The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-24 00:00:00

ebt Court.

OSBORNE, SATUNDAY.
Tier Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal chil-
dren, attended by the Viscountr,s Jocelyn, the lion.
Matilda Pinot, the lion. Mdry Seymour, Lord Charles
Fitzroy, the Hon. Colonel Phipir, and Colonel Wylde,
arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon ut 20 cuinutes Nee
ail o'clock.

Strasnar.
The Dueling of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howart
Sir George Couper, and Lieut. Colonel F. Seymour, arrived
at Osborne yesterday afternoon, at 20 minutes hidote tlina
o'clock, from London on a vi-it to her Majesty.
The Queen, the l'rince, and the royal family walked anti
drove in the park and gardens.
The party at dinner included the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, the Iton. Colonel Phipps, Sir ()curie
Cooper, and Lieut. Colonel Seymour.

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Iloward
and Sir George Couper, left her residence, Clarence House,
St. James's, at • quarter tnJore eleven o'clock on Saturday
morning for her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle
of Wight. Iler Royal Highness travelled to Southampton
by the London and South Vest rn Railway.
A deputation, headed by Mr. litotherton, M.P., and the
Earl of Shaftesbury, consisting of Mr. Grant and Mr.
Mawdaley, from Manchester, and Mr. Tite, from Ashtray
had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, ou Saturday,
at the Hume-office.
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Sir George Bonham, Governor of llong•Kong, has
arrived in town, and had an interview with Sir John
Pakington on Saturday at the Colonial.office.
A deputation from St. Giles-in the-Fields and St.
George Bloomsbury, consisting of Messrs. George Fitch,
Alea. Marshall, Fred. Sanders, James Slater, Henry
Cooper, Thomas Savage, Smith, and Chipperfield, had an
interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole at the Rome-office
on Saturday.
Mr Forster, M.P., and Mr. M'Gregor Laird hod an in-
terview on Saturday with the Right lion. J. W. Henley
and Lord Colchester, at the Board of Trade.
A deputation on the affairs of Jamaica, consisting of Mr.
Edward Thompson, Mr. Girod, and Mr. \t•m. Smith, hod
an interview with Sir John Pakington on Saturday at the

ir Thomu Phillips bad an interview on Saturday with
Mr. Secretary Walpole at the Home-otbee.
Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on Satur-
day from the governors of Van Diemen 's Land, South Au►
trolls, and Hong-Kong.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of the West India Colonies.

The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yes.
terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The service was
read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the serraon was preached
by the Mon. and Rey. Mr. Doyle.

A cabinet council was held at three o'clock on Sa-
turday afternoon at tho Foreign-office, Downing-
street. It was attended by the Earl of Derby, the
Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Lomidale, the Marquis
of Salisbury, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of
Malmeabury, Sir John Pakington, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Duke of Northumberland, the
Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Right Hun. J. C.
Herries, and Lord John Manners. 'the council sat
two hours and a half

APPOINTMENTB.—Tha western coast of Africa in
erected into an episcopal see, embracing in its juri6dictioa
!Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, sod the Gambia, which are
all placed under the spiritual superintendence of the Moat
Rev. Owen Emeric Vidal, D.D., of Sierra Leone, who will
be the ant bishop. Mr. A. Boyd Fenton is appointed
Queen's Advocate at the Gambia. Joseph Thomas Com-
missiong, Esq., Collector of Customs at Sierra Leone, is
appointed a member of the council in that colony.

THE DUCHESS OP KENT ARRIVED AT SOUTHAMP-
TON on Saturday afternoon, and proceeded to Osborne in
the Fairy yacht from the Southampton dock. Her royal
highness was accompanied by Lady Fanny 'toward and
Colonel Couper, and was received as soon as she alighted
from the royal carriage in the dock by Colonel Henderson
and Mr. Watkins, of the South Western Railway; Captain
Austin and Lieutenant Daranda, of the Admiralty; Mr.
Willcox, M.P., and Captain Engledue, of the ['enamour
and Oriental Company; Captain Hay, of the West India
Company ; Captain Peacock and Mr. Levi, of the docks;
and Mr. Powell, of the Customs. Her royal highneu will
leave Osborne to-morrow.

