The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-10 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

WINDSOR, J'Att, 9.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
will his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and attended
by the Marchioness of Douro, Hon. Miss Lenwei, Lad
Charles Fitzroy, and Colon.' P. H. Seymour, drone to
Frogman, this morning. .
His Royal Highneu Fume* Albert, with the gentlemen io
attendance, enjoyed the diversion of skating on the
ma.
mental water in Frogmore.grounds.
The Queen
and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
were present.
The younger memben of the royal family took their
usuairings.
An address of condolence on the death of her late Ma.
jelly the Queen Dowager from the Unive laity of Cambridge
was presented to her Majesty on Wednesday at an audience
given for that purpose by his Royal Highness Prince Al.
Bert, Chancellor, and the Rev. James Cartmell, Muter ef
dinalbsneis :wt.,' at the castle this
waiting,
were in attendarce.
Thee
Christ's College, Vice-Chancellor of the University.
The Karl of Listowel. lord in waiting, and Lem Celocol
The royal dinrer party this evening includes her 1te,7,1
Hi/bees@ the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny jje,,,,evening,ooBlll7aulvieisogittr"tßoresinthe Queen and the Prince.
rd
Baronies de Byeth, the Msrquis of lireadalbane, the Earl
of Liverpool, the Rev. James Cartmell, and Colonel lion,
C. Grey.

Lord Dr Freyre and Mr. Fitzeteptten French hl,l
an interv;ew wit► Earl (hey iyesterday at the Cel-ghal.
office.

Sir George Grey kft town yesterday afternoon on
a volt to t a Duke of Bedford, at Woburn-abbey, Ltd%t
shire.

The Marquis and Marchionees of Llnedowne hit
town cn Tuesday afternoon, for Bowood•park, Wtlta
Court and Countess Flahault, and Ma,!emitel!e
E. Flahault, have hit town to join the distinguish,' p"
noi,ing the Duke and Duchess of B-dhad at Woburn
Abbey.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The nupt' els of fLe
lion. Sarah Eliwoeth Copley, eldest daughter or Lord Lycl.
hunt, and Mr. H. J. Salwen, only son of Mr. &lett,
Down 11.11, Rime, were welebrated on Tueede7 lus g,..,
ftw performance of the religion, rite at St. Get.rge's chur h
Hanover-spare, the numerf,us relatives and friends of
;mills, present to witness the ceremony, adjourned is
mansion of the node atcl learned lord in Ge rge ereet
where a sumptuous dej ismer was given by Lord stol
Lyndhar4 to celebrate the happy evet.t. The fair hriie,
was attended to the altar by her siaerli, the lion. Soon.' e,..1
lion.Geergisaa Copley, and Muses M.ry and G,r:n
Yet*, n, was &Vivo d in a bridal costume emersed a ar.
or ti :h white glace, fl werei with costly Br. %els po:ot
and veil of the same. Shortly before three o'o,elt t'f.e t ew
rturri.d temple, alter taking leave of their us
tins, started, is a travalliatt chariot and four grays,
lish, Devon, to spend the honeymoon.

tf.d. L.,.

THE
MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS,

Illaarcusaraa,
Our enter lrirough of Salford ttai been • ,
of two exce•dinely gratifying events lest •
rnornaig,—the fi rm• r beir g a public bail for the t••
the Dispensary, by which it'll. has heir, r-!.'
the funds •.1 that institution ; and the • 1...
the f ravel pre<ettation of a library ot
of excellent bo•lco, al.d also acme thatt•iod .p,
natural bie:nry and art, to the corpordioi.
in trust tor the publ c, to be c.noan .
nie to all class set the ',immunity of that tior.-.ia.
first of these pub :c 0v..04, it is m.ly n.c.s.ary t., .
the Town Hall ot Si:ford t..d ber•tt fi•ted up i:.
manner for the occasi di, and that :h aristocricy
in from the neighbourhood to era.« aod ,
treatable'. traders and artisans aim their c
hail was a nest magnificeu, • (fair• liter., were ;r-
Karl sod C-wintess S. Eton, the £:r: .rot
Sir Joseph •.• Tr .if rd a... 1 par y. S.r E..k.r..e. A
the Mayors of ria.iurd
.•
Hodge, and other elistinAut tied people. llosever,
tri•sg is the era ;vol. will he r F 44 4-:
useful ai.quisii,o to Ott set... Lent coa.ity t. 4
intended.
a h., public Wri•y is of a nor.
and intended t, enter wore • rut 11•-.ve .de
it may not to etiti.fi • to •ak, pr. c dence m r.
charity. It may n b• le-own the. t
scription was r.,iwei a few years tri.i., by w
public parks er!re presented to the .e•
enterer and S.,..!ind, two of the est.-es
to be so coovered into pu• .ic psras
them excellent mmodrins. One .4 t....5e e.tece—
red Park, at L.ak llui, iu Sai!ord—was
curp..ratiou are t. and the
id de re wii.ch a tee,
16,uu0i., was folio:: to be an almost umel. se • r.
was at fires us d sare fr e.rment huus::-r t. e a :
pink; but as the terms (.4 the leave, ai.il the
cory.ordion cou-ol Aran, caciti'.ed the lessee iron' • . •
r any intositastin !rvertg..s, a little preatieot tS
led Ut the Ct.olf:C.:9ll the.. aithout some uttre
could be devieed, u which the pre:nista ni:utit be d
would be so mac t caw it wae ni •
eireumstane 8,1 th.st Mr. Lb, heron, the
membee for 50.:0z., during the as: te..i n
meat, and whilst enraged upoa toe pun,:
muuttee, c .m. do wu .11 a I to the

