The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

THE LEVEE.

By command of the Queen a levee was held
yesterday at St. James's Palace, by his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty. Prowl:,
tattoos is his Royal 114ghne s at th is court are, by the
Queen's p'ea.ure, considered sa equivdl nt to presenta-
tions to Ler Majesty.
The Prince of Wall s, attended by his gentlemen in
waiting, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse
• Guards, arrived at the Palace from Islarlborough•house,
about 2 o'clock, and was received by the G. eat (Sikora of
State of the Royal Household.
rivHedis Rotyalth Highness the
ace, from Duke tjkouf Cambridge
e,terho Az:
tended by Colonel Hon. J. Mac•lonald. His
I ltoyal Highness Prince Christian arrived, attended
by Mr. G. D. Englebeart. His Serene Highness the
Prince of Trek was present at the lovice. His Serene
• Highness Prince Eiward of Sa e- Weimar was at4o Ire.
sent.

Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Hon. Corps of f.,2.t:e•
men at Arms was on duty in the Stite saloons, under the
command of the Marquis of Escter, the captain. 'fie
Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard lea, on
duty, under the command of Earl 'adogan, the captain.
The Prince of N•ales entered the Throne-room ac,otc-
panied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cauihri,ige,
his Royal Highness Prince Christhin, his Serene 111
the Prince of Teck, and Lis Serene Highness
Edward of Saxe•Weiwar ; and attended by the u•u4
officer., of the household, with the exception of the
of Beaufort (Muter of the ITorfel, and Lord Uolville of
Cub owl (Master of the Bo ekhounds), who were pr'. Lt,-1
by unavoidable circumstances from attending.
The diplomatic circle was attended by moat of the
foreign Ministers. The Portuguese, the United States•
and the Swedish and Norwegian Ministers were L.-
avoidably absent.

The reireral circle ir,clulled several of her hlajesty's
Ministers.
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CH17:011 MISNIONA Y .t)CIE7')". (TM,: t',.)

The annual nwe:in4 of the al,"ve r. i t,
held this forennion at Essoi rslial!, the large Ind' d
fon. !wing olensely crowde '. The Enil of I'r_, .• ',lc
occitpit d the chair. auppor.ed by a great body on to. no
and sinurch dignitaries.
The Ike. Mr. 31r.st, the sr cretary read the t• I •of
which the following is au abstract. The tut, 1•.••tol
of the .o.iety were 1:11 in nuinber, and the no.olo n o. 01! •
dating clergymen were Pr 2 Entropratis and
born. Their were I,s;ni native catechists and bad, ,s,
and communicants. The onilinany ineonne for ti.e
year hail been 1...1...ee1!. f,s, and the orilithiry..l•-n•
diture If. Id., showing a surplus of 4. 4'.
lie. flu., which, after paying thin d.dicit nu Lod )• sz of
Lis. 11.1.. left a net b.ilanca of :sad. Ps. fits. Me
special income bad been 3,291/. Is.
The rinsittn.vi expressed his gratification at hear :rig
favourable a report.
The Ar. hbiahoy. of Aaiun, morel, and the I{. v.
SMITH seconded the adoption of tine report; which was
carried.

The following resolutions were all agreed to :
Moved by Colonel I..tsly, seconded by the Itcv. .1. C.
hlf and supported by Sr AltTlit : "That
the mom eased facilities every whei e afforded to the Eoropean
Missionary for preaching the I ;osisd of t 'Mist. e-pcci.dly
in the vast Empire of I 'bine, and the gradual development
of • native ministry in • native church, call for .1.
gratitude to Him who alone eui bless the labours o! Ills
servants, and for renewed exertion for the establishment
of the Redeemer's kingdom throughout the earth."
Mooed by the ltev. It. Beteg, 8.A., 'monde.' by the
Rev. E. if.. %kr, M.A.. "That this meeting tics.o. to
record their unshaken adherence to those prob...tant
and evangelical principles, upon which the society was
originally founded; and their conviction, that ..ry de-
parture from those principles, whether in the dir,:tion
of a rationalistic theology, or of the doctrines and prac-
tices which the church of England rejected at the I:efor-
nmtion, will be fatal to the cause of missions both at
home and abroad, as substituting ' another gospel for
the gospel of ' the grace of God.' "
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceed-
ings.
The evening meeting takes place as canal, in which Mr.
Russell I:llrney, M.P., will preMle, and ouldresse‘ will he
delivered by the Rev. C. ealthrop, Mr. T. Gedge, and the
Rev. T. Weedily.

cENTRAL CHAMBER HP AiII:ICULTURE.
(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the ab body was held this
morning it the Salisbury Hotel ; Mr. JASPER Mott, . M.P.,
in the chair. Among those present were :--The 1:ol of
Lichfield, Lord Kesteven, Sir Massey Lopes, M.P., Mr.
K Heneage, M.P., Mr. Wyl,l, M.l'., Mr. C. S. I:c..d,
M.P., Sir Mordaunt Wells, &c.
The first subject fixed for consideration ea, that of
county financial boards.
Mr. !Uison, whorepresented the West Kent chamber,
moved the following resolutions:—"l. This chandoi re.
cords its gratification that the importance of est.ildeling
county financial boards is nowacknowledged in pas filament,
and expresses its reliance on the government carrying out
their declared intention of making the inquiry into the
whole subject speedily effective for legislation. 2. That a
committee be appointed to consider and prepare the heels
of a scheme for giving to the ratepayers a share in the ad-
ministration of county rates."
Mr. Mammas, of the Herefordshire Chamber, seconded
the resolution.
Sir M. IVELLi complained of the course pursued by the
HOUS2 of Commons in refusing to refer Mr. Wyld's bill to
• select committee.
Mr. DAVENPORT BROMLEY, M.P., defended the course
taken by the lower house.
Mr. Wxnti,lll P. expressed his regret at the manner in
which his bill had been dealt with, believing as be did

