The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-29 00:00:00

... JUNE 29, 1861

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announoed the suggestion of her ;end
in compliance with his own view of the necessi of his
position, he proposed to
of offer high office to several mem-
rs the whig arty, and even to certain mam-
bebas of Lord pßussell's government. He should,
therefore, have to ask frinn his own supporters a sacri-
fice of their just pretensions. In some oases it might
be necessary that they should altogether resign their slam's
to office ; in others they would have to 'accept offices
of lower rank than those to which they might reasonably
have aspired. The Times is informed that the members
present cheerfully assented the terms thus proposed,
sad declared their willing to make any sacrifices ne-
cessary for the formation of strong administration. Lord
Derby then proceeded to wait upon the tineen at Windsor.
No appointments have yet been made, nor is it expected
that any will be made so long as there is any prospect of
the accessions from the whig party which Lord Derby in-
tended to seek. The Times believes that hitherto Lord
Derby's overtures have cot been favourably reeponded to.
It is no secret, according to the Telegraph, that wishes
were entertained for Mr. Disraeli's translation to some
poet not in the House of Commons ; bat the right honour-
able gentleman, it is said, positively declined to swept a
rage and a consequent retirement to the House of
peerage and a consequelit retirement to the Rouse •f
Lord,. A yet more momentous question was raised by the
nearest friends of Lord Derby himself, who deprecated
his undertaking the hem and trying duties of the Pre-
miership, and hence a reNival of the idea that the noble
earl should lend the weight of his experience to the ca.
binet by accepting seat there without any specific office,
leaving the lead of the government to Lord Stanley. A
special hope has existed of securing at least the accession
of Lord Clarendon. That hope has probably derived some
force from two considerations—fist, the belief that even
patriotic feelings might induce the noble lord to remain in
the department; and, secondly, the connection between
the families of Lord Clarendon and Lord Derby.

Eta Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Jcxs 26•

The Queen, with Princess Helena, drove in the
Home Park yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Prinoees Helena and
Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds this morning.
Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving.
The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by the Hon. Eliot
Yorke, the Count of Randers, attended by Col. Burnell,
and the Prince of Tack, visited the Queen this morning,
and remained to luncheon.
The Earl of Derby had an audience of the Queen in the
afternoon.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Viscount Mandl- i
ton, Lieutenant-General Knollys and Lieutenant-Colonel
Keppel, went to Erith yesterday and inspected Cot mer-
chant officers' training ship Worcester, and distributed
prizes to the gentlemen cadets.
From Erith his royal highness proceeded to Snaresbrook
and laid the foundation stone of the new dining-ball ot
the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum.
At Snarsabrook the Prince was joined by the Princess of
Wales, who drove from Mailborough-house, attended by
the Countess of Macclesfield and Lord Harris.
Previous to the ceremony of laying the foundation
scone their Royal Highnesses were entertained at luncheon
at the asylum.
In the afternoon the Prince and Princess of Wales and
the Duke of Edinburgh visited the King and Queen of the
Belgians at Claridge's Hotel.
Their Royal Highnesses afterwards took leave of
Princess Mary and Prince Teck at St. James's Palace
i previous to their departure for the continent.

Yesterday his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke
of Sutherland, and Lord A. Paget, paid a visit to the
Worcester school ship at Elith, where the annual prizes
gained by the young cadets were handed by the Prince to
the successful competitors. The lustiness being ended the
royal party creased the Thames to the Merchant Seamen's
Orphan Asylum at Snareabrook, to lay the foundation
stone of a new dining-hall for that charity. Here his royal
highness was joined by the Princess of Wales and suite,
who travelled by the turnpike road, the Archbishop of
Armagh, Lords Hauls and Hamilton, and others. The
proceedings were of an interesting character.
The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar honoured Lord and Lady Alfred
Paget with their company at dinner last night. The Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Lie-
towel, and Lord and Lady Rendlesham were also of the

