The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRI4AS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1847.

Me Court.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Trines,* Royal and the Princess Ahc., took an airing
xe‘terdly afternoon in an open carriage and four. The
io*al dinner_ party, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, in-
cluded H.K.H. the Duchess of Kent, their Excellencies
Baron and Barone.* de Beust, Lady Augusta Bruce, Ba-
roness de Speth, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord and Lady
Willoughby dr Eresby, Lord Robert Gro.venor, the H.. 0.
Francis and Lady Anne Charteris, and the Eight lion. Mr.
and Mrs, Fox Manic. . .

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Her 310jvbty the Queen Dowager took an airing
Kent
a carriage. and four. the Duchee uf
Kent visited her Alikiery, on Monday, at Marlborough-
huum

the Duchess of Kent took en airing in a
carnage and four ye,terday. The roy4l duchees risked the
Duchess of Gloucester yeet Mar, at tiloucesier house.

A deputation from the Southampton and Dorches-
ter Railway had an interview with the Comniivvioners of her
Majeaty's 'Woods and Forests yesterday, at their office, in
Whitehall• place. A deputation from the Severn Commis-
sion and S affordable°, Worcester, ire, and Birmingham
Canal Company had en interview with the Right lion. E.
Strutt yesterday, et the office of the Como a.sonient in Great
Grunge-street. A deputations from the I.,;ght Dues Associa-
tion had an interview with Lurd .1. Russell yesterday, at his
official residence in D•oorning.street. Mr. G. Craig, M.l'..
and Lord &Trivial°, had an interview with the Right lion.
E. Strutt vent. edgy. The Rev. R. Gray had an interview
with Elul Grey yesterday. Mr. C. D. 11 tyv had Id. an in-
terview with the the noble earl et the Colonial-office. A
deputation respecting fvctories had an inttrview with the
Earl of Clotrand yes. rday, at the office ..f the Beard of
Train. A deputation !rota the Boston and Stamford Rail-
way Company had an interview with the light Hon. E.
Strutt yesterday. A deputation from the Southampton
Gas-light and Coke Cow ...ay nod an interview with Vis-
count Morpeth, at the office of the W,vods and Forests.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Govt.:nor of South Australia.

The Earl and Countess Granville have arrived in
towu from Pu is.

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The following members of the new bishoprics
commission yesterday attended a meting in Whitehall.
place .—The Archhtshop of Canterbury, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Lord J. Knoell, the E of Powis, the BAnp
of London, the Bt.hop of Durham, the Bishop of Wm-
cluster, the Bishop of Uheoln, the Bishop of Chester, Sir
G. Grey, end the eh ...cellar of the Exchequer.

From last night's Gaulle.
LEVEL—Notice in given in last night's Gaulte
that the Queen sib hold a levee on Wednesday next, 2Sth in.
.tent. Gentlemen intending to be present are informed
that it is ab4olutely neevuary that their names, 'etch the
name of the nobleman or gentleman who is to present them,
should be sent to the Lord Chamberi.sio's office, on Monday,
the 26th inst.. bet dte twelve o'clock, 1.1 or .er that they may
be submitted fur the Queen's approbation. All person,.
having petitions or addresses to preset to her Majesty at the
levee, are to write on two cards, with their names, a state-
ment of the object of such petitions or addresses, and the
names of the persons from whom they come ; one card to be
delivered to the page in ace ante room, and the other to the
Lord Chamberlain, who will read its contents, at the time of
presentation, to h r Maje►ty ; and, on these occasions, no
other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A depu-
tation at pr sent as address is not to race, d four persons.
The state apartments will not be open for the reception of
company until half-past one o'clock. The presentations will
commence at two o'clock.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 17.—The Queen has ap-
proved of Mr. W. P. Robertson, as Consul-General in Great
Biitain for the Republic of the Equator.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aram 19.
Royal Reg. of Artillery.—Fiint Lieut. G. Wilder to be Kt. emt.,
rice lion. F. Barite who ret. upon Hee. Lieut. W. 11. Blair to
be first Rent., rice Wilder.
Ordnance Med. Dep.—Assist...Sorg. R. Templeton to be *tug., vice
Calcbester, Rb ,ret.

