The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-20 00:00:00

TIM EXPRESS, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 20,11 Set.

Ormetod, Ros andale, Lancsyture, coma
ILsninnen -R. Tindall,
W. Tiodallibo
sad R. H. Tindall ,deceased). Clement'slane,
City; =nod Middlesex . and Scarrough, shipbaliders-J.
Walker and *. Walker, Omen-street Bide, Yorluddre, tram.
founders-G. C. Churchill and J. Peacock, Manchester, at
-J. 8. Christian and V. Rathbone, WlimonsedareetraC
Marlebone, lines warehousemen-W. (River, J. Other, H. Han,
Jun., J. Rainforth, and J. Arnold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire,
engineers, so far as regards J. Arnold-O. Finniu, W. Loral,
Donau, and D. Mathieu, timber merchants-J. A. Locke, J. A.
B. Ord, Sarah Blacken, W. F. Blacken, and J. LeMhart, New-
castleuporelYae, lead manufacturers. so far es regards Sarah'
Blacken -IL ttosbie and H. Leaning, Gloucesterterrace, Com-
mercial-road Zan, drapen-E. B. leanly and G. Bishop, Brad-
ford, stuff merchants-8. Ainsworth, E. J. Beale, J. W
far as rds
. White,
gad W. H. Hunnett, Math Holborn, leadsmen, so rega
J. W. White-J. Rhodes and A. J. Beardshaw, Sheflield, electro-
piatena-S. Oils and W. F. Hodgson. Birmingham. 'amt.". -F-
-itrackenbary and J. Cooke, Manchester, paper dealers-James
Whiteley. John Whiteley, D. Lord, and G. Lard, Halifax, Hone
masons-H. Power and J. T. Pilgrim, Atherton, Warwickshire.
attarums-O. Minshull and W. 8. iSinshull, Birmingham, ivory
turners-8. Roebuck and J. Mark, Manchester. gracers-D.
Radcliffe and W. M. Critchley, Liverpool, painters-C. Wen-
thaw and G. Briginshaw, Maidenhead, drapers.
SCOTCH B.I2QIIRSTRATIOI4B.
Join FRASER, Edinburgh, wood merchant. May 25, at Howells
and Lyons Rooms, Edinburgh.
(Hawn HALL, Montrose, merchant, May V, at the Star Hotel,
Montrose.
Hutto CLARK, Montrose, cabinet maker, May 25, at the Star
Hotel, Macanese.
Joan Nohow. Olasguw, spirit dealer, May 92, at ;the Faculty
Hall, Glasgow.
Joe" MACK VARNA Edinburgh, coal mane May 25, at Howells
and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh.
ALI" LSD= HAND'S'', 'ITCH'', Edinburgh, sculptor, May 25,
at Howells and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh.
Jiltict Mon; Glasgow, rivet maker. May 25. at the Faculty
Hall, Glasgow.
JOHN 1116010, Cupar-Fife, grocer, May 25, at the Royal Hotel,
Cu par. Fife.
JOHN 51'Enalin. Glasgow, spirit dealer, May 20, at the Faculty
Hall, Glasgow.
WILL/All W HAL Glasgow, mason, May 25, at the Faculty Hall,
Gismos.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 22.—Notice
L hereby given. that her Majesty's birthday will be cele-
brated ou Saturday, the 6th of June next.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY la —Notice
is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Levee at St.
James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Monday, the
Bth of June next, at 2 o'clock.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 18. —Notice
is hereby
.given, that her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Drawing-
room at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, so
Saturday, the 20th of June next, at 2 o'clock.

GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

The anniversary festival of this institution took
place yesterday evening tittle London Tavern ; the Earl of
llssnower, president, in the chair. It appeared from
the report that there was a slight increase in the
annual subscriptions and a considerable reduction in
the donations during the peat year. The number
of annuitants on the 31st of December last was 108,
the number of inmates of the asylum 22, and the
number of provident annuitants actually in receipt 455,
making the aggregate permanently benefited 585, exclusive
of 67 who are deceased. The number of OMB of temporary
assistance in the year was 124, making a total of 2,141. The
applications under this head in 1862 were 916,and the grante
546. As regards the provident fund, it was observed that ten
more governance had purchased immediate annuities', malt-
* the total number now actually receiving their self-
earned annuities 479. The rem received for the savings
bank in 1862 was 2,5021. 24. lid., making a total of 35,1681.
Ids. 2d. for the provident fund ; in purchase of deferred or
immediate annuities in 1862, 11,7581. 17s. 6d.; raising
the total to P. 27,449/. 2s. Id. All this money is hit.
mediately invested in government securities in the
ladies' own names. During the year 226 gover-
nesses resided at the home, betide* 114 who found
engagements while awaiting a vacancy. The registration
is stated to be propeedieg satisfactorily. The books are
entirely free, and the books are open to all ages. Out of
1,761 entries in the register in 1862, 916 found situations,
with no charge for registering and no per tentage on their
salaries. After the health of " The Queen," the CHAIRMAN
gave " Their Royal Higlineeses the Prince and Princess of
Wales," and in doing so reed a letter from General Knollp,
written on behalf of their Royal Highnesses, intimating
their consent to fill the office respectively of patron
and patroness of the institution—an announcement
which was received with great cheering. In proposing the
toast of the evening, the chairman adverted to the fact that
he had been connected with the institution from the time
of its foundation-20 years ago, and dwelt on the vast be-
nefits which it had cooferred on governesses (during that
period, as shown by the figures above given, concluding
with an earnest appeal on behalf of the institutioa.
The tout was received with much enthusiasm. A
portion of the band of the Coldstreams was present,
under their leader, Mr. Godfrey, and performed an ad-
mirable selection of music. The vocalists were Mims J.
Wells and Miss Eyles, and Messrs. Cummings, Land, and
Wynn. The subscriptions announced in the came of the
eveuiog amounted to upwards of 1,2001. Mr. Higgs ably
officiated ea toastmaster.

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nodal )1563) Ass Ism awarded, and the& candles
sh
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Ina Majesty's Goeerninent for use at the sanitary stations
These media inn be obtaiaed of all °headline sad hi
the United theom. Aloe ls. &L per paned ; also .4 cab-
bested United .Sneice Soap TWA', Id. and Id. each.
The public are cautioned to see that Field's label Is on the
nuke& or boles. Wholesale only, and ter exportation.—Upper
Lietbeta, London, &

ICITARY CANTEENS for OFFICERS,
£8 each,
prising Table Knives, Spoons, Forks. Ac. At.. at
MAPPIN BROTHERS' WIST END HOUSE,
267, REGENT-STREET.
Every other size and price, up to the sum of £2OO es...h , kept
In stock.
HATTIE BROTHERS, SILVERSMITHS and CUTLERS.
ggGitygy.fryßEET , also 67 and eft, KING WILLIAM-
STREET. Loudon-bridge.
genie peke. charged at both houses as at their Manufactory,
QUEEN'S PLATE and CUT
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20.

THE debate in the House of Lords last night on
Lord Emisv's Bill to amend the Acts of Uniformity,
and the division that followed, exhibit a remark-
able advance in public opinion on the sub-
ject of clerical subscription. The participa•
don of the Bishops gives importance to discus-
sions on this subject in the Upper House, which
is wanting in similar debates in the House of
Commons. The Bishop of LONDON, it will be
seen, gave his emphatic testimony in favour of the
proposed relaxation. He describes the subscrip-
tion at present required as nothing less than mis-
chievous. Even the Bishop of OXFORD, who
opposed the Bill, from a fear of some misconcep-
tion which he supposed would follow the abolition
of the present declaration, said that be would
equally oppose the existing declaration if
it were now proposed to enact it for the first
time. Earl GRIT put his finger on the practical
evil when he spoke of the pernicious influence of
those non-natural explanations of the prescribed
form which the Bishops give, and which they must

give, to young men who inquire concerning its
meaning. " Demoralising and corrupting " are
strong words, but Earl GREY did not shrink from
applying them to the practice of inducing the
clergy to make assertions in a sense different from
their plain meaning at the very threshold of their
ministry. The fact that a solemn declaration needs
explaining itself shows its unfitness. In propor-
tion to its importance it should be simple and
truthful. The various objections brought against
the Bill amounted to no more than the expression
of an indefinite anxiety. To clutch at whatever is
within reach is the way of people in the dark.
The thing grasped may be, as the Bishop of Lori-
DON showed, mischievous, nevertheless it is some-
thing to hold by. Lord Lvrrittrox pointed out the
dangers to the Church from the spread of loose
opinions, and unquestionably they are great, and
must be met. But even that noble Lord, than
whom no peer better understands Church ques-
tions, will not let go this broken reed, which is
already piercing the hand that leans on it. Be
perceives that a subscription does not secure that
agreement, even upon paramount matters of belief,
which should exist among the teachers of the
Church. Yet he can only lament over the fact,
and stand all the firmer by the statute. It is
this reliance on false expedients which, more than
anything else, is hindering the leaders of the
Church from seeing the remedy as plainly as they
see the disease.

