The Express. — London, England, 1866-07-04 00:00:00

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LATE in the day, but not too late to save her honour or her vital interests as a powerful em pire, Austria has exprased her readiness to cede Venetia through the medium of the Emperor of the FRENCH, and we have reason to hope that the armistice which his Imperial MAJESTY has requested of Prussia and Italy will also lead to such a settlement of the troubles in Germany as will save humanity a repetition of the frightful carnage which has been witnessed this week on the plains of Bohemia. It s , is, no secret that there are Austrian statesmen who, before the war began, counselled the yielding up of the territory which was necessary neither to Austrian dignity nor Austrian power ; but their representations were disregarded, and, trusting in the genius of his commander-in-chief, the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH entered the contest with two ene pies facing him instead of one, and unable to concentrate his army against the foe from whose ambition he had most to fear. But at such a moment those who have the peace of Europe and the stability of Austria at heart, will not care to reflect upon the errors of the past, but will rather encourage the movement which, if successful, will retrieve them. One feeling, how ever, that must be uppermost where liberty is loved, and which must gain expression through all the reserves expediency may suggest, is the feeling of joy that tho long looked for deli verance of the Venetians, in whose cause so many martyrs have fallen, and whose claims have been regarded as sacred by every generous mind, seems at last about to be achieved. In the tide of emotion which this fact will excite, considerations as to the means and influences employed will be lost, and we must leave to the future a treatment of the course of events which has again seemed to place the Emperor of the FRENCH in the light of a benefactor to Italy, though in this case without even the semblance of a sacrifice. Throughout free Europe, and in the great Republic across the Atlantic, the prospect of the emancipa tion of the Venetians and of their union with the other branches of the Italian family will be hailed as a golden event in contemporary history, and all will join in the prayer that the happiness of the Italians may not be checked by any schemes or conditions of the ceding Power or of others which would lead either to humiliation or discord. The relations of Austria to Prussia and of Prussia to the rest of Germany will be re_ vised under circumstances which no one a fortnight ago could possibly have foreseen, and the uncertainty now is scarcely less than it was then. Many obstacles present themselves to the mind that dwells on the subject ; but we trust that the desire for peace, which is still so universal in Germany, and the counsels of wisdom and of humanity will be paramount. THE substance of Mr. GLADSTONE'S letter to the London Working Men's Association must have abundantly compensated those to whom it was addressed for any disappointment which they may have felt at his non-acceptance of their invitation publicly to receive their thanks for his unwearied exertions in the cause of Reform, and for his generous vindication of their order from the coarse and cowardly calumnies of some of their parlia mentary assailants. The good sense of the mem bers of the Association led them promptly to acquiesce in Mr. GLAnsvotvz's reluctance to extend his public appearances in connexion with the Reform debate beyond the House of Commons and the area of his own consti tuency. What is a rule for him is not neces sarily a rule for others. But as a past and future Minister of the Crown, it is not for him to undertake the role of an out-of-doors agitator. The two bodies to which he owes responsibility— the House of Commons, of which he is a con spicuous member, and the community of which he is the political representative—have a right to the fullest and frankest statement of his opinions. If he did not seek to impress them upon the Parlia mentary associates and the constituents with whom he stands in the closest constitutional relation, and to stir both up to la stlial action in their behalf, he would be guilty of a tame of public duty. But to pass beyond them"; limits would be to afford a pretext for the charge of aiding to manufacture the public opinion on which, in part, his advice as • counsellor of the Sovereign assumes to be based, and of creating a factitious necessity for the sake of obeying it. The victories of the English have often been said to arise from a constitutional peculiarity—that they do not know when they are beaten. Rather they are not prone to fancy themselves beaten, before being so. They do not despair because they are not in a moment victorious, nor take a repulse for an overthrow, nor a temporary discomfiture for a general rout. The language in which Mr. GLinarows speaks of Reform shows a similar temper and resolution. He, and the col leagues and followers in whose name he speaks, have nailed their colours to the mast. They will not " recede from the ground on which they " have stood during the contest." If they appear to retreat, it is only to advance with the greater impulse—recu/sr pour mieux mster. " I look," says Mr. GLADSTONE, " upon the " resignation by Earl RussELL's Government "of their offices as one more onward step " towards the accomplishment of their object, and "in the hour of defeat I have the presenti " ment of victory." It is in this spirit that vic tories are won. If the Liberal forces had been as well commanded in previous conflicts, the strug gle would before this have been over. It is, indeed, impossible to over-estimate the enormous strength