The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-16 00:00:00

THE aarna PLAGUE.

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a somewhat higher due are sold, and an amusing i --e--
instanos of the decorum preserved was furnished
in the box on the ears I saw a gendarme DEPUTATION TO SIR GEORGE GREY.—fI'HIS DAY.)
administer to a street boy half an hour ago. Yesterday afternoon a deputation, appointed by
It was not near the Place, but just opposite the a public unsung previously held et St. yam:es-ba l. waited
statues of Counts Egmont and Horn, opposite the upon Sir George Grey at his official residence at the Home.
Hotel de Ville, that this urchin sought to be- office, Whitehall, for the purpose of bringing nudes his
guile the monotony of mourning by a symphony.on notice certain resolutions unanimously adopted at that
the bones. Quietly stealing up to him, and giving meeting, and stating the views of the agricultural interests
his physical admonition with a not very ungentle of the country respecting the steps to be taken for the pro.
hand, the gendarme asked, in a voice far more pa- renting the woad of she sews dime&
thetic than angry, " ith, rascal ! knoweet thou not The deputation was very sumerous, iocluding Viesonat
the King lies dead I" This is the only instance combermere, Lord Hill, Lord Leigh, Sir G. Tyrrell, M.p.,
which has come under my notice wherein it has Hon. C. IrCnet, C. G. Rioard, ?LP., J. Smith, Esq., sad
either to curb or stimulate popu- deputations from 'upwards of 30 comities sad 100 local
seemed necessary
lax manifestation, and the entire city population ~ ogytoomiroi lookout
behaves exactly as if it were a large family which I After along °pavane*"
had just lost its acknowledged head, and was I Sir G. GREY old he would lay the views of the depute-
quietly bent upon paying respect after the fashion
`lion before the Privy Council, and be would do it in ibis
it knew would be most consonant with the feelings
, form-Abet • majority of the deputation appeared to heel
of the deceased. I opinion that a total 'oppression of the removal of stork
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The facilities given here to every Englishman I even on a man's own farm, was both practicable and et.
whose duties compel him in any way to be present
peclient for a limited period.
at the coming ceremonials, is very striking. The
Lord Her said the whole of the deputation were of this
ready courtesy accorded by the officials, and their o_vioioo,
and
sow permission to pot it to a thaw
of basis,
accessibility to all possessing credentials is beyond
which being does, over fifty heeds were h ild up in farm,
praise. Indeed, I may go further, and say that the
sad only three in the negative.
burgomaster of Brussels, &functionary. whose duties Boot.,
intoned to a National A. A.iatio..
are moat onerous at a time like this, is a model for
Sir G. GRIT observed that he ul cod not ter open it,
dignitaries all over the world in the cheerful
That matter must be left to parliament and enter
Hr. Glad.
rapidity with which he transacts business and in the
"_,_'ne.
absence of hedging in and exclusiveness during his
The deputation having thanked Sir G. Grey for Dr
business hours. This morning, when an immense
variety of municipal business was necessarily being 'mute" and rueption• then withanw*
carried on, all comers had their audience in turn
and that without introduction or preliminary for-
mality of any kind.
As I write, the solemn booming of the palace
gun announces the flight of each quarter of an hour,
the street hawker is unceasing in his announcements
of memorials of the King at fifty centimes, and on
looking from my window across the Place
Royale, the stream of well-dressed people of both
sexes in mourning who have come from the direc-
tion of the palace is as great as ever. Their R3yal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
Prince Louis of Hesse, the Prince of Prussia, the
King of Portugal, Duke de Bassano, the Chamber-
lain of the Emperor of the French ; Viscount Sid-
ney, General Hood, Viscount Talbot, Prince of
Wurtemburg, a special minister from Saxony, have
either arrived to-day or are expected this evening.

THE VOLUNTEERS ADAY.)T WESTMINSTER.
(THIS

ARRANGEMENTS AND DETAILS.
To-day is appointed for the presentation of
pima to so Ism than four of the metropolitan voles.
tear rifle retreats at the does oft the fem. The
display in Westminster Hall will be brilliant. The
London Scottish Rifles assemble at the Hall at G o'clW4
and, after the anima winter inepatioa, the ceremosy d
preeeatation is to be performed by Lady Bees Graut.
It is believed that Colonel Erskine, C. 8., the Inspector.
General of Volunteers, will bey t.
The First Middlesex Engin whom General Sir d.
Burgoyne, R.R. is hon. colonel, end Col. Maeleod,of Macke%
is theeessmayaant is to had its pits. distribution at the
new heed garters, just eroded fee the corps as College
street, Chetw. The Bloomsbury volunteers and Nada
Middle's:regiment are to have similar displays.

THE FUNERAL OF THE KING OF THE
BELOIANIL-(THIS DAY.)

THE METROPOLIS.
To-day being appointed for the f uneral of his
Majesty the late King of the Belgians, this morning
many of the tradesmen in the West-end testified their re-
spect by closing their shops. In some parts
of the City
similar marks of respect were observed, and in numerous
cues where shops were not entirely closed narrow strips
of board painted black were placed over the windows.
Many of the ships in dock lowered their flags during the