The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-19 00:00:00

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HAYMARKET.
TRIG EVENING. FISH OUT OM WATER. Mr. Compton.
—FINESSE. Messrs. A. Wigan. Goers. Burkstooe, Gordon, and
Ferree; lira A. W Mrs. Wilklos, ALA L Angel, and Wes
1. WIigat—BULICKWRZ AT HOWL—And 111t8. WHITE.

LYCEUM.
TVs liSsamm, A SUDDEN ATTACK. Mews. Shore and
Widdicurcb ; Mum Ramada and Mis. Lea.—And TBK MUSS
MOTTO. Messrs. Feebler, note. Brougham, and Bapeond .
Mom C. Leclerc% K. Terry, and Mewortby.

BRITANNIA.
Tog limns., SEL WIDOW AND ORM ANS.—FAITH,
HOPE. AND CHARITY, with Professor Pepper s adaptation of
r. Dircke's BPRDTRAL ILLUSION.—And AURORA FLOYD.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 19.

Tae anticipation that Monday, the 4th of May,
would decide the fate of Hooamt or of Lazy has
been disappointed. According to the latest
accounts, the Federal General was busy entrench-
ing himself, whilst Las lay in his front. In the
meantime, however, Las had not been idle. It
will be remembered that during Sunday, the 3rd,
SEDOWICK was said to have crossed below Frede-
ricksburg, and to have carried the heights above
the town by storm. It now appears that the
force under SEDOWICK only amounted to 15,000
men—that they were assailed by overwhelming
numbers under Lowcwisarr, and, after serious loss,
were compelled to recross the Rappahannock,
under the fire of the enemy, and at once marched
to join the army under HOOKER, on the southern
bank of the same river. This took place
on Monday and early on Tuesday morn-
ing, and it probably accounts for the
inaction of Las. It was of vital importance to
him to disencumber his right flank of any body of
Federal troops, especially if they occupied so ad.
vantageous a position as SEDOWICK seems to have
reached above Fredericksburg. To secure this
object no doubt Las detached a considerable force
to overwhelm the Federal', or at all events to
compel their retreat, whilst he remained quiescent
with the bulk of the army awaiting any attalk of
HOOKER. The Federal' were probably too much
exhausted to resume the offensive on Monday, or
to take advantage of the diminution of the force
in their immediate front.

Provisional Government of Greece on the
subject, representing that " anarchy reigns at
" Athens in its most hideous form," and
threatening to leave the country unless ener-
getic measures are at once taken to put an
end to disorder. The Assembly has replied to
these remonstrances by assuring the Minister of
its determination to enforce the laws, and it will
no doubt keep its word. But it is time that an
end should be put to the uncertainty which is the
parent of disorder.

rbt eroun.

BALMORAL, MAT 17.

The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince Alfred, and
Prince Leopold, attended by the Duchess of Athole, Lady
Augusta Bruce, General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. and
Miss Grey, Major Cowell, Mr. Ruland, Mr. Buff, and Lord
Charles Fitzßoy, arrived at Balmoral yesterday afternoon
at tour o'clock from Windsor Castle.

The Duke of Newcastle arrived at the Cutle u the
minister in attendance upon her Majesty.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and
Prinoces Louis of Hesse, and Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Teesdale and Captain Westerweiler, visited the
Zoological Gardena, Rgent's-park, yesterday morning.
Captain Sinclair had the honour of an interview with the
Princess of Wales, and presented a carpet worked by the
Duchess of Gordon and same member of her family. The
Duchess of Beaufort and the Mayoras of Bristol had an in-
terview with the Prinosss of Wales, and presented adiamond
and sapphire Holbein to her royal highness from the ladies
of Bristol. . _ .

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The Prinoe and Princess of Wales and the Prince and
Princess Louis of Howe, attended by the Countess of
Macclesfield, Baroness von Schenck, Baroness von Grancy,
Major Teesdale, and Captain Westerweller, honoured the
Philharmonic Concet t with their presence last evening.

A deputation from Blackburn, and also one from Lanca-
shire and Cheshire, had interviews with the Right Hon. C.
P. Villiers yesterday, at the office of the Poor-law Board,
Whitehall.

TEE PRINCE OF WALED AND THE REFORMA-
TORT AND Rows UNTO .—Hie Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales has just intimated to the committee of the
Reformatory sod Mugs Union, through General !Coolly.,
his willingoses to accept the office of patron of the union, as
representing the reformatory movement throughout the
country. His royal highness has at the same time forwarded
• donation of 201. to the funds of the society.

