The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-16 00:00:00

TEE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1863.

THE WEDDING PRESENTS AT THE SOUTH

KENIALKOTON NUEIBUIf.

It is impassible to goes at the number of visitors
who attended last wee* at the " private view' of the
wedding presents at the South Kensington Museum.
Poll dress, undress, cloaks, great own, hate wore,
and bonnets mingled with ball costume, diamond tiaras,
stare, wreathe of dowers, opera cloaks, and extensive
crinoline. Person waited for two hours in slow proorsion
towards the jewels and other wedding presents. Hun-
dreds had so other smuenneat than to admire the patience
of the crowd and to lines to the music et the policeman's
voice in the distance to the inciteshig teas of "Pam on."
Even the picture gallerin were so crowded with the out-
siders as to afford neither retreat nor amusement to those
who were deluded with the expectation of enjoying a com-
fortable private view. However, perfect order was kept
sad the greatest good-humour prevailed.
Included under the bead of miscellaneous may be new.
bend two portents, Unee-quartere size, of the Crown
Prince sad Priors of Peon* pressen from their royal
bighorns •' a copy, by Kr. Charles Newton, of the Ref-
hello St. Catherine in the Natiessel Gallery ; two fan.
mounts, by the Primness of Holteeloin ; a man of
marble with inlay of various-ooloured noon in the style

of Florentize panni.ders work, made at Torquay, and
promoted by Lady Buchanan. There is a Bible, gorgeously
mounted end boned, by the British sad Foreign Bible So-
ciety. and containing an inecriptioe in the handwriting
of Lord Shaftesbury ; and a Bible and Prayer-book,
not lees interesting, from the &Sebes of Windsor-48e
sides of the book are of ivory. and with turquoise nom in
the oaths. The ether presents am—From the Duke of
St. Albans, • paper weight, with morale inlay in the Sync-
line style ; from Lietteeset-Colonal Canodiah, an ink-
stand et Onmaal shaman • the child,.. cis Whippingham
School, bible (Bageter's polyglot), bound in morocco, with
gilt metal deeps and mounts ; Mr. F. W. Gibbs, enantelhd
paper weight, surrounded by a figure of a mounted Anae-
mia attacked by • tiger; Lord Ilitchiagbrolca, casket for
holding cars in Algeria, onyx mounted in ormolu ;
Mr. W. Rummell, paper weight formed of an agate
pebble it the shape of • bores hoof, mounted is
gold, with the motto "Tree nod Fest" undantenth ; mem.
hers of the household of his Royal Highness the Priam of
Wales, clock, Snow porcelain and ormolu, painted with
Watteau subjects ; and pair of vase-shaped candelabra, tur-
quoiee porcelain, with ormolu branches In form of lilies.
During this day (Thursday) and to-morrow the public will
be admitted to see the presents from 10 tall 6 on preset
of 6d. each perms. On Saturday aunties will be free
from 10 tillo. The rules for admission next week will be
in accordance with the timid regulation@ of the Museum—
namely, free on Mondays. Tuesdays, and Saturdays, and by
payment of 6d. on students' days—Wednesdays, Thurs-
days, sad Fridays.

A letter from Coburg states that her Majesty
Quinn Vietoria will pam some time during the ease*
summer at the chateau of Rowena, near that city.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Mimes
Loegley hays retuned to Lambeth Pahoe tom Addiagtos
Park, sear Oroydoe, ter the erase.

The Duke of Devonshire and the Lady Louisa
Wendish, and the Marquis of flartiegton, ILP., have
arrived at Dermehlre Home, from Obatewoeth, for the
sewn.

His Highness the Maharajah Drileep Singh has
returned to Cleridge's Hotel treat Middleton, Yorkehire.

The late director of Her Majeati'a Theatre is
prefer* ter pablisatles a " History at the Opera" during
the period et his osesizioa with that theatre.

Lord Robert Montagu intends, on Tuesday
week, aa im amendment to Sir James Elphiestrme's
motto& with • view to provide far Um accesadoell see-
strudirm of skips for the royal navy of the easel mailable
fames mid emberials, to mo►e, "That the Board of Admiralty
should be stepowend by parliament to introduce into this
public service • clan of persona equal is education sad posi-
tion to the military owlets of Woolwich, who (subject to
eartaio regaletioeir sad coaditions to he mods by or with the
mettles of the Comptroller of the Navy) way ultimately
foul the duties of royal &veal arcbltects.•
On the 30th Mr. Henry Seymour will move that
the seisms enmities on the Sedeviastioal Commission do
comfit of 16 member:—Mr. Lowe, Yr. Walpole, lir.
Locke King, Yr. Edward Pleydell Bouverie, Lord Robert
Cecil, Mr. Aldsrmsa Copelaad, Yr. Feewick, Sir Henry
Willoughby, Lord Fermey. Mr. Newelegate, Mr. The, Yr.
Binatird. lar. Phillips, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Haat, mid Ni.
Beery Seymour.

LATkAff 1N T 161 LIGENOZ.

PRUSSIA.
M. de Gerlach, a Prussian judge, a writer in the
Kreut-Zeiteng, and a man of great literary repu-
tation in Germany, lately made a speech to the
Evangelical Society of Berlin, laying down the
principle of divine right on which King William
has obstinately acted ever since his accession to the
throne, in terms which have the merit of raising a
very distinct issue. This learned pundit says :

The rights of a sovereign, by the pat; of God, must not
be oonfouoded with those of any secondary authorities, not
even with those of the father of a family. Every right must
' give way to the royal prerogative. The royal right can
.either be diminished by opposing rights, nor by treatise,
traditions, constitutions, nor oaths. It is immutable, and
all resistance to it, whether active or passive, is unjust and
wicked.