THE LATE " AFT'AIR OF llONorit."—A correspond.
eat sap:—" The Hon. G. S. Smythe and Col. Racially,
the two combatants in the " affair of honour," which came
off on Friday last, left town, attended by their seconds,
Capt. the Hon. J. C. Vivian, M.P., and the Hon. John
Forteseue, M.P., by the South Western Railway, at an
early hour in the morning, and proceeded as for as the
Weybridge station, where, by previous arrangement, thcy
bad agreed to alight. The appearance of four strange
gentlemen at this quiet station was calculated to excite no
little observation, and, with a view to disarm suspicion of
any hostile intentions, the pistol !ASCII, carried by two of the
gentlemen, were, for the nonce, converted into something
like sketch-books, with which the party trudged
away as if intent upon an artistic cacursiun in
the neighbourhood. They had not gone very fez
before an impression that they might possibly be
watched seems to have entered :heir minds, and one of
the patty returned to the station and chartered the only
"fiy" in attendance, for the nurpose of conveying them
some little distance into the interior. A difficulty now
arose as to how the combatants should be disposed. It woe
not very desirable that two gentlemen entertaining such
deadly intentions should be " cooped up" within reach of
each others noses inside en old post-chaise for three or tons
miles. At length it was suggested that Mr. Smythe should
mount the box, and that Col. Homily should go inside with
the seconds. Mr. Smythe readily yielded hie assent 60
enjoy the fresh air, and away the party drove some two
or three miles until they arrived at the boundary of
Lord Ellesmere's Hatchford estate, where all the gentle.
men alighted, and having given the coachman an in-
junction not to leave his horse, they struck •
path across some greensward, and entered a wood
on the rising ground above A dell on the other side
of this wood, partially bidden front observation in every die
rection, was selected as a coovenieut spot for the settlement
of the dispute. Mr. Smythe basing again declined to with-
draw the expressions of which his colleague complained, and
the duty of measuring the ground having fallen upon Capt.
Vivian, the gallant officer proceeded with his task, quietly
and deliberately marking twelve paces in • very business-
like manner. The principals were then conducted to their
positions, and Mr. Forteseue war on the point of putting
the ominous question, " Are you ready, gentlemen ?" whoa
a cock pheasant, which had been a quiet observer of the
scene thus far, suddenly rose within a few yards of the
combatants, and with a loud cry dashed into the adjoin-
ing wood. This untoward circumstance occurring at such
a moment caused • little excitement among the party, who
at first feared they had been surprised. The alarm having
subsided, the combatants resumed their places, and ex-
changed shots, as is known, without effect, when Col.
Remaly haring expressed himself satisfied, they lett the
ground. The party returned to the station in the manner
of their arrival, and thence to Landon by railway, but not
a word was exchanged by the principals."

LAUNCH OF THE AOAMEUNON.—On Saturday tho
launch of the Agamemnon, line of battle screw steam ship,
of ninety guns, took place at Woolwich pursuant to public
announcement. The Agamemnon was designed at the
office of the Surveyor of the Navy (Sir Baldwin Walker),
andis intended to possess the twofold advantages of being as
perfectly equipped for a sailing vessel as other men-of-war
of her owr. class, while, at the same time, she will (unaided
by sails) be an efficient screw steamer, being supplied with
engine 600-hone power. She will mount 36 eight-inch
guns on the gun deck, 34 heavy 32-pounders on the raga
deck, and 20 thirty-two pounders on the quarter leek sod
forecastle, and she will be manned by a crew of about 850
men. Iler dimensions are as follows —Length extreme, or
from figure head to taffrail, 266 feet; length between the
perpendiculars, 230 feet; length of keel for tannage, 195
feet, two and • half inches breadth extreme, 3.5 feet;
breadth moulded, 53 feet; depth in engine-room, 24 feet ; bur-
then in ton,, 3,102 old measurement. Precisely st a quartet
past three the preparations for starting the Agamentaas
were commenced. The last supporter having been cleared
away, the lady of Commodore Eden, who had taken up her
position at the bows of the ship, in company with a dis-
tinguished circle, officiated in the " christening." Taking
in her band a bottle of wine, suspended from the vessel by
a line, the signal was given, and the leverage at her foot
giving impetus to the vowel, away she went triumphantly.
It was truly a splendid sight, and every one apps ared de-
lighted with the ceremony. The ship, after quitting the
dock, reached near across the river to the Essex shore. She
was then hove into the stream, with the royal standard flt
ing at her main, the union jack at the fore, and the Adm.
nifty ensign at the misen. Upwards of 1,000 per-oils wen
on board when she went off the stocks, and among them •
number of old pensioners who had served in the old Aga-
memnon during the war. Not the slightcst accident coo-
warred.