The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1859.

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OSBORNE, Due, IS.
The Queen walked out yesterday, and the Royal
althea teak their real suedes.

The Pilau Mame watt au mitooting, attended by tat
sentlems is amidst.
Mies and Panora Laalagea ire expected en a TWA to
bee Meieety to-day, sad Baron de Laeweithia.

A Cabinet Council wee held yeeterdai,:ss the
at
official residence of the First Lord of the
in Downingrtreet. The ministers present were—:
Viscount Palmenton, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornewall
Lewis, the Duke of Newcastle' the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Mike of Somerset, the
Right Hen. C. P. ViUiere, the Right Hon. T.
Milner Gibson, and Sir George Grey.

The Lords of the Committee of Privy Connell for the
stare of Jamey and Guernsey bad a meeting yesterday in
the Conseil Chambw, sad heard a petition of Frauds
Godfrey, Esq., and otters, advocated of the Royal Court of
the blend of Jenny, against the coalman= of an sot
red by the SUM of the said island on the 7th day of hayl,
being the
wars heard in law Ur the openiag of the her. Mr. fimeadell
Palmer. Q.C.. support friths petition.
Mr. Salt, Q.C., was heard la encore of •• petitimor
'Mks trey the Biases of the Island of levee, for the eon-
Imetion of the law of the 7th of July, 1869. The Lords
i=eilvere the Lord the Lord Chaariellor, the
at elate far the Rome sad the judge
Mahe Court of Admiralty. Hoe. Wm. Bathurst,
Clerk of Privy Commit attended.
TM Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived In Lanka yea-
Sudsy be. Hawardee Canis.
TM Hake of Argyll returned I. town yesterdsy.
Deqahihn were men from Me Csionial-effice yeeterday to
lite Gammen of the West India Ideals. British Columbia,
mad Me North Ainerioan Provisoes.

His Excellency Baron Bentinek has returned to
town from a visit to Sir Wilhelm sad Led, Middleton, at
Shrubland Park, Suffolk.

The Duke Of Argyll returned to town yesterday.
Mr. Harcourt and Frances Countess WaMegrave
Iwo returned to Strawberry Hill, from Trentham.

Among the arrivals at Torquay dnri eg the
week have been Lord end Ldy Maims, Berl of Beverly,
Lady Louisa Percy, Lady Farquhar, &c., &e.
Mien Burdett Coutts has been on a visit to the
Venerable Archdeacon Dolma, at the Vicarage, Oke-
Wooten.

The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the
Provisos of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued is the
hewslam Chamber, Westminster, by the Viem-General,
Dr. Travers Twirls, under a commission hose his (inns the
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primates( en England and
Metropolitan, pursuant to the royal writ, to Wednesday, the
2ith_of Amery, 1860.

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The Principal of Bramante. College writes:—
" °bereft in Mr. Coleridge's °pollee speech a statement
that Mr. Boswell wee formerly a Fellow of Brume..
• Oxford, I lose no time in meeting this imputation with
• most emphatic contradiction. Mr. Bonwell sever was
even 1112 Independent member of this college. He was pre-
sented in 1846 to the cure of Bt. Philip's, on recommenda-
tions which appeared at the time worthy of trust."
The Cambridge local examination of students
who are not members of the University, oommeaced under
the dirwatica of the Rev. W. F. Witt., WL., in the Arts
School, on Wednesday morning, the 13th Decanher, at
10 o'clock, end will does on Moodey ant, the 19th.
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Robert Bentley, Profentor of Botany and Mataria
Medlin to the Pharniacentleel Society of Great Britain, has
been appointed Profeaeor of Botany is King's College,
London.

We (Atheneum.) understand that the contribu-
tion is the Scientide Relief Food, organised by the Royal
Sectsty, slowly exceed 3,0001., and Ulm the amount has
bola (tweed In the public securities in such a mouser ma to
Item a separate sooomat frost that of the Society's other
funded property. With her maid liberality, and desire to
make her great wealth useful, Was Coatis has subscribed
1001. to this excellent fund.

Toe National Portrait Gallery exhibits three ad-
ditional pictures this week. Oise is a portrait of Chantrey,
by Phillips, a present from Led) Chaotrey. The mond,
Dr. Erasmus Ditrwits, painted by Wright, of Derby. The
third accession is a delicately-peacilled miniature of the cele-
brated caricaturist Oillrey, ty himself. The 800. Lieut.-
CoL Begot was the doom of this little tremors.

