The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-07 00:00:00

Cht Court.

The royal dinner-party at Osborne on Thursday
included the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, the Duke
of Nassau, Count Mensdorff, Baron de Branow, Viscount
Palmerston, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, Admiral de
Lutke, Earl Granville, Colonel Wylde, Lieut.-CoL the Hon.
ckarles Grey and three gentlemen in waiting on the Duke
of Nassau. The band of the Royal Marines attended during
dinner.
Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert,
accompanied by the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, the
Duke of Nassau, and Count Mensdorff, walked in the plea-
sure grounds and plantatimis of Osborne.
The royal children went to the beach yesterday
morning and took their accustomed walking and riding
exercise.

Dr. Bowring had as interview with the Right lion.
Henry Labouchere yesterday at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert haring signified to
the Grand Duke Constantine their desire to see the Russian
squadron recently arrived at Gravesend, destined to convey
the Grand Duke and retinue back to their native chores, his
imperial Highness and his Excellency Baron Brunow im-
mediately forwarded a despateh to M. de Berg, the Premier
Secretary to the Ruseiaa Legation, and Rear-Admiral Count
Hayden, commending the squadron to leave Gravesend fur
Portsmouth. M. de Berg left town at a late hour on Thur.
day night by poet to Gravesend, and several of the officers of
the squadron who were at the Italian Opera were instantly
sought and ordered to repair forthwith to their respective
vessels. Captain Monet, commanding the squadron, had
returned to his vessel that morning, and consequently war
at hand to receive the instructions. The squadron sailed
soon after seven o'clock yesterday morning for Spithead.
The Grand Duke Constantine and the Duke of Nassau
return to town this evening.

