The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-16 00:00:00

gin Court,

The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday
salt at Buckioghans Paler*. flutrunonses were issued yes-
terday to the Ministers and Great Officers of State.
Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Ilan. Charles
Grey and Lieut-Col.mel the lion. A. Gordon, went yester-
day morning to the Trinity House. In the afternoon His
Royal Higher's, attended by Lient:Colmiel lion. A. Gor-
don, paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-
house, Piccadilly.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Ely, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Rivers,
ord Alfred Paget, and Lirut-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon,
honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence last
evening.
The Marchioness of Ely has relieved the Ccuntess of
Charlemont in her duties as the Lady-in-Welting to the
Queen, _

Lord Rivers has relieved Earl Somers in his duties of
Lord.in-Waiting, and Sir Edward Bowater bu relieved
Captain the Hon. Mortimer Backville West as Groom•in-
Waiting to Her Majesty.

A Deputation, consisting of Lord Hatherton, Lord
Wrotteeley, the Hon. E. IL Littleton, Mr. Hordern, Mr.
Rutter, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Waters, and Mr. Williams had an
interview with the Right Hon. H. Cardwell and Lord
Stanley of Alderley yesterday, at the Board of Trade.:
Mr. Ross had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Colonel Forester and Mr. Toogood had an interview with
the Right lion. E. Cardwell yesterday, at the Board of
Trade.

Mr. Monsen, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor
of :he Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Alexander Spearman had
also as interview with the right hon. gentleman, at his
official residence, in Downing-street.
(rlOlll LAST MONT'S ()AMITE.)
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 9. - The Queen has been
graciously pleased to appoint Andrew Buct.anan, Esq., now
her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confe-
deration, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Denmark. The
Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the lion.
Charles Augustus Murray, now her Majesty's Agent and
Consul-General in Egypt, to be her Majesty's Minister Ple-
nipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FED. 14.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. John Rapp. as Agent and Con-
sul-General in London for tho Swiss Confederation. The
Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Jos. Augus-
tus Henriques as Consul at Melbourne, in Australia, for
the United States of America. The Queen has also been
pleased to approve of Mr. Edward Bernard Neill, as Con-
sul in London for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 13.—The Queen has been
pleased to make the following appointments for the Colony
of Victoria, viz., Edward Eyre Williams, Esq., to be
Second Putout Judge of the Supreme Court; William
Foster Stawell, Esq., to be H.r Majesty's Attorney• Gen-
eral ; James Croke, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-
General ; Henry Field Gurnee, Esq , to be Crown Solici-
tor ; Robert Williams Pohlman, Esq., to be Commissioner
of the Coui tof Requests and Chairman of General and
Quarter Sessions; Frederick Wilkinson, Esq., to be Master
in Equity of the Supreme Court and Chief- Commissioner
of Insolvent Estates.

WAR-OFFICE, Fait 15.
11th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Comet Harrington
Astley 1 revelyan to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Brinkley, who retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot.—Lieutenant Spencer George Angus-
tea Thumb, to be captain, by purchase, vice Anderson,
who retires; Ensign William Bellew to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Thursby.
6th Foot.—Eesign William Grove Annssley to be Ileum-
' neat, by purchase, vice Robertson, who retires.
9th Foot —Lieutenant John 11. Lothian to be captain, by
purchase vice Fenton, who retiree ; Ensign William
Daunt to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lothian.
15th loot—Lieutenant C. Theodore de Montenach to be
captain, without purchase, vice Graves, deceased; Ensign
Richard Roxburgh Moore to be lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice De Montenach.
19th Foot.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Upon to
be Major, by. purchase, vice Caney, who retires ; Lieute-
nant Frederick Charles Ashworth to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Haiti. Ensign George Ridge Beadon to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ashworth.
25th Foot.—Lieutenant Douglas John Dickinson, front
half-pay of the 2nd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. J. B.
Pritetly, promoted, without purchase, to an unattached
Company. Ensign William Robert Goodall, to be lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Dickinson, who retires. Ensign
Charles Gun Ranson, from the 69th Feet, to be ensign,
vice Goodall.

