The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-12 00:00:00

MB PRINCESS ROYAL.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal (Crown
Primates elYniesia) will arrive in this country on Saturday,
es a visit to her widowed mother. The Princess will
embark in the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, at Antwerp,

en Friday evening, and ber royal highness may be expected
to arrive at °messed about 2 o'clock on Saturday after
noon. The PrMoses ennead at the Cuntom•houss-quay ;
and, in consegasoce of an expressed desire to that effect,
there will be no demonstration on the part al the corporate

aethorltise of the borough. Her royal highasse, who, it is '
probable, will be met by the Princes@ Alice at Omveeeud,
will proceed over the South• Eastern Railway to Strood, and
demos to Guildford, from whence the illustrious traveller
will pass over the direct line to Portsmouth, en route for
°skarn&

In the arranpments made for the Prince of
Wales's receptiou at Vienna, every care has been taken to
avoid even the appearance of say political object being in-
eluded io the visit. The invitation to make am of the
Hofbarg has been accordingly declined with thanks, and it
is probable that, if the embassy can hod no adequate sccom-
noodation, his royal highness will stay at an hotel during his
two days' residence in the capital.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at
Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, at Ave p.m. yes-
Malay. He was to dine and sleep there, and mil for Ostend
at half.prei eight a.m. to-day.
His Excellency the Greek Minister and Madame
and Mdas. Triooapi left Folkestone yesterday for Paris,
en mete to Greece. During his excellency's absence from
his poet Monsieur Charilaus Tricoupi, secretary to the
legation, remains in London as chafe d'aifaires.
The Duke of Hamilton left town yesterday for
Paris.
The Duke of Buccleuch and the Earl of Dalkeith
left Helpers-square on Monday for Dalkeith Palace, Edin-
burgh.
The Marquis de Chateaubriand arrived at Albert-
, ;ate House yestordey, from visiting the Earl and Countess
of Harrington, at Brutal Castle, Derbyshire.
The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere have left
Bridgewater Howe for Harwood, Surrey.
The Earl of Howth arrived at the Pavilion Hotel,
Folkestone, on Monday.
The Countess of Shrewsbury, the Earl and
Countess Manses, Colonel and Mrs. Hyddleton Biddulph,

have loudly protested in word and deed against the Hoe. Mr. Mennen Sutton, and Lori A. St. Maur have
the solution proposed by Sir Jons THELAWNY left the St. George's HOWL
and accepted by members on his side of the House; The Countess Dowager of Cawdor has left town
and they are therefore bound in common conic- on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, at Bur-
tency and self-respect to propose some other plan wona•
which they think better fitted and more likely to Viscountesa Boyle was safely delivered of a son
accompli,:i the end in view. If the Conservative 0° M"'"l'7' at bee residence in Hanover-slut"'
members hive agreed on such a plan, it ought to be Lord and Lady Pultimore and Major Weyland
introducea with as little delay as possible. Some have arrived at the St. Georges Hotel.
Sir Edivird and Caroline Kerrison have
who take a special interest in the question were, . .. . . Lady . .
arrived at their residence in Piccadilly, from their seat in
we believe, laudably anxious to turn the vacation seefelh.
to account, by elaborating the details of a scheme Sir Edmund Head has left town for Paris.
which, if not generally acceptable, might at least Lord Alfred Churchill, on Friday, will ask the
be one in which their party could unite. We Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is
may now fairly hope and expect to see the intention of her Majesty's government to send a corn.
the remit: of their labours. Sir JOHN mismoner to Dahomey to treat with the Kiu; for the entire
THELAWNV shares this expectation, and, in order abolition of bin barbarous sacrifices of human beings, and
to give mule time for the introduction of the for the discoutinuanre of the slave trade in his dominions ;
housewhether there is any objection to lay
.upon the
Conservative scheme, he has, we believe, fixed the ' smtabil'efoufrtht;r: any correspondence or memorials that
second reading of his Bill for a distant day. may have been addressed to the government on this subject.
It would be in the highest degree derogatory On Monday next Mr. Murray will ask the Attor-
to the Conservatives to imagine for a moment pay-Gmeral whether it is the intention of her Majesty's
that they are not prepared to turn this interval government to introduce a bill to consolidate the laws reli-
t° account. No party that hoped to maintain its tie; to bankruptcy.
position in the House and before the country ; Mr. Childers' to-morrow will ask the First Coin-
would voluntarily incur the reproach of weakness missioner of Works what steps government propose to take I
and insincerity to which such culpable neglect for renderiog the International Exhibition more accessible, i
1... whether any of them will require the approval of par-
would inevitably expose them. Least of all surely and
would the champions of the Church shrink from 1 Mr.t.Lindany has given notice of a motion in the
the duty they have so assiduously courted, which Howe of Commons, ee the sth inst., to the effect, that
they have voluntarily assumed, and are now bound .‘ in the opinion of this house, her Majesty's government
by every obligation of public duty, parliamen- ' ought to adopt measures to awry into effect the nommen-
tary good faith, and self-respect to discharge. ' dation.. of the select committee of this house appointed
We must say, however, that Mr. S. DIMWIT'S ID 1,010 to inquire Into the transport service, or at least
such portions of the report of 1561 as were unanimously
short speech last night is not very reassuring on
this point. He intimated on behalf of Mr. C 11.085 adopted by the said committee."
Mr. Childers will call the attention of the House
that the scheme of compromise which, it will be
of Commons to the successful crossing of the Australian
remembered, that gentleman brought forward at ', continent by the expedition under the charge of Mr.
the close of last session, will not be re-introduced I Burke ; and to move aa address for copies of all despatches
this year. This announcement was only what ' from Sir Henry Darkly and the other colonial governors
might naturally have been expected, for Mr. is the subject, on Tuesday seat.
Caoas's scheme really had no supporters, having . Cou Monday next the Lord Chancellor will call
Bsseatitoenutionw of Mie. Bosse of Lords to the subject of the
been equally and almost universally opposed on I
both sides of the Homo. But after dismissing this , Isle
s The general committeetrasaf of elections for the
crude plan, it was natural to expect that Mr. S. ,
sent session consists of Sir F. T. Baring, Bart., the 4) ht
E.T. ("car would have announced, on behalf of the Hon. S. H. Walpole, H. A. Herbert, Sir W. Niles Dart.,
leaders of the party, some better and more feasible B. K. Seymer, and J. B. Carter.