P4RLIANEIVV4RY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-MAT 19.

ACTS OF UNIFORMITY AMENDMENT BILL.
Moved—That the bin be now reed a second time (the Lord
Ebury) ; objected to ; and an amendment moved, to
leave out ("now ") and insert (" this day six months '')
(the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury). On the ques-
tion, that ("now ") stand part of the motion' Contents,
50 ; non-oontents, 90.

gbe eourt.

An evening party was given by command of the
Queen at St. Jamees Palace, last evening, in honour of the
Prince and Princess of Wales. The invitations for this
reception were issued by the Lord Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household.
The state rooms were decorated for the occasion, and the
whole suite were adorned with a profusion of dowers and
brilliantly illuminated with chandeliers and candelabr►
Tea, coffee, and light refreshments were served to the die-
tinguished company throughout the evening in the Guard
Chamber, the supper being served in the Grand Banquet-
ZOOM.
The Prince and Prince's of Wales arrived at the
Palace from Marlborough•house at five minutes before
ten o'clock, alighting at the garden entrance.
They were conducted to the royal closet, where their royal
highnesses were joined by the Ducheesof Cambridge and the
Prince's Mau (attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and
Colonel Horne Purees), the Duke of Cambridge (attended
by the Hon. James Macdonald), and the Prince of Orange
(attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Van den Beech and Baron
Paella), his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein,
and hie Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh (attended by
Colonel Oliphant).
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princes' Louis of Hesse,
accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales from Mari-
horough-house, and were ►ttended by Barmen von
Schenck, Baroness von Grancy, Captain Westerweller, and
Mr. Becker.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the royal party
were conducted by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord
Steward to the Throne-room, where the diplomatic corps
and the Cabinet Ministers, with the ladies of their families,
had the honour of paying their respects. Their Royal
, Highnesses then passed to Queen Anne's Room, and, ear-
ronnded by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, received
the nobility and gentry present.
The illustrious circle were afterwards conducted by the
great officers to the drawing-room, where the following
eminent artistai—Mdlle. Titjens, Mdlle. Carlotta Patti,
Mdlle. Trebelli, Signor Giuglini, Signor Dells Sedie, and
Herr Frieke—had the honour of singing the following
pieces :—Aria, " 0 Luce di quest anima ;" Lied, " Der
Wanderer ;" Duette, " Da qtrel di ;" Cavatina, "Or la gull
onda ;," Quartetto, " E scherzo ode follia ;" Romans, " Ah
qusllo fa per me;" Vales (Faust), Gonnod ; Romania,
"Coil 'retie," Arditi ; Folsom, "Son vergin vesacea
Quartetto, " Chi mai le mie 'venture." Mr. Cusins pre-
sided at the pianoforte. Her Majesty's Private Band, under
the direction of Mr. Anderson, performed at intervals in the
Throne Room.
The Lord Steward conducted the Prince and Princes' of
Wales to supper in the Banquet Room. The table was de-
corated with numerous golden vases filled with flowers, and
the buffet of gold plate at the west-end of the room displayed
• choice collection of shields, salvers, and tankards of silver
gilt, together with bulb and ar►ed ivory imp of great beauty
and value. Both the buffet and the table were brilliantly
lit with candelabra filled with wax lights.
Their Royal Highnesses afterwards returned to the Draw-
ng Room.
The Yeomen of the Guard were under the command of
Captain Parker Bickford, the Faon in Waiting.
The Band of the Scote Fusilier Guards attended and played
in the new Corridor.

The Prince and Primes' of Wales, and Prince sod Princess
Louis of Hose, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield.
Major Teesdale, and Captain Westerweller, visited the Royal
Polytechnic Institution yesterday morning.
The Duke de Nemours and the Princes Marguerite
visited the Princess Louis of Reese at Marlborough-house.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar visited the Prince of
Wake.

