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VINCENT VfALIACE. Price Two Guineas, No. ACK L Voice. Price. Overture 1. Introduction R Chorua—"Hithee, tither, hasten all" 2. Duet--" My . poor young blend" .. 2 Tenon S. Romailu—• Though ell tee gen" Tutor 3a. (Transposed) 4. Chorus and Solo—. Long life to her Highness" 6. Ballet —Romanesca 2 6 6. Trio—" A simple Cymon" liopranodt2Teuon 6 0 7. Quartet and Chorus—" Mount and away" 8. Aria—" Patience I prudence f" Tenor 3 0 9. Air—" Wayward fortune" 10. Finale—" Help, help" ACT IL 101. Introduction 2 0 11. Rondo—" I'm a model page" .. Contralto 12. Trio—" Welcome, welcome" .._ C. and 2 Barn 8 6 13. Grand Soena—" 0 rack thou but thy shackles" 13a. Air from Seena—" Now 'tis not a vision" 14. Duet—" As in a dream I wander' Soprano and Tenor 3 0 16. Finale—" We are glad to see" (Complete) .15a. Part Song " Colts for Meer& dying" Acr 111. 16. Introduction and Air—" I have brought my daughter" Ban 17. Ballad • Those withered dowers" Soprano 2 6 18. Doo—" To the secret" SoprenoandTenor 4 0 19. Ballad—•• Lovely, loving, and beloved" 90. Sestetto—.' In mystery shrouded" S.C. T. and 3 Bares 4 0 21. limit and Air—•• Night, love, is creeping" 21a. Alr (Transposed) 22. Duet—" Hear me. I must speak" Soprano and Tenor 3 0 n. Finale—" All to the ball" • Separate Vocal Parts are published. PIANOFORTE ARRANGEMENTS. Favourite Airs from Wallace's Opera, "Love's Triumph," arranged by W. H. Callcott, in Two Books ; Solos, lA, Duets Flute Accompaniment to each Book Berger Franeesco)—Fantaala Glover Ch.irles W.) —" Night, love, is creeping" Osborne kG. A. : —Fantasia Richards .11.)" Those withered flowers" 3 -- Fantasia 4 Schulthes (Wilhelm) —Romance 2 lntermezzo Trent' (J. Theodore)—Fantasia 4 " Lovely, ionloving, and beloved" a " Nigh, , ia creeping" Quadrille—" Love's Triumph, t ' an. by C. Coote, Mustrated 4 ise— Ditto ditto Illustratel 4 Ditto ditto Illustrated 4 The Polka—Ditto ditto luustrated S Grand Selection for Military Band, by C. 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Coveney —Dancinsi Mdliti. C. Stephan. —And GUY FAWK/S. A Grand 1 Firework& HIGH WAT&f AT LONDON, 11IDG1 Till DAY — .....Tloralas. lb. Orn.....Afiarasoa. id. 200. TaisoiSow—Moody. 1b 40ca.. • .AIlimo" Ib. 6Cm. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. JESSIE McLscuisir has been respited during her MAJESTY'S pleasure. This is the practical conclusion at which the Holm SECRETARY has arrived, after considering the report of the gentle men who were directed to inquire into the subject. It is not disputed that the HOME SECRETARY was justified in directing an investigation. There were grounds for inquiry, notwithstanding the unani mity of the jury and the strong opinion of the Judge. Vlhether Mr. Youiro and those who made their report to the Howe SECRETARY were justified in their conclusion it is impossible to say, for their inquiries were conducted with closed doors, and the result of their inquiries is a sealed book. There is no reason, however, to doubt that the inquiry was conducted with intelligence and impartiality ; and it is to be hoped that it may prove useful to the HOME SECRETARY when he deliberates upon the whole case. But these are matters in which the public take compara tively little concern. The only thing the public care to know is what is to be done with the woman M`Lsetms-v and with old Mr. FLEM ING. Is the old man to be put upon his trial, or is Mrs. WLACHLAN to be absolutely acquitted? As to trying old nexiso now, it would certainly be difficult, and, perhaps, dangerous, but by no means impossible. And certainly, whatever is done with Mrs. M`Laciiiaw, the trial of the old man seems almost a necessity. Unquestionably a most foul murder has been com mitted. One of two persons, or both of them— Mrs. M`Lscarrir and Mr. FLEMING—must have committed it. To execute M`LacuLaw without putting old Fmaiwo upon his trial might be to put to death the less guilty of the two ; on the other hand, to release her without trying old Fixmibro,wonld be to acquit certainlyone murderer, and possibly two. Nor would any penalty less than death inflicted upon this woman diminish the difficulty ; for if she is not worthy of death she deserves acquittal. She either did the murder or she is free from guilt. There are few who will not congratulate them selves that they do not occupy the poet of Home Secretary at the present moment. But it is to be hoped that before many months have elapsed THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVEVITNG, NOVEMBER 5, 1862. the present and all future >•jeme Ministers will be relieved from the perplexities which beset them in such criminal cues as, those of BilLscawr and Simians= ; and that society will be protected against the false sympathy of unreasoning fanatics. Hitherto the idea of a Court of Criminal Appeal on matters of fact has been scouted by practical statesmen. Almost the last time this proposal was brought forward Sir GEORGE LEWIS delivered a learned and ingenious speech against any such tribunal, which satis fied the House of Commons. But after the case of Mrs. 31%m:inks it will be difficult to resist the argument in favour of the proposed change. It is now abundantly clear that in such a case as this of Mrs. M`Laclitstr there is