The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-08 00:00:00

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The Queen walked in the grounds yesterday
meaning, and Primer Beatrin rode on horseback.
MAT r" .
The Queen. with Primers Helena, atteoded by the Hon.
Ms. Bran. drove out yesterday afternoon.
Fir Edwin Ladner lad the honour of dining with her
lisfeety and the royal family.
TM Eight Hon. Sir Charlie Wood arrived from Louise.

The Prince of Wales rods on horseback on Saturday
morning, attended by Major Teesdale.
The Moos and Moose, of Wales, sooommied by the
Crown PrIDOS of Deamark, took • carriage drive in the
Ammo.
The Crown Prim of Denmark, attended by Captain
I Land, arrived at Marlborough.boase on Saturday, on • viat
to the Prinos and Primes of Wales.
The Prince cad Princess of We'es sad the Crown Prim
of Deereark, with the Hoe. Mrs. E. Ooke, Major Teesdale,
sad Clapiele Loud, in waiting, attended Mies service at the
f~epelßoyal. Si. James's, yesterday margin.
The Arolibishop of Armagh, the Buis of Bath, Earl
Si Germans, Viscount Sydney, the f idsookelleld,
Lord Crowe, Lord Limmer, and the Bishop of Gloomier
sad Bristol were preeset at the service.

Tan adjourned debate on the Extension of the
Franchise, to be resumed this evening, must prove
in its results one of the most important discussions,
not merely of the present Session, but of the pre-
sent Parliament. The existing House of Commons
was elected one well-defined Reform bads, the
country having been directly appealed to on the
question, and the liberal members returned under NEW YORK, Arm 25, Nowt.
a distinct pledge to effect a substantial reduction Business was entirely suspended yesterday and
of the borough as well as of the county franchise. to-day.
The DEBAT Ministry was ejected from power, Mr. Lincoln's remains lay in state in Independ-
and the present Government installed in their saes Hall, Philadelphia, on Saturday and Sunday.
places, for the express purpose of carrying into
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the On the whale route from Washington there were
effect the decision in favour of Reform expressed •
private residence of the First Lord of the Treenurh great popular demonstrations of mourning. The
by a majority of the constituencies at the general Cambridge-house, Piccadilly. The ministers Pre- remains arrived in New York yesterday, and lie in
election. No compact could well be more formal sent were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chan-
and explicit than the celebrated one in Willis's oellor, Earl Granville,Russell, the Duie of Argyll Sir City The funeral procession will
Hall
state in the .
Rooms, which brought the Pentracslorr Cabinet George Grey, Earl the Right OD ir take place to-day.
.
into power. Only one attempt to fulfil this Edward Cardwell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles A courier reached Wishingtou on Friday,
Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the announcing that Sherman had agreed upon s. tern-
engagement
has ever been made, and that attempt
Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gib-
waa notoriously defeated by the lukswarniness son, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Earl of Cla- porsry suspension of hostilities, and had arranged
and indifference, or secret hostility of the nominal rendon, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. terms of peace on the 18th with Johnston, Brack-
inridge being protect. Johnson and the cabinet
friends of Reform in and out of the Ministry, of Sherman's action,
rather than by the efforts of its avowed opponents. Mr. Reed, from Singapore, bad as iatarairW with the unanimously disapproved
Five sessions have come and gone since then, but Right Hee- Edward Cord's% at the Cotosial-odlos, wand ordered him to resume hostilities .
no further attempt has been made to fulfil the Ss,. Despatches . Sherman was informed that Mr. Lincoln's in-
no were seat " Saturday from the C°Mmel'efike structions to Grant on the 3rd March had been to
engagement on which the majority of the present to the Gamper, of Canada and the Bahamas
hold no conference with Lee, except as a prelimi-
Parliament was elected, and on which the pre- Viconant and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at Cam-
nary to surrender, and these instructions were
sent Ministry maw to Power. Various apologies and bridmaleonse on &tunny, from Brackett Halt Hasa President John-
excuses for this long delay have at different The Right Hoe. the Chancellor of the Exchequer left approved and reiterated by
times been offered, but as yet we have not had town On Saturday, far Cliefdea-hesse. Bab. son to govern the action of the military
from the Government, as a whole, any authoritative commanders. Grant immediately left for
explanation of its persistent inaction, or any formal North Carolina to direct the operations against
DEPARTURE OP THE PRINoE OP WALES POR
Johnston. The terms arranged between Johns-
statement as to what its views really are on this DUBLIII.—( THIS DAY.)
