The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENII4G, MARCH 14, 1863: ••

their Police the most capable man in the whole
country, and let them do it quickly.
Sir RICHARD MAYNE has received from all aides
well deserved praise for his management of that
large portion of London which was last Saturday
entrusted to his care, but he also has had his
troubles. The Park, as well as the streets west
of Temple-bar, was given into his hands, and ha
proceeded to make arrangements for it with Om
aim which governed all his plans, that of gratify ing
the largest possible number of persona with a
sight of the Princess ALEXANDRA and the oppor-
tunity of paying her honours. Among those who
were to be thus cared for were 17,000 Volunteers,
consisting not only of metropolitan corps, but
of regiments from various parts of the country.
Everybody willacknowledge the propriety of giving
so representative a portion of the public a good
opportunity of seeing the Royal procession, and
'by Sir RICHARD Msvers's arrangements it was
provided. It was understood that the route
through Hyde-park had been chosen for the
very purpose of allowing a much greater num-
ber of persons to greet the nemeses than could
do so in the streets. On Saturday morning,
however, it was found that some Staff officer had
ordered and almost driven the police from the
ground assigned to them, and had marked off in
the rear of the two lines to be occupied by the
Volunteers a blank space of forty yards, in the
rear of which the loyal crowd was to stand and get
the best view it could—a plan by which the purpose
of the Chief Commissioner was completely
defeated. Sir R. MAYNE writea:—" It was my
" intention that so much ground only should be

" occupied as would allow room for the Royal
" cortege and the columns of Volunteers at the
" side. I was much annoyed on coming into the
" Park to6nd that the police were acting contrary
" to my orders ; the effect being to deprive many
" thousands of all sight of the PRlNcras, and to
" deprive the Royal party of the joyous cheering
" which had been heard elsewhere at every point. I
" have never witnessed such hearty and continued
" exclamations of welcome as were given on
" Saturday by countless multitudes of all chases
" from the Borough along the whole route."
The exclusion of the public from some of the best
situations in the Park caused just dissatisfaction,
and it was noticed in the newspapers ; but Sir R.
liAvrtz having disclaimed in the Times any respon-
sibility for the arrangement, the incident might
have passed into forgetfulness had not Lord Emit°
forced it on the attention of the House of Com-
mons and given Lord HOTHAM an opportunity of
stating the simple facts. All Lord ELCHO could
say last night was that in the judgment of the
General in Command the broad space in the rear
of the Volunteers was necessary for manoeuvres
and marching past. But, as Lord HOTHAM cor-
rectly observed, it was not the time for showy
movements of any kind. Nor were such performed.
All the Volunteers had to do was to take their
places, keep them, and when the PRINcEss had
panted, go home—a duty which they performed
with praiseworthy devotion. Sir RICHARD MAYNE
and the Horse Guards authorities were playing
at cross purposes : while he was contriving how
to gratify the largest number of loyal people, both
in and out of uniform, they were thinking of a
military spectacle. It would have been well if
Lord Blotto had refrained from this attack upon
a public servant, who, if he has certain faults,
which his Lordship is not the man to discover,
certainly contributed more than any other official
person to the success of the popular demonstration
which greeted the Princess ALEXANDEA.

THE QUEEN AND THE LATE LOSS OF
LIFE IN THE CITY.

The following letter from Sir George Grey, ex-
pressing the sympathy of her Majesty the Queen
with the families of the sufferers during the recent
illuminations in the City, has been received by the
Lord Mayor :
_ _

Whitehall, March 13, 1863.

My dear Lord,—
I am commanded by the Queen to expre
the great grief and concern with which her Majesty
has read the account in the newspa re of the
lamentable loss of life which occurred n the streets
of the City on Tuesday night.
The Queen desires that her sincere sympathy
with the families of the sufferers should be made
known ; and it is her Majesty's wish that an
inquiry should be made into their circumstances.
I have to request that your lordship will be so
good as to came this inquiry to be made without
&sky, and that you will inform me of the result, in
ceder that it may be submitted to her Majesty.
I have the honour to be,
My dear Lord,
Your faithful servant,
G. GREY.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, M.P.

ALTZIATION 12( Till LISITEGY. —An order in'
embed is pub/kited in yesterday's Gamete to the affect that
in the morning and evening prayers, in the Litany, sod in all
other parts of the public service, as well as in the occesional
offices in the Book of Common Prayer, where the repot
family isappoioted to be particularly prayed for, the follow-
ing form and order Mall be observed :—" Albert Edward,
Prism of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the royal
family." No edition of the Common Prayer is henceforth
to be printed without this amendment; and in the
meastime, sad until copies of inch edition may be had, all
parsons, vicars, and curates within the realm are ordered
(for the preventing of mistakes), with the pen, to correct
and amend all such prayers in their church books, accord-
ing to the foregoing directions. Another order in council is
also published that henceforth every minister and preacher
shall in his respective church, imagrepakm, or assembly,
pray io moron words, " For her Most Seared Majesty Queen
Victoria, Albert Edward Prime of Wales, the Princess of
Wales, and all the royal family.*
Foanzaer-orrice, MARen 11.—The Queen has
been pleased to approve of Don Juan Coostantino Conde,
as vieeoonsul at aouthampion for her Majesty the Queen
of Spahr —Gazette.
Dowsnto-ermr, MAIER 12—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint John Rawlins Romper, Eel., to be
a member of the executive council of the island of Antigua.
—Gazette.

