The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-12 00:00:00

be Court.

The Queen and Prince consort accompanied by
the Princelier Alke and Heleas, visited Bridgwater Home
iptetday afternoon. The Equerries in Wailing, Major-
Omer.' the Hoe. C. Grey and Camel the Hon A.
lianimgc, were in &wondering. The Prince Consort rode en
horeeback io the morning.
Queen and Prince Ceesert, attended by Lady Mao-
&mad, Hoe. Lucy Herr, Hon. Mary lialteel, the Earl of
fibtfticid, bi.jor-G.nerel the Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel the
Hon A. Hardinee, honoured the perforusu'e at Covent-
garden Theatre with their pregame last evening.

A deputation of Scotch county reembera had en Interview
with the Bad of Maloseibum at the Foreign-office, yea.erday
on the guano trade. The depataton consisted e,f I,rd
Haeldo, Lord James Stuart, IL P. General Arbuthnot,
M.P., Mr. Mackie, M.P, Mr. Firm M.P., Colon( I Sykes,
M.P., Mr. Hope Joh:atoms, MX Mr. Elliot Lockhart,
M.P., Mr. A. Seewart, M.P. Sir 3.'1/. Blptdestono, M.P.,
Sir Edward Colebrook*, M.P. Sir Graham Montgomery,M
P., Mr. Palley, M.P., Lord litho. M.P.. Hon. Flan=
Scot. M.P., and Hon. Arthur If eneal4
A depotatioa from the Provincial Idenssed Viednellers'
Defence League had an intetview with liajor-Gentral Peel
at Ca* war-office yartsrday, remaining of Mr. Gawp Can-
Men, Mr. loiterer and Mr. Andrew Dobbie, froth Xmases-
ter. The deputation was latrodeced by Kr. J. Aapieal Tar-
tar, M.P., Mr. T. B. Hordell, M.P., Mr. Marry,
Captaia Grey, M.P.. Mr. Cross, M.P., Mr. Cowes, M.P.,
and Mr. Braley. M.P.
Mr. Cowan, M.P., and Mr. Cherie. Lawson, Directors of
the Nee local lostuence Company ef Scotland, Mr. Smollett,
M.P., Mr. leCandlish, Manager, and Mr. Maclaurin, Par-
Intoentary Agent, had an latentew with the Berl of
Docourthroore yesterday, at the Office of the Board of
Trade.

D. snatches were received at the Cofinial-031os yestenlvy
(rnt the Lord High Commissioner of the lonien lelaode,
and the Governors of the settlements on the Wt et Comm of
Africa. Despatches were Nat to the Governors of the Ninth
A merle= end the Aunt:alba colonies.

WAR-OMM MARCH 9.—The Queen has been
grocionalyaltaard to give orders for the appointment of Rem--
Admiral Sir Themes Hmtings, C. 8., sometime min-
d* storekeeper of the ardneser to be as ordinary member
of the (fail dinien of the woad elms. or Wildlife com-
mander% of the met honourable Grew of the bath.
WisrrEasza, Maaca 9.113.• Queen has been
;dimwit to direct Wen patent to be parsed under the great
ae 11 of he Coded Kingdom .f Gnat end Ireland,
constituting and appointing the Right }knowable Sir John
&merge' Pekiturees Bart.; Vice-Adurfral William Fan-
shear Martin; Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Richard
flaundera Hondas, K.C.8.; Beer-Admiral Alexander Milne,
K.C. B. ; Ceram the Hosourab'e Bergen Thome+ Cerceoie,
C. 8.; end the Honverable Frederick Lygon, to be her Ma-
jest)'s cortuutsolowra for tzeculieg the office of lord bivh
admiral t f the raid United Kinedom of Greet &Pain end
Ireland, and the dominions, Islands, and territnies there-
ant. belonging.
FORZION.CIFFICE, MARCH 10.—The Queen has
been pit seed to approve of Mr J. W. S. May se consul at
Liverpool for his Majesty the King of the Netherland.; sad
of Don Juan Antonio Argueb es oozed at Newcastle-upow
Ty ma for her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
DOWNIRO-ITHRET, MARCH 9.—The Queen has
been plowed to appoint Samuel Mitchell, 800 , to be Colonial
Secretary for the Island of Grenada, sod Henry Orstiao
Bwhe, Esq., to be Inspector of Palos for the Island of
Trinidad.

Her Majesty will hold a low% on the 28th
proximo, sad a dtawlarreoet cet the loth rozimo.

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The Diathesis of Inverness gave a grand enter-
tainment at hr apartments la Kensington Palace Wit even-
log to their R. .yil Hielmams the Dachas of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary end the Dake of Cambridge. The
falowing Wife larked to meet their royal highnesses —His
Ear&limy the Austrian liter or sad the Counties Apponyl
and the Countess Maria Paumearten, his Excellency the
Premiss Mintier sad the Countess de Semisoft, his Excel-
Ism the Minister for the Netberlinds, his Excellency the
Bares Yielder, the Doke and Dachas§ of Marlitorough, the
Earl and Count se of Darby and Lady Emma Stanley,
the Earl of Hariwicke, Count prandial:are, Count Chotek,
Calomel the Hos. W. Cake, M.P., Mr. George Russell, to.
Liontemat-Cokaal Home Plum was in wetting on their
to) el highnesses.