of Mr. Gx.ansroya's leadership. His surpassing gifts of eloquence and his still more attractive sin cerity are united with a force of character which subdues men, and a tenacity of purpose which never abandons an object once deliberately and conscientiously embraced—which confronts and beats down open opposition—and which patiently but relentlessly tracks evasion through all its windings until the game is felt to be up. But Mr. GLADSTONE has other sources of power than this. It is scarcely extravagant to say that he is, se far as any public man can be so, a necessity to the commerce and industry of the Empire ; for that con fidence which is the life of trade is reposed almost exclusively in him among living statesmen. The mercantile classes view with impatience and un easiness his absence from office. On the more intelligent portion of the working classes he has even a stronger hold. They have not only shared the prosperity which his commercial and financial policy has diffused through the community, but they are thankful for wise and considerate schemes framed for their more especial advantage ; and they look to him for the great social reforms which the age• needs. When a statesman, thus strong in himself, and strong in the gratitude and hopes of the immense masses of his countrymen, identities his political career with the passing of a measure of political enfranchisement, it would be faint hearted in friends to despond as to the issue ; it is blindness in enemies not to perceive it. The course taken by the late Government and the late Opposition during the earlier part of the present session foreshadows very plainly the line of conduct which each will adopt now that their relative positions are changed. Mr. DISRAELI and his friends sought pretexts for delay, and they will continue to seek them. Mr. GLADSTONE ex posed those pretexts and disallowed them, and pressed on to immediate action ; and he will doubtless continue to do so. Tho desirability of further inquiry, the need of additional statis tics, the propriety of referring the question of Reform to a Royal Commission, are topics very "I't to be urged by a Tory Cabinet, As in op position they endeavoured, for the moment whit success, to defeat the measure of the late Govern ment without openly declaring against any one of its provisions, so in office they will probably attempt to get rid of Reform in the guise of Reformers. They will endeavour to pay the long-standing debt and its accumulated interest in flash notes and a forged coinage. The arch-enchanter of Toryism will try to pass off the false DUESSA for the true Usa. Against these arts we are glad to find Mr. GlantrroNs not only on the watch himself, but emphatically cautioning his followers and allies : " To wait with patience the course of present " events, to be especially on our guard against any " illusory or reactionary measure simulating the " name and character of Reform, to encourage " the calm, serious, orderly, and temperate ex " premien of opinion, these seem to be the chief " duties of the hour." In these words Mr. GLenstorrs points to the great danger of the time. There is, it must be re membered, a class, happily only a small class, of dupes ready made to the hand of any deceiver, —men of the best intentions and the worst judgment, whose hopes and fears are in a per petual conflict. They wish to be liberal, but are mortally afraid of being democratic ; they are anxious for the substance of Reform, but are always seeing behind it the shadow of Revo lution. In short, they desire at once to stand still and to move on,—to reconcile the preserva tion of things precisely as they are with the modern spirit of improvement. A scheme for elaborately doing nothing, a mechanism, wheel within wheel, for producing a dead-lock, is their ideal of political ingenuity. Such anti-reforming Reformers are the real, though unconscious, allies of the Tory party. They have something of Mr. Gr.snaroNs's subtlety and of Mr. Min's spe culative refinement, without the strength and penetration which, in the cane of these eminent men, balance and check otherwise dangerous gifts. Weak themselves, they strengthen Conser vatism. In return for Mr. GLADSTONE'S exertions and advice, the working classes owe him support. They must give that by showing, in every lawful and constitutional way, that the desire for Reform is general among their order, and is accompanied by the determination to have it. Petitions are good for this purpose, but public meetings are better, and we trust they will be frequent and crowded, but, above all, orderly and temperate. For the first time, the anniversary of American independence was yesterday celebrated conjointly by the ships-of-war of England and America in an English port. Her Majesty's ships Victory, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, the flag-ship of th e Port., Admiral and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Duke of Wellington, St. Vincent, and other vessels in commission at Portsmouth harbour ; the United States' paddle steamship Augusta, 10 guns, Captain Alexander Murray, with her Majesty's ships Pallan, Captain M. Connolly, and Amazon, Commander Hunter, at Spithead, all dressed in colours at 8 a.m., her Majesty's ships flying the American flag at their main-royal-mast heads. At meridian a national salute of 21 guns was fired from all of her Majesty's ships carrying above 10 guns, from the Augusta, and also from the garrison saluting battery on the King's bastion of Portsmouth town fortifications. The Augusta will fill up with coal at Spithead, and after wards join the Miantonomoh turret ship, Captain Beau mont, in the Thames, on the arrival there of that vessel from Cherbourg. According to the new postal law in New York State prepaid