The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-07 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

It is understood to be her Majesty's intention that
state lralls shall take place on Monday, the sth of May, and
on Monday, the 19th of May; and a concert on Monday,
the 12th of May.
The queen and Prince Albert walked early yesterday in
the garden of Buckingham-palace, and the royal family
took their usual exercise. . . .

Ifer .layesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of
Walcs and Prince's Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the
court, and the domestic household, attend. d Divine st rvice
yesterday, in the private chapel of Buckinahamspalace.
fhe lion. and lice. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The
Duchess of Kent also attended the smelts..

Ihe Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday at
Buckingham-pabec.
Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel lion. Meson-
' der Gordon, rode out on horseback on Saturday.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch and Lieut.-
Colonel Alexander Gordon, took a carriage drive on
Saturday morning.
The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice took an
airing in an open carriage and four on Saturday.
The Royal Dinner leirty on Saturday, at Butkinglirtm
Palace, included the Duchess of Kent, the Marquis and
.Marchioness of Kildare, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de
Sloth, the Earl and Count.,s St. German's, the Earl of
Desart, and the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert.
'the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester
on Saturday ut Gloucester House.
Prince Edward of Saxe-Wrimar visited the Duchess of
Kent at Clarence Rouse' yesterday.

Mr. C. Mostyn Owen had an interview with Earl Grey
on Saturday at the Colonial-office.
A deputation from the Master Carpenters Society, con-
sisting of Mr. Nesham. Mr. Biggs, Mr. Stephen Ibnl, Mr.
&Ile,' and Mr. Geo. Bird, had au inter, iew on Saturday
with Lord Seymour at the office of her Majesty's Commis-
sioners of Waal. and Fonts, in Whitehall-place.
The Earl of Arundel awl Surrey had an interview on Sa-
-1 turday with Sir George Gm? at the llomesithee.
A deputation of sugar rel ners hail an interview on Sa-
tui day with the Chamellor of the Exchequer nt his official
residence in Downing-street. The deputition was headed
by Lord Melgund. M.l'. ; Mr. Alexander liastie, M.P. ;
Mr. Macgregor, M.P.; Mr. Moffat, M.l'.; Mr. flume,
•M,P. ; and consisted of Mr. Alexander M'Ewen, Mr.
Thomas Richardson, Mr. Davit Riehardson (Scotch re-
finers); Mr. John lairric (London), Mr. Patrick (Good-
hart and Co.), Mr. !fall Midland Boyd), and E. Walker-
harrt and Co.
Sir E. Sutton had an interview on Saturday at the
liomv-office with Sir George Grey.
The Transatlantic Packet Station Commission met on
Saturday at the Board of Truk. Present, Earl Granville,
chairman ; Sir James Gordon, K.C.8.; Sir Juhu F. Bur-
goyne, K.C.B. ; Captain Stephenson Ellerby, and Lord
Hobart, secretary.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-441ice
from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Despatches
were also received yesterday front the Governor of Canada
and from the Governors of the other North American Colo-
nies, and also iron the Governor of the Mauritius.
Despatehcs were received on Saturday from the Governor
of Gibraltar At the Colonial-other.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service and
received the merantent yesterday at the Chalwl Royal, St.
James'a. The lice. Dr. Wesley officiated. At the daily
service the Archbishop of York preached the sermon. The
11ev. T. lielmore read the prayer-, the Rev. G. Repton
read the lessons, and the Rev. Dr. Wesley the communion
service. The anthem, •• Lod, how are they increased,"
• was sung by M,..srs. Baruby and Machin. Sir George
Smart presided at the organ.

A Cabinet Council was held on Satarday after-
noon at the Foreign-outer. The Ministers resent
were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the
Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmer-
ston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Right llun.
Henri- Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis
of Cllnricarde, and the Right Ron. Fox Motile. The
council sat two hours and a half.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

The April session of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this morning, before the flight lion. the Lord
Mayor, the Right lion. the Recorder, the Common Ser-
geant, Mr. Alderman Carter, the Sheriffs, fix.
The calender at present contains the names of 2:23 persons
! for trial at this session.
The Recorder, after the grand jury had been sworn, said
that although the number of prisoners for trial on the pre-
sent occasion was larger than usual, he was happy to inform
them that, with two or three exceptions only, ail the CaSCA
were of the ordinary description; and he therefore felt it
unnecessary to detain them from their duties by making
any lengthened observations. Ilia lordship then referred to
a charge of child murder, where he said it appeared to him
that the principal point for emisid, ration by the grand jury
was whether the child was burn alive; and it' thot fact
should be proved to their satisfaction, it would be their
duty to find a bill. The learned Recorder next called the
attention of the jury to one or two other cases, and the
grand jury then retired.

