The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-22 00:00:00

cot court.

The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Alice,
and attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald, took a drive in
• carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Colonel the Hon.
A. N. Hood attended on horseback.

The Prince Consort, attended by Major Du Plat, visited
Mr. Durham's studio, in Devonshire-street, yesterday morn-
ing, and inspected the model memorial of the Exhibition of
1861. The Prince Consort rode on horseback with the
Prince of Wales, the Count of Flanders, and Prince Louis
of Hesse, in the afternoon. Major Du Plat and Captain
Grey attended.

The Prince of Wales rode on horseback in the forenoon,
attended by Captain Grey.
The Duke de Nemours visited his Majesty the King of
the Belgians yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke de Chartres visited the Count of Medan
yesterday, at Buckingham PaLice.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Nary,
attended by the Lady and the Equerry in Waiting to the
Royal Duchess, dined lost evening with her Majesty, at
Buckingham Palace.

A deputation from the vestries of St Nary, Nembl
and St. George, Southwark, on the subject oft e:
Dover Read Act Turnpike Trusts Continuance Bill, had an
interview with Sir George C. Lewis, Bart., yesterday, at the
Homwolice.

Her Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhi-
bition of 1862 have received information from New South
Wales that a commission has been appointed in the colony
to devise and carry out the adequate representation of the
resource of New South Wales at the International Exhi-
bition of 1862, consisting of the Hon. J. A. Murray,
Speaker of the Assembly ; Sir %arks Nicholson, Bart. •
Sir W. Macartbur, KM. ; the Hon. R. J. Want, Mender;
of the Legislative Council ;A. W. Scott, E. Member of
the Assembly ; Captain E. W. Ward, LK, Deputy Matter
of the Mint ; the Rev. W. B. Clarke, M.A. ; J. Gimpbell,
Chas. Kemp, and J.S. Mart, &qrs. The sum of 3,0001.
has been voted by the legislature, sad placed at the dis-
posal of the commission. 11 proved maclicable, a public
exhibition of the articles is to be held in Sydney io
October.

Her Majesty's Commissioners for the International Exhi-
bition of 1862 have received an intimation that the follow-
ing commission has been appointed in Russia, in connexion
with the forthcoming Exhibition, under the
Prig
Moser, Crown Prior*, :—W. GI. R. I)elbruck, Privy
Moser, Wedding, Charles, and Rubdown, GOVINSIIIIO.Ii
Judge Herzog, M. Herman &chins, Meyer Weias,
Thomas, Mont: Reichenhaw, Louis, and Dr. ICindisina
A commission has also been formed in Harabang, of
which Senator Rucker is appointed president, and Goo. J.
Dasrhoo, 12, Austinfriars, London, E.C., the medium
of communication.

Her Majesty's Coinniirioems held • meeting at their
offices in the Strand yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Conseil sat yester-
day. A. appeal from Queenalsad, "The Bank of Australia
v.Lie=paart heard), was concluded.
were received yesterday at the Colonial-Ala
from the Gammon of Australia, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and
Gibraltar. Deepatchs were sent to the Governor of Ca-
nada, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonia&
Islands.

The Prince of Wales visited the German Academy
of Art, Egyptian-hall, yesterday morning, attended by
Major-General the Hon. IL Bruce.

The Prince of Walee yesterday honoured Mr.
Darner with an inspection of the Victoria Crow Gary.

His Highness the Prince of Santo Msnro, with
the Duke and Bucher of Carigliano and the younger
breaches of their family, arrived at the Brunswick Hotel,
Jennyu-street, yesterday morning, from Italy.

The Earl of Wilton entertained hie Excellency
the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess d'Apponyt,
Count Pahlen, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose and Lady
Violet Graham, the Duke and Dachas of Manchester, the
Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl of Coventry,
the Countess of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope,
Viscount Clifden, Lord Dunkellin, Lord &wallops, Lady
Emily Peel, the Hoo. Julian Fans, and a distimmished
circle, at dinner last evening, at the family mansion in

The Countess de Flahault had an assembly last
night, at Albert-gate House, Knightsbridge, at which a
suorecer sod faa hionable company &rambled. At rut 400
prosier of rank, including all the leading embessulers
sad foreign ministen, attended.

