The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-11 00:00:00

THE CIVIL SERVICE.

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.—Mr. J. L. Thomas,
clerk or the work/, has been sprinted snistant surveyor.
The following promotions have taken place M the Ordnance
Department is the Tower of London:—Mr. B. Baton,
storekeeper from Devourer, to be storekeeper, vim Sneer,
who retires. Mr. B. C. King, first-clue senior sleek, to be
deputy-storekeeper, vice Hoeigeon, who retires. Mr. J.
Baker, second senior clerk, to be finSelass clerk, vim King.
Mr. E. C. King, fint•class junior clerk, to bo second-class
senior clerk, vim biker. Mr. G. S. Deswick, second-elm
junior clerk, to he first-class junior clerk, vice King. Mr.
H.. 1. P. Parry, second-clan junior clerk, to be fiat-clues
junior clerk. Mr. B 0. Lane, assistant clerk, to be second.
clam junior clerk, vice Parry.
CINITOXS.—Mr. Henry Maclean has been promoted from
second to first class clerk in the secretary's department.
Mr. B. Goodwyn ku been promoted from the third to the
second-clam clerk in the monetary's departmett.—Onil Ser.
vice Gazette.

gpt Court.

MORNS, Avoca 10.

The Queen and Primes arrived at Shorn°Me yes-
terday, at 1 o'clock, and reviewed the Foreign Legion.
After the review, her Majesty honoured the °Seers with
her company at luncheon on the ground.
The Duke of Cambridge, Vincent Harding', and Lord
P1A1121114 met the (atom at Shorneliiii.

Bar Majesty t
Brighton, and South Coast Railway, and retured to Osborne
at half-out 7 °Week.

The Duchess of Kent arrived yocterday on a ♦salt, end
wu acumpeniod by Primes Leopold, who has been staying
with the Duchess at Frogmore. Her Royal Highness
reached Osborne at 8 o'clock.

The royal elkildrea took thole astral drivel aad walks
yesterday.

A deputation from t►e Commissioners of the Southamp-
ton Paving Trust, St. Pesetas, had an interview with Sir
Benjamin Hall, yesterday, at the Office of Works and
Public Buildings, in Whitehall-place. The deputation
consisted of Messrs. Ferrer, Rowe, Pittman, Timpeon, and
Him ston, with Mr. John Arnell (Seerrtary), and Mr. E.
Teague (Surveyor).
A deputation of members of the Society of Merchant
Vintners of Bristol, had en interview with Lord Stanley of
Alderley yesterday, on the subject of the Bristol Channel
Pilotage. The deputation consiLted of Mr. Edward Drew
I and Mr. James Hassell (wardens), and Mom. Wm. Brice,
John Drcw, and Wm. Claytor.
A deputation from a public meeting, from the vicinity of
Kentish-town, also had an interview with Lord Stanley of
Alderley, at the Board of Trade, relative to • deficient
supply of water from the Hampstead Water-works Cora-
-1 Pan,. Tho deputation consisted of Mears. Ward, Pattie,
Moore, and Waterman.

Despatches were seat frees the
to the Governor of Canada.

Her Majesty's annual treat to the servants of
Oshorne•house and the crews of the royal yacht, was given
yesterday in the grounds of the royal residence. The yachts
were dressed oat in colonic and the Marine Band and that
of the 80th Regiment were conveyed over to enliven the
scene. The programme of the day inelnded an excellent
dinner. a variety of sports, a display of firework., &c.

_ _ • _
When the Queen passed through Hastings on
Thursday, the Mayor addrmeed her Majesty in the follow-
ing terms :—" I have much pleasure in appearing before
your Majesty to oonvey the dutiful homage of the corpora-
tion and inhabitants of the ancient and loyal town of Hast-
ings. I can assure your Majesty them is not a heart in
Hastings that doss not beat snore loudly from the know-
' ledge that you are within our boundary. We pray that
Providence may watch over your Majesty, and clear away
all °Wades in your path ; and that you may live many
years in great happiness, with your noble husband and
beautiful children." To thin rather extravagant address
her Majesty appropriately replied :—" I am much obliged
to you, Mr. Mayor, for your kind wishes and expressions."

The Cardiff Guardian states that the case of Mrs.
Saunders, the peon woman who lately gave birth to four
children, having come to the knowledge of the Queen, she
immediately sent fear sovereigns—arse for each of the chil-
dren. One of the children died on Monday, but the re-
maining trio are progressing " satisfactorily."

We(lforth Wales Chronicle) are glad to find that
her Majesty the ex:Olsen of the French has enjoyed much
better health since taking up her residence at Beaumaris,
where the family are I.kely to remain some weeks longer.
On Wednesday, the Royal party, in three carriages, drove,
is company with Sir R. B. Williams Bulkeley, Bart, M.P.,
through Baron Rill Park, Neat, where Lady Bulkeley has
a beautiful model farm, which is a great attraction to
visitors, and here the party remained a few houl3, partak-
ing of tea. The following joined her es-Majesty at Beau.
mark yesterday :—The Duke D'Aumale, tho Duchess
D'Aumale, the Prince Condi, the Make De Guile, the
Princes* Salerne,the Countess De Conifers, Mons. Jolly, and
suite.

The banner, sword, crown, and achievements, of the
Empercr of the French were yesterday placed by Sir
Charles Young, Garter King of Arms, over the stall of his
Imperial Majesty, which immediately races that of the King
of Piaui., in the Chapel Kora of St. George, Windsor.
The precise period of Lord Canning's departure is
las yet undetermined. Much necessarily depends upon the

movements and wishes of Lird Dalhousie. It is supposed,
however, that the latter will not be formally relieved until
the commencement of February. As the new Governor.

