The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

WINDSOR, MAs.cer 11.
The Queen anti Prince Arthur and Priuceae
IlekinA drove out in en open carriage yesterday afternoon,
attended by Ludy Churchill. Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, and the Princesa Royal, attended by the lion.
Eleanor Stanley, accompanied bee Majesty on horseback.
The Equerries In Waiting ware in attendance.
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In the evening the Prinasui of lietwidohe Langonburgh
and Piinuess Feuder° dined with her Majesty.
'rho band of the Ist Life Guards played during dinner :
Overture, Op. 202 Kalliwoder,
SeOno et air, " Joanne Hachette" Concune.
Walrer, " I itiries' Revel"
Seleetion, " Don Pasquale"
lien Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the
Castle, and 'performed the following compoaitiona :
Overture, " Le IlayadOre"
Fantasia, Violoncello, L. Schroder, " Sou-
venir de Spa" Servals.
Introduction and Quartette, " liddie "
Sinfonia No. 12, Adagio, Allegro and Mili-
tary Hovenient
The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this
morning, and visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore.

A deputation from tho Society of Arts had an interview
with Viarount Palmerston yeeterdey, to present a memorial
in reference to the Society's exeruiaations. The deputation
consisted of Colonel Sykee, F.H.S. (Chairman of the Coun-
cil), Rev. Dr. Booth, F.R.S. (Treasurer), the Right Hen.
the Lord Mayor, Mr. C. Wentworth Duke (Vice-Preeident),
Mr. Joseph Glynn, F.R.S., Mr. Bcn)emm Oliveira, M.P.,
F.R.S., Mr. Frederick North, M.P., Mr. G. Ferguson
Wilson. F.R.S., Rev. W. Elliott, Mr. Peter Graham, Mr.
T. Twining, jnn. (Vice-Preaident), Mr. William Brown,
M.P., Mr. Emilia Bennoch, Mr. Thomas Wentworth, Mr.
I'. L• Neve Foster (Secretary), and Mr. Charles Criteliett
(Aasietant Secretary).
Mr. Preasly, Chairmen of the Board of Inland Revenue,
had an interview with the Chaneellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir
Thom. FeciaanUe had aLio en interview with the right hen.
baronet.

Vickent, President of the Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Alderman Matthew., one of the Vies-Preddents of the
Chamber of Commerce end Mr. C. f'aramell, merchant, had
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an interview with Voirount Palmerston yesterday to present
mcnioriahi from the merchants and manufacturers of
Sheffield. The deputation was introduced by Mr. M.
Milne,.

Dexpatchem were received at the Colonial-ogee yesterday
from the Governor of Malta Despatches were sent to the
Governor* of Ceylon and Malta.

TnE BELGIAN LEctAxtox.—His Excellency the
Belgian Minicter and Madame 'Van de Weyer have homed
carte for a grand entertainment to their Royal Highneases the
Buchan of Cambridge and the Princes Mary, on Saturday,
the 21et inet., at the Belgian Legation, in Portland-place.

The Duchess of Inverness gave an elegant enter-
tainment lam evening to their Royal llighnows the Duchess
of Cenibridge and the Prinecas Mary, et Kensington Palace.
A diatinguished circle woe incited to meet the royal duchess
and prime«•, who were attended by Major H. Peeve. end
Lady Geraldine Somerset. A ticket party assicinbled at a
later hour of the evening.

Iler Royal Ilighnen the I)ucheao of Kent will
kayo Fregittore Lodge on Monday, for Clarence Ilouse, St.
James's, fur the oomoo, aorompaniod by their Serene High-
nesses the Princess and the Princess Feudal,. of Hokentohe
Langenburgh, end the Princess Amelie of Hobe:doh° &hit-
lingfurst. We are gratified to say the reports in circulation
respecting the ill health of the royal duchess are totally de-
void of foundation.

The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained at
dinner, lest evening, the Maniuis and Marchioness of
Salisbury, the Earlof Anne..ley, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst,
and the lion. Mies Copley, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, Sir
William Jollier, Mr. Hope, end a select eircie, at the (Amity
mansion, St. James's-square. The countess, at a later hour
of the (Welling. had a recntion, at which dietinguished men
of all shades of political opinion were present._

Frances Countess Vialdegrave and Mr. Harcourt,
M.P., entertained at dinner, at their menelon, in Corttrin-
gardens., beet evening, the Earl nod Countess of Abingdon
and lady Eliwbeth Beek, the Earl and Countew of Mun-
atiT, the Earl Coiyer, the Earl and Countess of Aiello end
the Hon. )lies Stmiley of Aldeeley, Lord Aeliley, Lord Bat-
telle, Baron and Serowe.. Lionel de Rothschild and Mi
Eveline de Rothechild, Lady l'erry and Mies Perry, Mr.
William Harcourt, and Mr. Bidwell. Her ladyship received
a aelert clerk after dinner.