57th Foot—Lieutenant William Fowler Jones to be

Captain, by putchue, vice Monro, who retires Easign
Arthur Maxwell Earle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Jones.
63rd Foot.—Ensign William John Alexander Stainer
has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale
of his commission_

67tisPOOT.isjor Thomas Edmond Knox, from the 3rd
West India Regiment, to be Major, vice Murray, who ex-
change*.
let West India Regiment.—Ensign Edmund Patterson,
to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jones, deceased.
Ensign George Thomas Miller to be lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Searle, promoted.
2nd Wtst India Regiment. Captain Henry Was.
Whitfield to be Major, by purchase, vice Elliott, who re-
tires. Lieutenant JamosOwen Bovill to be captain, by
purchase, vice Whitfield.
3rd West India Regiment—Major Samuel Hood Murray,
from the 67th Foot, to be major, vice Knox, who ex-
changes.
MIIIOIIISDON. Comatesastrizr. Deputy-Asaistant
_ -

Commissary-General James !Lichen has been pennitted to
resign his commission from 15th September, 1852.

NEW DEPUTY-LIEUTENANTS.
Roes-earan.
William Rauh Manay, Esq.
WEST RIDING OF TIIR COUNTY OF YORK, AND OF THE
CITY AND COUNTY OF THE CITY OF YORK.
The Right Honourable Lord Hawke Viscount Milton,
the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., theßight
Honourable Matthew Talbot Baines, Sir William Ridley
Charles Cooke Bart., Sir Charles Slingsby, Bart., Sir
George Goodman, Hat., Edward Akreyd, lisq. William
Ablaut, junior, En , Joseph Benyon, Esq., Thomas Davi.
son Bland, Esq., James Brown, Esq , Samuel James Brown,
Esq., Edmund Calverley, Es., Thomas Clapham, Esq.,
John Cooper, Esq., Ralph Creyke, Esq., John Crossley,
Esq , Francis Darwin, Esq. Joseph Dent, Esq., John Dent
Dent, Esq., Joseph Eastwood, Esq., (Franca liewksworth
Fawkes, Esq., John Foster, Esq., John Fullerton, Esq.,
James Milner OaskeU, En., John Gott, Esq., John Bea-
wick. Greenwood, Esq., John Hague, Esq., Alfred Harris,
Esq., Joseph Holdeworth, Esq., Ralph Markiand, Esq.,
Joseph Marshall, Eat, Wil iam Milthurp Maude, Esq.
William hiordaunt Edward Milner, Esq., Richard Musick-
ton Milner, E William Nicholson Nicholson, Esq.,
°reread, Esqsq., ~ John Rand, &q., George John See-
Jamison, Esq., John George Smyth, E'sq., Walter Thomas
William Spencer Stanhope, Esq., Joseph Mason Tennant,
Esq., William Bradley Waiaman, Esq., Edmund Warter-
ton,Req. John Thomas Wharton, Lamplugh Wick-
ham Wickham, Esq., John Wilson, EsEsq., q., Dull Thomas
Woodd, Esq. John Yorke, Esq Hugo Charles Me/neU
Ingram, Esti., Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram,
James Garth Marshall, Esq., Henry Cowper Marshall,
Esq., and John Gylby Uppleby, Eqs.

SPORTING.
TATTERSALL'S.—MoNDAY.

Through earelmenees in transcribing, the quotations on
the following nce were omitted in our paper yesterday :
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
12 to 1 art Mr. Luniley'ehlaria
12 to 1 Mr. Harrison's Lindrick
15 to 1 Mr. ()resale's Muscovite
LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.

TUFADAT.

The transactions at the rooms this morning show no ma-
terial change since our last; the horses most in demand
being (lacer, View Halloo, and Due-an•Durras for Liver-
pool Steeplechase ; Contentment and Snowdon Dunhill for
the Metropolitan; Cineas and Honeywood for the Derby.
Closing prices:
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.
7 to 1 agst Oscar (t to 601.)
8 to 1 Miss Mowbray (t)
11 to 1 Sir Peter Laurie (t)
14 to 1 View Halloo (t to 601.)

141 to 1 Duc-au-Durras (t)
20 to 1 Maurice Daley
. 25 to 1 Houton (t)
25 to 1 Betsy Fria (t)
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
8 to 1 agat Doubt (t)
10 to 1 Bellewstown (t)
10 to 1 Charity (t)
10 to 1 Pride (t)
14 to 1 Mr. Norton (t)
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
6to 1 on the field (offered)
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
7 to 1 apt Contentment (t)
25 to 1 Snowdon Dunhill (t to 1500
25 to 1 Lampedo (t)
25 to 1 Pug Orrock (t)
30 to 1 Wedding-dap filly (oil)
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (t)
25 to 1 Trifle (t)
3.5 to 1 Black Doctor (t)
40 to 1 Indian Warrior (t)
40 to 1 Truth (')
45 to 1 Saint Michael (t)
600 to 6 Talfourd (t)
600 to 6 Ammonia (t)
500 to 5 Madeline (t)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4 to 1 agat West Australian (t)
DERBY.
10 tit 1 agst West Australian (t)
12 to 1 Cineas (t)
25 to 1 Illucywced (t)
40 to 1 Orinoco (I)

HEREFORDSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES.
The Clerk of the Course informs us, by electric tele-
' graph, that the meeting is postponed until Tuesday sad
Wednesday next.

