The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-17 00:00:00

Vic Court.

BALMORAL, Jt:NE 14.
The Queen and royal family went uut u usual.
Ji NE I'..
The Queen drove out yesterday morning, accompanied
by Princess Christian.

In the afternoon her Majesty went to the Shirt in (Hen
Gelder. accompanied, by Princess Louise and Prince
Leopold.

The Duke of Richmond dined with the queen and
Royul

Colonel Maude left the Cantle.

The Prince of Wales and Prince and Princess Louis of
!Jesse dined with the E irl rod Countess of Bradford at
their residence, Beigravesquare, on Seturdey evening.
The Prince of Wales and Prince and Princess Louis,
with the Lady and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine
service lathe Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning.
The Communion Service wan read by the Rev. the Sub-
Dean, the Rev. Chas. H. Arnold, and the Rev. H. H.
Birch.

Anthem, " 1 beheld, and 10 !" (Blow), sung by Messrs.
R. llarnhy, Benson, Winn, and Lawler.
Mr. roooer pre•sidled at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. H. M. Birch
from St. Matthew, ch. 28, •v. 18, 19.

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-
'lent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmesbury,
the Right Hon. (ht borne Hardy, Lord Stanley,
the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pakington, Sir
S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Right Hon. 11. T. L. Corry, Lord J. Manners,
Lord Naas, and the Right Hun. S. Walpole.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho
noureble Privy Council set on Saturday at the Privy
Council-office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle
plague. The lords present were Lord Robert Montagu
and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, on Sa-
turday, from the Governors of Natal, Malta, Lehman, the
Straits Settlements, and the Australian Colonies. Di-
smantles were sent to the Governors of the West India
Islands, British Honduras, British Columbia, and to the
Governor-General of Canada.

HER MAJ ESTY'S RETURN TO WI DSO R. —At
Windsor Castle preparations are being made for the re-
ception of her Majesty the Queen and the royal family,
who leave lialmoml early to-morrow afternoon for the
south. Mr. C. Mason, asaistans general manager, and Mr.
Martin, telegraph superintendeut, of the London and
North Western line, have left Euston for Ballater, in order
to accompany the royal train to Brishbury junction, when
Mr. J. Griereon, general manager, and Mr. Tyrrell,
superin.endent of the line, will be in readiness to take
charge of the special during its transit over the Great
Western Railway. Her Majesty will reach Windsor at
8.45 on Wednesday morning, and will, it is ex-
pected, breakfast at the Castle. Frogmore-house is also
being got in readiness for the return of their Royal Hi.ol-
- Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Hohitein
and their infant son, who accompany the Queen from the
north.

The Dublin Express says :—" We learn, upon
good authority, that the Duke of Cambridge is about to
pay an official visit to Ireland, and that he will be accent.
panied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales."
The Earl and Countess of Bradford were honoured
by the company of the Prince of Wales and the Prince and
Princess Louis of Hesse at dinner on Satunlay evening, at
the family mansion in Belgrave-square. The royal guests
arrived at a quarter-past 8 o'clock, when they were received
by the noble earl, and conducted to the drawing-room,
where the following vivitors had already assembled :
Prince Teck, Princelei Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of
Manchester, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of
Malmesbury, Earl Annailey, the Counteal of Vane,
Viscount and Viscountess Royston, Lord Henry Cordon
Lennox, M.P., Lady Mary Windsor Clive, Mr. Henry
Chaplin, Baroness Von Schenck, and Hofrnarschall Von
Westerweiler, in waiting on the Prince and Princes* Louis
of Hesse, and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel, in attendance on
the Prince of Wales. Covers were laid for 24.

The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland entertained
the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at dinner, at
their residence in St. James's-square, on Saturday. The
Marquis of Tweeddele, the Earl and Countess Stanhope
and Lady Mary Stanhope, Viscount and Viscountess
Sydney, Viscount Mahon), Lord and Lady N►as, Lord and
Lady Lyveden, Hen. Thomas de Grey, Captain the Hon.
C. Wyndham, Lady Caroline Cast, and Baron Los in atten-
dance on the grand duch u, constituted the dinner circle.
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon received
his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Earl and
Countess of Derby, and a select party ►t dinner at their
residence in Grosvenor-crescent on Saturday List.
On Saturday night Frances Countess Waldegravo
had an assembly at her residence in Carlton-gardens.
Previously to the reception her ladyship and the Right
Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., received at dinner Via.
count and Viscountess Halifax, Viscount Torrington,
Lord and Ludy Stanley of Alderley, Lord and Lady Cler-
mont, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, the
Right Hoo. G. and Mrs. Geachen, General and Mrs.
Malcolm, Mr. and Mrs. Bernal Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. V.
Higgins, Dr. Quin and Miss Wynne.