The following answer has been received by Mr.
Gibsoe, one of the committee of British artists at Rome :
"April 29, 186 A—Lord Harris has received the commands
of her Royal Highness the Princess of Walee to express to
the 49 British subjects residing at Rome her warm acknow-
ledgments for the beautiful ornaments of Roman workman-
ship which then have presented to her. Lord Harris la
directed to add her royal highness's admiration of the work-
manship displayed in the execution, and the taste mani-
fested in the selection of the ornaments.—John Gibson,
Faq., LA." _ _ _

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary honoured the Dows„ver Lr3y
Truro with their company at dinner last evening, at her
residence in Eaton-square. Later in the evening her lady-
ship invited a select cirri. to meet their royal highnisees.
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney's entertain-
ment to the Prime and Prioress of Wales, which was to
have taken place on Thurwlay next, is unavoidably prat-
poned for the present.
. . . . .

Lady Moleaworth enterLained at dinner last
evening, at her reeidence in Eaton-place, the Earl Granville,
Maria Marchionces of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of
Cork, the Earl sad Countess Somers, Lord Henry Gordon
Lennox, M.P., Via:oust Torrington, the flight Hon. Sir
Edward Lytton, M.P., General Eber, Mr. Henry °mine,
Mr. Deluxe, and Dr. Quin.

Bat as Hooxia still maintained his position on
the south aide of the Rappahannock, the prob‘.-
bility is that he still cherished the design of making
another attack upon the Confederates. Before
doing so, however, it was absolutely necessary to
allow his army to rest, or, perhaps, to allow time
for the arrival of reinforcements. It must be re-
membered that the distance between Falmouth,
which lies opposite Fredericksburg, and Washing-
ton, is only 70 miles. Twenty miles of the way
consists of a railroad from Falmouth to Acquia
Creek, the rest of the journey is performed by
vessels. The ordinary traveller requires only a few
boors to perform the journey in a steamer, and
by the delay which has occurred the Government
at Washington must have had it in their power to
send any number of men that might be required.
On the other hand, it must be admitted that the
delay is in some degree prejudicial to the Federal;
inasmuch as they may be compelled to assume the
offensive, and to attack the Confederates in their
entrenchments. The manner in which Hooxra.
begins his next move will furnish further proof of
his military capacity.
The great battles which have just been fought
conclusively show that when the North and the
South meet in the open field they are fairly
matched against each other. Hitherto the South
have enjoyed the advantages of acting upon the
defensive and of being commanded by more able
officers. But the materials of which the two
armies are composed are tolerably equal. In
the Eastern States there is a certain per
centage of Germans and Irish, lately imported
from Europe, and comparatively mercenary. But
the people of the same European race who have
enlisted in the armies of the West have exhibited
none of this degeneracy. The truth is that in the
West are the elite of the American people. The."
are the vigorous, moral, and independent men who
migrated to these regions from • real desire to
better their condition and to found a great nation.
They have a genuine love for free institutions, and
they regard the defeat of the South as the on'y
guarantee for their national security. Accordingly,
those Western yeomen, like the majority of the
people in the Eastern States, are resolved to con-
tinue the struggle until the auperiorityof the North
is distinctly vindieeleel

The Yorkshire Society's ball came off last night
at Willia's Booms with great Mat. The interest evinced
by the leading Yorkshire families in the ball was shown by
a very fall attendans of ladies and gentlemen resident in
the several ridings. The feature of the evening was the
Countess De Grey's " Watteau Qua irille," supported by
thirty-two ladies and gentlemen. The costumes io this set,
although varying in colour and material, were uniform in
style, and with singular Gumption' all the ladies wore
powder.
_ _

George 111. held drawing-rooms much more fre-
quently than they are held at present. To quote the Court
Guide of 1792, "the king's levee days ere Wednesday end
Prieley, and likewise Monday during the sitting of perils.
meet ; his drawing-room days every Sunday and Thursday."
Mdlle. Titiene had a narrow escape on the stage
of Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening. At the close
of one of her brilliant seen.. several bouquets were thrown
upon the stage. The lady having collected them, advanced
to the footlights, and presented one to Signor Arditi, the
conductor of the orchestra. While in the act of banding
the flowers to the maestro her muslin sleeve ignited from
one of the lamp.. With remarkable presence of mind
Mdlle. Thiene seized the light material in her hand, and
instantly quenched the flame. The accident was observed
by the &adieux, whose delight at the artiste's escape and
prompt resumption of the duties of the scene gave rise to a
burst of applause.
Mr. Charles Dickens's " readings " are drawing
to a doer. " David Oopperfield " has been succeeded by
"Pest Dombery," which will be followed in its turn by the
Christine. OaroL"
Yesterday evening the distribution of prizes to
the students of the School of Art, St. Thoraas, Charter-
holm (in °amnesia) with South Kensington Museum), took
place in the theatre of the Museum. Mr. Henry Cole pre-
sided, and the theatre wee crowded. The chairman briefly
opened the proceedings, and Mr. Redeems having explained
the purpoers of the school and of ichools of art generally,
his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman delivered an appropriate
address on the advantages of art as a means of recreation,
in the course of which he warned his hearers against the
danger of imagining that because they had • oertain amount
of skill in art they were therefore to suppose they were pos-
sessed of genius, and under that influence to neglect their
ordinary calling. The prizes were afterwards distributed,
and the meeting we. addressed by the Her. Mr. Rogers end
other weaker,.