practically an appeal—there is practically a new trial—there are practically means for reconsidering and overruling the opinions of the Judge and of the jury who heard the case, however unanimous they may be. All a prisoner has got to do after he has been con victed is to appeal to the people. Let public meetings be held ; let the wilder clergy of various denominations take their places on the platform ; let some of the more noisy of the Press re-echo the demand for a new trial, and the demand will be granted. It is idle to deny that some cases demand a re-hearing. The tense of justice is strong in the people of this rountry, and it will inevitably make itself felt. Since there is no ordinary mode of appeal pro vided by our constitution, an extraordinary mode of appeal is at once invented. The review, the reconsideration of a case is inevitable. At pre sent the HOME SECRETARY is the Minister whose duty it is to grant the appeal, and he is moved so to do by popular meetings—private interviews— public remonstrances. It was only the other day that, when the man who was supposed to have committed an appalling crime lay under a sentence of death, the HOME SECRETARY received a deputation of his relatives, one of whom was his wife, and allowed them to intercede for him. ' What was this but a barbarous Court of Appeal ? Their object was to induce the Roma SECRETARY to I remit the sentence the object of attending before a Judge of Appeal would be precisely the same. The only question is which is the best mode of attaining this object. According to the present ; system the alleged criminal supports hie case by the tears and supplications of his relations and friends addressed to the Home SecEaraer in a back room in Downing-street, and the Minister's ultimate decision rests upon the opinion of some person who has retried the case in his private apartments, after reading various statements and examining such people as he pleases. According to the system which ought to prevail the appeal should be heard in open court, before competent and responsible judges ; the criminal should be present ; the witnesses should be on oath, and regularly examined and cross-examined, and the decision should be arrived at after duo time had been given for deliberation, and should be delivered in open court. If there be any ad vantage in the present mode of conducting crimi nal trials, why should those advantages be con fined to one stage of the proceedings? If it be deemed absolutely necessary for the safety of the accused man, as well as for the safety of society, that the trial should be conducted in open day, even when the jut.) , are present; surely it must be more necessary that the appeal before the Home SECRETARY should be conducted with open doors, when no one but himself is pre sent. Nor is there any practical difficulty in or ganizing a tribunal of criminal appeal which might, with eminent advantage to the public, exercise the functions which are now discharged by the HOME SECRETARY. As has been already said, no real innovation is proposed. The QUEEN might still be advised to remit the penalty. At the pre sent moment it is obvious that there is a real practical appeal upon the facts in criminal cases. The only question is whether the tribunal of appeal might not be improved. No second jury ought to be introduced. Nothing more is required than that when an appeal after verdict is allowed, the HOME SECRETARY should summon two of the Common Law Judges, and hold a court for the purpose of revising the conclusion of the court below. The Secretary of State would of course have the power to summon such a court wheneveT he might think it expedient, as he now has the power of reconsidering the case of any criminal who has been convicted. The only difference would be that his inquiries would be con ducted in open court, and according to re gular form. But then, if the unanimous opinion of the judge and jury who tried the cause were to be overruled, it would be overru' • d after due and careful consideration, and upon grounds patent to the public. Nor is there a doubt that if such a change as that which has been proposed were made, not only would the interests of justice be better protected than they now are, but the HOME SECRETARY would be relieved from difficulties which are at present almost insuperable. THE VACANT SCOTCH JIIDOLSHIP.—We (North British Mail) underetand that the Solicitor• General has been appointed to, and has accepted, the n%ut seat on the judicial bench. It is nuderstoed that Mr. Young will be the new Solicitoe-General. ---- ELECTION OF THE A RCHRIIHOP OF CANTERBURY. —The dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral have elected the Most Rev. Charles Thomas Longley, D.D., of Christ Church, Oxford, Archbishop of York, to the Arch bishopric of Canterbury, in accordance with the recommen dation accompanying the royal conge d'etire. The election by the capitular body took place at Canterbury on Saturday, and it is almost unnecessary to add that there wa , no opposition. The next step in the elevation of the archbishop elect will be the confirmation of the election, a ceremony which will take place in the course of • few days in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheeped°. That cere mony will ipso facto render vacant the Archbishopric of York. Dr. Langley will than do homage to her Majesty, and towards the dose of the present month will be en throned, with an elaborate ceremonial, in the cathedral church of his diocese. The diocese of Canterbury consists of 914,170 acres, and has a population of 417,090, with 14 deaneries, and 352 benefice' The ecclesiastical patronage in the bands of the archbishop amounts in the aggregate to nearly 80,0C3/. • year. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. —At the general monthly meeting, on Monday, William Pole, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., treasurer and vies-preside:it, in the chair, August F. Andresen, Esq., Thomas R. Williams, Req., and on. Wm. Warren Vernon, were elected members of the institution. The following lecture arrangements have been made for the ensuing season :—Christmas lectures, 1862—Professor Fmnkland, F.A.S., six lectures, "On Air and Water" (adapted to • juvenile auditory). Before Easter, 1863—Professor J. Marshall, F.R.S., twelve lectures, "Oa Physiology." Professor R Franklaud, F.R.S., ten lectures, "On Chemistry." W. Savory, Esq., F.R.S., four lectures, "On Life and Death." Profissor Max Muller, twelve lectures. After Easter—Professor Tyndall, F.1L8., seven lectures. D. T. Amsted, Esq., F.R.S., nine lectures, "On Geology." Professor William Thomson, F.R.&, Mine lectures, "On Electric Tele graphy." ~,,. HERBLAJE9II6I STA 0 HOUR DS. —Tile royal pack, after a satisfactory month's hunting in Windsor Forest, for the purpose of blooding the young hounds, commenced their season yesterday. The meet was at Salt-hill, and the field was numerous, not less than 300 b erse m e e being present, one-third of whom came from town by the Great Western Railway. The field was also honoured by several ladies well known to the hunt. The deer, "Red Rover," was unearted in North Barafield. He went away at tip-top speed, circuiting Lord Thorn ton's perk, thence doubling towards Farnham Royal, and, making the direction for Burnham, turned sharp to the right and went for Sir Rios Clayton's perk, thence skirting Bulstrode on to Gerrard's-erom ; after running • ring there, made for Chalfont Park, where the company were stopped acme time by the gates beioe kept closed ; they, however, weep ultimately thrown open. After a burst across the perk, they made towards Denham, where the deer was taken is the water, after a very pretty, though short run of one hour and • half. be Court. OSBORNE. Nov. 4. The Queen and the Royal Family walked. and drove yesterday. Th. Duke of Newcastle has arrived In town, from his seat Cqumber-park, Notre. A meeting of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall was held yesterday, at the Duchy Office, Buckingham-gate, St. James's-park. There were present—the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Warden of the Stannarias ; Sir William Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney-Gene ral ; Colonel the Honourable Sir Charles B. Phipps, Treasurer and Receiver-General ; and Lord Portman. Mr. Bateman, the secretary, was in attendance. Despatches were sent yesterday, from the Colonial-office, to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. LATEST IN TELLIGENCM. children dying before there has been time to bap tise them. It has hitherto been the holy custom to throw the bodies of all /such children into a cave under the church of San Maria Is Nuova, which is a stronghold of rata, who not only devour the dead bodies, but attack and put to speedy flight the bearers of them. The fear of pestilence in the heart of the city moved the junta to change this conservative practice. The holy church thinks the reform irreligious. The Semaine Universelle, a new journal of con siderable merit, published in Brussels by French professional writers who are tired of the harassing warning system which prevails in their own country, is, as might be expected under Count Treilhard's administration of the press department, very fre quently seized. The editors, however, emphatically disclaim any systematic opposition, but they wish to give news unfettered by administrative inter ference. The last number was seised merely for a translation of an article of the Times, which any body who can read English may see in the reading rooms. RUSSIA AND GREECE. In the view of the Russian journals, the insurrec tion in Greece is only the continuation of the na tional war of freedom and independence. The end which these set before the:revolution, is the deliver ance of six millions of brethren, the conquest of natural frontiers—in one word, the uniting of the Epirus, Themaly, and Candle, and the Greek pro vinces of Asia Minor. THE LAW OF MARRIAGE IN PRUSSIA. We read in the eclogue Gazette : An interesting trial is pending before our tribunals. The salidity of a marriage, contracted in 1848 between Count 8— and the daughter of a non. offioer of the guard, who had been employed in the corps de ballet of the Opera, was disputed on the ground of irregularity of rank. The superior tribunal of Berlin declared the mar riage valid, acting upon a rescript of 1746, by which non•commirioned officers and their children are assimilated to the upper bourgeois cams. But this lodgment has been cancelled, and the cause sent back