The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

Cl* Court.

The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday
at Buckingham Palace.
The Priam Consort madded gesterday at a meeting of the
council of the Docity of Comma, WM at the Duely-ofilos,
Bucte, gate, St. Jamsfe-park. There were Wm pre-
sent The Cimaatilor, the Right Rom Thomas Pemberton
Leigh; the Rem Hmry Bonds William Brand ; the
AttornerGenwal, ; the Treasurer, Colonel
the Ron. Merles Breeziest Pldeps ; the Duke of New-
castle, Lou* Pertmea, sad die ssoritsry, Mr. Janes Robert

Henry Whitmore attended and took the oaths on his
t as Keeper of the Privy Seal, in the room of the
rietirscenry B.,uverie William Brand, resigned.
Prins Alfred, attended by Lieut. Cowell, returaed to
Alveetreak,

Tie Princesses Alice, Halms, end Louisa, end Priors
Arthur, took oaninge drives.
The Prince Coneort, ettended by the Earl of Verulam,
Lord Colville, and Captain the Hon. D. de Roe, honoured
the perierseenee at the Haymarket Thestre with his presence
itt the wewerni.
Mr. Clarks Buxton, M.P., was presented to the Queen at
the Imam Wedaesday by hts brother, Sir Edward Buxton.
The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria
Dawson and Sir George Cooper, left her residence, Clarence-
home, St. Jansen yesterday, for Frogs:Dore.

A deputation from the Aborigiuse Protection Society had
an interview yesterday with Lard Semley, at the Colonial-
office, on the goverment of the Hudson's Bay Territories,
and of the colony of Sierra Leona. The deputation cimaistad
of Mr. S. ChriethlEsiz:r. C. Gilpin, M.P , Kr. H, Pease,
M.P., Gemmel Y.P._, Mr. Gerard Balsam, Mr.
R. N. Fowler Mr. . Lewin, M. J. Mayfield, Mr. A. K.
'abider, Mr. F. E. Fon, Mr. R. Alum, Mr. G. L. Neigh-
bour, Mr. W. Jams, Mr. E. Fry, Mr. F. W. Charm, Dr.
Hodgkin, the Her. H. Eireard, and the His, J. Barnet.
The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Sir Andrew Orr, Mr.
Buchanut, M.P., Mr. Dalglie M.P., Mr. Turner, town
clerk ; Mr. Knight, treasurer of the Clyde Navigation ; end
Mr. Maclaurin, parliamentary event, had an interview
yesterday with the Right Hoe. J. W. Henley the Presi-
dent, and the Earl of Donoughmore, Vice-Preeidest, of the
Board of Trade, on the subject of the Clyde Navigation Bill.
Sir John Maxwell had an interview yesterday with he
Earl of Derby, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Sir Charles Elliot had an interview with Lord Stanley,
yesterday.
were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to
theDiatharn mom of Canada, Hoeg Krieg, Ceylon, and the
Marititta.

(TROY LAST motifs osmium)
LORD CIIAMBERLAINII-OMCR, MARCH IS:
Is hereby gives that her Majesty wW hold a levee at St.
Jasiss's Palace on Welessdm, 24th inst., at two o'clock.
ST. JAttn's Pn LACR, MARCH no—The Queen was
this daypleess dto confer ths honour of knighthood upon
Hes& .2..aimmt Cairns, Esq., her Mejeety's Solicitor-
General.

ST.. lAXEll'a PALACE, MARCH 17.—The Queen has
be pleated to appoint William Lennox Weenie, Lord de
Rea, to be captain of her Mejeaty's Guard of Yeomen of the
Guard, to the room of John Robert, Viaoount Sydney, re-

87. JANES'S PALACE, MARCH 18.—The Queen
has been pleased to appoint the Countess of Caledon to be
one of the Wks of the Bedchamber in Ordinary to her
Majerty, in the room of the Duchess of Wellington, m-
illed.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 17.—The Queen ken been
plemad to grant the office of Solicitor- General for Scotland to
Charles &Mlle, EN., Advocate.
Fottemx-ornce, MARCH 19.—The Queen has
bean planed to approve of Mr. George Vail as ooneni at
()lupe for the United States of America.

The Prince Consort hu beed graciously p1Z1,41 to
signify his intention of honouring with hit promos the
concert for the benefit oli the Middlesex Hospital, which will
take place at the sew St. James's Hall, on Thursday nut,
Marcia 25.

Mr. Caesar Hawkins bu been appointed Surgeon
Extraordinary to bar Majesty.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary will leave Bt. James's Palace at the
close of the ensuing week for Cambridge Cottage, Kew,
where their royal highnesses will remain until otter the
Baste, holidays.

The Earl and Countess of Rosebery and Lady
Louisa Priorore arrived in town a few days since from Dal•
may Park, sear Edinburgh.
The Earl of Btradbroke hu left the Brunswick
Hotel, S. James's, for Henluim Hall, Suffolk.
The Comtesse Stadion hu arrived at the Bruns-
wick Hotel, St. Jamee'a, from the Continent.

Lord and Lady duerneey and the Hon. Major
Finch have left Claridge's Hotel.

Lady Molesworth received at dinner last evening,
at her rsidenee in Eaton-place, the Count d'Apponyi, the
Marquis d'Areglio, the Counties de Persigny, the Marquis
and Merchionass of Clanricarde, Maria Marchioness of Aides-
bary, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Mr. Harcourt,
M.P., sod Frances Counters Waldegrave, the Countess of
Tankerville, Viscount Chelsea, Viscoantess Palmerston,
Hon. Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. IL
Milne, M.P., Mr. Tbackeray, and Mr. Hayward.

The name of Mr. Butt, M.P., wu erroneously
substituted for that of Mr. Butt, Q C., amongst the guests
at 81r Edward Lytton Bulye's dinner party in our bares-
pion of yesterday.
The Artists' General Benevolent Institution will
give their anniversary dieser, in Frcemuons' Hall, ea
Saturday next, the 27th of this month. Lord Elcho will take
the chair.

Wa Excellency Baron Brannow, the Russian
ambareador, arrived in Dover at 12.30 Nix morning, sad
pews/dad isernedialely to the Bhip Hotel. Hi+ Excellency
wee received on landing by 8. M. Latham, Esq., Russian
viee•ooesnl, and by Mr. E. T. Way, superintendent of the
Dryer Railway station. Ills Excellency is expected to leave
►y the noon train for Loudon.

The obituary of this week (says the A thenawm)
inductile the name of Mm. Owen, whose claim on a parting
word here lies on her being the sister of Mrs. Hemline, the
accomplished woman and amateur melodist, who set and pub-
lished many of the lyrics by the poems, and who, some
twenty years ego, compiled the life which prefaces the cora-
plias edition of the " Poem' of Mrs. Hemans," published
after her decease.

The Subscription to Mr. Brock's " Biographical
Sketch of General Havelock" reached the very large num-
ber of 32,000. A lug* part of this purchase has been ea-
elasively toe the America& market.