The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-24 00:00:00

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COLONIAL
, NEW ZEALAND.— RESUMPTION OP TUE NEW
, Elutes , COM VAN Y'll COLON MING OPIRAT lONS. —We
• fad the ...Wowing intimation in the New Zealand Journal
•
Of SMUI ..:. iy
iast ,
Out ien.lers will be glad to learn that the Scotch colony
bat he,. ibout to proce.:d to Otago. With respect to this
fattlimeva, there is no longer any difficulty in the way ; the
..a, ~, wing been, fur some time past, that of the non-
; laritei of the agreement between the company and the
merglanient. This obstacle, happily, no longer exists, and
• beg" pr:jeeted colony is rapidly assuming a shape of final
: 11111itidlni, a:. The grant of land has been awarded, and 'he
1 10Ikisettlement will have nothing to contend with, as far
• the •it'os to their land are concerned. The surveys,
maw
~, the superintendence of Mr. Kettle' have been
s iinatismed with, end the result of, these has
• etc develops, the capabilities of the settlement in a
' log mtisl'setory manner. The harbour has been reser-
-1 and the former imperfect and incorrect chart
7 i a. that vessels may proceed with the greateet con-
t
tVie understand that the ballot for lands will not
!.. .gebe place till the autumn, when the whole of the praise-
- iliesportiatements will be complete. Many patties have,
• 110 yew. determined not to wait fur this, but to proceed at
Meet& the sew settlement, as others have already done, in
t.=tin of the ballet. From our own experience as
we should say that there is practical wisdom in this,
k Mee mace . for any purposts cf actual exertion in industrial
t. IQs, ei for the purpose of gaining a thorough knowledge
'. ,efthe nature and capabilities of the district, which knowledge
. bet MSC - , Iplicah!e when the time fir exertion arrives. We
j.jsmegr...i confidence in this new settlement. It bus not only
, sr •pi I ntntee the energy and untiring perseverance of
the Scotch character, but it has the further guarantee of
bleed upon those principles, politic and religious,
•RI
steml to us best calculated to unite &community in owe
•, . bond ; and what is more, to keep them so united. It
will he tinder the control of the lay association of the five
, Leh ..f Scotland, and though the day is happily pen by
• ghee men were compelled to smigrete from persocunnifor
Mmeireee sake, yet, From the religious nature of the ani-
mosity ~. be now established, we are instituting no br-
aille& ..espariue when we liken the adventure?' to the
ruhers, Wont whose loins a great emp're has
frpgrekt Weston lifezdspkere. The new settlement will,
• Mew ,r, pose', the countenance of some of the large'
- Maproprietors of Scotland. A great anxiety is evinced.
-y of these to promote emigration amongst their
' itseple, end this from various causes, which it is here
i t.-...ary to enter upon. A recent event in
policy will rot be without its effect in
=,..• colony, and in New Zealand generally. The me-
- aerial , f those officers. who, now the transit between this
emitry and India has become facile, had wished to get the
Ihdetteh evaem so modified that they might return home to
%Wait ;hew health, instead of proc:eding to place. within
Yin lini.la of the But India Company's charter, has been re-
jailed by the Board of Control, though understood to have
• boa tat .ursbly considered by the East India Company.
: =ten 1, every probability of New Zealand generally, and
s sem settlement at Otago in p trticular, becoming a
&merit, resort of Indian officers. The ctimate of Otago is
• seer ke,,,va to partake of the same features which distinguish
Ifor Zealand frees all the islands of the Southern Pacific
.
Owen. Healthful to the highest degree, and yet abounding
Illiaat species of vegetation which distinguishes countries
; Mink n aver to the tropics. The agricultural qualities of the
SA are of the acme productive order as those of the more
werther . districts; whilst, for pastoral purposes, a wide
I range of rich rasing land extends to the mono:sins
' :re wed coast. All that is required, is, in fact, settlements
10 people and cultivate it

SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND
ORPHANS OF M,oicsa. Mush—The annimrsary dinner of
the above society took place on Saturday evening, at the
London Tavern ; the president, Sir J. Clarks, Bert., M.D.,
in the chair. After the routine tomtit, the 'berm* gres
" Their patron, H.R.R. the Da s of Cen±aL fine
whom he read a letter ewer* of his
unable to be present, and stating that he shOellhaws tiga
pleasure in presiding at the swot annivenary dines?. In
giving " The Vice-patron mil lie hammy mambas,"
the chairman drew • comprise betimes doe trestaisee
of the public by medical Ma
_sod the Memos* of
medical men by the public, se die ithe4wwllBo
of the former. Medical. ewe .he mersedeist
MOTS good, and dispensed time gpoll mere le
and impartially, than any elms me.liefeesios ; while then
was no class or protaion so lade /Mei for or thought of by
the public as that of medicine. Thee Mewed " The Col.