to be tried again. The defendant, the son of the Countess B,—, pleads that his mother was a very skilfrl dancer ; that she danced solos ; that consequently she was an to list, and belonged therefore to the upper bourgeois class. Thus It is upon the question of whether this lady danced more or leas cleverly that the validity of the marriage depends. The law upon marriage, presenkd so many times, sup premed this absurd distinctiontof maks ; consequently the Member of Peers has always reused to vote it. (ZZOTI3eB 11:12411AMIL) RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 5. Count Victor Panin, Minister of Justice, has been dismissed. The affairs of the ministry have been entrusted to his subordinate, Senator Zainiatnin. An imperial decree has been published repealing certain taxes in Poland hitherto paid by Jews only, but increasing the duties on brandy. AMERICA. (Per Hibernia via Father Point.) NEW YORK, Ocr. 25 (Evisitura). The Confederates have been routed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, with loss of artillery and camp equipage. The City of New York and the Hansa take out 4,000,000 dollars. The Bavaria has arrived out. COMEERCULL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Gold, 301. Exchange dull, 1441 to 144. Stocks steady. New York Central, 107 k. Illinois, 831. Erie, 641. Cotton quiet ; Middling Upland, 60c. Flour heavy and 16c. lower. Wheat 2c. lower, declining. Corn advancing, 1143. higher. Provisions quiet. Coffee steady. Sugar, good inquiry. Molasses very firm. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom atm <ma PARIS, TUESDAY EVEN.NO. The ministers went to Compiegne to-day to attend the Emperor in a council which is supposed to have been summoned to discuss the affairs of Greece and Italy. _ _ The France (whose authority, however, has been terribly shaken by M. Nigra's categorical denial of the most important of its recent assertions) says to-night that the despatch just sent by the French government to the cabinet of Turin adheres in the most absolute manner to the Emperor's letter, published in the Moniteur, and is intended to open negotiations on a new footing, and without any reference to the despatches of M. Thouvenel and the Marquis de Lavalette, which were made public at the same time. It also says that the present negotiations will bring to light a circumstance hitherto unknown —i.e., that, simultaneously with the last negotia tions with the Holy See, proposals for an arrange ment were made to Turin, and were there rejected as decidedly as at Rome. The Independence Beige of yesterday, which, wonderful to relate, is not seized, publishes in the French language the following confirmatory testi mony to the opinion that there must be very cogent grounds for those rumours of a ministerial crisis as continually imminent which the prefects were lately instructed to prohibit the provincial journals from alluding to. One of the Paris correspondents of the Luiipetulana says : The dissensions among the Emperor's ministers are worse than ever. M. Drouyn de Lhuys' nomination satisfies no body. The lull produced by this concession to the clerical party has only served to embolden the enemies of Italian liberty, and it is by this time evident that the &Wary system augments the insolence of the reaction without gain ing • 'siogle recruit to the Emperor, who, on the contrary, is daily losing the sympathy of old and valuable adherents. All this is so universally felt, it is so clearly the conse quence of the false position taken in dismissing M. Thouve nel, that the majority of the ministry is at this moment quite disposed to resign unless the Emperor rewire to give Rome to the Italians. I can guarantee this statement. By the very fact of their yet remaining in office, in the face of • reaction which is making greater efforts than ever to force the Emperor into a retrograde course, they show that they must have received some comforting assurance which in duce' them to wait yet a little while. lan assure you that the entourage of the Emperor is fully convinced that although he appears for the moment to incline tower& the policy of M. de la Gueronnii:re it is only because of his temporising character, which loves to allow every opinion to have its swing and wear itself out in its impotence. Such is the conviction of many persons who habitually see the Emperor, and who think that the appa rent tergiversation of his policy has no other object than to render the coming elections more calm. It is a policy of essay and not of hesitation. The Emperor, after having braved the unpopularity which now weighs upon him by reason of his apparent backsliding, will be way strong on the day when he shall say, " I have done everything that was possible ; I have compromised my popularity with the liberal MAIM ; I have tried every mode of conciliation, and have not succeeded ; now I give it up." I have cited the whole of this correspondence, as being curious; but I only agree in that part of it which speaks of the dissensions in the ministry. I have very weak faith myself in that old optimist Italian argument, now repeated in substance by the Belgian journal, "Je croia en lui parcequ'il est si dissimul4." The France says that Count de Flahault, the French ambassador in Loudon, has