The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-13 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROM

At the Drawing-room yesterday the Queen w t'
• black silk dress with • train trimmed with cr.2 •
and jet, the usual cap with a long veil of white crvi
lime, ornamented with large diamonds, and C.r.
mounted by • small coronet of diamonds and skpriao
Her Majesty also wore • diamond necklace, brooch, ad
cress--the latter containing a miniature of hie
Highness the Prince Consort, the ribend and star
Order of the Garter, and the Orders of Victor,,
Albert and Louise of Prussia.

Her Royal Highness Princess Christian wore a unit i!
white and gold brocade, and a petticoat of rich white po;
de solo trimmed with Honiton lace and gold braid
tassels. Headdress composed of a diadem of discoed'•
feathers, and veil. Ornaments, diamond necklace
with
pendant of diamonds, rubies, and emerald.; brooch au
earrings, diamonds. Orders, Victoria and Albert, ad
Isabel.

HIT Tai Menem Prinmes Louise wore a train si
green moire, trimmed with silver; and a petticoat al
white tulle over glace, trimmed with chatelaines of ow,
leaven. Headdress, green leaves, diamonds, and Pm'•';
feathers, and veil. Diamond ornaments, and Orders
Victoria and Albert, and St. Isabel.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice wore a dre...
white tulle over glace, trimmed with apple bloom/
Headdress, band of green velvet, and bouquet of
blooms. Pearl and emerald ornaments.

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Her Majesty being fatigued left the Drawler Tom
quarter before four o'clock, after which the ladies rt 7
received by the Princess Cheatian (Princess He!cu.
Great Britain and Ireland).

The Duchess of Cambridge and the Count aflU
Countess de Paris, honoured Mr. and Madame VJe
dr
Weyer with their company at dinner last evening. The PO/
invited to meet their royal highnesess included the Dom'
Dowager of Beaufort, the Marquis of Waterford, the Earl
and Counter De Grey and Ripon, the Earl and Coosa"
of Dudley, Viscount and Viscountese Sydney, the Seri
Morley, Viscount Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Deena, COW
nel Sir Charles Russell, M.P., and Mr. Pakenham Alder'

son.
Prince and Primates Christian honoured the Earl
and Counter Stanhope with their mama at dinner
evening, at their residence in Grosvenor.place-housea. Tbe
following company were present to meet the rola "sit4"A
—The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cairns, the E".I
Gamlen Bsanshamp, Viscount Hinchbehrooke, Vi°°2°-
Mahan, M.P.. Lord and Lady WhamWe, the Right 11"
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., )LP., Hen. Edward Stanhope.
Later
iiarliny puty.
theeveoing the Countess Stanhope had a on.:
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FOREIGN NEWS.

(THIS DAY.)

(irJrnZill TIMMINS.)
iIE TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, MAY Lt.

T:te Nett- Free Press of to-day says : —" The Chan-
celv of the Empire has sent a reply to a note of
Lord Stanley respecting the execution of the Treaty
of Ctanmerce with Austria, assuring the English
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that he will
exercise all his influence to see the stipulations fully
carried out."

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, M 12.

The Crown-Prince Frederick of Denmark arrived
here on Saturday from Athens, on a short visit.
The Sultan went in state yesterday to the Porte,
to pay the usual visit on the occasion of the Turkish
new year, and to inaugurate the new Council of
of State.

His Majesty delivered a speech confirming the
announced reforms and the establishment of per-
fect equality between his subjects.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(MON OWL OWN CORUNPONDILNT.)
PARIS, TUE. DAT EVENING.

The protectionist campaign in the Corps Lee&
latif yesterday was opened by M. Kolb Bernard,
who was replied to by M. de Tillancourt. Both
these deputies read their long speeches, which were
listened to with great indifference. It is not till
M. Thies and M. Router speak that there will be
an-thing like excitement in the assembly. To-day
when the adjourned debate was opened by M.
Brame there were not more than sixty members in
the house, and the strangers' galleries were by no
means full.

It is currently reported that the section of le-
gislation in the Council of State has rejected the
bi'.l which proposed to repeal the art. 1,781 of the
Co - Napoleon, which enacts that in every
between master and servant, the master's
word shall always be taken as conclusive. A general
ini•i•ting of the Council of State is about to be held
at -.hick M. Forcade la Roquette, Minister of
C runterce, will support the bill in person. Of
the government if it chooses to put in a
Ft-tr•ient pressure can get this bill passed, as it
co .1.1 any other. The shocking inequality of the
wick. of the Code in question jars with the French
pro,ciples even more than with the legislation of
i.t!ii.r civilised nations.

