The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

might desire. The meeting also determined that the bank
should continue its discounte provisionally with its specie, as
won and in proportion as it received it, until measures had
been taken for a new system of issuing paper ; the expenses
et the bank to be promptly and considerably reduced. The
Cern;eo gays
dile wart and Interesting nesehq. mons other important thi
ID ngs
acre ged, ere 0=1: nodes the prepealka of Mr. Depot, who
that
nom," the wise ant 1111 i. ftc., on.* le he Mae
el in rupees, end not le• denten whick it # ewes our
gr
PaY' and our nrasarY, which Isidebss us wit'''. the IrrsdOutact of
our labouring pthr!ellon, ought aMS le famish us with of skied
,311 e, which would be much •pnligelis to the, to ita anideos
standard of the dollar. One of the meant sects of the astsirgrig
the rupee for standard would be to pot Mid to that
is money which has done m so we* has, and to ewe as
insoy serious embarrammenth It Dow resales ke as to et-
eosin the situation of the bank en the Ida of June, ca
ti day the meuure of payte ep twflfths wa s
7,.6`,k,d on. nail on the 7th of theg camels month. On the
16th Arne. the Bank owed, both In DOW hl ekeulation and in
deposits, abou. 538,000 dn. There wen la the nein, and la Mum-
diateiy realisable securities,MAO dn. • whiel. added in the 100,080
dro accruing from the twonfths doe, a ma 44111.11110 &a.
teen lousing the Bank a sum of 95,900 des. ready hekliteedMl• epos-
boa& In pod securities and deeds it besides poem= (Yews and
bad debts set aside) 05,000 des. ; which clearly *mulling Ilhe aims
are worth 500 des. The 7th July, the Maurious Bonk wank
nee and notes in circulation, only 219,000 den.; .bent Lr4M dringe=
too paid in on account of the two.thirds, and about MAO dam had
been paid byvarious debtors on their accounts current."
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
LAND-GRANTs AND MINEItALI4.—We have files from
this colony to the 23rd of May. The excitement respecting
the reserved right of the crown to minerals appears to he
on the increase. A colonial journal publiehes a specimen of
the new land-grants, and prefaces it so follows :
e We are cuordel to-dory to furnish, for the edification of our
colonial (Mewls and British readers, a copy of the new kind of land-
grant whied South Australian coloaints will in future have to put up
with, until the uepot indiction ah.all have been set aside, through a
returning seas of what is due to British honour and common juatloo.
It will be seen that any of the duly-appointed royal myrmidon. may
mine into ony nauen land, as if It were no man's land—may there
d,e, ewe, :and search, and thence earry away any or all of the
minerals, as., or sub-let the AMC as to them may seem meet, or beet
ealculattal to procure the realisation thereof, for her 11oltoty, bar
Dees or successors :
Land Grant- Know all men by then° presents, that I, FAL
County...mum Kobe, Esq., Licit-Governor of the province
tenth Alotralio. tof Smith Au-trolia, in comideration of the sum
sterling, to the colouial treasurer on behalf of her Majesty
;laid b 7 , do hereby in name and on behalf of her Majesty,
by virtue of the powers in me
intituled `A vented by rut Act of the sth and 6th
ratio of her Majedy's reign, n Act for reguloting the Slade
an weste Land belonging to the Crown in the .%ustralian colonies,:
and of all other powers me the memo enabling, grant unto the said
all aeetion of land cont
acres,
and numbered ath de:tamed in the public mars deposited in
the survey ottke at .tilelaido, and in the plan ire the margin hereof, to-
'ether with all the rights and appurtenances whatromer thereto be-
kering, to hold unto the said heirs and assigns for ever pro-
Tided ueverthelews, and I du hereby in name and on behalf aforesaid,
reserve unto her Majesty, her bean and suocemors, a reignoroge or
royalty of 1-15th n! a 1 metal, and ores cunt:draft metals lying upon,
in, or under the said land, payable in kind at the south a pit, shalt,
pinery, or quarry from which they may be raiaed 'Fah full liberty
sad power, by any servants appointed wider the authority of her
Majedy, her hens, and succossurs, to search fur, dig, and take away
the same; and also tue right of free ingrown, mews, fuel regret. into,
out of, and upon the said land, for the jury oes herein mentioned :
And I do also reserve unto her Majtety, her Itciry and soccer...ors, full
power for them, and tor the Gournor for the time bens of the said
province, and all persoos by then or him authorised in that behalf, at
any time or throe t., rmume sad take puseenaion of and portion of the
said land, not eueediug one toaster of an acre, nod the mouth of
story pit, &bait, arolicry, or quarry from which metallic mineral. may
be drawn, which may bo roper, d fur a reside:am or store for such
persons, as may be uptminted to receive her Majesty's dish or dues and
such land so imutned freely to occupy for the purpeae aforesaid. but
for no other purpose, with privates, n of ammo and of building thereon,
and of ,emoting buildings so erected : so never, helms that one
month's notice °leach portions of land being so nouirel dull be
previously Inv, a in the Noent Atieratia. Gurernniunt Gel,lfr or
otherwise: an that 110 soh resumption be made wimout compensa-
tion to the party entithsl for any part of the same land upon which
any expenditure or impost-tomtit shall have been made : and I do
alai oxeye unto her 31ns:sty, her helm and TUCCCSIIOI,I, full power for
them, or for the governor of the said province, and any other persons
duly authorised by them or him to commute from time to time the
said wignorage or royalty of onedlneentla of Filth metals end me elhe
ores in Lind, into parecots in money, in the nature of a rent charge,
pollee et susea 'lines, in such ananner, and at-cording to such regular
*terns as may be autherised by her Mayes: y, her heir, and roic-
eces,rs : and I do also reserve to her Majesty, her heirs and sum
emsors, the power by any persons in that behalf duly
appoieted, No:liens:ewer such rent charge or money payments
shall be in nearer for twenty-our days alter the game shall have
berme due, to enter epee the raid !mod or any part thereof, and die.
train for the arrears to the said rent onarge or money payments, and
the dietecoors then and here towel to dowse of according to law, in
over that such :ore ins and all Weide,: and expairses may be
molested : In winked whereof I hate hereunto set my hand and seal ut
Adelaide this day of ooc thomand
eight hundred and
signed, sealed, and delivered,
in the preeer.ce of
I act oowlealaa, to have received from
the abort-,named baure.iiitu-
'ioned sum of Sterling )
Witness Treasurer.

