The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-21 00:00:00

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The Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward, and the Earl '
Spencer, Lord Chamberlain, had an audience of the Queen
Mysterday, at Buckingham Palace, and presented to her
ajesty the address from the House of Lords, in answer to
the speech from the throne. The Queen was pleased to re-
turn a most gracious answer.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Princess Royal, left town at ten minutes past three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four for
WindsoiCastle. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Alfred
Paget (Clerk Marshal) and Colonel Seymour followed in
another carriage and four. The Lady in Waiting, the Mar•
chioness of Douro ; the Maids of Honour in Waiting, Hon.
Plisi Stanley and Hon. Miss Dawson ; and the Lord in
Waiting, Earl Ducie, were in the third carriage • and the
Groom in Waiting, Col. B. Drummond, and the Plaster of
the Household, Major General Bowles, were in the fourth
carriage. tier Majesty and the Prince were conducted to
their carriage by the Lord Steward and Capt. F. Seymour,
Groom in Waiting to H.R.H. The Royal party proceeded
from Buckingham Palace to the Paddington terminus, and
left_ ay a spi vial train on the Great Western railway.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, arrived at the
Castle at a quarter past four o'clock this afternoon from the
Slough station of the Great Western Railway, escerted by
a party of the First Life Guards. The royal suite (initiated
of the Marchioness of Douro, the Hen. Misses Stanley and
Dawson, Barl Dude, Major-Gen. Bowles, Col. B. Drum-
mond, Lord A. Pi.get, and Col. Seymour. Earl Spencer
rived at the Castle this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
ill include 11.R.1t. the Duchess of Heat, the Lady in
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Waiting to her Royal Highness, the Baroness do Speth, and
Earl Spencer. The bend of the First Life Guards attend
during dinner. tier Majesty's private band afterwards
attend in the Comae.
A deputation from the Society of Friends, headed
by Mr. Foster, had an interview with Lord J. Russell yes-
tenlay, at his official residence in Downing-street.—Furl

Spencer and Earl Fortescue had an interview with Sir 0.
Grey yesterday at the Home-office.—Mr. Musson had an in-
terview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the Wilmot'
the Board of Trade.—Lord Ingestre, and a deputation from
the Staffordshire Railway company, had an interview with
the Right lion. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Com-
missionen of Railways.—The Earl of Devon had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exclu quer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.—'l he Lord Advocate of Scot-
land had an interview wPh Sir G. Grey yesterday.—Earl
Cawdor had also an interview with the Right lion. Baronet
yesterday, at the Home-office.—Mr. S. D. Patch, ne-d Mr.
Simmonds, had an interview with the It;gle. Hon. T. Milner
Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.—A '
d. potation, relative to the Mauritius, had an interview yes-
terday with Lord J Russell.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland had a
general meeting yesterday at the office in Whitehall-place.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party yes-
terilly at Lansdowne Hoare.
The Right Hon. E. Strutt and Mrs. Strutt arrived
in town on Tuesday from their residence near Derby.
Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil left Farrance's
llotel 3 esters' iy on a visit to the Marquis and >larcbimecss of
Exeter, at Burghley, Stamford.

