The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-12 00:00:00

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The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, went out yesterday
in a sledge. Prince Albert driving. In another s edge were
Count Alexander .Mensdorif, and the Hon. Misses Stanley
and Daimon. The Earl of Morton followed in a third
sledge. The Equerries in Waiting Col. the Hon. Charles
Grey and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, were in attend-
ance on horseback. The Marquis of Lansdowne had an
audience of her Myjesty yesterday. H.R.H. Prince
Abert, accompanied by Count Alexander Menadortr, and
attended by Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, inspected the
nese redact at Westminster yesterday. The Queen visited
H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glouces-
ter House. Their R.R.H.H. Prince Alfred and the Princess
Alice took an airing in the royal gardens yesterday. H.R.H.
Prince Albert visited their R.R.H.H. the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge on Wednesday, at Cambridge House. The
myal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included
H.R.H. tire Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Illensd“rff,
Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Lord George
Lennox. and the Hon. and lies. C. Leslie Court. nay.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Keht visited
the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House,
St. James's.

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A meeting of 160 members of the House of Com-
mons took place, yesterday. at the official residence of Lord
John Ituraell, in Downing.atreet. Lord John Russell was
accompanied by the following member. of the cabinet :—Sir
George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right
lion. EL Labouchere, Sir John Hobhouse, and Viscount
P almerston. The meeting was also attended by the Right
lion. It. L. Shed, Sir Wm. S imerville, Mr. H. Tufnell, Mr.
Gilmer' Craig, snd other members of the administration.
The conference lasted an hour. - .

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Man-
chester, Mr. Alderman Neild, and the Town Clerk of Man-
chester, with Mr. M. Gihton, M. P., and Mr. M. Philip*. M.P.,
had an interview with Sir 0. Grey, yesterday, at the Horne-
office.—The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements
had a meeting, yesterday, at the Office of her Majesty's
Woods and Foresta,in Wnitehall-place.—A deputation from
the Rectifying Distillers had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street —A deputation from the Manchester and
Southampton Railway Company had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. Strutt, yest, rdey, at the office of the Commis-
sioners of Railways, in Great George-str,et.—A deputation,
consisting of Sir P. Egerton, Mr. T. Egerton, Mr. Trafford,
and the Clerk of the Peace of the county of Chester, had an
interview yesterday with Sir G. Grey at the Home-office.—
The
Mayor of Manchester and deputation, with the Town
Clerk and Mr. M. Gibson, M.l'., bad an interview with
Lord Morpeth yesterday at his office in Whitehall-place.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. The appeal from New Grenada. " 'flie House of
Assembly of Grenada tr. Chief Justice Sanderson," was
concluded. An Appeal from Bengal, " Wise r. Kishen-
koomar Boos," was c9ramenced.
The I)owager Countess of Shrewsbury has been
seriously indisposed for some days past, at her residence in
Montagu-square.

MEETING OF IRISH MEMBERS AT LORD

JOHN HUSSELL'S.

A meeting of the Liberal members of the House
of Commons who support the government took place at the
official risidence of the First Lord of the Treasury yester-
day afternoon, to consider the course to be adopted with re-
spect to Lord G. Bentiock's proposal. Lord .1. Russell ex-
plained the view of government, expressing the liveliest
sympathy with the Irish distress, but his doubt, of the effi-
ciency of railroads se a remedy. lie particularly urged that
the persons employed upon railroads were almost universally
those who were enabled even at present to obtain work else-
where, and that the neighbourhood consequently derived
little benefit from their employment. Mr. John O'Connell,
Mr. Shell, Mr. Vernon Smith, and several other members
aferwards addressed the meeting. The utmost good feeling
preysiii d, although some of the Irish members thought that
their duty to their constituents required them to support
Lord George Bentincles plan.