The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-01 00:00:00

Cbc Court.

The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied
by the Prince.* Alice, rode on horsebeek yesterday morning,
attended by the Hon. Beatrice Bing and the Equerries in
Waiting.
Aufassce Owen delivered the third.), a series of lectures
on Natural History at Bockingharn Palace, before the Prince
Consort and the royal family.
Prince Alfred, attended by Lieut. •Colonel F. Cavendish,
west yesterday morning to Woolwich, and returned to
Buckingham Palace in the afternoon.

The titwee sad Privies Consort, accompanied by the
Prinmes Mire sad Prince Leopold, took a drive in an open
carriage and four in the afternoon. Colonel the Hon. A.
N. Hood and Captain Du Plat attended on horseback.

Her Majesty's dinner party hi the evening included the
Duchess of seat, the Princes Alive and Prince Alfred. the
Dachau."( Doreleach, the Saws Minister (Coast Vita.
thine), the Ma:chimer of Aileslxiry, the Neal asd Counters
of Dalkeith, lady Surma L. Melville, Lord George Lennox,
lord Polwarth, and Major Cowell.
The Duchere of Hamilton visited the Duchess of Kent
yestenlay, at Buckingham Palace.
At the Queen. Drawing.roont on Saturday, lady Sarah
Linda.y wa■ in attendance upon her Majesty se Worms of
the Be.idraniber.

Mr. Bmtlierton, Reeeiver.General of Inland Revenue,
and Mr. F. L ROAN had an interview yevterday with the
Right Ron. Robert Lowe, M.P., Vice-Preaidetit of the
Council for Education, at the Privy Council-office, White.
hell.

Despatchee were received at the Colouiabolßoe yeeter-
de, from the (Inventor of Gibraltar sad from the Lord
High Commissioner of the lonia lolanda

Yestenlay his Royal Highness Prince Alfred
visited the East India Docks, in order to inspect the diagonal
principle of ship-boilding u exhibited in Mr. Robert
Tayleron'A iron clipper ship Fanny Rand. His Royal
Highne.4 arrived a little before five o'clock, and was ac-
companied on 110A1111 by Colonel Cavendish, the Hon. Cum.
modore Drummond, and Captains Cochrane, Macdonald,
and Petrie. Mr. Taylerson, together with two or three of
his fricoda, received the Prince on boanl, and then the
royal guest and visitors having gone below and inspected
the sides of the vessel, assembled on deck to hear Mr.
Ihylerson's explanation of his new mode of shipbuilding.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
General Commanding.in.C'hiet, held • levee yoderday at
the Home Guards, at which there was • full attendance of
dicer,. The duke is still suffering from gout.
Lord and Lady Wensleydale had en assembly
last evening at their residence in Park-street, Grosvenor-
square.

La.ly Isabella Stewart has recovered from her
recent indispotitino.

Lady Churchill has left the St. George's Hotel.
Lord Panmure will shortly leave Brechiu Castle
fur Germany, where his lordship purposes snaking a short
sojourn at some of the celebrated baths.—Montrose Reriem.
The Hon. Richard Carendish's ball will take
plate es Friday next, and not on Thursday, as announced
yesterday.

Sir John and Lady Thomhl have arrived at
their remidenoe at Queen's-vitt, from Systen Ark mar
Grantham.

Mrs. W. E. Gladstone has issued invitations for
a ".lance" es Thursday, the 10th, Lod Tuesday, the 15th
upu at the (wally ruanAloo on Calltos•house•terrsoe.

1..41y Caroline Towneley gave her second hall
this ...went, last evening, st her residence in Charles street.

ou B.iturday last the Rev. John Barri:am Bell,
M. A., was institated to the rectory of Kirkley, in Suffolk,
on the presentation at John Vickennen Langhourne, of
Lincol tisane, Esq.
It iv stated in a letter from Jerusalem that a
great number of foreigners had arrived in that city to
attar I the religious ceremonies of Holy Week and of Foster;
mad that among them were the Count de Paris and the
Duke de Chartres. The younger prince attended all the
immix, in the church of the Holy Sepulchre ; but the
Count .le Paris, bring greatly fatigued by he recent espedi•
tion in Egypt, could only be prevent at some 11 the most
important.

It is reported that the gosernnient hare signified
their willirignem to tregraiate for the Great Eastern to take
out the telegraph eshle about to be laid between Singapore
awl Rangoon —an opportunity which it is presumed the di.
rectors will be gL.I seize on auy rea.ooable terms.
. . _ _

Thu duel between Mr. Pryor and Mr. Potter, of
the American H..tise of Representatives, had been pre-
yeah...!, the latter being bound over to keep the peace. A
Washington despatch say. that Mr. Ptyor's wife and five
children were in Washington when he sent his challeup to
Mr. Potter. Mr. Potter's wife was also in the city at the
time, quite calm, saying she did not wish to say anything
of the affair until it was over, and declared that she knew
her husband to be a brave man. Mr. Pryor was also ander
arrest.

Tee P0.4111.“T ER-G WIER AL. —We (POSO under-
stand that for the ',regent the Duke of droll, Lord Privy
Beal, will take the duties of the Post•odice in the absence
of the kid of Elgin. This temporary arrangement is made
in omsequence ~f an uncertainty as to the duration
of the sold* sin's absence. The most recent advicee
from China bring the intelligence that an ultimatum
has hems sent in by the English and French representatives
on the spot, to the Emperor, giving the Court of Pekin
thirty days to determine whether it will accept and execute
the treaty in its entirety, and comply with such other
conditi.ris visa's oat of the late outrage se the allies judge
fitting. If the news of the aeeeptanee of oar terms meets
Lord F3itin on his mad, he will return to England to resume
his office. If, on the contrary, our demands should not be
complied with, his lordship will proceed to China on his
arduous mission, and a successor will he appointed to the
fence, which the public convenience will require to be
provided fur.