ton and Sherman, subject to the ratification
cardinal question of domestic policy. It would __...__
be a small thing to say that it is essential to the This morning, about 7 o'clock, his Royal High- of their respective governments, ware as follows :
credit of Parliament, and due to the intelligence aaa the Frisco of Wales, attended by Lieutenant-General Forty-eight hours' notice to be given of the renewal
and expectations of the country, that this state Knollys, the controller of the Priecw's household, Colonel of hostilities. The Confederate armies to be die-
of uncertainty should come to an end, that all Ketrire
accts fl'oreed Major TH-mais
royal highs.. ttaidrelimeeeutth.hHecEsitle: banded, and deposit their arms and public pro-
ambiguity and mystification on the subject of eqaero ter ulna where I:;VeZeoteed by hie Royal memo. party in the State capitals, subject to the
Reform should be cleared up, that the real pock- the Duke of Cambridp, attended by the Hon. Colonel action of the State and Federal moth the
of the Government, as well as of the different Macdonald and the Hon. Colonel Carton. Earl Spencer, ties. The Federal executive to recognise the State
parties in the House of Commons, should be the lord chamberlain, was also in attendance. government. The Supreme Court to decide upon
simplified and defined beyond the possibility of The Primes of Wales was cemicinied to the tunings the legitimacy of the conflicting State governments
further confusion or mistake. All that has been by hie Royal Highness the Crown Primo of Denmark. caused by the war. The Federal authorities to
Tits mail train, conveying the royal party, left at 7.34
said before. What the Government have now eve- guarantee to the people civil and political rights so
a.m., amid the maintain= of the favoured few on the plat-
tinily to note is the new situation in which they f anaprooseda ~, it, way to Holyhead oio Rugby, long as they obey the laws. Finally, a general
have been placed by Mr. Lows's speech, the im- Stafford, and Chester, the only places where any stoppages amnesty to be proclaimed, and the war to cease.
portance of which to them can scarcely be exagge- would be made. Chester was reached at 11.58 a.m., and The Federal government disapproved of Sher-
rated. • Mr. Lows's force and lucidity are all his Holyhead at fin minutes put 2 tb'i afternoon. man's proceedings as an improper assumption of
OWD, but his sentiments and wishes are those of From the Admiralty Pier at Holyhead, on to which the authority. His agreement it was considered pm_
a number of so-called Liberals, large enough to be call'i"u._ "I.3ae,
ttiasetuiltgrtythatr r°lo e 1
embark
on, board her wr. tically acknowledged the rebel government, pre-
important in the present balanced state of parties, irs'sty7.
steam yacht thewen
Victoria and Albert, Commander vented oonfiscatiou, and the punishment of rebels,
Mr. Lows boldly opposes all constitutional reform, his Serene Highness Prune Leininges. The royal party and would enable the rebels to re-establish State
and avows his determination to resist any and will arrive, if the weather is favourable, at Kings- governments with slavery. It might also
every attempt to extend the franchise, as fraught town, about 6 o'clock this evening, and after leaving render the government responsible for the rebel
with ruin to the liberal party and the the royal yacht will travel by special train to Westland-row debt, found no basis for a lasting peace, and would
country at large. The main principle on station, Dublin, where it is expected the Prince will arrive
enable the rebels to renew the war when their
which English liberties rest, and on which shoat 6.30 am.,oand be met b; thothLarde
stati-onnanatheynt of
strength was recruited.
constitutional reforms are advocated, is the
. to proceed t aid o
the Vioeregal Lodge in Phcenix-park, where Mr. Stanton apprehends that Sherman's auspen-
prwrad necessity, as the only sufficient they will remain as guests till the return of his royal sion of hostilities will enable Davis to escape to
and permanent safeguard of the national interests, highness to England on Fads, next. Mexico or Europe with the plunder of the Rich-
of distributing political power as widely as the The Crown Prince of Denmark did not accompany the
mond banks and other accumulations.
constantly expanding limits of its legitimate exer- Prince of Wales, but loft Easton shortly after the delay-
Sherman issued an order to his army on the 16th,
ciao admit of, and thus giving to every intelligent tare of the mat. train. announcin
and independent citizen a direct interest in the (ST ILICITLIC 711.10RAPIL) g the suspension of hostilities, and stating
Orson coos ows CORSZSPONDIST.) that the agreement with Johnston, when ratified,
government, a sense of personal responsibility in DUBLIN, Mowosv. would make peace from the Potomac to the Rio
relation to the political prosperity of the empire. The Black Prince and Liverpool arrived at
Grande. He hoped soon to conduct the soldiers
Mr. Lows discards this principle, and accepts in Kinptown at 4 o'clock this seandog, to remain during the
home.
its place the favourite doctrine of Imperialisret visit of the Prince of Wales. Correspondents state that the assassination of
and, indeed, of despotism in all its various forms : Lincoln had caused a bitter feeling among Sher-
" Everything for, and nothing by the people." If
Ansrvat OF rim Catmint Pam]: or Datrmsan.— man's troops, who received the armistice order very
he is right, it is clear that, instead of extending 0n mow," efts... hie Royal Highness the 010Wa coldly.
the suffrage, we might at any moment be legiti- Prime of Denmark arrived in England upon a visit to the Wilson occupied Macon on the 20th, taking
mutely called upon to reduce it, to restrict Royal goody. The Prince trrl surd f- -• -ro
m
Copenhagen Howell Cobb, Gustavus Smith, and others pri-
the borough franchise, for example, to 20L. yid Ostend and Dover, performing the sea portage in one
All claimed the benefit of the armistice.
