The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-03 00:00:00

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HADZIAX.-(Y118 DAY.)

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INDISPOSITION OF OF THE PRINOES.S OF WALES.

This morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, the Prince
of Wales, attended by Colonel Grey and • small suite, left
Marlborough House for Halifax.
We regret to announce that, in consequence of the some-
what sudden indisposition of the Princess of Wale*, her
royal highness wu unable to accompany the Prince.
It appears from inquires instituted this morning that the
Prince and Princess returned from Osborne on Satovday,
and that the Princess soon afterwards complained of great
languor and fatigue. Nothing was thought of it, however,
and the Princess retired to rest early. Yesterday monde
her royal highness attended Divine service in the Chapel
Royal, in company with the Prince, and in the afternoon
they drove together is the park.
It was on their return that her royal highness intimated
her belief that on account of returning indisposition she
should be unable to accompany the Prince to Halifax. His
royal highness instantly expressed his intention to intimate
his wish to the authorities of Halifax that the ceremony of
opening the town ball, fixed for to-morrow, should be Duel,
paned for • few days, believing that the presence of the Prin-
cess would he the great attraction of the royal visit. The Prin-
cess at once expressed a hope that the Prince would proceed
to Halifax alone, and to that coarse his royal highness, after
much persuasion, assented. As soon as that decision was
arrived at, • telegraphic message was despatched to Mr.
John Crossley, the Mayor of Halifax, stating the inability of
the Princess to attend, and adding that the Prince would
be present according to the previous arrangement.
His royal highness arrived at the King's-cross Station
shortly before 10 o'clock. A large and fashionable company
had assembled, and much diuppointment was manifested
at the absence of the Princess of Wales, owing to the cause
explained above.

Hie royal highness was attended by Major-Cenerel
Kiloßye and Major Teesdale, sad was received by
Mr. B. Denison, the chairman ; Mr. Packs, and
other directors; Mr. Soy moor Clerks, the general
manager; Mr. Oakley, Mr. W. Lee, and other
officials. The Prince bowed to the company col-
lected on the platform, and then took his seat in the
royal saloon carriage, which the Queen mw on the v:eits to
Scothod, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood joining his
royal highness.
The engine of the train, which was a special one,
and not the ordinary express, es has been stated,
was Meta ally decorated with &mere and everg-mens. Oa
the sides over the driving wheels were representations of
the Prince of Wales's plume, and the bead and front of
the engine bore a painting of the crown and sceptre,
with the words " Special train." His royal highness
having made some brief inquiries of the chairman as to the
journey, and being handed s time bill of the pm, train,
the special took its departure precisely at 10 o'clock, the
Northern express being kept back tea minutes or SO.

The Prime will retina to town to-morrow afternoon.

A large oonceurse of spectators wax usembled in the
New•rosd and at King's•cross to see his royal highness as
he passed.
It is expected that Halifax will be reached by the royal
train about half • put fire o'clock this afternoon.

The Manchester Ouordian of this morning or :—" Mr.
Crossley, the mayor of Halifax, yesterday received a com-
munication from Cenral RooSys, stating that the Princess
of Wales was 'not quite well enough to travel,' sad would
not, therefore, accompany the Prince to Halifax. So far as
Halifax is concerned, the arrival and departure of WI royal
highness will be the same 11•11 previously arranged ; but in-
steed of the Prince of Wales going to Ripon and Studley,
he will return direct to London."

Our readers (says the Leeds Mercury of to-day),
especially those who have been anticipating the visit of the
Prince and Primers of Wales to their localities during the
remit week, will learn with great regret that the Princess
of Wales is not well enough to travel, and will consequently
not visit Halifax. The Prince of Wales will, how-
ever, arrive in that town as previously arranged, and
will to-morrow open the New Towa Hall, but indeed
of proceeding after that event to Ripon by way of Leeds,
his royal highness will return to London in the evening.
How far the further arrangements of the royal pair may be
carried out as regards Yorkshire we do not pewees informa-
tion which enables ua to speak with any certainty, bat orr,
Ripon correspondent dates that Earl de Grey and Ripon
has reosived a OOMMUdiegioll that their royal highness=
will sot visit Ripon until Wednesday, instead of Tuesday ;
and that they will remain at Studley Royal only one
night, and will then proofed to Scotland.