Sir G. Cornwall Lewis entertained the following
cabinet miniatme at dinner, last evening, at his residtutv,
Kent House, Knightsbridge:—The Duke of Argyll, the
Marquis of Istruslowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of
Clarendon, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Hanowby,
Viscount Palmerston, Lord Peanut" Lord Stanley of
Aiderley, the Right lion. Sir George Grey, the Right
lion. R. Vernon Smith, the Right lion. M. T. Baines, end
the Right Hon. Ifenry Lebow here.
Lord and Lady Avcland have been entertain:og
a succession of distintruished visitors at Normanton Pork
during the past fortnight. On Monday his lordship received
the Lord Chief Justice of England and Mr. Justice Wight-
man, the High Sheriff, the leading members of the bee on
the Midland Circuit, and all the mugietrates of the county of
Rutland, et dinner.

The Countews of Clarendon will have an assembly
a Sone-dAy nest. _ _ .

The Countess Granville has an assembly this
*Teeing, at lur mason in Bruton-street.

The Earl of Ikverley and Lady Louisa Percy
have arrive! in town from Torquay. Tho noble earl is in
irproved health.
Lord and Lady Raglan arc staying on a visit to
the Earl Beatelamp, at hie lordrhip'. teat, Moolreafield.

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Oreville Smyth, F,aq., of Ashton Court, has taken
the matt. and demesne of the Meltelm, in Invernearhire,
sa a /porting manor. ilia right of shooting extends over
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It affords in (Cheltenham E.rominer) considerable
*same tot* able to announce the continued gradual par
grew towards mown ry of our noble lord lieutenant front the
effeets of hio reeent accident in the hunting field, though the
shock has brought on en attack of gout.
The new Roman Catholic titular Ilishop of Clifton
tea young prelate, king only about thirty years of age.
The Worcester Chronicle otatee that Mr. Whit-
more n:11 retain the reeerdership of Gloucester.
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The herald ape :—" We learn from an authentic
amine that among the candidates for the principality of the
in the event of their proposed union,
has been mentioned the name of Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar. Ili+ royal highness la eokinel in the Grenadier
Onerdo, and im married to a daughter of the Date of Rich-
mond. In the lots Crimean campaign he acquired con-

enterable distinction as a smart and active ofilerr. Thin
nominslitm is expirtai not to be regarded with disfavour by
the British government."

ROY AL MASONIC

rox FOR furs.

Yesterday evening the annual festival of this
Institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street, under the presidency of the Grand Senior
Warden for the prevent year, Brother Lard Goderich, M.P.
There were Ono present the Warden BrotheeiHmaing, P.G.M.
of the late of Wight; Brother Spiere, D.P.O.M. of Oxford-
ahire, end P. 0.5.8. ; Brother John Harvey, P.0.5.D.; and
about 300 other brethren. The usual loyal and masonic
hula having been duly honoured, the boys at percent on the
foundation (about 70 In number) were introduced to the
company. Nothing could be more satisfactory than the
eppierente of thew children. There was nothing about
them to distinguish them from the children of tudeimen in
comfortable eireureatancee, one of the great object. of the
institution being that while the children of deemed or de-
cayed brethren are educated by the bounty of the brethren
at huge, they should receive that education as a right rather
than as a been, end not feel themselves lowered in their
own estimation by the degradation of a charity livery or
Brother the Rev. Mr. Cox, Grand Chaplain, then pre-
rented to Lord Goderich the bnys who at a recent examina-
tion proved themselves worthy of emporia! distinction, but in
doing an he complained that for the last few years the quality
tit the education imparted to the boys was not ono worthy of
the craft which professed to promote the arts and sciences;
adding, however, that the nomination for the present
year chewed a great and decided improvement. The
committee hod now secured a euitabb building for
• central school, and for the future the children
would be there housed and educated, under competent and
wahine ictichere, idthongh the option of sending them to any
other wheel would not be taken away from their friend,.
The Noble CHAIRMAN then gnu is &lOWA. "SUCCOR. to
the Masonic Institution for Boys," and said that be hoped
the boys he now saw before him, es a future race of masons,
would show themselves worthy of the craft, founded as it
was on the three grand principles of brotherly love, mutual
relief, and truth in all their dealings,
The SECRETAIT (Br. Thhielton) then read the list of sub-
wripthms, which, including 101. 10e. from her Majesty
the Queen, 101. 10e. from the noble chairman, and
601. from the Right Worshipful Brother the Earl of Yar-
borough, D.O.M. of England, far the special purlieu of
buying furniture for the new school-horse at Edmonton,
amounted to about 1,2001. . . . . .