lege of Physicians" and " The College et hengem,"ins
"tended to respectively by Dr. George Bum" -M.D., and
Mr. Pettigrew. The latter gave the toast of the llu
Proapenty to the Society for the Relief of Wideereda
Orphans of Medical Men in London and its otballr."
The chairman awned that, as they wee" we Mem
bly of brethren, and as it was not a
it !meld be uselem for him to expatiate on maletea el%
society ; he had only to lament that they genii 'met
larger annuitim to the widows oft heir Other
than 351. a year, to which gam the stabs of taltriabil
obliged them to lower the firmer annuities of 501. The
low annual subscription, only 21. to., made this the mine
extraordinary. In returning thanks for "the vicepen
dents," Mr. Ware observed, that so far from making*
Forms it deserved, the society had retrograded ; lathe
it had numbered 600 numbers, or about me- WA el the
medical profession in and near London ; now it wee snip
345, or about ono-seventh. The secretary, in acknowledging
his health having been drunk, recommended to the mew
bees the adoption of what he considered to be the Maly
means of adding to their number, that of teasheit taste
friends into becoming members. The numbers am seine
' lag aid are 33 widows and 17 orphans of deceased memben.
The invested funds of the society at present amount to
44,7981. 14s. and during the past year 1,3311. had been
granted in ;elief, and 1001. had been bequeathed to tie
society by Dr. R. Masters Kerrium. The sulucriplialea of
the evening assented to about 1501., includiiog. 101. from Mr.
Stone, 101. DOH Mr. Brand, 101. 10s. from Mr. l'e
101. 10a. hoes the *airman, and la 10s. from D:ltra.
lend. TM* wee mac very pleasant ringing from the Mimes
MOM* gmbied 1* W. Cooks, Mr. Moreton, and other
peihnes ; sm• ether other complimentary toasts, such as
" the directors," " the treasurers," dm., the party separated.
ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—The annual festival
of this misty took place on Saturday, at the Freemasons'
Tavern, Great Qmseeetroot, when about a hundred gentle-
men est lbws to Mem. Baru Bond Cabbell, Esq. presided,
sad I. preposeg the *lt of the evening, observM that the
magma! was the thlrtgoigleda anniversary of the setiety. It
was well barn le ha imnders that the institution consisted
of two dieted lee*" me called the " Artists' Annuity
Fond," a* the ether the " Artists' Benevolent Fund."
Tbe Small derived its ensures entirely from those who
mated it der own support. The other, of a be.
peollsedbler• been to the publie to give relief to the
widows ea eeplinne of those who should be taken
away. He rogreteed that the progress of the so-
ciety's rowarces bad not kept pace with the increase
of the thine amen it, a bid which was shown by
the tbillewleg need, that in 1836 the sum paid to
widows gad orphseis was 3601., and in 1846, 8571., at which
letter period the maser, income of the society fell sheet of
the ertiesey expedite* by 2W. Re would tie
s le the genthense esesested with the other Moth of
the- isedlarhe OW they slembliamer their best exerthes
to obviate then difileultlee,—MMeelties which hod sera-
path& themmetthe to diminish the amount of their tinfet-
ease bin the preset year. He had the perm to samsees
the 'IMO of 1001. towards the feeds from bee Majesty, bet
meld advise.** seeletymee be eilenlate on its °oedemas'
aseeelly,—netiboirever, thistle was aware of any feat to
the otereery. Me pops* " Perity to the Artiste' Be
newest Pert." Oast tames hoeing Me drunk, the sob. ,
scrip** were unarmed. They easented to 3641.
The neelpte of the society during the pest yen were
1,2481. da. 7d., set of which sebum remands' MK lk
There wee a dlisreme, bowel* in the oriisiery reetips
and espaffn" m ab ill
ove gated.