In consequence of no application for a commit- that it formedagootl bads for legislation ; adding that
tation of sentence having been made by Mew.. Sullivan be had no doubt his object would ultimately be to-
and Pigott, the press prisoners, nor any promise given
that they will respect the law in future, the Lord-Lieute- Tietlro.u.. S. READ, M.P.,
Wyld's bill as being too cumbersome and complicated. lie
crised the provisions of Mr.
nant has announced that he is unable to comply with the was himself opposed to financial boards, conceiving th it the
memorial from the corporation soliciting their release. best change would be for the ratepayers to send a certain
Mr. T. R. Henn, chairman of the county :amber of mrepretsentas tivines
fitonanqaartercial masette:nrionswitothouarst
Carlow, has got the chairmanship of the county Galw*Y, interfering c:ils all with their judicial 'functions.
rendered vacant by the decease of Mr. Longtleld. Mr. J. He thought
P. Hamilton fills the post vacated by Mr. Henn. terrine the out
Lady Pourtalbe gave a magnificent ball last gel:lll,l'w%
week at her hotel, Rue Tronchet, at which all managem7nt of
the ladies were commanded to appear in " robes seated already
mattes." The train was to be abandoned, and people merbitratee in
were to see each other's feet. " The train," writes f Tb4r. Earl
of
the Paris correspondent of the Post, " holong been or° .nion, that ti
voted excessively inconvenient both for the wearers partly on CCM
and men, who are destined to perform hop-skip- required caret,
and-jump in a fashionable drawing-room. The train woe the notion wi
intended for court ceremonies only, certainly not for the
Lellowttlet detehiesit
real life of modern rooms. According to the narration of I hear.) Borough
a lady, the guests of the sovereign Lady Fantail' came in different basis from
short dresses, and here is her criticism of the result : I that something
' Oh trial*, iris trials, rue penible et ailligeante. Que de long a measure a
vilaina pied. pour dent ou trots jolts. qua d'extremitis aslireornpncopThiliT
vulgaires et bourgeoises ! Quo de plods plats portant up Mr.r wybp,,
grand nom, et que de misalliances loardement affichees.' in a peculiar
Alas ! bow much ought to be hidden to make us appre- to expenditure,
elate that which appears." that feeling wot
presentation of 1
ROYAL. COMMISSION ON EDUCATION (IRELAND).— Lard Kvcrevi
The Royal COMML1•1011 on Primary Education (Ireland)
county expendil
met on Monday at the oaf= of the commission, 46 Upper magistracy, the
fhiekville-etreet. Them were present Earl of Powia, merely
the Bishop of Meath, Sir R. Kane, Master Brooks, Rev. an anoraigniaat
Dr. Wilson. Mr. Gibson, Mr. Stokes, Professor Sullivan, masentaalOn and
and Mr. Waldron. The secretaries, MOW% May asst placed en', he
Duna*, were is agendum work would be
RIPESSINTATION Or EAST WORCISTRRSHIER.— • curious fast
It is said that Mr. J. S. Oldest ass. of the Reire.
tau of State for War, will p blyacated, with the beg es,
O. G. Ilitellea, the seal he lamb Worcestershire, mesas The alismallea
left, and seamed
by the death of Lord Oalthorpa

he House of Commons wie quite right .0 ro
motion to a select committee, as there cal a
race of opinion as to the best mode
with the subject. He denied that the
of local matters in which farmers are !epee-
ly was more economical than that of the
quarter sessions.
of LICHFIELD approved of the principle
Id's bill, it being unquestionable, in Ins
the burden of any increased expenditure fell
cupiers. (Hear, hoar.) The whole question
slut consideration. He protested against
which seemed to exist in some pat-
h* House of Commons was bound to
dolma of the chambers of agriculture. t Heab
ugh expenditure rested upon a totant
from county expenditure. All were sgrcea
ig must be done, and he thought that before
e would pass through parliament. He bad
don that the county expenditure would be
red than diminished by. each a measure
as
At present the magistrates, being placed.
positron, felt a deep responsibility in regara
• and he was not sure that the absence of
could be compensated for by the direct re-
d the ratepayers.
roes observed that a large portion of the
diture was not under the control of the
se money for the police and other purposed
g through their hands. It was of course
hat there should be taxation without w-
and the question was how the matter could
better footing. He did not believe the k
▪ done any cheaper. (Hear, hear.) It was
were always desirous of not
deltaulleaturnegaugh boundary, the expenditure
me scrub lighter.
ma was being ecatianed when our report
ed Maly to (*cup, the sitting.