THE SPEAKER'A eighth parliamentary dinner was
gi,en on Saturday, when the company included Lord Nor-
reys, Lord Melgund, Lord Emlyn, Hon. Geo. Smythe,
tin. J. W. Forte:woe, Hon. Captain Harris, Sir lied:meth
Williamson, Sir John Hanmer, Sir George Staunton, Sir
Itoli;‘rt Peel, Sir Harry Verney, Sir Edmund Macnagh-
ten, lion. Compton Cavendish, Mr. Pinner, Mr. Saville
Ogle, Mr. Osman Wean Mr. \Vatter, Nir. Joseph San-
eters, Mr. her Seymer, Mr. S.itheron, Mr. Wm. Beckett,
Mr. Charles Great:.ll, Mr. Jose ph Bailey, Mr. O. C.
1... th, Mr. William Evans, Colonel Reid, and Mr.
Ilene age.
APPOINTMENT.—SiOntIeI Creelman, Eaq., is ap-
pointed financial secretary fur Nova Scotia.-06sercer.
REPRESENTATION OF THE AP-
PlOW:111:40 ELECTION.—During the past week, the great
topic of conversation in Plymouth has been as to who is to
.uveeed Mr. Roundel' Palmer as a member for the borough.
Divers have been the opinions ventured, and many names
have paused from tormue to tongne as that of the person to
be honoured with beint selected representative. It appears
t be assumed, without question, that Viscount Ebnngton
will again be a candidate and again elected, and it is seem-
ingly acquiesced in by all partic=, that Mr. Roundel' Pal-
mer, Übe again offers not be elected. A section
of the constituency have made overtures to Mr. Robert
Parrett Collier, banister of the western circuit. a native
and resident of Plymouth, and the ton of the late John
Collier. Esq., who for many years represented the borough
on the liberal interest, ::nl it is understood that Mr. Collier
has given his conditional consent to contest an election. His
views are liberal, beyond the type of the Russell cabinet, but
manypersons who agree in his political opinions, and think he
has some claims upon the town as the son of their late mem-
ber, and as a townsman, object on th=e ground of his being a
! lawyer, and therellire likely to pre far place to an indepen-
, deat representation : and these say they would rather that
Mr. George William Sultan, a gentleman int. rested in the
commercial prosperity of the port, and resident in the
neighbourhood, should be the member. Others again think
the best person to represent the borough would be some
. gentleman connected with the mercantile interests of the
country, and especially with shipping and with steam min-
, gation ; and amongst them Mr. Wigram Crawford is
confi-
dently spoken of. Mr. Crawford was but lately defeated
at Harwich, and is a free trader and a liberal.
REPRESENTATION OF OXFORDsIIIRE.—At a meet-
!, big of the Oxfordshire Protection Society, held at the Star
• Inn, Oxford, on Saturday, and which was well attended, it
. I was fully resolved to oppose the return of Mr. Harcourt and
t Lord None!. at the next general election. The names of the
Marquis of blandford, M.P. Sir Henry Willoughby, Bart.,
M.P. for Evesham, and Mr:Stone, of Streatly, a barrister of
• some eminence and a large landed proprietor of the county,
, were mentioned. Mr. Harcourt has signified leis intention
to his agent at Oxford that be ham's, at the mat general
e election, to otter himself again for;the county, and there is
but little doubt that Lord Sorrel's will also be a candidate.

PARLIAMENTARY COMNIITTEES.

ST. ALBANS ELECTION COMMITTEE.

