The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

PETITIONS PRESENTED.

Tee Rennin BILL.—By Aldermen ISAL0110:411, ft= the
town of Deptford; Mr. W. SWAIM, from the Inhabit—tit of
Muskies ;M. Watteau., from a 1.-se voila' of the in-
habilitate of Preece ; *oast the govereniaat Bill,
and t favour of a rating qualification' vote by ballot, a re-
distribution of the constitneecke, and shorter petition DM

LOCAL ASSISIMITIES EXEMPTION AROLITION BILL.—A
largo samba of_patltlons were presented against the bill.
Tots PAPER HITT.—By Mr. AXROTD, from the president
and ceramittre of tho Huddersfield Female !Muratlonsl In-
stitut* ; Mr.Casatmwon u, from the Wakefield Mechanics
Institution ; for the repeal of.
HOP DilllT.—By eir J. SkIILLIT, from hopllastars
sad others of Etobiaghtro, Maori ; for repeal of.
MASERS! AND °FIXATIVES BILL.—By Mr. Boo! from
I.lA•jousosymem seerir• mad earn of Bortai-upcs-Treaf;
fa favour oE
The bows odiontotd at 10 Wastes to 1.

ftt Court.

OSBORNE, MARCH 28.

The Duchess or Kent, attended by Lady Fanny
Howard and Colonel J. Seymour, took letve of her Majesty
to-day, and left Osborne for Frosymorwhouse.
Ths Duchess crammed over to Southampton in the royal
yacht labs.

Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday
fr the °overlies of Mllllfi,fus and Malts.

ARRIVAL OP VIE COURT FROM Omit Olen
(Tate Dae).—This morning bar Majesty, the Prince Con-
sort, the Royal Family, eadthe Court, embarked on board
the royal steam-yeelat Fairy, sad crawl over
fres Cowes t t the Heeler Creek, Cheeped. The royal party
were maim tad wrier a revered way to the railway, end
pr eaeded by the Boeth We darn line to the new station at
Wandsworth; and therm° in carriages to Buckingham
Palace.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent re-
turned to Frogmore yeeerlay, from a twit to hrr Majesty
awl the Prince Couret at Osborne.

Viscounts. Palmerton will have an assembly to-
sonny 'real., at Camhridge Hoax.

The Hight Hoe. the Speaker will hold his second
lever for the meant tension on %tardily neat.

Ilia Roy;kl Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chkr will bull s lases at the Horse Guards at one o'clock on
Thursday, the 7th of April nest

. •
We (He) ald) understand that the ancient baron-
s..? temerly caloyed by the famfy cf Smyth, of Ashton
Court, is abut to hi revived in the perm of labs Henry
Grev‘lie Smyth, Rex , now cm a tour In the E. The new
baronet is the ttivliew of Mr. Arthur Edwin WeT, who cos-
t and the city of Bath at the late election. The waxes will
be famine, to the public from the celebrated trial of " Tom
Previa r. Smyth," in which an attempt wet mode to set op
a Reddens dello to the property. The Ashton Court estates
are uniere'ood to exceed 30,0001. per annum.

The high stewardship of the University of Oxford,
rendered vacant by the &eat of the Zeal of Derv, bee h.,.
oonterred by the Chastener (the Foal of Derby) upon the
Pied of Cernarvon, the Under Secretary ef Stree for the
Colonloa. His lordship was educated at Christ Church and
gaidwittel in 1852, when be took a Ant clams in classier.
Earl Jermyn, the eldest son of the Marquis of
Bris'ol, bes laud en addreee to the @lecture of Wait Suffolk,
offering himself u a candidate, in anticipation of the rate e•
mane of Mr. H. 8. Waddington. Beal Jermyn's address is
of a ems/Teenye character, and on the whole favou• able to
the rriairterial Reform. BM. At a mewing of the coaserve-
tivea, ut Bury St. Ednined'r, on Wednesday, a requisition
woe evict to calling on Major Parker, of Cloptm•bsll, to
eland for the Irlderli division.