Tice 4' ..,rrkr du Pus de Calais gives the follow-
pi.!uunt account of an interview between the
Ell.peror and M. Boutet, the engineer, who pro-
p,. build a railway bridge across the Channel
I,..'wevn Calais and Dover :
:•Se Emperor was extremely gracious to M. Boutet, and
ge.:d .e‘eral questions to him which showed his Majesty's
pe•h•ct emnpeteuee to judge of the difficult subject. He
ime..o :Loch pleased with the answers that he said to M.
t Let me have a full report of your scheme with
e.timatos of cost, the time required for the execu-
L0z...i0l the calculated profits to the shareholders. I
win go into the matter myself, and we will support you.
t"•n.r project Kearns to me far more practicable
th.di an) that I have ever seen, whether for tunnels or
bridge.. While the Emperor was speaking, M. Boatet's
,f A.. proposed bridge was spread out upon the floor.
The l'riace Imperial took a run and jumped over it, where-
upon General Face, who bad presented M. Boutet to his
M.,;,,ty. mid : —"Monseigneur, yon are the first person
who h.e. wowed over the Channel bridge." The Emperor
palled opprobation, and repeated to M. Bontet, " We will
b 'port you."

nu Princess 3letternich has gone to the Chiteau
.biltaimisberg to meet her husband on his way
K.-% • Vienna. They are expected at the Aus-
:r..,ll ,iiitiassy in Paris by the end of this week.
pe,we party hope that Prince Metternich will
i.:11,g :he news that the Emperor of Austria is not
to Paris this summer. That they say would
t • -ne •• black point" got rid of, because a meeting
t. •„,• the two Emperors would be construed as
-nnrmation of the report that they are allied
•,..ettAt Prussia.

It..nuse has to-day done that honour to the
Orleans speeches which it refused yes-
There has been a general rise, encouraged
•11-t be said by the advance of I. in Con-
- Rente rose 20c. for cash and 10c.
account, closing at Ofr. 5.5 c. and
•: tic. • Italian rose 15e. ; Credit Foncier

•• I '•fr. But the honours of the day were for the
' •.• 11,,bilier, which rose 27fr. 50c., and closed
''.•fr. It ha. been calculated by some spectt-
.--...!1at the effect of the judgment against the
t to reimburse the par amount of the new
•••• brings up the market price of the whole of
• . at least 280 fr. There is, however, much
4.•roice of opinion on the subject, and some
• that a separation will be made ultimately,
... I that the old shares will have to suffer for the
gained by the new. Meanwhile the
• ut Mobilier acted favourably upon the market
t!lv.

Earl and Countess of NVarwick, who arrived
• •aturday from passing the winter at Nice, left town
se,terdny for Warwick Castle, where the noble earl will
he engaged some weeks in doing duty with his yeomanry
repment. The countess returns to town in a few days.
tic I EN( E AND ART IN IRE LAN D. —We understand
that her Majesty's government, with a view of coos 1-
tuting separate department of science and art for Ire-
land, analogous in its constitution to the existing science
and art department in London, and of amalgamating as
far a. possible all existing institutions in Ireland receiving
state grants for science or art, have appointed a commiesion
to report on the best mesas of carrying out this object.
The commission will be composed of the following gentle-
tarn : —The Marquis of Kildare, the Rev. Dr. Hanghtosi,
1•':!ow of Trinity College, Dublin ; the Very Rev. Dr.
Ite.vaell, President of Maynooth ; Colonel Laffan, Royal
En;ihers ; Mr, G. A. Hamilton, Sec. to Treasury ; Pro-
re-..0r Huxley, I.R.S. ; and Captain Dconelly, Royal
Ea,ineera, who will also act as secretary.
Is vols. of memoirs of Lord Byron, by the
blar,Liom•sa de Boissy, have appeared in Paris.
First Lord of the Admiralty held a levee
I.y :afternoon, at the Admiralty, Whitehall, when
tLe • ),:oaing °Meets attended:—Admiral Barney, Vim-
,: .see 11 sir John Kingeome, Rear-Admiral C. Robinson,
:•• Admiral Farquhar, Captain E. D. 0. D. A. Aplin,
pan: W. C. Chapman, Captain W. G. Jones, Captain
I:. Pearce, Captain J. Simpson, Captain W. B.
Captain C. Douglas, Captain G. Hancock,
:.., .IL Roxer, Captain R. H. Inglefield, Captain N.
.C., Captain Gilson, Captain NV. Boys (re-
commander D. G. Davidson, Commander C.
s'• vet. commander W. E. Stone, Commander G. A.
',,cl.‘e, Commander W. L. Partridge, Commander J.
kasi less (retired), Commander J. W. East, Commander
A' `alwey. Commander H. Koz, and Mr. G. H. L Wise,

ii.ecting of the Trades Unions Commissioners
iid yesterday. Present—Right Hon. Sir William
chairman ; Lord Elcho, M.P., Mr. J. A. Roebuck,
1" . and Mr. Frederic Harrison. Mr. J. C. Train,
tar) to the commiesion, was also present.
iu.oerics, May 11.—The Queen has been
raciowly pleased to give orders for the appointment of
lit'tt.or Louis 'Angevin, Esq., one of the delegates for the
toav of Quebec to attend the conference in this
Znntry on the subject of the confederntion of the British
"h •Xn.orican Provinces, to be an ordinary member of
division of the third class, or Companions of the
""" liesoundde Order of the Beth.—flesefte.