The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-12 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lord
Charles Fitsroy, wiled the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday
afternoon at her residence in St. isines's Palate.
Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Alierrorn,
Viscount Mandeville, Lieut.-Col. Francis Seymour, and
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Alexander Gordon, left Buckingham
Palace at ten minutes before our o'clock yesterday after-
noon, for the purpose of laying tie foundation mune of the
new buildings iu Victoria-street of the Westminster 'train-
ing Institution of the National Society. His Royal High-
ness returned to Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes
before two o'clock.

Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
took a drive yesterday morning in an open carriage and
four. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
other members of the Royal Family took their usual ezer-
Cll.' yesterday in the Gard, us of Buckingham Pslace.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended
by Lieut.-Cul. lion. A. Gordon.
Her Majesty and I'rince Albert, with the I'rince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn,
the lion. Mary Seymour, Lord Polwarth, Lord Charles
Fitzroy, and Lieut.•Colouel lion. A. Gordon, honoured the
Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Cowper,
honoured Her Majesty's Theatre with her presence last
evening.

A deputation, beaded by Sir William Gibson Craig, M.P.,
Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P., and Mr. Cowan, M.P., had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday
at his official residence in Downing-street.

Lord Lyttelton had an interview with the Earl of Derby
yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury in Downing street. Present: the Bishop of
Chester, the Dean s.f Ely, Professor Sedgwick, and the
Rev. W. H. Bateson (secretory).
Lieut.-Colonel Mundy had an interview with Sir John
Pakington yesterday at the Colonial-office.
A deputation, headed by Mr. Miles, M.P., and Mr.
Cardwell, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down-
ing-street.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday
from the Governor of Victoria.

(Frosa last night 's
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Casette.)
APRIL 7.—Notice
is hereby gives, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-
room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, 13th May ' at two
o'clock, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. N.S. The
Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their
Collars.

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FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 10.—The Queen has been
graciously pleued to appoint Henry Walter Ovendon, Esq.,
to be her Majesty's Consul at Marimba=
SAINT JAMES'S-PALACE, MAY s.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint Joseph Skip Lloyd, Es.q., to be
Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of her Majesty's Honour-
able Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice James Bunee Cur-
ling, resigned.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 10.—Member returned to
serve in this present Parliament fur the Borough of Har-
wich: Isaac Butt, of Leeson-street, in the city of Dublin,
Esq., in tbe room of Sir Fitnoy Kelly, who has accepted
the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Hemp-
hOlMe.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 10. —Royal Regi-
ment of Artillery.—First Lieutenant William Conyugham
Lynch Biome to be Second Captain, lice E. Swinton, de-
ceased; Second Lieutenant Frederick William Whitehead
to be First Lieutenant, vice Blase.
ADMIRALTY, NAY 2.—Corps of Royal Marines.—
Second Lieutenant Francis Robert Newton to be First
Lieutenant, vice William Kelly, dismissed the eerviee.
COMMISSION SIGNED RY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
OP WORCIATIIIIIHIRI.—Josbus Proctor Brown Westhead,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
OF COMBSALAND.—Isaac Powe, E 9.. to be Captain in the
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
or YORICSHIRZ.—Mark William Vane Millbank, Esq., to
be Captain in the North York Regiment of Militia.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
or DUMSARTONSHIRI—WiIIiam Cunningham Bontine,
Esq., to be Captain ; Ensign James Campbell, to be Lieu-
tenant; Archibald Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign; in the
Stirling, Dumbarton, Clackmannan, and Kinross Regiment
of Militia.