(From last night's Gazette.)
ST. Jamis's PALACE, AUG. 3. —The Queen bas
appointed the following chaplains in ordinary to her Ma-
jesty.—The Rev. Dr. C. Wesley; the Rev. E. Nepean.
FOREION OFFICE, ACO. 3.—The Queen has approved
of Mr. W. &oven, as Consul at Dublin for the free Hanseatic
city of Bremen; of Mr. H. C. Stakemann, as Consul at Port
Adelaide for the free Hanseatic city of Hamburg • and of Mr.
R. N. Hunt, as Consul-General in the tinited/ingdoin for
the 'mum of Muscat.
WAR-OFFICE, Aro. 6.
4th Drag. Gds.—Burg. C. Pine, from 511th F., to be mug., vice W.
Gardiner, who ret. oft b..p.
9th L. Drags.—Cornet W. W. Bird to be Bout., by put., vim King,
whose pozn. by pur. his been canc.
ISM L. Drage.—Lient. J. A. Oldham, from 55th F., to be lieut.,
ice Dmny, who each.
14th L. Isrags.—Amist.-Surg. B. Bridgernan-Wrtrore, teem 59th
F., to be avist...iturg., vice Thomson, prom. in 58th
Ise F. Ods.—Cept. and lieut.-oa. and Brevet Col. G. Thornton to
be =Joe, by pur vice Brevet Cot. Sir H. R. F. Davis, Bart., who
mt. on b.-p. pur.,
Una.; Brevet Col. C. Leslie, tam 11.-p.
Unst., to be eapt. and lieut.-eel.; Lieut. and OW. lion. 0. Cation
to be mpt. surd lieut..ooL, by pm., vice Loam who ret. ; Ens. and
Lieut. Hum B. W. lasceUra to be Bent. sad mot, by put. ; Los. C.
N. Hogg, from 73rd P.. to beam. sad lieut., by pur.
9th F.—Capt. C. H. Yenta; from 53rd F., to be rapt., vise Have.
lock, who ash.
12th F.—Asaist..Burg. N. /Lehrman, M. 8., from 17th r., to be
amist..aurg., vice Chambers, prom. in 30th F.
ISM F.—Ens. R. Dora to be lieut., by par., vice Costa; who at.;
F. Etas= to be ens., by pur.
19th F.—Capt. Is, genders to be major, by pur., rice Simpson, who
ret. ; Lieut. R. Warden to be apt, by pot.; Ens. W. H. L. Warner
to be Heat., by par. ; Ens. 11. Bnadell to te lieut., by pnr., vise
Mansergh, who at.; H. Daimon to berm., by por, rice Warner ;
H. F. Massy to be ens, by put., vice Brachia.
Rah F.—Aint. R. Brisoor, from 55th I', to be lieut., Tice Smith,
who excb.
336 P.—Eno. A. W. Ord to be lieut., by put., vice Russell, app. to
la F. Gds' A. Hughes to be an., by pur. ; Assist.-Surg. J. W.
Chambers, M.D., from 12M F, to be surg., vise Lister, dec.
41st J. H. Moray, from 96th F., is be apt., vice Raw-
Utth F.-13m. N.C. Browne, from 76161 F., to be OM, eicelleglimen,
who ezeb.
53rd P.—Brevet Major C. F.llamiock, from 9th F., to be rapt, vim
Fenton, who each.
55th F.—Lieut. A. Denny, from 13th L. Drags., to be lieut., Mee
Oldham, who each.; Lieut. R. Smith, from 25th F., to be Bent., ace
who exch.
576 .—Lieut.-CoL H. 8. Phillips, from h.-p. 31st F., to be lent-
eel., vine G. E. Jaws, who each.; Assist: Sorg. J. T. Richardson,
tan 60th F., to be nag., vise Bunter, prom. on Staff.
99th F.—Arata-Stlrg. A. 8. Thomson, M.D., from 14th L. Drags,
to be stag., vise Pine, app. to 4th Drag. (Mardi.
59th P.—T. C. O'Leary to be assim..eurg„vice Hridgeman-Wigstrom,
app. to 14th L. Dray.
67th F.—Ens. Count W. C. Rivaro'a to be Sea., by put., vice Fords,
who mt.; E.H. Steward to be em., by pur.
73rd F.—A. Walnieeley to be am., by pur., rice I.logge, app. to Ist
P. Ode.
76th F.—Ene. G. H. J. Belgian; from 45th F., to be ens., vice
wbo cub.
Braiertneby.—Capt. T. A. Rawlins, from 4lst F., to be apt., vice
Th. wbo exch.
lath Y.—Liena E. Bayley to be apt., by par., vim Walker, who
rem; Ina W. F. L. Gospel= to be Ilea, by pur.; U.W. Grogan
to
F. . era,Malice T. Fitzgerald to be quart-mast., vise Crozier,
' deo.
tharracmixi.—Lunt. G. Hamilton, from 55th F., to beciapt, with-
' opt par.
Hoserrsz ikrirr.—fiurg. R. IL A. Heater, from 57th F, to be staff
ming of first cam.
ROTA!. IitUTART Azrzra.—Breg..Cierk and Amilet..Paymast. W.
'Omaha to be quart-mast., vice Y. IL Byrne, who race a salary

