The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-09 00:00:00

IBR ANNUITY OP HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

TEE PRINCESS ALICE.

The following is the bill brought in the House of
Commons by Mr. 'limey, Viscount Palmerston, and the
Chancellor of the Eschequer, to enable her Majesty to
settle an annuity as her Royal Highness the Priam, Alice
Maud Mary :
"Most Oracle= Sovereign,

" We, year Majesty's most dutiful and loyal =b-
led@ the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain sad Ireland in Pertained assembled, basin
taken into consideration your Majesty's most gradoes
umudge, that your Majesty has agreed to a marriage
proposed between her Royal Highness the Princess
Alice Maud Mary and his Grand Ducal Highness Pride
Freddie William Louis of Hesse, do most humbly beseech
your Majesty that it may be enacted : and be it enacted by
the Queen's mod excellent Majesty, by and with the advice
sod ecesernt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Com-
mas in this present parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the mum as follows :

"It shall be kwful for her Majesty, by,lettere patent
ander the Great Beal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, to grant unto her Royal Highness the
Princess Alice Mend Mary, or to such persons am her Ma-
jesty thinks fit, to be named in such letters patent, in trust
or for the we of her royal highness, an annuity of Mx thou-
sand pounds, to be settled on her royal highnem for life,
In such manner es her Majesty thinks proper, such
annuity to commence from the date al the marriage
of her royal highness with his Grand Ducal Highness
Prince Frederick William Louis of HMO, to be
free front all taxes, amesrments, and charges, and to
be paid quarterly on the sth day of January, the
sth day of April, the sth day of July, sod the 10th day of
October; the first payment to be made on such of the
said quarterly days as happens neat after the said marriage
of such portion of the said annuity as may have accrued
between the date of such marriage and such quarterly day,
and a proportionate part to be payable for the period from
the last quarterly day of payment to the day of the deter-
mination thereof. The above annuity shall be charged oa
and be payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, after paying or
reserving sufficient to pay such sums es m►y have been
directed to be paid out of the said fund by former acts of
parliament, but with preference to all other payments
Thick may be hereafter charged on the mid fund."

According to the present arrangements, her
Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the royal family will Mks
their departure from the White HMO, Riclimund, on the
17th or 18111 of the present month. The court will am
retires to Osborne, where it is her Majesty's intention to
remain until, a few days after bet birthday, the 24th inst.,
and then return either to Windsor Comae or Buckingham
Palace.

The Karl of Roselyn and Indy Harriet St. Clair
have salved at Claridges Hotel, from Dysart House, N.B.
Indy and Mies ciertrude Graham have arrived in
Parkatrail, from the Cloatissot.

The Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlet has arrived at
the Brunswick Hotel, Jortmys4dreet, bast Capped Hell,
Tott•tidge.

The Count de Jame has arrived at Claridge's
Rotel frees Paris.

The Countess of Derby gave her second recep-
tion last night at the family mamion in St. Jernes'saquare.
A numerous and brilliant company grimed her ladyship's
Moons by their presence. Previously to the assembly the
earl end countess entertained at dinner the Farl and
Countess of Westmoreland, the Mantes, of Chesterfield
and Lady Evelyn Stanhope. the Countess of Donoughtnore,
Viscount Hood, Lord and Lady Colville, Lord George G.
Llama, Hon. F. Lygoe, Has. Sweeny Egoism, Colonel
the Hoe. W. P. sad Lady Emma Talbot, Mr. and Lady
Margaret Beaumont, Mr. Leslie, &c.

The Malta Times of the 2ed says :—" We regret
to state that an widest of • serious nature °warred LA
week to Miss Clementine Ls Marchaat, third daughter of
his Excellency the Governor. Whilst descending some
stain on the Palace Tower she fell backwards over the
parapet from • height of about fifteen feet, and was picked
up insensible. It is gratifring to be able to announce that
the young lady is now perfectly recovered from the severe
shock sustained by the &0."

Hiss Louisa kyle mad Mr. Harrison have com-
pletely seconded la recosoilier Dahlia to the English
opem, which, if we stay judge from the erowded sod
feehiceable atteedsues at the Theatre Royal, sad the ap-
plause elicited by the performaoces, promises to rival the
Wise opera is popularity. The Lord-Lieutenant, with a
dielieguiehed pal*, bee twice hammed the performamee
with his proems.

The committee formed far the freer opening of
the Dublin Botanic Gardens have received a letter written
by direction of the Lords of the Committee of Council on
liducatioa, stating that they had expressed their amour-
seam in the opinion of the Lord-Lieutenant that the Glen-
mein Gardens should be open on Sundays, after the hours
of public worahip, in the none way as the prams at Kew
' sad Hampton Court are, and that they had *ailed their
' views accordingly to the Royal Dahlia Society. The com-
mittee, however, warn their fellow-cltisens that extraordi-
nary sillorte are being made against the opening, and it is
ramble that the opposition will appeal to the Houma of
ammo% " parading all the signature, they can obtain,
and ming all their influence to iodate members of parlia-
ment to sustain the present system of vexatious sad cam-
sive exclusion."

The meeting of the select committee on metropo-
lis keel taxation is postponed till /hearty nark
Mr. Norris on Tuesday next will more for a
sleet committee to inquire into the sleet of the law re-
latiag to the free importation of foreign paper, w►ilst rap
(the raw material for piper) are entirely prohibited, or sub-
jected to a heavy export duty, in all those foreign coun-
tries which compete here with our home producers; and
also to inquire what stops sac be takes or provision made
whereby a system of free trade in the raw material can be
rendered co-existent with that in the manufactured article,
or otherwise to put the English papermaksr on an equal
footing with his foreign competitor.

The first detailed annual report of the Registrar-
/Newel of births, deaths, sad marriages in !Scotland,
forming a bine book of 228 pages, was issued this morning.
Report/5 received from her Majesty's consuls re-
lating to the °Dedham of Christians is Turkey bare been
presented to both Houses of Partiainswt, and were issued
this raorniag with the parilsrawintsp wawa