OBSTRUCTIONS TO FREE - TRADE
PRoo It ESS.

The Manchester Chamber of Commerce held its
annual meeting at the Town-hall, Manchester, on Monday,
when the chief topics of COOTHIAIiIiII were the obstruction'
thrown in the way during the past year (and which for the
first time since 1842 bad been successful) by the late
government.
Mr. THOMAS BALLS; president of the chamber, in
opening the busier's, said that during the pest year this
great community had happily been in a state of unprece-
dented activity. Labour had been abundant, the labouring
classes never before enjoyed the extent of comfort which
' they bad partaken of, arid upon the whole the capitalist
bad bad a fair remuneration for the employment of bis
skill and those funds which he had embarked in
the proem of manufacturing, trading, and commer-
cial enterprise. He almost feared that there might
be at the present time too much commercial and manu-
facturing activity, for on every hand he found the element
of cost was rapidly increasing, coals were dearer, raw mate-
rial" were higher in price, labour was both scarce and dear,
and the prime cost of our manufacturing produce certainly
was raised very considerably. There were extensions going
on perhaps beyond what the immediate prospects of the
future demand might warrant ; but there wns a self-regu-
lating principle abroad, that perhaps would afford a timely
correction to any undue extension. The commercial
charter of this country in its freedom might be dated from
the year 1846, and from that time to the present there had
been an augmentation in the consumption of cotton wool
actually greater thou the extent of the consumption which
existed at the close of the great war in 1815; tor during the
period that he alluded to, from 1946 to the present
moment, there had been an augmentation of little short
of 10,000 bags of cotton per week; and at this
moment we might possibly be consuming to the
extent of 40,000 bales of cotMn per week. It would become
those embarking in extensions to inquire how far the raw
material could continue to be supplied in a ratio commen-
surate with their extensions, and how far labour could be
procured to enable them to extend in the ratio we seemed
now to be acting upon. Prudence would dictate inquiry
into these subjects. He hoped that we should have an
abundant supply of raw material, and that the labour of the
country would be found adequate to its wants; but in the
meantime, care and caution might be advisable. They were
aware that the East India Company's charter terminated in
the year 1854, and that at the present time the directors
of the chamber were engaged in looking to the renewal of
that charter with considerable anxiety. He was glad to in-
form them that in this extensive distiect there seemed to be
an unanimous opinion that from the B tent of Control or
the East India Company there should be obtained, if pos-
sible, conditions that would extend our cornn.creial rela-
tions with India, and that would raise the people of that
couutry, our fellow subjects, in the scale of civilisation.
(Hear, hear.) Their neighbours of the Commercial Asso-
ciation, he believed, were prepared to act with them
in seeking the commercial and industrial regene-
ration of India; and he looked forward to obtaining
the assistance of the Chambers of Commerce of Glasgow,
Liverpool, Bradford, and other places, and he trusted that
they would be able to concentrate their demand in so rea-
sonable a form that the concessions e hich they sought
would be duly granted. We must look to India for an ex-
tended supply of cotton ; unless we hod pu!.lic works esta-
blished in India our hopes would result in disappointment;
we could only expect through the aid of government the
facilities that would give us the increased supply of cotton
which we evidently required. During the last 11 years
America had supplied cotton to an amazing extent, and the
increase had been so astonishing that it amounted to 77
per cent; but in that period, from the East Indies we ac-
tually received a diminished annual supply, averaging as
much as 16 per cent. With these differences palpably be-
fore us, we must arrive at the conclusion that there was
something egregiously wrong in one country, whilst in the
other we saw the development of immerse energy Ind in-
dustry. In the United States of America, during the years
which had passed, they had been sedulously plying atten-
tion to the construction of railways, and they had
in existence now, probably, railways to the ex-
tent of upwards of 30,000 miles •, but, at the pre-
sent time, in India, we had them out even to
the extent of 100 miles in existence, construction, and pros-
pect. Glancing at the one and then at the other, we
really ought to feel ashamed at the want of energy and en-
terprise, either on the part of this community, or on the
part of the governing power in India. He had to express
his regret that they had lost their Indian commissioner, the
late Mr. Mackay. (Hear, hear.) Ile bad sent to the
directors, previous to his death, very ample reports, con-
firmatory of the views generally expressed and entertained
within the walls of this chamber ; and those re-
ports would very shortly be laid before the public. There
had been, unfortunately, delays from various circumstances,
but he hoped that in the course of a few months, or even
weeks, au interesting publication would appear as the
result of Mr. Mackay's labours in India. They would join
with him, he felt sure, in sympathising with the less that
Mr. Mackay's family had sustained, and that the com-
mercial community had sustained ; fur if he had been
spared to continue his services, he would probably these
found a place in the British House of Commons, and might
have been there of immense use in the development of tho
resources of India. (Hear, hear )
Mr. THOMAS BOOTHMAN, secretary to the chamber, read
an able report, which he had drawn up, upon the proceed-
ings of the chamber during tho past twelve months, includ-
ing the subjects of quarantine, life amurance, decimal sys-
tem acceleration of mails, our relations with Siam, sip-
, pointment of a United States consul in Manchester, &c.
Mr. M. Cowrie moved the adoption of the report, which
was seconded by Mr. LANONVOZTHY.
The auditors and directors of the chamber for the ensuing
year were then appointed, and the proceedings terminated.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL
OXFORD, FEB. 15.—The committee appointed by
the Beard of Heads of houses and Proctors, "to consider
and report upon the recommendations of her Majesty's com-
missioners, so far as they apply to the cue of the Uaiverity,”
request that members of convocation, who may intend to
favour them with communications upon the subject, will
have the goodness to send them to the Vice-Chancellor not
later than Monday, April 18.
Short copies of verses in English, Lstin, and Greek, to
be recited in the theatre at the emitting Eueeenia, by under-
graduates or Bachelors of Arts, may be transmitted to the
Vice-Chancellor on Sr before the lit of May.
In • convocation to be holden on Thursday, the 17th in-
stant, at 2 o'clock, it will be proposed that a delegacy be
nominated by the proctors, to consider what museums,
lecture-rooms, and ether buildings are required for the
study. of natural history and physiology, and to give such a
description of them, both in kind and extent, as may be
sufficient to be laid before an architect—the report, to in-
clude an estimate of the probable cost of the buildings re-
commended, to be delivered to the Vice-Chancellor and
printed for the use of members of convocation, and on a
subsequent day to be submitted to the approbation of the
house.