THE "I)AILY NrAvs," THE QUEEN'S SPEECH, AND
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAI.II.—The Messrs. C. and J. Ray-
ner, express newspaper agents, of Southampton, procured
from the Daily Ante (*fee a copy of the Queen's speech a
few minutes alter it was delivered on Tuesday. Dy means
of previous arrangement they had it communie dal to
Southampton by the electric telegraph of the South-Western
Railway, printed it immediately, and distributed copies over
the town at about the same hour that the evening papers of
the old school used to issue former royal speeches to the
London public. In fact, we received a copy of Messrs.
Rayner's print at the office of the Daily News, by the ordi-
nary train from Southampton at forty minutes past nine on
the same evening. As an instance of despatch this is, we
believe, unprecedented.
THE COURTS OF ALDERMEN AND COMMON
Couseo.,—About 120 members of the Common Council
assembled in the Council Chamber for the purpose of re-
ceiving the suggestions of the sub-committee appointed by
them to consider the moot advisable mode of proceeding on
the next Common Council day with respect to the bill, the
third reading of which at the last court the Lord Mayor re-
fused to put. It appeared, Mr. Ashurst said, desirable to
the sub-committee, and they recommended accordingly that
at the next court a Committee of Privileges should be moved
for before they proceeded to call upon the Lord Mayor to put
the question of the third reading of the Common Council
Qualiticution Bill, in order that the oNeetion that they were,
nut a legally constituted body might not be stated ngaimt
them. It also appeared to them to be advisable to assert their
right to have the question put the moment after the commit-
tees were appointed. Mr. Harrison said he thought it neces-
sary to state that it was Lis intention to move upon a subject
on which he belie.. ed lie had the sympathy of all the members
before the question of the third reading of the Qualification
Lill should be put. Ile meant the distreitred condition of the
Irish; to contribute to the relief of which as soon as passible
he should move that the sum of 2,0001. be voted. tie inti-
noted so much to the members, in order that it might nut be
supposed that he meant to throw any difficulty in the way of
the q question.—The Chairman said that he had
been merely instructed to state the recommendations of the
soh-committee, and having fulfilled Isis instructions and
advised that the meeting should make no resolutions, but
i proceed with unanimity to the attainment of the.r object, he
considered the business of the committee at an end.—Mr.
Ashunit then vacated the chair.

EXTRADITION OF PAUPERS, BY ORDER OF THE!
Poo R-LAW CON MISS lONEll3.—Yesterday moranst, a special
meeting of the board of guardians of the parish of St. George
the Martyr, Southwark, was held for the purpose of carrying
out the orders of the poor-law commissioners respecting the re.
duction of the number of in mates in the workhouse. The board
then proceeded to the usual weekly business, when the re.
lievint officers stated that the number of applicants for re-
lief (all new eases) exceeded 300, many of them declaring
that they had been one or two days without a morsel of food.
—From the weekly returns, it appears that in the week
ending the 12th twtant there were 2,077 persons re-
ceiving out-door relief, independent of those in the
workhouse, and that number, last night, had in-
creased to 2,161, exclusive of the 300 new appli-
eations ; that at this period last year the greatest number
in the same position was 1613, while in 1845 the greatest
number was 1040; that the weekly expenditure of these
two years varied from 60/. to 701. per week besides stores,
while now it had increased to 1131. per week, and was going
on increasing, while the poor-rates had risen front Ild. to
Is. 3d. in the pound, or Is. 4d. on the year's rate. This, of
itself alone, was reducing the poorer class of rate-payers to
pauperism, for although there were 6,798 houses vitt d, yet
they were as follows:—Houses rated under 51., 1,69,5; at 61.
and under 101., 2,036 ; at 101. and under 201., 1,283 ; and at
2,11. and upwards, 1,762, It is understood, in consequence
of this alarming increase of misery and destitutiou in the
above parish, that some application will be made to parlia-
ment on the subject.
JEWS' AND GENERAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION.—A soiree of the members of this institution
was held last evening, at Sussex Hall, Lewlenhalbst recta to
celebrate the secon anniversary of its establlhroent. The
popularity, as well as prosperity, of the institution was ma-
nifested by the large assemblage which continued to pour
in between the hours of eight awl e:eren. The company,
included many influential members of the Jewish per-
suasion, and a considerable proportion of ladies, for 11
whom the amusements provided were many and va-
rious. A series of addresses were in the first place de-
livered, Hananel de Castro, Esq., president of the institu-
tion, leading the war, followed by Mr. Sampson Samuel,
honorary solicitor, Mr. Parry, and Mr. David Wire. The
addresses were all too similar purpose, exhibiting the advan-
tage-sof socie'ics like the present, in promoting the mental
improvement of their members, and especially urging on
public attention the fact, that although the majority of those
belonging to the institution were of the Jewish faith, that
circumstance did not constitute a prohibition to the
admission of persons of any religion or mode of
thinking —on the contrary, it was their object to
set aside that question entirely, the simple prosecution of
literature and science being the desired end. The institu-
tion was described to be in a highly flourishing condition ;
there were more than 600 members, and the librarycontained
6,000 books ready for constant reference. A concert was the
next feature in the evening's amusements, supported by Miss
R. Isaacs, Mr. and Miss nelson, Mr. M. Davao, Mr. Cohan,
Mr, Case, and Master and Miss Day ; the whole concluded
with a ball, which was kept up with considerable spirit until
a late hour. The hall was well lighted, and most tastefully
decorated, the ensemble being extremely brilliant.
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JOsElnt ADY AGAIN.—on Tuesday Ady was sum-
moned to the Court of Requests, Osborne-street, White
chapel, for the sum of IL, by Mr. W. Wright, coal mer-
chant, Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green. Ady did not ap-
pear himself, but was represented by a prosy named Abbott,
who set up the defence that he had given information fully
equal to tne amount of money advanced. The commiwioners
came to a different conclusion, and ordered Master Joseph
to refund the pound.
THE TREATMENT OF A Doo.—Poland is henceforth
to be called New Russia. Nicholas treats Poland like a dog,
and being determined to de-•troy it, begins with giving it a
bad name.—Punch.

