The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-19 00:00:00

Cbt Court.

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OSBORNE, Frs. 18.
Prince Leiningen arrived at Osborne yesterday
on a visit to her Majesty.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone ~ho arrived from
London, and had an audience of her Majesty.
Mr. Gladatooe hal the honour of dining with the Queen
and Royal Family.

ST. LEONARD% Fem. 18.
The Prince and Princes of Wales drove out yesterday and
tilted Battle Abbey.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. Judgment was given in an appeal from York,
"Richards v. Riflery," affirming the judgment of the
court below with cams. An appeal from the Hish Gov't of
Admiralty in the matter of "The Haswetl " was heard and
dismissed, but without costa. The Lords present were
Lard Kingedoen, Dr. Lrnb'ngton, and the Lords Justices
Knight Bruce asd Turner.
Despatches were received yesteed►y at the Color,r'-offtee
from the Governors of the Australian eoloniee, Osyloe,
Hong Kong, Lebrun, Gibraltar, and Malta. Despatches
were sent to the Governor of Canada.

The Countess of Fife gave her first dancing party
hat evening. at the family residence, in Grosvenor-placie.
which was most fashionably ►ttended.
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Mrs. Gladstone gave an evening party last even-
ing at her residence on Carlton House-terrace. Amongst
the company present were his Excellency the Anstriam
Ambassador, his Excellency the Saxon Minister. his Excel.
lency the Italian Minister, his Excellency the Amnion
Minister, and Mrs. and Mies Adams. Prince Gortahakoff,
the Duke and Dachas of Argyll, the Earl of Stanhope, &c.
The Earl and Countess Grey ectertained at dinner
yesterday evening, at their residence on Carlton House-
terrace, the Earl sal Countess Rowell, the Earl and Countess
of Morton, Lord Wedshonse, Lord and lady Staiday of
Alderley, Mr. sad Mrx T. G. Baring, Mr. Austin, Mr.
Wood, &c.

DEATH or Ma. Pcm.aa, M.P.—The death ie
announced of Mr. Puller M.P. for Hertfordshire, which
comma unexpectedly, slid after a short WINO% ou Tues.
day lest. Mr. Puller represented Hertfordshire for some
years past, gad was held is deserved respect by men of all
political creeds in parliament. His death makes vacant owl
of the seats for the county, which, it is said, will be sought
on liberal Principles by the Hon. Henry Cowper, next
brother of Earl Cowper.
THE WORKING MEN'; CLUB AND INSTITUTE
Movratorr.—A public meeting was held on Monday sight,
at Sheffield, to inaugurate the new Working yen's dab sad
Baths. John Brown, Faq. (ex-Mayor) was expected to pre. I
side, but he was unavoidably absent. The Rev. J. Aldhous
took the chair. The Rev. H. Sully (the secretary of the
Club end lostitute Mike) spoke on the general subject of
clubs. urging upon the attention of both employers sod em-
ployed thereat benefits lowing from those already est&
I,lisheil.—A public meeting was held at Rotherham on
Tres lay, to hear an address from the Rev. H. Scilly, and to
take measures for the establishment of • local club. A
large atteodaeos of working men was moored, and the
meeting wee in every way successful.
THE LINILNDRAPERS' AND SILEMZECEES'
INarf-
trurlos.—Toe thirty-sewed aimed meeting of this society
was held last evening at the Landon Coffeehouse, Ludgate-
bill ; Mr. John Pearce in the chair. The secretary! read the
report, which stated that the applications for pecuniary aid
during the part year had been very numerous, and 62 mass
of members ill bare received 8781. 15e. ; seven awes of
blind and insane, 113/. les 6d. ; and 62 cases of widows and
orphans bare received 788/.10. In all 1,760/. 19s. 6d. has
been thus distributed. The gross income of the year bed
amounted to 2,558/. 15a. 11d. and the expenffitrm to
2,4981 Is. keying • balance of 604 les. 21. The
invested capital now amounts to 40.3954 lek. Bd., product
an income of 1,209/. 18a. 3d. per annum. The number of
life subscribers is 1.610, of annual subscribers, 626 ; sod of
auxiliary subscribers, 112. The report was adopted, and
the committee and other officers for the ensuing year having
been elected, • vote of thanks to the chairmen clamed the
meeting.
THE PROPOSED ROYAL ARCADE.—By this pro-
ject, for which • bill promoted by • company is now before
parliament, as area& is contemplated between Regent.
street end New Bendetreet, running parallel to sad south-
east of Ooedultetreet, and parsing across Old Harlingen'.
mews, Beralepisea, Boyleetreet, and Coachend-Hones
yard. It will be 50 or 60 feet high and have a gradual
rashes from Boadotred to Regent-street of about 16 feet.
A part of Boyle-street, next Old Burlington-street, will be
diverted, end New Boed-etseet for a short distance will be
widened by setting bank the houses on the east side, next
Clifford-street. The preamble of the bill slates that coma-
modieue shops and houses are to be erected in the line of
the proposed arcade, that it will greatly improve the com-
municators between Reseat-Mreet and Bood-strest, besides
affording to the public • place of exercise and recreation.
The eonsmay am to erect gates across the erode, and to
keap them closed for the exclusion of the public during such
hours of the night as they shall think fit. This, it is said,
may abolish an existing right of way between Saville-row
and Cooduit-street, through place, • thoroughfare
new much used. The Fret Commeeioner Wolerf;ar:
referred the project to the Metropolitan Board of Works,
with a request that they would report their opioice to him
in reference to it. A committ, r of the bond has alum
had the matter under consideration, and at the
last meeting of the board reported in favour of
the proposed amide as • patio improvement. On
I the report being presented. Mr. Bidgood, a member of the
board, strenuously opposed its adoption—first, on the ground
that the arcade was unnecessary for pia of traffic, Coo-
duitetreet, to which it would nth lel, being • commo-
dious thoroughfare for can Mires an pedestrians ; and next
that it would be • builder. from 50 to 60 feet high.oocupl lag
, an acre end • half of what was now breathing-groped in a
I crowded part of the reetropolie—via. between the beaks of
the houses In Conduit-street and Burtiegtonetreet. That
' being so, he asked if they were really about to say to the
First Commissioner of Works that such • structure would
be a public improvement. Al to what he called the moral
part of the question, the inhabitants of St. James's, of
whom be was one, had experienced though to know that
an widitiorial covered way would become • pride nauseam
On that very ironed, be said, the covering oe each side of
the Quadrant was removed some years see at great expease
to the parishioners, and now the only pethspot of the kind
le.t in that part of the tows was a bit of covered way in
trout of the County r 12.4411011 in Regeat-street.
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he risked, who wen the projectors? Threes four i
speculators with • large anions* of capital, and &rise no
feeling in common with the people of St. James's. Mr.
Crellio, another member of the board, complained that
" the social evil* had been imported into the consideration
of the question ; and Mr. Newton held that this was
simply • matter of polies, and ought not to Interfere with
what he thought would be a manifest improvement in that
part of the town. The report was then adopted.—Tunes.