The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-21 00:00:00

11011 LAST NIGHTS GAZITTh.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OPTIC', APRIL 29.—Notice
is hereby given that her Majesty will hold a drawing. room
et St. lasses.* Palace, os Thanday, the 29th May nest,
at Iwo o'clock. to colrbeeta hrr sjesty's birth-day. The
knights of the several orders are to &poser in their
dollars at the drawing room oa the 29th of Kay aut. No
propaotatioso wW take
MAY 13.—The Queen has been
pinned t, approve vf Mr Manley Hopkins as eoa•ahpecs
rah is the Hatted Kingdoms for the Kin of the Hawaiian
Islands._

BT. Lulu's PALACE, MAT 14.—The Quer" has
been pleneed.o, the noteinetiot of the Right Hen. Lord
Poky, to sppoiet Cher es Alexander Lockhart Robertson.
134., elm of her &Nimes Hen arable Ccrpt of ()elitism's
at-Ants, vise Grater, retired.

CD, COWL

OSBORNE, MAT 20. I
Her 'Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied
by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, ad the Princess
Royal, armed over in the Fairy yesterday morning, and
proceeded up the Smtharepton Water to the spot appointed
for the erection of the Rust Victoria Hospital, near Holley
Abbey, of which ber Majesty laid the Ant stone,
The Queen on landing was received by Lord Panmare,
Secretary of State for the War Department ; Vice-Admiral
Sir George Seim ur ; tdejor-Geoer,l Breton, cominandirg
the South Western Diatrict; this Marquis of Winchester,
lord lieutenant of the canty ; the Mayor and Corporation
of Southampton ; the Bishop and Dan of Winchester; and
other official person.,

Her Majesty ree•!veil an Address (rout the Corporefon of
Boulhunpton, and returned a gracious answer.
After the ceremony of laying the first stone bad been
performed her Maj. sty infp.Ved the troops employed on
the occasion, whilst at the dinner which had been provided
fn them,

The royal party then re embarked on the Fairy, and re-
turned to °Moine.

The Countess of 0 ihisboroogh, the Han. Busily Catb-
euy the Min. C. B. Popp, and the Itqu rrr iee in
Waiting, WI re in eta mimics on her Majesty.
Msjor-General Breton and Captain the Hon. J. Daman
hid the honour of dicing with her Majesty yesterday.

A deputation, relative to emigration into British Galan',
had an Warms. sritO Mr. Secretary Labouchera vestordar
at the Col-nial- Tn. deputition consisted of Messrs.
Cars and Haunter, Mr. Atm (Br4tol), Mr. Kingstin, Mr.
Phaad (Edinburgh), Mr. Ewing ((Hawn), Mr. Hopkinson,
Messrs. Dillllo and B (Liverpool), Mr. Illansgo, aad
Mr. Honorific,. • and were seenreptaird by Mr Estart, M.P.,
Mr. Honfall. Mr. W. Mdse. M.P., and Mr. W. Gore
Langton, M.P. _ _ _

Allepu.tation from the E irly Closing Amniotic', had an
interview with Sir Ge .rge Grey yesterday at the Home-
offloe, on the subject of • Saturdsy h'll-12oliday in govern-
ment ofSces and government W4llO. The deputation eon
tinted of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Hoo. Arthur Kinnard,
M.P., Mr. Robert Hanby Mon.. the Martinis of Bland-
lord, Mr. Arthur Mile, Caram Stuart, M.P., Mr. G. H.
Davies, Rev. Thomas Binney Rev. J. H. Gurney, Mr. B.
Shaw, Mr. J. Merhi. Mr. W. L9cke, Mr. J. blend!, Mr. J.
R. Taylor, and Mr. J Barker.
Depute'. no trout the parishes of St. Mary, Islingtoo, con-
sisting of Dr. Graba.m, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Savage, Mr.
Shedgett, Mr. V-ueey, Mr. Cowell, and Mr. Holland, to-
gether with Mr. Swim g, clerk of the trustees, and from
the parish of St. Ma•r, N ...ingots, consisting of Mr. Sil
Tester, Mr. Bine, Mr. Cceoter, and Mr. Burgess (clerk to
the board of ga.rdiao.). had an interview with the Right
Hon. E. P. &metrie, at •he office of the Poor.law Board, on
the subject of the bill relating to the removal of Irish and
Scotch pamper,.
Deputations from &rjeent'oinn, Fleet-street, onsisting
of Mr. Prone:storm, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Riv:ngton;
and from Staples-ion, remotion of Mr. Thorodtke, Mr.
Chester, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Gray, had interviews
josterday with th,. Right lion. E. P. Bouverie, at the office
of the Poor-law Board, the subject of the clauses in the
Poor law Amendment Bill relating to eatreparochial pleat&
A deputation from the Mantheet. r General Cemetery
consisting of the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. J.
Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Gregory. and Mr. W. Cripple (chair-
man), transcend kustneis ye.terday at the Home-office.
Despatches from the Governors of Ceylon and the Mauri-
tius were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1856.