The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

On Monday evening a misting of this society wee
held; Sir Roderick Der .Aisen, peaannt, la the chair.
lama gentlemen weeepeogseed Na /Admitted fellows of
the misty shit vita Ifs proident deed that a commu-
ninellea bed been received hoes the Colootal-olfoe, announc-
leg ate doteeniniame of the government to mod an expedi-
tion* mil swim of the washy near the owe of the
=ll4.keetellne within the add* desidnione in North
TM envoy le Ihiesded to endow Le three
mened in 'mantas will be alliondel by several @defl-
ations end neimelleta • etemialeatien bed mho been
✓etiedhen do Peoleyeete yewasesern, onsoneeing that
retests bed bola Na to the Ireotegene authorities in
the senth•eset of Africa, ordering that die Naves who were
Owe awaiting the return of Dr. Livingston should be taken
ems of till his arrival. The president anther announced
that en expedition is very shortly to pmeeed to investigate
the warm of the Niger.
A paper wee the read on • Joeunff from fleabite to
Shims, which d sot contain many .milars in addition
to the informatint given to the pigpen Meting to tbo same
mart which were retently mat -blare the sod sty.
was net on a wpm' itzpeditko into South
AgetzTla seer& of the lining Dr. Leittherdt and his
petty, by Mr. Sydney. The olden of the communiudion
was le peeve that Dr. Leitch's* is still liviag in the bi-
nder, Na that, by a well-direetet search, cemareted in a
/tom.inesters, he may be discovered eel restered to his
en at all events, that Ids porn any be obtained,
747e—dhe should he deed. It is proposed that tho wpm&
dos sheaf amid ottani Men naive Mew% each one
ha • yellehene hailed with oseenlha ellea,end
that erg& thus ormateribuoil, oohs a tepid Jamey
in the amnion when Dr. Likelier& was lint hard ot It
was stated thin the wrimber of entlebt leek with him would
be sure to have La needs in the bush width matt be readily
traced. The wrier et the paper, who led bed fourteen
years' expanses in the wads of South Agetmlia, is of
that the blacks in the Weldor would not malleset the
opinionem eanhamar, bat would be more likely to detain him
among them as a curloeity. The expense of such en expedi-
tion was estimated at about 4,00 W.
Another paper, giving a sketch of Mr. Gregory's sailing
expedition along the northern coast of Australia, was also
read, but it merely indicated the course he had taken and
the points whets be landed.
After 501110 discussion on these papers the meeting ad-
journed.

The Catholic° of Madrid says that the Arch-
bidiop of Cuba, Mgr. Claret, had accepted the poet of eon-
femme to the Queen.

The Duchess of Braganca, wife of Don Miguel,
gave birth to a daughter on the 19th, at her residence in
Bronebsch (Styria). This is the third daughter the prisons
has given birth to within the last live years.
The litrerhtreke Courant states that the Prince of
Orange is in the coarse of the sammer to leave the Hague
on a cruise of four months' duration. A flotilla is to be
famed for the purpose, oinsisting of a screw frigate, the
Warmer, a screw corvette, the Groningen, the sailing
frigates Doggersbank and Reiter, end the steamer Gedeh.
The prince is to be on board the Groningen as chief officer
under the captain. The flotilla is to put out to eta on June
1, and to proceed towards the Mediterranean.