The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-24 00:00:00

'COE Court.

Lord John Russell and the Marquis of Lansdowne
had audience of the Queen on Saturday, at Buckinghiun
Palace.

Lord Stanley had an audience of her 3lajeaty on Saturday
afternoon.

Prince Albert, attended by Lieutenant Colonel lion.
lex.inder Gordon, rode out on horseback on Saturday

morning.
The Royal Family took their usual airings on Saturday.
The American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence, the Duke of
Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Douro, the Earl Fitzwilliam and Lady
Charlotte Wentworth Fitzwilliam, and Viscount and VlA-
countet. Enfield, had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jests- on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace.
Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert walked early in
the garden of Buckingham Palace. The roysl family took
their accustomed exercise Testcrdav forenoon. Her Majesty
and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess
Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the
domestic household attended divine service yesterday morn-
ing in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The lion.
and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated.

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard
and the Baroness de Spvth, left town on Saturday morning
fur her residence, Frogmen..
Mr. Headlam, M.P., had an interview with Earl Grey on
Saturday at the Colonial. office. Major Hill, 2nd West
India regiment, had al., an interview with the noble earl.
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Board of Cus•
toms, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer on Saturday, at his official residence, Downing-
street.

The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yes-
terday at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The pray,rs were
read by the Rev. Dr. M esley, and the sermon preached by
the Rev. W. Ctucton.

THE FOLLOWING REDUCTIONA HATE BEEN MADE
THE EX PEVAE-4 OF THE DIPLORATIC SERVICE, to take
effect from the 6th of April next:—There are to be in
future hut two British ministers abroad with the rank of
ambassador, namely, at Paris and Constantinople. The
Paris embassy is reduced from 10,0001. to 8,000/. a pear;
the Madrid mission is reduced from 6,0001. a year, and .1.301.
for lonise rent, to 6,000/. a year, and 7001. hUuse rent ' • the
Vienna mission is reduced from 9,6011/. a year, and 9001.
house rent, to 5,600/. a year, and 90411. house rent the
secretary of legatiou at Vienna to hare 4401. instead of 900/.,
hitherto paid to the secretary of the embassy. These re-
ductions, in addition to the abolition of the consuls-general
at Syria and Algiers, and other reductions, which we hare
already announced, in the consular department, will effect
a considerable saving iu the expenses of the Foreign Office.
—Obse r re r.

APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. Hibbert Binuey, Fel-
low and Tutor of Worcester College, Oxford, is appointed
likhop of Nora Dougal Christie, Esq., Consul-
General at the Mosquito Shore, is appointed Secretary of
Legation in Switzerland. The consul-generahhip at Mos-
quito will probably he abolished. Mr. George Aikin, resi-
dent merchant at that port, is appointed her Britannic Ma-
jesty's consul at Sim Francisco, California.—lbid.

THE SPEAKER'S SECOND DINNER wan given on
Saturday, when the following gentlemen were present :
Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Daukes, Mr. Ikrries Major Beresford,
Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Miles, Mr. Stuart, Lord
Granby:, Sir John Tyrell, Mr. Parke, Captain Boldcro,
Lord Naas, Mr. H. S. Waddington, Mr. Aldennan Thomp-
son, Lord Bernard, Lord John Manners, Mr. Spooner, Mr.
Grogan, Mr. Henley, Mr. Pole Carew, Colonel Knox, Mr.
Chri.topher, Mr. Newilegate, Mr. Quintin Dick, Colonel
Taylor, Colonel Cecil Forrester, and Sir Edward Filmer.