expressed a de sire to leave his post, but has consented to remain some time longer. There has been a good deal of fluctuation at the Bourse. The Rents for account, after being quoted as high as 71fr. Ssc., declined to 70fr. 95c. for the close, being only 15c. above the closing prioe of yes terday. For cash there was a fall of 10c., the last quotation being 70fr. 70c. The heaviness of the market is attributed to a considerable rise in the rate of continuation. Mobilier fell Mfr. 75c., and the Italian Loan 15c. The Lyons and Southern railways fell llfr. 25c. each ; Orleans, 7fr. 50c. ; Eastern, 9fr. 75c. ; and Northern, Mr. The baptism of Prince Napoleon's son will be celebrated in the cathedral of Notre Dame towards the end of the month, and the Emperor and Empress propose to come from Compibgne to attend it. The latest achievement of the high church in Italy is a protest by the vicar and cardinal of Naples against a resolution of the municipal junta to provide a decent burial place for new-born AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (Per City of New York.) NEW YORK, OCT. 24, Evasion. Reconnaissances from General }Velellan's army continue to be made, but no general advance has taken place. General Burnside has been assigned to the com mand of the defences at Harper's Ferry. The Confederates are massed in the Shenandoah Valley. General Buell has relinquished the pursuit of General Bragg, who has passed through Cumber land Gap into East Tennessee. The Confederates carried immense trains of provisions out of Ken tucky. The Southern journals declare that Bragg's invasion of Kentucky was a failure, and the Northern newspapers denounce General Buell for not having prevented General Bragg's escape from that State. Nashville is entirely cut off from communication with the North. Confederate forces, numbering 1,000, crossed the Cumberland River, and encamped seven miles north of Nashville, but were driven back across the river by the Federals. Semi-official despatches from Washington say that the Federal government would give half a mil lion dollars for the capture of the Confederate steamer Alabama, or three hundred thousand dol lars for her destruction. The New York Tribune says, "It is believed in Washington that if the circumstances of the sinking of the steamer Blanche in Spanish waters by the Federal steamer Montgomery are as stated, the Federal government will repudiate the action of the captain of the Montgomery." NEW YORK, Ocr. 25, Mosarma. General Buell hea been removed from the com mand in Kentucky, and replaced by General Rosencranz. The Southern journals state that the Federal have evacuated Corinth and Bolivar, Mississippi. There has been organised resistance to the draft among the Pennsylvanian miners, but affairs have now been adjusted. The returns of the elections continue to show considerable democratic gains throughout the country. The New York Gerald says that another conven tion of governors will meet, to consider the removal of General AUClellan, and urge the enforcement of the Confiscation Act. It is reported that the Federals have captured an island in Galveston Bay. _ The Southern papers affirm that the reported capture of large numbers of Confederate prisoners is untrue. Large Meetings have been held at Brooklyn, endorsing President Lincoln's proclamation, and denouncing the Union as it was. According to intelligence received here from New Granada, Mosquera had firmly established his go vernment throughout the country. The conserva tives had been defeated with heavy loss in a decisive battle. The Australasian and Kangaroo have arrived out. NEW YORK, Ocr. 25, Evans. At a democratic meeting, held in Brooklyn, resolutions were passed pledging democracy to restore the lJnion as it was, and to maintain the constitution as it is ; denouncing arbitrary arrests and interference with the freedom of the press. President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation was declared unwise in policy and bad in principle, securing an united South, but making a disunited North. The name of the Governor of Massachusetts was hissed by the meeting. Mr. Horatio Seymour declared that democratic relationship to the government had changed within the last few weeks, and that Democracy now com manded the situation. Thirty Federal machine workers at Portsmouth, Virginia, have gone over to the Confederates. The superintendent of a plantation near New Orleans has been killed by negroes. It was rumoured that the negroes afterwards revolted, and that the military were called out. The dis turbance was quelled after several were killed. The British steamer Rinaldo arrived at New Orleans on the Bth. . Semi-official Washington despatches say that the Mexicans were making great efforts to resist the French invasion. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, OCT. 24, EVIENIEG. Money abundant ; gold declining, present price 31 per cent. premium. Exchange dull, 145 to 146. Stock advancing ; New York Central,lo6l ; lllinois, 811 ; Erie, 65. Cotton heavy ; middling upland, 60c. Flour heavy. Wheat, corn, and sugar steady. Provisions dull. Coffee and molasses very firm. A letter from Rome, in the Paris Prase, says Your readers have, doubtless, not forgotten the little Jewish Mortara, who was shut up, after his baptism, in the convent of St. Pierre•aux-Liens. lam assured that he has just had conferred upon him the minor orders." BRIGANDAGE IN SOUTHERN ITALY.