and free lettem are to be forwarded, at the request of the party addressed, from one post office to another, without additional amp, and returned dead letters restored to the writers thereof free of portage. . .;OUR CONTEMPORARIEI (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1866. THI PRUSSIAN VICTORY. Regarding the battle of Tuesday as a decisive blow and a disaster to Austria which cannot be exceeded in extent, the Times urges Austria to now provide for the safety of the state by coming to terms. King William of Prussia is in the camp, and the Emperor Francis Joseph is not very far from Benedek's head quarters. Let there be at Pardubitz, or at Gamuts, such an interview as there was after Austerlitz and after Solferino. Better terms than Austria may obtain now will certainly not be granted to her after two or three months' protracted struggle has added to the exasperation of hostile passions, nor after many more thousands of Austria's noblest sons lie deep in their blood on the battlefield. On what conditions the two great German powers could come to agreement at the present moment it would be difficult to say, and it would be unnecessary. All that is required of Austria is that she should sue fora suspension of hostilities, which there is little doubt would be readily granted. From an armi dice to a peace, the Emperor Francis Joseph knows by experience there is but one step in a tett-a-tete between two monarchs. A glance at the map, observes the Daily New, will show that as a result of this battle the Austrians have lost the whole of Bohemia, excepting only their line of retreat. If this be correct, it follows that the Prussians, notwith standing their losses, are still able to follow up their suc cess, while it should seem that the Austrian army has abandoned all hope of maintaining its communications with Prague, and is content to seek refuge at Olmutz or Bruno, or it may be under the walls of Vienna. From what quarter can reinforcements be now obtained? Troops coming from Venetia must now make a detour of many hundred miles through Vienna in order to reach the camp of Benedek, while the Prussians will be able to call in all their scattered corps and to pour down with over whelming fury on the flying fragments of what was lately the great Austrian army of the north. Nor is this all. For the result of their occupation of Pardubita must be to out off all communication between the Austrians and the federal army in the west. The Prussians perceived their vantage ground, nor is it probable that they will relax their grip upon the army of Benedek until it has either crumbled to pieces, or until the Emperor its master sues for peace. The Poet, in common, we may remark, with the rest of the journals, points out the enormous advantages which have been given to the Prussians over their adversaries by the precision of the needle-gun, and the Pod refers to a rumour that it was the consciousness of the immense supe riority of this weapon that decided Count Bismarck to brave the enmity of all Germany. The Telegraph thinks it premature to discuss the pos sibility of an early peace. The success which has attended the Imperial arms in Italy throughout, and which receives • fresh illustration in a repulse of the volunteer force under Garibaldi himself, is so far an encouragement to persevere. It counterbalances, however imperfectly, the long train of disasters in the north, and will, we may rest assured, be welcomed soeordingly. The Western Powers may effectively intervene at a certain stage of the contest, with an appeal to Prussian moderation and Austrian good sense ; but that stage is not yet in sight. The Star imagines that no attempt will be made to de fend Prague, but that Benedek will concentrate his efforts on the task of protecting Vienna. It is chimerical to fancy that after one great defeat Austria is likely to suc cumb. Peace has yet to be bought by long sacrifices, and at a heavy price. No one can tell, the Standard says, what will be the imme diate issue of this defeat. Austriahas a wonderful tenacity, and the spirit of her court and people is not easily subdued. She may brave everything rather than submit without a further struggle. She may make peace. Prussia has not come out of the contest so cheaply but that she would be content with moderate terms ; nor is she very likely to consider the claims of Italy worth the ruin of Austria if she be onoe secure of all she began the war for. THE MINISTRY MU/ THE PARLIAMENT. We learn from the Time that no ministerial explanation will take place before next Monday. Lord Granville will this evening, in compliance with a request of Lord Derby, move the adjournment of the Upper House till that day, and a similar moiiou will De maue in the House of Com mons. It is, of course, impossible that the members of the new cabinet sitting in the House of Commons can make their appearance there till after they have been re-elected and as it is not expected that the council at Windsor will separate to-morrow in time for Lord Derby to be present in the House of Lords at its usual hour of assembling, the adjournment till Monday is inevitable. To that day, therefore, we must look forward for an authoritative statement of the policy of the new administration, and such revelations of the effort, made to form a ministry on a wider basis as Lord Derby maybe at liberty to make. According to the Herald the Marquis of Abercom has accepted the Lord-Lieutenancy, and Lord Naas, the Irish Secretary, will be in the cabinet. Mr. Whiteside will succeed to the Chief Justiceship of Ireland, to be vacated by Chief Justice Lefroy, and in all probability Mr. Brewster will be Lord Chancellor. Mr. Patton will be Lord Advocate. Mr. Henley, it is said, will not take office, and Sir Robert