The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-23 00:00:00

THE EXPREM3, FRIDAY

told that the solicitations of the Duke's agent have
been made too much in H. • • 4muith
fashion—" Your vote or •
the Liberal candidate can o the •
.•
to vote for him if they
principles.
The warm sympat
Englishman will be him be "'".
of Woodstock who do their duty
every circumstance of disadvantage in this
contest. There are some things which we
all value, ant as Liberals or Conservatives, but
as lovers of English fair play, and, as Mr.
Mamas MUSSY observes in his address, " this
" contest is not a question of Whig against Tory,
" but rather of free men against those who would
" enslave them.* Is it according to the principle
of that Constitution which is the bout of English-
men and the admiration of the world—and which
is the source alike of the privileges of Dukes
and the rights of voters—that men who
find themselves, not by any act of their own, but
by the will of the nation, in possession of votes
which they are bound to exercise for the advantage
of the country, should be overawed in the per-
formanoe of that duty by some great peer I There
is only one possible answer to this question. The
Duke, however, will doubtless persevere, and it
will be for the people of Woodstock, by
the display of a manly self-respect and English
independence, to deal a blow at dictation and ille-
gitimate influence which will resound throughout
the kingdom. Intimidation will never be aban-
doned while it proves efficient ; it is for the oleo-
tors of Woodstock to disgust even the Duke of
MMILDOROUOII with it, by showing that it is as
rioeable as it is mean.

We are requested to state that on and after July
Ist the National Portrait Gallery will be opened
three days in the week ; namely, on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Saturdays. During the months
of July and August the Gallery will be open from
10 to 6, and during September from 10 to 5. From
October Lt to April Lt the Gallery will be closed
at 4 o'clock.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, Juts 22.

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The Queen walked and drove in the grounds
yesterday afternoon, sooompanhed by Pinoe Leopold and
Princess Bidden
Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses, went to
Frogman House this morning, sad returned to the Castle
to luncheon.
The Princess Helena and Prisms Louise, Wooded by
Lady Lanoline Barrington sad Lieut. -Colonel the Hon. D.
de Ba, visited the Institute of Painters, sad the Exhibition
of the Society al Pastan in Water Colours this morninsg.
Their
Bo rd Mishoseses afterwards returned to Windom
Castle.
lite Prime and Primer of Tour sad Tarte arrived from
Larks this sfterrimm, and were premated to her Male sty
by Baron de Wiry the Bavarian minister.
They were attended by Countess Butelmi and Baton

The Prince of Wales visited the galleries of the
133ciety of Painters in Walar Colours and of the 'esthete of
Painters in Water Colours yesterday.
His royal highness west to the House of Lords in the
afternoon.
The Prior of Wales, roompanied by the Duchess of
Brabant, took a carriage drive.
In the evade( the Prises of Wales gave a dinner to the
Duke sad Darren of Brabant. The following ere invited
to meet their royal highnesses :—The Duke of Argyll, the
Marque and Merchioner of Abeirooro, Earl and Lady Con-
strain Ortereor, the Earl of Dunmore, the Countess of
lithectleafield, Visoonnt and Vie:emotes' Stratford de Rad-
cliffe, Viscount Royidoe, Lord Stanley, Lord Clara*
Paget, Lieut.-General the Right Hon. J. and Lady Airco
Peel, the Right Has. B. and Mrs. Disraeli, Sir J. Drum-
moied Hay, Sir Rowland Hill, Colonel and Lady Emily
Kinser* the Rev. H. IL and Mrs. Birch, Countess Grum,
Count de Laney and AL Brewer (in attendance on the
Duke and Duchess of Brabant), Mr. G. Trevelyan,
General K nays, and Llent.-Colonel Hemel.
The Prior of Liechtenstein was to have been of the
Tarty, but was prevented at the last moment from joining it.
The band of the Grenadier Guards (conducted by Mr. D.
Godfrey) was in attendance, and performed a selection of
music.