THE ECONOMY OF CONSUMING SMOKE.—In proof of
the increase of heat gained by burning the smoke, we may cite
the experiments of Mr. 11. Roldsworth, of Manchester, who
has shown that, in the front flue of a furnace, of enramoa
construction, the thermometer seldom rose above 1100 deg.
Fahr., and often fell below 900 deg., the mean being 975
deg.; while in the same tunics, when consuming its smoke,
the mean temperature was 1160 deg. Fehr., ranging between
1400 deg. and 1000 deg. The quantity of water evaporated
by a pound of coal was one-half greater than when the
smoke was not consumed.—Lircipool Health of Towns
Advocate.
COST OF DISEASE.—" A policeman, receiving 20a.
a week regular wages, being remonstrated with as an unfit
obiect for a charity, gave the following account of himself,—
' That he paid for his miserable one room, divided into two,
ss. a week ; that he had Is. Bd. weekly to pay for keeping
up his clothes, which reduced the money he had for his
family of four children and his wife to 13s. 4d. ; that he had
had all his children ill, and lost two; that he had, during
, three years, paid six doctor's bills, principally for medicine,
at the rate of 2r. 6d. a bottle, amounting to between
301. and 401. ; that two of the children had died, the
funerals of which, perfermed in the cheapest nuriner he
could get it done, had cost him 71. ; the wife and his two
children were now ill. The second case is that of " a porter
in regular employment, at wages producing 12s. a week he
paid 3s. 641. for a molt miserable and unwholesome room, in
which himself and six other people, four children, and three
adults, slept. The children were shoeless, extremely filthy,
and badly clad ; the wife ill in bed of a diseased knee, for
which I attended her. Four children were now ill. They
were so depressed and debilitated, as to render them very
great objects for the dispensary and Samaritan Fund. All
this misery was traceable to preventible causes."—Evidence
of J. Toynbee, F.R.S.
NIGHTLY SHELTER FOR THE 110 USELESS POOR.—
Yesterday the committee of the above association made a
report of the number of unfortunate indivi lush who, since
the date of opening (the 14th December), have availed
themselves of its *hater from the inclemency of the weather.
In the Central Asylum, Playhouse-yard, St. Luke* 3,165
men, women, and children. The Eastern Asylum, in Glue-
house-street, East Smithfield, 2,106; and in the Western
Asylum, Upper Ogle-street, Marylebone, 2,186. The num-
ber of rations distributed during the same period amounted
to 79,393.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—DISTRES.ING DEATH.—
By Mr. W. Payne, adjourned from Tuesday evening,
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Robert
Bland, aged 34 yeses.—Mr. 11. F. Wilde, the house-
surgeon of the hospital, said, that by order of the coroner
he had that day made a post-mortem examination,
and found congestion of the brain sufficii nt to cause
death. Laudanum was the principal cause. —Verdict
"That Robert Bland died a natural death from conges-
tion of the brain."—CONJUGAL DIFTEUENCLA.—By Mr.
Bedford, on the body of Mary Sanson, _ aged 49, the wife
of a lawyer's clerk. The deceased had for a long time
past been separated from her husband, and for the last year
had had her allowance of 70. 6d. per week stopped. She was
in distress, and in order to support herself was in the habit of
ordering goods on her husband's account and melting them.
On Friday
.night last she was seen with a paper of arsenic in
her posseunon, and the next morning was found dead at
No. 70, Berwick-street, where she bad begged a lodging for
the night. The inquest was adjourned for a past-melon
examination of the body.