The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-03 00:00:00

Cbt Court.

The Queen and the Prince Consort, with the
Priapism Alice, Prince Arthur, the Princesses finless, Louise
and Hi 114600, accompanied by the King of the Belgians, the
Coast of Flanders and Prince Louis of Hew, left Osborne
at 3 o'clock on Saturday afterwoo, crossed from Osborn,
Pier is the Fairy royal steam yacht to Gosport, and tra-
velled by a special train oo the South Western railway to
the private station at VauxhalL

In attendance were the Countess of Caledoo, the Hon,
Caroline Cavendish, bed Charles Fitz Roy, Colonel Francis
Seymour, Major I:lphinstone, Count de Moerkerke, D.
Keep), Major Burnell and Baron Westerwellcr.
The Royal party proceeded from the railway station in
several of the Queen's carriages, escorted by a detachment
of Lamers, to Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty
arrived at 10 minutes before 7 o'clock, tad was received by
the Earl of Mt. Germain, Viscount Sydney, the Marquis of
Ailesbury, Earl Bps weer, Lord Camoys, Lieutenant-General
the Moo. C. Grey, sad Major-General Wylde.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
in Downing-street. The ministers present were Vis-
count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Come-
wall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of
Newcastle, Lord Herbert, Sir Charles Wood,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Duke of
Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson,
Sir George Grey, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the
Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon.
Edward Cardwell.

Her Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhi-
bition of laii2 held a meeting at their offices is the Strand,
as tiettaday.
Wenatchee were emit cm Saturday from the Colmolai-
aloe to the Gammon of the West Jodie Woods, British
Columbia, sad to the t:orernore of the North American
Provioors.

-Prince Lonpold remains at Osborne, attended by Lady
Cording Harnogtoe.
The Couetem of Caledon has succeeded the Duchess of
Atheis se the Lady in Waiting to the queen. Lord Comm
has succeeded Load Hants as the Lord in Waiting to her
Malay
the Hoe. A. N. Hood aid Lieutenant-Colonel

tiilles. D. de Roe have relieved Lon' Charles Fitakoy
and Major Du Plat in their duties as the Equerries in
Waiting to the Queen and the Prince Consort
Yesterday the queen and Prince Cowart, the Princes.
Mies, Prince Arthur, the Princesses Helena and Louise, the
ladies and gentlemen of the court, and tho demesne house-
hold, attended Divine service in the private chapel,
Buckingham Palace.
The Bev. Professor Jerold°, D. D., preached the sermon.
The King of the Belgians and Prince Lois of Hesse were
present at the service.

His Exeellency the Ambassador of France and
the Countess do Malianit entertained a select circle at din.
ner on Saturday evening, at Coventry House. Later in the
evening the Countess de FLlhault had a small evecing party.
The Countess of Malnicabury had an assembly
on Saturday evening at her new residence in Stratford-
place.

The Earl and Countesa of Scarborough are at
promot staying at Brighton.

The Ear and Countess de Grey and Ripon
entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday
evening at their residence in Carhop-gardens.

The Earl and Counter of Galloway and family
bays arrived at their reeidence in Eatoa•riume.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained
a West party at dinner on %Mislay evening, at Cambridp
Hosea

Admiral the Hon. Henry and Mrs. Roue enter-
tained the Earl at lentos sad Loh Egidia Moutgemerie,
Lewd sad Lady Colville, Lord sad lady Naas, Lord
Beadlesham, Sir Hugh H. and lady Campbell, and Mr. G.
P►yaa, at diaper as Saturday last, at their residence in
Berkeley-square.

The QIIneU has appointed the Rev. A. R. Grant
to the rectory of Mitcham, in the diocese of Hy.
Mr. Spencer St. John, 113 W Consul-General at
Boni*, has been appointed Consul-Genera sad Charg6
d'Alene* to the Republic of Hayti, in the room of Mr. T.
Neville Usher, who has retired after a service in the island
of many years. Mr. George Benveouto Mathew, now Secre-
tary of Legation to Mexico, and who has lately been acting
as Merge d'Affaires to the Mexican Republic, has been ap-
pointed Cause d'Affaires and ConsulGeneml to the
Nepali& of Guatemala in the room of Mr. Fagan.
Mr. Thomas J. Callaghan (of the Irish bar), at
preistit chief magistrate at Hong Kong, baa been appointed
toadmitiister the goverment of Labuan during the absence
of the governor, the Hon. E. Edwards. Mr. Oallaghan has
also received authority from the Foreign-office to act as
Ceseal-O•neral, in the mom of Mr. St. John. It is pro-
bable (says the 0/wrrer) that the two offices may be united,
and a saving thereby effected.

A very iutwresting ceremony tuok place at Kings-
kiwi' on Thuratay, which attracted crowds from the city
to that fashionable and rapidly rising town. About 4 o'clock
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, with his eta, the com-
mittee et the " Taylow. Fund," and a brilliant company of
ladies sad gentlemen, met on the deck of the Ajax to take
put in the public recognition of the noble conduct of the
maw of that Tree 1, who rekeil their lives under the
gaideaes of ►he late Captain Boyd.

ILmay circuinstanctui are occurring to prove that
Inked is rapidly advancing in prosperity. Trade in Dublin
1. rice assrly twice as eztco.ivo AS it was haltiadosen years
lines ; and of this no better proof can be askluced than the
reedit building of • large graving dock at the mouth of the
harbour. Into this capacious bun the Connaught, belong-
ing to the Holyhead mail service, WWI recently floated for
main, ad hopes are entertained that it will soon revive •
hunch of tn.le which was nearly extinct. Another evi-
dunce of the activity now being displayed in Ireland is the
seeennement that a hue of river boats, built on the Ameri-
cas priachik at Newcasti...oo-Tyne, are about plying per.
imeasatly between Dubin and Kingstown. The cabin and
ahem are to be on dock, which, el it is carried to the out-
side of the padllea, is 30 feet wide.

A movement Lax been commenced at Manchester
to obtain such a modific•tion of the customs' regulations se
will allow dirtet impartatioo and exportation for that city.
Tweety-five years tuck • ship mail was proposed for this
object, and subsequently the deepening of the river 'moll,
• scheme on which Mr. Cubist, of Loudon, and Mr. Fain
bairn, of Manchester, gave • most favourable report TM
plan now cootemplated, however, is of • more limited
character—namely, simply to procure permission to tran-
ship goods into lighters without inenrriug those charges to
which they are now liable through being unshipped at
Liverpool ; and • menorisl to the Treasury and Customs to
this effect was ordered to be prepared sal prenatal