The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1853

Inn Court.

OSBORNE, Dec. 17.
The Queen and Prince walked out early yesterday
waraing. The Royal Children also took their oetial
exercise.

Drc. 18.

Lord de Tabley and Colonel Wylde arrived at Osborne
yesterday on their return from Lisboa with letters from the
King Regent of Portugal to the Queen and Prises, and had
the honour of dieing with her Majesty.

Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re-
venue, bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Beebe-
yin on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-
street.
Sir Charles Wood arrived in town on Saturday morning
front his seat Remittal& Hall, near Doncaster.
Earl Granville returned to town on Sa urday.
Despatches from the Governor of Australia and from the
Lieuteamt-Governor of Victoria were received on Saturday
at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
' Saturday ' and concluded the hearing of an appeal from the
Court of Arches, " Bettington v. Bettiagton." Their lord-
ships also heard an appeal from the Prerogative Court,
"Campbell v. Corley."

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after-
noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The
Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
John Russell. the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,
the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham,
Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat four
hours.

THE GOVEINMEST hare adopted the suggestions I
thrown out so frequently, and from so many quarters,
during the discu•sion of the India Bill last *elision, to con-
vert the place of one of the Joint Secretaries of the Board
of Control into a permanent office. Hitherto she two joint
seeretatyships of the board were parliamentary offices, sad
the several secretaries went in and out of office with each
successive administration. But the necessity of having a
' permanent officer of that rank has long been felt, and it has
now been determined to assimilate the chief office for the
government of India, to the 0111001 of the Secretaries of
State in that particular. It is known that of the two Under
Secretaries of Side in each department of Home, Foreign,
and Colonial affairs, one is attached permanently to the
office, without a seat in parliament, and attends mainly to
the legal and departir.ental business; whilst the other Is in
parliament, attends chiefly to the legislative business, and
goes in and out of office with the Ministry. Sir Thomas
Bedington, K.C.8., is appointed to the permanent secre-
taryship under the new arrangement-06w ver.

MILITIA COLONELCIES.—The late Earl of Dart-
mouth was colonel of tne Staffordshire Militia. Upon his
decease no colonel in chief hen been appointed. Nor will
there be any second colonel appoined to future vacancies.
In fusers there will be only one colonel in each regiment.
The lieutenant-colonel will in reality, therefore, command
the regiment, and there will be two majors. The lieutenant-
colonel is generally an efficient soldier—a retired officer of
the line, whilst the chief was frequently the lord-lieutenant
of the county himself. till, perhaps without experience, or a
young son or nephew, put over the head of an efficient
officer. The experience of Lord Palmerston has enabled
him to remedy this, and to secure a greater efficiency in
this constitutional and useful force.—Oburrer. [lf thi.
reform has emanated from Lord Palmerston, '46 deserves
great praise for the step.]

HER MAJESTY'S REGIMENTS IN INDIA.—Four of
her Majesty's regiments of infantry in India are about to'
he relieved by four others from this country. We under-
stand that the following is the arrangement for the purpose.
At Madras the 35th is to replace the 23th ; in Bengal the
27th will relieve the 22ad; the 82nd will take the place of
the 98th, and the 90th that of the 99th. When the re-
lieving regiments will proceed to their destinations seems
to be a matter of some doubt. In the best informed circles
It appears to ba thought that this will not be till the
spring; at least not with all the regiments.—Allen's
/milieus Mail.
DEATH OP THE MARCHIONESS WELLESLEY.—
_

We regret to announce the demise of the Marchioness
Wellesley, widow of the elder brother of the late Duke of
Wellington, who expired on Saturday last at her apart-
ments at H.ampton Court Palace, after 'short dines.. The
deceased Marianne Marchioness Wellesley was a daughter
of Mr. Richard Caton, and when the late celebrated Marquis
Wellesley married her she was widow of Mr. Robert Pat-
terson. She was the marquis's second wife, to whom she
was united Oct. 29th, 1820. The late marchioness was for
many years Lady of the Bedchamber to her late Majesty
Queen Adelaide. Her ladyship was sister of Lady Stafford.
Many families of rank are plsced in mourning by the
lamented decease of the above estimable lady.

Mr. William Brodie, now unpaid attaché to her
Majesty's Legation at Stockholm, is appointed unpaid
attaché to the Embassy at Constantinonle.
The Master-General of the Ordnance has ap-
pointed Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Robert E. Doyle, Cold-
Milani Guards, to be his Secretary, in the room of Captain
Lord Clarence Paget, R.N., resigned.—Obeerrer.
The Duchess of Inverness gave a grand dinner on
Saturday lost, at Kensington Palace, to their Royai High-
nesses the Duchess and riutiese Mary of Cambridge, the
Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, his
Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess Col-
toredo, Count Reventlow, the Count Cochet, the Countess
Coifee, Count Karointe, Viscount Chelsea, Lard and Lady
Claud Hamilton, Lord Raglan, Lord William Poulett,
Lady Alice Peel and Miss Peel, Mr. Norman Macdonald,
&c. The duchess subsequently had an evening party, the
Lord Chaneell it. and Lody Cranwortb, his Excellency the
Portuguese Minister, the Earl of Clare and Lady 'Fitz-
gibbon, Visoouctsui Palmerston, and a small circle being
present.
The customary annual performance by the Sacred
Harmonic Society of Handel 's Messiah, the week preceding
Christmas Day, is to take place on Friday, at E Half.
Tommaso Orossi, the celebrated poet, and rival of
Manson', died at Milan on the 10th.