Ng, BONOOKR AT STOCKWELL.—A new whoa
was *mod peterday, Dmestetreet, Stockwell. Thir
trin n
ee peen the lave pada ef Lambeth, in wilik.zotii
a very enperied, this=thst AM elmodosel
bee bees
beer mall= he the nob of eniefe
le • sew elemashotenemessethe I,BB_o
beeetsopel hem be est ia the dineingfee amp. Of ~is eal
did to the Bev. C. ffembia..thill,heamer,_
_emplane
of the leardly nesedered upended 11" ed is
Cliddhle= thrieeerdithowirrt piety Its Mema
ljelisee,
rmikti=e, • sew seheoLtigne hes am boa nen*
whlnt, veer the lissom of the Meg, *lithe" h
besestememi used
psalm thene see* &la*" the
Wafts helog used me week dies be
The ii say else* muse of pendig he the
wire etthe metrepolthe pinelnisse enrcely
MR ARCHDUKE CONSTANTINE or Muterne.,—Aboat gampody
lea beim am
111 o'clock se Saturday morning, the Black laileAAdmiftyla insorgamed by Ms pmesamms of this elgee=reat melee
is richt), Masher-Commander Cook, entree riff W swim le Powered ea the gam of Mild* smi ohm:
wideoleckyard, baring ea hoard his Imend bigkee gag. Se eneselmem bates been
W.l4e Ceenedies of BAIlli" MOW sea of the Bement
he *nehmen effealY Iseerd'els
sad Lord High Ahern nee Harden Na Tie LoTii Wiesbeeter peedebeg the aseviele ese-
1111* Regis left litemeless needy der ma me Mi est the armies male lb"
end merle a Ihvonable to Woolwich. The Ken. periumg= ad suligneic gym am,
Oun Pelham amemsei Ids Witham te if pa he as aiiiiisay. He iseel,
is die Bunk der J. J. Oaths. Deem" C.)., OM. V; the reeltrea het Mt them wee elmedyall
mdse Wifl./".alsidjllB"griii b, OVA Has Allratiossufmnshe a. saw. Mar dr semi"
ef the Drumm stearseekerm, Sika Mr. Dyer, wont eft
in Welt mide by the mermatisa le *-
the barge of the William and Mazy me, Hie Merin 11=0 of tie gam
highness immediately enured the awl hamlet wader a
Mel salute from a battery of royal whine RIB ses. Tan VICARAGE OT Sr. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE.,—
limed on the wharf. The guard of hewn awl bad of Oa Saturday Ammo as deal letter win received by the
the Royal Marines were stationed at he wised, Imam the ismistrsr of the Bidespet leseams. free his ion*" elegise
sammesad of Capt. Johns. Hie "mid Wens a* Mee, the decides of the enessen apple* to sesthisr and thole
se landieg, almost immediately "Mewl the meets{_ whine upon the nein of the Bev. Mr. Knapp, the onetime it
we in waiting from Mivart's Haul, end pd to Sc. Paul's, to the vicarage above aimed. The *hiss wee
Leedom. In the afternoon the Grand Dukes amempelell gem way belay, In stoat a dose dam, I=4:
by BUSH de Brennow, the Russian mistier, hanenied the in sodeldettil that Menne, of the amens
estabiimegot of hissers. Hunt sad Bothell, 4 Bed- be,se4ateriorese end to Mg& Tseer ineoe thee
street, with • visit. The Geed Doke leseeerel ter his . =di 116••••=mare baylag f•Uy•esisiOksaip-
MBioßh's Mem with his proem I. the ere
mese the easesoetheseess, cad mate needled ems
Lest..coond tiro Hai. Chaim , ege 111. abe tailbone** thee the siab-dega hod sed provides dile leas
them, b in setewithes sr lab la there slew agile of the isthise were
Yesterday , his imperial higheme red esib ten ee Dr. B. Phallism" Dr. • (the eindeos),
divine service at Rumen Chapel he Welleslenseet. Is end team Interesesd. The result et this Wig set
the afternoon, his imperial highness honentreilli Countess stethipeted to be ore es it is, and en appeal h
Moe of Pembroke with a visit at her ladrlakea roldsola des el be be fa 0011101110•110 R, but to "kat firms le •
Grettoectreet. The mono= is a disanteseetthe Rue- natter my idthee se yet, te nee, probe* ri=
am diplomatist, Coen Weremow, does wee fm a of the bleep sneer, mead over by the

'Ube gouty.
