The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-18 00:00:00

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Ths royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham
Pekoe included the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg,
Count Arthur ktensdorff, the Countess Grey, Earl de Grey,
Madame is Bayonne and Is Waugenheini, Viscount and
Viscountess Canning, Lord Edward Howard, Lord George
Lennox, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir Alexander Wood-
ford, and Baron Fritsch.

Major Macdonald had an interview with the Right
lion. H. Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.
A deputation, consisting of Baron de Goldsmid,
Mr. J. Bailey, jun., M.P., Mr. Maynard, Mr. Randel. and
Mr. Webster, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yes-
terday, at the office of the Woods and Forests.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a general meeting yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-
place.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council eat
yesterday and resumed the hearing elan appeal from Bengal
—"Raja Burdahauth Roy r. Ram Tunnse Bose." The ass
was again adjourned.

COLONIAL COMPTROLLER OF CUSTOMS AND NATI.
°Arlon LAws.—The importdutiea which have been hitherto
levied under the British Possessions Act en goods imparted
into the islands of St. Vincent, St. Lucia, and Prince Ed-
ward's Island, having been repealed, the lordsof the treasury
have concurred in the suggestion of the commissioners of
customs, that, for the performance of the various func-
tions which will still remain to be executed by
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named import duties, and notwithstanding their re-
peal. an officer with due authority from the commissioners
shall be statoned is each colony, with the designation
of comptroller of customs and navigation laws, and that it
shall be the duty of this officer to attend to the due obser-
vance of all provisions of the imperial laws relating to the
intercourse of foreign shipping ; to the importation of foreign
goods; to the registry of British shipping; to the returns of
vessels entering inwards and outwards, whether British or
foreign; and to the issue of any requisite certificates of
clearance, and of origin of produce, or otherwise, in order to
the admission of goods either into the United Kingdom, Cr
to other British possessions.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIOTIT RTTII OLDENBURO.—
Tuesday's Gazette contains a treaty securing the copyright
internationally of books, prints, music, &c., under the usual
regulation', to the authors of each country. The customs
duty on those articles, when originally published in this
country, teprinted in Oldenburg, and imported into the
United Kingdom, is to be 30s. per cwt. ; that on works ori-
ginating in the duchy, and imported into this country, to be
Ifs. per cwt. On single prints and drawings one halfpenny
sash, and when boundlid. per dozen.
MILITARY FLOGOINO.—On Friday moning last, the
whale of the troops in garrison at Woolwich were mustered in
the Riding Scheel, under the command of the field-officer,
for the purpose of seeing the sentence of a garrison court-
martial on Gunner and Driver Daniel Freel, Royal Artillery,
carried into effect. The prisoner who is a recruit belong-
toil to the let battalion, was convicted of stealing one
shilling, the property of a comrade, in one of the barrack-
rooms
, and was sentenced to receive fifty lashes, which were
carried into effect. The prisoner, who suffered severely, was
afterwards removed to the Royal Ordnance Hospital.
THE JEws.—Sir,—Under, the act for emancipating
the Jews, the general impression seems to be that ministers
do not intend to admit them to the rank and honour of the
Privy Council. The bill now before parliament is silent on
this subject. The oath taken by a member of the Privy
Council is a very peculiar one, and it is understood that even
if the bill does pass into a law, Baron Rothschild could not
take his seat at the Privy Council Board. Surely this ought
not to be left in doubt—W.B.—London, Feb. 13.