%Lail I

.f t .e

sad bug ..sst• :t pac.llent astaptation- t •
porposta ~f a library sud museums, and expressed hl•
that (ne means i...tly ha obtained, providrd ti
p ut the bthuagh .uu:d way Cur.% •LIL IU be coal
Lets, st.d Liable t• tit • ezp•n•e ot a It r..titn and ot k
it repair• fat flic bugatstton was at ..ace i.
•tisLy rp.•r.eeo by the town conned, a pubic
was appointed to raise the funds at.l
•••••• tare p.,

mu.t use'u,

librvy,and here, to.day, we
in being—a library in 5,300 bxks of the
valuable character, ell well and most ban sornai.
We believe, too, the committee have a turd 4 l 7.
•ii-ionel la baud, to be devoted to the ca•es atop
library and of the museum. We were presen:. t•
'nothinq to see a deputation from the coreotatik,o, h
by the Mayor, walk in procersion ti the p►rk, to
the library handed over to them, and had tn•
being pruent in the library to witnns the
wiedioss. The Mayer and Town Clerk of s.ltord
the pro anion, and at the mansion in the park th,y
ceived by Mr. Broth, rtun and Mr. Joan
Salford, both of whom have been liberal danen It,
tuti:n. A buildaig more deniable than the tor...
eon d hardly be ,uuceived. It is situated in tne
to the principal thorou, hfare in Salford, ar•.'
windows of the library and museum,
sae rooms Co wh•ch the public will be a ,cnit:ed to ri.,
overlook the grouted of tee park, and of a tine 'anti'
irwell,heyond which are same fields and pleasant open
3tretchitg up into the country towards one acne pleas.
auburbe of tnest boroughs—toe township art Brougntvu

ALLIANCE MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—
annual general court of proprietors was held yesterd ,e.
the offices, N T. 1, Cspel-court, for the pupae if dee a:.•.:
dividend and transacting other business; &math!
Esq., in the chair.—ln the report the usual divid,r.,
6 per cent., or 301. per consolidated share, was declared :
the ensuing year; one moiety of which wou'd be paya..,l,
the otiize of the company, on er after the 1;:h of Janitor,
And the other on or atter it. 11th UI July next. The
also stated that the balance in hand, and the genera'
of the acesunts, would justity an additional payment t' •
uroptietors, by way of bonus, to the extent of :tin. per c.
solidated share, to be made payable with the first m 0.,.!)
the yearly dividend. The directors recommended the i.
tiln of the 61st sec. of the de, dof settlement, whieh pr., •
that no insurance timid be effected except at the h, •
office, the experience of a quarternf a century having
tied them that this rule would admit of relaxation, and
the company would be benefited by the appuntml:'
some agencies, under such limitations atol
the board of directors might think necessary. 'lite
man congratulated the proprietors on the po,:ti,n of
company's affairs, which were never so prosperous •••
present. The report and recommendation of the d
were unanimously ad. pled. Four directors retiene hr rL
tation were re-elected, and Mr. Mulkey and Mr.
were appointed auditors in the room of Mr.
Mr. 8. Gurney, jun.. who were elected to the directi:n

NEW VESSEL FOE THE NAVIGATION or I.l'
GANGES —Mr. John Laird, 01 Birkenhead, has nesr4
pleta d, fur the E est India Company, a large iron ite
vessel, of a peculiar form, fitted for shallow ws.,r.
intended for the naviyation of the Ganger. rhe •
upwards of 200 feet lung, and 30 feet beam. and I:: .:;l1
when loaded, about two feet of water. lier toed,:
bleu that of the Napier (a termer WWI built by Mr
fur the same purpase), with *II, h muddle as etivr:.•
has suggested. The term is that of the canoe, shovel Ow
at bath extremities, end the bottom, aultd.hips,—wiie—
keel—taming an inverted gentle segment of au arch •
centre portion, however, or tlour, being nearly tie.
rudder is 'polio:a at either end, as necessity
The vessel is divided loneitudinally in:J thr,Le
by watertight bulkheads, and tramming thew.
are other bulk-heads, dividing the ',Lola sass.l
30 water-tight compartments, and adding .great:'
her strength. Her depth from the iperioui t:'
deck varies Irons II feet in the need,Vo
fen towards the extremities. The floorings, engine
are all of tubular wrought iron, imparting great 41' "4
She is to be propelled by paddle-wheels, to be *ell"
engines of 100 to 1811 horse-power. but which rosy he o•
with safety to a much higher pressure It is aspect; .•
she will be capable of tcwing two or three large cart'
gage boats. The bottom bring of the canoe form. sheu:,i
So upon a sand bank with the current in her b,beit•
anchor may he let go :it the stern end, and the wale,
ing under her will clear away the sand and release her -
the danger to which ordinary boats ars liable in such 0.
gaions of getting broadside on and being damaged ":
aimed. Should she take a bank or wig, when running S.
the tide or current, the anchor may he let go at the's,
and she will dries back into the deep water. Such
L floating capacity of the vowel, and the Went of her d:
sod accommodations, that she will carry a full re;
l soldiers at a time. All deck or top lumber is avoided.
t vessel will, when finished, be taken to pieces, and s.'n.
. ship W India, to be dually put togethcr.—Levelytedi