THE DEFEAT OF MINISTERS. MANCHESTER,
MAT 11.—The news of the defeat of ministers by the large
majority of 88 an Monday evening, upon the distribution of
the four vassat mats in parliament, was received here with
great satisketion by s majority of the public, who, however
they may sine that south Lancashire and the West Riding
are ma represented in parliament, laugh with scorn at the
motion of giving more power to the landlords. There are
pkuty Ohms towns filled with manufacturing populations
le South Wilshire (though Kr. Disraeli rather amusingly
classed than, the rural population in a re-
cent speech upon Mr. Hume's motion), which have
far greater claims to representation under the Reform Bill
than the covaty ; because the representation under the 101.
franchise alarms would really reach the Chancellor of the
Paoheignies rural friends of the towns, whilst under his
Monday s proposition it would only reach the fifty
poundals. Ire have Burnley, with a population of fifty or
sixty Hayseed people • Cheeky, with probably thirty
thousand; and may other maskierable towns, as Middle.
ton, Dizerna. and Accrington; besides Birken-
band en ini,beadir, and the cluster of towns on the North
Chubb% twist hi , called fitelybridge, Newton,
Hyde, and Theldalliik • little Ins Gran seventy
themend people.
VISITATION OF Ntnritnar.B. Memorials to the
Queen, and petitions to the houses of parliament, for the
inspection of nunneries, have been forwarded for presenta-
tion by the ladles of Gravesend and Chatham respectively.
The petitions from Gravesend contain 3,100 signatures
those from Chatham newly 3,000.
THE REPRESENTATION OF GUILDFORD.— Mr.
James Bell, understood to be the brother of the hon. mem-
ber for St. Albans, has announced himself a candidate for
the representation of the borough. In his address to the
electors, be declares himself a free-trader, an advocate of
the extension of the suffrage and vote by ballot.
THE NEW ASYLUM FOR FATHERLESS CHILDREN.—
Last evening the anniversary festival in aid of the fends of
this institution took plant at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, Mr. S. M. Pen, M.P., presiding. The usual
routine toasts were gone through, and a speech was deli-
vered by the chairman kin proposing Prosperity to the
Institution ") strongly advocating the claims of the charity
to the support of the public, and explaining the principles
upon wkkh the asylum was sicablidued. lie stated that
the institution was formed for the purpose of relieving
fatherless childres without respect to age, sex, place, or
party • and the only qualification was that the child must
be destitute, and above the condition of the mere pauper.
In the space of seven years the board had received on the
foundauos 178 children, and they had now under their
care 101 ; but the numbers seeking admission had been far
greater than thole madly received to the benefits of the
charity. It was therefore thought expedient and necessary
to erect a suitable habitation for the accommodation of not
less than 200 children sufficiently near to London for neve-
nista, and yet so far removed as to secure the hat air
and ventilation. This additional aocommodation was
deserving of every encouregment, and it was confidently
hoped that the great benefits which had already an
hem the institution would have the effect of stimulating the
friends of the charity to renewed exertions. The subject of
the toast derived increased interest from the fact that the
children of the asylum had previously walked round this
room, end the chairman took the opportunity of observing
that their appearance afforded a stronger argument in fa-
vour of the charity than any he could advance. The claims
of the institution wen so far responded to that the list of
subscriptions announced in the bourse of the evening com-
prised an amount exceeding 1,0041., of which sum a dona-
tion of 250 guineas wee presented by the chairman.
MILITIA AND EAPYlite.—go the Editor of the
Espana.)—Sta,—lf our rulers are determined to vote
350,0001. for a militia," pray suggest to them as a matter
of mercy and clemency, to appropna'e 101. each (as outfit
and passage) to 35,000 of our discharged prisoners in Lon-
don, to enable them to reach Kaffir land, and relieve our
regular troops over there. Mere than 36,000 of the dill I
charged prisoners in London alone world cheerfrek bins- , •
sent to go to Kaffirland—anywhere to avoid cri air
by want. We have 600,000 discharged pro rd in
United Kingdom, 100,000 of whom are in Lm •
Sir, yours, &a., Ate KNOLIIIIIYAN.-•.L01111011.
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MAYNOOTH.