Vibe Conn.
WINDSOR, MONDAY. Iler Afikjesty the Queen
Dowag r, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess
of H. we, arrived nt the Castle this ulternuan on a visit to
the Queen from Cashiobury-park, Herts.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, Earl Howe, Viscount tual Viscoun•ess Palmerston,
and Lord and Lady Cowle are expected ti arrive at the
Castle to-day, on a vi.it taher Majesty.
His Excellency Count Dietrichstein and Lord and
Lady John Russell left the Castle today.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
is expcctt d to include her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness
the Princess of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, their Exre'lencies Mnnes and Madame Van
de Weyer. 1 !,e band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will
attend during dinner; her Majesty's private hand will after-
ward's attend in the Castle.
Their Royal highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Sirelitz, and his Serene
Highntss Prince Frederic of Hesse, arrived at Kew yester-
day front a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at
Casniobury-park, Herts. His Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge tetureed to his residence at Kew yesterday from
the seat of Viscount Barrington. near Farringdon.

ROYAL. VISIT TO ARUNDEL CASTLE.—Her Majesty
has signified her gracious intention of honouring the Duke
and Duchess of Norfolk with a visit during the present
month, at their family rcsidenee, Arundel Castle.—Post.
Mr. Henry Chard and Mr. Henderson had an
intcrri,w on Saturday at the Foreign Odic° with Lord
Palmerton, on the business of the Spanish Bondholders
Assveiation. . . .

Lord and Lady John Russell arrived in town
yet rtluv from Win.dsor Castle.
The !tight lion. T. Milner Gibson, Vice-President
of the Roma of 'frade, has arrived in town.
kapatehes were received yesterday at the Colonial
OfEt.e from the Governors of South Australia, the Mauritius,
and the Gambia. _ .

THF. ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIEF..—The Lady Rose
Somerse, fourth daughter of the Duke of Beantirt, and
(' IPtain Francis Lovell, whose elopement from Badminton
we noticed in Thursday's paper, were married on Sunday
last. The persons present at the ceremony, and the place at
which it was performed, suggest the agreeable inference that
a reconciliation has taken place amongst all parties. The
marriage took place at Wroughton, the seat of John Lovell,
Esq., and was solemnised by the Rev. E. Everard, chaplain
to the Duke of Beaufort.