The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

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Tug MIKE or BearObtx—The maarice whisk this
noblemen is building at Animliagh, about twelve miles
from Dublis sad whisk bee been visited liv his noble bro-
ther the Premier, will nest upwards of 49,0001. ltis under-
stood that his game, on the sonipledon of the Wise, will
occasionally raids upon his Irish prepeety.
Tee SALE AT BTOWL—Satarday wu tlevellei 110
the sale of the raulalm stoak of wines in the D. of
Buckingham's cabin. nay wm nothing ia this slasaslsa
of any of the parcels calling he atm* beyond *Den lea•
rttallt hel, that very good pion were realised b all el
thew. The tale will recomeatruee this day with a aim-
dos of fanfare, par:shin weber lieso or the 'mkt. sad
lees of the oraearatal eltaresaer *SR say whisk Ira ben
yet offered. The nu total reelhed by oho 16 days' sale
amouds to 64,4411. 17s. 10d. Of the ovightal sale there yet
remain tan days to run, after whisk the supplemental sale
rata uling over ilve days, and tadellea the pelayleal and
mineralogical colleetiat eontelaed is the newnua, has to

Fma.—Waanorra-trfaurr.—Laat night at eight
o'clock • destruclve fire broke out upon the spec us
pile of mashes, known as the Ship-tavern, situUe in War-
dour.•street, Soho, the property of Pile, Rriht. John Pearce.
There was an immediate supply of water obtained, and se.
'ere engines having been est to work, the flames were by 9
o'clock extinguished. The damage done, how car, to the
' and their contents, is very caiislderable. Kr.
eine wee insured to the extent of I,oool.—Team
°Tana Fines occurred in the metropolis on Saturday. One
at the house of the Rev. W. Dodsworth, Oloucnieriate,
Itegenc'epark. Another at Mr. Certer'e, 24, Whitcomb&
stmt, Leicruter-sguare ; and the third it the King's-head,
tavern, Green•bank, Toole' street, Southwark. neither
of these was the damage done *deny considerable amount.

EXPENSES OF THE PALACE.
The Financial Reform Association conclude as
follows their examination of the details of expenditure for
sn'arlee paid out of the Civil List:
LORD STEWARD'S D AAAAAA EAT (CONTINUED).
We meet in this department with two of those rarities
about onart,—honoreiry offices without salaries. One of thins
is the Hereditary Grand Almoner an office instituted in the
reign of Richard I. At a coronation he distributes alms to
the poor, which are collected in a dish of silver. The silver
disband a linen napkin he claims as his fee of office. The
other office is that of Lord High Almoner, whose doty it is,
to superintend the distribution of the royal alms on Maundy
Thursday, and upon other Wailer charitable occasions. As
some compensation, how he has the patronage of the
office of Sub-Almoner, to which an annual salary of
911. Ils. &I. is attached. The duties of this officer are

simply to assist the High Liar& fa the distribution
of her Majesty's banevolames to the poor is Maundy
Thursday, and twice a year at the lam le Satlead-yard.
There is, in addition to this uppm92lll Ise aherognivr...l
O secretary to the lord high mar and • yeomen.
two Mikes are now fined by the was pew, mks readies
a salary of VAL a year; and his duty in in be puma at
the distrioution of the royal alms.
The court of the marshalsea of the Quota's bow costs
1,9241. It consists of a knight marshal, with a salary of
6001. ; eight marshalmen, whose 'Swims are worth above
1001. per annum: a steward and a clerk of the court. flit
court was instituted in the reign of Henry VIII., " to soled •
nista, justice between the King's domestic servants, that
they might not be drawn into other courts, and thereby the
King lose their minims." The for 1 steward is judp of this
court, and.his ;injunction enteads to an elsees within twelve
miles of Whitehall. The duties of the marehalmen are to attend
at tee entrance of the House of Lords when the house is sit-
ting, and also a: all lenes, drawing rooms, &a., at St James's
Pam*. These appointments are in the gift of the Lord
Steward. The salary of the ranger of Windsor Hose Park
is defrayed by this department. The office is in the gift of
her Mmeaty, and was by her conferred on the Prince Con-
sort, who, besides the salary attached to it of 6001. a year, de-
rives no ideossiderabls profit front the privilege of turning
out to gr im, in the park, a certain number of she eattle,
&o. This is one of the sinecure appointments which, it may
be presumed, his royal highness would for the sake of the
principle involved, be ready at any time to relinquish, if a
Ren.ral revision of prone expeeditate Ens arried out.
There is a depu -now, with a salary of 1901 a year, and a
lodge for his resideaea In this department the following
payments en also nut* :—For superannuation, bouaties,
and retired allowances, 6,3201. ; allowance in lieu of 'able
money, 1,6761. ; and under the somewhat untleterminate
head " other charges," a sum of 4,6671.
VAST= OP TWO sonan's

