The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-19 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.-(THIS DAY.)

By command of the Queen, a 'cycle waa held
to-day at St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, on behalf of the Queen. There was a
considerable number of presentations, which are to be
considered equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. It
has not yet been definitely settled whether there will be
another levee during the present season.

THE COURT IN THE HIGHLANDS. —On Sunday the
Queen attended divine service in the church of Crathie.
Her Majesty was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louisa, and Prince
Leopold, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the
court. The Rev. Malcolm C. Taylor preached from
John ix., 30—" The man answered and said unto them :
Why, herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from
whence he is, and yet he bath opened mine eyes." The
church was well filled.—Ediaborgli Courant.

VISIT OP PRINCE ARTHUR TO PARIS. —His Royal
Highness Prince Arthur will pay a visit to the Paris Exhi-
bition towards the close of this week.

The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel
Tyrwhitt, honoured the Earl and Countess of Cork with
his presence at dinner last evening, at their residence in
Grafton-street, Piccadilly.

The Duke of Buecleuch has left Montagu House,
Whitehall, for Scotland. The duchess has gone to
Brighton.
The Marchioness of Westminster has issued invi-
tations for an afternoon party on the 28th instant at
Grosvenor House.

The Earl of Leicester has left town for salmon
fishing in Norway.

The Earl and Countess Grey arrived at their
residence on Carlton-house-terrace, on Monday evening,
from Howiek Hall, Northumberland.

Last night Selina Viscountess Milton had a ball
at the family residence on Carlton-house-terrace. Upwards
of 400 persons of distinction graced her ladyship's saloons
by their presence.
Ex-President Geffrard, of Hayti, arrived at Rad-
ler's Hotel, Southampton, from Jamaica, a few days ago,
and has since left for Faris.

The Rugby Tercentenary will be celebrated at
Rugby on Wednesday, the tith inst. There will be a
service in chapel at half-past 11, namely, the Litany and
a sermon, followed by the holy communion. The annual
speeches will begin in the great school at 3 ; and the dinner
will be at the Town Hall at 7, the Dean of Westminster
taking the chair.

Lord Elcho denies the truth of the report that he
has accepted the invitation to join Lord Derby's govern-
ment at Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. " I have
sever," he says, "received the invitation to join Lord
Derby's government. Had it been given I should not have
accepted it, as lam not an oflice-seeker. I prefer inde-
pendence, and the right to support or orpose men and
measures regardless of party considerations."

Yesterday General Sir John F. Burgoyne, G. C. 8.,

Inspector-General of Royal Engineers and Fortifications,
resumed his annual inspection of the corps of Royal Engi-
neers at headquarters, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, in
which duty he was occupied the entire day.
Yesterday the Inns of Court Volunteers visited
Oxford. They arrived there about noon, and after having
been entertained at luncheon at the various colleges, to
whioh they proceeded in companies, they marched from
Christ Church to the parks. There they and the lit Ad-
ministrative Battalion of Oxfordshire volunteers were
reviewed by Colonel Erskine. After • long series of
movements had been gone through, the men were ad-
dressed by the inspecting officer, who expressed the
pleasure with which be had witnessed the day's per-
formanoe.n The undergraduates entertained their volun-
teer friends at dinner in the various college halls after the
review.

This morning was issued the first report of the
Trades' Union Commissioners. It simply states that they
have held several meetings, and that they beg leave to
submit the evidence up to the let of May. This evidence
fills a blue book of 160 pages.

Mr. Alderman Lawrence will move, on the second
reading of Traffic Regulation (Metropolis) Rill, that it be
read a second time upon this day six months.
Mr. Layard, to-morrow, will move for a select
committee to consider and report on the advisability of
making purchases from the Paris Exhibition for the benefit
of the Schools of Science and Art in the United Kingdom,
and any other means of making that Exhibition useful to
the manufacturing industry of Great Britain and Ireland.

Mr. Bagnall, to-morrow, will ask the Vice-
President of the Committee of Council on Education, whe-
ther he approves of her Majesty's Inspectors paying their
official visits to schools during the Whitman week, when
children cannot without difficulty be collected to meet
them, and masters are deprived of their accustomed
holiday ; and, whether the grants to schools will depend
upon the result of inspections made under such disadvan-
tageous circumstances.
Mr. Holland will ask the Vice-President of the
Board of Trade, to-morrow, whether, in the event of ices
of life at sea, where there has been gross culpability or
negligence, her Majesty's government will adopt measures
in order that offenders may be made amenable to the
criminal laws of the country.

The rebuilding of the nave of Bristol Cathedral
la in contemplation.

A new church is to be built at Bournemouth, in
Han* si • oat of 4,0001.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(eeurse's ummuts.)
ITALY.
FLORENCE, June 19.
. In yesterday's sitting of the Italian parliament
the debate on the interior budget was concluded.
The Chamber then commenced the discussion of
the Budget of Justice and approved the Small
Arms Conversion Bill. The committee nominated
by the Chamber to consider the subject of the
responsibility of the ministers has appointed Signor
Meochi as their president.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jeri 18.

A collective note from France, Russia, Prussia,
and Italy was presented to the Porte on Saturday,
urging the suspension of hostilities in Crete, and
an inquiry into the grievances of the islanders by
commissioners appointed jointly by the great
powers and the Porte.

The Imperial Ottoman Bank has published the
half-yearly statement of the government debt ac-
count showing that 117 millions of piastres had
been received in cash, and that 27 millions will be
due on the 13th July, and 45 millions after that
date. Of these amounts there have been remitted
to Europe 103 millions on account of the foreign
Loan Service, and 86 millions still remain here on
account of the general debt service.