Peel's name is mentioned in connection with the Duchy of Lancaster. The Earl of Bradford will be Lord Chamberlain. The office of Steward has been offered to the Duke of Marlborough ; Lord Burghley will be Comptroller of the Household. Sir John Hay will be First Naval Lord of the Admiralty ; and Mr. Earle will be the Civil Lord ; Lord Longfonl Under-Secretary for War. The Postmaster-General will not be in the cabinet. The Times accepts this ministry as an interregnum af fording the best opportunity of reconstructing a liberal cabinet, and is thankful that it presents in itself an ap pearance so thoroughly respectable. Running over the various names with their qualifications, the Times remarks that Sir S. Northcote may find in his office at the Board of Trade some things to be done in the way of railway legis lation which Mr. Milner Gibson never suffered to ruffle his composure, and that the appointment of Lord Stanley to the Foreign Office must prove satisfactory to all except those who advocate a generous sympathy and encourage ment of popular movements wherever and however they may be occasioned. Seven or eight months in about as many years—such, exclaims the Daily News, is the modest mortal span of a conservative government's existence in the present un believing age. Hard indeed must be the heart of the liberal who can regard these periodical lapses of power with any other feeling than that of an indulgent, and even sympathetic, curiosity. A shyness which seems to be creeping over the party is leading them to adopt the term constitutionalists—a cloak than which nothing can be fitter to cover a party who are afraid or ashamed of nothing so much as of being taken fur what they were and are. Animated by the lively sense of the shortness of life the constitutional party are reported to be already medi tating a batch of peers, and before next February the mouths of Lord Derby's followers will be well filled. Nor is this an unimportant advantage of the occasional transfer of official responsibilities and emoluments. It is no small benefit to the country that Lord Cranborne should be re duced to solemn silence, and if the minor enthusiasts of the party whom* contemporary has named for subordinate posts can be safely disposed of we shall be the last to complain. In meeting their constituents the new ministers can hardly escape the necessity of some distinct promise of future action. At all events before the prorogation they will have to state their views and intentions with respect to parliamentary reform, and the course they intend to pursue. In February next they must be ready with the results of a commission embodied in a bill, or with a bill pure and simple, or with reasons for no bill. For Mr. Gladstone to fancy, the Post thinks, that he can pursue a high-handed policy by the force of meetings and ovations is preposterous. No victory can be obtained by these agencies, and the demonstrations which he encou rages, and receives as the calm, serious, orderly, and tem perate expression of opinion, plainly demonstrate the dan ger of placing political power, the interest. of a great em pire, and the liberties of a free people under the feet of an uninstructed multitude, mamas swayed by demagogues, and mobs organised for the purposes of intimidation. If the Herald were to forecast Mr. Gladstone's future political career from the letter he has addressed to Mr. Potter, it would assume that he means to come forward in the House of Commons, and in the town, music, and tem perance halls of South Lancashire, as the unmitigated demagogue. The sweet voices of the unenfranchised have intoxicated him with the diseased taste of one debauched by coarse and fiery spirit'. The TekerapA remembers that in 1859, eight days were found sufficient for the elation& rendered necessary by the aoseptance of offioe, and anticipates therefore, that Mr. Disraeli will sot ask to-morrow night for a longer adjourn , meat than till the 16th. Possibly, however, he may seek to adjourn until the 20th in order to evade Mr. Hard castle's Church Rate Bill, which comes on for the third reading on the 18th, Lord John Manners standing com mitted to offer an embittered opposition to it. The Star considers the appointment of Viscount Cron borne as preposterous, and as given to him because India is the only department in which he could be chief with out goading the House of Commons into inexorable hos tility. ADVICE TO BUMMER TOURISTS. The stream of tourists to Germany and Italy having been intercepted by the war, and even Switzerland being sufficiently near it to disturb that sensitive being, the average tourist, the Times expects that not a few people will be perplexed as to what they shall do for their customary summer excursion. For this class the Times has a suggestion. Ireland supplies a complete substitute for the regular con tinental trip. It involves crossing a channel ; it brings an Englishman amongst a new people, in many respects the most charming of races to a casual visitor. Antiquities are abundant, and there are old historic towns full of memorable associations. If the visitor loves scenery, be it grand, or picturesque, or quiet and homely—there is no kind of charm which he may not find in Ireland. It is scarcely inferior in picturesque beauty to the most favourite resorts of travellers ; it displays an almost inexhaustible variety of surface ; its coast scenery is unsurpassed, it is full of abounding rivers and lakes; and its mountains, if less grand than those of Wales and Scotland, present peculiar and unequalled beauties. Nor need the visitor be deterred by fear of want of accommo dation. In many places of the greatest resort well kept and well built hotels are to be found. Let us add that nothing could be more opportune than such an influx of English visitors during the present year. Last year even the usual slender stream of tourists was checked by the preliminary murmurings of the Fenian conspiracy. The country is now perfectly tranquil, and there is every thing to encourage the confidence of travellers. So we hope that for this year, at all events, Ireland may profit by a continental war ; and if our readers should be tempted for once to make the experiment, we should not be sur prised if it proved the initiation of a new and natural source of prosperity to that hitherto neglected country. Those who go once will probably go again. the Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, JCLY 4. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove out this morning. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, with Princess Helena, also went out driving. The Duke of Edinburgh rode on horseback. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice drove in the Home Park. The Prinoe and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and Major Grey, Equerry in Waiting Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone ; the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purees ; and Prince Frede rick of Schleswig-Holstein, arrived at the Castle this after noon on a visit to her Majesty. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir James Clark, and Dr. Robertson, have also arrived. Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen. After dinner the ladies and gentlemen in waiting joined the royal party in the drawing room, where her Majesty's private band performed the following selection of music : Overture, "Le Domino Nob' Andante, "Sinkage So. 11" Grand March Bolero, " Vepres Sicillennes" Minuetto and Trio, " Sinkage !to. b" Scene de Dense, "La Baader,'" The Queen will hold a council at Windsor Oath to morrow (Friday). . - The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and Major Grey, left Marlborough house yesterday afternoon fur Windsor Castle on a bait to the Queen. The Countess of Morton has succeeded the Countess of Mucclesbeld as Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess of Wales. Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Bon, and Co., of Bruton-street, Bond-street, had the honour of submitting to the Prince and Princess of Wales the Irish Volunteer Challenge Cup, to be shot for at the Wimbledon meeting this year for the first time. WiNosort, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. —This evening, at 6.50, their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Arthur, and the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge arrived at the Windsor station, having travelled from town by special train on the Great Western Railway, under the charge of Mr. Grierson. Their royal highnesses were met at the station by the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Leiningen, who had walked from the Castle, and were received by a guard of honour of 100 rank and file of the :ird Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander. The station yard was densely crowded with per sons of much respectability, and the streets through which they passed in the Queen's pony carriages to the Castle were also lined. Both on the arrival at the station and as they proceeded to the Castle they were loudly cheered ; several other earraiges followed with the ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite. The wedding will take place punctually at 12 o'clock to-morrow. A grand dinner will be given in the Waterloo chamber in the even ing, when her Majesty and royal family, with their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Prince Leiningen, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and other illustri ous and distinguished visitors will be present. After dinner there will be • grand concert in St. George's hall. Her Majesty's hon. corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms will arrive at the Castle at 11 o'clock. There will be • cessation to business in the royal borough, and the day will be kept as a general holiday. The houses will be decked with flags and banners, and preparations are being made for a general illumination. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon lei a dinner party last evening at their residence in Grosvenor- crescent. Among the guests were their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Earl Cowper, the Earl Cadogan, the Countess of Sefton, Lord Henry Percy, M.P. ; Lady Skelmendale, Hon. Henry Cowper, M.P. ; Hon. Thomas de Grey, M.P. ; Hon. Frederick Stanley, M.P., and Lady Constance Stanley, and a select party. The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson have left town for Bishopthorpe, near York, for the season. His Excellency Governor Hincks and Mrs. Hineks have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from British Guiana. The Duke of Devonshire had his second evening party kit night at Devonshire House, Piccadilly. The whole of the rooms were thrown open, and a very numeroua and distinguished company assembled. The Countess Cowper had a ball last night at the family mansion in St. James's•square. About 400 mem bers of the aristocracy were present. Sir Roundell and Lady Laura Palmer received at dinner last evening, at their residence in Portland place—His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff and the Countess Theresa Bernstorff, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth and Miss James, the Earl of Devon and Lady Agnes Courtenay, Lord Lyttelton, Hon. Major and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Auberon Herbert, the Right Hon- Edward and Mrs. Cardwell, Mr. Bernard, he. In consequence of the resignation of the Duke of Somerset the annual entertainment given by the mem bers of the Navy Club to the Mist Lord of the Admiralty, which was appointed to take place on the 11th instant, at Willis's Rooms, is put off. The Mayor of Southampton having received in timation that their Royal Highnesses Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and the Princess Helena would peas through that town to-day on their way to Osborne after the marriage ceremony bee been performed, him worship called a meeting of the town conned yesterday, at which it wee resolved that the mayor, aldermen, and common councilmen should, in their official capacity and with mu nicipal ceremony, congratulate their 7r... highnesses on their union, by presenting to them an . 