The Master of the Ilcres reeeTvta 47alaryoi;84)31. The
appointment is entirely a political one, as it invariably
changer hands en the eccesaion of a new administration.
The drat of these functionaries was appointed by Heart
VIII. He has the sole charge of her Mejesty's stables man
horses, and metro/ over her Majesty's equerries and pages of
honour, footmen, room, sad all tradesmen emplayed in
the Royal stables. He has she the privilege of applying to
his own use one emobtaan, four footmen, and six grooms, is
the Queen's pay, and wearing her DlMeety's livery. This
privilege has never been waived by any matters of the horse,
and mere of them have rather exceeded the preseribei num-
ber ,• thus saving inwagesto theirservants nolesethanbetween
600 i. and 7001. a year. The salary has greatly varied within
the last 60 or 70 yean. In 1780 it was 1,2661.13 e. 4d.,
end this wee continued up to the regency. In the reign of
George IV. it was increased to 3,3301. per annum. The
Select Committee of the Roue of Commons recommended
that it should be reduced to 2,6001., at which it still remains,
being 6001. a year mere than the amount recommended by
the same committee to be paid to the Lord Chamberlain and
Lord Steward. whose duties are certainly quite as arduous as

those of this officer.
Chief Equerry sad Clerk Marsha], with a salary of 1,0001.
Four equerries in oedisary, receiving each VAL per annum,
or 3,0001. Them salaries have been more than doubled since
the reign of George 111. That of chief equerry was formerly
5001., and those of the equerries in ordinary 3001, The
duties of these officers are, that one of them shall bo always
in waiting on her Majesty. He remains in attendance (or
twenty-eight days, and is then relieved by the next equerry
in rotation. He eminnusiestes her Majesty's oommands to the
clerk of the stables, relative to the horses and carriages which
rig *required for the queen's airings, journeys, des., and is
seed to be in attendance on such oscadoos. The Clerk
Mamba% who, previous to the year 1800, was a distinct el-
m feem the MO Equerry, has to swear in all persons in
tai aymemest, up in sight of the warrant to that effect
hoot the Meter of the Horse. Up to the death of William
IV. Awe were fees payable to this officer on the warrant
Plies bUeg sworn into office, which amounted to about
ISLE* Silk person. At that time Major-General Sir An.
Strewlisims* who was then Clerk Marshal, very hand-
somely pew Sp all the flee to whisk he was thus entitled by
virtu} of ids efr • end his sumessor computed that he hut,
by this Raw regaliiiss, care hundreds of pounds per annum,
as, as the aesessies et a new sovereign, all persons in the
royal beemitekl moot have fresh warrants, sad be swans in
wake *their mosstive offices. The equerries when is ditty
at the pease dine at the royal table. The appointments are
ornaidered patted ; that is, the holders generally retire on
ask *imp et orksbeieresUon.
Tom pease of lassaar, nerving each per annum, 1201.
These ititsire sae always anxiously sought alMe by
inemben of the ..lJ—, hem the iireasestanee el** fe-
verishly leading te a esmdmiss is we of die heossiesid
regiments of hoot gawk without pershme. T'h'an'
✓ose are generally given to the youths after they have held
the meat; of of honour for three or four years ; and
tires the mem el same of the meet wealthy in the
khurita *abler to Orals mensaisaless ia thWal lae
army gra-
tuitously. The levier of the pages of hoses: are only
esiled into requisition Mimeos anti drawing-roosts, end ea
her Medwaineudoing to epee or
'close the season of paelhosest.
the amereigas
lige Mihail staff amaseted with the stables, io
aU 2,64 bi , 'mists of a estritary to the Master et the Yarns
and clerk of the *Ma, who has a salary ef upwards of
6001. a year, with a readies' at the Royal Mews, nos*"
and waperintends all the Mishima detail, of this dipolar': g
a seemed clerk, with a liberal Wary of 4001. awl a vii mes
also three assistant clerks, an impactor of the sad a I
