The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-20 00:00:00

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The Queen went in state yesterday to tl.e House of
Lord*' to open the sessiona of parliament with a speech front
the throne. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the state
saloons at a quarter before ico o'clock, prt ceded by the
great officers of state and the principal officers of the house-
held, and followed by the Ladies iu IVaitieg, her Majesty's
train being borne by the Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her
Majesty and the Prince descended the grand staircase, and
passed through the library, and throagh a tempo: ary
corridor, hung with handsome crimson draperiti., and richly
•rpeted, which had been erected Inc the ore ision across the
terrace in the garden front of the palace. Her Majesty and
bin Royal Highness were conducted throneh the corridor to
the state coach by the Lord Chamberlain. The Queen's
guard, composed of the Fuot Guards, with the band of the
regiment, stationed in the royal garden, received the Sove-
reign with the usual hollows.
The State Procession left the palace by the garden
entrance in the following order :—A carriage drawn by six
bays conveying the Gentlemen Ushers, the Hon. Frederick
Byng, Captain Courtenay Boyle, It. N., and Colonel
!'son
the lon in Waiting of the Yeoman Guard, Sir Samuel
Hancock, and a Page of Honour. A carriage drawn by a ,et
of bays, conveying the Groom of the Robes, Lieut. Colonel
Seymour; the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Berkeley Drum-
mond; the Groom in Waiting to Prince Albe, t, Captain
Francis Seymour, and a Page of Honour, Mr. Forbes.
A carriage drawn by a set of hays, conveying the
Comptroller of the Household, Lord Marcus Hill; the
Master of the Household, Major General Bowles; the
Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel Buuverie, and the Field
Officer in Waiting, Colonel flame. A carriage drawn
by a set of bays, conveying the Captain of the
Yeoman Guard, Viscount Falkland, O. C. H. ; the Clerk
Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget; the Treasurer of the
Household, Lord Robert Grosvenor; and the Equerry in
Waiting to the Prince, Captain the Hun. A. H. Gordon. A
carriage, drawn by a set of black horses, conveying the Lord
St ward, Earl Fortescue; the Gold Stick in NV.iitirg,
Via-
count Combermere' G.C.8.; the Lord in Waiting, Earl
Ducie ; and the Loral in Waitiug to the Prince, Viscount
Ciifdeo. The Queen', Marobalmen, two and two. The
Queen's footmen, in state liveries, two and two. Yeomen
of the Guard. The State Couch, drawn by eight cream-
er:loured horses, conveying her Majesty the Queen; H.R.H.
Prince Albert ; the Mistress of the Rolm., the Duchess of
Sutherland; and the Lady in Waiting, the Marchionen
of Douro. The Crown was conveyed to the House of
Lords by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher. The
State Procession returael to Buckingham Palace at
five minutes past three o'clock. The Lord Cham-
berlain received her Majesty and her Royal Consort,
on alighting from their carriage, and conducted them to the
state rooms. The Yeoman Guard lined the lower rooms.

The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Hay-
market Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. he
royal suite consisted of the tilvrelitonts< of Douro, Earl
Diode, Lord Alfred Paget, and Col -nel Seymour.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal walked
yesterday moving, with her august parents. in tho royal
gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Despatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands, and fur the Governors of Malta ;and Gibraltar.

The Conde de Montemolin having been invited to
be present in the House of Lords at the opening of parlia-
ment, the Prince entered the houses soon after one o cluck,
and was conducted to the seat in the gallery gen. rally occu-
pied by visitors of his high rank. The Conde attended tha
ceremony in the court dress of a private English gentleman,
and was accompanied by his Excellency th Marquis of
Villafranea, and Colonel Merry, who were similarly attired.
Neither the Austrian, Prussian, or 'Russian ambassadors
were present. Their absence is sufficiently accounted for by
that passage in her Majesty's speech which relates to Cracow.

(From last night's Castle.)
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon
the representation of the right honourable the lords of the
committee of council on education, to appoint the Rev. Alex-
ander Thurtell, M.A., fellow and tutor of t.'aius College,
Cambridge; the Rev. J. J. Blandliird ; the Rev. Edward
Douglas Tinling, M.A.; and the Rev. Muirhcad Mitchell,
M.A., to be four of her hfajest's inspettors of schools.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 18.—The Queen has presented
the Rev. J. Russell, M.A., to the rectsry of L!andrinio, is
the county of Montgomery, cum Melverley, in the county of
Salop, and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the death of Dr.
W. Carey, late bishop of that see. Also the Rev. M. Camp-
bell to the church and parish of Salen, in the p.esbytery and
isle of Mull, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. J.
Dewar, late minister thereof, to the parish of Kilehoman.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Fan. 19.
Royal Rept. Artillerp.—See. Lteut C. W. Etre to be fled Beat, vice
Ilug dec.
sroaa sot re.—The dates of promotion or the under-mentioned
°therm are to be altered o, knout.: -First Lieut. Olt B. Woobeey.
Nov. 26, 1886; Vint Lieut. A. W. Drayage, Now. 28, 1816.