4‘ i, 2.. • VIE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS HELENA. (THIS DAY.) We have received from the Lord Chamberlain's office the following copy of the ceremonial to be observed at the marriage in the chapel within Windsor Castle to-day of her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, third daughter of her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbourg-Angustenburg : The members of the royal family and other royal and illustrious visitors will assemble in the White Drawing room at 12 o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena will be in her Majesty's private apartments. Her royal highness's suite will remain in the corridor ad joining. His Royal Highness the Prince Christian, with the supporters of his royal highness and attendants, will remain in the Red-room. The ladies and gentlemen of the Queen's household will assemble in the corridor, to which also the ladies and gen tlemen in attendance upon the royal visitors will be shown. The ambassadors, foreign ministers, cabinet mi nisters, and others invited to be present ►t the ceremony, will assemble in the Red and Green Drawing-rooms, from whence they will be conducted to seats provided for them in the chapeL The Archbishop of Can terbury, the Bishop of London (Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal), the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High Almoner, and Bishop of the Diocese), The Bishop of Worcester (Clerk of the Closet), the Bishop of Winchester (Prelate of the Order of the Garter), the Honourable and Very Reverend the Dean of Windsor (Domestic Chaplain to her M►jesty), will assemble and robe in the audience chamber, from whence they will pro , coed to the chapel and take their places within the rails of the altar. As soon as the visitors have taken their seats, the royal procession will be formed in the corridor, and will move from the White Drawing-room in the following order : The Royal Procession. Lancaster Hen,ld. Richmond Herald. Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, Colonel the Honourable Dudley F. de Roe. Comptroller of the Household, Treasurerof the Household, The Lord Proby. The Lord Otho Fitzgerald. Clerk Marshal, The Lord Alfred Paget. Comptroller of the Household and Treasurer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Lieutenant-General Knollys. Keeper of the Privy Purse, Major-General Sir Thomas Biddulpd, K.C.B. Gentleman Usher, Garter Gentleman Usher, Sir William Martins. King of Arms, Major• General H. S. Sir Charles G. Young. Stephens. The Vice-Chamberlain, The Viscount Caatleroese. The ChamberleiiiTo iut.if. fieZrool of the Stole to the Princess of Wales, H.R.H.thePrinceofWales, The Lord Harris, G.C.S.I. The Earl Spencer, K.(;. The Lord Chamberlain, The Lord Steward, The ViairuntSydney,.(4C.B.. The Earl of Beuborough. th - liZukai 1 4 1 . 1 lighnee iaLDuleep Si _iingh, His Baena Highness Her Grind Ducal HiOnes, The Prince of Leiningen, The Princess of Leinuagen. G.C.B. His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness TheDakeof Cambridge,K.G. The Ducheu of Cambridge. His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness The Prince Arthur. The Princess Beatrice. His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness The Prance Leopold. The Princess Louise. His Royal Highness Her Royal Highness TheDukeof Edinburgh, K.G. The Princess of Wales. His Majesty Leopold IL, Her Majesty Marie Henri- King of the Belgians, K.G. site, Queen of theßelgians. The Muter of the Horse, the Marquis of Ailesbury, K.G. The Ladies in attendance on her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, The Marquise de Trazegnies-Corroy. The Comatose d'lNes de Bavai. G.C.S.I. The Grand Mi;ri - shalcie la The - ChamberWn to her Cour to his Majesty the Majesty the Queen of the King of the Belgians, Belgians, The Count Van der Straten. The Count Gustave de Fondle:. Lannoy. The Loral in Waiting to the Queen in attendance on their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, The Lord Camoys. The Secretary to Ofticier d'Ordonnanee to His Majesty the King of the His Majesty the King of the Belgians Belgians, , Monsieur Jules De VRILIX. Monsieur Brewer. The Lady of the Bedchamber The Woman of the Bed to her Royal Highness chamber to her Royal The Princess of Wales, Highness the Princess of The Countess of Morton. Wales, The Hon. Mrs. Edward Coke. The Ladies in Attendance on their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Louise and Beatrice, The Lady Caroline Barrington TheLatly Augusta Stanley. (the Lady Superintendent). The Lady in Waiting on her Royal Niftiness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Lady Geraldine Somerset. The Captain of the The G ol d Stick in The Captain of Yeomen of the Waiting, the Gentlemen Guard, Gen. The Earl of at Arms, The Earl of Ducie. Lucian, K.C.B. The Lord Foley. The Master of the Buckhounds, The Earl of Cork, K.P. The Master of the Household, Major Sir John Cowell, K.C.B. The Groom of the Robes, Major-General F. R. Seymour. The Field Officer in Brigade The Silver Stick in