DEATH OE SIR WALTER SCOTT.—Died of dysentry,
at the Cape of O oil Hope, on his way home from Madras,
Lieut.-Cul. Sir Walter Scutt, Bart., of Abbotefdrd, eldest
aon and last surviving child of the author of " Waverley."
Sir Walter was born in 1801, and was a lieut.-colonel in the
19th Humus. The baronetcy is extinct, but the Abbotsford
property paws to Walter Baru Lockhart, a cornet in the
16th Lancers, the only son of the editor of the Quarterly
Review. and the wile grandam of the author of " Wa.
verley." Sir Walter was married in 1825 to a WAS Jdbson,
or &chore, Fife, who still survives to lament, as all whu
knew him must do, an excellent officer, with many amiable
qualities sad much kindness of heart.
SUICIDE OT Sift HENRY VASSALL WEBsTER.--
Thu. gentleman died at 12 o'clock yesterday morning, from
the . &et* of a wound inflicted by himself tile previous d iy.
Sir Henry Pad but lately returned from the continent,
where he had been travelling L sdy Webster f,r change
of scene, and had been in an indifferent sate of health since
his return to his town residence, 31, Upper Brook street.
He wan left in bed on Sunday night in his u• us!
state, nothing particular being otury d in his el-.
meanour. Net morning, at seven o'clock, his ser-
vant knocked at the door, but on receiving no reply
went away. At half past eight o'clock he knocked again,
and finding that his master still revalued silent, be-
came alarmed, and informed Lady Webster of the circum-
stance. Her ladyship itnmediately suggested that the door
should be broken open, and this having been due, the
man entered the room, and found his master lying
on the floor senseless with a Revere wound on the left aide
of hie throat, from which bleud was copiously flowing. The
servant went toubtain medical aid, and ere many minutes
had elapsed sev• sal medical gentlemen were in attendance
and rendered all the assistance in their power up to hi. last
breath. It appears that the gash, inflicted by a razor, wae
• not a very large one, but as the jugular v. in was injured no
hope could he entertained. The unfortunate gentleman,
from the praiti di in which he wart discovered, must have got
up hem his bed. Sir Henry Wehste r gradually linger, d
up to 12 o'clock yesterday morning, when he hreathe,l his lost.
Sir Henry was born in 1794, being the second son of
Sir Godfrey Vsuall Webster, Bert, and uncle to the pre-
sent holder of that title, with which is connected the cele-
brated Battle Abbey, Sasses. His mother writhe late Lady
Holland. She was the daughter and heiress of Richard
Vault, Eaq , of the ialand of Jamaica, and married Sir
Godfrey in 1786. The marriage was dissolvt d in 1797 by
an act of parliament, and us the same yr sr she married Lord
Holland. Sir Hence entered the army in 1810, being then
20 years of age. 101831 he wu prnmoted tothe rank of Lieut.-
Col., but since be attained his majority in 1926, would app, or
to have been on the unattached list. In 181:5, he was
nominated a Knight of Hulhelm, of the Netherlands. This
• honour, it appears, was conferred in consideration of the
service which he rendered while acting as tide de-camp to
the P, ince ref Orange at Waterloo. In 1,32, be was nom'-
noted a Knight Commander of the Tower and Sword of
t'uritigai, and in lasli revolved the ordrre of that of Sr.
Bento d'Aris. In 1843, he received the only English title
which he held, the% of a knight bachelor, by patent. He
was decorated with a medal fur Warerloo. and would, of
edurse, have been enti•led to the new Pen n.ular medal. The
deceased married, some years since, the only daughter and
heiress of the late Samuel Boddington, Esq., of London.
Her latijabi:i left Brook-street, last evening, for Ruhrunpton.

THE BRITISH SCHOOLS, COTENTRIN—We have to
apo:ogiee to Mr. Cooper for the delay in puhlwhing the fol-
lowing Wien, which were mislaid:

