The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-19 00:00:00

Sly Court.

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WINDSOR, JAM. 18.
The following had the honour of dining with her
ilhjesty yestarday:—The Duches• of Kent, the Prince of
Leiningen, the Prisons Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Lady-
in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and the Bareness de
Sppth.
Her Majesty's private bead attended in the evening, and
perfOrmed the following soleetion :
Owner% "Le Part da Diekta" dew.
waturna, Mani. "Mids ummer
111:1711 Dream " Mendelmolus.
fieleation. "Faust" oohs
Marta, "Oiseasiosal Oratorio"
Minus°. Trio and Finale. " riabnia. No. 5 " Mozart.
The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Countess of
Charlemont as Lady-in• Waiting to the Queen.
Lord Klphinitose and Lieut:Colonel Hos. H. Hood
have relieved Lord Bron and Lieut.-General Sir Frederick
Stovin, u Lord and Groom in waiting.
The Duchess of Sutherland is expected at the Castle
to-day on a visit to her Majesty.

The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, accompanied by Sir
Charles Barry and the Bann Marochetti, had an interview
with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence
in Downing-street.
Mrs. Chisholm had an interview with the Duke of New-
, castle, yesterdsy, at the Colonial Office.
Mr. James Baines,fof Liverpool, accompanied by Captain
J. W. Forbes, of the ship Marco Polo, and Captain Alex-
ander Newlands, had an interview with the Right Hon. E.
Cardwell, at the Board of Trade, yesterday, on the subject
of ships deserted by their crews in Australia.
A deputation of the Trustees of the British Museum, con-
sisting of the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Lord Mahon, the
Bishop of London, Sir Robert high-, Mr. Hallam, the
Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and Mr. V. R. Hamilton, at-
tended by Sir Henry Ellis, had an interview, yesterday,
with the Earl of Aberdeen and the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Treasury, in Downing-street.
Mr. R. Jebb had an interview with Viscount Palmerton,
yesterday, at the Home Office.
Sir Hugh Hume Campbell had an interview, yesterday,
with the Earl of Aberdeen.

Mr. Wham Cubit', M.P., had an interview, yesterday,
with the Duke of Newcastle.

LENT PREACHERS appointed to preach before her
hisdesty, for the year 1853:—Frbruary 9, Ash Wednes-
day, Dean of the chapel, Lord Bishop of London ; 11,
Friday, Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, Dr. Gaisford ; 13,
Sunday, Lord Bishop of Durham; 16. Wednesday, Rev.
C. Baring ; 18, Friday, Dean of Wells, Dr. Jenkyns ; 20,
Sunday, Lord Bishop of Exeter; 23, Wednesday, Rev.
Henry M. Bieck; 25, Friday, Dean of Ely, Dr. Peacock;
' 27, Sunday, Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.
Marsh 2, Wednesday, Rev. Dr. J. Cartmell; 4, Friday,
Dean of Exeter, Dr. Lowe; 6, Sunday, Lord Bishop of
Peterborough; 9, Wednesday, Rev. Dr. Hook; 11, Friday,
Dean of Rochester, Dr. Stevens; 13, Sunday, Lord Bishop
'of Chester • 18, Wednesday, Hon. and Rev. C. L.
Courtenay ; 18, Friday, Dean of Winchester, Dr. Gamier;
20, Palm Sunday, Lord Archbishop of York; 23, Wednes-
day, Rev. A. fa. Cornwall ; 2.5, Good Friday, Dean of
Worcester, Dr. Peel ; 27, Euter Day, Lord Almoner..—
ERWIN! BRUCE, Vice-Chamberlaii. - -

LENT PREACHERS appointed to preach at her Ma-
jesty's Chapel at Whitehall on Wednesdays and Fridays,
for the year 1853: Feb. 9, Ash Wednesday, Dean of Salis-
bury, Dr. Hamilton ; 11, Friday, Rev. W. Strong ; 16,
Wednesday, Rev. E. Bankes ; 18, Friday, Rev. S. M. An-
derson ; 23, Wednesday, Rev. J. Vane ; 25, Friday, Rev.
C. Moore. March 2, Wednesday, Rev. T. Randolph ;4,
Friday, Rev. W. Bradford ; 9, Wednesday, Hon. and Rev.
J. T. Pelham ; 11, Friday, Rev. J. Monson ; 16, Wednes-
day, Rev. Lord A. Fitsclarence ; 18, Friday, Rev. C. A.
Margins ; 23, Wednesday, Hon. and Rev. W. R. Capel ;
26, Glad Friday, Dean of Hereford, Dr. Dawes.—Baxasy
Bares, Vioe-Chamberlain.

(IRON LAIIIT 0AZ3712.)
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 15.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint the Duchess of Sutherland to be
Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the Duchess of Atboll,
resigned ; also, to appoint John, Marquis of Breadalbane,
K.T., to be Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household,
in the room of Brownlow, Marquis of Exeter, K.G., re-
signed.
WIIITEHALL,JAN.IS.—The Queen has been pleased
to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal,
granting unto Lieutenant-Colenel the Hon. Lauderdale
Mauls, the office of Master Surveyor and Surveyor General
of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland.

