The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1851.

the Court.

OSBORNE, TtPSDAY, )Ewen IS.
The Queen and Prince walked curly this morn-
ing in the park and grounds at Osborne.
The Prince of Wales, the rrinee,s Royal, and younger
mom!u•rH of the royal family, took their aceustouted walks
and rides.
Colonel and the Lady Catherine Ilareourt had tar honour
of joining the royal party at dinner this day.

The Oxford University romuni,,ion met yesterday, at
the official residence of the First Lord of toe Treraatry, in
Downinl-street. Present--the Bishop of Norwich, the
Dean of Carlisle, the Mioter of Pembroke, the Rev. 11. G.
Liddell, J. L. Dampier Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell,
the lice. G. 11. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A.l'. Stanley
(secretary).
Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Customs, had
an inter, iew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesters
day, ut his official residence in Downing-street.
The Transatlantic Poe Let Station Commission held a
meeting, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. There were
present Earl Granville (chairman), lion. William Cowper,
Sir James (Jordon, K.C.11., Sir John F. Burgoyne, K.C.8.,
and Captain Stephenson Ellerhy. Lord llubart, secretary
to the commission WWI in atteudance. A deputation at-
tended ut the BoUrtl of Trade, and had an interview with
the eommi.sioners. The deputation included Lord Mont-
eagle, Mr. O'Brien, M.l'., Mr. ('Flaherty, M.P., Mr.
Blake, M.l'. Mr. M'Cullagh, Mr. Mulvany, Mr.
Randl, and Mr. Long, C.E.

A Cabinet Council Was held at the private resi-
dence of Lord John Russell, in Chesham-place, Bel-
grave-square, yesterday afternoon. The ministers
present were :—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne. the Earl of Minto,
Sir George Grey, Nisi:o.mA Palmerston, Earl Grey,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Broughton,
the Right lion. Henry Labouchere, the Earl of
Carlisle, the Marquis of Chmricarde, and the Right
lion. Fox Motile. The ministers met at half-past
2 o'clock, and broke up won after 4 o'cluck.

(From bet Nrithes
WHITEHALL, NlAncui 17.—The Queen has been
pleased to present the Rev. John Forbes to the church and
parish of Stead, in the pr•s!•ytery and Isle of Skye, vacant
by the transportation of the Iter. John Mclver, late minister
there, to the church and parish of Kilmuir.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 15.--CORPg OF
ROYAL ENOlNT.Eus.—Livut.-Gin. 0. Wright to be Col.-
Commandant, vice Lieut.-Gen. Sir S. R. Chapman, deceased.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
or NOTTINOILVMSHIItE.—,I. V. MACIIiO, bent., to be first
lieutenant in the Sherwood hangers.
ComMlsslONs SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
nr CHlAltlitE.—Lieut. E. Maroland to be captain; W.
M'Ewen, M.D., to be assistant-surgeon, in the
Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
COMMIASION SIGNET BY TILE LORD LIEUTENANT
or Einunt: no u.—W. N. Fraser, gent., to be lieutenant
in the Edinburgh Regiment of Militia.

SURREY SESSION&

THIS D.Y.

The March sessions for the county of Surrey commenced
thi, morning, ut the Sessions-house' Newington Causeway,
lwfore Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full boieh of magis-
trates. Thu cult nd.tr contained the names of seventy-three
prisoners for felony, and two for miademeanour. There
are, however, several prisoners admitted to bail, whose
11.4MCS are not on the calendar. Twenty-two of the pri-
soners can neither read nor write, and thu remainder can
only read and write imperfectly.

REPRESENTATION OF WEST SOMERSET.-011 MGR-
day a met ting.of the Somerset Conservative and Protectionist
Association was held at Bridgwater, when it was an-
nounced that Lord Dungarvan, the grand,on of the Earl of
Cork, hail written to the yaciety to state that he was de-
sirous of representing the county, if he were deemed ac-
ceptable to the electors. It was then arranged that Lord
Dungarvan should be written to, and requested to meet the
members of the associatiod at Taunton on Saturday next;
and if his lordship's declarations should be satisfactory,
those present would pledge themselves to support him.—
ll'eotero Flguuj Post.
TILE NEW PRoCTOR IN SAE UNIVERSITY OF ON-
Fonn.—By the statute. of the University of Oxford (says
a correspondent) the appointment of the two proctors is
vested in the colleges suce,sively, according to a cycle.
For the resent year the colleges which nominate are Mer-
ton and St. John's College.. The former society has •
tied to the viceschatitellor its election of the Rey. John Ilun-
gerford Pollen, M.A., fellow of Merton College, to he one
of the proctors. The peculiarity of the caw is that Mr. '
Pollen, who, a year or two ago, made a pil • eto the
Addelorate of Lora Slirewsliury in the Ty , implored her
prayers fur the Anglican tharch, and knelt with two other
Anglican clergymen before the Roman catholic Bishop of
Trent and received hi- til..ssing, ha, since been stepfmleil
from his ecclesiastical functions by the Bishops of Ripon
and Oxford for unsound teaching,.uf which due and forma
intimation was given to the warden of his society, be.
Marsham. In defiance of these facts Mr. Pollen Ls new
nomiunta to a university office of the highest influence and
importance ; and, iu his capacity of proctor, wall have a
. voice during the next twelve months in deciding the the o-
logical prizes of the university the other prises fur mote
and verse composition called the chancellor's prizes ; the
nomination of public examiners who conduct the divinity
examinations fur denies, the election of certain professors,
So completely by the constitution of the university is
the latter body suiserseded by the colleges that this bare-
. faced nomination on the part of Merton College is without
its remedy ; and by the present statute, dating from the
, reign of Charles 1., the uni.osity has no voice in or veto
upon the eLetion of its proctors.