The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-17 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

Tb• Qieen, accompanied by the Priuma Alice,
rode a drive pantries., attended by the lion. Caroline
Dawson, in an. open carriage and tour. The Equerry in
Waiting, Lard Charles Fitzroy, was in attendance on horse-
back. Prizes Albert rode out on horsilniek ycstcrday, at-
tended by Lleuedrant.Colonel F. 11. Seymour. Prince
Altrad, the Princess Helena, and the Fiances, Louisa took
an smug yasterday in a carriage and tour. The Prince of
Wales and t:.• Princess Royal took walking exercise yester-
day in the garden of 13n.itinghana Palace. Th, Q teen and
Prince Albers honoured her Majesty'. Theatre with their
presence yesterday evening. Tim royal suite consisted of
the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Ameli t Morrie, lion. Caro-
line Dawson, the Eul of Listowel, Lord Charles FL oroy,
and Lieutenant• Colonel F. H. Seymour. Th.. Earl o! Lis-
towel has relieved Lnrd Elphinstone in his duties as the Lord
in Waiting ts the Quren, and Litutenant Colonel the Hon.
Rsbert 13‘.” le hes relieved Colonel Lirrkeley Drummond in
his duties as Groom•in-Waiting to her Majesty.

The Finance Committee of the Royal C3mmisaion
for the Exhibition 01 1251 met yesterday at the Bard of
Trade. There were present Earl Granville, the Right lion.
H. Labouchvre, Sir Alexand r Spearman, and Col. Reid,
K.E. Mr. Fuller and Mr. Drew had an interview with
Esrl Granville.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial, Mee from the governors of the North American pro-
linen. D....ouches were also received yesterday *rem the
g. vernors of Gibraltar and the settlement at the Gold Cast.
Despatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial•cffice for the governors of the West India colonies.

(Prom last night's Gazette.)
FOREIGN-OFFICE, AI'RIL 12.—The Quern has been
pleased to approve of Mr. Benjamin Everitt Smith as Con-
sul in Turk's Island for the United States of America.
COMMISSION. STONED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT
oFlNvEuNTss•sitltos.—WalterGrantiamrsit'Gregor,lLK.,
to be Lieutenant In t►e 76th or Inverness•shire

DEATH OF MADAME TCSSAUD.—This well-known
lady died on Monday night last, in her 90th year. She was
a native of Berne, but l.ft Switzerland, when but six years
old, for Peri-, where she became a pupil of her uncle, M.
Curtin', " artiste to Lluis XVI., by whom the was instructed
in the fine are, of which he was an eminent Professor."
Madame Tusseud prided herself upon the fact of her having
bad the honour of instrucing Madame Elizabeth to draw
and model, and she continued to be employed by that
princese until October, 1759. In 1502 Madame Tussaud left
France for England, and trom that time to the present—
close upon half a century—has exhibited in the principal
cities and town of Great Britain and Ireland her eollec, ion
of wax figures, to the great gratification of tens of thousands
of holiday-making eight-seers.
POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS.—It ban at lengtk
been finally determined that the sorting duty necessary for
forwarding letters through London on Sundays shall be
performed in railway carriages, and that such duty shall
commence next Saturday night. The necessary instructions
have just been issued from the General Post-office to the
provincial postmasters for that purpose. All letters that can
possibly be sent on to their destinations on blank days,
otherwise than through London, have been ordered to be
mat through country offices, so that all the duties which
will have to be performed in the railway carriages will be
the sorting of the camped letters which are posted in
country offices, which cannot poe.ibly reach their destine,
boos except by passing through London. As n.entioned in
the Doily Aare some time since, the railway sorting
clerks will only have to perform road or divisional sorting
and will not make up bags for every office. This latter duty
will be performed by the principal forwarding offices,en the
railway lines, and hence the reason why the nu über of
offices which corresponded direct with London can Saturday
nights was diminished some time since. The true cause of
the diminution was explained in the Daily New at the
time, while other journals declared that the object was to
deceive the public. The Railway sorting will be done be,
Loudon Post-office clerks, who will proceed to the provincial
termini every Saturday, to work the up mails to London on
Saturday nights.
THE GORHAM CASE.—Many of our readers, edeny those in the country, have been anxious to know
whe-
ther any swipe are contemplated in London, by way
opposition to the proosodinas of the tractarian party, some-
guent on the decision in Mr. Gorham's ewe. From source'
of information upon which we can rely, we are able to state
that at meetings which have recently taktn place of in-
fluential clergymen and laymen in London, it has boon
judged right to abstain for the present from any antagonistic
movement. That determination has been founded Oa the
deep persuasion that nothing 'hen of ixnlear and imperious
necessity necessity can justify

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airy Chrisllan men in;adding in the leut de-
'ant unhappy disturbances; and that, while
to say what may not yet arUe to call for open
the existing state of things constitutes no
demonstration on the part of those who mo
iih the decision of the indica' committee, and
'their own position. We me glad to know
.etiuge to which we have alluded, enough
how the ',readiness of moderate men of all
if occasion shall require, in assuring the
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to adhere to the doctrine and °lan Of the
w established.