rison she Ikeer Nnr• )
Maynooth College occupied for many hours the at-
tent ionof the I loused Csmononsyniterasy. Like many
similar discussions on the same subject, there seems
to have barn a general absence of close and conclu-
sive trumping, much vehement exprisgen of con-
tending religious opinion, but, on the whole, a want
of sober, practical, and candid religiose feeling on
all sides, which, considering the nature of the epee-
ties at issue, it is impossible not to observe with
disappointment and regret.
Mr. Smits Xleri speech was • pamphlet isissdkrably
tedious and ill put together. on the moral tandeocy
of the scholastic distal of the middle age& He
quoted Auetsss and Lswisuctes without stint or
precision—kneading up the roughly-taken extracts
from those antique authorities with a great quantity
of soft-watery material from HANSARD. This latter
mode of dealing with the subject was brusquely reta-
liated by Mr. Osnoesr., who quoted some exquisite
morsels (ruin the Puseyite orations of Lord Jowl
MANNER'S sad the intensely Peclito vows of Sir
Jtni . Namur°. in It 4-13. He further cited what
be justly tensed a most " graphic picture at the
state of Ireland by Mr. DisasEu, is which
that consistent gentleman declared his convic-
tion that Irish evils would remain incurable se
lung as parliament refused to enact for that
country " ecclesiastical equality." The derisive
cheers of the opposition impelled the rash leader of
the ministry to send to the library for the volume
referred to; the book was brought, and when the
unmeicifill member for Middlesex sat down, Mr.
Distisi.l.t, with an air of injured and indignant
innocence, rose to inform the house that having had
time to look over his speech of the 11th of April,
18.45, he found that it contained no such passage as
that which had been quoted by Mr. °snots& Hie
followers cheered, and for a moment the orthodoxy
of their parliamentary high priest seemed to
be re-established. But the member for Middle-
sex proved inexorable. Se-offing at " the quibble •
by which the too nimble minister thus hoped to
escape from the force of his own un-otlicial confes-
sion of faith, Mr. Ossonse referred the orator to
another speech made in the preceding session, in
which tile contested pasesge was to be found.
For the rest the debate was languid and uninter-
esting in the extreme. Mr. WALPOLE rose to con-
s. nt on the part of the government to the proposed
comrni:tee of inquiry, and professed his determina-
tion to express no opinion of his own on the prima
figeie truth of the political charges brought by Mr.
Seoosen against the system of teaching adopted
at Majnooth. Yet before Rye minutes he suf-
fered himself to be provoked by an ironical cheer
into a hesitating, but still a serious, admission that
he believed the whole catholic priesthood and hier-
archy in Ireland were accomplices in a disloyal con-
federacy against the crown and unity of the realm.
Why, if this be so, the duty of the SECRETARY of
SitlE for the Home Mem:ruest was to have
initiated proceedings—not of the vague and futile
description suggested by poor old Mr. Senosme, and
sunsiued by the feeble Lord BLANDFORD and the
intensely dreary Mr. Newneoste—but efficient and
searching investigation by persons responsible to
the government, on oath, and on the spot, in
order that so dangerous a combination might
be thoroughly brought to light, and its fatal
tendencies countervailed and baffled. By his
own showing, Mr. WALPOLE does not know his
duty, or, knowing it, fails signally in its perform-
ance. In trying to evade the religious part of the
qaestion—a hick his own theological leanings, it is
generally supposed, render him averse to entertain—
Home SECRETARY fell into the alternative diffi-
culty, and found himself utterly unable to extricate
himself therefrom.
The truth is, that the resent system of paltry grants
to Homan catholic. and preebyterians in helloed is
wholly anomalous and unsatisfactory. These grants
are little more than insufficient hush-money, given
for the purpose of protecting the temporalities
of the Irish established church. They fail to a
great extent in accomplishing their object,
and every day they will prove less and less
efficacious. They are petty ansmalies set up and
kept op to balsas* a huge samea=d so long as
the latter seating@ to exist the will prove
the fertile cams* of ant bitterness
between sere and nes& The is Wwt with
which the esic Tlas la IS this. es as so
may ether eeris. is the want et a stem. and
blibrised mirror. she add dose imp* with
Ike finsfiss is his entire% mil who Mill be in-
eigs et nine it hr the Me led abeminablehs
mos of a sees eissers eq. Or all t
a respeseible ffiMla shold
ared, the Maim peolem yeelediam sal
co el large meow of the mroonity
are the bat tit sea ma am be enema for
treating with reskims levity or turning into
matters of party RIIIIIMOISOS. And no wire slid-
Rant symptom of the atter onrcedisses of the
present rummy of dies ma be Mishred, than
the recklemen with oldie they ham Mom them-
selves by toms le Mae woo ea te Wile
with the ameistisaa of the pestle an
tjaanime et sod reoldp. There is emethlng
usaredy ludereen—if, indeed. a severer tees et N.
were met moreappeepriats—in
1 brusZra
);= Isms with SU emelt Mara
like Mr. HORSISAR on the Wooden of the Rev. lir
Hammen to the living at Nom; and it is rid
more calculated to tarn into sembiese
iiiiC
mastery burlesque the whole subject of ID
find enthusiastic advocates for the grant to
booth of INS —when the favour of a great misdate
was to be gained by that i• .mien 4 sginies-es
affecting pious scruples about as sires* etre&
ing catholic doctrine. now that ISM ma 111 bn
gained or money saved at contested dadienilif sr
sumindthat tone. Men like Mr- Mors filli lir 1
ROBERT INGLIS are consiMent aid letplallinwllat-
ever be the abstract bulk we WWI nardiener of
the views they hold. Dr the emir of the
sent government government is able dorisable In point of pude
beam. sod dangerous in point drib '& policy.

LIGHTS TO MUM CILLIIIOII AT Bs:A.—The
alma, eahaela bine bewals meths ereeliaa that
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fa wok hear at banhafier taistal.
wider ahoy'—A Idea sake lebt at the twat hoed; •
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