Lady Rivera gave au afternoon party yesterday
at the Countess Dowager Granville's reskleses, Chiswick
House, Chiswick. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Primer Mary honoured her ladyship
with their presence.

Mrs. W. E. Gladstone had a select evening party
yesterday, at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's private
residence in Carlton House-terrace. Among the visitors
were his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and Madame
Musurus, his Excellency the Russian Ambassador, his
Excellency Baron de Cetto, his Excellency the Prussian
Minister and the Countess Bernstarff, his Excellency the
Greek Minister and Madame and Millie. Tricoupi, Count
Wimpffen, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
the Countess d'Appooyi.

Mrs. Trent ga vo a brilliant ball, on Thursday
evening, at 25 Grosvenor-square.

The Duke of Ruxburghe and the Marquis of
Bownsont hare left the Clarendon Hotel for Norway.
His Royal Highness' the Count de Paris yester-
day visited the manufacturing departments of Woolwich
Arsenal by special emotion of the Secretory of State for
War.

Moat of the corporate bodies in Ireland intend
to present addreesee to the Prince of Weise, whose visit is
looked forward to with the keenest satisfaction. The fes-
tivities during his stay in Dublin will be on a grand scale at
the viceregal court, and the Lord Mayor intends to give a
ball in honour of the prince, who hes signified his intention
to be present. . .

The report of the joint committee appointed by
the Board of Trade to inquire into the beet form of covering
for submarine telegraph cables has just been issued. Up to
the present time 11,364 mike have been /sad, but only about
3,000 are actually working. The lines not working include
the Atlantic, 2,200 miles; the Red Sea and India, 3,499
miles; the Sardinia, Malta, end Corfu, 700 miles; and the
Singapore and Batavia, 500 miles. The committee give a
enceioct history of these as well as of all the others, and
state their conclusions. The failure of the Atlantic is attri-
buted to "the cable having been faulty, owing to the ahem*
of experimental data, to the manufacture having been con-
ducted without proper supervision, and to the cable not
having been bandied after manufacture with sufficient
sere ; " and they add that " practical men ought to have
known that the cable was defective, and to have been
aware of the locality of the defect, before it was laid."
The eommittee recommend the construction of • vessel
specially for the purpose, which they believe, when not
employed In laying cables, would be found extremely useful
for the ordinary purposes of commerce. In conclusion,
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they repeat theirbelief that the exercise of due can might
hays prevented all the unsatisfactory results that have thus
far attended this branch of enterprise.
Mr. D. Discline has received instructions from the
royal commissioners for the Great Exhibition of 1862 to

prepare a design fora prize medal.
The evening meeting and reception at South
Kensington, in favour of tho South London Museum, will
take place on July 11. Earl Granville Imia consented to
preside on this interesting occasion.

The scientific meetings for the ensuing week are—
Monday— Architect; 8. Tuesday—Zoological, 9, " Broad-
fronted Wombat.," Mr. Aiwa ; " Madoinua PorAnamoses,"
Mr. Jobasos. Wedeeeday —Society of Literature, 4i.
Society of Arta. 4, annual general. Thursday—Philo-
logical, 8.
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Anderson, Carpenter, Caffyn, Daft, Grundy,
Griffith, Hayward, Jackson, Lockysr, Pal; and Tinley are,
it is said, the English eleven selected to give the sixteen of
the two universities battle at Lord's on Monday ; and the
Y.C.C. and Ground meet Regby School at the same spot
on Thursday. emerey V. Canabridgeahire la the Oval ism
on Thursday ; and on that day the All England encounter
eighteen of the Broughton Club.