The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-06 00:00:00

for the benefit of ell our subjects resident therein. In their
prosperity will be our strength, in their contentment our
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i;ectt;ity, and in their gratitude on: beat reward. And may
the God of ell power grant unto us, and to those in authority
under tua strength to carry out these our wishes for the good
of our people.' "

A tremendous cheer followed the reading of this procla-
mation, while the saluting battery took up the roar, and a
hundred and one guns from every ship of war to the harbour
told that India now from henceforth was held only under
the Sovereign of England. The standard of England was
hoined on the cathedral steeple, the garrison flagstaff, end
the masthead of the Aobsr. There was fora time s deed lull '
in the air, the fi.g bung nearly by the rasa, se as to make it
impossible to discover the deyioe, or whether the difficulties
of the previous day had been surmounted. Just se the cheer
buret forth a light breezo sprung up, and the flag, se if alive
to the occasion, spread out straight and smoothes a bleb of
stone. The proclamation of the Viceroy on her Majesty's
assumption of authority mune seat, end was se follows :
" PROCLAMATION BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA..
" FORBION DIPAZINICNT. ALLAHABAD,
"lag Normans, 1868.
" Her Majesty the Queen having declared that it is her
gracious pleasure to take upon herself the government o
the British territories in India, the Vicavy end Governor.
General hereby notifies that from this day all sots of the
government of India will be done in the name of the Queen
alone.

" From this day all men of may mos and clam wheinnder
the administration of the Honourable Emit India Company,
have joined to uphold the honour and power of England will
be the iervants of the Queen alone.

"The Governor•Geueral summons them, one end all,
each in hie degree, and according to his opportunity, and
with his whole heart and strength, to aid in fulfilling the
gracious will and pleasure of the Queen, as set forth in her
royal proclamation.
"From the many millions of her Majesty's native subjects
in India the Governor-General will now, end at all times,
exacta Royal obedience to the call which, in words full
of benevolent* and mercy, their Sovereign has made upon
their allegiance and faithfulness.
" By order of the Right Honourable the Governor-General
of India. "G. F. EDMONSTUNE,
" Seorettuy to the Government of India with
the Governor-General.'

Thim clotted the proceedings, when the people and troops
withdrew, leaving the Green in the hands of the decorators
and illuminators.

At seven o'clock a vast concourse mumbled opposite the
bastion near the Bazaar Oats to witness the fireworks; these,
though very inferior to London displays of like kind, wady
surpassed anything ever witnessed in Bombay, and reflected
infinite credit on ell concerned. Amongst the exhibitions
was that of a buds light, before which the brightest of the
others " paled their ineffectual firer," bearing as a motto,
" The Queen, God bless her." This portion of the exhibi-
tion occupied little more than half an hour, when the mul-
titude proceeded to sea the fireworks and illuminations in the
harbour, vast numbers taking boats and proceeding out to
the anchorage.
The illuminations, like the fireworks, were on a scale alto-
gether unsurpassed by like displays in Bombay, and an en-
thusiasm was manifested in their preparation which augured
well for the new regime. Notwithstanding the very short
notice given for making the necessary preparations, nothing
was wanting to add to the brilliancy of the scene, and
nothing was omitted which might have marred its effect.
The government buildings were elaborately and tastefully
decorated and lit up, the mansions of our leading native gen-
tlemen displaying equal teats and brilliancy. The grand
spectacle was, of course, Bombay Green. The illuminations
of the Town Hall, the most beautiful and prominent, were
marred by the multitude of lamps every now and then blow-
ing out. The railway °fibs exhibited a gigantic crown,
formed entirely from the coloured boll's•eye lamps of the en-
gines. As nothing could touch them, they shone out like so
many gigantic diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds, undimmed
in their brilliancy by the An: of time.
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The gloat Mohammedan Mosque, which always lights up
so wall, shone with peculiar splendour, ss did many others of
tie great buildings in the bazaar.
We must not attempt to thread the aarrow streets and

laces—it is sufficient to say that every cranny and corner
was covered with such decorations as the owners could
afford, sad that the poor man, out of his scanty stores
gave his mite with aa hearty a goodwill as the rioh, while
the millionaire contributed his heaps of talents to the tree-
our,. Every native mansion was thrown wide open, and
all visitors welcomed—the spectacles within babe often still
more nmenieoeut than those without the walls About
10 p.m., Lord Riphinstone and staff visited all our principal
streets and scenes of festivity, and our notables were found
moving about everywhere, very much admiring the brilliancy
of the display.
The fireworks in the harbour were cs a scale equal to the
occasion. Precisely at eight p.m. the debar showed a Weigle
blue light, when in a few minutes every yard and spar was
traced out in fire of the inteuseat brilliancy. This lasted foe'
the space of ten or fifteen minutes, the reflection of the light
ape the gluey surface of the water, end the long mew-
white traces of smoke floating to seaward from the lights,
eminently improving the effect. The Clove very speedily
followed the example of the Acbar, the other large ships
being decorated with lines of lanterns. Rockets were then
thrown up in thirties at a time from all the ships In the
barker.