The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

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174—'47 ilk Mors.

WINDSOR OABTLZ, MAIM '.
The Queen drove in the Great Park this morning,
attended by the Hoe, Plenum Seymour, sad ta therm&
ta the enseeses.
Primers Lodes also weal oat driving.
Primes' Helena rode In the HOMO Park.
prime Alfred, attended by Lieutenant Haig, vent out
with the harden.
The La of the Belgians, attended by General Coast de
Hoerharbe, &eve to Claremont yesterday afternoon, sad
visited the Queen Hui. Amelia.
The Bishop of St. David's had the honour of dining with
the Qum, the Sing ci the Hodgkin, and the royal fatally,
yesterday, sad left the Castle to-day.
Lord Olareedon also returned to Loudon.

The Prises of Wales, attended by Lientement-Coisoel
Koppel, bantsd with his harriers sear Staines yesterday.
The Prisons of Wales took a carriage drive, setended by
the Her. Mra. Bross.
The Prises and Prinossa of Wales went to the Bernarissa
Theatre la the everting.
A deputation, 000eistiag of J. Gawp, ILP., Mr. P.
M'Msboe, Mr. J. B. Redman, M.P., and Mr. F. C.
sue, bad an laterview with the Right Hon. T.
Milner Cases, at the oMoe of the Board of Trade, yester-
day, ex the subject of the Tinker and town of Wexford

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Gerstein, were received yeareday at the Caleafairer
from the Governor of Malta. Despatches wore seat to the
Governors of Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong.
Lbws, the Gape of Good Hops, Natal, and the Australian
Oolosisa
At the drawlag-room on Saturday last Vint Pam-
don separated Hari Eason in the rulleatatko 01 the
diploaatio dna. Sari Berea was unavoidably abort.
Nile Beale Browne was presented by the Dasher of
Beaufort at the drawing-room on Saturday lad.

nary, OF THE QUEEN AND KING OF THE
BELGIANS TO THE NETROPOLI4-4 THIS
DAT.)

This morning before noon, Her Majesty
the Queen, asocentnaisdshortly by Hie Majesty the King of
the Belgians, and their Royal messes Prioress
Reim and Louise, and attended by Lord Alfred
Park LP., the Ooantess of Osinsborough, and Oonnt
likeetserke, rid site, left Windsor Cattle en route for
Backiegham Palace. The Questa purposes holding • nap'
tion this aftsroooo.
The Queen is expected to return to Windsor Culls this
evening, bat the King of the Belgians will probably remain
at the Pelson fora few day•

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The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by
the Hos. Mn. Bruce and Lleut,Colemel Kappa. honoured
the Haymarket Theatre with their meows lamb eineing.
Their Highnesses Prince Egan
Taxis, Prince
Emil Fiiretesburg, Primes F. Hiesky, sad Prime Trent-
mamidorti have left Cleridge's Betel foe Pima.
The Duke of Leinster has arrived at his house on
Oulten Homme-terrece from Carton Howe, the family met,
sear Maynoeth. babied.
The Duke of Rutland will entertain a large and
dietiaguiehed party at Hardt Oastbs next week for the
ram meetieg at Crouton Park.
The Duchess of Somerset will give her last
dancing party before Easter, to-marrow night, at the That
Lord's official residues at the Admiralty, Whitehall.
A marriage is arranged to take place between
Major George Loogley, B.E. mooed son of his Gram the
Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mn. Damao, widow of
the late Rev. Jonthan Amen. of Leamington, and
daughter of the Rev. G. Pearce. Aar d Meehan. Norfolk,
At the drawing-room on Saturday last, Viscount
Palmerston represented Earl Russell is the premeatatioe of
the diplomatic sleds. Berl Rummell wee usavoidably

