The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

be Court.

The Queen end Prince Albert took their usual
early walk yesterday, in Claremont-park. Her Majesty and
his Royal Highness again promenaded in the afternoon.
Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting
yesterday morning, attended by some of the gentlemen of
the royal suite.
Lord 7. Russell arrived at Claremont yesterday
afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, and had the honour of
joining the royal circle at dinner.
TRH. the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the
Prince." Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked and rods
yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Claremont. The royal
family took airings in the afternoon.
H.R.H. the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied
by H.S.H. Prince Frederick of Home, and attended by Lad
Augusta Cadogen and Baron Knesebrck, has arrived at Bel-
-weir Castle, Leicestershire, to honour the Duke of Rutland
with a visit, from Belton-house, Liorolnshire, the seat of
Earl Brownlow.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON comes to town to-day
'from Strathfieldsayc, Hants.—The Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot
is rapidly regaining his health.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the
°Chancellor of the Exchequer yestanlay, et his official resi-
Arne. in Downing street.—Lient.-Col. Michell had an inter-
rim with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial. office.—Sir
H. Hukinfield had an interview with Sir G. Grey on Mon-
Any at the Home-office.
Mr. S. Fox had an interview with the Right Hon.
E Strut% yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of '
Refine.. • chairman of the Excise, had an

_.ailways.—Mr. I: Wood, cusirmaii
interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. K. Shuttleworth had also an interview with the right
hon. gentleman jesterday.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of South Australia.
TIIE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de
Montemolin on Monday visited the Bank of England and the
Royal Exchange. The Conde was received at the Bank by
the governor, Mr. Heath, and by Mr. Gower, one of the
directors. By these gentlemen the Conde and his Suite were
conducted over the various departments of the establishment.
The fire-room, the mechanical arrangement for counter-
checking the numbers of the notes ; and the most ingenious
contrivance for weighing and separating the coin, were
amongst the objects which moat struck the illustrious visitors.
According to custom in the case of royal visitors the Conde
was requested to print and sign a thousand pound note,
which is preserved in a book kept for that purpose : with his
characteristic good taste the Conde signed simply the words
El Conde de Montemolin. After this the party was invited
into the governor's room, where theypartook of a sumptuous
repast, and thence proceeding to the Royal Exchange were
conducted over that establishment and Lloyd's, by Mums.
Gower and Mr. King.
DEATH OF LORD BERNARD HOWARD.—Accounts
base been received at Norfolk Howse of the death of the
above nobleman, who died suddenly on the 214 ult., ad
Alexandria, where his lordship had only arrived a few days
from Malta and a tour through Greece. His lordshin was
third son of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, :id it is
netters to say that the premature demise of this promising

youag noblemen will prove a sail affliction, more especi.illy
as the intelligence will reach them earlier through the me-
dium of the press then by a more direct channel. The
deceased was born the 30th Dec., 1825.

(From East Night's Gazette.)
WHITEHALL, JAN. 11.—The Queen has appointed
Sir .1. M'Pherson Grant, Bart., to be one of the Holed of
Supervision fur Relief of the Poor in Scotland, In the room of
Sir G. M'Pherson Grant, Sett. ; also, C. S. Grey, Esq., to the
office of one of the Clerks of Her Majesty's Signet, in the
room of J. Gage, Esq.
CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 12.—MEMBER RETURNED TO
SERVE IN PARLIARENT.—O. Rushout, Esq., captain in
Her Majesty's Ist Reg. of Life Guards, in the room of .1
Barnehy, Esq., for the Eastern Division of the county of
Worcester.

REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAx.--A meeting of the
joint committee of delegates from the metropolitan parishes
was held yesterday evening in the Court House,Maryle-
boite-lane, to consider the most effective meaaures for obtain-
ing the repeal of the window-tax ; Mr. G. Daniel in the
chair. Letters were read from Mr. Hume and Sir Benjamin
Hall, expressing regret at :heir inability to attain!, and con-
curring in the necessity for repealing the window-tax, an well
as promising their assistance for that purpose. The chair-
man made some observations intended to illustrate the in-
justice and inequality of the tax. lu a sanitary point of
view, every inquest proved its injurious character. Only
last week, a gentleman of eminence in the city of Londoa
had stated that 60,000 children die annually in consequence
of inhaling impure air; and they were told by physicians
that sick persons confined in dark and unhealthy rooms were
sometimes restored to health, without the use of medicine,
by being merely removed to a place where they had the be:
nefit of fresh air and light. It was strange that though the
tax on ginss had been reduced, no alteration had been made
in the window-duty, and that the smallest aperture in the
poor man's wall was still as liable to the tax as the orna-
mented window of the nobleman. The question was very
important in relation to the franchise. In the parish of
&they'd:sone, 1,023 persons had been disfranchised through
the existence of the window-tax—an impost which was op-
posed alike to the comfort of the cottage, and to the orna-
ments of the dwellings of the rich. It would be useless to
attempt to carry out any sanitary measures without first
removing this tax upon health, cleanliness, and morals.—
Lord Duncan remarked that the window duty was abolished
in Ireland on the express grounds that, as applied to that
country, it was utterly indefensible. If indefensible in Ire-
land, it would be difficult to defend it in England. Since
the pawing of the Metropolitan Buildings Act, houses had
been restricted to • much smaller number of windows than
were necessary for convenience and health. The architect
was obliged to draw his plan so as to evade the tax, and a bad
building was the result. Ile hoped that a deputation would
be appoint. d to wait on tt.e Prime Minister, and represent
to him the injustice of the tax.—Sir C. Napier said there
was a league being formed throughout the country
against the tea duty, but he thought that a league
against the window-tax was the, best that could
he formed. The people of Russia and Turkey would
be astonished if told that we cannot have light or air
without payirg for it, even though it has been proved by
evidence that they are necessary to keep off disease.—Mr.
Herbert proposed, Mr. J. Williams seconded, and the meet-
ing adopted, the following resolution
That a deputation of the delegate" from the metropolitan parishes
be appointed, for the purpose of waiting upon the Premier without
the least possible delay, in order to show his lordship the justice and
neeernity of repealing the obnuxiou4 and oppressive window-tax.
It was further resolved that the metropolitan members
should be requested to head the deputation, and that a
cepy of the above resolution be forwarded to the Right lion.
Lord John Russell by Lord Duncan and Sir C. Napier, and
that they be rtqaested to procure an audience of his lord-
ship."
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The usual half-yearly
meeting was held yesterday, at 3, Trafalgar-square, B. B.
Cabbell, Esq., M.P., in the chair. It appeared from the
report that the balance of last year's income was 1431.171.1 d.;
the amount of subscriptions, donations, &c., 1,9591. 180. 441. ;
legacies, 635/. ; balance in hand, 171. Is. 3d. ; total,
2,7851. 16e. Bd. The expenditure on rewards, salaries, print.
leg, &e.,was 1,6191. 7s. Ild. ; receiving houses, 2941.175. 6d.;
purchase of stock, 8711. lls. 3.1.; total, 2,7851. Ifis. Bd. From
the 14th Dec. to the 3d of Jan, there were 279,482 skaters is
the different parks. Out of this number 4.5 were immersed,
and only one death took piece. On the 31st Dec., there
were 36,000 skaters ; on the 3rd of Jau., 35,000, being the
days on which the largest numbers partook of this amuse-
ment. The silver medal wan awarded to the following per-
sons for their efforts in saving, or attempting to save, the
lives of individuals Itobt. Munsie, seaman ; Mr. Geo. Clif-
ford, Lieut. J. W. Finch, R.N. ; the Earl of Leicester, F.
Astley, Esq., Charles Jackson, Mr. Thew. Mitchell, H. Ve-
reker, Pierre Victor Trotel, a French sailor; A. R. Jenner,
H. S. Gibson, E. P. Green, Exeter Celine, and J. Wright.
Votes of thanks were passed to the Duke of Northumber-
land, the president of the society, and to the other officers
belonging to it, all of whom were re-appointed, after which
the meeting separated.
PUBLIC TESTIMONIAL TO THE DUKE OF RlCH-
MOND.—liesterday a very numerously attended meeting of
agriculturists and tenant-eirmere, deputed from various
counties throughout the kingdom, assembled at the Free-
masons' Tavern, Great Queen( street, to consider the best
means for rendering the proposed testimonial to his Grace
the Duke of Richmond as effective as possible. The Duke
of Richmond was present.—Mr. John Ellatan, of Sussex,
was called to the chair. On the motion of the chairman, a
committee was named, with the Duke of Rehmend as its
president, to apply the sums subscribed fur the Richmond
testimonial to the formation of au institution fur the benefit
of decayed tenant-farmers. In the course of some observa-
