The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-23 00:00:00

lEbe Court.

OSBORN E, SATV amity.
Iter Majesty, Prince Albert, 'with Princes,. Locus.,
Princess Bekaa, and Crises Arthur, euth irked at Trinity
Wharf to the royal steams yacht Fairy at a quarter pest
tour o'clock yesterday aftenition, end proceeded to ('owes
Kos& to witness there/atm and aquatic sports which took
place there. The royal party returnid at • quarter past six
o'clock. lhe Countess of Desert, Lord Colville, and Colonel
BouTtlie were in attendance.
Puke (Lome and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg,
att.ailed by Madame JAliinovitch and M. Chnialschoff,
armol at a quarter tit tore Keen, on a visit to the Queen.

• bueuaT.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, neeasupanied by the
Dsrou,ss Speen. sod attended by the Countess of Leman
and the lion. Mary Seymour, drove oat yesterday &Hei-
nous iu the neighbourhood of Hyde. Lord Colville was in
atten...,utce on boneback. The royal party returned to
Osborne at half-pain seven o'clock.

Lord Milford, Mr. C:reir Hawkins, p►esidt nt of the Col-
lege of Surgeons, and Mr. W. A. Esde h..d interviews as
Satardsy with Mr. Secretary Walpole at the llome•onos.
The Cambridge Univernte Commission had a meeting on
Saturday at the octal residence A' the First Lord of the
Treasury. in Downing stn et. Present : The Bishop of
Chester. the Mae of Ely, Professor Sedgwick, and the
her W. 11. Bate.= (secretary).
Devetches were sent from the Colonial-office on Satur-
day to the Governor of New Zealand. Despatches were
rec,iveil on Friday night from the Uoveroors of the West
India blends.

Til t' ELT I 1W Pala! SNIENT. Parliament,
fl)•th, Ciosmer, will nst be call, d together for despatch
i.t bwiness" before Thursday, the 11th of November, when
it dl be assembled for a short session before Christmas, of
lour or tier weeks, unless something important and unforc.
seen occur in the mcantne, and will then be adjoumed
tor the Christmas holidays.

A correspondent stAtes that the wader vacant by
thr d. rmso of the Duke of Hamilton will be conferred on
the Duke of Northumberland, tile last Lord of the
Adnnr.lty.

fIaIoNIAL PROM THE PRIMCK or WALY.S.
During her Majesty's scent cruise to Antwerp an interest-
ne "CC ,serene took place in the presentation of a testimo-
nial by his Royal Highness t►e Prince of Wales to oge of
the warrant officers of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
The ship being at sea, Mr. Baltimore, boatswain of the Vic.
toria and Albert, was called to the alter part of the vessel,
where her Majesty, Prince Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus
litsclarence, and soma of the Lords and Ladies in Waiting
were sosembled, when the Prince of Wales presented him
with a boatswain's call and chain made of gold, it being
give, as •rnark of retract on account of the kindness whieh
Mr. Baltimore bad displayed in attending on his Royal
Highness in his various fishing and other excursions.
THE EARL 01, DkßtlY has declined the invitation
to he present at the dinner of the Royal North Lancashire
Agricultural Society, to be held at Preston on Thursday
week. The little glimmering of light expected to be thrown
upon the later* policy of Alts government must therefore be
looked for in some other quarter; the agricultural mind
may gather all the ermfort it can from contemplating new
reaping, threshing, and haymaking machines, bat it will
still he left in the dark as to how and when protection is to
make its advent again.
THE DEICE. OF WELLINGTON has during the last ten
days been actively engaged in completing the necessary pre.
liminaries for the formation of the militia in Hampshire
and the Tower Hamlets, over which districts the noble and •
gallant duke is lord lieutenant. His Grace has been de.
Limed in town longer than customary at this season of the
year. The table duke leaves town on Wednesday in the
ensuing week for Widmer Castle, where his Grace intends
to reside till the second week in November.