The Queen held a court on Saturday afternoon at
Back 4 'Anent Palace.
H.H.H. the Prince of Luce*, attended by Count
h.lldrien de Revel, the Sardinian Clurge d'Affaires, and the
1 Maroni. de Provencal, had an audienee of her Majesty.
:;!
B.R.H. was introdnoed by Viscount Palmerton,
her M .jestrissydno4ol -Secretary of State for Foreign
Afhin, anammenerni by Col. the Hon. Sir Edward Coat,
bar Majeaty's 31r_olthe Ceremonies.
the Deem of Kent visited the Queen and
• Prime Albert ea interday.
. H.R.H.- Aim George visited H.R.H. Prince
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. Albert on ..,
• liar My y lei Prince Albert left town at twenty
illietes helm* halgelfelock on Saturday afternoon for Clare-
• 26641. ca by Ow Prince of Wales and the Prince '
TIM amt part arrived at Claremont at
• gnsrem-Pse Illne-stnisdt. The lion. and Rev. C. L.
Courtenay arrival ea a visit. Sir Robert and Lady Oar-
• diner hod the homer at joining the royal circle at dinner

• yesterday.
The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and
"Chet!ernes of the Court attended divine service at Clare-
m Mat yesterday. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay
• ; litsiated.
H.R.H. the Prince of Lucca, accompanied by
• Count Revel, the Sardinian charge d'affaires, visited H.R.H.
at .. iba Drugless of Gloucester yeeterday, at Gloucester-home,
smi their RR. Hit. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
• St Cambridgmhouse.
• . Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and H.R.H. the
Duchess of Kent attended divine service yesterday, in the
Chapel Royal, St. James's.
Their RR. HH. the Duchesfrof Cambridge and the
.s Prisms Mary, attended divine service yeatey, in St.
Itiebevi's Church, Chester-square.
The Duke of Cambridge attended divine service in
• Oserrenor Chapel, yesterday.
H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent left town for Claremont.
• Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their RR. HH.
the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
sad the Princess Mary honoured her Majesty's Theatre with
their presence on Saturday evening. The Marchioness of
Onnonde, and the Earl Howe were in waiting on the Queen
Dowager.

The French Minister transacted business at the
Foreign-plea on Saturday.
The Princess Calltmaki, wife of the Turkish
Minister, was erroneously stated to have attended the Polish
tell on Friday lest. The princess was not present.
The ceremony of the consecration of the Hon. and
Bev. R. Eden to the bishopric of Sodor and Man took
piece yesterday in Whitehall Chapel. The ceremony
was performed by the Bishop of Carlisle (officiating for the
Archbishop of York), assisted by the Bishop of Ripon and
the Bishop of Oxford. The sermon was preached by the
Bishop of Oxford. F. R. Dyke, Esq., officiated ea 'wetter,
mad read the letters patent and the Benne ; J. Barden,
Beg., administered the oaths, and Mr. J. Barber officiated as
apparitor general.
The following members of the new bishoprics
eammi-aion attended a meeting on Saturday in Whitehall-
=4..lhe Archbishop of Canterbury, the Margais of
e, Lord J. Russell, the Bishops of Darlene, Win-
chester, and Chester.
The Marquis of Normanby visited Viemant Pal-
merston on Saturday. The noble marquis bed else inter-
views with Lord J. Russell and the Earl of Clamadon.
The Rev. R. Jones and Capt. Buller, R.N., had en
teierview with Sir G. Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-
aim. Mr. French, had en interview ea Saturday,
milk Sir G. Grey. The Duke of ftoxhingthilsed =Jaen.
Lbw with the Bar of Clarendoo, on Setterday, tee take
Oahe Board of Trade.
Lad and Lady John Russell went to Richmond as
Satarday afternoon.
The Marquis of Normanby arrived in tote lie
ea Friday evening from Paris. The noble mat:
Saturday morning, had a long interview with Lord J.
at the premier's residence, in Cbsdramidees.
GENERAL ESPARTERO.—We ale requested to eon-
India the statement which appeared to ear Medea sae.
rein of Saturday last, that General Berware bed eett•
lime the Queen to be allowed to return to Speda.