allowance. -
11xtronarnard.—The comedown et Lind. J. A. Macdonald. In the
96411 pone, has been dated the 314 March, 1617, instead of sth
March, 1645.
ADMIRALTY, AIX, B.
RI. Marines Gent. Cadets G. Gregory, IL G. Elliott, and J.
Wright, to be eat. lleuto.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
ENGLAND.
A monthly council wan held at the society's home,
in Hanover-square, on Wednesday last, the Raid of Yarbo, •
rough, president, in the chair.
Ftwarsots.-21r. Raymond Baker presented, on the part of 1
the finance committee, the report of the society's accounts
for the month jut ended, from whish.lt appear. hat, on the
31st of July last the invested tapitake the society stood at
8,9991. stock, with a wrest cask balance of 2,1161. in the
hands of the bash^ so* goad Maw being male up
.1 the following spatial between aseeely, Northampton rub.
seriptioes, 6134: arrears of sabee a esseieed, 3081 • life
aaspesitime, 1661. •' and swsL aWle We for current' par-.
poem 1,410 k Theemaell asfirmei this report, and the,
weld mememeMetlea it esandefel, that immediate step
amid be Ohm be assartela the peeper means of amnia,
am* the erealg merle saM•ender the powers of the
elsartse, egebattash maim es ire is arrear of their sub-
scriptions to the eseietp--Mr. Baker laid before the council
:1= ted" mama eemmeted with the current accounts
of the misty.lmeenstaireP=as.—The maned agreed to the following
weak& limier for implements at the York faistiag, soh-
Met te web eseiltiosa as they may at sham earth* Apt
ha ..sires Mr their eompetitisa, namely:— -
=4111:
yprir aito
Tein *m
ier i L.,—..
melee 6 Gem lair A. I
et palm lO Mum, dberibette
Dreithee piper 1111 maim 20 Cieleilei seill II
Mew,
Sfravaire.oll Or *Ole
Omend N Mee •
Oda are ° darceseMis.
lo
Miasma iseided that the auditions lOW*, them
pipe Mmeaki/se taken into aoselieration at their assathly
easethar in Nowselster ninnies the report of a assealtass,
ameletuz of :fir. OsTireta,
liter,siii Mr.
rPI2Z
isp.,...u.ll(tonddi), end Mr. B.r.Bennwett!, to whom
should be referred the regukelions under which stock or
plumate should be conVeyed to and from country meet-
.!ti ... society.
„ Rea Capt. Rowel gave nodes that he should
save, et the monthly Dessalain °pencil, " that in future, in
Clam Li:Mater/a pest's[ the certificate ;" and Mr.
Paw • lighten as list of aroma should be
gima to Oda " common-
dalftatill tits"firdmasofbiN tboverVil'all :la,
114.141 adims.x:
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Saw Sorra-Worms Swot NATIOATION Cox-
PANT.—The first men' retie( of ~ears was held
at the Nine Elms, yen/Play, at be debak ' • W. TM, Bee.,
in the chair. Mr. Blreem, Wisher ie the , read
the report, of which the fillowis fo mast
net the maim was eielibbei tek the Nil . its
*IA wee is finiber, William ir do sem.
Feint Oisege‘r; mil leer et Me el lima ft-
*Oa Cesecalatim haw tea lbereqemor yr
60,/MIA. mg tor toolslg is doom
, Ills pude& the= art gm-
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et MI beerepswee. Tye elberiereliati.i pegnis7....Q
easel. Ow marl Write:sm. wee • week be.
teen Ilemeeimeiee sot The
elesomal lid a Olin; el lir of five per am. peria='
be idea; la repel et ibeVisseriel =lie Mb issi..Tbe
sea eilemt s time: es klle
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of
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of ant 1111111 lOW larGlietZa beerett co Sib be.
two nee. 11106, me eber 1, MIN dr We it meth,
Illiossi if es 00..8.1. 1661,121._ 76; mei 111 ion dlibor •

Warn, • paid for man; 3,3321. If& 111 19. 23.1011. id. ;
kering b:Luso. in wad at 1,0301. 3s. id.—The revenue account of
essagar, shOwstitatlliessaniustof earningehas Leer 21,904 k 1 is Bd. ;
MIL Mali.; assannts an various accounts, W. 12s. 7d;
aaaali~lo 111,77111. Oil 4d. The current working expenses haring
tan
slims drat of 2 , 1979 no mins Ilinn ,906
12s. 11. 7w
td.id. , It follows that there ternatns a
lall.