householders, or to • still more select class of the Belgian government mail steamers. Arriving at
In:Hinm
directed Wilson to withdraw from Macon
of voters, which would largely facilitate the end the English port shortly after three o'clock, basis Royal
for which in Mr. Lows's judgment political power Sherman
until further orders unl he believed the rebels
Waled at thea Admiraiadltybypiehiar whaaaahe aary
re irdedsuiby*a changing their status to the prejudice of the
is distributed—that of being collected again at
number of °Maisie, and Mr. E. T. Way, and Mr. H. Cox, were changing
the pleasure of the central authority. Such a representing the South Eastern and the London, Chatham,
a.of the C lids Legislator
Several member
theory of government, though directly opposed to and Dover Railway Companies ; but as the Priam was
are
that on which the English constitution rests, is travelling incognito, the honours to the rank of his Royal en route to Raleigh to negotiate the restoration
perfectly intelligible, and sufficiently defines the Highness WWI sot paid. The Prince, immediately on landing, of the State to the Union.
relation of those who hold it to reform and other proceeded to the Royal Ship Hotel, when he took Inecheon. General Canby reports that he captured in Mo-
questions of political progress. Mr. Lows was Sharababoluar satealtliohnisofßtalealLoHniadhoar Chawaath:atnaduaandtedDobLahr aßallaaw. bile and the defences on the west side of the bay
recently a member of a Government pledged tog w. 160 guns, 1,000 prisoners, and 3,000 bales of cotton.
v, whence he proceeded, at a quarter:put four, by th
substantial reduction of the borough franchise, boat Grp train for London, arriving at Victoria nation Unofficial accounts state that altogether 3,000 guns,
and it is very important that the nation at about 5.45 on Saturday evening. It is said his Royal 20 to 30,000 bales of cotton, and several gunboata
large should know whether any of his late col- Bigheads's visit to the English court is in oonsequenen of were captured at Mobile.
leagues share these views, and if so, how many and the recent death of the Cearewitch of Rana, who wan A blockade runner, with 1,000 bales of cotton on
who they are. Some of them, at all events, have betrothed to the Princess Delmar of Denmark. board, was captured up the river.
recently expressed sentiments on the subject of Earl Russell will give a grand full dress Smith's corps is marching on Montgomery.
reform directly opposed to those of Mr. Lows. banquet onsothtehe24wthhoinattle ,jot cothleeb;stin of her Majesty's The army of the Potomac remains in the vicinity
Mr. GLADSTONZ, for example, towards the end of ode birthday,
stsse, es well es the poieweei di; tie ea oe ambaeeadora and of the South Bide Railroad.
last session advocated the extension of the suffrage the crown then in London. The Duke of Somerset, as Nearly all Mothy's command, including the
on the broad grounds of personal desert and First Lord of the A dmiralty, will give a full dress dinner officers, except Mosby himself, have surrendered.
political expediency. It is possible that some on the earn day to the principals belonging to hie depart- Kirby Smith's army is said to be disbanding.
of his colleagues may not agree with him, meet of the government. General Halleck's command embraces the depart-
and, if so, it is most important that The Duke and Duchess of Manchester and family meat of Virginia, the army of the Potomac, and
the disagreement should be openly stated, bays arrived at their mansion in Great Stanhope-street, such parts of North Carolina as are not occupied
from Kimbolion the season. Cast* Hustingdoothirs, for
The time for evasion and delay is over, by Sherman. General Ord retains his command
The Duke of Leeds has taken a mansion in
and in view of an appeal to the country, it is Olwham -place for the seasoo. for the present, but is to report to Halleck.
essential that the opinions of leading public men The Duch (Do
els wager) of Sutherland is enter- The government has furnished passports and
on this vital question should be fully known. It tamp, a sayet „AT ,s ammo. The Right H.. the passages to Halifax to those officers of Lee's army
is true that such a revelation may divide thine on Chancellor of the groholotr and Km and moo or—istoo, who desire to leave the country.
the Government aide of the Home into hostile joined the circle late on Saturday afternoon. The right Two sentries have been shot at Richmond by
camps ; but if the opinions announced by Mr. hoc gentleman returns to town this morning. some unknown individuals.
Lowe are really held by any considerable section, The Hon. Mrs. Charles Ducane gave birth to • President Johnson has made a speech, in which
it is most desirable for the sake of the country son at 21. Queen's-este-terrace, on Friday. be states that the rebel leaders must be punished,
that this separation should take place without Mr. Lawley, Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and and impoverished, and their social position de-
delay. Mere party considerations must yield to 71.46"t0 um Cmmaitwa e. has given
inotionceihtehlaBtthhis will
t.
_,,Preeteeetoo I strayed. Union men in the Confederacy should be
psartthe far higher claims of political integrity, and tows as y,„yitis that the court „ill pew: Tara r , ! remunerated from the pockets of those who had
nothing that could follow as the result of an is 6„,,,,i the south Wass and omit Weston Direct brought suffering upon the country. He advocated
honest declaration at principles by the lending I Sway, with a view to iseramieg the facilities for import. leniency to the Southern masses, but was squally op-
politicians on the Liberal side et the Rouse could lag coal late the London dinelentrom South Wales. posed to dissolution and to consolidation. He attri-