vetedoery surgese nothing between them** per mot.
Time are, in addirdes, two slam* ISM, MO 0/ them,
of the strews stables, whisk Is sew badW the
A=Chmeart's ridleg-master, mod the ether her Mipety's
lady tiro, who is a daughter of the lest.semed tereadoesty.
The** marls' ameust to 4461. The Under alike Hesse
his the patronage Mall Wee eituaticas.
Thee mestkiestallishmeat of her Majesty in th's depart-
ment realm in wipe AMU. It 'assists of coashams,
Mean,
amps MM. de-
ems* sonestsbalielL":r. ruholes mad a t tese-
MS, wise tanserly 1101. to 1101. per mass, bee 'lase
tits maidenhis reductions in this aspartmest, whisk were I
mole ha 1844, the salaries range onlyfirers 101. M 001. TM
=Mama has 1321. a year. Thom me 11 einshes,
arks of from 601. to 130 i., eswellai to indedly.
Thom en upwards of 20 grooms ; *air Werke w ere ho.
owls SOL to 954. a year, bet have bees erartailed to OM
701. The helpers is the real stables awake awe than 6s.
at weekly waggled Ilion MP Na. All these destestiehme
rovided hrtiomisthe sepal mews, berrailed alime
me repined
tiadt:p thumbs,. The sopernsuatios aob this departmentWm ems* to 2,7011. • sad wider the
solmew of
iteia "n
this degesimer is" ilieloolli:dedls sathrallielasult
WWI
s' the Muter d the lloolibeimile, with a nary of
1,7001. The earehamat is a perusal ass, and esightailird
greet Tell less deslt with is therm way es a
atheism,- the Makatea, of the Sligheurds, whisk was abs.
lishoi is 1782. The expenses of this establishment (ihith
as madtice neither to the comfort of her Majesty nor to the
*pity of the crown) average, independently of the IdndWi
lealo7 from 6,0001. to 7,0001. per annum. It inehmilso a
Isemanien, three whipperein, two feeders, and a Ant sod
mend , with liberal salaries, who have also reekleasis
hr them.
WM the Master of the Busk Rounds may be clamed the
Hereditary Grand Fakoner, in the eujoymert of a Balmy of
1.2001. As her Majesty pasesses not a single hawk, this is
clearly a case in which the recipient (the Duke el 11*.
Alban's) might return the whole of the salary to the Otani.
cellor of the Exchequer, as conscience money. Whoa the
Doke of St. Alban's adopts this patriotic course, it may pos-
sibly induce Mr. George Edward Anson to follow his ex-
ample, who, as the Keeper to her Majesty's Privy parse,
aims out of it a salary of 2,0001. a year, for doing little
more, it is believed, than signing • few 'Suchsalt,
upon Menus. Coln% her liajeary's bankers. a remit
may be the mare expected, as this gentleman (•u &add* to
the influence and patronage he poseenea in the royal eas.
blishment) is treasurer to the Prince Consort, useemer
and °offerer to the Prime of Wales, and a me*
her of the Prince of Wales's council in the Duchy
of Cornwal ; Mn. Anson also holding the sinecure
appointment of Woman of the Bedchamber. Out of the
pithy purse Major-Oen. Sir H. Wheatley, the former keeper,
appointed by hie late Majesty, bas a pennon of 1,0001. per
annum and apartments at St. James's conferred on him, an

BALMORAL, SEPT.I4.—Her Majesty and the Prince,
accompanied by tie Prisons Royal, the Prince of Wales,
and Prison Alfred, went to the Great Highland Gathering
at Invercauld. Her Majesty viewed the Highland games,
including running, dancing, throwing the hammer, dm, and
afterwards partook of luncheon with Mr. Faroubanon' of
Invereauld. Her Majesty was attended by the Countees of
Gainsborough, Viscountess Canning, Sir George Grey, and
the rest of the royal suite. Dr. Robertson will have the
honour ofjoining_the mei party at dinner this inning.
SEPT. 15.—Her Majesty and the Prince walked
out this awning to the forest. The royal dinner party this
evening will include Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., and Col.
Clulloner. Sir George Grey took his departure this morn-
ing from Balmoral, and Lori John Russell is expected to
arrive this evening.
Ono," Barr. 15.—The Princess of Hohenlohe
and the Prima* Miss accompanied the
bAu=silfwient yesterday afternoon in her Majesty's yacht
the Fairy.