LENTEN DISPENSATIONS BT THE ARCHBISHOP or
Cairrinsimv.—The Bishop of Oxford, is a recent letter,
gave the weight of hi, authority against the scruples enter-
mioed by some about celebrating the wedding of the Prises
of Wales with national rejoicings roe the day itself. He did
ee ea the ground that it bad ever been in the power of the
Archbishop of Canterbury to dispense with the Lenten fast
when co-maim, required. The Master of St. Cross Hospital,
at Winchester, writes :—" I have no doubt that numerous
examples of the exercise of this arohiepisoopal power. both
before and after the Reformation, may be produeed ; but it
may not be uninteresting to your readers if I adduce one
instance from a parchment under my custody among the
munimente of St. Cross Hospital. It is a fermi Hamm or
faculty granted by Archbishop Jimoo to one John Carter,
of Cold Henley (a dependency of the hospital in the county
Southampton), for himself end wife and certain persons
to sat flesh during Lent, provided he puts 6e. Sd. iota the
poor-box. The document is in Latin, on parchment of some
le gth, dated '26th February, 11362.'
SCHDAT SERVO'S/I AT Sr. PAUL'S AND WHITS-
HALL —The National Anthem is directed to be performed
by the entire choir, at the dome area service in Bt. Pees
Cathedral to-morrow (Sunday) evening. Dr. Magee, rector
of Eseiekillea, Ireland, and formerly minister of Qeebee
Chapel, PortmanziTuar.m.is anommeed to preach on the
Denies. At the I Royal. Whitehall. which is free
the public., at the slaw* afternoon envies to-mor-
row. the Natimal Aathess will be likewise sang by the
royal their, sad the mimes will be oreeeleed by the Rev.
Referee Stanley D. D., Oasoe of Christ Church, Oxford,
chaplain is bis Royal Highness the Priem ci Wales The
Danish pelages sow in this country will, it is expected. be
premed et the service io 84. Paul's to-morrow evades when
ti with the illuroioated dome redacting Its rays
an the east body of worshippers, will docibtlees present a
mac tm=r, spectacle. The service; it is Mated, win
close at

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WINDSOR CASTLE, MAWR 13.

The Crown Prince and Princess and Prince
William of Prussia, attended by the Countess Pourtales,
Countess Bruhl, Counter iloitenthal, Count Pmeteneteir.,
tad Captain Luesdon, left Windsor Castle this morning, at
a quarter-pig 8 o'clock, for Osborne, to pay a visit U., the
Prince and Princess of Wales. The Crown Mane sod
Princess will embark this evening in her Majesty', yacht
Osborne for the Continent. - _ .

The Queen, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Brum, walked in
the grounds of the Castle.

By the last acoounts received from Malta, pea. Alfred
is pronounced to be convalescent.
The Panne end Princess Christian, with the Princess
Deemer, and Prince Frederic of Denrofirk, Prince Fred.-
rick of He.. Cassell, and the Duke of Holstein Clucks-
burg, attended by the lady and the gentlemen of their
suite, and by Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., and Lieut •
Colonel du Plat, honoured Lord and Lady Stanley of
Alderley with their company on Thursday evening at the
ball given by her ladyship in Dover-street.
Yesterday morning Prince and Princess Christian of
Denmark, and Prince Frederic of Hesse Cassell, viewed
Westminster Abbey, and were cooduoted through the
Palace of Westminster. In the afternoon their royal high-
nesses visited the South Kensington Museum.
Last evening the Prince and Princess Christian, Princess
Deemer, and Prince Frederic of Denmark, Prince Frede-
rick of Hesse Cavell, and the Duke of Holstein Glacksburg,
dined with the Duchess of Cambridge, at her residence in
St. James's Pasco.

A deputation of magistrates from Liverpool, on the sub-
ject of the licensing system, cionsisting of Mr. T. B. I:foretell,
M.P., Mr. J. C. Ewert, M.P., Mr. Aiken, Mr. Chilton, and
Mr. J. Wylie's, clerk to the magistrates, had an interview
with Secretary Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home.
aloe. _ _

A deputatke from the Manchester board of guardians,
consisting of Mr. C. H. Rickards (chairman), Mr. John W.
Madura, and Mr. John Harrop (clerk), had an interview
with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers yesterday, at the office
of the Poor Law Baud, Whitehall.
A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce of the
Staffordshire Potteries had an interview with the President
of the Board of Trade yesterday. The deputation consisted
of Mr. M. D. Hollins and Mr. Godfrey Wedgwood, and
was renompanied by the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P.,
Mr. H. 8.. Greefell, M.P., Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P.,
and Mr. Thomas Baines.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-ollise
from the Governors of the Settlements on the West Coast
of Africa, the Mauritius, Malta, and Gibraltar.

SENDING POLICE-OFFICERS To WARSAW.