A deputation from the =potation of Stockport, respect-
ing the advancement of money for public works to employ
the operatives in the manufacturing districts, had an inter-
view with the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P.,
yesterday, at the Home-office.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of Heligoland. Despatches were sent to
the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon,
Hong Kong, Labuan, Australian colonies, and to the Lord
High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

We read in the /Abate of yesterday, " It is said
that the Queen of England has just sent to M. Guizot a
magnificent oopy of the speeches of her husband. The
volume is bound in white morocco, and upon the page pro-
ceding that of the title the Queen has written with her
own band, To IL Gums, in memory of the best of mem,
and with the expression of gratitude for the sincere homage
he has rendered to him; from his unhappy widow, Vic-
toria.,"

We read in the Times :—" His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louie of Hese,
and attended by Viscount Torrington, Major Teesdale, aid
Captain Westerweller, did us the honour of visiting The
Times Printing-office this morning, and followed with
much interest all the processes by which this journal is
prepared for publication. The wooer of stereotyping, by
which the number of forms' is multiplied sou to enable
several pages to be printed at the rme time, the American
machines by Hoe, and the large circular machines by
Applegarth, especially attracted the attention of our royal
visitors, who left the office at 3 o'clock, after spending
upwards of an hour in visiting every department of the
printing establishment."
BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLCM.—His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales has appointed Wednesday, the 24th of
June, for the inauguration ceremonial of the new premises
for the above charity, which adjoin the Great Western
Railway station at Slough. The removal of the pupils
from Clapham-rise will take place in a few days. The
presidency of the Prince of Wales will no doubt ensure •
large and influential attendance, and it is hoped a liberal
addition to the funds of the institution.
PoLirrEcnsric.—Yesterday morning, by special
command, Professor Pepper had the honour of delivering
his ghost lecture before their Royal Bighuesees the Prince
and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Louis of
Hesse, who were attended by the Countess of Macclesfield, '
Baroness Von Orancey, Bareness Von Schenck, Major
Teesdale, and Captain Westerweller. The distinguished
party were received by the Rev. J. B. Owen and the other
directors of the Polytechnic Institution, and after being
conducted round the galleries pared to the large theatre,
where a royal box had been prepared for their reception-
and at the conclusion of the lecture, by the invitation of Pro-
fessor Pepper, went behind the scenes and examined with '
much interest the machinery and appliances required to
produce the Polytechnic ghost. After seeing some very
interesting submarine experiments with the diver and ap-
paratus, explained by Mr. J. L King, they concluded • visit
of two bonrsduration by witnessing the incantationand other
chief scenes of Von Weber's opera of Der Freisehutz. At the
conclusion, their royal highnesses graciously thanked the
directors of the institution, and after shaking hands with
the chsirman and Professor Pepper, retired, evidently well
pleased with their entertainment.
DEATH OF HER ROYAL. HIGHNESS PRINCESS
amens OF SAxoirr.—A telegram was received yester-
day by the members of the royal family, announcing the
demise of her Royal Highness Princess Elisabeth, eldest
daughter of his Royal Mightier Prince George of Saxony,
who died at Dream on Monday evening at 9 o'clock.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are ex-
pected to leave town cc Saturday, to pass the parliamentary
lacer at Bracket Hall, Herta.
. .

His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange ho-
noured the Dowager Lady Truro with his company at
dinner last evening, at her residence in Eaton-square. The
following were invited to meet his royal highness :—The
Marchioness of Ely, the Earl of Clarendon and Lady Con-
stance Villiers, Lord and Lady Bokeby, Lord Loughborough,
Lady Harriet Sinclair, Hon. Henry Baring, M.P., and Mrs.
Baring, and Mt. Augustus Lumley.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
received at dinner last evening, at their residence in Strat-
ton-street, Lord and Lady Harry Valle, Lord and Lady
William Osborne, Lady Molesworth, Lord and Lady Wode-
hi.nse, Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, Mr. Henry Greville, Dr. Quin,
Mr. Oliphant, Mr. Fleming, fro.
The Hurl of Wilton entertained at dinner last
evening, at his residence in Grosvenor-square, the Duke of
Beaufort, the Earl of Strafford, the Earl of Westmoreland,
the Earl of Winchilarm, the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of
Uxbridge, the Earl of Anneeley, the Earl of Glasgow,
Viscount Newport, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount Ex-
mouth, Viscount Grey de Wilton, Baron Lionel de Rothe-
child, Sir Joseph Hawley, Sir Henry dm Voaui, Colonel
the Hon. Cecil Forester, Hon. George Fitswilliam, Admiral
Row, Captain Little, Mr. &vile, Mr. William Craven,
Mr. Start, M.P., Mr. Charlie Glenne, and Mr. George
Pape.