On Saturday the members of this committee re-
assembled ; Mr. E. Ellice, chairman ; Hon. T. Charter's,
Sir U. Hull, Mr. Stuart, and Mr. Adair.
James Puygndestre, officer of the House of Commons,
examined, said that on Friday, Oa leaving the house at the
direction of the committee, in company with the witness,
Elizabeth Edwards, he took a cab direct for Cottage-
place, Limehouse, in search of Waggett, the missing wit-
ness. On arriving them, he ascertained from Mrs. Jones,
the landlady, who was in a very agitated state, that just ten
minutes before, some person or persons had been there, and
hurriedly taken Waggett off in a cub. They told her she
was inn great all-v, and was liable to two years' imprison-
ment for having kept Waggett there. The pour woman
was in a dreadful state of agitation. (Laughter.)
Charlotte Jones examined.—Lived ut 4, Cottage-place,
Limehouse. Mrs. Edwards, about a week ago, came and
took a room at her place for herself and Waggett, her
brother-in-law. Hayward and Edwards, who she under-
atom' were lawyers, used to come there ; and Waggett gave
'extractions that he would see them, but not any one else.
On reading in the Times of Monday last the reward for the
" abducted " witnesses, she said to Waggett—" You seem
agitated;" to which he replied—" ma'mn, it is a
law-suit I am upon, and I do not WWI to appear against the
party, fur I must speak the truth, and I wish to keep
away." On noticing the advertisement in the Times, in
which the MOW of Waggett appeared as one of the
absconded witnesses, she said to Waggett--" This
mint be you, sir ;" to which Waggett replied—
" Yes, it is me, but it's all over at 12 o'clock—
it's all done and void." Ile said if any one
came, except Edwards and Hayward, she was to tell them
he was not there. Hayward came on Wednesday, and said
he wanted to see Waggett, when Mrs. Edwards said to
witness, " Do nut let that blackguard come into the house:
he only wants to decoy the poor old sout(ineaning Waggett)
away." Clain which witness said, "Oh dear, you put me
in quite a fright ; I wish I'd never seen you.' Immedi-
ately after this, Waggett rushed up stairs, passed witness,
who was in a state of bewilderment, saying. " So help me
God, if Edwards doesn't come, I will go to the House of
Commons to.morrow morning, and give myself' up, and
speak the truth." Was so agitated ever share, that she did
not know how the week had gone. (Laughter.) On the
Thursday evening, Edwards and Hayward called, and Mrs.
Edwards told witness, while they were all inside the room,
to stand outside and listen. ''card the lawyerstalk together,
and one said to the other, " Are you going to give Waggett
the money ?" to which Hayward replied, " Yes, I'vegot it all
ready, and they gave Waggett mmwy, utter which they all
appeared to he comfortable together. The lawyers then
left. She heard something about 9f., or 90f. On Friday
afternoon last Hayward came to her house, shockingly
agitated, htweeen 3 and 4 o'clock, and said " Wamtt must
be oft' directly. Hate you got a haek-duor • can he get away
over one of the neighbour's nails ? fur God's sake do; that
woman Edwards his *Ail him, and you will be liable for
two years' transportation if you let him remain here."
l: pore which witness exclaimed, " Lack-astlaisy me, I ion as
innocent as the halw fawn, and didn't know that he was
in the Me omt ery, nor nothing about it till she nail it
in the Times." Hayward rushed up to Waggett, who
had gone to get something out of his caret-bag, and
witness and all of them got into a cab that was
waiting for them outside. After driving about n quarterof
a mile, witness got out, and Hayward seemed looking
about him all ways at once. (Laughter.) Witness said,
" What is the matter ; is the poor man condemned ?" On
which the cabman seemed agitated. Witness observed to
her daughter, who was with her, that the man looked very
much like a munlerer, his agitation was so shocking ; so
much so that the effect of it caused witness to stagger
against the wall. (Laughter.) The cab, which she thought
was 168:1---at any rate there was an N in it —(laughter),
. drove iilf in a nipid manlier. When witness got honte she
found Mrs. Edwards and the officer of the house who had
come to take Waggett into custody.
The Committee here ordered that Edwards should be
called in to be identified by the witness, us this was a seri-
ous contempt of the orders of the house.
Witness then identified Edwards—to the best of her be-
lief that was the man and the make of him. (Laughter.)
Henry Hayward, who Was stated to have been in the
gallery of the house the day before, and on whom a war-
rant had been served, was here called fur: there was no
answer to the summons.
Elizabeth Edwards, examined at considerable length,eor-
roborated portions of the evidence given by the previous
witness, and deposed to having heard the sound of money
being counted on the occasion. Hayward gave Mrs. Jones
a sovereign. Had heanl Waggett say, "If I don't receive
11W. 1 will go away," and heard the rattling of money.
The committee then had Edwards called in, and told him
that they won't' require his attendance front day to day.
They would not decide what they intended to do with re-
ference to the case of Waggett, but intended to keep it

