The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-06 00:00:00

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES

IN THE NORTH.

Their royal highnesses are not likely to be present, as was
at one time hoped, at the opening of the Baxter-park in
Dundee. In reply to an invitation addressed to their royal
highnesses through Sir John Ogilvy, General !Coolly. wrote
some days ago in the following terms :—•• His royal highness
has directed me to express to you how folly he concurs in
the high sense you entertain of the munificence of Sir David
Baxter's gift to the inhabitant. of Dundee, of a park for their
we, and the great satisfaction it would have afforded
both to the Princess and himself to have been
present at its opening had it been at all com-
patible with their engagements. Unfortunately at present
it is not so ; and with regard to the future, his royal high-
ness is so uncertain as to the duration of his stay in Scot-
land that he feels he is unable to promise the attendance of
the Princess and himself at the ceremony of the inaugura-
tion of the statue and park with any certainty of keeping
the engagement. His royal highness desires me at the
esme time to repeat his great regret at being thus prevented
from testifying by his presence the interest he shall ever
feel in the succors of so good a work, and in the welfare of
him who has so nobly and generously contributed to the en-
joyment and benefit of others." In the absence of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Earl of Dalhousie
has consented to take a leading part in the opening cere-
mony, which hes been fixed for Wednesday, September 2.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Lady
Caroline Lennox have come to town for the marries. of
Lord Alexander Gordon Leooox sod Mies Townley, mooed
daughter of Colonel sod Lady Caroline Townley.
The Duke and Duchess de Saldanha and Donna
Emily de fialdaaha have left the Clarendon Hotel for
Bydenham.
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The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley
arrived at their Nikko°, on Carlton-home-terms on Tues-
day, from Houghton Hell, Norfolk.
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The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdon ne
have ►aired ►t Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, from
Bps, in Belgium, where they have passed several weeks.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, ac-
companied by Lord Bamford and Kim Leslie, left town
yesterday, for Homburg, near Frankfort.
The Earl of Powis, with the countess and Ladies
Herbert, have left Berkeley-square, for Fowls Castle, mss
Welebpool.
The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith have left
town for Scotland.

The Earl of Wilton, on leaving Goodwood Park,
Teat to Cowes for the yachting season.

The Earl and COUUt43BB of Fingall have left
Edwards'a Royal Cambridge Hotel, for Killer. Castle,
Ireland.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave
town shortly for Weimer Castle, Kent, where the noble
premier and Lady Palmerston will entertain a succession of
guests.
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Count de Lambertye has arrived at the Claren-
doe Hotel from the hie of Wight.

The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait entertained
his Eminence the Archimandrite Nilo, (of the Greek
church) at dinner at Fulham Palace yesterday evening.
The Bishop of London end Mrs. Tait 'V, be " at home "
this afternoon, at Fulham Pala's, to receive friends at •
garden party from four to seven o'clock. The bishop will
be honoured by the presence of the Archimandrire Nilo',
with his chaplain and secretary. Thu New Zealand Chiefs
will also, we learn, be received by the bishop.

Lord Kilmarnock and the Hon. Arthur Hay
have joined the Earl and °ouster of Erroll at Slains
Oastle, the family seat in Aberdeenshire.
Colonel and Mrs. Plunkett Burton have arrived
at the Queen't Hotel, Upper Norwood.

The Hon. Charles Howard, M.P., left town last
week for Naworth Castle, the ancient seat of the family in
Cumberland.

Mr. and Mrs. R. K Milnea have left town for
Germany.

Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft Davies have returned to
the Clare=lam Hotel from Brighton.

GRAMS, CYST TOR THE LAT' PRINCZ CONSORT
AID YRS QI7IIX.—A stone has beau successfully cut from
the Ceirogell granite quarry at Peterhead, which is to
form a tomb fur Prince Albert—on a smaller scale, but on the
same principle as the tomb of Napoleon at Pair, being
placed on the floor of the vault, and not underground.
The stone is tea feet long, by about seven braid, and
three and a ball deep ; and it is to be out into a
sort of sarcophagus to rest on a pedestal. Two cysts are to
be cut in the stone for the insertion of coffins, and lids left
to be cemented down. The body of the late Prince is to
occupy the one cyst ; and we believe it is the express wish
of her Majesty that her own remains shall be deposited
in the other. The obtaining of this stone has been
work of extreme difficulty—one or two fine blocks having
been already rejected for flaws. The done weighs above 18
tons, and will at once be oonveyed to Mr. If acdooald's
establishment in Aberdeen to be droned and polished.—
PeterAeed

ROYAL INSTITUTION OF BRITISH ARCHITE(TN—
Last evening, the members of this institute, of which her
Majesty is the patron, entertained Mr. Tile, M.P., et din.
ner at the Trafalgar, at Greenwich, on the occasion of his
retiring from the office of president, which he had held for
two years. Professor 'Mealtime, the eminent architect,
acted u chairman, and the emptily wee roads up of all the
more distinguished members of the profusion in the me-
molis and other parts of the kingdom, including Mr.
Gilbert Scott. Mr. Charles Bony, Mr. Pennim, Mr. Pem-
Biome, Mr. F. I'. Cockerell, Mr. P. Hardwick, LA., Mr.
S. Smirk., ILA., Mr. Owe° lopes, Mr. Ocoee, Mr. Ashpitel,
Mr. J. Ferguson, Mr. B. Ferrey, and many other architects
and persons of note. All the "styles, indeed. may be
said to have been represented on the occasion. The Lord
Mayor was likewise present, as were also Mr. Revitalise,
presidrit of the Institute of Civil &gleams ; Mr. Thwaites,
chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works ; and MI.
thick, M.P.
A GARDEN REFORMATORY. —The occupation that
in to be found in a garden bring. not oaly health to the body,
but to the mind also ; sod where, from the =torso( the case,
it is impassible to have even the 11011111114 garden meat close to
one's own doors, we should encourage the establishment of
allotment grounds—those sworn foes to the public-house
and gin-shop—where the working man can profitably and
healthfully employ his spare time, benefit himself and
family, and be the bead-gardener of the household. So
salutary is the effect that a garden may modem on the
morals, that, in the Eastern suburbs of London, fa profes-
sional horticulturist has long same adopted the beaevolent
and praiseworthy scheme of giving employment in his gar-
deo* to those young thieves who wish to leave off their
sinful course of life and take to honest labour--labour which
no one feels disposed to give them, and the Lek of which,
therefore, throws them bock into their old evil ways. This
humane person scenes to the rescue of those outcasts, and
meta them to work in his gardens, where there is no sedan-
tery occupation in a close end stifling atmosphere to repel
them at the outset of their undertaking, but where there is
plenty of fresh air, labour enough to procure an appetite for
male, sufficient society to be pleasant without being per-
uicsous (for there are wise rules on this point to prevent the
boys from herding and plotting together, sod keeping up
the contamination. from which they have base named),
and sufficient freedom to make them feel otherwise than
prisoners. After a time of probatioa, matisfactotily peeped,
they are entrusted upon errands, and soot to pay sad re.
mire bills ; and then is scarcely an instance in which the
trust reposed in them has been found to be misplaced ; bat
ie the majority of case. the judicious treatment and the
gentle delights of the garden bare completely humanised
the little outcasts, and have folly reclaimed them from
those "guilt gardens" in which their early years were
putted. And who would not applaud their head gardener
fog him truly valuable and Christian work.—Once a Week.