The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-29 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMTR A LIT, S CPT. 28.—A PPM NTM ENTS. COW -
maDder T. A. Swiabourne to he an impecting commander of
the Coast Guard, vice J. C. Campbell, whose period of five
years service has expired.
Paymasters Charles S. Gnat, to the Wellesley ; Joseph
Whittall, to the Hawke.
Naval Instructor C. H. S. Leicester, to the Achilles (corn.
mistimed).
Naval Cadets (nominated) Charles Pleydell Batmen' and
Charles William Virgin.
Chaplains the Rev. W. 11. Holman, to be chaplain of
the Formidable; sad the Rev. H. A. Middleton, to be
chaplain of the Frederick William (these officers having
been allowed to effect an escheats) ; the Rev. H. Par-
ameter, to the Akonkir, vim Howe. decesaed ; the Rev.
E. L. Bowmen, to the Trafalgar, vice Good, whose period of
three years home service has expired ; the Rev. E. Good,
to the Achilles.
Chaplains and Naval Instructors the Rev. G. W. R.
Lichdce, to the Aaron. vim Doraville; the Rm. D. E.
Domville, to the Britannia, vim Parmenter, whose period
of three raise home service hes expired, sad complement of
ailp laving boss shirred.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES
IN DENMARK.

(nom omit arscuz. oossibPOIDUT.)
OOPENBAGEN, Sur. 25.

Although yesterday af bernoon was rainy it bad rare
intervals of finer weather, when, at least from over-
head, no trouble was occasioned to persons who
dreaded a wetting, albeit they were obliged to pick
their way carefully amongst streams and pools of
water. One of these pleasant intervals occurred
about three o'clock, and, as that how had been
fixed for the royal embarkation, more than a thou-
sand persons were gathered upon the custom-house
wharf. I underrated that locality in regard to its
power of receiving a crowd. There might have
been twice as many as there were, and yet no incon-
venience caused to anyone. It was wonderful to
see how small boys bad stowed themselves away
among piles and chains, or how sailor lade stood
balancing upon the gunwales of their boats. All
present looked earnestly at anobject straight before
us, which showed with almost uunatural brightness
against the sombre background of rain-cloud and
dimly-seen merchant vessels. The yacht
Osborne, with her gilt mouldings, her orna-
mented stern, with yellow paddle-boxes an(
funnel of similar hue, lay moored to a wooden jetty
that protects the harbour's mouth. She was "stern
on," as I mentioned in my last letter, and a gang-
way covered with crimson cloth afforded easy ac-
cess to her deck. Ousts of southerly wind blew
the smoke and steam (signs of readiness to start)
over her bow ; ensigns fluttered forward, pointing
in the same direction. It was evident that, but for
strong warps passing from her quarters to the
pier, she would drift rapidly seaward. There was
also a line from her port bow to a large mooring-
post ahead, which kept her steady. Officers in full
uniform, with enormous cocked hats and decorated
breasts, moved to and fro upon the deck. Marius*,
whose scarlet tunics excited much interest, as being
the dress of Engelsks soldater, were marched aft
and drawn up stiffly on the quarter deck. A slight
shower presently commenced, so that the yacht's
awning was ordered to be stretched in haste.
Whilst some executed this command others of the
crew mustered upon the bridge, an equivaleut for
manning yards, where three taper masts uncrossed
by such appendages forbid the customary
mareeuvre. Royal carriages now drove up, bringing
ladies and gentlemen of the suite. The guard
' turned out from the Custom-house, and stood
thenceforward at attention. Drip—drip—the rain
had returned in full force, umbrellas were put up
by spectators in front, and speedily taken down at
the tirm request of persons iu rear. Active police-
men kept open a path to the crimson-covered
gangway, and on board everything was prepared,
the awning being properly stretched.
I An old clock, with golden hands creeping over a
' blue dial, which has told many a steamboat passen-
ger that he was too late, and has enabled genera-
tions of dockyard labourers, thronging home after
I work, to measure their distance from supper, indi-
cated ten minutes after three, when a couple of
four-horse carriages appeared iu sight. People
I gathered round them, drenched outriders iu scarlet
cloaks pranced vaguely off the Beetle. There wa•
bowing and umbrella opening as their Majesties,
with the Prince and Princess, alighted. King
Christian's younger children accompanied him, and
the whole party proceeded at out* to the Osborne.
I noticed several diplomats, members of the
Prince's suite, and so forth, amongst a distin-
guished group now collected beneath that shelter-
' iog awning. Broad-shouldered marines, who had
presented arms when the King stepped on board,
formed a barrier that prevented us watchers ashore
from seeing much, whilst our hearing was dead-
ened by salvoes of artillery from the Sextus Battery.
After about a quarter of an hour the royal family
came quickly back. Hata were lifted, soldiers
I saluted, and when duly tilled the four-horse car-
riages trotted away. They were busied on the yacht
with removing their crimson landing-stage. It was
gone at last, the line from ber port bow was cast
off and hauled in, she swung slightly to starboard,
I getting her head on the proper course. "Now, men,
look alive with those warps !" is heard from some-
one
in authority. A Dannebrog that has waved
!side by side with our royal standard at the main
is lowered, the warps in question are cleared, and
she is free. At this moment the Prince appears oo
deck, and those great black wheels plunge slowly
round. A hearty cheer is given by the crowd, he
bends in acknowledgment, another and another
about, the Osborne has glided a cable's length ahead,
but we can still see his royal highness standing
uncovered near her port paddle-box. One cheer
, more and the assemblage quietly disperses. It is
not weather for loitering out of doors. An atten-
dant British war-steamer has followed in a cloud
of black smoke, a Danish despatch boat has manned
yards as the Osborne passes her. There needs only
a sufficient noise of cannon to do honour to the de-
parture of Denmark's guests, and this is given ere
long, in rolling echoes from the forts that wish
, them, in military fashion, a safe voyage to Sweden.