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CoIrENTIT Aram 01.—Sir,—A letter was publi.tied in your paper of
the nth met:, in which a moat incorrect and limeiu representation is
Riven of the clreuww4allees =wee fed with the return to the Treasury
of a sum of MI., which hod been `Framed towards the erectint ot
achoul-rooms in Vicur.lane, in the city. It is the object of that re-
presentation to deny that this money was rulentorily returned by the
wiles who sent it. Your correspondent soya, '•as the school had
never been used as • day-school, on any system, the
money mem ordered to be returned." both these statements
are [llse. The ,chool boa al awj• been used an • day-
reboot. The money was never ordered to be returned.
WA thee your oorrespandent nit. eel: invented this secy. or was made
the doe of any other pens" I am, of course, unable to may. I chat-
leoge him to substantiate it. I inclose a all of the letters I received
from the committee of council on education, and which I shall he
°baited to you to publish. They fully prove that the npayment of the
government grant wan mitre!), robodery on the part of the penOlos
connected with toe schools. With the other affirmations of the
letter I have noconearn, it being my object sirs ly to place in Its true
light the nature of the transaction which g ice toessiert to the reckless
detractions on which I have animadverted. CfIOPM
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Privy (boned Oboe, Doentlngdtreet, March 23. —Par,—l have be
taelmodleclim the reangt of your letter, dated Mardi 21, 1541 in
whith you inform me that, at • meeting held In Coventry, on Melt
Instant, the leaden and trionda of the lintiab "trona*, et Viser-den,
in that city, unanimously resolved to return to het Melody., You.
Fury the glut of all., which they received from the yarliamenteny
fund for the promotion of dublic education in the year 1.35. lem
rented b onluabl, you that, although the term, upon whit* this grant
erne given said received, dot not Include any condltion or power eif Mow
meat, the lord, of the committee amnia! will receive thermosphere
of the 2001. as • complete caro Iling of the grant ; ao that ever hate.
after no claim of any kind whaboever tball be made by he r MOW,
government upon the !Walsh whads in Vicar-lane, Coventry, in re.
vett to the grant of 2001. 14 therefore, upon full omedtterat ion, the
tee-ten and massacre of the schools dealer to retort the grant, aid
to weer weir very slight connedue with the government, the
mount may be bnoight to this °doe soy between eleven sad
bur; and • full d charge shall be glees by. Irmo authoriaed on
behalf of their lord hip —I em, air, your obedient 'cream, !!Lear
CrlOßlM—Ednasd Cooler, Keck Park-atreet, Coventry.
Pr tvy Ownell Oak*, kdrning-street, March --ftir—t have
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated Mb Mareh, 1647, in
which, on behalf of the trustees of the %lea-lane. Covencrv, I' rind.
echoed, you endow • bid upon Mown Jones Loyd, end (b. (dated
25th Mai* 1647 and payable seven days Wier date) for 2014 (two

smd
hundred pounds), ha repayment, and Si a enmplete7enneelling of •
runt of that IS. ands tonsedstleserecalma ...ChM. Wesel building
by the Lords of Haat Mat=lbonsary In the yew. ISM My lords
duvet me ton d, OM, the repayment of Mrs grant,
no claim ce any Mad eitalesime=de made himmiter by her Majoe
lye government upon the brakes embeois in Vitnebene. efteentry in
respect atilt grunt which the ..he received hon. the Leda tor ber
Maja,tv'e Trevirary.— I sin, sir, yourulladlent•CMlllia, ii.4la. le urea.
—Wanted Cooper, Fan., Coventry.

PRINTERS' PENSION Sourrr.—The annual dinner
of the Pnnters' Pension S• ciety took place yea., relay, at the
London Tavern, Luke James Hansard, Hsq., pre ided.
1 he usual loyal touts having been disposed of, tee chairman
proposed success of the Stationers' Company. The eh iir-
man then pr•posed the toast of the evening, tamely—" The
Printers' Pennon Society." Lord Hanley Sines& pro-
posed the !testa) of the chairman, and Hr. Han-
sard returned thanks. The total am lint of subscrip-
tions announced, was 3211. 16., including a list of
suteerivions from lady authoresses, handed in by Lord 1).
Coutte Stuart. amounting to 351. 16s. 6d. Pricy e Albert
vent a donation of 251., and consented to he the patrol of
the society. We find from the report of this a,mi ty, that
its funded proprry amounts to nearly 4,5641.; its income
for the lot year arising horn interest of the strive sum.
Minawin. and subscriptions were upward* ut 111001., of
w hien 5291. was divided amongst penstuuets; the sum of 4001.
haying been fuuticd.

SOCIETY FOR TE.SCHING THE BLIND. The an-
' niversary meeting of this mci ty nos held yesterday at the
Hsnovernquare rooms, the Bishop of Oxford in the chair.
The children of the society's school having sung • hymn,
the proceedings were opened by prayer. The secretary
read the report, which set forth that • site in the Avenue-
res.& Regent's-park, had been tined upon for the building
of the society's schools. These schools would coat about
4,0001., and so that building fund at present amounted to
truly 1.3001., the committee to:neatly solicited liberal
donations. It appeared by the report that the Tame&
ations of the society were reaching even to the
Last, and missionaries were about to be sent to China.
T treasurer then rend the filinnrial account, by which it
appeared that the receipt. of th- past year had been 1,197!.,
and the expenditure 1,138/., leaving a balance of 691. The
treasurer announced that within that hour various donations
amounting in all to 221 , had la en neeived. On the motion
01 the Bishop of Tasmania, the report was adopted The
children read to the rneitin: different portions of Scripture,
selected at toe t-me by the Bishop of Oxford, and a cute of
thanks to the chairman closed the sky's proceedings.
FIRE IN GREEK-STREET, St/Wt.—Last night, about
10 o'clock, a fire broke cu.. at 59, 0: etk-dreet, Soho.
The firemen, by tint of great exertions, however, suc-
ceeded in getting the BIM!, subdued by half-past 11
o'clock, but not until a vary serious damage was done.
It could not be ascenained now the fire originated. The
workmen all left their employment at nine o'clock, at
which hour the building wna locked up, when it appeared
perfectly free from fire. None of the pities, it is believed,
are insured.

