The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-18 00:00:00

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The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the
Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and attended by
the Counter sf Desert, Hon. Miss Napier, Maj.-Gen.
Bowles, Col_ the Hots. Charles Grey, and Col. Bouverie,
left Osborne at half-put one o'clock yesterday afternoon,
crowd in the Fain, to Gosport, and proceeded to town by a
special train on the South-Western Railway. The royal
party was escorted by a party of Light Dragoons from the
Nine Elms Terminus to Buckingham Palace, when her
Majesty and her Royal Consort arrived before six o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the per-
formance of the French Plays with their presence last
evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and
the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yorterda4Marlborough House.
Their Royal hnesees the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attend by Lady Augusta Cadman honoured
the French Ambassador and the Countess de Bt. Aulain
with their company at dinner yesterday evening.

Viscount Falkland had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the Colonial Office.—A deputation from the
Staffordshire Potteries, consisting of Messrs. E. Wedgwood,
E. Waller, S. Keeling, and B. S. Breugb, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his offi-
cial residence, Downing-street, to obtain a reduction of the
stamp duty on apprentices indentures, where no premium is
paid. The deputation was accompanied by the members for
Stoke-upon-Trent, Mr. Ald. Copeland and Mr. Ricardo.—
Lord Carrington had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey.
—Mr. Bowen had also an interview with his lordship at
the Colonial Ofilce.
Sir John Hobhouse gave a dinner to the Cabinet
Ministers yesterday evening, at his residence in Berkeley-
Orlare.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office, from the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces.

SIR W. Cowrie, BART.—A partner in the banking
firm of Roberts, Curtis, and Co., expired nuldenly at his
residence in Portlaad-place, on Tuesday evening. Sir W.
was at his 9.ltouse in Lombard-street on the day of
his death, _ is his usual business until five o'clock,
when he LS home, where he was seised with a fit of
apoplexy whim's terminated fatally.

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MANAGEMENT OP THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—
A special general court of the ;Forename of this hospital was
held yesterday, at the Hospital, Charles-street, -Bernal-
street, to move a report of the committee appointed to
inquire into the government and management of the hospi-
tal. Sir Robert H. Wits took the chair. A dispute arose
as to whether the apothecary and house-stwgeon were en-
titled to be present at the court. The chairman read one of
the rubs of the hospital, at sec. 12, chap. 1, which prohi-