alive.
James Biwa, bricklayer, of St. Albans, swore that he had
never told Mr. Bennett that he had received 5/., or any
money iior voting or not voting.
Ilennett, builder, of St.Albana, was then called.
Mr. serjeant liinglakto and Mr. James, Q.C., contended
at length, on behalf of the sitting member, that Mr. Bennett
could not be extuninial on this subject, on the ground that
he was one of the petitioners liable fur the costs of the pro-
ceedings, and, consequently, an interested party.
The Commissioner overruled the objection.
The witness was then re-ralled.—Swore that on the nomi-
nation day James Bigg (who on the day previous had sworn
4 or II times to the contrary), had told him that he had re-
ceived 51. in consideration of his vote. Bigg was one of his
workmen.
Thomas Brandon, bricklayer, St. Albans, one of the ab
scowled witnesses, said lie did not know be was to come there
until he had seen it in the noowspapers, which he could not
read. (Laughter.) Went to the house in Chequer-street,
but saw no money on the table, and had voted tory all his
life. (Laughter.) Was in the employ of Mr. Russell,
builder, of St. Albans. Dropped four sovereigns out of his
pocket the night alter he had seen Edwards, in the presence
of Mary Rees, Mr. Russell's housekeeper. Witness's
wages were 12s. 6d. per week. The money fell from his
pocket, but he did not kuuw how it fell in. (Laughter.)
Vol not recollect giving the waiter at the White hart a
sovereign instead of a shilling. Wits very tipsy at the time.
The money he had was the produce of the sale of some pigs
he had brought up—(laughter)—and of some fruit front a
garden be rented. 'look this money out of his drawer to
have a little bit of a spree during the election. (Laughter.)
There were a great many peemle drinking at the White
Hart, and hallooing out about election money. If witness
said anything about election money, he was drunk, and, of
course, did not know what he said. (Laughter.)
Mary Bees, housekeeper to Mr. Russell, deposed to Bran-
don, v:lbroin she had never seen with so much money
before, displaying four sovereigns. It was a matter of no-
toriety at the last election that money was given for votes.
John Hawes, waiter at the White Hart, deloused to
Brandon having given him a sovereign instead of a shilling.
William Lynes, in the service of Lord Verulam, at Gm-
hionburv, another of the ..abducted" witnesses, examined:
depoworto his having been taken, as given in previous evi-
dence, by two strangers to Watford, het Tuesday week, on
his way to attend before the committee, and to the circum-
stance of Edwards and Blagg having come and taken him
back to St. Albans. Would not swear that either of them
came into the room. He did not go on to London because
he did not like the strangers On getting to St. Albans
went to "The George," and was locked up there fur a week,
having his meals brought hint. Blagg and Edwards gave
the orders for him to stop there. Was let loose to come up
to Landon on Thursday. Caine up with Blagg, and a lot
of them went is • cab to Eendall's Hotel. Could not say if
his wife was there (laughter), or whether there were three,
or four, or five, in the fly. (The witness throughout Rave
his evidence with great hesitation and nonsensical gesticula-
tion, and there appeared to be no diminution of it upon
repeated cautions from the committee and counsel.)
The Chairman rising, said—We'd better give this wit-
ness, who has prevaricated so much, into the custody of
the Serjeant-atsArms, and adjourn to Monday. Officer,
take him into custody. (Sensation.)
Mr. James—He is a respectable man in the service of
Lord Verulam.
Mr. Serjeant Wrangham—Wc have seen something of his
respectability. (Laughter.)
Sir 13.11a1l —AN e know he is in the service of Lord Verulam,
but we only know hint here as a witness to speak the truth
upon oath without prevarication, and, if we are not satisfied
with the way in which he gives his evidence, our only re-