The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-09 00:00:00

Or Court.

The Queen held a oourt yesterday afternoon at
Buckingham-palace. A desertion of the States of Jersey
had an audience of her Majesty to present an address. Sir
George Grey presented :the members of the deputation to
the Queen, Su John De Vestlle, who was at its head, read
the address, and at the same time presented an album to her
Majesty, illustrated with a number of views of the island of
Jersey. The Queen returned a most gracious answer. Sir
George Grey had an audience of her Majesty. The Queen
wee attended by Earl Dude, Lord in Waiting, and Sir Ed-
ward Bowater, Groom in Waiting.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales
and the Princess Royal, and attended by the Lady in Wait-
ing, the Counter of Desert, took an airing yesterday, in en
open carriage and four. The Equerry in Waiting, Colonel
Buckley attended on horseback. Prince Albert rode out
on horseback, attended by his Equerry in Waiting Lieut.-
Col. Se our.
Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen
yesterday.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the per-
formance at Her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yes-
terday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess
of Depart, lion. Mies Murray, Earl Dude, Col. Buckley,
and Lieut.-Col. Seymour.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by
Lady A. Cedogan, Baron linceebeck, and Mr. E. Mildmay,
honoured the Duchess Dowager of Bedford with their com-
pany yesterday afternoon at her residence on Csmpden.hill.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by
Lady A. Cadogan, honoured the Marquis and Marchioness
of Aileebury with their company at dinner yesterday at their
residence in Grosvenor•square.

A deputation on the subject of turnpike trusts had
an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Rome-office.
Mr. Macdonald had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday
at the Colonial-office. Mr. Pease had an interview yesterday

with Sir G. Grey at the Home-office.
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements
had a meeting yesterday at the office of the Woods and
Forests in Whitehall-place. There were present, Viscount
Morpeth, Sir C. I.olllos, Sir K. H. Inglis, the Lord Mayor,
A. Milne, BK., and the Hon. C. A. Gore.
Prince Charles Lucien Buenaparte, accompanied by
Professor Nelson, embarked on Wednesday morning, on
leassil the General Steam Navigation Company's ship Wil-
berforce, for Hamburg, en route for Copenhagen.
The Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon and
suite, the Hon. G. W. Anson, Major Cramer, Capt. Wing.
field, and numerous other fashionable', left the Blackwell-
pier yesterday, on board the General Steam Navigation
Company's steamship Soho, for Antwerp.