The Musical Society of London has put forth its
preepectus for the year ISGO. The first arerrreszwer Is
be held on January IS. at Use St. Jareee's Hall, the
Bret orchestral coact?' on February 29. Mr. A. Mel-
lm, se before, will outdate the renterts, and Mr. H. Swart
superintend the vocal rehearsals.

Robert P. Collier, Req., (LC., M.P. for Plymouth,
has be appnatel Coastal to the Naval Department of the
High Court of Admiralty, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet,
la the 110002 of William Atherton, E.q.

Mr. Grantlay Berkeley has contradicted the
smortions of the Americans that he mimed the large game
In his tint prairie essays, cud states that he not only killed the
Bose Imitate he erer fired at, but singlet out an enormous
hull from the hoed, and, mounted on his good steed Tay-
mouth, fairly rods him down.

We read in the Doter Chronicle of to-day :—" On
Thursday tat the Date of Italakoff unmet at Dover, ea
roots fur Leaden, by the mall packet Empress, wine& ar-
rived at 3 p.m. The duke travelied inieg., hat being well-
kw,* to the officers of the mall-packet service wee readily
recogalsed. KW late entoellency wore on the voyage across
the Cheaael what Is called a Wide-►wake hat,' and was
olitadal by mu solitary *errant."

The Kensington Gore Garden (says the Gardeners'
Chronicle) is now fairly started. Her Majesty's commis-
donors for 1851 have begun forming the ground levels,
according toe plan proposed by Mr. Neeteld and senotioned
by his Royal Highness, the Prince Consort. Mr. Ryles, the
new superintendent. eaters upon his ditties on the 2nd of
January. The great arcades will soon be commenced, and
it is entielpeted that the whole establishment will be ap-
proaching completion by the end of next year. The sub-
scription list is so full that the council of the Hortioultnrsi
Society have lowed it necessary to decline receiving any
further appheallons far debentures. Life members are se-
sentiag then:mime daily; and on the 20th January some
hundreds will be elected fellows Mr. Neafield is engaged
in preparing a design worthy of the supporters of the new
garden, of eke, and of English garden ereldteetate.
Oa the ith of next month the first number of a
new weekly sixpenny paper will appear, entitled TA. Army
▪ Navy Ge:sits. The affair is Mr. W. H. Russell. This
journal is to be devoted to the discussion of oaestions re-
lating to the military services and national defame, and the
diffuska of authentic information upon these subjects.
The Count de Lauriston, who fought a duel the
ethic day with the Yaqui. de Galliffit, has written the fol-
lowing letter to the Indigendahre Beige, whose correspon-
dent had spoken of hiss as a man of silty years clal :
..Iloaaelear le redscteur,—l as one of those who think it is
shams well to defend oases ground, inch by Molt. In now
writing to you, the only grouted I have to defend is that of
my age ; but I WeVeflefileee VIA to have this letter troweled
in order to correct a mistake in one of your l'aria letters of
the 9th—a letter, in all ether respects, extremely flattering
for toe. This mistake Is, morally speaking, somewhat of •
detriment to nay honourable adversary, and, in regard to the
physical fact of my age, it is detrimental to myself. I am
sewer to fifty than slaty rare of age. I am a
great "portal:nen; would you like to see my Hamm to &boot?
I often travel. Will you see my pompon/ It I. my grey
beard which has played me this shabby trlok ; my beard
=keens" look much older than I em, sad Is much greyer
than my mustachios. I have been advised to shave my
beard and keep only my mustachio', end I really think 1
must do so till I reach the age of sixty.—Celt Nerotrosa
DI LAVAISTON. Paris, Dec. 12."

Roger made his first appearance at the Opera at
Paris es Thursday night sloes the loss of hla erne. The
Emperor and Bowels attended to greet him, sad every seat
In the thrstre was tilled. Hos extraordinary prices bad his.
paid for Om= In many instances. A tale arm, made by
the groat musical instrument maker, Td. Cherries, did duty
so will that to stranger to the circumstance would have sus-
pected the Les which the great French artist has suffered.
We recently mentioned a melancholy accident
which had t.krn place ►t Geneva by the drips of a young
girl taking firs while at a ball, and in extinguishing which
several others were injured. The yonog lady's mother, "rhos
arc was severely burnt, hen been obliged to undergo mope.
facia, and two other young persons still continue in a &u-
-renal" State.

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The Ocean Marine Company will commence
bairns cm Monday aut.