PREPARATIONS IN SWEDEN FOR THE
PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.

(TROY OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
STOCK HOLM, FRIDAE, SEPT. 23.
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Although the Prince and Princess of Wales in
visiting Sweden will not find a crowd of affectionate
relations to greet them, I am sure that the few days
they will spend here will be passed as pleasantly as
a hearty welcome from King and people can make
them. In Denmark the Princess found herself
surrounded with the old associations of Ler child-
hood ; in this beautiful city she will be encompassed
with the regal splendour to which she has now so
unquestionable a right. The palace here is a
umjeetic building, and its size is prodigious. From
its windows the finest houses iu Stockholm are to
be seen, while on one hand lies the entrance to the
Maier Lake, and on the other the harbour, with its
magnificent range of granite quays. There is
scarcely so grand and imposing a town view
in any city of Europe as that which you
obtain from the windows or the terrace of the
Stockholm Palace. The King of Sweden, however,
has nut to rely alone upon the grandeur of Lis city
residence. A few miles from the town lies the
noble chateau of Ulrinstal, and here the royal
visitors will remain during a part of their visit.
They will also be taken to the palace of the Queen
Dowager, and everywhere they will be entertained
in the moat sumptuous fashion. Apart, however,
from the State festivities which will be prepared in
their honour, they cannot hut be delighted with
the natural beauties of this place. Taking them
into consideration altogether, the physical beauties
of the site are unparalleled. The " grey metropolis
of the North" has higher hills, but it is thrust uack
three miles from the sea. In Stockholm the clear
green waters of the Baltic and of the Mater Lake
wash the granite quays of the city within a stone's
throw from the palace windows, and glide through
the town in all directions, giving it in places a per-
fectly Venetian appearance. Venice itself, however,
considering its natural advantages irrespectiveof the
associations which make its mournful canals so