Several other toasts connected with the masonic chmitien
were peopmed ; and the proceedings terminated in all
mow= unway

INDIA,
CHINA, AND PERSIA.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

AND DIITIPII TELIGRAPH
TIUESTE, MAncit 11.

The steamer Calcutta arrived here to-day, having
started from Alexandria at 3 p.m. on the 6th of
March.

The India mail were at Alexandria, with dates
from Bombay to the Gth Feb. ; Calcutta, Feb. 7;
Madras, Feb. 13; and Hong Kong, Jan. 30.
At Hong Kong the attempt made to poison the
European community had caused great consterna-
tion; one of the partners in a Chinese bakery had
been arrested and committed for trial, with nine
other Chinese.

Admiral Seymour, at Canton, had withdrawn
from the Factory gardens and the Dutch Folly.
In reply to the treacherous attempts made by the
Chinese against British life and property, tho
western suburbs of Canton had been burned down.

At Hong Kong the exchange was at 4s. 81d. to
41. 91a.
At Foochow, teas were arriving slowly, and prices
were high.
At Shanghai, holders were looking for a further
rise.

The silk settlements amounted to 2,000 bales, with
ten dollars advance.

Exchange at Shanghai was at Gs. Bd.
Intelligence from Buahire had been received to
the 23rd of January•. The general health of the
army was good, and its supplies were plentiful. No
military operation had been undertaken. General
Outram had not yet arrived.

The conferences between Sir John Lawrence and
Lost Mohammed broke up on the 28th January,
when the Ameer departed for Cabal..
It was anwrted that a British Residency wan about
to be established at Candahar.

At Bombay, the money market was easier, and
imports were steady. Exchange was at 2s. lid.
At Calcutta, Exchange was 2s. nd. The im-
provement in the import market was well main-
tained.

The new Indian Five per Cent. Loan was pro-
gressing very slowly.

The Colombo had arrived at Alexandria. The
Fuxin, from Marseilles, had not been sighted.

EXPRESS FROM. PARIS.

(raox ova OWN

PARIS, WLIINESDAT EY/LNISO,

I understand that the financial section of the
Council of State, to which the question of the tax
on negotiable securities has been referred, proposes
a considerable augmentation on the stamp duties,
and the patents paid by public companies. As an
instance of the operation of the contemplated mea-
sure, it is stated that the Bank of France, which is

now rated at only 20,000 fr. a year for its patent, will
be called upon to pay 100,000 fr.
The Bourse opened heavily, but there was a
rapid improvement in the afternoon. The Rente
closed at 70fr. 90c. for cash, and 71fr. 30c. for
account, with a rise of 10e. and 15c. Mobilier rose
10fr. Railways were from 2fr. 50e. to sfr., higher,
except Southern, which fell 2fr. (..oe. The unsettled
question before the Council of State paralyses
transactions, notwithstanding a very general feeling
in favour of a rise.

It is announced to-day that M. de Hatzfeldt, the
Prussian Ambassador, is indisposed. Of course
the question is asked whether his indisposition may
not result from the absence of any sufficient in-
structions from Berlin, to enable the Neufchatel
Conference to go on with its work.
The Emperor has already returned the visit of the
Dames de la Halle, and in such a manner as to show
that the confidence of these ladies in his personal
solicitude .(or their comfortable installation in the
new markets was not misplaced. Accompanied by
M. 13aceioechi, he yesterday afternoon drove himself
in a phaeton at a slow pace all round the stalls, and
examined their position attentively as he went along.
M. Eugene Sue has just written a pamphlet, pub-
lished at Brussels, on the forthcoming elections in
France, which, no doubt, contains matter worth
reading by those who take an interest in the subject.
You will be able in London to see what he says, but
we in Paris cannot, for the work is of course pro-1
Whited. We only learn that in his preface he jus-
tifies himself for treating of the matter by remarking
how singular it is that, after 1789, 1830, and 1848,
France should have come to such a state that exile
should be the indispensable qualification for a French
citizen to speak freely of those things which most
concern her welfare.