The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-20 00:00:00

gbe court.

BALMORAL, CELT. 17.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert remained at the
Shiel of Aut ns Giutheach yesterday moraine, the lion.
Mary Seymour being in attendance on her Majesty.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred went yesterday
to liirkhall and the Linn of Muick, attended by Mr. Gibbs.
The express conveying the news of the death of the liske
of Wellington reached her Majesty and Prince Albert
yesterday afternoon, when on an expedition to the Dbu
Loch, west of Lech Muick, which place they had reached
from Aut na Guithsach. tier Majesty and his Royal High-
' nen were deeply grieved at the receipt the mournful
intelligence, and immediately returned home.
Orders were immediately given fur countermanding all
invitations to the Castle.

The Countess of Desart has left Delmore', and been sue.
ceded in her duties u lady in waiting W her 1114isty by
the Viacountese Jocelyn.

Despatches were received at the Colonial.ofiee on Satur-
day, from the Governors of Hong Kona, Ceylon, the Mau-
ritius, Labuan, Malta, and from the Lard High Commissioner
of the lonian Islands. Despatches were sent off on Saturday
to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong Kong, and to
the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF OXFORD.

OXFORD, SEFf. IS.
The names of several distinguished noblemen bare
been mentioned in reference to the important o:fico
of chancellor of this university, now vacant by tho
death of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Amongst
them are the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Derby,
the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Devon (High
Steward), the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Car-
lisle, and the Marquis of Blandford ; but from what
transpired at a meeting at Oriel College on Friday,
Lord Derby's friends quite expect that a contest
will be avoided. The Duke of Newcastle has many
supporters. At that meeting the Ilishap of Oxford
was present, and a feeling was manifested in favour
of Lord Derby, as the most eligible candidate. Of
course the friends of the Duke of Newcastle do not
agree in this.
The resident members of convocation favourable to
Lord Derby have adopted a similar proceeding to
that adopted on the decease of Lord Grenville in 1834.
On that occasion a declaration was issued, numerously
signed, beaded by the venerable Dr. Routh, President
of Magdalen College, in favour of the immediate nomi-
nation of the Duke of Wellington, which no doubt
had the effect of preventing a contest. A declaration
hjust issued, headed by the same divine, may probably
ave a similar effect in this instance to that obtained
on the last. During long vacation but few members
of convocation are resident in Oxford, and this is the
reason assigned for the short list of names appended
to the declaration in favour of Lord Derby.
The election will take place early in next term,
which commences on the 10th of October. The pre-
sent Vice-Chancellor would in the ordinary course of
events resign his office a few days before term. Pro-
vision, however, is made by the statutes of the uni-
versity for his continuance in office until a chancellor
is elected—a chancellor being indispensable for the
appointment of a new vice-chancellor. The Rev. R. L.
Cotton, DM., Provost of Worcester College, is to be
the sew occupant of the latter post.

iATION OF BURY ST. EDMUNDS.

Mr. Stuart'. acceptance of the Vice-Chancellorship
having created a vacancy in the representation of this
borough, and Mr. B. H. Banbury, the late member, having
declined to contest the borough, an invitation was sent to
J. A. Hardcastle, Esq., the late member for Colchester, and
that gentleman has accepted the invitation, and has rowed
an address to the voters of Bury. Mr. Llardcastle on
Thursday morning commenced an active canvass, ac•
companied by the leading members of the whig party, and
was well received by the liberal electors. From the well-
known liberal principles of the hon. gentleman, and his not
being a stranger to the town (he having been educated at
King Edward's Grammar School), it is expected that the
comuig contest will be very close, the last election having
been—in spite of all the influence used by Mr. Stuart's
friends—lost by only nine votes. Mr. J. H. I'. Oakes (son
of a banker in the town), is the Derbyite candidate.

PROGRESS OF COTTON MANUFACTURES.
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The 'prosperity which has attended the cotton
manwhieturea during the last three or four years has, very
naturally, given an impulse to their extension. Mr. Leonard
Homer, the inspector of factories, states, in his report of
November last, that up to that time 81 new factories had
been built or set to work in the course of the year (that
up to October 31st, 1861) in the district of which Man-
chester is the capital. These establishments employed
steam power equal to 2,240 horses; beside which there had
been an enlargement of mills within the same period to the
extent of 1,477 horse power. The total increase of steam
power within that single year was therefore equal to 3,717
horse power, and calculated to give employment to about
14,000 additional workpeople. "That the profits of fac-
tories continued, on the average of years, to be abundantly
remunerative," Mr. Horner thought, " these facts of the in-
vestment of fresh capital in them abundantly proved."
Since then capital has become still more abundant, whilst
the means of otherwise profitably investing it have probably
somewhat decreased, and that the building of factories is on
the increase will not therefore be a matter of surprise. The
following details will be found of interest, as at least afford-
ing a goad indication of the progress which is making.