INQUEST YEsTERDAT. UNFOUNDED CHARON
•OAINIST A PKIMICIAN.—Before Mr. Payne at the Hand-
anal-Shears, Cloth fair, on th- b dy of Henry Clark, aged
41, who, it waS repartei, bad been poisoned by mediethe
*riven by Dr. Lynch, medical idlimr of the West London
Union.—Ann Serjeant said, d ceased had been ill for some
time past, and a little more loan a week ago, Lis wife &s-
-tained an order fur the attendauce of Dr. Lynch. On Ties-
day last, Dr. Lynch rent him some ma dicine, three table
spoonful's of which were to be taken at a time, but the de-
ceased, alm st immediately after tannic the first dote, died.
Witness tasted MOM of the medicine after the deceased had
died, and found ate. hot ill it .ke hri b. spit it out. It burnt
her mouth dreadfully and raised blisters which were ririblis
the nest day. Tne remains et the medicine were throat
away, and in a short time Dr. Lynch came again, and
gave the widow, who was in grest dim res., half-a-crown sut
of his own pocket, and the neat day she recsived from the
parish one shilling and a loaf.—Other witnerav stated they
had tasted the medicine, arid found it not in the least degree
hot —Mr. Taylor, surgeon, said he had analysed the two or
three drops of the medicine which remained at the bottom of
the bottle, and found nothing whatever deleterious. The
deceased died from disease of the lunge and heart.—Dr.
Lynch said the medicine be gave was an infusion of quasha
bark and camphor —T. e Coroner observed that the report,
as it reached him, was that the medicine had killed the man,
and that Dr. Lynch had given the widow half-a-crown to
hush the matter up.—Dr. Ls nch assured the coroner and the
jury that he gave the money out of charity.—The jury ex-
pressed themselves satisfied with the treatment the deceased
had received, and vournei. a verrtic, of Natural death."

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, A►RIL 19.

The Freeman of to-day contains a long and severe
attack on the Irish government fur the coldness of
its reply to Captain Forbes, who expressed his inten-
tion to visit the Earl of Besborough, if time allowed.
The reply is considered too repellinir for the repre-
sentative of American generosity. fhe Flerniiiii's
remarks would. however, hive savoured more of
regret than of blame, had the probable cause of his
Excellency's reluctance tu reeetve visitors—be they
ever so welcome—been known. The truth is that

the Earl of Besboroueh'm failing health has of late
given rise, in his family, to some aneasiness.
The captain, however, has fared quite sumptuously in
" lovely Cove and Cork." In Cove he was feasted,
and spoke at great length. Cork was to have followed
with a " dining" demonstration, but the death of the
mayor prevented the exercise of hospitality, and the
captain must be contented with "a piece of plate"
and an address, studded, as his own banner, with the
stars of fancy and rhetoric. There will also be pre-
sented to President Polk "magnificent green standard
with a wreath of gold shamrocks." The Macedonian,
which was expected in Cork, will, it appears, anchor
in the Shannon. Connected with this vessel Captain
Forbes mentioned a fact, which may be interpreted in
different ways. Captain De Kay will charge the
British government full freight for the cargo. This
will increase the funds of the Boston committee by
that amount, for nothing will be subtracted for the
working of the ship.
Things are not done with that grace or tact in some
of our public imititutmns which may conceal a defect
without provoking public opinion or wounding pri-
vate sensibility. M. :Myer was made responsible,
though very unjustly, for the exhibition which accom-
panied the opening of his model kitchen. He wus
coarsely assailed for the folly or indiscretion of others.
A still more offensive act than the platoons of paupt rs .
marched up to the chained bowls, is the following ad-
vertisement in the morning papers, which fills one
with disgust. Poor humanity should be treated with
somewhat more revert :
MON.I cua SUVFICII MUM. ITCH ROYAL RAYKACK EAILANADO.—
ibis kite ,en will be open PO. dly I Hooday 1, for the peep...pop a
the ...ion,. wiu td f.ot wed at the tnendicity inatitut!on. The
ebtldren of the Bawds, ooktempitkers knitters, o,U head dawry
at teen clock toss fed. Adnio,,otr, t•t t►e public, .opens each.