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WHITEHALL, Isx.l7.—The Queen has been pleased
to grant the office of Her Majesty's Solicitor General for
Scotland, to Robert Handyside, Esq., Advocate.
FOREIGN-OITICE, JAN. 17. —The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. Wilhelm August Flock., as con-
sul at Kingston, Jamaica, for the Free Hanseatic city of
liamburgh ; also, to approve of Mr. Ed. Mullendorf as
Consul at Sydney, for his Majesty the King of the
Rekrians.
CROWN-OFFICE.—MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE
111 MHO PII.IIIIIICT PA/ALI .—Jag. 15—.. County of
Limerick : William Monsell, of Tervoe, in the county of
Limerick, En., Clerk of the Ordnance.—County of Wilts,
Southern Division : The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, of
Wilton House. in the said county of Wilts, her Majesty's
Secretary at War.

OXFORD

Tx'sTimm DAT.

OXFORD, TUIBDAY.
The poll has again been opened at intervals during
the day, and 33 votes have also been registered. 16 of which
were sa favour of Mr. Gladstone, and 17 in favour of Mr.
Percival, giving a majority of one vote on the day's poll to
the latter gentleman.
SILTS OP TR. POLL.-111•111 O'CLOCK.
Gladstone 987
Percival
863
Majority for Mr. Gladstone 124
Amongst Mr. Gladstone's voters today were :—Professor
Claughton, Trinity; Mr. George Cary Elwes, All Souls ;
Rev. H. Ellison, University; Rev. E. F. Marshall, Ws-d-
-ims; Rev. C. Nevin, Trinity ; Mr. Charles Saville Curry,
Merton; Rev. H. Hayman, St. John's.

THE VICAR AND THE VESTRY OP ST. PANCRAS.—
Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Board of Ihree-
tors of the parish of th.Pancras, James Parker Pierce, Esq.,
churchwarden, in the chair, a letter from the Rev. Thomas
Dale, the vicar of the parish, was put in end read. This
communication, after acknowledging the receipt of the
report of the committee, condemnatory of the vicar, for his
alleged breach of faith as regards the supply of books to
the workhouse, goes on to say, that, in his proper place, as
chairman of the vestry, he, the vicar, was ready to explain
and justify Ike course he had taken, and he was most desi-
rous that the parishioners should be put in possession of the
whole facts of the case.—Mr. T. E. Baker, in moving that
the letter be entered upon the minutes, expressed his regret
that, at the proceedings of the vestry last week, remarks
were made against the vicar in his absence, which were in
his (Mr. Baker's) opinion, unjustifiable and unfounded.
Had the vicar been present, he (Mr. Baker) felt
sure that he would have been able fully to jus-
tify his conduct (" Hear," and " Oh, oh.") He (Mr. Baker)
was not the advocate of Mr. Dale, but he admired the old
English principle of fair play, and that no man should be
traduced and calumniated in his Owen ; he therefore
trusted that Mr. Dale would be invited to take the chair at
the next meeting.-11r. Kink& lad • motion for next
Wednesday, respecting one of the officers, and he would
not give way to Mr. Dale, either on a personal or any other
question. Had Mr. Baker been present at the previous
meeting, he would have found that there was no unjust
asensation made against the vicar.—Mr. HOW'S had sup-
ported the report, but at the same time it was only just to
allow the vicar an opportunity of defending lr imseU, which
he (Mr. Howes) was sure he could do to the satisfaction of
the vestry.—The Chairman bore his testimony to the inva-
riably honourable and indefatigable conduct of the vicar. As
• public accusation had been made against the vicar, it was
only jut to allow him an opportunity of placing himself in
a proper position with the public.—The Churchwarden con-
eluded by reading • letter from the vicar, in which he re-
pudiated the assertion of Mr. lfcllett, that he (Mr. Dale)
was in any way implicated in the new Churchwardeas
Bill, The letter was ordered to be entered upon the
minutes. It is intended to present • requisition lot • spe-
cial meeting, in order to afford an opportunity to the vicar
to be present.
PROPOSED BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR 'SLING-
Tow.—A poll has been taken in the parish of St. Mary,
Islington, on the proposal made in the vestry last Thursday
for adopting the Bathe and Wash-houses Act in the parish.
At the close of the poll, last evening, the numbers were—
For the motion, 668; against it, 462. As the act requires a
majority of two to one, in order to give effect to its provi-
sions, the motion is lost.
POOR-LAW OFFICERS.—There has just been printed
by order of the House of Commons en interesting document
respecting the Tewkesbury Union. The Board of Guardians
carried resolutions to reduce the salaries of the several
officers, on account of the "cheapness of provisions." The
officers appealed to the Poor-law Board, and the reasons
were required from the guardians that induced them to
pass the resolutions. They urged that the value of agricul-
tural produce had been diminished at least 39 per cent. ;
that the rates had increased, and that food was cheap. Tho
Poor-law Board replied that they had " never recognised
the principle that salaries should be liable to vary as the
price of food fluctuates." The Poor-law Board thought
that no sufficient reason had been assigned for the reduc-
tion, declaring that the fixed salaries of the medical officers
remunerated them only for their ordinary duties.

A CITY OF Doos.—A Madras paper contains an!
interesting canicidal statistics for the curious, from which
it appears that in five years Madras had been relieved of
about 19,500 dogs, whose yelling bed been silenced for ever
by a very summary and efficacious process, at an expense
for slaughtering of 2531. The period for authorised cool-
tide commences with the 15th April, end terminates with
the 15th of September of each year, a period of five
months; so that, on en average, 800 dogs were sent to their
long last home to the briet period of one month by the
club of the dog-killer, end thus put beyond the possibility
of getting rabid.