intends to offer himself ss a candidate for the parlia-
mentary representation of his own university and that of
St. Andrew's should the prospective reform bill grant them
a member.