The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-25 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, SATt !WAY, JULY 23, 1953, 9 A m
The Queen has passed through the measles in the
most favourable manner, and her Mejesty is now
convalescent. No further bulletin will be iss red.
JAMES CLARK, M.D.
HENRY HUMAN!), M.D.

The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, drove out in the grounds yesterday.
Prince Albert and Prince Erocat of Lainingen rode on
horseback in the afti moon.

The Duchess of Kent and Prince Ernes., attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Cuuper, tat
Osborne this meaning for London.
Sir Henry Holland has also returned to Landon.

OSBORNE, JULY 24.
Prince Albert and the Prince of Wake rode out on
horseback yesterday afternoon.
Comet Werthern Bilehlingen, Grand Chambellan, ar-
rived at o.borne yesterday, trona Weimar, with ',tiers for
her Majesty, announcing the death of the late Grand
Duke, and the accession of his Royal Highness the reign-
ing Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar.
The Hon. Mary Seymour bits succeeded the Hon. Flora
Macdonald as Maid of Willmar in Waiting.
The Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday
in the Chapel Royal. St. James's.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Princess Royal and
the Princess Alice, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Iler
Royal Highness alai) visited the Duchess of Gloucester at
Gloucester House, Piccadilly.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by Prince Ernest of
Leiningen, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Doti and
Sir George Couper, arrived at hi r residence, Clarence-
house, St. James s, on Saturday afternoon, from a visit to
her Majesty at Osborne.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited
the Duche,s of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence-house.
The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Duchess of
Cambridge, the Princess Mary, ai.tl Prince Ernest of L?in.
ingcn, honoured the performance of German Plays with
her presence on Saturday evening.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left
town on Saturday for Windsor.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Guvern•am of flcng Koug, Ceylon, Sierra
Leone, the Gambia, the Coast, Malta, and the Lord
High Commissioner of tho lonian Islands. Despatches
were sent on Saturday to the Governors of all the above
dependencies.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-Ware, Downing-street. The ministers
present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Rus-
sell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke
of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount
Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of
Newcastle, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Hon. Sidney herbert, and Sir William
Molesworth. The Council sat three hours.

METROPOLITAN POLICE.-DEPUTATION TO

LORD PALMERSTON.

On Saturday a joint deputation from the vestry of
St. James's,Wtstminstvr, andithe Cannuissiuners for Paving
and Improving the District, waited upon Lord Palmerston
at the Home-dam

Sir JOHN Sunt.tav, Bart., M.P. for Westminster, in-
troduced tho deputation, and read the report, which ob-
jected to the cost of the police, in comparison with the aid
and assistance they :tendert d to the public, and pointed out
several specific grievances which required immediate re-
form. Sir J. Shelley stated that he could corroborate that
part of the report which alluded to the unequal distribution
of the force. In riding from his house to the Home office,
to meet the deputation, he bad counted four policemen on
duty on Constitution•hiii—s number which could not be
required there when her M .jesty was out of town, whilst
in some of the streets not a policeman was to be seen.

Mr. Nrl..vot4 stated that the cost at the police to St. James's
was double what they formerly contributed. The population
had increased .i 0 per cent., wont-half, but the cost of the
police for the metropolis (allowing for extended districts and
extra services) had been nearly doubled,and it now amounted
to the enormous sum of upwards of 400,000/. per annum.
The inhabitants had no control over this expenditure, and
no means of improving the eflie;ency of the force. Under
the Police Act a minimum rate amounting to 6d. is the
pound is levied, whether required or not, and owing to the
increase of buildings, and the assessments, the amount so
raised is more than adequate, and balances of from 40,000/.
to 60,000/ remain unappropriated, at the end of the yoar,
n the hands of the commissioners. The introduction of the
representative element was essentially necessary; it might
be done by a police committee in every borough or district
of the metropolis, somewhat similar to the police committee
of the City, a very useful link between the ratepayer
and the police commissioner. Local grievances were by
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this means made known at head-quarters. It would also
be a great improvement if one of the commissioners trans-
acted his business in an open court, where any person could
lodge his complaint, in.tead of making it known as at
present by means of correspondence or deputations.
Measures of this nature would nor destroy the government
' control, but would tend to economise the expenditure, and
add to the efficiency of the force.
Mr. Geesin, Mr. Clark, Mr. Bedford, and Mr. Nicoll,
also addressed the Home Secretary.
Lord PALMiIUiTON said, with reference to the open
court, he was afraid it would take up too much of the time
of the commissioner; but it was suggested that some

person deputed by them might attend at certain times to
hear complaints; the present system of promotion was a
source of emulation to the policeman. He could not hold
out any hope of decreased expenditure; he would, how-
ever, send the report to the Police Commislioners for their
consideration.