Tut: New Puwct Fore AUSTRALIA.—On Satur-
day orders were received by the superintendents of the
various divisions of the metropolitan police, from the com-
missioners, to inform the men that six would be selected
from those in each division who wished to become candi •
elates for the service in Australia. There are seventeei
divisions, and the number thus formed will consist of picked
men, not above five years in the police, end presumed to be
well acquainted with their duties. Each man will under-
take to remain five years, or incur the penalty of .501. ; pay,
7s. fhb, per day ; passage and all expenses paid.
PROLIFIC WILEAT.—A gentleman at Monte has
favoured us with a sample of wheat grown upon his Lam,
a single grain of which produced 72 lull grown items, rJe
tuning 2,862 grains. In addition to the above th,re
were 13 stems which had not come to maturity.-11',3C+math Independent.

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•ruE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
comnry to expectation, the corps bad not arrived
e, London yesterday evening, but the probability
tae sprikftd to be that the removal would take
in the course of the night. There is reams also
Plage
klieve that up to Saturday afternoon no message
mg enteral from the Queen at Balmoral, and of
vase no step would be taken till a royal
communication had been received. Mr. Ifol-
lard, el the hem of Dowbiggin, Holland, and Co.,
hount-striet, Grosvenor-square, hes already been
sent' erred as engaged in making the requisite pre-
prit p led ious foe the funeral, so hr as they can be
under present circumstances; and the
coo
✓emoval of the body to Apaley House under his
gii.,,,lioe will no doubt soon be followed by an
ego.ial announcement of the eherecter of the funeral.
that the iereerooy will be public is extremely
rables: hut any hasty meertion to that effect,
kink* being unwarranted, would teed to heighten
while ilieipponstmeat should the IBM be otherwise.
Ter public wish has sow less almost reirsrsally
ripm.cd, sod, in the absence of way rtzeogreasons
for s 011trary coarse, her Majesty's desk% coinciding
with that of the nation, will no doubt be acceded to
th, tenii:y of the departed.
The oat, meat made on Saturday, that the Fail
lif Derby arrived in St. J.unea's-aquare on the *ven-
lig of the pervious day, was incorrect, having ori-
pand in a visit of Lord Steak), to the family
nselence. to order preparations fur his father .1
neeption. 'Day noble earl was then, and probably
'meld be for a day or two later, with the Queen at
hensnaL It is, Word, difficult to conceive how
bat presence could have accelerated the arrange-
noes far the thesquiss until messages had first
been viicbasgad between Balmoral sad Widmer
Cagle. It h sew considered probable that her
Nap •:e and Prince Albert will both return to lou-
den at ueee, and, on this supposition. the Prime Mi.
mater's remaining at Balmoral is explained. the
abject being, perhaps. that he should attend the
&amigo in her journey to the inetropelis.
It was stated, on Saturday, that the sew duke ar-
rived at the castle at 12 o'clock on the psvistes day.
It was now be riled that he was first is hresed of
his father's death at Ifeiltn-Baden. Setting off within
&quarter of an hour Mire, he proceeded to Cologne,
where the duchess was to tend' tar
a while, being overcome by
of course. by Borrow at the lam OW Mil=
she was a favourite. and had spat a sassidseulth
portion of her life. After reaching Ostend, he
..barked on board the Belgian mail steamer, Ruby,
es Thursday at midnight, and, as already stata„
arrived at Dover about half-nast five, whence, after
recruiting . himself at the Ship Hotel, he started
about II °clock for Widmer.
Many statements having been published regarding
the late Duke's will, it may be as well to observe
bevy thet they arc all conjectural : the conterts of
that document, if there be a will, were not likely se
soon to be divulged. As to the wish of the desseeed
ce the subject of his funeral, those who think they
knew him well are convinced that ho would never
have had anything of the kind put in writing. If any
wieb were ever uttered be him on the matter, it
was probably oral; and very clear oral tees
timony should be required to nullify the
wi-h of the Sovereign and the nation in the case at
one who felt himself to belong to both. Such is no
doubt the feeling of his family. On this subject,
however, as already intimated, the impression arising
from all that could be learnt up to yesterday after-
noon wee that nothing positive could be ascertained
before to-day.
As everything that, relates personally to the Duke
is at present acceptable to all, a few facts of this
nature are subjoined in addition to those which ap-
peared on Saturday.
The Duke was an agricultural improver, and a
liberal landlord. The estate of Strathfieldsaye was
not originally a good investment, but it became so in
his hands. The rents arising from it were expended,
not upon files and show in London, but upon the
estate itself—the income was all applied to the im.
pro‘cment of the land. Born and reared at a period
when but little attention was bestowed on such sub-
jects, the Duke nevertheless showed himself fully
alive to the expanding requirements of the country;
and while the occupiers fur the time enjoyed, it is
said, without any additional payment, the advan-
tages of an outlay drawn from a large sacrifice of
Income, the Duke's heirs, and indirectly the whole
country, will reap permanent benefit.
Marl eulogy has been expended at various times,
and by various writers, on the clearness and precision
of the Duke's style in his military despatches. His
Grace was too candid to have any false modesty ; if
he did not admire his own compositions, he approved
them. After recently reading over some of his de-
spatches as collected by Col. Garwood, he said,
Well, if these were to be written over again, I don't
think I should alter a single word."
Another sod very recent illustration of his mental
activity, similar to that of reading the report of the
Oxford University commission, was mentioned het
week at Dover. While waiting on the platform for
the starting of a train, his Grace beckoned to Mr.
Way, the superintendent of the Dover terminus, and,
getting into a third-class carriage with that
gentleman, commenced putting to him a ma-
nn fire of questions in reference to the
traielling of soldiers in railway carriages ;
for example, how they were placed, how the tickets
were collected, bow the men were told off on leaving
the train, &c. in short, on every point connected
with their locomotion and comfort. Fifty. questions
were put to him, the station master said. in five mi-
nutes, all pertinent and to the purpose. The answers,
too, were all caught up attentively. Who can doubt
it that has ever seen the Duke listening in the Hones
of Lards?
Once in his life, and once onlyy, the Duke ventured
to samba The oodles was elt4ellne isharkablo.
Very any yeses ago.-early had be eh present
century—a amebic avulsion* Mae dims were
at Portsmouth, _ Aiming As vas do Delos of
Cumberland, afthwartis Xing of brute aid the
late bake of %MOIL The Ddsi a/ Wallington
—he bad not this attaisad that title—vess Una ed
by the royal hake to jain a disuse party ; as ha
strongly whiled to "NM Partmooth, his visitor, in
ardse to seem Ids
(tea
darted the rather
forcible yrseauties (than wen the dap d post
deism) kitbag all the harass in the town.
Thus tre.uu
be sal
holds,
hare al Assays adesitted good
hu kis. After dinner it we. proposed
that pipes ahead be istrodassi The was
rnerany regyesmied to, and pips. was in.
Many of thdlarq had sever esanyed sessldag ba-
lm, and swam- Owe was England's greatest sea.
The swiss was by his more gesekhdly de-
scribed. Hs sat, he said, bedsit the pipe
whiffing away with a feeling a wader, and
watching with interest the coustenences of the
met of the cosagany. In a Pew Esthetes some of the
scrims badly ralkad. net very sass to return ; and
as ha pled sac ha iii ts himself, "Well, it will
come to an ad I sappose." It is sashstared that it
did e cone al SO sod," and that end net a very agree-
able one; hr the Duke's smoke was kin that, haw
confined to the Did of battle.