The chairman, after a few observations, begged to say one
word with respect to the ranting charters to steam com-
panies, with a view to their being guaranteed in the same
way that other companies were guaranteed. At that moment
there was some difficulty on the part of government in allow-
ing a company which possessed ships or steam-boats to have
a charter or deed of incorporation; and on that account it
was impossible to avoid incurring individual responsibility,
A strong attempt had been made by the Holyhead Company
to obtain the sanction of the legislature to the principle of a
railway company advancing a certain sum of money towards
this desirable end. A clause having that object pained the
House of Commons, but the general committee thought it
raps dient to stop its further progress, and accordingly it was
withdrawn. He (the chairman) could not understand why
a ship should be placed in a different position from a
railway or anything else ; and seeing that the General Steam
Navigation Company did possess the requisite power to a
certain extent, he could not see the fairness of refusing to
grant a similar power to railway companies. In their own
cue the difficulty was obviated by the railway company
agreeing to advance 50,0001. as a monger on their ships,
and undertaking that if they did not obtain 5 per cent , it
should be made up by a contribution from its funds. Oa
the present occasion, he was happy to say, no contribution
would be required. When the trade of thst great com-
mercial entrepot Havre, and of the great river Seine, were
opened up, and Havre was brought within six or seven
hours' distance, as it were, from England, the
very best mule must attend the undertaking. It
was hoped that through a suggestion which had been
thrown out, the difficulties of regular ceremonies-
Han between Havre and Southampton would be
muds diminished. Havre being a tidal harbour, it was
thought that vessels should sail constantly and regularly at
periods corresponding with given trains from England,
whether by night or by day, a certain train always finding a
steam vessel in Southampton ready to sail for Havre ; and
to meet the difficulty of the tide at Havre, it had been sug-
gested that a French steamboat, drawing one foot or fifteen
inches of water, might be chartered to proceed in and out of
the port. It was a great superiority which they possesssed
over other lines of communication, that from Southampton
or Gosport a vessel might start almost at any period without
being controlled by the tide, and sometimes not sailing at all.
The chairman having gone over the accounts, proposed the
following resolution ,—" That the report now read, be
adopted, printed, and circulated amongst the proprietors."
Mr. Rogers, of Leamington, seconded the motion.—ln reply
to a question, the chairman said he thought the directors
might soon have to call up a IL or 2/. more per share. They
would not ask for mote than was absolutely necessary; and
the amount he had mentioned would be sufficient, unless
the trade became so much developed as to require the
building of another vessel.—Mr. Lancaster winked to
know how the question of insurances stood ? —The
chairman said the directors had found some of
the old ships insured, and others not insured. He
would be glad to see the company become their own
insurers, putting by a certain sum as a reserve fund ; but he
was afraid that, inasmuch as 50,0001. had been lent by the
railway company on mortgage, there might be some diffi-
culty in effecting such an arrangement. One question was
whether, if the ships must be shared, it should not be at
the option of private gentlemen to incur the risk. The
solicitor ( Mr. Bireham) said he appeared there in a double
capacity, and, as representing the rail may company, he must
tell them that, as long as they retained the 50,000/., they mast
iosure their ships. Mr. Lancaster said that the only question
which he had intended to raise win the best mode of effecting the
object. The chairman said he believed it was customary for in-
dividuals to take a line in a ship without being members rf
Lloyd's. Mr. Lancaster might, if he pleased, indorse for
2001. or any other amount. The solicitor said the insurance
must be satisfactory to the railway company, and he did not
know whether or not the directors would enter into an
examination of individual responsibility. The motion for
the adoption of the report was then agreed to. A motion
was then proposed and carried, declaring a dividend at the
rate of .51. per cent. per annum from the commencement of
the company on Ist Oct. up to 30th June last, payable on and
after the 20th inst.—J. !Hobert, Esq., and W. Reed, Esq.,
were then elected directors.—Mr. Reed, in returning thanks,
stated, that having left Paris at 7 o'clock on Saturday morn-
ing last, he arrived at the hotel at Southampton, rid Havre,
at 10 o'clock in the evening of the tame day. Only G hours
and 1 minute elapsed from the clearing of the harbour at
Havre until the vessel arrived opposite the Nab Light in the
Isle of Wight. —The trustees of the company were then in-
creased from two to three in number, by the addition of
William Tite, Esq.—On the motion of Mr. Rogers, a vote of
thanks was given to the chairman, by whom it was bristly
acknowledged.
ROYAL NAVAL SCROOL.—A snecial general meeting
of the corporation was held yesterday, at the Thatched
House, St. James'a-street, for the re-electi in of the president
and council, who had resigned their offices, in consequence
of the difference of opinion which exists among the corpora-
tion on the subject of the recent propositions of the council
(which were adopted at the last meeting), for throwing open
the school to other climes besides the sons of naval officers.