Aoother domestic affliction has befallen his Excel-
lency Count de Levradio, Nutcases, Minister at this smut
Scarcely recoverei fens the mere shack hie ercelleacy cc
Town ly suffered, yanerilay'a sail brought the inielligeace of
the death at hie sister, the Dubow de Ficalho, Mistress of
the Robes to her Majesty the Queen • f Portugal.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are expected
la town early in the ensuing week, from Scotland.

The Marquis of Salisbury, as President of the
Censal, gave an entertainment kat owning to a knee taro-
btr of 'he members of the ednoetioaal bean& of his loatlehip's
Oleo, at his private tevidtnce. in Atlington-street,

The Earl of Minto was, we are gratified to learn,
such better yesterday, end hopes are now entertained of hie
ultimate reoovery.

Lard Rosalyn has accepted the office of Under-
Secretary he War, vacant by the resignation of Lord Har-
ding*. Lord Barba is a major-moral in the army, and
his been John Pester of the Buckboands.

In the event of a vacancy occurring in the repre-
sentation of Carob, kip Valve reify. C. J. Selwyn, Esq., QC.,
of Trinity Colkfra, the Chancery barritter, brother of the
Bishop of New Zealand and of Profeseor Selwyn, will be •
cendidete.

Sir Roderick Murchison, President of the Royal
Geostraphlcal &deity, bas issued cards for two reception. of
the Fellows, with the chief literary and political celebrities
In London, for thii 16th and 30ih of March.
Mr. Gibeou is sending to England from Rome his
coloured status of Venue

For the Herta collection of antiquities Mr. Mayer
gave Mr. Herbs twelve thoneenii pounds. The recent sae
of the clllectim, the Illustrated tondos News says, realised
tea thousand pounds. Mr. Mayer bwi, oonseqountly, lost
two thousand pounds by the treametioa.
The new volume of the Philobiblon Society issued
to the members this week contains eight hitherto nnpab-
lished letters from the author of "The &aims" to the
author of the ballad of " William and Merger.. t,"

The nation is said to have made a good bargain
Ia obtaining Burlington Bou.e, in Piccadilly, for 140,0001.
" But .he ostion," sags die Illustrated L 044011 NOW., .‘ will
not coot nue ti pesetas a good bargain if it surrender to the
Royal Academy of Arts oae•hsif of its acquisition for
40,0001. There must be some troonstration of the
Aoademy, sod some mown revision of the rules of that
institution, before parliament submit to the tares proposed
by Lord Lyadhurst on its Libel. Besides, the Academy is
in a porition t eve more than 40,0001. The average
Income of the Academy f r the last ton years, Lord Lynd-
hurst. mils U 4, but been 7,0001. The Acadiany has its own
fended property; It ha a large Turner bequest; and
within a few yeas it will Labatt the 70,0001. of for Fronds
Chantrey." _ .

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Spine will commence this year ►t fie* minutes
to 4 o'clock is tie afterasoa 04 the 20th.

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The Italian exiles have arrived at a good time.
It is du* to them that a manifestation of sympathy ehould
be made. The men of whom we were jest speaking, sad who
hes worked nobly for them in other day*, should take the
laid—l mean Mr. Gladstone. A banquet in l3alWball to
the Italian martyrs, with eladatone in the chair, would be a
nobler eight than has been seen in that place for a couple of
hundred years.— literary Gasell*.
The contributions raised in Cork for the relief of
the Neepoliten refugees already amount to about 1001.
Many of sham have also been provided with lodging, to ,
flee of &genie, in private fealties. The Southern Roporkr,
which bee wielded the CNN, With great earneetnew, says:—
. We are nucleated to stab that the mignon of M. PASHA
Settembeini, fur the resent of his father, was in no way set
an foot by the Italian Sect, ty is Loudon. He proceeded to
Cadiz, in &inheres of 911.1 duty, knowing that his lather
would be =wog the exiles ea board tee Donald Stewart,
and, we bel ore, be paid his fare ea en ordinary pavanes..
The noble young man reczived the greater part of his edu-
cat,cat in Englaud, end wee a student in Kings College,

" New tbat Lent has come," earl a letter from
Perim. " the ►btert and most eloquent preachers of the French
chare.h—the eneem of them are Jeanie—haws been eppointed
to prima envy Sunday, and even on certein week-days es
well, le every church in the copied. All churchgoing Is
considered decorous just now, and as Froechrose generally
like orsto,y, even when it comes firma the pulpit, them
reverend men will no doubt attrect crowded eoegregatione."

The commission charged withr the erection of a
reasalficeat church la Medi id, to boowar of the Immacals'e
Concertos, hem deckled on Inviting the architects of ell
Barone to send la &elves.
The Affghan chief, 81d Dyk Khan, who has been
at Conateaticople for tire years es • refuges from Centaur,
has left for Alezzotir4 on board the &WWI', with a suits of
tensity-Saar Felons. Wade protesdhtg theme to
Eagles&