The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

Pennant, M.P., had an interview with Lord J. Rawl
yesterday.
The tecleehtetical Commissioners for England hid
a Committee meeting y emer day at their office is Whitehia
PAM.

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POSTPONEMENT OF TIIE ibi.AWING-RO°M.-1,01111
CRAMBERLAIN'II OPPICE, MARCH ti..—Notice is heft
given, that her Majesty's drawing-room, intended to h.
held at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 25th ions,
postponed till the fullowiog Saturday, the 27th tAsts, at tee
o'clock.

WHITEHALL, MARCH B.—Her Majesty has lip.
pointed J. T. Gordon, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depot.
of the shire or sheriffdom of Aberdeen, in the room of A.
Murray, Esq., decaued:

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Mason S.
Corps Royal Eagineers.—Nrev. Major F. R. Thorax= to be Ilest„
u;„n„, doe. ; eke. Dart. W. Voltam! to be coot ; Feet Loot,
J. Doren to Ee sae, mpt.; See. Lieut. d. B. Farrell to be Iliat
Beat.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of
public business.
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE Two COURTS.—The town.
clerk informed the court that be had been directed by the
committee of the whole Court of Common Council to apply
for a copy of the opinion of counsel on the Qualification Bill,
upon the case submitted by the Court of Adermen.
Alderman HCEPHEHT : I move that the case and the
opinion be at once supplied to the committee,
Alderman WILSON wished to be informed with what eb•
ject the committee made such an application. (Hear, base.
Alderman FAILEBKOTHEE said he should decideiy °ppm
the motion. . . _

Sr C. hlsitsitam, deprecated the notion of withholding
from the committee what they were most undoubtedly en.
titled to as part of the corporation.
Alderman F AAAAA orrice was of opinion that the court
would exercise sound judgment in keeping back fur a time
the case and opinion.
Alderman WirLsote thought the application was not made
in the friendly spirit calculated to give it efficacy. It was
understood that the committee of the whole court meant to
go for a decision to the Queen's Bench, and would thus come
into collision with the court of aldermen. Under such

circumstance, it would be a serious mistake to supply as
adverse party with materials to carry on the contest.
Alderman Woou thought such suspicions adapted
to dissipate all chances of amicable arrangiments, and
that the refusal of the modest request of the com-
mittee of the whole court to be furnished with the
case and opinions so essentially aeceoeary to both
branches of the corporation would be injurious ia an extreme
degree. (Hear, hear.)
Alderman COMMAND thought differently. In hisopinioa
the question ought to be treated strictly as a matter between
individuals. The conduct pursued by the common council
manifested a strong tendency to personalities, of a nature not
very equivocal, end certainly placed them in the light of ad-
versaries to whom it would not be at all beneficial to yield
any advantage. (Hear, hear.)
Sir Pt-rua Lat.ata was sorry to hear Alderman Cope-
land designste the Common Council as adversaries to the
Court of Aldermen. He by no means looked upon the twe
courts as opposed to each other. They were mutually de-
pendent upon and supported by each ether.
Ald, rman idusonove thought it would be wise to refer
the subject to a committee, with power to consult the Re-
corder and the other legal authority who had given their
opinions upon the case, as to the propriety of delivering a
copy to the committee of the whole court. (Hear, hear.)
Alderman Musgrove moved an amendment to that effect.
Alderman HoMPHEAT, who was called upon to withdraw
the original motion, peremptorily refu.ed so to do. He in-
sisted that the whole of the corporation should be made se-
quainted with the case and opinions. He could not under-
stand why the court were alarmed at exhibiting their case.
If it were good, thee there could be no ground fur not adopt-
ing it; and if it were bad, the sooner it was got rid of the
better. . . .

Alderman CHALLIS approved of sobmittiag the matter to
a committee ; and the amendment wan finally adopted by 10
to 6.

ETON HONTEM.