On Saturday afternoon, from 4 till after 7, •
very numerous company assembled ►t Miss Burdett
Cosines residence, Holly Lodge, Highgate. The extensive
pleasure grounds were in perfection, the rhododendrons,
roses, &c., being in full bloom. The band of the Coldstream
Guards enlivened the gay scene by their music during the
afternoon. Au important addition has been made to the
residence by the erection of • glazed saloon, extending
from the conservatory above 50 feet. Several large cases
containing a valuable mineral and geological collection
occupy • place in the room, which is screened from the
rays of the sun by scarlet and white draperies. In the
apartment several tables were laid out with fruit and
other refreshments. In an adjoining marquee the
choicest refreshments were supplied throughout the after-
noon.

Viscount and Viscountess Hill have left the
Claredon Hotel for Hawkstone.park, Shrewsbury.
On Thursday night last died, at Dufferin Lodge,
Highgate, the widow of the l►te Earl of Gifford, better
known as Lady Dufferin—the sister of Mrs. Norton and
the present Duchess of Somerset. The lady recently de-
ceased wrote some very pretty verses, the most popular of
which, perhaps, was the song of " The Irish Emigrant."
It is a custom that when a foreign monarch visits
the Hotel-de Nine his bu tin marble shall he placed in the
Salle de Counseil. now decor ,ted with the historical paint-
ings of K. Adolphe Yvon. The busts of the Czar Alexan-
der and King William I are already been or feted, and will
in due time appear in the ball by the side of those of
Queen Victoria, King Victor Emmanuel, the King of the
Belgians, IN.

JUNE 17, 18

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(ULU I Efe, TELI. RAMS.)
FRANCE.

r,►rt, acs 17.

The Emperor beiag slightly indisposed, was un-
able to be present at the receptions at the Tuile-
ries yesterday ; the Grand Duke and Duchess of
Baden and the Count and t'onntess of Flanders were
therefore received by the Empreipi.
The Viceroy of Egypt arrived here at 5 p.m.
yesterday. Genera: Pajol, M. do Raimbeaux, and
the Prekets of the Seine and of Police, received
him at the railway station, and escorted MS high-
ness to the Tuileries in court carriages, where he
WAS received by the Empress. lie will reside in
the Pavillon Marian.

The Muintote, giving an account of the depar-
ture of the King of Prussia, says it was the desire
of his Majesty to leave Paris without ceremony.
Thu King warmly thanked the Emperor for the re-
ception he had had in Paris, and the two sovereigns
parted on most allectionate terms.

CANDIA.
FLORENCE, JrNE 17.

The Florence papers publish a telegram from
Athens, dated I.lth inst., which says :—" Omar
Paella, after having suffered a fresh defeat at
Heraclion, burnt all the villages which had not
been defended by the intim-wilts and murdered the
inhabitants. The Consuls have announced these
atrocious acts to their respective governments.
The commandant of the Italian gunboat Prince
Ad'lone saved several families, and transported
them to the Pirams."

INDIA.
(Via Trieste.)

BOMBAY, MAT 24.

The first monsoon mail leaves here to-day, live
days prior to the regular date of sailing.
It is arranged that the schemes for the recon-
struction or amalgamation of the Bank of Bombay
with the Bank of Bengal shall be submitted to the
shareholders of the B ink of Bombay on June 4.
The cholera still prevails at Umballa. The 94th
Regiment has lost 21 men, and the natives in the
surrounding villages aro dying in large numbers.
The Bombay shareholders and creditors of the
Commercial Bank Corporation have passed a reso-
lution in favour of resuscitation, and appointed a
committee to carry the resolution into acct.
The Memorial Church at Delhi was opened on
May 11, the tenth anniversary of the meeting at
that place.

CALCUTTA, MAY 20.
The London mail of the 20th April arrived here
on the loth inst.

