The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-08 00:00:00

ab.e Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Ma,tsty's lied
chamber, being present.
This greet and important news was made known to the
town by the firing of the Park and Tawer guns, ut.il the
Privy Council being assembled us soon as possible there-
' upon, at the Council-chamber, Whitehal, it w o: dere d,
that a form of thanksgiving fur the Queen's sore delivery
•if a Prince be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury, to be used in all churches and ehspels through-
out England and Wales. and the town of Borwiek-upon-
Tweed, on Sunday, the 10th day of April, or the Sunday
Ales the respective ministers shall receive the same.
Ha r Majesty and the infant Prince are, God be praised,
both doing well.
At the Council-Chamber, Whitebait, the itla day of
April, MI Br the Lords of her Majesty's Must Honour-
able Privy Council.
It is tuts nay ordered by their lordships, that Ilis Grace
the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare to Fin LI of Prayer
and Thanksgiving to Alruignty God tor I.o:r Mojesty's safe
delivery of a l'rince; and that rich Form ol Prayer and
thanksgiving be used in ad chnrelics .and c:: ,pals an Eng-
(and and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
upon Sunday the 10th day of this iustout April, or the Sun-
day alter the respective ministers of such churches and
chapels shall receive the same:
And it is lureby further ordered, that her Majesty's
printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies of
the said Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving, that the same
may be forthwith sent round and reset in the several
churches and chapels in England anal Wales, mud of the
to ala of Berwick-upon-Tested. W. L. I.saritritsr.
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 7t:i day of April,
1413. by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council.

It is this day ordered by their lordship., that every
minister and preacher, as well of the E,tabh•hed Church
.n that part of Great Britain call••.! Scotland es those of the
Episcopal communion, protected and allowed by an act
passed in the truth year of the reifOlot her Majesty Queen
Anne, entitled '• aot to prevent the disturbing those of
:he Episcopal condaunion in that part of Great Britain
raked Scotland in the exercise of their IN ligi me worship,
and in the use of the li orgy of the Church of England;
end for repealing the act passed in the parli.au, nt of Scut-
,and, entithd ' An act against irregular buoisms and mar-
riages,"' do, at some time during too exercise of divine
service io their churches, congregations, or hs,cm!,lies, on
Sunday, the 10th day of this instant Aprii, or on the
Sunday after the ministers or pre chers of such churches,
congregations, or assemblies, respectively, shall le enabled
so to do, put up prayers and thauksg.viugs to Almighty
God for her Majesty's safe delivery of a pi Mee.
W. L. BATHURST.

Vinci:Yr ENFIELD is about to be summoned to
the House of Peers by the title ut Baron Straffor.f, of liar-
mondsworth, in the county of Middlesex. The Marquis ut
Stafford is to bo the Lord Lieutenant of Crotaaty iu the
place of Roderick Macleod, of Cadboll, Esq., dectaud.—
Globe.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

.RTE ELECTION COMMITTEE.

Yesterday this committee, the proceedings having
been adjourned over the Easter rcc•rss, re assenikkd at
three o'clock, Sir J. Pukington, chairman ; Mr. Moan ricff,
Cll. Knox, Mr. Corbally, and Mr. Tutlway.
The committee, it will be remembered, after deeming on
the 7th March Mr. Mackinnon Oct duly elected, aiid gui!ty,
by his agents. of treating, reported to the house the expe-
diency of instituting further inquiry into the col-top: ic-
tices alleged t,) have prevailed at the last election. The
opinion of the law officers of the Crown was obtained to the
effect, that the committee were so empowered to proceed,
under 5 and 6 Victoria, an act not gen. rdly acted on
hitherto, and which invests a committee of this Commons
with powers for this purpose tantamount to these of a com-
mission.

The Hon. Chairman asked the parties entrusted with
the prosecution of the case what steps had been taken since
the committee last met.

Mr. Venables replied that since then two gentlemen had
been at Rye almost constantly making inquiries into the
constituency and into the circumstances connected with the
lest election, and the result was that they hail to give in the
names of a great many additional witnessts proposed to be
examined before the committee.

The Chairman—When can we resume the inquiry ?
Mr. Venables replied by Thursday. Notices to attend
had been given to the present Mnyor and the late Mayor
of Rye, who was the returning officer, to attend.
The Chairman, having signed between forty and fifty
summonses for witnesses to come up front Rye and be exa-
mined, adjourned the committee until Thursury.

A meeting of the inhabitants was held at Rye on the sub-
ject last week, when a petition was signed by Omit 400,
praying that the writ mtgbt nut be sukj entkil, and alleging
that there was no ground for the charge of corrupt practice,
against the constituency.