The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-23 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, Dro. 22.
The Queen drove out with Princess Helena and
Princess Louise yesterday morning ; and in the afternoon
Princess Louise rode on horseback, attended by Lady

MUT:thin.
MA Majesty the King of Portugal, and his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, arrived from London last evening on
a visit to the Queen, and dined with her Majesty and the
Royal Family.
The King wee attended by the Marquis de Ficalho and
Vicomte de Pain.
Lieutenant-Colonel Koppel attended the Prince of

Wales.
The King and the Prima of Weise crossed over from
Southampton in the royal yacht Alberta, Captain his
Serene Highness Prince Leiniugen, and re-embarked this
morning for Portsmouth, from whence the King proceeds to
Dover, on his return to Perin.
The Prince of Wales accompanies his Majesty to Dover.
The Hon. Harriett Phipps his succeeded the Hon. Mary
Laseellee as maid of honour in waiting.

The Prince of Wales, after accompanying the King of
Portugal from Osborne to Dover, returned to Marlborough.
house lut evening.
A deputation frcm Manchester, consisting of the Mayor
of Manchester, Mr. Alderman Bennett, and Mr. Heron
(the town clerk), accompanied by Mr. Barley, M.P.,
Mr. Edmund Potter, M.P., and Mr. E. James, M.P.,
together with a deputation from Bradford, consisting of
Mr. Alderman West and Mr. Rayner (town clerk),
with Mr. Clabon (parliamentary agent), bad an inter-
view with the Hight Hon. Sir George Grey, at the Home-
office, yesterday, on the subject of corporation savings

benlo.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Connell set yester-
day. Present—Lord Chelmsford, Sir E. V. Williams, Sir
J. Colvils, and Sir Laurence Peel.
Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of the Australian Colonies,
Ceylon, sad Hong Hong.

The Prince of Wales, after accompanying the
King of Portugal from Osborne to Dover, returned to
Marlborough Rouse last evening.
The Earl and Countess of Dudley will entertain
a large party at Willey Court, Worcestershire, during the
ensuing week.
The Right Hon. Sir William G. Hylton Jolliffe,
Bart., M.P., and Mies Jolliffe, have left Merstham for the
Heath House, Petersfield.
Notice has been given by the following additional
firma that their establishments will not be open on Tues-
day :—The Leather Cloth Company, the North British
Rubber Company. Blumberg and Co., Higgins, Eagle, and
Hutchinsoo, Karr, Scott, and Kiloer, Rutter and Coleby,
Arthur Kay and Evans, Poesford, Southall, and Co., Carl-
hien and Corbiere, Beloe and Spreckly.
Devon and Rout.
ledge, T. Macintosh and Co., John Crossley and Som.
Three-fourths of the States of America having
ratified the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, it
is now the supreme law, and the great end for which the
war was fought is practically accomplished. Four
southern states—North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
and Alabama, have ratified the amendment.
It appears from the Corn/an Magazine for Janu-
ary that Mn. ry.
Gaskell's sto, " Wives and Daughters,"
wanted only one brief chapter to the conclusion at the time
of her death. From what is known of her designs for the
story, and from what she bad been heard to say, the editor
of the Cornhill gives as best he can the end of the plot and
the fate of the respective characters in it.
It is said that Mr. Gye has engaged Signor
Nicolini for his next season.
The A thelucum says that Sir John Herschel has
completed a translation of the " Iliad."
The President of the Royal Astronomical Society
her issued cards for an evening reception on Wednesday.
January 17.
Dr. Trench has signalised his entrance on his see
of Dublin by founding a literary club on the model of the
old Johnsonian society of the same name. Among the
members are Lord Wodehouse. Lord Rosae, Lord Dufferin,
the Bishop of Killaloe, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Sir Themes
Larcom, Archdeacon Lee, Sir Bernard Burke, Mr. White.
side, Mr. Napier, Judge Keogh, Dr. Todd, Dr. Waller, Percy
Frtz-Gerald, Dishy Starkey, and Samuel Ferguson.
The number of the Royal Society is slowly
decreasing. The decrease in the list of fellows this year is
15, the total number being 639. of whom 50 are on the
foreign list. The death list for the past year is a heavy
one, including the King of the Belgians, whose decease has
occurred since the society's anniversary meeting. It com-
prises ens king, one archduke, one duke, two ear:,, one
viscount, six knights and baronets, and two admirals,
besides M.D.'s and other,. The number of fellows elected
during the year was twenty.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—It is intendecf to
hold a meeting oo the subject of pirliamentary reform in
Norwich early in January. A large demonstration is anti-
cipated.
THE BRITISH Mrszr m.—lt is probable that when
Mr. Panizzi retires from dace the post of chief librarian
will be offered to Sir Edmund Head.
WYSTMINSTER ABBEY.—The Dell.llof Westminster
will preach in the afternoon of to-morrow (Christmas-ere),
and ID the morning and afternoon of Christmas-dry. On
December 28 (Innocents'-day) there will be a celebration
with fall choral amerce, of the 800th anniversary of the
dedication and foundation of Westminster Abbey on that
day, 1065. by King Edward the Confessor. The morning
service will commence at 10 and the sermon will be
preached by the dean.
At the delivery of prizes yesterday at the Liver-
pool College the Earl of Harrowbyt who presided, delivered
a leogthy address on public education.
CHAPEL ROYAL, WHITEHALL.—The Lord Bishop
of London will hold his general ordination in this Chapel
Royal to-morrow. Morning prayers will be read at 10
o'clock. The sermon and ordination service will °mimeses
at 11 o'clock. The ordination service will be preached by
the Rev. Daniel Moore, golden lecturer and incumbent of
Camden Chapel, Camberwell. During the autumn mess
the chapel has been dead for three months nortimid staircase has been erected, and also a room f the
accommodation of the choir. The revel closet and the
whole of the interior of the chapel have undergone exten-
sive decoration and repairs.
THE CHATER HOUSE AT WERTMINSTRIL...—Mr.
Gladstone haspexpressed his willingnme to receive a derv-
tetion from the Chanter House Committee. Earl
Stanhope, as President of the Society of Antiquaries, Mr.
Beresford Hope, as President of the Royal lortitrite of
British Architects, and Dr. Stanley, as Dean of West-
minster, have been appointed to wait upon him after the
Christmas holidays. The committee has been greatly
strengthened, and the memorial is receiving the adhesion
and support of all the chief literary end archaeological
associations *roughest she 'matey.