The prospects in Orissa are satisfactory. Rain
has fallen over a largo area. Considerable relief is
nevertheless still necessary.
The government have considerably restricted the
privilege of sending free telegrams with the object
of preventing an undue encumbrance of the tele-
graph system. Considerable benefit to the public
is expected therefrom. 150 men for the Hong
Kong police have arrived at Calcutta, and are
about to leave for China.

The collection of the license tax in Bengal is
almost in abeyance. The total amount collected in
April was only 80,000 rupees. The Bishop of
Calcutta has gone to Burmah, for the purpose of
holding confirmations. At a recent meeting of the
clergy the Bishop proposed to create the office of
sub and lay diaeonates, thus conferring temporary
orders upon laymen in districts where no clergy
men are stationed.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ALEPPO AND
HERMANN.
QUEENSTOWN, KAY 17.
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The extra-Cunard steamship Aleppo, from New
York, arrived hero at 4.50 a.m. to-day with 182
passengers and 157,854 dole. in specie for England.
After landing 27 of the former and the despatches
she proceeded at 5 a.m. for LiverpooL All well.
SOUTHAMPTON, Jess 17.
The North German Lloyd's steamer Hermann
passed Hurst Castle at 8.45 a.m. to-day.

TER FATE OF MAXIMILIAN.

M. Romero, Mexican Minister at Washington,
has written the following letter to a friend in Sew York :
" Wsehington, Mry 31, 18117.

" . . . Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your
kind congratulations on our successes in Mexico. It has
been indeed most complete and gratifying to us. We
have acrepted no humiliating terms from the French ; we
are not embarrassed by treaty stipulations with any
foreign power which would be likely to give us trouble ;
all our leading enemies are conquered and in our hands.
We will have, so to say, • new start in life. We have
achieved our victory with our own scanty means, without
assistance from any foreign nation, but on the contrary
against the moral influence of all Europe, and the material
strength of France and other continental powers. To this
gigantic combication we have only been able to oppose
the endurance and patriotism of our people, and the stead-
fast sympathy of the people of the United States. The
remembrance of that enlightened sympathy will be ever.
lasting in Mexico. I shall try to do full justice to it in
a memorandum of my sojourn in the United States
during the war, which I intend to write at some future
day, as a contribution to the history of that eventful
period. I have perused with interest your remarks about
the way in which we ought to treat the enemies of
Mexico. Ido not know what disposition President
Juarez may make of Maximilian, but I am afraid if be
is allowed to go back to Europe with impunity he will
be a constant menace to the peace of Mexico. He will
continue to style himself, to our shame, Emperor of
Mexico. All dissatisfied and designing Mexicans will
keep up an active correspondence with him about his
supposed popularity there, and these people may induce
him to return at some future time, as they did with Itur,
bide. Such of them as can afford it will go over to Aus-
tria and form • Mexican court for Maximilian at Mira-
mar, and ho will have enough of them to organise a
Mexican government' there--as the es-King of the
Two Sicilies did at Rome after be was expelled from
Naples. Some European powers will continue to recognise
him as the Emperor of Mexico—as Spain did with the el-
-1 King of the Two Sicilies. Whenever we may have corn-
plications with any European nation, the first step taken
by the interested party will be to intrigue with Maxi-
milian, and to threaten us with ' giving aid to our lawful
sovereign, to recover hie authority from the hands of the
usurpers,' if we decline to accept terms. Beside, if
Maximilian is pardoned and allowed to go home, nobody
in Europe, I am sure, will give us credit for magnanimity,
as weak nations are not supposed to be magnanimous;
but, on the contrary, it will be said that we did so
through fear of public opinion in Europe, and because
we would not dare to treat handily an European Prince
and ' our sovereign.' Ido not mean to say by this that
Maximilian most necessarily be shot. What I mean
is that his power to do further mischief in Mexico must be
destroyed before he is allowed to deport. The United
States is • great country and a perfectly organised power, 1
and therefore they can afford to do what would not be
prudent for a country like Mexico. I have fall faith in
President Juarees ability to treat Maximilian in the way
moat beneficial to the interests of Mexico. We have
sacred duties to fulfil towards our own country, and their
discharge must be the first consideration that we should
have in view in attempting to resolve any question.—ln
great haste, I am, my dear friend, most truly yours,

" M. Romicao."

The sums left by the Czar fvr the charitable
establishments in the Department cf the Seine are said to
amount to nut lege thee a malign of franca.