Party-
His Highness Prince Christian of Au2;ustenburg
is expected to sieve in London from the Cont;lent to-

mot row.
The Princess Mary Adelaide and the Prince de
Teck left the Duchess of Cambridge's residence at St.
James's Palace yesterday evening for Paris, on their way
to Vienna.
His Excellency the Rusaian Ambassador and
Baroness Brunnow entertained his Excellency the UM ed
States Minister and Mrs. and Miss Adams, Commander
A. Murray, U.S.N., Captain Bythesea, R.N., Mr. Fox,
Mr. H. Adams, Mr. Sohleiden, Prince Galitzin, Count
N. Pahlen, Prince Michael Gortchacow, Prince Alexander
Ourrossow, Baron Fr;e,lericksz, M. Sabouroff, and M.
B. Kokhanowsky, at dinner, last evening, at Chesham
Hours.

CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTER.
BURY.-( THIS DAY.)

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Both Houses of Convocation re-assembled this
morning, at Westminster, for the despatch of business.
THE UPPER HOUSE.
The Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and there were
pre.ent the Bishops of London St. David's Oxford,
coln, Ely, Salisbury, Gloucester'. and Bi idol, Bangor, and
Lichfield.
PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO BISHOP
COLENISO.
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The Bishop of OXFORD said he had a question to propose I
from the Bishop of Cape Town in addition to that which
their lordships discussed on the previous day relative to a
proposed successor to Dr. Colenso in the diocese of Natal.
Dr. Colenso having been deposed and excommunicated by
the metropolitan and the other South African bishops in
synod, the question was---" Whether the acceptance of
a new bishop on our part whilst Dr. Colenso still retains
the letters patent of the crown will in any way
separate us from the mother church." The answer which
he (the Bishop of Oxford) proposed that their lordships
should return was as follows : That as it has been de-
cided on appeal to the highest judicial court in this king-
dom, on the one hand, that the church in the province of
Natal, in communion a ith the united church of England
and Ireland, is in the eye of the law a mere voluntary asso-
ciation ; and on the other hand, as the letters patent
do not profess to convey spiritual power, and
have been declared by the court to convey no
episcopal jurisdiction, it is the judgment of this house that
the acceptance of a new bishop does not impair the con-
nexion or alter the relations existing between the members
of the church in the province of Natal and the church of
England, provided-1. That the bishop be canonically con-
secrated according to the use tithe church of England ; 2.
That there be no invasion of the title of the Bishop of
Natal conveyed by her Majesty's letters patent."
Tke Bishop of GLOUCESTER and BRISTOL seconded the
motion.
The Bishop of St. DAVID'S, before giving his assent to
the motion, would like to know who had the power of
creating the new bishop, and what would be his mission.
The Bishop of Lonmis presumed that he would claim
to hold jurisdiction over the clergy of the present diocese
of Natal.
The Bishop of OxFonD—Not the di4
province of Natal.
[Left sitting.]

rer the civil

GALLANT CONDucr.—At 3 p.m. on Saturday last,
as Captain Barnard, R.N., of Her Majesty's Emigration.
office, had just completed the usual inspection of passengers
on board the Melbourne passenger ship Mediator, in the
Shadwell Basin of the London Docks, he observed the
shipkeeper, a very old man, accidentally fall over the
quarter-rail of the ship into the dock a distance to the
water's edge of 15 feet, when, although suffering severely
at the time from an injured hip, he immediately seized a
line and lowered himself into the water to the rescue, and
after being thoroughly immersed succeeded, with con.
siderable difficulty, owing to the narrow space between the
ship and the quay and the suddenness of the accident, in
recovering the man, who was then insensible, from a
considerable depth under water. This is the second time
that Captain Barnard has saved a fellow-creature from
drowning, and it would be very gratifying to find finch
noble conduct had met with a mutable recognition by the
presentation of the new Albert medal.