Waiting, Lientenant-CoL IL Palmer • Waiting, Colonel 11. F. Poneonby. The Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain'e Department, The Hon. Spencer Ponsonhy. The Equerry in Attendance on HALAL the Duke of Edinburgh, The Hon. Eliot Yorke. The Governor to H.R.H. the Prince Arthur, Major Elphinstone, V.C., C.B. The Governor to 11.R.H. the Prince Leopold, Lieutenant Stirling, R.H.A. The Comptroller of the Household to the Duchess of Cambridge, Colonel Home Purvee. The Equerry in Attendance on his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel Henry Clifton. The Gentleman in Attendance on his Highness the Maharajah Duleep Sing, Colonel Oliphant. As the procession passes along the oorraor and enters the chapel, Beethoven's Triumphal March will be played. The royal personages having been conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain to the seats prepared for them in the chapel, and the several persons composing the procession having taken the places ap pointed for them, the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice- Chamberlain will return to the Red-room, sad conduct bridegroom and his supporters to tho chapel in the following order : PROCESSION OF Till BRIDEGROOM. Laresster Herald. Richmond Herald. The Mater of the Ceremonies, General the Hon. Sir Edward Cult, K.C.H. Equerry to the Bridegroom, Lieutenant-Colonel George G. Gordon. The Bridegroom's Gentleman of Honor, The Count Rantzau. Groom in Waiting to her Majesty in attendance on hie Royal Highness the Bridegroom, Major-General Francis Seymour, C.B. The Vice Chamberlain, The Lord Chamberlain, The Viscount Castiettose. The Vim:omit Sydney, G.C.B. THE BRIDEGROOM, Supported by His Serene Highness the Prince Frederic of Schleswig- Holstem-Sonderbourg-Augustenburg, and ;His Serene Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar, C.B. As the pre cession passes along the oorridor and enters the chapel, hiendelaeoluee March from Athalie will be played, while the bridegroom will be conducted to the meat prepared for his royal highness on the right side of the altar. The supporters will occupy seats near his royal highness, and the gentlemen in attendance will be placed near them. The Lord Chamberlain ant Vice-Chamberlain will then return as before to her Majesty's apartments to attend her Majesty and the Bride, whore procession having be, n funned, will move to the chapel in the following order:— Psociomor or THE BEIDE. "'► Lancaster Herald. Richmond Herald. e Vice-Chamberlain, The Lord Chamberlain, The Viscount Cutlet-ore. The Viseountaydney, G.C.B. THE BRIDE, Supported by HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The train of her royal highness borne by eight unmarried daughters, of Dukes, Man:Osseo, and Earls : The Lady Margaret Scott. The Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox. The La ly Laura Phipps. The Lady Albertha Hamilton. The Lady Mary Fasvißism. The Lady Alexandria Murray. Tao La ly Mur'el Camp` mil. The Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe. The Mistress a( the Robes, The Duchess of Wellington. The Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, The Duchess of Roxburgh'. The Maids of Honour in Wattle& Hon. Emily 8. Cathcart. Bon. }fonts C. Sim, The Woman of the Bedchamb er i n W a i ting, The Honourable Mrs. Robert Braes, The Lord of the Bedchamber to his Royal lijghnees the The Lorain lesin. Prince of Wales. The lord Metbi ki e The Viscount Hamilton. The Equerry in Waiting, The Groom in W Lieut.-General the Honour. Lieut.-colonel W. e l , The Eq abl u e e C rrin lei W G ai re ting 7. to The p G na rool e av m7 vrai ot 7 ,..... His Royal Highness the chamber to Prince of Wales, His Royal Major G. H. Grey. The Honourable C. L The Treasurer and Private Secretary to her Reyg m ik ness the bride, Mr. Gardner D. Engleheart. As the procession passes along the corridor, aw e , March from Scipio will be played. On arriving at the chapel the bride will take her ph, an the left aide of the altar, and the Queen will b, ducted to the east prepared for her Majesty, ne w t h t bride. The Axebbiahop of Canterbury will Perform the The choir will ring a Chorale. Thel bride will be given away by her Majesty th, Queen. At the ooneluidon of the service a March Yin sernce a av - (Spolu) vat played as the processions leave the chapeL A salute will be fired in the Long Walk. The procession will leave the Chapel in the foam* order: The United Prooession of the Bride and Bridegroma Lancaater Herald. Richmond Herald. The Muter of the Ceremonies. The Gentleman of Honour to the Bridegroom. The Equerry to the Bridegroom. The Groom in Waiting to the Queen in attendance on ly Bridegroom. The Treasurer to her Royal Highness the Bride. The Vice-Chamberlain. The Lord Chamberlada The Bride and Bridegroom. The supporters of their Royal Highnesses on either side. The train of the Bride borne as before. The Ladies in attendance on the Bride : The Lady of the Bed- The Lulyof the Bedclumbei chamber to to the Queen in attend. Her Royal Highness, anceon Her Royal 'Lighten, The Lady Susan Leslie Melville. The Lady Churehit HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended as before. The Royal Procession in the same order in which it entered the Chapel. All the royal personages will proceed to the W Drawing-room4where they will be joined by the digitis i n g , of the church, and the registry of the marriage labs attested in due form. The royal family will retire to the Oak-room, Om luncheon will be privately served. Lucheon will be served for the visitors at a buffet is the Waterloo Gallery. The Gentlemen-at-Arms will be on duty in the rhos apartments, and the Yeomen of the Guard in the le. preaches to the state rooms and to the chapel. Her Majesty's private band will be stationed