bited their attendance, and which he (the chairman) mid
was absolute. The apothecary accordingly withdrew ; an? ,
Mr. Rogers, who temporarily filled the aims of house
surgeon, as a volunteer, tendered his resigassisa of th it
and remained in the room. Mr. Hawes read ti ue
report, which stated that the committee, bombs =min sa
the eloplain sad surgeons of other eetablishaolde, bad co as
to the gedion that the order, discipline, and sinalknos et
uttespitVel by se swans equalled *at of ether
; that** nurses were et tied wfstikeirX
seri ; that than then proved the anallbstioa of the we
boar** be delbstire ; the nepseliwe diem of Edna
warnary, ed hems stswd the tee seeps being
by owe peesm), bed net hoes poi* MI; rod that
woo • Want ef cordial eo-aronai. taaan lln Idissea.
committee hogged, with rehtemat te then eilleetheas • pear
annegenest, to suggest the figiewing sotto for altr
1. Aomori. the weekly band ; that, in Boa *nee
tzgizi=ral board eisolisi, to commist at a ter Nibs,
and *Moss riergairereen ; Ma a
Met he bipt, wberei a to enter mush" sod ELF
of imporament ;doat a sanonaoltlee be appoi .16 TN
rlrAthig; that six lay gym anti ease MU hint ti
Medea, but that tit, oy be fir neolarlien
the dims of howl s mad ararnary the r a, bua.
lusted la one pews s, tat that as end* end • amiiigai
his.. steward be inandinely appointed. 3. ma tba
secanary no langer:voilts in the banes. 4. 'V lie commigtma
raggeoled that thio.ibainef the sauna eerie e 6.
That the amebae abeam an at peen* see feu 4Ms
nurses being cooly viewed nix hare eat et I he
for rut. 6. Th ea*** there be a weal repeat se at
the nanegenent alf 'the kepi*/ lad I ao 4, 7. Agor
mato* aanidss *ism, the easanitres this& i t anamou
the weNaraeltbaltaapitaltagastaal. they I 211 *. Tessa, one
at the serge= a, dheald new his eggni!ta gut 011 the
anion= pattiagib
hwqmlisa if Cni • sad joining
of the men to. the mann& go sat Meow 11 •wag on
the plea et it being earring. sic sigoo la soli ,pt .so Mipertent a
report without the *est oars** ; conlian to a. An weed.
Mild err 41,19.511.." the ' glen. dial if the report were
kisot dim* us with the mien* ti" * ith seggsatiaa
Mr. Mara; Moir 4 Nana& d t lost it wag be
at that goad. man to I ant any
re smelt any ativ sate Ma resitir._=tre,_
Via* was blow of what be wa• urea ANL el' was,
Ofirllng did wet one ti ac, in *raqa adfarti Mr. To.
soa at naga in maser more t ten hog • din
Feat between bin aid the odour rasolial MN"
Ma
In, Illigna Ids ,abeeellmr, diner wand at ale,
With reilmnse y &Oa 11.• ripestvfaming flat
pan Waft ho Mnfeeni ggr.Msoa did not think Hann
=Presslialhipertall.74Ltarilindaris maeassisa4l.4 "IPDA,
an end
latt waaPthliar.ll
rennin that foes Its table
and two copies of
the *ideate, should er the table for the inspection of
peessuses anal thorn day f woks, until which tine the
meting men 'dimmed
Tin NAVIGATION —A meeting was held
4111 amnia, at the Bailin Hotel, London-bridge, to
gliesida the qamekm of H navigation lawn. The two fiat