premive to the imagination, is entirely without the
green and wooded hills which surround the Malar
Lake and the channel which leads out into the
italtie. Paris has splendid buildings, but has she
splendid vessels lying by her quays, and the oom-
meree of distant nations flowing directly into her
streets I St. Petersburg is a work of art unsur-
passed in the world, but it is built where nature
intended That there should be a mamas ; the site of
Stockhoha seems designed by nature for the recep-
tion of the beautiful town which has been raised.
I intend to give you a more definite idea of this
place than you will derive from my general ex-
pressions of admiration, but first let me speak of
the arrangements which have been made for the
great event of the coming week.
It is expected that the Prince and Princess will
be here on Monday. They come here by sea in the
Osborne, and as they leave Copenhagen on Saturday
they will of course be here some time on Monday.
The voyage takes about forty hours for a fast
ship like the royal yacht, and unless they
put off their departure till a very late hour, or till
Sunday morning, as it was proposed at one time
that they should do, they will be here on Monday.
A Swedish steam frigate will proceed to Landsort
beforehand and there await the Osborne. Landsort
is at the entrance of the archipelago of islands
through which the vessels bound for Stockholm
have toailld their way. This archipelago is ex-
tiful q sassy of the islands Me so
abrupt that great ships can pass close by them and
throw a biscuit, as sailors say, ashore. The depth
of water is great enough, I believe,. to allow the
Aurora to accompany the yacht right up to the
town. The ships will steam up in a lordly manner
past the crowded mercantile quay, and will land
their passengers on the side of the harbour opposite
to the palace. I fancy that the object of this is to
give them a little drive when they land ; the excuse
is that the quay where they are to disembark is that
usually used by yachts, while the quays on the
other side are used for commercial purposes.
The first member of the Swedish royal family
whom the Prince and Princess will see will be
Prince Oscar, who will go out to meet the Osborne
in the Swedish frigate, accompanied by Mr. Hamil-
ton, the Secretary, and at present, in the absence of
the Minister, Mr. Jerningham, Charge d'Affaires of
the English legation, and the Attache, Mr. Charles
Heneage. The King, I take it, will receive his
royal guests in the palace, but Charles XV. of
Sweden is not a man to stand upon ceremony more
than can be avoided. I should think the Prince of
Wales will find him a very charming host. He is
about thirty-eight years old, tall and well pro-
portioned, a man of immense muscular power and
energy, with a dark, piercing eye, aquiline nose,
and black hair, beard, whiskers, and moustache,
which are short and crisp and curly. He is ex-
cessively popular, constantly about amongst his
people, and, except when a great occasion like this
forces him to be ceremonious, friendly and kind to
all. I travelled yesterday iu the same train which
brought him up from a little place in the country
where he has been hunting for the last few days,
and I saw him get out at every station, shake hands
with numbers of people, take his bat off to the
ladies, and eat when he was hungry in the refresh-
ment rooms.

The rooms prepared for the Prince of Wales are
those which were occupied by King Charles John
(Bernadotte that was). Another set of apartments
adjoining these, which were formerly occupied by
Prince Oscar, the King's brother, are prepared for
the Princess. Of course the arrangements may
be changed iu accordance with circumstances, but
at present it is intended that on Wednesday there
should be a dinner and a ball at the palace of the
Queen Dowager at Drottningsholm, and an excur-
sion on the haler lake is talked of for Thursday.

ITALY.

(nom ova owx colacaroxozaT.)
TURIN, Sarr. 26.