—The Espero of the 2nd inst. states that number of brigandswere attacked by a small party of (arbioeers, in the vicinity of Naples, and dispersed, four being taken, including one who was wounded. And that, on the 26th, four brigands be longing to a band of more than one hundred, presented themselves before the Signori De Peppe, at Lucent, and pro mised that if those of them who bad not committed any criminal acts might count on pardon, all would give them selves up. Also, that, in the beginning of 'October, the brothers Giuseppe and Vicar) Gamed., of Lecinforte, whim returning to their homes, were shot by persons unknown. Four of those implicated in the murder bays bees arrested. At an exhibition given in Troy recently, a committee of ladies was appointed to make a pil grimage through the audience, and select the handsomest man ir. the room. The fair judges promptly disc= their duty. for which they were the recipients of the plaudits of the iuremblage. The lucky man, whom the de ciaion of the ladies pronounced the handsomest cat, wee the major of the Twenty-fourth Regiment. major reoeived a prise is a reward for his good lookn en C whole affair must hays surprised the gallant maor, who, it is reported, was conveyed to his residence in a back, hat whether in charge of the charming committee does not are peer.—Arnerican paper. Gold has been discovered in Upper Surinam, in Dutch Guiana. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. At the court at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, the let day of November, 1862, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to declare her consent to a contract of matrimony between his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, &c., and her Royal High new the Princess Alexandra Caroline Maria Char lotte Louisa Julia, daughter of Prince Christian of Denmark ; which consent her Majesty has also caused to be signified under the Great Seal.— Gxvtte. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.— The Mayor of Birmingham is raising a fund for the purpose of providing a dinner, to be given to 2,000 poor and aged inhabitants of his borough, in celebration of the attainment of his majority by the Prince of Wales. The dinner is to take place in Bingley Hall.—A New Brunswick paper states, on what it considers good authority, that on the occasion of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales attaining his majority, the honour of knighthood will be conferred on all the mayors of the cities through which be paned in the course of his visit to British North America in 1860. " The royal yacht Osborne, escorted by the frigate Doris," says the Malta Ti Ws of the 30th nit., "arrived here early this morning from Marseilles and Tunis, having on board the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, with their respective suites. As the royal party is anxious to preset re a strict incognito, all salutes, guards of honour, or other public manifestations of respect were declined. The governor waited on their royal highnesses on board the yacht, and soon after the party landed and took up their residence at the Palace, which his excellency has given up for their accommodation. The machinery of the Osborne having sustained damage, she will be detained here three or four days for repairs, after which she is to proceed to Sicily and Naples, where their royal highnesses purpose making a more prolonged stay. The sea voyage was exceed ingly tempestuous, and it is said that the Princess Royal suffered much from sea-sickness, but has otherwise im proved in health. At 3 p.m. to-morrow the Prince of Wales will attend a review of the troops on the Florian% parade ground:" . _ _ A Kiel letter in the Moniteur nays :—" On the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Alexandra of Den mark, the city of Copenhagen is preparing to present the young Princess with a reproduction of the celebrated statue of Hebe by Thorw►ldsen. The execution of two pictures representing views of the capital of Denmark have been confided to two Danish painters, and will be also presented to her royal highness. In the provinces a subscription, headed by ladies, has been opened for the purpose of pur chasing for presentation to the Princess a porcelain service from the royal manufactory, ornamented with views of the most picturesque sites in Denmark and the most beau tiful specimens of Danish flowers." • His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Count/me de Flahault and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault have left Albert Gate House, oa • visit to the Duchess of Sutherland, at Glidden, near Maidenhead. The Marchioness of Clanricarde will leave Strat ton in • few days, on • visit to Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont, at Bretton Park, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Cork arrived in town on Monday from visiting Lord and Lady Lyveden at Farm ing Woods, Northamptonshire. The noble earl and her ladyship leave town to-day for Manton Howe, Somerset shire. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield leave town to-day for Highclere, near Newbury, on a cleft to the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. Viscount Falkland has left Prince's-gate for Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Bury and family have arrived at their residence in Rutland•gate for the winter. Lady Howard do Walden and the Hon. John Ellis have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyntireet, to join his Excellency the Lord Howard de Walden at Brussels. Lady Herbert of Lea and the Hon. Misses Herbert, who left Wilton House the week before last for the Continent, have arrived at Pau, where they purpose to pass the venter. Mr. W. Beaumont, M. P., and Lady Margaret Beau mont, who have been in town some few days, will leave Piccadilly to-marrow for Bretton Hall, Yorkshire. The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon has arrived at the Hotel Bristol, Perim, to join the duchess. Lord and Lady Chelmsford have arrived at the same hotel. Mr. Layard, tinder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has arrived at Turin. _ . The marriage of the Hon. Elizabeth T. Lister, daughter of the late Lord Rik&leadale, and step-daughter of the Fen Russell, with Mr. Melville is appointed to take place on the 12th inst. . Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil W. Forester, M.P., brother of Lord Forester, is about to be married to the Hon. lbs. Dyes Sombre, youagat daughter of the late Visoouut St. Vioesut. At the court at Osborne-house, Isle of Wight, the lit day of November, 11162, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that the parliament which now stands prorogued to Thursday, the 13th day of November instant, be further prorogued to Tuesday, the 13th day of January next.—Garette. Mr. W. H. Ashur:it has been appointed solicitor to the Post-office. His claims for that position were sup ported by high commercial testimonials and strengthened by the recollection of the services of his late father, 23 years ago, to the cause of Post-office reform. _ . A meeting of the Canterbury Diocesan Education Society was held at Canterbury yesterday, when Mr. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., made a speech on the subject of education. Incidentally noticing, in order to condemn, the views on religion which were put forward by certain cler gymen and church dignitaries, he proceeded to contend for definite religious teething in our schools, and in that respect expressed his dissent from the opinion favourable to secular education which Sir John Pakington put forward the other day at Edinburgh. . . _ The Herald and the Standard of thin morning assert that the Emperor of the French has already com municated, or is about to communicate, a proposition to the English government for the joint recommendation of an armistice to the contending powers in America, by the three great maritime powers of Europe—England, France, and Rus sia. In the eventof the principle being accepted, " the condi tions of the suspension of hostilities would be readily drawn out, probably with the cognizance of the mediating govern. meats ; and one of them would be the opening of certain Southern ports for the export of cotton. In other respects the armistice world follow the ordinary practice of belli gerents. It would prohibit all active military operations, the despatch of reinforcements or warlike material. It would, of coulee, provide for the free provisioning of the armies, the furnishing reliefs, dm." For his remarks on the Tarragona case, "Argue," the sporting correspondent of the Poe, has been, in due form of law, warned off Newmarket Heath, of which the Jockey Club ere the lessees under the Duke of Rutland. THa MARQUIS or BRIADALZARL —We are sorry to learn that a telegram from Lucerne, received in London yesterday at noon, Is unfavourable. It was despatched by Laiy Elizabeth Priegle, his lordship's sister, who, with other members of the family, Is with the marquis. The bulletin states that " Lord Bresdalbene continues still in a state of great weakness." POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. In au age of revolutions it is not surprising to find the Polytechnic following the example of more el. tended realms, and introducing an " entire change of kc. taros and entertainments" for the long winter evenings. Happily, however, Mr. Pepper, who presides over the Polytechnic domain with so much judgment and ability, has effected his revolution not only without the least dn. turbance, but his subjects—the numerous visitors of the institution—will bail with satisfaction the new order of things. In the first place, with • view of responding t o the strong current in favour of musical entertainments, an engagement has been made with the London Vo ca l Quiritett Union, which was established last June for the performance of operatic selections, classical and modern concerted music, part songs, g, During their engagement at the Polytechnic the Quintett Union will especially devote themselves to the performance of new part music. Miss Rose Hersee, Miss Leffler, M r , Carter. Mr. Osborne Williams, and Mr. De Fontainer are the artiste engaged to carry out this portion of the new programme, which, judging from the manner of its reception on the Last two nights, is likely to be very popular. la th