On Thursday week Mr. Hennessy will ask the

Chief Secretary for Ireland a question with reference to •
threatened government prosecution against the Rev. Patrick
Lavelle.

THE manner in which the Greek nation is being
trilled with is becoming serious. It is now more
than two months since Prince WiLisam of Denmark
was invited to allow himself to be elected King of
Geezer, and six weeks since the National Assembly
of the kingdom proclaimed him in that cha-
racter ; and yet the Greeks are kept in doubt as
to his resolution. The deputation which left
Athens several weeks since to Of the Crown to
the PRINCK is detained at Copenhagen, wit'xiut re-
ceiving any satisfactory or intangible enure and
now, on representing that its stay in Denmark
cannot be prolonged indefinitely, it is bid that
the PRTlfeeB decision is not to be expected
before the beginning of June. It would allay the
natural impatience of the Greeks, and at the same
Mime improve the Panics's position in the estima-
tion of impartial observers, if there were reason to
believe that the delay was inevitable, and had its
origin in solicitude for great public interests. L'n- '
fortunately, the only reports that are current trace
the postponement of a decision to considerations
drnastic. However this ma: be
tonsequenCes sure to ensue from a state of
prolonged uncertainty are grave. While Prince
WILLIAM delays, the administration of the govern-
ment of Greece suffers in every department.
Authority lacks the permanence and security which
are neceesary to its vigorous and efficient action,
and the protection of the law is weakened. The
disorganization has gone so far, that Mr. SCAZ-
LeTr, our Minister at Athens, as we learn from an
official letter of his, published in the Moniteur,
has taken the extreme course of addressing the

On going into committee on the Volunteers Bill,
Mr. Bagwell will move, "That, in the opinion of ihis
house, it is impolitic any longer to exclude Ireland from
the operation of the volunteer system, and unjust, should
such exclusion continue, to tax Ireland for the support of
English volunteers."

Sir De Lacy Evans proposes to aak the Secretary
to the Treasury on the 29th, " what the Postusaster-General
intends to do with the sine residences attached to the
district post-offices situated at High Holborn, Vere-street,
Buckingtuun Gate, Camden Town, Lambeth, Borough,
Islington, Bethnal-green, and Commercial-road, which have
been unoccupied for periods varying from one to five yearL"

A portion of the crown &monde of Portugal
are about to be mold to realise the value of about 60,0001.
Several foreign dealers have appeared as bidders, but it is
probable that the sale will be made in Loodon.

The next steamer to be expected from New York
is the City of Manchester, with dates to May 9, which will
probably arrive to-morrow.

The Canada papers mention that the people of
the Red River settlement h►ve petitioned the provincial
parliament for the opening of a road from Canada to British
Colombia through the Red River and Satkatclievran re-
gioon, and the establishment of a telegraphic line.

The decimal system, so convenient in commercial
transactions, has juat been adopted by the Peruvian govern.
meei, Y it was prc.touslY /2"; tile Chl!ka. As one
movement naturally produces another, the government at
Liras has expressed a desire to have some coin struck off
according to the French system, and the ueotsraz7 machi.
any has been ordered in Paris for that purpose.
REPRINEXTATIoN Or vita ClTY.—Among the
gentlemen slresdy mentioned, in eonoexion with the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Waters Wood, as
likely to come forward as candidates in the liberal interest,
am Alderman and Sheriff J. C. Lawmen, Mr. Samoel Moe.
ley, Mr. Hodgson (chairman of the Bank of England). sled
Mr. Alderman Homphery, who represented B,mi/week for
a period of twenty years after the passiur of the Reform
Bill. The committee which erten the organ of the liberals
of the City meets today.

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1863.