tions by the Duke of Richmond, he said, " I leave long felt
with emotions of no ordinary nature, that I have never
passed a farmer's house in any part of this country, without
feeling assured that if I knocked at the door, and sought
admittmee, I would find a friend within to welcome me."
After auggesiting a plan of operations for collecting further
subscriptions by means of the various agricultural societies
throughout the country, the meeting separated.
PAINLESS SURGICAL OPERATIONS.—Guy's hospital
was crowded yesterday by members of the medical profession
who congregated to witness the results of two surgical ope-
rations under the new process of inhalation of ether. One
patient laboured under stone in the bladder, the other was
afflicted with hernia. In both eases the vapour was admi-
nistered by Mr. Robinson's apparatus, and in both instances
the results were satisfactory. The first operation occupied
but • few minutes, the other subject was twenty minutes
under the knife. Both declared, on their recovery from the
effects of the ether, that they had no sense of pain.
SUICIDE.—On Saturday Mr. Youatt, the eminent
veterinarian, author of the" Treatise on the Horse," and
other works of a like nature, committed 'suicide by. taking
poison. About eleven o'clock he went out, complsuning of
a pain in his head, and returned at twelve. He then retired
into his room, wherein he remained undisturbed until about
two, when the maid-servant proceeded to his apartment to an-
nounce
the dinner; but receiving no answer, and the door
being partially open, she stepped in and saw him sitting on a
couch. Thinking he was asleep, she advanced further; and
on approaching him closely, discovered that he was dead.
There was • small bottle and a cup on the table, which had
evidently contained poison.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—FOUND I)ROWNED.—By
Mr. W. Carter, at the Coopers' Arms, Russell-street, Ber-
mondsey, on the body of Joseph Matthew Cotton, aged 21
years, who was found dead in the river under very myste-
rious circumstances. The deceased was the stepson of Mr.
George Downs, proprietor of the Haberdashers' Arms, Hor-
ton. For several months past the deceased had given way
to habits of intempermice, and whilst under the influence of
excessive drinking his mind appeared deranged. On the
evening of the 23rd of December last he begged of his sister
to allow him to take more brandy, but she refused, which
circumstance gave him great offence. He proceeded to his
dressing-room and left the house in great haste, and not-
withstanding every exertion on the part of the police and his
relatives, nothing was heard of him until Saturday last,
when his body was (Recovered floating in the river,
off Mill-stain, Bermondsey-wall, by a waterman named
Hobbs, who conveyed it ashore to the workhouse, where a
silver hunting watch, a purse containing moneT,,ord a bunch
of keys were foand upon his person. The y was in •
very decomposed state, and on the crown of the bead there
was a large hole, no doubt caused by his Milieu, upon some
bard substance. Mr. Paul, surgeon, uas quite unable to
state the precise muse of death, and owing to the advanced
Meteor decomposition the body was in, he was not In a posi-
tion to say whether the wound on the head had
been inflicted before or after death. The coroner
having remarked on the case, the jury returned an
open verdict of " Found drowsed in the River Thames."—
MYSTERIOUS DBATIL—By G. I. Mills, Esq., at the Hamp-
, shire Hog, Hammersmith, on the body of W. E. Davis,
aged 67. On the morning of Saturday last, about 5 o'clock,
the son of the deceased went up to his father's bedroom to
call his brother, who slept in the next room, when he found
him father's bed-room door open, and saw deceased kneeling
lon the bed against the bed-post. Thought deceased was in a
fit, and ran down again to call the neighbours. Deceased
had gone to bed at half-past 12 the previan night. Between
Its sad three o'clock on Sunday morning the son of deceased
bawl a violent scuffling in the upper bed-room in which the
asemeni and Anne Wheeler, a woman who lived with
kiss as bis wife, were. He went up to ascertain what was the
matters but the deceased instantly ordered him to go down
stairs, which he did. Deceased hail been subject to fits. Mr.
Mills here stepped the inquiry, and said that no informa-
tion with respect to the suspicions entertained as to the mode
of the deceased's death had reached the coroner's office. The
ant he had heard of them was on his entering that house.
Her therefore thought that although there was reasons to be-
lieve that deceased had hung himself, after the evidence that
had been taken, it 1/111• ease in which • post mortem exams.
maim ought to be made, in order posi.ively to ascertain the
actual cause of death. The jury expressed their coneurream
in the views of the deputy coroner, remarking that they 00
sidered the case required a searching inquiry. one
deputy coroner then issued his warrant for the opeahs'g of
the body, and the inquiry was adjourned for the attealynce
of other necessary and important witneases.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, JAN, It.
The members of the Reproductive 'ernpiereent
Committee have, I understand, beer. engaged for
several days in the discussion of prJjects of a more
permanent character for the improvr,ment of Ireland.
I have learned, on good authority. 'that the committee
have unanimously resolved upor. a recommendation,
that the legislature should prohibit fer the future,
under penalties, the ereet'on of those wigwams
known u " Irish. cabins ;" that the land-