Earl and Countess Grey left town on Saturday
sneaker for Hoe ek Nal, Northumberland.
Sir G. Geeeeyy has arrived at his residence Fellodon,
Alawirk, frees
Despatches were sent off from the Coloniaboifloe on
Saturday evening for the governors of the Went India
colonise.
Ca=s were received on Saturday at the
from the Gooernor of Canada, and else from
the governors of the ether North American aoioe.4e.
The Doke of Devonshire is dispensing his princely
hospitality to the Duke and Duchene of Cambridge, the
Duke of Wellington, sad a distinguished circle of the
aristocracy.

Tall QUEEN AT Tan BRAEMAR GATIIIISISO.-0e
Thursday last the 119199999 Hightandem held their
yearly gathuing "la the domain of Mr. Farquharson, of
Invertnald. The society, which hasice its objeat the pre-
nervation of the sealant nation' gases, has misted for a
keg min of years, the chief supporters and promoters of
thew meetings being the Earl ot Fife, the Duke of Leeds,
Sir Alex. Huff, and Mr. Farquharson. The rendezvous for
the Whams is about a stile from Bremner Castb,where the
Eui of Mar unfurled the standard of rebellion in 1715.
About seen the pibroch of the different clots was heard in
the distance. Lord Ogilvie and the family of the Earl of
MAW were first to arrive, followed by above thirty el their
elan. Ina short ease was heard the bagpipesof the men of
Mar. The Fife tesaatry then made that appearance , setom-
Hoe Sir AbL iff Mr. S.
PPG.1.711., sad Mr.* ins3.°7ll: le
front of the house. The Atholl nes, numberieg AO, with
the Duke of Atholl and the Hon. CaA hunes4liarrir at
their head, were next to arrive. The Wed fres la
ton Highland oestame ; one party were armedwilk "
axes, wiles with broadsword and Wogs%
Lei
ea third
with thole tonaklable weapons of war, die Lead= tore.
The Dam of Leeds, with about 100 Maim all
oriably avdp.* cuss on the grimed as tee=
helot, an with the Atholl leas kneed need the Woad
anus in which the pines were to take pima. The ration
of Invereauld sad those of Braemar come levied to awn
as a body guard to Her Majesty and die loyal ashy.
Her Majesty and Pike* Albert, aceempfeied by tha Priem
of Wales, the Ptil9:4•9 and Pdess Al.* arrived in
an open carriage (the beteg temeekably the) at
half-past two weber. The patty temeinj the /eye' skate
having taken tbsk sea, the omit wen amismew NOP
Illelnd by a twit reee he a NAL Amer, row (a
stoeplaclisse) up Craig
_Cake* ea the swabs Melt'
water, wee stoutly 00109/1/1094.• Minn Wig HO we up
a mop wooded MIL Tulin/ the saberandoserew=
putting stone, and seek Weber
Minims and agility, rweasedereatheild souk pier
sane to the spectators. Thetford". a the spirts
occluded, the Queue met essay, mow-
by numerous body el the asthma ssaa yea-
peaseet, premed Se a mums waled ea the taws,
where soma dross were pedhessa la the pramee--
sass, WWI dts tweeter weed dune posirlW 09 nestle d.
At the temeadeit et the arisres Prime Albert east ever
the rims if the
ea
ey rel ompellues toelygsgest whiphetriass
, sal ea th offeat her
Measitetg a eheratori amino asetessa the several
=kizthe vistaises Mikaatali. Mrs Metesty, after
Mr. Fmalieem kr his OEMs= sea bes-
peak', retired 'heft Air 4 Ale* kr Daterral Castle.
IT Zs NMI Moires INTIMTKOI to haw the
Med et Aberdeen by • she rHeels-house, user Old Mel-
d:is, beers she nem to Aberdeen to auk& ea board
the wig yaoht, owl it Is sell wad guy thwe toe rights
Ta; Marquis sad Merstersie of Atoms soil a seleet
oo to hare the Yam to meet her leywro sad. the
Naos cotton while at Heade. Lad Adequos
as L as riltag a round of visits to Cis Meads residing along
Laid*.

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1848.