The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-25 00:00:00

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The Duchess of Kest visited the Duchess of Oloseeet

on Saturday at her resident*, Gloueetter-hose.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and Sir Gangs Cooper, honoured the Royal
Italian Opera with her promos on Saturday evening.

A Cabinet Council wu held at the Foreign-office,
Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. The Ministers
present were: Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville,
the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of
Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Lord Panmure, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir William
Moleswortb, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of
Harrowby. The Council sat three hours.

The following deputies from the operative bleaahers,
dyers, and Inhalers, in favour of a bill to place thous under
the protettioa of the factory acts. had an interview on
Saturday with Sir George Grey at the Home.ofilee Mr.
John Waring. from Bolton. Mr. W. Bremen, from Man.
cheater, and Mr. Alexander Kiog, from Scotland. The
deputation was introdused by Mr. Isaac Butt, M.P., and
Mr. Sturgeon.

Mestinp of the Oxford University Commiesion were held
et No. 18, Greet Queen-street, Westminster, on Thunday
sad Friday lest. The eeramissionsn present were theEml

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of Bileasere, the Earl 0 Barrowby. the Bishop of Ripon,
Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Dean of Wells, sad Sir Jobs
Wither Aedry, with the eeereteries.

A deputation, consisting of bir Charles Lemon, Mr. T.
Ariu Roberts', and Mr. Michael Williams, had an inter-
view with Sir George Grey on Saturday.

Despatches were seat oa Saturday from the Colonial-
°elm to the g of the West Coast of Africa.

Her Majesty's last levee for this season will be
held an Wadassday. _ _ _

At Viscount l'almsrston's mansion on Saturday
night, the Marquis sad Marchioness of Mistimed' at
&ma to dinner with, amongst a few others, Ma Ertl sad
Countess of Shaftesbury. _ _ _

The Earl and Countess of Derby received a distin-
guished circle at dinner on Saturday last, at the family
mansion in St. Jarnee'ssquitre. The Earl and Counts.. of
Hardwick. and Lady Elisabeth Yorke, the Earl of Del-
more, Viscount and Viscountess Lignite, Viscount Bangor,
Lord and Lady Southampton, Lord and Lady Colville, the
Right Hon. Benjamin and Mn. Disraeli, Captain Henry
Murray, R.N., and Mr. Augusta. Stafford, M.P., wire
among the guests.
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Sir ldiard Bldwar Lytton had a dinner party on
Saturday, in his house is Park•lane. Annum the gusts
were the Duke of Welliagton, the Duke of Montrose, the
Earl of Elleaborounk, the Earl of Eglintoun, Lord Colches-
ter, Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Right Hen. Sir Jobs
Balance°, Sir Frederick Theeiger, Mr. Edward Entitles,
M.P., Sir William Jolliffe,M.P., and Lord Nau, M.P.

The Attorney-General for Ireland (the Right Hon.
Wm Keogh) entertained a number of his friends at dinner
oa Saturday, at the Crows and Seep re, Greenwich.
Amongst those present were—the Solicitor General (Sir R.
Bethel), the Right Hon. Edward Human, M.P., Mr.
Justice Ball, Vim's% Mona, the Lord Advocate, Baron
Meyer Rothschild, Mr. John Sadleir, M.P., the Solicitor•
Gametal for lreland, Mr. Fitzgerald, M.P., the Hon. Mr.
iiin:kr, the Hon. Mr. Coke, Sir T. O'Brien, Bart., Id P.,
Sir Casa& Roney, Mr. Otway, M.P., Colonel Caulfield,
M.P , Colonel Higgins, M.P., Mr. Jamie Sedleir, M.P.,
Mr. Gardner, M.P., Captain Reatonde, M.P., Mr. Lowe,
M.P., Mr. Burke, Mr. &risen% Murphy, Mr. Joke Ball,
MP., Mr. O'Flaherty, M.P., Mr. Bland, M.P., Kr. Had.
di/stone, Mr. Edwis James, Colonel Dela,/ M.P., Mr.
Smells, M.P., Mr. D. O'Coneell, M,P., Mr. M. J. O'Coa-
Mr. Cogan, M.P., Mr. P. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Cowin,
Joseph Parkes, Mr. Norris, Mr. Lyiter O'Beirne, Mr.
Cully, ILP., Mr. F. Scully, M.P., Mr. T. R. Holmes,
Bethel, Mr. Dewy, M.P., Mr. Pollard• Urquhart,
'., Mr. Demnahee, Mr. M. Donne, M P., Mr. Fagan,
'., Ate.

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Speaking to the tout of " the Army and Navy,"
at the anniversary festival of the National Orphan Rome,
last Friday, the Doke of Cambridge observed that he had
ewe with great camera and deep sorrow that the people
et Raglaad bad bee■ is the habit, sines this war sow
menesd, of Wag so completely carried away by their hill-
top, that they bed thought that that which they hoped foe
must ►e sleeted is the shortest possible space of time. Now,
In war meek a Wag woe utterly eat of the question. Ou
day they bad good amosatte—the next day, perhaps, leas
good; sad in the some proportion as they ought not to be
too mush elated with asseeets that were favourable, the
paha* miad ought sot to bs unduly depressed by mous%
tom were somewhat rafavourable. (Rear, bear.) Ho bad
the finis esavistisa that whatever amounts they had lately
received, t .ey might look forward to snob sews as would
£ll t►e seustry with satisfeetiou. (Cheers.)
According to the OatarsiatiseAs Drukha Post
the Ral of Westmonland, our ambassador at Visas., has
demanded leave of ablates.