.beset.
His Rxoellency the Atfatrian Ambassador and
the Countess Arpoeyi entertained at dimmer yederday
evening, at Chaedos House, the following circle
Marquis and Marehioness of Clanricards, the Earl Granville,
the Karl and Cousteau' of Airlie, the Counteur of Gifford,
Visoount and Viscountess Sydney, lady Moleswortb, the
Hanoverian Clare d'Affaires and Baroness Biome, the
Bight Hoe. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs.
Gladstone, Hon. Lyulph Stanley, Count Wimpffen, PAWS
Yeeeberg, and Count Alexander Appottyi. Later in the
stonier the Countess Appouyi had an early party.
We are requested to announce that the Harrow
dinner in Inked is appointed to take place on Oa 18th of
next mouth, instead of the 19th, as originally fixed.
Last evening, at a meeting of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society, held at Burlington Hones, the practica-
bility of teeth* the North Pole, taking either Spitsbergen
or Smith's Boma as the base of overshoes, WI asbutlasil
dimmed before a very numerous audience. Sir Roderick
Merchboe, the president of the society, occupied the Omit,
sod there were present, among others, the Count de Paris.
the Duke of Wellington, theme l
id Sheffield, the Earl of
Harrowbv, Lad Strangferd, Sir George Bach, flit
Andrew Scott Waugh, Sir Edward Belcher, Mr. Aldermaa
Gibbose, Captain Maury, Sir Charles Nicholson. Mr. John
Crawford, Admiral Ommaney, Admiral Collinsoe, Captain
Gahm., Captain Richards (hydrographer to the Admiralty),
Dr. Rae, and M. Fig( IMOD (an Icelander). The discussion
was eventually adjourned.
There are now several meta in the House of
Commons vacant
tore Devoe, through the death of Mr.
Buller ; Evesham, these& the death of Sir Henry Wil-
loughby ; South Salop, through Lord Newport's accession
to the peerage ; and Louth, through the appointment of
Mr. Bellew to the vacant Irish poor-law oommissioaersitip.
Mr. Aelead and Mr. M'Clintock will probably be
retuned without opposition for North Devon and Louth
respectively. At Evesham, there Deems some prospect of a
teateet between Mr. lam, whose name le eo closely iden-
tified with the Bees meal, and Odom' Bourns, d Liver-
pool As regards South Salop, neither party, so far OA our
information goes, bas as yet made any move.
Mr. Cave, on Friday, will call attention to the
allowance to postmasters in respect of pod-office savings-
backs ; and to move " That, in the opinion of this house, it
i s neither just nor expedient that labour and respoesibility
should be imposed upon public servants without adequate
remuneration."
In the Court of Chancery yesterday, a meeting
was held re the Leeds Banking Company, before Mr. Buck-
ley, chief clerk to Vice-Chancellor Hindenley, when a call
of 70f. per share was made ea certain shares; Ghee B.
rovided
settled yesterday, sad therefore not prevp
for; sad a dividend of Bs. per share declared, payable
within three weeks. In the settlement of the list several
mass were ordered to stand over for further argument.
The following gentlemen have been nominated
by the Austrian government as members of the oonamission
for the preliminary conferences with the Beall& commis-
dears (Miners. Hutt, Beaumont, and Moder) :—ltaron
Kaleitherg (president),
Count Barkeesy, Count Deinewfbp
Baron Holger, Baron Bohnistettea, Count Eraisky, Mr. B.
Wiastersteic, Mr. A. Skeels, and Mr. F. W. Beard% perma-
nent members ; Dr. Lorena Stein, Dr. Franz Neumann, Mr.
Frans Mayer. and Mr. Omar v. Stahl, the bureau. It
angina well that two Hungarian noblemen (Berkocsy and
Demewfby), well-known free traders, are amoapt the
manntiseicie, but there are some others who will miargeti-
dilly oppose any induction of the customs tariff.
The Duke de Morny's horses are to be sold in
April ; there are about 150. His picture gallery is also
expected to be brought to the hammer.
The youngest son of Mehemet Pacha, Prince
Halite. has sent to M. Lice Bertrand 1,000 tr., sa a sub-
scription in behalf of the aged mothsr di Jules Gerard, the
Prince Malin is a skilful sportsman, and his
exploits me well knows all over the East.
"If I am correctly informed," says a Paris
earespeedirat of the /*dependance, " it is in contempt'.
tioa to hive in the Universal Eihibitios of 1887
all. gallery
of • vary in
nature. Waimea from parts of
the globe will be invited to assemble Race, sad to employ
themselves in wackier at the several trades pesolbr Is each
country. We believe that the Mishear if Mariam is
already famed uyrepariag the mesas foe realising this
protest. The idea appears to have emanated from Prime
Napalms"
The Fein du Peuple of Ghent (Belgium) states
that great excitement was caused is that tows two dsys
sines by a report that one of the directors of the Beak of
Flasidsgs bad mod, leaving an Wawa* lidera. The
authorities immediately pat the fugitive's papers ender
seal and oommenosd an iamatigatioa. It loss boo meow
Mined that the deficit doss net exceed 160,000 tr., a easel
-
disable part of which is severed by the lanticia-mosey.

