The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-13 00:00:00

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11-t:insoß, Tr Eso.tv.--The Prince of Walos, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice walked
and rode on ponies this forenoon. The Ps incess Ilelena was
taken an airing.
The Right Hon. Sir Stratford and Lady ('annlng
arrived at the Castle from town shortly before six o'clock this
evening, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Holstein Gluck".
burg, Prince William of Holstein, Count de Reventlow,
Viscount and Viscount, as Palmerston, the Lady in Waiting
on the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness do Speth, Lord H.
Howard, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, Miss L. Dawson
Darner, and the Hon. and Rev. C. ly:slie Courtenay.

A cahir,et council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the ministers,
with the exception of the Earl of Minto. The council sat
an hour and a half. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord
President) arrived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday
afternoon, for the purpose of attending the council, from his
seat, Bowood-park, Wiles. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere
(President of the Board of Trade) also arrived in town yes-
terday, for the purpose of attending the meeting.
Lieut.-General Ellice had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday at the Colonial office.
The Earl of Auckland gave a dinner to the cabinet
ministers yesterday evening, at his residence in the Ad-
miralty.

ACCIDENT TO THE DUCHESS or KENT.—An
accident occurred to the Duchees of Kent on Monday
evening, as her royal highoeu was proceeding in her car-
riage from Frogmore House to Windsor Castle to join the
royal dinner party. When the carriage had arrived opposite
to the Waterloo-gate entrance to the Home-park, the coach-
man. hearing a horse and vehicle coming towards them, at
a furious rate, lost no time in driving es closely as possible
to the rails on the near side of the road. Within a few
seconds afterwards a collision took place, a runaway horse,
attached to a spring cart belonging to Hamilton Parkes,
Esq., of Woodside, dragging the vehicle, with immense
force, against the carriage of the duchess, throwing her royal
highness into the arms of Lady Anna Maria Dawson, to
the great alarm of the other occupants of the carriage.
Such was the violent nature of the concussion, that the hind
axle of the duchess's carriage was completely bent, and some
of the spokes of the wheel broken out. The escape of the
duchess is described as miraculous, for had the shaft of the
cart penetrated the carriage, the result may easily be ima-
gined. Sir George Cowper, who was on the road somewhat
in advance, hearing the noise, immediately. hastened to the
spot, and extricated the duchess and the three ladies who
were in the carriage with her. The duchess and
her attendants then proceeded to the castle in Sir
George Cowper's brougham, the carriage bring so
disabled as to be totally unfit for present use.
The three persons who were in the cart, consisting of the
butler of Mr. Hamilton Parkes, with his wife, and the
cook, were thrown out into the road. The butler was ren-
dered insensible for two hours from the effects of a severe
wound on the side of his head. His wife, who remains in
a dangerous state, had the skin from the whole of the left
side of her face entirely torn off. The cook, who was
covered with blood when picked up, escaped without much
serious injury.

I)EATR op SIR THOMAS PIGOTT, BART.—Sir Thos.
l'igott, Bart., expired suddenly on the ith inst., at Denton.
hall, Suffolk. The deceased, who was son of Sir George
Pigott, Bret baronet, by his marriage with Miss Kelly,
daughter of the Right Hon. Thos. Kelly, WAS born in 1796,
and married in 1931 Mins Brummall, daughter of Mr. Wm.
Brummell, of Wyveahoe, Eau:, by whom he leaves a young
family. The late baronet was formerly captain in the Royal
Horse Guards (Blue).

(From last night's Gazette.)
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE Orr.
Bora] Reg. of Artillery.—Gent. Csdets to ha See. Lieuts.--11. IL
Wright, vice Grenville, prom.; A. Y. Rube, vice 8. R. B. Berinney,
pr.; lion. L A. Addington, site Bent, pr. ; A.Vandeleur, v. Glanville.
pr.; A. S. (or, rice Jervis, prom.; C. B.HIII, vi e Alkinaon,tproll.;
P. J. Campbell, vice Dumirem, prom.; F. C. Maud., rice l
prom.; A. W. Twigs, vice Heyman, prom.; R. Curtis, rice Dew, prom.;
A. hierwright, vice Robertsoo, prom. ; F. S. Seale, rice East, prom. ;
I. Moulton, vice Haste, prom. ; J. De Luttrell Saundrrson, rice Tao.
well, prom.; M. Aoketell. vice Winterhottorn, prom. ; P. Dickmo,
rice Singleton, prom. ; .Luess Clarke, vice Reilly, prom. ; F. Place,
rice Saunden, team.: E. J. Bruce, vice Smith, prom. ; W. P. Richards,
vice Fitzhugh, prom ; J. E. Hope, rtcc Moodr, prom. ; 11. W. J.
Doshwood, vice Hardy, prom.; A. Brendan, rice Bolton, prom.; J.
de Havilland, rice Lugg, prom.; S. Carden. rice Fraser, prom.; 0.
A. Wilkinson, rice Lambert, prom.; W. W. A. Lukin, vice SoadY.
prom.; W. Walker, vice Dyneley, prom.
Dorm of Royal Engineer, —Gent. Cadets to be Sec. Lents.—A. R.
Clarke, vice Wrotteoler, prom.; E. hainbriage, vice St. John. prom.;
J. Murray, rice Gonton, prom. ; G. Ranker., vice Porter, pram. ; F.
H. De Veer, rice Wilson, prom. ; 11. R. Polly, vice Dawson, prom.;
R. M. Parsons, vice Crofton. prom. ; F. Brine, A. a'Court k isher, 0.
M. sondem, E. Bridge, H. M. Lim* M. S. Whitmore.