—..----
Considerable time was spent at the commencement of the
proceedings in the discussion of the subjects which had
caused the resignation of the council, which, however, led to
no result, the meeting being incompetent to take measures
upon any of the several plans proposed for the rege-
neration of the society. A resolution was then moved
by Mr. Gillett, and seconded by Dr. Weatherhead, ex-
pressing the regret of the meeting at the disunion
which existed among the corporation, and requesting
the president and council to allow themselves to be re-elected.
Admiral Bowles, the president (who wan also chairman of
the day), concurred in the expression of regret, and said that
having taken into consideration the difficulty of at once pro-
, Tiding other officers, the council and himself had consented
to resume their offices until the general meeting in May
next, when the question upon which they had resigned
coald be further considered. He begged it to be undentood,
however, that they had not altered their opinion as expressed
in the rules which they had proposed, for they believed some
aid of the kind to be neat/eery to the continuance of the
s xiety, which he did not hesitate to say needed the most
strenuous etertions of the profession for its maintenance.
After some further discussion the resolution was passed
uoanintouslj-, and the officers re-elected in due form, which
terminated the proceedings.
VAN DIEMEN's LAND.—Sir,—ln the city article of
the Times newspaper of the Bth of July last appeared a
remark, purporting to be from a correspondent in Van Die-
men's Land, of which the following is an extract : " And
.444.
the flockmasters, on visiting their estates, hadfound little
reason to complain, this year, of aboriginal edation."
On the same day I wrote to the editor, re ing on the
absurdity of such a communication, and explaining that the
aatives were all captured and taken are of in Bass's Straits,
and that Van Diemen's Land was the only colony in Aus-
tralia free from much a nuisance. I also remarked on the
injury that had been done Australia in general by misrepre.
sentation, front actual ignorance of facts, and requested him
to remove the unfair Impression his remark was calculated
to produce. I subsequently wrote to know if he had re-
ceived the letter, but no notice was taken of either
one or the other. Now, the Times, in its magnitude,
may make light of stating what is injurious to a
distant and helpless colony, and waive all courtesy
when any one better acquainted with the subject is
at the pains to set them right ; but its eminence in
public estimation only adds to the injury, and shows,
presuming on its position, with what little care its reports
are made. As no portion of the article I allude to could be
true, the writer either wilfully wrote fabely, or wrote at
random to make out his contributien...434.o WALIPIRLD, •
16 years a colonist in Van Diemen's Land, 34, Fallinell,
Aug. 13.
GROSS CASE OF TREATING.—We hare authority
For stating that Lord George Bentinek, at the Lynn election,
distributed to his constituents an enormous quantity of
gammon from the hustings.—l'unc4.

. REPORT OF THE ACT'ING COMMITTEE OF
1 '' WEST IND/A. PLANTERS AND MERCHANTS.
The West India colonies are undoubtedly more efil-
cloot=represested in this = thin anyzther of our
tint 4 tkuollywn;Poresioned. As& this (14 deo bimetlyt /7 tlpe
entkalleentee theory in Ireland work 4) els only be
1 oillobanod to the great number of Wad ban peep inton who
laddela the mother country. Ateseinellels bes ef -course its
bad alma as its good side • but the aboonoso of the West
Lisa loom • *sada.' ooniittos In senonis that interests
lon di onaminto milk ohs beldam oaths gromosok nth
1 gm atm BOW agony or nolsoill group ea lad moth-
, dab for.
This obeseenlie• lien bon somplind by the usual animal
Mort towel.. NOM lanadillob" to the " standing com-
mittee" of Wed /sat planters and merchants. [We really
wish then gonlionsn would designate themselves by some
.ants lames deneenheation.j It is characterised by the same
tot lad antait of isihnoation that have mashed all its
W. It is eat able eas' of the views of the most
t Notion of the West India interest—the grest
capitalists, who, mixing much in general sonetY,
'Mee the tendency of the age, and learned the neceo
dty of cowp'ying with it.
Our object at present is not to canvass the justice of the '
views enhanced b these gentlemen, hat simply to put out
readers in po of them. They apnea dissatisfaction
with last session's settlement of the duEas on rum, with the
unnecessary conditions appended to the permission to nee
sugar in breweries and distiller*, and with the con-
tinued ezeltrion of molasees frail both breweries and
distilleries. They intimate their intlmstion to " conthul
lortheir just claims for perfect freedom in the Is ell ell
produce, as wall as equality of legal privallles,W.
the lino distiller. Four sub oslaild anenaajmnsdales.l.
thongs: colonies are disc -detail r—Thosillpestive
duties on home and colonial , he . of sr
ranging the amount of duty 100; e .
a • Inspirited
ease-jaw ; the description of • • sugar,witi
a view to axifi equitable rates of 1... jo proportion
to their comparative value • sad - . or immigro.
'on of free labourers into . ----
the cat. ' -% this views
"stained • , the - .
"" .sae the.
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paid, an 4 the pro;
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proprietors from ads
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when we can have tb
Liverpool, and Blast
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be rendered peel
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the mill hout the s;
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canes at each estate,
advantage which • o
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which would be, st I
in this country—if c
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