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XllllOO.

THE EMPEROR
CH MAXIMILIA
PROPERTY N AND THE
CHUR.
On the 97th ult., the city of Mexico, though
bag is expectation of the event, was startled by
the publication in El Diario del Empiric, of the
Laws of Reform," or " Decree of Revision," as
they have been called, by which all the sales of
church property made under former governments
(and which the church party considered they had
effectually smothered by calling Maximilian to
Marko) are confirmed. " Its effect upon the
whole country," writes a correspondent of the New
York Herald, " has been marked."
The clergy and the many aewspapers ia their employ
hare fought the mama from the first, ever towering ia
boldness as the blow was delayed, and moswlndsg this deter
into fear of their power. Now it has mane, with all its
attendant and cooesquent einninntanoss, ate' to have
paralysed the melesisaticel magnetos into the stapor of
despair sad setesishmeat.
It is sot merely the enormous noes ci property Janeiro&
--amounting to untold millions—but by this mason KW-
milieu cranes the Rehires and tabu the first Asp towards
merrier the church power into that of the state; or, la
other words, depriving ecclesiastic* of all degrees, from the
en:abbacy down, of their ancient attributes of distinct
government, and, divesting them of all temporal authority,
redwing the church institution to what it is is Europese
catholic countries, affixing regular selarke to the offkes of
bishops, prierts, &a, and even depriving En all& of all
right to hold property. lem informed that ember special
deems to that Wed will follow hard apes this, which bee
bees promulgated as a preliminary meows
Net only has the Emperor thus, in a maser. did the
*sprees wish of the Pope, as indicated by his Ness* bet
by the first three articles of the summery of the dames be
breaks down the aselsat barriers of Waimea said Oda-
Wishes anirersel religious liberty threaglioat Mexico ; a
freedom of religkes which he pledges himself to support ia
all pate of the empire sod to protect by the bars of the
kad. Thus, for the first time slam the loading et the
Spade coaquerres, perfect religiose toisreace lads se
whim in • country which the seal of the arty &waverer*
and their accompanying pried' and mesh berme with fire
and sword in the same of Chriatiaaity, and hens held
for nearly three centuries sad a belt Ia saw-
stitlous ignorance and eacil•barbsdb. The battier
between the Mexican clergy on the nee side, sad the
French catholic' an the other, by seeeppers sad peeePb-
lees, on this subject, have bees tecesesst and "Wirth* for
several months ; bat the die is sm., sod besselarth Ernie%
if she fails to rise to the level to which her enteral re-
sources should carry her, the fault 61.1004 be laid at the
door of the church from which the amble of power is
effeetaally and irrevocably snippet.
Tim effect spas the prosperity of Mexico will be WNW
dials. The decree sob loose sad eatebliehes a positive title
to may millions Cl property which, for west of a ambles
such es this, has kla dormast, sad thus sapid will be eat
in motion throsgh varices peat obese* Cl babies which
has been patiently awaiting the decree of the Emperor. It.
effect abroad will also be direct mad favourable, ss iadke4-
log the liberal Christisa policy ef Malian sad his da-
mn desks for the welfare of Macke.

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FRANCS.
PARIS, M•zca 28.
A decree of the Minister of War published to-day
fixes the amount to be paid for exemption from
military service at 2,300 francs for each individual
during 1866.
The Conttitutionned of this morning declares that
the rumour of the approaching marriage of the
King of Greece is a pure invention.

ROHE.

ROME. Y•I 27.
In a consistory held to-day the Pope approved
the nomination of 24 bishops.

TUE FEDERAL DIET.
FRANXIOST.ON.THFAILINE, Mimi 28.
An extrsordinary sitting of the Federal Diet was
held yesterday, in which it was resolved, by 9
against 6 votes, that the discussion of the proposal
of Bavaria, in favour of the claims of the Duke of
Augustenburg, should take place on the 6th April
next.

THE SPANISH CONGRESS.
MADRID, MAWR 28.
In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu-
ties, Senor Benavedes explained that it was greatly
to the interest of Spain to abandon St. Domingo,
and to be satisfied with the commercial advantages
she might thus obtain.
This speech was loudly applauded.