General contemplates a visit to Madras, and a brief resi-
dence there, in order that be may take counsel with Lord
Harris; and, as it Is, we believe, his intention to spend a
week or two in coneultatioa with Lord Dalhousie before he
enters upon his official duties, it would seem that the end of
October or the beginning of November, as we previously
stated, is the most probable period of Lord Canning's depar
tare. No successor to his lordship has yet been appointed
at the Post•office, nor has Lady Canning been relieved at
Court.— Overland Mail.

The Right Hon. C. P. Villiers has presented to the
Howe of Commons a petition from tradesmen, mechanics,
drivers and conductors of omnibuses, carmen, cabdrivers,
and "other, consumers of milt liquor, especially porter,"
praying the house to adopt some effectual restrictions to
secure, thriugh licentrd victuallers and beer retailers, a
genuine article for consumption, as sent out by the leading
brewers.

Lords Redesdale, Howiarden, Lyttelton, Grey, St.
Vincent, St. Leonarde, Monteagle, Batb, and Wynford, have
signed a "protest" against the resolution by which the
Government carried the " Limited Liability Bill" through
the noun of Lords as "urgent," In the last week of the
session.

Mr. Stafford, M.P., meditates another trip to the
East. Ile has assured the Government th►t to goo with
no unfriendly spirit—no desire of picking boles.

. -
After the death of one of Lord Raglan'. elder
brother, General Lord Robert Edward H. Somerset, H.P.,
for Cirencester, the nobility and gentry of the county
erected to his memory, and to record his gallant exploits at
Waterloo and during the Peninsular wor, an obelisk or
mural column on a conspicuous point on Hawkesbury,
Upton hi;l, near BAdrainton. There le another high and
oommanding spot close to that on which this monument
stand', and we are glad to hear that the same individuals,
joined by other', contemplate erecting an obelisk to the
memory of the kield•Marshal.

Military levees will be held next Tuesday by the
Military Secretary, and every Tuesday till furtiu r notice.
_ _

Major-General Shirley, the commander-in-chief of
the cavalry, and his stsii, left town yesterday for the seat
of war.

At tho annual meeting yesterday of the Royal
Botanical Society, the Earl of Mansfield end Professor
Arthur Henfrey, I+ll S., were elected members of the
cousseil, in the room of Mr. Wm. M. Coulthnrst and Sir W.
Moleswortb, Bart., M.P. The report stated that the col-
lection of herbecoone plants in the garden had been in-
creased by the addition of about 400 new species. The
lectures delivered in the Garden Theatre had been illus-
trated by no fewer then 9,700 cat flowers, besides which
specimens had been supplied to botanic lecturers et several
of the medical schools of the metropolis. Students and ar-
tists are admitted into the gardens during the morning to
study from nature. To the number previously possessed of
that privilege, 32 new names were last year added.
The Earl of Perth and Melfort presides at the
meatless of the British Archeeslogical Association, which
commences et Newport on the 20th. The Doke of Argyll
presides over the meeting at Glasgow, next month, of the
British Association for ths Advancement of Science.
It is proposed to establish a society under the title'
of the Middlesex Arebeslogical Society, for the purpose of
investigating the history and antiquities of the metropolis
end metropolitan county.
A Professorship of Tamil has been instituted at
University College, London, end M. d'Orinieux von &rens
hes been appointed to the chair.

CITY ACCOMIT9.—Thie morning the annual ac-
counts of the Chamberlain of the City of Lyndon were:issued.
The duties raised under the Metropolitan Improvement
Lets amount to 162,6541 14s. 4d.: the expenditure under
the 1.61110 head was 22,2061. 18x. 81 , leaving a surplus of
139,3451. 151. Bd. The expenditure of the year in connexion
with Bleckfriers• bridge reached 2,6931.155. 10d. which Leda-
frayed principally out of the surplus rents end profits of the
Bridge house Estate. The reeeiptsof the Bridge-house Estate
wore 26,3831. Is. 3d:, of which sum 21,650/. was paid In liqui-
dations( the 431,0001. advanced out of the Consolidated Fend
towards rebuilding Lyndon-bridge. The receipts lasi.
dental to the Themes navigation were 7,6041. 11.. 3d., and
the expenditure 11,3061. 17s. 7d., the difference being wade
up out of former balances. The receipts under the heed of
of pollee were 47,8441. 21. 8,1., and the expenditure
42,3271.6.:4d. The sewerage receipts were 120,1661, 2.. lld.,
tad the duty on coals produced 17,9171. 104. 9d.
The University of Konigsberg intends to erect a
suatunsut to the philosopher Heat, once the great eras-
west el that iewitutiee. It is to be a statue in broom, sad
will be pissed ea the doily promenade of the great was,
mama, after him, has bees sailed " der Philueophersteig "
(the Philosopher's Path).

The Doke of Cornwall's Exhibition, granted to the
Government School of Mines by his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, hu this year been awarded to Mr. Charles
Gould, a son of the eminent ornithologist.
We (Atheneum) hear that Sir John Bowring is
preparing an account of his I.te mission to Siam. It will
appear in a work under the title of " Siam and the Siamue."
An effective photograph of Mdlle. Rachel, in the
character of Phidre, has been just hewed.

Tho " Wizard of the North" (Mr. J. H. Anderson)
has taken the Lyessna Theatre, sad intends to somassaos
Ids seam on Monday, Ikoptsabsz 3.

Thin is a ratnOur-thiMias Cushman intends
I taloa as Haymarket for a vistas ism&

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1855.