Yesterday I witnessed the sad spectacle of the
funeral of one of the victims of the 22nd, who died
at the hospital of Saint John. It was a very
mournful scene indeed, for a cry of revenge was
beard all along the way to the cemetery, and in the
very preciuts of the cemetery itself. It is customary
in Italy when a person belonging to the educated
classes of society dies for the family to announce
the sad:'event to their relations and friends. This
letter of " faire-part," as the French call it, is
printed on paper, with black edges. The formula
is always the same, and ends with the phrase,
"that a requiem is requested for the soul of the
dead." Well, Signor Gandiglio, a lawyer of Turin,
highly esteemed, had the misfortune to lose his
only son, a boy of 18, who was killed under the
porticos of Po whilst going home. In announcing
his misfortune Avvocato Giunliglio said in the letter
that his son had been murdered ; and in asking
for the requiem he adds, " and the malediction
of Heaven over those who have been the canoe of
the young man's death." You see that even the
grave does not atop the desire of revenge.
The ministry, which everybody thought would
have been easily formed by General La Marmora,
has not been yet completed. Signor Lanza has ac-
cepted, and has already taken the direction of, the
Home-office ; but it seems that the other gentlemen
whose names I sent you yesterday have not yet
made up their minds. Some, it is said, have re-
fused ; others have put conditions which Ge-
neral La Marmora could nut accept. I have
reason to believe, however, that the list I sent you
yesterday will prove to be pretty well correct. It
is true that Baron Ricasoli's sudden arrival
at Turin Lad led some people to believe
that Lamarmora had begged the King to
have recourse to the former Governor of Tuscany.
1 think, however, that the illustrious baron has
been summoned to Turin more for the object of
asking his advice than to offer him the presidency
of the new cabinet. The question which every-
one asks now is, whether the new cabinet will ac-
cept the Franco-Italian Convention and the secret
protocol on which it stands, or whether they will
open new negotiations with the court of France,
and ask for certain concessions, among which, it is
reported, that of allowing Italy to take possession
of Velletri will be insisted upon. All conjectures,
however, are premature, and nobody can yet tell
what will be done by the new ministers on this
subject. That the convention will be accepted
by Lamarmora's cabinet in its main stipu-
lations, I am pretty certain ; but as far as the
secret articles are concerned it is altogether an-
other question. The upholders of the convention
say that, not only will it lead Italy to Rome, but
that it secures the armed support of France in the
imminent war against 'Austria. But this, as you
see, is the cuuhur de roae of the business, which is
too promising to be true. I only wish it were
true, fur the good of Italy and for the peace of
Europe.

AMERICA.

Our advises from New York are to the lith.
The New York papas of the 15th contain the fol-
lowing important letters from Generals Grant and
Sherman respecting the necessity of enforcing the
draft :

Oty Past, Sept. 13.

Hea. Edwin Y. Stanten, Secretary of War.—We ought
to have the whole number of moo called far by tee Presi-
dent in the shortest possible time. Prompt action in filling
our armies will hive more effect upon the enemy than •
victory ever them. They profess to believe, and make their
assn believe, there Is such • party North in favour of recog-
nising Southern independence that the draft mead be *a-
toned. Leith= be undeceived. Deserters come into our
lines daily, who tell as that the man are nearly univenally
tired of the war, and that desertions would be much more
frequent, bat they believe peace will be negotiated after
the fall election. The enforcement of the draft and prompt
filling up of oar armies will save the shedding of blood to
an immense degree.—U. S. Grum Lientenent-GeneseL
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 13.

1100. Edwin M. Mantas, Secretary of War.—l am very
glad to hem the draft will be enforced. Pint, we need the
asp ; mond, they acme as privates to fill up our old end
tried regiments with their experienced officers already on
head; cad third, because the enforcement of the law will
mealiest,* power resident m oar government easel Me the
ommion; Oar goverment, though a democracy, should in
Slams of trouble sod Luger he ablete widdlacerewer of •
peat canoe. T. SHERMAN, Major-Gees al.
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Following these letters is a despatch by Mr.
Stanton, thus worded :—" The draft is ordered to
commence in all the States and districts
where the quota is not filled by volunteers on
Monday, the 19th, and will go on until completed.
Volunteers and substitutes will be received and
credited toss late a period as possible. Volunteer- 1
lug is still progressing with vigour in moat of the
States."
General Sherman has determined to make At-
lanta an exclusively military poet. He has, there-
fore, ordered all citizens to leave the place within
ten days, and go north or south, as they may prefer. I
The Southern papers appear to be greatly euraged
by this order, and express their indignation in no
measured terms. The Bichnumd &Wiwi speaks of
it as "an event unparalleled in the American
war." After calling Sherman " the chief among
savages, the captain among pirates, the leader
among highwaymen, the print.* among scoundrels
and brutes,and the foremost villain of the world,"
the editor calls upon the people to come out, if any
are left, and make the war, " horrible as it has
been, still more so." He says, "No matter about
age now. The last man and the last boy must take
Ins musket sooner '-han endure such outrages as
that at Atlanta."

The following correspondence upon this measure
has been published :