The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-16 00:00:00

'tie Court.

The Queen and Prince Albert, with Prince
Alfred, the Priacers Royal, and the PIitICASS Helena. took a
drive yesterday aitsrnoon, in an open barouche and four.
The equerries in waiting, Crlabel Buckley and Lieut..Ccd.
the H•n. Alexander Gordon, attended on horseb+ck.
His livid Highness the Prince Albert presided yesterday
morning at the csuncil for the management of the dultty of
Cornwall, at the Duchy-office, &Averse:. hquse. His Royal
Highness was attended by Lteut.-Colonel the IL.c. C. B.
Pnipps.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the Princess
Louisa took their accustomed pony and walking exercise
yesterday.
Tte Duchess of Sutherland and Lsrd Edward Howard
had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday even.
imp, at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord
George Lennox, Colonel Wylde, Lieut.-Colon.l the Hon.
Alexander Gordon, and the Hon. and Rev. Gerald IVedes.
ley, honoured with his presence, last evening, the S .crei
Harmonic Society's performiulce of Mendeissohn's oratorio
" St. Paul," at Exeter-hall.

A deputation from the Committee of Railway
Shareholders at Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool,
consisting of Mr. J. C. Bleier, Mr. James Ryley, Mr. T. F.
Bennett, Mr. J. James, Mr. Henry Croetield, and Mr.
Swift, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways
yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade.
A deputation from Manchester, consisting of the
Rev. John Bywater, M A , Mr. Robert Gardner, Mr. Mal-
colm Rose, and Mr. John M. Bennett, had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. The Lords pre., et were the Master of the Rolls,
Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and the Judge of the High
Court of Admiralty. Sr Edward Ryan sat as a Privy
Cauncillor. Sir Frederick Thesiger was herd en an appeal.
" Grant v. the Chief Justice of Bengal." The Solid-tor-
Grneral commenced his address far the respondent. The
cue was adjourned.

IT Is RUMOURED in the court circles that it is her
Majesty's intention to hold two levees at St. J.102e6.6 Palate
before Easttr, and also one drawing room. The announce-
ment will shortly appear in the London Gazette.

(From last night's Gazette•.)

•
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FED. 12.—The Quern ban
been pleased, on the nominatim of Lord t• .ley to appoint
the undermentioned gentlemen to her jeit)'s hon. corps
of Gentlemen•at Arras :—Charles Tyl. r, , vice Tiler,
who rots. ; Sir James Lawrence Cotter, Bart., late of 27th
Fleet., vice Ford, wbo nets. . _

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IVntTEIIeLL, Fen. 12.—The Queen hes been
pleased to appoint Robert Stephenson, E.q., to be one of her
Majesty's Cumrsi,sioners for the or.nnution of the Exhibition
of the Works of Industry of .RNation-, to be holden in this
year 1851 ; also tient -Col. William R. id, of the R .ysl En-
gineers, C. 8., to be one of the Executive Committee of the
said Commission, in the room of Robert Stelherson, EN.;
and to be chairman of the said Executive Committee.

NEW ZEALAND.—Additional instructions, under
the sign manual and signet of her Majesty, nave hien issued
to the governor-in chief of New Ze..lsod, modit)irg the
instructions before issued as to the alienation of land, by
revoking that part of the former instructions which prohi-
bited the alienation of lands gratuitously, so far as regards
navel and military officers, pensioners, and aboriginal inha-
bitants; and further authorising the governor in-chief, from
time to time, to make such arrangements as may be directed
by the secretaries of state for the settlement on crown lends
of military pensioners, and of the original inhabitatta of the
colony ; provided that nothing therein contained shsll apply
to the province of New Munster during the suspension of the
provisions of the 13th chapter of instructions by the 10th and
11th Victoria.