REPEAL AMIOCIATION.—At the usual weekly meeting of
the repeal simaciation held to-day, toe rent was announcEd
to amount to 341.
The Mail of this t ven;ne has the following:—
'• loyal National Repeal Awciation, Corn Exchange Room( Dublin,
April B,—Dear Sir: I an, thieved by the committee respectfully to
remind you of the ditllicult ',engin in sadtb they are pLiod, in
their erdeavour to uphold the meoctation. The deplorable
state of the country, overwhelmed by famine, prevents
the usual collection of ittpul Rent, and the committee
must therefore depend, for some time to came, chiefly
upon the support of those members of the theadation whose rneffin,
are more Independent. The war has been reduced to three or four
individuals, and ull oche, outgoings have been !bewared with or
curtailed, for the present em, rgemy, to the lower amount hr which
it G paasibie to keep the svon.iiiiin open. The committee, therefore,
sincerely trust 7ou wiit lai.dly appreciate the exertion., they are
makirrg comamtain this mighty and inv.duable organ of the public
voice, and renew your guise illation for the present year, and that
you will also sir sour influence among your fries& to realise any
additional subscripiimie that may be powdble —I here the honour to
remain, yours sincerely, T. M. Rae, beiretary. (An ,newer will
oblige")
Tun WATERFORD MECHANICS' INarert:Ta hat broken
tilzfround in the progress of such in.titutions. It ix pro-
to establish a school in co-me:ion with the institute,
in which instruction adapted to scientific and practical pur-
•-uita will be affirded on terms of sineular cheapness. Their
houn of attendance are Iwo in three days of each week,
and the charges vary from 20v. to 152. per quarter, for lan-
guages, sciences, fine arts, &c. The highest charge is for
oil painting, 20e. a quarter.
SCOTLAND.
kIIINBURGH, APRIL 19.
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The opponents of the education FCheme have beat
defeated at Aberdeen, and have been allowed to walk
the course in Kele,. The nature of the Aberdeen
defeat shows that Mr. Bsines's doctrines have made
little progress in the university town of the north.
At the outset a preliminary meeting of electors con-
nected with the voluntary interest was held, when
matters looked so gloomy, that after several conflict-
ing motions, it was ultimately resolved to leave it to
a committee to decide whether a public meeting
should be held. That body did decide on a public
meeting, and the consequence was defeat. Only
about 230 persons attended, but these by " a large
majority" condemned the adverse motion. The Kele°
meeting was also thinly attended, and the fincue of
the parties concerned oily be estimated by their se-
lection of Mr. Macaulay for the presentation of their
petition.
The shareholders of the Argyll Canal have agreed
to transfer the undertaking to government, on the
understanding that the government is to commence
and carry. on the works on its own responsibility, and
employ in its construction the people whom the
different Highland proprietors may recommend.
The shareholders also stipulate for the return of their
deposits, minus the expenses.
GLASGOW, APRIL 19.
A requisition has been prepared for presentation to
the Lord Provost, desiring him to call a public meet-
ing to elicit an expression of public opinion respecting
the stoppage of Sunday trains by the directors of the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The annoy-
ance inflicted on all classes by the pragmatical
legislation of these gentlemen in the matter
of Sunday travelling has been found unbearable.
This railway has put down all post-chalses, gigs, &c.,
along the road ; and their stoppage of Sunday trains
has rendered travelling on that day, however urgent
the necessity, impossible. The requisition has been
most numerou-ly, respectably, and influentially
signed, and the voices against Sunday trains, which
sounded so loud at the snug family party in
the narrow rooms of the railway company, wII
sound small indeed among the assembled citizens of
Glasgow. 1 believe the result will be a petition to
parliament to compel all railway companies to run a
sufficient number of trains on Sundays for the accom-
modation of the public. It would be well for the
Edinburgh and Glasgow if this petition were granted.
The Sunday train and anti-Sunday train parties
among the shareholders are so equally balanced that
neither will give in. They will ruin the concern by
waging polemical strife when they ought to be at-
tending to budin is—exactly in the way their ances-
tors lust the Setae of Bothwell Brig. Iwill give you

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