An adjourned meeting of " Old Etonians" took
place yesterday at the Britioh Coffee-house, Cockspuratreet,
to take measures in support of the old custom of the Mon-
tem. Lord ions MA:smans being called to the chair, said
that since the last meeting fur the same object, a memorial
to t' c Queen had been drawn up and printed, and that
memorial had since been revised and altered. His lordship
then proceeded to read a letts r which he had received from
the Provost of Eton. His lordship observed that, although
this letter was so directly adverse to the object of the meet-
ing, and to the meeting itself, it being the wish of the
Provost, expressed in tne letter, that it should be read to
the meeting, he could not in courtesy refuse. The purport
of the letter, which was received with much disapprobation
and no small amount of laughter, was, that such meetings
as the present were likely to be injurious, as forming a had
precedent, and that the custom of the Montem was injurious
even to the captain himself, and oaly likely to benefit inn-
keepers and loose characters. Lord JOHN Murano then
said, he was convinced that neither the Provost nor th
Head Muster of Eton could, in candour, look on their meet-
ing as anything other than respectful to the Eton autho-
rises. lie then read letters of apology from the Earl of
Cernarvon, Lord Sandwich, and several other gentlemen,
who expressed their ardent desire that the object of the
meeting might be attained, and requested that their names
should be subscrib' d to the memorial.

The Earl of FALMOUTH, after observing that the chie
modification of the memorial was the omission of the money
clause, which omission had been made because it was
deemed ie)udielous to urge the tiding oubseription made for
the captain as a reason for the continuance of the
custom, read the memorial, which was to the effect that
the memorinliets could not but think that the abolition
of the Moatem would be against the wishes of her /dainty
and Prince Albert, and that they, the memorialists, did not
think the abuses connected with the observance of the fes-
tival were a sufficient reason for entirely abolishing the time-
honoured custom ; more especially as those abuses might be
put down, without doing away with the custom altogether.
The noble earl moved the adoption of the revised memorial.
T. Loyd, Esq., seconded the motion, and gave in a num•
ber of muses to be subscribed to the memorial,
Lord CASTLIKRAOM greatly amused the meeting, by
reading a letter, dated July, 16137, from a boy at Eton to his
father, relating to a custom called, " Killing the ram,"
which custom appean to have preceded the present Montem.
The Chairman put the memorial, which was adopted.
His lordship then said that he must leave to attend the
House of Commons on important business, and that the Earl
of Falmouth would take the chair in his absence.
The Earl of FALMOUTH put a motion, as suggested by
Lord Castlereagh, that the gentlemen present should sign
the memorial before they left the room, which was
unanimously adopted.
It was resolved, on the motion of Lord Clive, that the
Earl of Ellenborough,the Duke of Buckingham and Chandoe,
the Earl of Falmouth, Lord Londonderry, and Lord John
Manners should be deputed to present the memorial to her
Majesty in such manner as they should think best—A
gentleman presented a list of 127 names of Oxford Etonian,
who desired to have their names subscribed to the memorial.
The Vies-Cstasiezttue of ENGLAND raid he had seat
eight sons to Eton, and now had a grandson there. Re gave
his hearty assent to the proceedings of the meeting, and pro:
posed a vote of thanks to Lord John Manners and the Karl
of Falmouth. This motion was unanimously adopted.
It was then resolved that the memorial should lie on the
table until Monday nest fur signature. On the motiond
Sir Walter Riddell, a committee consisting of the Earl of
Falmouth, Lord John Manner", Lord Clive, Lord Castle-
reagh, Sir W. 'Liddell, Sir John Duckworth, Mr. Bullock,
and Mr. Pickering, was appointed to take any further pro-
endings that might he thought necessary. At the close of
the 'meting upwards of three hundred signatures were
attached to the memorial.

DINNER OF THE FRRALR ORPHAN ASYLUM.--
The anniversary festival of this institution took place last
evening at the London Timm About 150 gentlemen were
present, the chair being occupied by his royal highness the
Duke of Cambridge. The subscriptions and donations col-
lected during the evening amounted to 1,1•13/. 21.
CHEESZMONGERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
Teßmday, the eleventh annual meeting of this institution
task place at the Loodoes Tavern, BishopagaMetreet. The
NMI heefeeheleted the meeting and the subscribers that
err had boa meabled to invest the sons of 1891. as. 2d.,
while imereard their present funded propertv to the amount
of 7,0101.85. 7d. The receipts for the past year, including
subscriptions, donations, and other sources, amounted to
1,0751. Ss. Bd., and the expenditure to 8231. So. 95., leaving
a balance in the treasurer's hands of '2511. 9s. 115.
BUILDING SOCIETIES. —At a meetin held OR
Monday evening, of the St. Luke's Equitable Building So-
ciety, at the Prince of Wales, Banner-street, St. Luke's,
Mr. Wise in the chair; the chairman brought formwd a
question which has for some time peat interested and afore'
the conduct of the numerous societies now established trim •
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petitions were lying fir signature it iffilorto; Mir et the
metropolis, calling apse the legislature fir the Orals a
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