The Express.
London, England, 1850-09-17 00:00:00

Int Court.

mut BALMORAL Barr. 14.
Ha Majoity oat walking Sbn
Priaat Alban vast oat WNW% la the shereeee
Illejelahmosakil by toe Pewee. Royal end Prisetes
At* killopea twists Tao Baer party Ws
lit loyal Ilipitatma the Nave et
Little litellitmees the Peke, ef lAbliz4ll/
Alamos Dm" Lard lunar Mame, &roam
tke Almada mad Lady Def.

FIER MAJESTY IN TILE HIGHLANDB.-THE
BRAIIILAIt CIATHERING.

OASTLITOWN OP Hamm" Fitgaff.
Yesterday this old idebtaled Mlle(' • POONdel gB
seuenal 'mist of hafislay, owing ft die tassei "Ilerwaws
Gletheriag " bevies hum maks* as albs lies is the
whet tie old awallsjAsie
alsoest
inho Ind et Mae lie mamma atas ia 171 i Siam tww esboted Ilelwesth as hoe
"Eashhod hems" dis i 5....,, wpMadop." his
beemeiseesseallemilesa lima nor, Ise Me lawn
ad wen boo bees midget at rwDseekk wafts, her
Majosey owl her Osseert, mid the Mrral naMnbail the
royal household, have always inmeed the tiamMag t their
mimosa To the inflates debate sad
9119wadatriiire loyal stables% she wess=y preli
Ss bosom the " gashrtiag " by her auras plasm es this
Liteefilbee was soy woyitiose, sad eiS S'ideeh M.
einaireetz ammhee, beaded by the pipers, esti
atYwartiarsesestho. Thera wee a wry MN.
nee swayed atielywed woo. The Duke a Lfts* rail.
at Mew &sip. imewit ea the Saida Am body ot lam
The Fib was Ism sentheadel by 04411,01 Alestadee
Dal; who was by his sees, Mr. Jaws Da,
M.P., awl Kr. O. 8. Y.F.
la 'dales to the above alluded to, then was
a maidemble masher it the peel& hem the sarroundiog
dasiste, leis appeared in the matiesal garb.
The prellmiasries of the gettenfog osethowily occupied
eon» hems, hat everything wee sea peas peter to the Qum.
sad royal party ertiviag boa Nefthew• • peed of hoover
of .enured men him lb* IDIOM iota assemblies, was
arthogad is either side et the
The Pesos, aseteopthisd 11W:tom Cowart sad Si.
youithful otwahre if the Royal fessilly, arrived about 3
eithees, mod Us Majesty and thememberre of her
(mil, were welesseed with the maul emimeisatic accduma-
time- Hr Meiwity these in the royal diard lame, sad with
the Qua. woes lb Me* hwith PVm.s Albert end their
Royal ilialrieus the Prises of Wade awl Prime Alfred,
the Prison-loyal tad the Primes Alks, the Marchioness
of Doom BM Lady is Weitimr), sad the Hos. Miss Llano:
(the Maid of Hosea, to Waiting).
Sir Also. Duff edeaused to receive her Majesty as the
alighted weft Me royal party. Her Majesty was most aw-
-1 dally emeleed, and, it wee evident, highly gratified at the
I shouessallawkisk bailed her. A mash severed with tarts&
wee ter the Qseen and the royal family, from which us
Mew of the rasa wee obtained. Sir Ales-
-11 seder Dot bed sessuely coaducted the Queen to the mat
ertlimively set apart for the rei* piety, when two royal
earriages waived, brlaptop the ishess of Heat sad the
Prime of Leiden's, sad sarong the other personages 1.
the royal retinue were the Bari of Carlisle, Lady A. Bras,
Lent James Murray. the Hes. Delessi Phipps, the Hon.
Calomel Alszaader Gorden, Dr. Roberts.., Mr. Bireb, die.
Prime Albert were the fall Highland sestame of the Royal
Shun tartan. The Prince of Wales mad Prises Alfred
were also ia the fall national dress of the Highlands. The
Queer was attired in mourning (for the late King of the
Preach), wearing a plaid of the Royal Stuart tartan.
Among the prtionages of dietisetioa at the gathering IMO
the Doke and Duchess of Leeds sad Mime Leas Yes, the
Maeriab of Bath, the Marten of Clasepordowa end Lady B.
Deana, Lead end Lady Cochrane, der
Immediately after the Quests and Toys) party bad mashed
the Armed the sports cometeueett. The guar beriwith
putting the stone, and then followed throwiag tle
taming the saber, the bill rate (for whisk 19 started, and the
five first receiving 111. between them Mir perk co flat nee, sad
other rewards for length et servitude, prollsiemy to »edify
end truttleting Gaelic, Ac.
The pears having cinelvded, her Majesty and the royal
Darcy wen....aducted by o.neral the Han. Sir Alexander
Defy
Dg and the Dyke of Leeds to the bermial ball of the castle
towitasse the dancing. The sword dance and strathspey
were the Issue, anal then there wee a competition =nag

the pipes.
TM palm and smasements barn, terminated at 6
o'clock, and the GOV'S end Priam Albert bating thanked
the Has. Sir Alszandor Doff for the reception, immediately
departed, attended by the Bari of Carlisle and suite, for
the royal retreat on the banks of the Dee. TM Duchess
of Kent and the Prises of Leiningen left with their atten-
dants for Abets*WWl Castle, directly after her Majesty.
' Is the evening the old castle was enlivened by a bell, in
the hall of which the Dabs and Dacha's of Leeds and •
party from Mar Lodge, the Marquis of Bath, the Countess
of Camperdown and tl4 Hoe. Captain and Lady Blisiboth
Dumas, Lord and Lady Cochrane, Mr. J. Farquharson,
Mr. J. Duff and Lady Agnes Duff, Captain Dalrymple, Mr.
George Duff, Mr. Ricardo, M.P., and Mn. Ricardo, aie•
ambled to close the festivities of the day.

