The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-17 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, TVE6DAY.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Itoyal
Family, did not leave the grounds at Osborne yesterday.
The royal dinner party ineludtd Charles Eastlake.
the Dean of Winchester, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey,
and the Rey. Mr. Protheroe.

Lord Maidstone had an interview with the Earl of Derby
yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Doyle, from the Bahamas, had an interview with
Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir
William Codrington had also an interview with the right
hon. baronet.

A deputation from the Grand Jury of the county of
Monaghan, consisting of Mr. Matthew John Anketell and
Mr. Edmond Percival Morphy, accompanied by their par-
liamentary agent, Mr. Dryden, transacted business yester-
day at the Railway Department of the Board of Trade.
Lord Redesdale had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Walpole yesterday at the Horne-office. Mr. Deedes had also
an interview with the right hon. gentleman.
The Cambridge University Commission had • meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of
Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the Rev.
tProfessor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bateson (Seere-
patches were sent from the Colonial office yesterday
to the Governors of the West India Islands.

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MARCH
tice u licreby given that her Majesty will hold a Lev, e at
Bt. James s-palace, on Wednesday, 24th Much instant, at
two o'clock.

LORD CRAMBERLAReg-OFFICE, MARCH 2.—No-
ties is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-
room, at St. James's-palace, on Thursday, the Ist of April
next, at two o'clock.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCII 12.—The Queen has
been pleased to approve of Mr. John Carmichael as Consul
at Liverpool for the Republic of Guatemala.

CROWN-OFFICE, MARC!! 15.—Bombers returned to
serve in this present parliament :—County of Buckingham—
The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor andtnder-
Treasurer of the Exchequer. Lincolnshire—Parts of
Lindsey : The Right lion. Robert Adam Christopher, of
Bloxholm House, in the said county. Parts of Kesteven
and Holland : The Right Hon. Sir John Trollopc, of Case-
wick, in the said county, Baronet, Commissioner for ad-
ministering the Laws for the Relief of the Pour in Eng-
teal—Masten 16. County of Tyrone—The Right lion.
Claude Hamilton, commonly called Lord Claude Hamilton,
Treasurer of her Majesty's Household. County of London-
derr►—Thomas Bateson, of Beliroir Park, in the county of
Devon, Esquire, one of the Lords Commissioners cf the
Treasury. County of Kildare—William Henry Ford Cogan,
Eq., in the room of the Right lion. Richard Southwell
Bourke, commonly called Lord Naas, who has accepted the
office of Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.

DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL ART.—Her Majesty
has been pleased, on the implication of the Hight Hon. J.
W. Henley. President of the Board of Trade, to permit
portions of Marlborough House to be used by the new de-
partment, and the articles of ornamental manufacture pur-
chaud from the Exhibition for the use of the Schools of
Design, are about to be translimed thither forthwith from
the Crystal Palace. We believe the occupation of Marl-
, borough llou,e is only temporary until a building has been
provided sufficiently capacious to accommodate the new
department and its metropolitan branches in Somerset
/louse and Gower-erect, where the female school has been
recently located.

HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS' PROVIDENT IN-
arllTrioN.—Ou Monday the annual general meeting of
the membirs of this institution took place at the Craven
Hotel, Strand ; Mr. Lewis Lovegrove in the chair. A re-
port was real which stated that the receipts of the past
year were 4481. 18s. 41. The disbursements to 31 members
and widows of members had amounted to 269/., antlllo
current expenses were 1121. 16- 9,1. The repo v
ceived and adopted, and the officers fur the c • Jai
having been elected, a Tote of thanks was paw
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sident, vice-presidents, &e., and the busin
with the usual compliments to the chairman. . u ;;,
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