in the lid Drawing-room, and will perform as the several procomism paw along the Corridor to and from the Chapel. The dress to be worn will be—For ladies, full dreg, without trains ; for gentlemen, full dress with trowsem The Knights of the several Orders will wear the respective collars. A guard of honour will mount in the Castle yard. A special train will leave Paddington station at 1055 o'clock, to convey her Majesty's guests from London to the Castle, and will return from Windsor at 2.45 o'clock. Carriages will be provided to take her Majesty's game to and from the Castle. We have also received a list of the royal personages sad others invited to the ceremony. They include besides* royal family, the ambassadors, cabinet ministers, and thew who by virtue of their off►ce in the state or near the passe of royalty would, as a matter of course, be present, the Dehe and Duchess of Richmond, the Duke and Duchess of Boa cleuch, the Duke of Roxburghe (the duchess being ii the procession), the Duke of Wellington (the duchess beieg in the procession), the Countess Dornberg, the Coal and Countess Gleichen, the Marquis and Marchioness Abercorn, the Marchioness of Ailesbury (the nen* being in the procession), the Marquis and Marchioness d Normanby, the Countess of liessborough (the earl beim in the procession), the Earl of Derby, the Downer Countess of Dunmore, the Earl and Countess Fite willies's, the Dowager Countess of Mount Edge cunt*, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Vino* tess Sydney (the viscount being in the procession), Vie count Torrington, Viscount Eversley, Lady Emily and tie Hon. Miss Seymour, the Hon. and Rev. Charles L. Con* nay and Lady Caroline Courtenay, the Hon. Mrs. an Miss Grey, Lieutenant-General I'eel, Mr. Disraeli, Lints' nant-Colonel Byng and Mrs. Byng, the Hon. Mrs. Wel leeley, Major-General Hood, Lady Mary and Miss Hood, the Hon. Lady Biddulph, Sir James Clark, Bast, the Dowser Lady Couper, Sir Richard Mayne, Dr. Jenne, Mr. Woodward, Mr. Bahl, the Dean of Westminster, the Rev. Henry Ellison, the Rev. St. John Blunt, Dr. Robert. son, Mies Louisa Bowater, Lieutenant-Colonel Maude and Miss Maude, Mr. Gibbs, C. 11., the Rev. H. Mildred Birch, the Rev. W. R. JoUey, the Rev. G. Prothern, the Rev. R. Duckworth, the Rev. N. Shuldham, Mr. A. Buff, MA Hildyard, Miss Bauer, and Mdlle. Norelle. WINDSOR, Nool. Windsor has burst into a blase of decoration and the High-street and principal thoroughfares are completely draped with bunting of every hue. The shops are cloud and the day is kept as a public holiday. Visitors us Hocking into the royal borough by every train. Crowds of sightseers throng the streets but excellent order prevails. The royal family breakfasted together this morning in the White-room. At half past 10 o'clock the choir of St. George's Chapel, led by Dr. Elvey, and including Messrs. Adams, Dyeee, Darnley, Tolley, Bridgewater, Knowles, Mitchell, Hunt, Marriott, Bransome, and llriggs, with the choir of the private chapel, had a rehearsal in the sacred building. After the dejc liner Princess Helena and Prince Christina leave Windsor shortly after 4 o'clock by train upon do Great and South Western Railways for Osborne, whin they will reside for ten days, and then proceed to Tads and Switzerland for the wedding tour. There will be a state concert in St. George's-hall, et the Castle, this evening. (BY ILBCTRIC TRI.E6RAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TFINVIDAT. • Their Royal Highnesses Prince Christian of Schleswig. Holstein and the Princess Helena will arrive here by sp► dal train from Windsor at half-past 6 this evening on their way to Osborne. A. triumphal arch is erectea in the docks. The volunteers will form a guard of honour. CIVIL LIST PENSIONS. ¶ The following is a list of all pensions granted between the 20th day of June, 1}4C,5, and the 20th day of June, 1866. and charged upon the Civil List Miss Elizabeth Ann Bisset, in consideration of tbs literary merit of her father, the late Dr. Bier* 29/. ; Dame Clara Bromley, in consideration of the mei• torions public services of her late husband, Sir It. Breadth K.C.8., and the destitute position in which she is plasm% 601.; Mr. Edward Capern, in addition to the pension of 4els which he now holds, bestowed upon him in acknowledg• meat of his literary merit and failing health, 201. ; Dm. Elizabeth Eastlake, in consideration of the serviese caw dered by her husband, the late Sir Charles Eastlake, 11 the crown, and of his high attainments in art, 300/. ; Nis Mary Gordon, in consideration of the eminent litertsl merits of her father, the late Mr. John Wilson, for' merly Professor of Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh University, 501. ; Miss Matilda Mary Hays, ill consideration of her constant labour of mina!, and her distinguished attainments in literature, 100 1 4 Dame Helena Maria Hamilton, widow, and Helen Elise Amelia Hamilton, daughter of the late Sir W. Hamdtelli Astronomer Royal of Ireland, in consideration of the die. tinguished merits of the said Sir William Hamilton, 20 01 4 Eliza Montgomery, widow, and Lily Montgomery, dant:Mir of the late Dr. Montgomery, in consideration of the abilities. learning, and attainments of the said Dr. Montgomery, 10 01 .; Dame Margaret Anne Phipps, in consideration of the long, faithful, and oon6dential services rendered by 1111 late husband, Sir Charles Phipps, K.C.8., to her MOM and the royal family, 150/. ; Miss Min Mary Roberts , la consideration of the high mechanical inventions sad scientific acquirements of her late father, Mr. Robeelst. 2001. ; total, 1,2001. The total number of emigrants who arrived ill New York from foreign ports during the mouth of gil List was 40,300. 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