A deputation from Liverpool, consisting of the Rev. A.
Campbell (Chairman of Select Vestry), and Mr. H. J.
Banger, (Vestry Clerk), had as interview with the Right
Hon. C. P. Villiers (President of the Poor Law Board), at
the office of the Poor Law Board, Whitehall, yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council at yester-
day. Pruett, the Lords Justkes Knight Braes and Tur-
ner, and Sir John Coleridge.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of Heligoland, Gibraltar. and Canada.
Despatches were sent to the Governor of Canada.

The Prince of Wales paid a visit yesterday after-
noon to the Notional Portrait Gallery, in Great George-
street, Westminster.
Owing probably to the intended visit of her
Majesty to Germany this autumn, their Royal Highnesses
Prince and Princess Look of Here are not expected to
visit Eogland till about the mouth of November.
Tan ra-Revar, FAMILY or Farm:E.—Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke sad Duchess &Aunts* mom-
panted by the Duke de Guise, leave Orleans-house, Twick-
enham, to-morrow, for the Continent, Their Royal High-
-111111111114 os their way to Dover, will pay • visit to the ex-
Queen of the Propel at Tunbridge Wells. In the first
instance the Duke and Dnokewe go to Spa, in Belgium. and
will subesquestly visit Switzerland. The Prince de Conde
left on Monday last for Switzerland, for his military
studied.
The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson had
a dinner party het evening at their residents in Portman-
square. There were preesnt—The Duke of Marlborough
and Lady Cornelis Churchill, the Earl and Countess Stan-
hope and Lady Mary Stanhope, the Earl of Morley, Lori
Han* Lady Georgians and Mies Milner, the Hos. Charles
and Mrs. Trdneis, Mr. Christopher Sykes sad Mime Sykes,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nugent, Mr. and Mrs. Weldon, the
Bishop of Moray and Rom, Re.

LAMENTABLE DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.

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drove a phaeton along the qua far as the Moe
de Is Bastille, whence he prooesded through the
boulevards to the Madeleine.
His Majesty was warmly cheered during the
drive.

ITALY.
FLORENCE, Jun 23..

The statement of some Italian papers that the
Italian chore d'aftaires at Madrid bad beac re-
called is without any foundation.
The Nations of to-day nays :—" The negotiations
for the recognition of the kingdom of Italy by the
German States will suffer a brief interruption on
account of the departure of the King of Prussia for
Carlsbad."
The Florence papers confirm the diplomatic rup-
ture between Rome and the Emperor of Mexico.
The former insists upon the competency of the
eicutoh, not only in ecclesiastical matters, but also
in all questions of a mixed character, and rejects
say aocapromiaa in regard to the sale of the church
property. News received here from Alexandria
states that the cholera is on the increase.

AMERICA.

BOUTIikKPTON, itnrs 2S.

The Hamburg American Company's steamer ;
Teuton* Captain Haack, from New York, has
arrived. She brings forte mburg, Havre, sod
this port, 336 passengers, specie in gold value
693,361 dollars, of which amount 160,674 dollars
is for England, 506,077 dollars for France, and
36,600de:41ms for Hamburg.
The Teutonia left New York on the 10th inst.,
ea the same day she spoke the English steamer,
Caledonia ; 20th, in let. 48.18 N. long. 21.0 W.,
the Bremen barque, Columbus, bound west; and in
48.26 N., long. 16.0 W., the English barque
gent, also bound west ; 21st, in let. 49.7., long.
,1L27, English barque, Maria Louisa, and ship,
Nortbland, both bound east ; and on the 22nd, off
the Lizard, the steamer America, bound west.

CROOKUAVEN. Jun 23.
The steam-ship Helvetia from New York on the
10th inst., pained the Fastnet this morning.
She brings 82 cabin and 115 steerage passengers,
and 156,000 dole. in specie.

CHINA.
(By direct Ovetieml Telegraph.)
BBANGBAB, MAT SCI.
The Imperial troops at Hankow have mutinied.
The Twinge have evacuated Mingchow.