INTERCOURSE WITH THE CONTINENT.—The official
returns of the Mairie at Boulogne, for the week ending
July 4, 1847, gives a total of pamengers between English
I ports and Boulogne of 1,955 (with 6 horses and 20 car-
riages); and between English ports and Calais, of 388. The
totals for the corresponding week of last year were 1,821 for
Boulogne, and 449 for Calais. Of the 1,958 Boulogne pas.
'angers of the week ending 4th instant, 1,032 were from
England; viz., from Folkestone, 567; from Dover, 147;
from London, 328. 926 were to England; viz., to Folke-
stone, 526; to Dover, 185; to London, 215.
THE ATTEMPT TO ROB BRADLEY, THE POST-
MAN.—It is said that the banken whose letters it was
that the Lombard-strestt patman chiefly delivered will add
to the 3001. reward offered by the Post-oface for the appre.
hension of the rufilans who attacked him, about 3001. in
addition. Bradley is considered by his medical adviser to be
I rapidly recovering. It is most fortunate that the poor fellow
clung with so math pertinasity to the bags containing the
letters, one of which, it is rid, acatained no lees a sum than
100,0001. Bradley has has la Ohs service as a letter-carrier
for nearly 36 years.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON TUB EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY. Yesismilay, as the early train from Peter-1
borough to Landsat was wain up, the awes jed off
tke line at a yam afar Vflialssaa salad thellnaMd Foot-
bridge. The engietedriest lest of Se deem, wad, laving I
reversed hisseb*, beam so alarmed, that Wowed off
from it. The antis sf the engine Wig mil at the *as,
the consequence Wm, that, oa OM& be Wird his foot-
ing, and wee hurled to a very aritlaalis diploma and fall
with great violence. The occUiteMell laving heat observed
by the guards, the breaks wen at i.e. applied and the
train fortunately brought to • stir/ lashes ser=owee
done. Some of the guards instantly MOD I thil of
the engine-driver, whom they found quite and
bleeding. Re shortly afterwards expired. Nieyead the
alarm, no farther harm occurred, and, the engine having
been got upon the line again, the train proceeded and
reached London in safety.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
THE CITY ELECTION.
Yesterday two meetings took place to hear the sen-
timent' of the various candidates. ThaKof the liberal electors,
to meet the
Lingua CA2IDIDAT2B, was held, in the evening, at Ander.
ten's Hotel, Fleet-street, at which W. Carpenter, Eeq.,
presided.
Mr. Parnson was the first to address the assembly. He
had been their representative for ten years and a half, and
his votes were before them. Whenever he had been called
upon to give a vote or to speak on religious subjects he had
always given it in favour of civil and Migious liberty. With
respect to the ballot he hoped that in the next parliament
it would be made an annual question ; and he was every
day more convinced of the necessity of some change in that
respect, as it was only that day that a person told him that he
had lost a gentleman's custom, of more than 1001. per year,
through voting for a person against his will. With
to the suffrage, he would vote for the fullest extension=l:
household suffrage, bat he could not say that he would go to
the fullest extent at present with the suffrage.
Baron ROTIVICHILD thought that general pledges were
better than any specific pledge. He objected to specific
pledges. Their inutility had been clearly shown in
the 'last session of parliament. He would be happy to
answer any questions which might be put to him, which,
he thought, woe the best way of eliciting his intentions.
With regard to the suffrage, which had been mooted by the
previous speaker, be should certainly vote for any possible
extension of the Reform Bill. He would not say that he
could go further at preeent,tut he should do so whenever he
found that it could safely be done. On the subject of taxa-
tion, he thought that any reduction of the revenue of the
country could be soon made up, as the resources of the
country were so great. He certainly preferred direct taxa-
tion to the present taxes. He would support any measure that
might be brought forward for a reduction of the duties on tea.
He considered that the tea duty pressa very heavily on the
poorer classes,and certainly ought to be abolished. On the
subject of civil and religious liberty, he considered that
there ought not to be any intervention in such matters.
During the past year the government had broken through
the proscribed bound., and of course it would require time
to see how it would work. With respect to grants and en-
dowments, he thought that circumstances might occur where
it might be necessary to concede grants. The subject was a
very delicate one with him, and therefore he would not say
any more on that point. With regard to free trade, he
should certainly vote for that. He did not think that the
strongest protectioaist would say that la the difficulty which

he hoped we had just get over, we could hays supported
;ter* for an,' lag* et tine, it we had not bees sap
wit►b own ben lereiga eventriea The speaker els-
eluded by saying that be biped siteuld lave the support
et the roan at the easeing siestiss.
die G. Loaresst,Heet. smidatlaitles wig* of tbs
be thought tbatemy to be ristoved,
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chised by the Reform INA welt to be so. and amtkept out of
his vote and &swine& by any subterfuge. He weabi vote
foe the extenaien el the franchise u Cufuu it was safe to ax-
tend it at the presses thee. On the subject of toadies, he
could only say that he had been chairman of the committee
on the isiermisetax in the City. He had seen the working of
that tax, wide praised very heavily on the poorer deem.
He regretted to see that it was likely to be made a purer
sent tax. On the 'abject of the tea duties, he begged to
em u» the sheeting that he had taken a great interest in it.
He had stated to both Lord J. Russell and Sir R. Peel the
cruelty of the tax on the pourer classes. He believed that
they were both impressed with the necessity, but the state
of the exchequer would not then admit of a repeal. If be
were returned, he would endeavour to procure au &heretic)*
in the customs and excise laws. After adverting to the
subject of free trade and some minor matters the speaker
sat down.