resolutions were to the effect that the repeal of
the navigation laws would prove ruinous to the
dos, sad who had, the..resolution in his posension, was called
Person 11,0 pointed to nos the third mole-
country. The
uponto Perform his- duty, when, to the dismay of the chair-
man, and the °Anse:pent of the meeting, it WAS found :he
" tootidelan had absconded, ear-ying the resolution with
him. A trAtleman now got up to make some objections to
the resobsions adopted, but be was sharply informed by the
chairman, that the =klieg was ooarrened for a specific piil-
peep, and that if he had anything to say against that
purpoe-!, he had better take the room for the neat evening.
Another speaker thought it very ungentlemanly conduct on
the part of tha chairman to rerun to hear the objections.
At this the cb airman seized his hat, and vowing vengeance
m the " pomp who had insulted him," precipitately lett
the platter m. A vote of thanks to the chairman for his
" im..Perth I " conduct closed the meeting.
HENE.VOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK. —The
annual dinner of this society took place yesterday evening
at., the. Freemasons' Tavern. At half-past six o'clock the
Bari of St. Germans took the chair, supported by the Earl of
Lie colts, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, and several
otl ser noblemen and gentlemen. The chairman entered into
• detail of the good which had been effected in giving edtt-
' cation to a large body of Irish children, and apprenticits,:
' them to useful trades. The report stated that the total et
the year's subscriptions animated to 8151. The absence of
the majority of the Irish members of parliament was the
subject of general observation among the company.
MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUSI.—A fes-
tival to celebrate the anniversary of this institution, took
place at the London Tavern last evening, when the Earl of
' Auckland presided. The design of the institution is to afford
relief to the orphans of seamen in the merchant service, by
czvigagrette,mt.own.ilt.elottg tin.tontaut iretaterla,;oe,.anit edore:iltiaz.
cos-
tome, and 30 girls, were introduced, and subsequentlyl ad-
dressed, in an appropriate lecture, by the Rev. P. Fraser,
one of the vice-presidents of the institution. The Rev. J.
E. Cost announced a donation of 5001 from the late Thomas
, Ward, Esq.• LOW. from the Trinity-house ; 501, from the
, East India bampany ; an annual subscription of IW. 10s.
• from her M 'esty: k. from the Queen Dowager; and
9351. at the table in aid of the charity.
1 EMILY Cum's° MOVEMENT.—The fifth annual
sneering of the Metropolitan Early Ckaing Association was
held in Exeter-hall yesterday evening ; the Marquis of Wen-
t sinner in the chair. A numerous audience assembled. The
I Searetiey (1(r. Nsa) opened the proceedings by reading the
! repert it stated, amongst other things, that a manifest
mpronmeat Indianan place within the past year in the
boars oftieing *hos generally, and that associations to pro-
, mote the edges bed been teemed in Literpool, Manchester
liiMiSibdim, sod several other large towtut—Lord Jolts;
Manners mewed the following resolution
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Mathis
hes no
Wu roiledretiag, while Judy peed of the pree &Pere le which
theesentry by the Winery, Mew eon awl weer
pries Wits pub, is yet amity Meriden that the r moos
of • twee wawa ucaist with on are md arteis andiC,ses-
ditissof Issue elms of the population; ind Mr inswo".
her WWlas noise whisk eaten kie enignag, wawa at
la
ef seek r
.ameenlh
eft oas
the asumewity at he, ace the way room ry to enema the
mgtoie4 e+
esmemelit prosperity of antsyc
A rembstica Winoe cordial of the ptinciples
of the essodeti deter's/ to *mist in carrying
out the object, was moved by Mr. Mail a, M.P., seoonded
by Mr. Wyse, M.P., and adopted by the awesubly.—A vote
of thanks won given to the chairman by a orlantation.
HUNGERPOED SUSPENSION Balt GE STEAM-BOAT
Pisa.—Yesterday the long-pending di mote between the
Huagrford Market and Bridge Comps ar was brought to
an anumble termination, the market a meeting the Bridge
Coss
t:seers proposal. A epees six feet I. a endik now bang
off on the west tide of the bri act, from the midi
turret to the market termination, for t he wee of ateem-beat
who will, in the cons' of a , few der, be ehle
=eranabark from three mewls, at A paw over the kn.
pension Bridge without being subject t a any carorge.
A RIVAL TO THE MONTEM.— jy consequence of
the feeling that has been expiated by sme et the arisompay
and other parties of high ritiaa, in favour et the wasiew
'ace of the Eton Montan, or the purp or or paecting "salt,"
it is, we believe, in contempiatio i W seam& a practice
among the police to collect a fund f at the inspector, under
the name of "pepper." The meta sus acne fame will, it is
understood, perambulate the princi al
theroughfarte once •
year and, truncheon in hand, w al make demanda on the
pockets of the passengers—Peach
FAMINE RELIEF FUND,--Y ;stalky the committee
of the British Association for the relief of extreme digress in
Ireland and Scotland made a r emm of the maw received,
which now amounts to above 44-0000 d, which includes
YOWL received from her esty's Secretary of State for
the Bemis Department, being part of a collection under the
Queen's letter.