Mr. Gladstone will ask in the House of COIETOODS
the evade; a an nth's leave of absence for Ma colleague,
Sir W Heatheote, ea account, we regret tr say, or seem
Hume.

Mks Excellency Mr. Reed, late Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Mi.letor Plenipot ntiory of the United States
of America to Chine, Les arrived in Perin tad alighted at
the Hotel Metter*.

We (Inquirer) regret to learn that Dr. W. B.
Carpenter has re igned the post he has so long Stied so
Principal of University Ball, in order to dente his excluaive
attention to his important and onerous duties as Registrar of
London Uoivasity.

A meeting of hop planters is summoned for Thurs-
day nest, at Robertabridge, to take into consideration the
gumption of pristpcsemeet of the coming May instalment of
the duly of 1851). A preliminary meeting ham born held it
Rye, and the gathering at Rohn tebe idge will be for the pur-
pose of deciding epon the beat moans of proceeding In order
to *Wen Um dein(' object.

The report for 1838 by the Committee of Manage-
ment of the English Schools in NAB for the chlldrt n
of their poor fellow- coutOryinen bee just been
published. The condition of the schools appears to
be very goo& Mach of the money for their support
comes from English perms who are is Paris only en
short vista. A new master end mistress have very newatly
been obtained from two of the best novionl colleges in Lon-
don. The mut porters of the schools base spent a goad deal
of mosey in dying to pat them on a better basis.

A telegram received from Queenstown last evening
slates that 81/00 Poerio, and the remainder of the Neapolitan
saw, left pleurisy by rail re rode for London.

CAMBRIDGZ UNIVERWIT.—Mr. Loftus T. Irtgrue,
M.P., tau fi nasally notified his intention of re/sinning his
- .

RL.IMTERMENT OF JOBS ROSTER.—This solem-
nity, which the uedieal prof ...yoke have been lookiog forward
to with great interest, took thee pater's), in Weetnoinwer
Abbey. The remain. of 'he toe'ebratad man were indeed
la what meet aelgietally have been a very handsome coffin
covered with du black el atb, thickly etuided with gilt nails
end oisaments; on it wag a brass plate, with the family arms
encircled in • rick ecrollwith tbecypreee entwined, and bear-
ing the following inscription, "John Hunter, Pau., trod
16th October. 1293, as. d 64 yeas." Bouesth this the
an battles of the Colts" caned another plata to be attached,
'titbit that "These swains were removed from the church
of St. Martlmin-the-Fields by the 11...yal College of Sur-
ge us of England, March 29, 18.59." The coffin, which had
been depuitrd in the Abbey on &Voids, evening, was
re-interred 3 estertay sheen, an on the north aide of the
naive, between Wilkie and Ben Jenson (the skull of the
latter being freely handed about). Thor* was of coons no
service wad over the grave, although it wu fully
expected that Mr. Glee., the loomed l'reeldentof the College,
would have delivered an oration. The foil twieg was the
order of precession:—The remains hi the original coffin,
barge on a high bier, Calmed by the Dean of Westminetor
(without his robe) and Mr. DethiP. • greadeeptiew of
Hunter ; L Dads and Dr. Clarke, of Cambridge, the
on'y trudges preset ; Mr. Becklead (a ton of the Late TV
erezied Dowd Weltratester, and to whom the profewins le
Indebted fee the discovoary of the remain.), and Mr. Owes.
the late ilturerbia Professor ; Dr. Mays end I& Oress.
Poeaidaws of the Royal Cables of Pkyeiclams gad Sur-
geons; the Council and Prefigure of the College of Sur.
From; the Censors of the College ot Physiciene; the
Master and War ten of the Apothee tries Company ; Mr.
There DAL, F.R.8., as President of the Lerman
Society ; Mr. Foley, F.R.S., President of the Royal
Medial and Chirorglool Society; and Mr. Mika,
President of the Loadrn Media) Society. Arrived
at the grave, the coffin was, without further MTG.
many, deposited in its One! resting-place, where it was ia-
I spiced by the crowd amenittled, amounting to about 600,
amongst whom were several lull.. The enbeerfpUons foe a
status to Heater already amount to 6001.