Mr, Lee would ask the gentlemen their opinions and in-
tentions with regard to the window duties.—Mr. Pattison
would vote for the abolition of the tax, which he considered
pressed very heavily on the poor.—Baron Rothschild woad
do the same.—Sir George Urpent would vote for the
abolition, if a substitute could be found. Mr. Williams
(Common Councilman) asked, if it was the intention of the
government to endow the Roman catholic church, how
would the gentlemen vote?—Mr. Pattison would oppose it.
—Baron Rothschild would oppose any endowment, unless
it was extended to every sect, —Sir George Larpent would
never consent to endow any church, unless under very
peculiar circumstances. Several other questions having
been asked and satisfactorily answered, a resolution IM- I
proving of Messrs. Pattison, Rothschild, Larpent, and Lord
John Russell, as fit and proper persons to repr. sent the City
of London in parliament, war carried. A vote of thanks to
the chairman closed the
_proceedings.
Tax CoNSIIKVATLVE CANDIDATZ• met their supporters at
the London Tavern; Mr. T. Baring, M.P., took the chair.
The chairman said he had hoped that a cosiest might have
been avoided in the approaching election, but it had been
forced upon them by the fact of four liberal candidates being
put forward, and it was not much to the credit of the other
party that one of the candidates could not take his seat
without doing violence to the constitution of the House of
Commons. He thought it most discreditable for the minister
of the crown to lend himself to an attempt to force • change
on the house, for such must be the effect of the election of
Baron Rothschild. They were bound to meet this attempt
to force four liberal candidates on the City by the most de-
termined opposition. Resolutions were then adopted ex-
pressing the surprise and regret of the meeting that one po-
litical party should assume to itself the whole representation
of the City, and deprecating the " exclusive" and " in-
tolerant" spirit shown in the attempt of the liberals
to exclude the conservative electors, who were numerous
and powerful, from any share in the representation.
Mr. J.H. Palmer moved, and Mr. R. Cetesworth seconded—
that John Idasterman Esq., one of the present members of
the City, was entitled to the continued confidence of his cen-
stituenta —Mr. Mssterman rose amidst considerable applause,
and said, that it had ever been, and ever would be, his de-
sire to discharge his duties satisfactorily. If he was fortunate
enough to be returned, he would labour to the utmost of bin
power for the interests of the country, and especially for the
local interests of the City of London.—Alderman Thompson
moved, and Mr. Capper seconded, the nomination of Alder-
man Johnson.—Alderman Johnson stated that he should
jealoutly watch over the Protestant religion ; that his occu-
pations were such as to allow of him carrying out his hope of
being in the house day by day and night by night with his
friend Mr. Mesterman. With re sA to the educational
endowment of the Roman Catholics, he would strenuously
.13apeosinney m.oneLbeiuki3plizliatot sreh istlatrlusliourpm
regard to Smithfield market. His answer was that
he should most certainly oppose its removal.—Mr. Cum-
mina proposed the warmest thanks of the meet-
ing to Mr. Bevan, for coming forward in the present
emergency. Mr. Bevan said he came forward without any
claim upon them but that of the stand he took, which was
a purely religious one. He disliked change as such, but he
considered that there was no limit to improvement.—A reso-
lution was passed, pledging the meeting to use its utmost
exertions to secure the return of Mr. Bevan, and to the effect
that a committee should he then formed, who should imme-
diately take measures for the nomination of a fourth con-
servative candidate, whom the meeting, in another resolu-
tion, pledged itself to support. Lord Ashley's name was
called out, as was that of Mr. Baring, who explained that
his duty to his present constituents prevented him front
standing.—A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the
meeting.

Asanuarox.—Mr. Matheson has intimated his intention
of retiring from the representation; and hie brother, Colonel
Matheson, has tome forward in his stead.

