The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-12 00:00:00

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Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, went
yesterday morning to the review of Prince Albert's Own
liuswirs, at Wimbledon common. Prince George and Prince
Edward or Sams Weimar were also present.
The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yester-
day, at Buckingham Palace.

Lord Duncan had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday. The Solicitor General had also an inter.
view yesterday with the noble lord at his official residence,
in Cowning.street.
Sir T. Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, hai
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on
Monday, at his official residence, in Downino.str. et.
Mr. Lloyd, solicitor to the Birmingham, Lancaster,
and Chester Junction Railway Cempiny, and Mr. Towns-
end, solicitor to Messrs. Brown and others, had an interview
with the commissiontm of rmlwa)s yesterday, at their office,
in the B.Ard of Trade.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, tram the avvernor of the Mauritius.
The Bishop of Gloucester had an interview yester-
day with Lord John Russell.
'Viscount Morpeth left town yesterday morning, to
attend the agricultural meeti•c le York.

[Front last nigt.t's Gazette.]
WVITTEIIALL, JULY B.—The Queen has been
pleased to grant unto John William Dupre, Esq., the office
and place of Procurator Genera in the island of Jersey, in
the room of Sir Thomas Le Breton, appointed Bailiff of the
said Wan.: ; also, to John Hammond, Esq., the office and
place of Advocate General of the island of Jersey, in tho
room of John William Dupre, Esq., appointed Procurator
General of that bland.

ST. KATHARLNE DOCKS.—MEETING.
The half-yearly general meeting of th . pro-
prietors was held yesterday, at the llack-house, Tower-hill,
tor the purpose of declaring a dividend for the half-year
ended the 30th of June last, and for the election of 21
directors for the year ensuing.
T. TOOKE, Esq., war in the chair, who addressed the pro-
prietors, and adverted to the purposes of the meeting, as
described in the notice convening the same. According to
the provisioni of the dock act, the accounts of receipt and
expenditure were laid before the proprietors only at the an-
nul meetings held in the month of January in each year,
and inasmuch as the amount of dividend for the preceding
half-year at that time agreed upon was understood
to govern the dividend to be declared at the half-
yearly meeting in July following, the directors had
merely t 3 propose that a dividend be declared the same in
amount as in January last, namely, of two per cent for the
half-year ended the 30th of June on the capital stack of the
company, and upon the instalments paid on the additional
stock subscribed for; and further it was proposed
that the amount of income-tea payable oa such
dt-
vidends be defrayed by the company, the dividend
to be payable on Saturday, the 22nd instant,
and following day, Sun 'ays and holidiCys excepted, which
proposal wai agreed to alter same d scussion relative to the
payment of the income tax by the company, it being under-
stood that the expediency of discontinuing the same would
be fully considered at the ensuing annual meeting of the
proprietors in January nest. The usual abstracts of returns
of shipping and tonnage that entered the port of London
with cargoes from foreign pouts., and also of the ships
with cargoes that entered the docks from like places, and of
the goods landed during the preceding six months; also of