In the event of convocation agreeing to the appointment
of the above delegacy, it will be proposed in a convocation
ta be holden on Thursday, the 3rd of March, at 10 o'clock,
that the Vice-Chancellor acting with the delegates of estates,
be authorised to treat for, and if he sees fit, to purchase a
plot of ground not exceeding four scree, at the southern
extremity of the parks, as a site for new museums and

To nu CHAPLAINS TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OP DM-
LAND.—Ven. John Armstrong (Archdeacon of Clonfert) ;
Ven. Marcus demise Beresford (Archdeacon of Ardagh);
Rev. William M. Brady, M.A. ; lion. and Very Rev.
Henry M. Browne (Dean of Lismore) ; Rev. W. Caulfield ;
Min. and Very Rev. Lord Edward Chichester (Dean of
Raphise) ; Von. H. Cotton, D.C.L. (Archdeacon of Cashel);
Rev. M. Le Courcy, D.D. ; Rev. Charles J. Dickinson ;
Rev. William Fitzgerald ; Rev. Henry Griffin ; Von. M.
J. Keatinge (Archdeacon of Ardfert) ; Very Rev. U. M.
Kennerly (Dean of Clonfert); Rev. Thomas P. Knox;
Rev. Rumphry Lloyd, D.D.; Very Rev. Henry Newland,
D.D. (Dean of Ferns); Rev. R. O'Callaghan ; Hon. and
Very Rev. Henry Pakenham, D.D. (Dean of St. Patrick's) ;
Rev. H. Perceval ; Veo. John A. Russell (Archdeacon of
Clogher); Veo. J. W. Stokes (Archdeacon of Armagh) ;
Rev. Edward Tighe-Gregory, D.D. (Rector of Kilmorc) ;
Rev. Somerset Townsend; Very Rev. William Warbur-
ton (Dean of Elgin) ; Ven. John West, D.D. (Archdeacon
of Dublin).