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BRWDLET AND STOURPORT.—There is likely to be • GOB-
test for this borough, contrary to expectation. Sir Thomas
Ireland has just issued an address, in which he declares
himself a stanch supporter of the protestant religion, esta-
blished at the reformation, and of the-connexion between
church and state. He advocates an extension of education
amongst the dial rent classes of society. Sir Thomas Win-
nington, the sitting. member, has not yet addressed the
electors, but will, it is expected, do so immediately.
BRADFORD.-111 accordance with the intimation lately
given in this department of our journal, a meeting of the
liberal electors of Bradford has, by a nearly unanimous vote,
adopted a resolution calling upon Mr. Ilusfeild to retire
from the field, to make way for a candidate, who will be
more likely to secure the support of both sections of the
party. Pending the hon. gentleman's answer, the canvass
which was about to commence, has been stayed. The name
of Alderman Meek, of York, a leader amongst the Wes
leyan Methodists, has been mentioned in connexion with
the representation, but nothing definite Is yet known-regard-
ing a successor to Mr. Iluatsild. Serjeant Wilkins is spoken
of as likely to become a candidate.
CALNTIIISUIT.—It appears probable that Lord A. Conyng-
ham and the Hon. 0. P. Smythe will walk over the course—
the tories not being able to find candidates more to their
taste, and the liberal being apparently contented.
DROITWICH.—Mr. G. Lloyd is the liberal candidate, in
opposition to Sir J. S. Pakington, with a fair prospect of
ousting the hon. baronet.
DUBLIM.—Then will be a fierce contest for the university.
The struggle will be between Mr. Shaw and Mr. Napier, the
re-election of Mr. Hamilton being regarded as a matter of
certainty. Mr. Napier, through his committee, has pledged
himself to give the electors the " opportunity of asserting the
principles set forth in his address, by recording their votes in
his favour at the ensuing election."
EDINBURGH AND LEITH.—The present members have
issued no addresses, which may be regarded as symtomatic
of security. No authentic report of opposition.
EYRSHAK —Mr. P. Borthwick, who wasunseatedfor
bribery in 1937, and only reelected by a small majority at
the last election, has publicly announced his intention of re•
tiring from the representation. Sir H. Willoughby solicits
the suffrages of the electors on Conservative principles. Lord
Marcus Hill and Mr. B. J. Rude" are the liberal candi-
dates ; and a second conservative is talked of in the person
of Mr. Freshfield, the ex-member for Falmouth. A severe
contest is expected, but the most probable result is the elec-
tion of Lord Hill and Mr. Budge.
HILBSINGA—There are no less than six candidates in the
field; Mr. R. Holload, the preesnt member, Mr. John
Ashley Warn, Mr. J. F. Stamford, Mr. W. Downing Bruce,
Mr. Briscoe, and Mr. Robertson.
Hyrus.—Mr. Hart, agent for the Baron Rothschild,
having written to the Earl of Radnor, in the name of the
baron's committee, " requesting to be informed whether it
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Ratty.—We are yet in hopes that Mr. Law Hodges will
accede to the requisition which has lisis presented to him
so fit a candidate for West Kent could ant be found, and we
believe that there is little doubt of his mem in the event of
a contest. In East Kent we hear atm* universal diamtis-
faction expressed as regards Mr. Plemmkr• continuing to
leis-represent the constituency. J. A. Werre, Esq., and
other gentlemen have been mentioned as likely to present
themselves. There is a strong feeling in favour of returning
at least one liberal representative for this important district,
if only for the sake of expediting public business, always im-
peded by the representation being exclusively in the hands
of a party in opposition. In the event of no decidedly liberal
candidate coming forward, we have reason to believe that
Sir Edward Bering, of Surrenden, as a liberal and moderate
conservative, would be very generally acceptable—Kent
Herald.
LANCASHIRE (Source).—The rumour is again current
that Mr. Villiers hasfinally declined to sit for this division
of the county if elected. This fact has not yet been officially
announced but, it is sold, will be so shortly. Lord Brackley,
it is also said, is to be again brought forward.
LANCASHIRE (NORTII).—A split, it is said, has &heady, or
Le about to take place, between the friends of Mr. Patton
and Mr. Clifton, although both holding coneervative opinions.
Some of the most influential friends of Mr. Patton have
positively declared that they will not vote for, or in any way
support, Mr. Clifton. A few days, it is said, will probably
bring forth something decisive on the subject.
Liestrixto.—The announcement by Mr. Moldy' that he
shall not seek a renewal of the trust reposed in him at the
last election, has beets followed by ea eddrsr of Lord Ammo