LORD CLYDE.—Letters received in town thin
morning state that Lord Clyde, who seemed to have rallied
during the last few days, and of whose recovery some hopes
were raised, has relapsed into his former condition, and
that his medical attendants do not feel justified in holding
out any expectations of a favourable result. He is extremely
weak.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has
presented the officers of the 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream
Guards with a very beautiful Badminton jug of silver gilt
and crystal, from a design selectrd by Mr. A. S. Lumley
and manufactured by Messrs. London and Ryder. On the
lid is a large Coldstream star and the drum of the regi-
meet, and on the base the following inscription :—" Pre-
sented by H. R. H. William Psince of Orange to the officers
of the god Battalion Coldstream Gouda, in remembrance of
a happy week spent with them at Windsor, June, 188'3."

Her Highness the Maharanee Jendan Kower,
the widow of the late Maharajah Runjeet Singh, of the
Sikhs, and the mother of the Maharajah Duleep Singh, died
oo Saturday morning at a quarter-part bat Abingdon House.
Kensington.
THE REPRESENTATION OF MONTOOMERTSHIRE.
An address toe just been issued to the electors of the
Montgomeryshire boroughs, soliciting their votes for,
representing the boroughs in parliament, in the room
of their late representative, Captain Jobosou, by
the Hon. Charles Banbury Tracy, brother to the to
lieutenant of the county. and son of the late Lord Sudsier.
The present Lord Sadsley, it will be recollected, con.
tested the representation of the county with Mr. Wynn
last year, on liberal principles ; so that the present can-
didate his the advantage of being known through Lis family
to the eoessituency whose confidence be asks. It is under
stood that them will be opposition offered, and a member of
the Herbert family is spoken of as likely to be put forward
by the Tory party.
TONBRIDGE SCHOOL. The visitation of the
&inure' Company, who are the governors of the school.
sod the distribution of the prism, took place in the old
building, for the last time, on Wednesday. By April next
the new buildings will be occupied, and the visitation will
take place is them. Tonbridge School has existed now for
310 years, baring been founded by Sir Andrew Jodde, Lord
Mayor of London in the reign of Edward VI., and parte of
the original structure have stood through all that period, im-
mediately facing the London-mad. As might be expected,
neither the schoolrooms nor the dormitories are at this time
commensurate with models requirements. The foundation
storm of the new building was laid in May last. The school
has takes its position among the rising schools of the present
day, and has this year signalised itself by gaining four first
classes, red two sebolusbiu of importance, besides minor
diatioctione, at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
A PORTAGE STAMP CHURCH. —A church has re-
cently been erected at Kilburn, In a peat measure by means
of postage stamps collected on appeal from all England. but
there is some difference between those who were the pro-
moters of this postage stamp movement and the mamas-
tical authorities upon the subject of the charge for pew
rents and the appropriation of fro meats. A few days
since Mr. Donald Nicoll, on the PA of the mestere!'
society of St. Mary. Kilburn, in which district the church
is situate, attended before the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
in Whitehall-place, and protested, in the drat plus, against
the pew recta being charged at 365. per seat, when it was un-
derstood they were only to be 25e. at the starting of eubecrip-
tines. He also insisted that there should be 300 sittings,
with the word Free" thereon, and not all at the back of
the Unroll, three appropriated under twenty in number
neer the pulpit being wholly inadequate for the deaf and
infirm poor of the district. The commissionen bare taken
time to deliberate upon the question, and there is reams to
believe the requests will be granted —Observer.
AN ANCIENT ROMAN RING.—Some time since
• small finger ring. of very pure gold and antique workman-
ship and ornamentation, was picked up in a garde. in the
Upper Brooks, and came into the possession of Mr. Edward
Brown, jeweller, of Winchester. by whom it wu submitted
to Mr. Edward Hawkins, Mr. Waterton, and other eminent
antiquarians, with • view of esoertaining its date, and the
meaning of marks, lee., upon its outer circle. The result
of the inquiries proves it to belong to tbe Roman period. pro.
bably of the time of Constantine the Great. The device
upon it is the Christian monogram rudely scratched. The I
four dote, which make a part the design, intimate four of
the wounds of oar Lord the fifth dot was in the middle,
bat as it is somewhat obliterated by the cross, at first sight
it is almost imperceptible. Mr. Waterton, of London, who
possesses a very lane collection el action, rings, has be-
come the owner of this retie of Roman personal °moment,
which. from its size. *Dee was undoubtedly worn by • lady.
It is too small ever to have fitted any door belonging to
one of the ender sex.—Hosts Adeerkser.
CRYSTAL PALACE. -4IA LF-A•CROWN DAY. ••••-
SATOIDAY, ROGUST I.—Admissions on isaymut, 2,874 ;
mite by soon *Ws, 2,366 ; kola, 6,229,