INQUEST.—YEATERDAY.•
—FATAL FALL FROM A
WINDOW.—By Mr. Bedford, at St. Games Hospital..
the bat of Henry lianbyo.a. sea aiatiteen, as append,. to
a Plum and glazier. the afternoon of the 17th ult.
deceased wee sent to clean a back attic window, at No. 69,
itte,,:.Beg.rteY.,:tmet,„,,,,std whilst standing on a small iron
' window, it gave way from the
brickwork in consequence part. touwd away, and
he was PlwaiPilataa ta. load flat, a depth of 60 feet. He
"a Picked IP is
~_ aras km State, bleeding from an exten-
sive.,,,w°lll2l right ide of the heed ; be wee oonveyed
in—juTy atowthveebrain""!"°°V: reetwber,t.hl:radertaMpestondahy.!ast from

' IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MARCII 16.
It is plessino record • Alight improvement in the
j°l7,_st,"_o g tf
mn a single district in Ireland.
Corku`ea ccr ally scourged by fever. Every day
brought its sad in crease to tie poor-house and hos -
tals. At length there are symptoms of change. The
disease has Tee° :red a check and tends backward. In
the two chief ir atitutione in the city, the Fever Hoe-
pital and North
'armory, the medical officers have
marked a miti " gation in Ike severity of the disease,
and more hop dal syinplunts. I hope the improve-
ment is not t lanporary. A few days will establish
the fact of a or temporary change. It is
however ur =tint the disease should have
attacked a° ere of*. ease whose energies and intelli-
gence are now most needed. Among the persons
afflicted i
Mr. Burke, Assistant Poor-law Commis-
sioner.

The n aereantale dames of this city are suffering
se from many erases. The effects of railway
Ism are now beginning to tell with a severity
unfelt 1
adore, just am cold racks a weak or predia-
giaceetitetion MOW deeply than a sound one. A
. of mine ,oenvenied last evening with a very
el'`" eve and wall-known trader. He informed him
that lie purposed to emigrate at ono. to America, and
that twenty others, the least affluent of whom would

7 oat eine theaMeil pounds, were ready to follow
*sample. inters can be no doubt that the feeling
despondency, ie very generaL People despair of
• sounta7 lust as if the country could be different
ant the resn,whos inhabit it. It is the man makes
as 001111It7, andaet the country the man.
As sa illustration of the imperfect system on which
things are conducted by the Dublin liberals, and
more partioidarly the repeal party, may be ad.
&teed thereffort now being made to preserve the city
from the eenocreatives, by a closer attention to the
registeation. .The agents of the Repeal Association
are now geingabout soliciting subscriptions for that
='though no lam a sum than from 9,0001. to
was es peided in watching the registration
at the city alone. The work has to be does over
not lyrepealers alone, bat by a combination of
inDerk, between the 11th mid 14th inn., 29 vessels
milked laden with grain, sod 20 others wine an-
monesed, bet particulars net incertueed. A very
large 'Fissility of proviiisas ako arrived in the
port of lesblia yesterday, consisting of mare than
12,000 quieter, of wheat, barley, and Indian corn,
moo barrels of flour, with 100 tom and 900 quintals
of potinosn The latter will be conveyed by the in-
land navigation to the awned owanties, where seed
Is mach sought after. This is attributable to the
great breadth of land let untitled by emigrants, and
which devolves on the landlords, who mast either
cultivate it on their own account sr by means of the
neighbouring occupiers, the future crop being distri-
buted aoeordmg to contract. In the Queen's CounV,
the system is likely to be on a more extensive wale,
as the tenants, forgetfula the rent, have, in a great
many instances, found their way unnoticed to the
port of Dublin. Attachments have been issued, bat,
casks.? kno

DREADPOL NORD'S 4:07 A PAY•CLIDI AND Patimusii
IN KILLANNT.—The Doblia &missy Post contains the
following:—" Kilkenny, Muth 15.—This morning about
nine Welsch, Arthur Pomo. £.g., pay-deck of the barony
of Yells. was procaeceoespeniO by • policemen, to
pay the.people em About me mile Imo Hell, mar
the demesne of C , they woe attacked by six or
maven fellows, who fired five Ads at thew, std killO both.
It hummed au awful summation here. There is an account
kere—l hype end believe a true eau —that the people turned
out audio's's& the murderers, end captured two of them,
who had operated fres the ethos. It is also stated that a
man has been found dead in a beg near the same place, sup-
posed to have been Mot by the poliesom. The murderers
did mat .& the mosey (2601.) is pesemeden of this pay-clerk,
I Wises, es the horee,thrmgh bight, galloped o•