death. This was attributed to the wend absence
of the English from those places of amusement—a
mark of respect for the memory of their gr
oountryman, wh►ch has singularly impressed the
Parisians.

Sot ramerrox, Barr. 18.
In the whole etthe south of Enfield the death of
the Doke of Walliegam less elicited Mims of the most
peoleasd regret Wlocal joansalle are arrayed in
sYmbelbstaallmate. *ad they maids particulars of the
Whose if regret hilds bath sad respell he his character
manifested la every by sad Sew In the

01,0811.—The bean of the city and university
churches. awl suet at the peril Ws wiledi at minute in-
tervals en Weirder bed, is sesreqweess et the death V 1
the reasitssi warrior awl eleisesess—the smiles demise
of tbk past ehersetek=atiag a prelheadi esswatiew in
Oahu* r irked ev else.— etspied Cleinsish.
BIRMINGHAM— intelligence of the emir of
the meet walsest best ofmodern time, less rehire at the
Mornay seek W iskropli, at laldlint ma Aft Tuesday
ni ed, the dela burbly **rad at halfiest thine tae the
Ammer 0. Weirdo, asentag the sews beaus' ge-
neral thessewst the INV% and nee ~.sited by the inha-
bitants Ina snit essedes. ne belle sf St. Martin's rang
rolled peals dub, the day, aad dhow will etatinue to
wiee sot re
ek err until all that raisins of the
illestrisse deported rhall have bests eselesta within the
—Here lease applaud tor all living."