e next portion of the evening's entertainment, the visitors are invited to view the " Seven Ages of a Great City," illus. tasted by dissolving views and diorsmic effects. Mr. G. A. Cooper presides over this department of the institution, and is quite successful in entertaining he audience. Herr Winkler, as an exhibitor of power in mental calculation, and Master Hamilton, as an exponent of Scottish song, afford very acceptable additions of surprise and pleasure ; and after some interesting experiments by Mr. J. L. King, illus. tasting "submarine warfare" on the large tank of the in. stitution, Mr. Pepper himself delivers one of those lectures so familiar to Polytechnic visitors, of which it is difficult to say whether the instruction or the entertainment is the predominant feature. The subject of the present lecture is, at this moment the all-absorbing one of Cotton, and much as has been recently written and spoken on this matter, no one can listen to Mr. Pepper's comparatively short lecture without feeling that he (the bearer) has a firmer and a clearer grasp of it than before. The qualities of zostera marina, fax, jute, and other proposed fibrous substitute. for the cotton plant, are discussed; the difference between Sea Island, Indian, and other cotton ex. plained ; the statistics of the cotton trade condensed, and the modes of transit to England illustrated. The canine herniae of the lecture is much facilitated by the aid of the oxyhydrogen microscope and a series of new diosolving views designed and painted by Mr. Benwell, wbo resided in India for some time. Mr. Pepper was mach applauded at the close of his valuable lecture, sad still more so when he announced that the profits of one night's entertainment (on which the charge would be halts-crown) would be devoted to the relief of the distressed workmen in Lancashire. Mr. Pepper has unquestionably produced an extremely in. Wresting evening's entertainment, and we congratulate him on the SUOCOW of hie revolution. TRANSFER OF LICENSES unnvlivoron (THIS DAY.) This morning a special session was held at the Sessions-house, Newington, for the transfer of victualler licenses, AL The magistrates present were J. IlLio D o o , ng t . (chairman), J. G. Dormer, Esq., Captain Charles J. Phillips, Ben., and Colonel Ntionald. The following were the transfers made : Sr.Gnoames.—DoverOartle, Little Sunny - street. George Sutton to Samuel Charles Waller ; Crown, Westminster. road, R. W. Johnson's assignees to Samuel Howe ; Bird-in- Hand, Garden-row, S. S. Townsend to George Wohlman; Star, Blackman-street, to the executors of Job Gnat. Sr. JOHN . B. —Riming Sun, Fair-street, Horselydown, George Hyde to William George Abbott. Nsvinerron.—Two Brewers, George-street, C. Renwick to William Weide ; White Hart, Walworth-road, .1. W. Collyer to Robert Thomas West ; Sir William Walwaetk, Walworth-road, A. Gorse/ to James Pearl. CAMBERWILL. Head,lieeting.howee-lane, Richard Woolgoing to William Reetrix ; Carlton Arms, Caritas. road, Asylum-road, H. R. Read to William Jewitt. Lansrre.—Antelope, Lower-road, Brixton, G. F. Puke to William Allen ; George IV., Russell-street, Brixton, L Stones to Edwin Davis ; Tower, Stockwell, Samuel aerate George Colville ; Ironmongers' Arms, Bleekhall-lane. J. G. Biotin to Robert Rearrely Starling ; Horse and Groom. Hount-etreet, James Belcher to N‘ , illiam Frederick Wit. hams ; George and Dragon, High-skeet, Daniel May to Remy Carnet ; Royal Victoria, Waterloo-road. the &ripe of Frank Towers to John Murray ; Waterloo's Arms, Bd. videre-road, Henry Wilson to John Palmer ; Globe, Gray's. walk, Elizabeth Turner to James Ward ; nington-lane, William Ratcliffe to John Ellis ; Royal Oak, Granby-street: Crown, College-street, John Brows to George Bureharn. CHRISTCHCICH. —Brunswick Arms, Bramswickelreet, George Patching to William Knight. THE FEMALE BLONDIN. TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXPRESS. 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"ESSAYS AND Rzvigwe."—At the Admiraltl.. pe Ct o rliesterday, Dr. Lushingtosi announced that he now with the are relating to the " Essays and Brien" on Monday, the 17th Wet. Tors OPENING OF THII EDINBURGH BOTANICAZ GANDY:NB ON SUNDAT.—It will be seen from the followint official letter that the Lords of the Treasury have for tin present postponed decision is reference to this nutter Treasury Chambers, Nov. L--ffir —ln reply to letter of the kith ult., I em directed 'by the Lords Commis' shiners of her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you the they hare received the petition for opening the KM!, Botanic Gardens in .Edinburgh on the afternoon e. &today, during the hours not usu dly ilevot 4 c k to g worship—signed by upwards of 14, 0) p ereoo4 into new the novelty and seriousness of th gear Lion as it is regarded at Edinburgh, with the strong feel* hip and decided opinions on the subject of the observinte, of the Sabbath which prevail there, sod also hang tegf, to the present swoon of the year, my lords deem i t P r 'r , to postpone any decision until the spring sl,all be eot , head, Tina their lordships will have a further 0pP° 64° ,,,,'" of reeeiviseg information as to the prevailing wain.* comentialty on the subject.—l sat, sir, your obedient fer' vast, tam. A. Karmic's.