EXPLOSION IN THE CITY, AND GREAT

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

The following are details of the An in Weaver-
wrest, Spitalerlds, if whisk we pee a short so:mat yester-
day : The premises were is the tenure of Mr. Job■
Clitherow, sr- artist is are works, who carried on as ex •
twice stipp:ag and wholesale beanie at No. 13 as the
Irbnamed street. . . . • . _

TM floe seplasia kapposed la what it pried the
aiming-hew, at which time only Mr. Clithorm sad ems of
hie sea wen at Amok them. It le supposed that whilst
enema at their dremiess &ling some of Me rockets
mar bar Meats the prod, and that the form of the
blow ems' thin Is explode, for in an Instant a series of
explode= Mowed. Bass hundred rockets shot through
the rest and amorded mssy Met above the housetops ;
whilst two Era, who have airs bra arertaieed to be Mr.
Midterm, arises et his workmen, were blow* oat of the
building late the ors yard. Auother .:plosion soon foi-
-1 lowed, and some mom of fireballs and mucous discharged
their contests la directies. Mouses nearly a quarter
of a mile distant catered severely, whilst the beadier
maims were peed* riddled, the foram orreired. sad
she servants rem late ea laisseribehis etre et erns.
The seine imarleasd by the mood euphuism had sanely
salmileit, whoa seatere of the ore nee berm
Malted. Thle par et Weaveester 7 was aMN with the book
fronts of the Mom nstroot,la whilst Dersorreet
bounded it es the ether Ms. New Cbareresset, sad
mar 'Hey Wird Neasmortsatt. not hernia re
sad*. Mrs teethes se Voirmattly. arr.' th
ese
hairless as shed, letreowded re waashaery, they word
of litho avail Is preventing the work of dernatlea her
being carried a still greater didactic Whom re third ex-
plosion, wideb is described to have bra ia M mareine r
well se the sows ocearred, the hears Wseser-areet,
Alden-street, Bs:tom-street, aad New Chwedrmart, were
shah's to their buy foundations; whims-Bence were
forced from their brarisp, the nuts broken k sad the fur-
niture thrown into terrible disorder, or bream into
many fragments. Neirly every window in All Balats
Netiosal Schools was forced to, and the glen mat
fly ng amongst the aildren. In the lower schoolroom
there were no fewer than 113 infants is the gaiety, and a
great many were forced down, but with the noeptirta of a
few slight eats occsaioned by Me shower of broken oleo they
escaped unhurt. Mrs Campbell, ono of the teachers, who
wee sitting in the kitchen of the school house at the time
wee thrown down, sad a heavy door whin was forced off
its hinges fell upon and injured her shoulder. The church
of AU &data had aim mast of Its windows demolished, and
heavy plena of timber were hag upset the roof.
TM 'eskers' above Warred to &vizi rubeided, the fire
treaded to the remainder of is manufactory. This at
or time threatened &attaches to Mr. Dew's timber yard
sad earpeaters' workshops, which ware warred tram the
Are by a very narrow space. Fortunately the engine be-
loagiag to Meson. Truism and Haatnu, the brewers,
two of the parish, several of the Loudon Brigade and West
of Baglaad Company quickly mooted, sad °win to the
ezertioss of all prompt the Beam were prevented from ens
ag.
toadi
The sorest the en was out the Brenta oommenoed an
falsify, with the view of aseortaisiag the West of the mis-
chief dose, but semi time mast elapse, probably two or
three days, betore tho whole of the premises injured will be
knows. Up to 6 o'clock last anteing the following damages
wan recorded.

Toe pre;;Cs of Mr. Cllthuow, owl as ohs &work fn.
tory, blown dose, the contests eassussed, and prints red•
dome very ntassively damaged, the roof Miss diploma,
window dass demolished, sad furniture RE* broke..
About 20 homes, beleogiov to Mr. Dew, the budder, is
Bustenetreet, are very severely damaged. The major
portion of the Lome sheets of *Mews is the rob depot
of the Easton Cod ties Railway la 8. J
a Long distasee off, I. demolished. AU Adialselle=
&Mel sad the church are seriously isjared, a Nos
termer bulldog, as scarcely a window is left endow. se.
10, 11, 12, 13, sad 14, in Bpiewstreet have lbs windows
famed is, the reefs brawn, sad the furniture a 61111111111111.
1111111111 destroyed. Nos. 12, 14, 16, 16, 17,18, sad 111, la
Went, street, are simile, damagd. On the istlser id
et
the same street, the SIM senhered I, 2,3, 4,6, s 6
weztesteively skittered sad the Waiters bookie. The
flpitalfleide Ceske& &boob keve elm reseired material io-
j • ry. The silk works only. I elm" bled of the Ihersey, have
ales esseleed great dem" sod se hes IM wetly stock is
trade. TIN "bole dike wisdoms la Xr.Does seeps tore
eseltehop ere dentists'', sad the reef el bb painters'
shops fumed le. Nearly the "We of the home es WI
sorth We of B*er-street ere eke mac or Mm blared. Ie
hot as be se the rye ma rush, setkiss bet Webs Om
sad veil &pima ma be SOW
MIMI, a 'NM who ossegied asy el lb, germ Muses
lessped "Meet bobs tbww dews • bet brireetely, with
sae or toe metiers, they list lake fwitwio•
Mr. Olitherow mad Ms toseboe% Jimlrbeolte, Iwo hew
remand to the Loads" loookal, when they somiola a
state of great aellsoiNg. TS* woos of dr mollohnooo
posh who woo swa wive by the mew% boo mit pit bow
owortalsoL