The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-24 00:00:00

Ebt eourt.

OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.—The royal dinner party
yest-rdsy included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria
Mason, and the Baroness de Sprth.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow
(Friday) the 25th at Osborne, isle of Wight, at one
o'clock in the afternoon. Summonses were issued yesterday
from the Privy Council-office to the minister and officers
of state.
A deputation, including Mr. Charles Russell,
chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, Mr.
Saunders, and Mr.Hunr, had an interview with the Commis
eioners of Railw.iys yesterday, at their 31TICII in the Board et
1 rade.
Sir J. Guest had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Anldjo, Mr. W.
Chapman, Mr. A. I. Moore. and Mr. Atcheson, directors of
the Trust and Loan Canal:any of Upper Canada, had an in-
terview with Earl Grey yeeterday, at the Colonial-office.
Sir IL George and Sir J. Cochrane had inttrvievrs
yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR has issued an orliernip-
pointing F. A. Warburton, Esq , barrister-101m, an 15515-
tant-Registru in Mr. Cimmissioner 11.ilroyd's court, in ccn-
sequence of the prolonged and serious illness of Mr. Miller,
the rezistru, who hu been ill for four months past. This is
the third instance in which an uistant-registrar has been
appointed under the let.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH Liva.—The marriage of ars
Caroline Amelia Grosvenor, fourth (laughter of the Marquis
and Marchioness of Westminster, and the Hon. William
Hen Leigh, elde.t rhn of Lord Leigh, was solemnised on
Tuesday last et St. George's Church, Hanover-squ ire. The
ceremony was performed by his Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury. The bride was attended by the Ladies Octavio
and Agnes Grosvenor, and Miss Victoria Charlotte Gros.
veunr, her cousin. A sumptuous entertainment was given
at Grosvenor House, by the Marquis and Marchioners of
Westminster, to a large party. The bride and bridegroom
left town for liatchforl-park, the Earl of Ellesmere's test,
near Cobham, to pan the honeymoon.

THE EXPLOSION IN ALBANY-STREET.
Last evening the inquiry, adjourned from Monday
last, concerning the death of Mary Bentley, one of the
sufferers My the ezploohn in Albony.stroet. was concluded by
Me. Wakley, at the Chester Arms, in the above street.—A
model was fixed in the inquest. room of nearly t .e same
dimension as the meter destroyed, and the coroner and jury
here viewed the situation; and the mode adopted by the boy
Lucas in putting in and taking out the shutters was ex.
plained to them.
S. May said he was a gas-fitter, and worked for Mt.
%Lowell, in Albany-street, and hod been frequently to
No. 60, Albany-street, to take water oat of the gas Om I
There was sometimes too much water in the meter. Zs I
thought dry meters the beet.
H. Larkin, an inspector of the London Gas Compaq,
said : I have 'been twice to Mr. Loten's to inspect the gas;
the first occasion was in June last, and I went to take the
register of the meter by order of the office. No complaint
was made. I went again on the 20th of July in consequence
of an order from the office on account of want of light. I
found there was not sufficient water in (the meter. I pat
some water into it, and tke gas in the union burnt very wel
then, but the light of the side burner jumped. I sent Mr-
Cogan, gas atter, of Mansterxtreet, to see what was ret
qulred.—By the Coroner : I made no complaint about
the position of the meter. We nee both wet and dry meters.
The choice of them generally depends upon the tenants.
The most modern Invention is the dry meter. I should re-
aemmend the water meter myself. There are more of the
letter used by the company than dry meters. When I was
at Mr. Loten's the second time no complaint of the gas
elamelng swat made. If there had been an escape I must have
dasevered it, because I had a candle with me.
W. Cogan, a gas-atter, examined: Went to No. 60,
Albany-street, at the request of the last witness, to examine
the meter and repair the pipes. That was shoat three weeks
before the 'Cadent. The complaint made was that the jas
lights at the side of the s''.op lumped. That was eaoai
cousia
the collection of water in the pipe, which was
Nothing was said about the gas escaping.
Mr. Mande, the secretary of the London Gas Company,
put in a letter received from Mr. Lotto, complaining of
being nearly without gas for a whole week, but in it he
made no remark about the escape of gat.