The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-20 00:00:00

27th. Their remains were oonsigned to the grave at Syd-
ney, the funeral solemnities being attended by nearly the
whole of the government officers and ministers of the colooy.
Upwards of 5,000 Dersons Were present, including her Me-
jetty's 90th regt., which lined the ute from the Govern-
•
ment-bouse to the place of intermentro. The event hea cast
painful gloom throughout the colony.

_ _
Ine Court.
We are authorised to state that it is her Majesty's
intention to return to town on Tuesday the 2nd of May, to
hold a Chapter of the Garter on Thursday the eh • and
Court for the Investiture of the Knights of the Bith,
Saturday the 6th; and the first Drawing-room on Thursday
the 11th.
The christening of the infant princess
birth-d is to take
place on Saturday the 13th May. Her Majesty'ay
will be kept on Saturday the 27th.
Her Majesty intends to give state balls on Friday,
May the 19th ; and on Friday the 16th of June; and a
concert on Wednesday the 31.1 of May.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the
Foreign-oflice. The ministers present were Lord John Rus-
sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir
George Grey. Viscount Palmerstos, Bari Grey, the Earl of
Auckland, Sir John Hobbouse, Lord Campbell, the
Hon. B. Labouchere, the Marqais of Clanricarde, Viscount
Morpeth, and the FtightT. B. Macaulay. The council
sat one hour.

ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The Sent flower show of this society for the present year
took place yesterday at the Horns Tavern. There was a
very choice collection, consisting chiefly of erica!, stelae,
auriculas, and cinerarias. The specimens were not, hom-
e, er, in great abundance. A. considerable number of
visitors were present during the exhibition, and a musical
band was in atter dance. 'The Royal Adelaide Cup was
awarded to Mr. Cole, gardener to 11. Colyer, Esq., Dartford.
BRITISH WORKMEN EXPELLED PROM FRANCS.—
Yesterday a vessel, chartered by the committee for tke pro-
tection of British workmen expelled onboardrance, left the
river for Calais, where she will receive a number of
English mechanics and labourers for conveyance to South
Australia. The total amount subscribed towards this court
up to yesterday was about 3,7491. 19s. Two thousand refugees
have passed through London alone, the whole of whom have
received assistance from the funds. The children of the
British Orphan School, at Paris, who have been brought
over to England, are temporarily located in the Orphan
Asylums at Clapton and Hampstead, and at the St. Ann's
Schools, Brixton.
WRECK OF THE NABOB, EAST INDIANAN, OPP
JERSEY.—The East Indianian, which we, in our paper of
the 18th inst., announced to have been totally lost on the
Baehr,' Rocks, off Jersey, has been amertained to be the
Nabob, of Liverpool, bound from Calcutta to London. From
the statements furnished by the captain and survivors, it
would appear that this catastrophe might have been averted,
had the light, so frequently sgested, been eed
rect on the
western seaboard ofq the islanugd. The Nabob was a sound,
well-conditioned vessel, barque rigged, between GOO and 700
tons burden. About lour months ago she left Calcutta for
England, with a miscellaneous cargo of East Indian produce.
On her nearing the English Channel a succession of gales
was encountered. Whether tue ship's compass was true or
not, or whether or rot • correct reckoning of her coerse had
Men kept up, wo are unable to state, but when the crew
considered that they were running along the English coast
they were actually running on to that of France, and into
the greatest peril. They had not seen the land on either
side of the Channel, and therefore had not made any obser-
vation. Between one and two o'clock on Friday morning the
Nabob struck on the cluster of reefs called the Ecrehas
rocks, distant a few miles from the north-east point of
Jersey, and her speedy destruction ensued. Her crew, in-
cluding the master, comprised 21 in number ; it is understood
that she had no pas4engers. Fruitless attempts were made
to back her off, and to a short time the command was given
to launch the boats. To the last moment the master remained
by the wreck, having previously secured the ship's papers,
so to seize upon any favourable opportunity to preserve
the unfortunate vessel, should any occur. The
wreck was at length abandoned. There were three boats
lowered from the ship, and what with the tempestuous
state of the weather and the anxiety of the men to escape,
two ef the boats capslsed, and eighteen of the men were
cast into the water. The captain, with two boys and a sea-
man, were in the third boat, the least, and he made every
effort to save the drowning sailors. Altogether he picked up
out of the water and from pieces of the wreck which they
bad clung to, seven. The survivors, in a very exhausted
state, were knocking about for several hours land
rs, and
at daybreak they succeeded in gaining t
at St. Catherine's Bay. The authorities rendered ,hem every
neeesaary usistance. It is considered that the Nabob must
have passed within a few miles of Torteval point, and be-
tween Sark and the " Paternosters," to have reached the
spot at which she was wrecked. A light on the western end
of Guernsey might have been seen above the horizon for
between twenty and thirty miles. Up to thetes
latest 'owns*
none of the bodies have been recovered. It is stated that
the lots of the ship sad cargo will fall little abort of 80,0,101.