The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-11 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE OP PRINCESS MARY OF

CAMBRIDGE.

At the wedding of her Royal Highness Princess
Mary of Cambridge and Prince de Teck to-morrow, in Kew
Church, the music of the service will be sung by the parish
choir, under the guidance of Mr. Henry Belle, the organist.
The preparations within the church for the accommodation
of her Majesty, the royal family, and the other distin-
guishei personages who are expected to be present, have
been already commenced. To-morrow evening many of
the residents around Kew-green will illuminate the fronts
of their houses, while the festivities will terminate with
a display of fireworks. All persons who have tickets for
the church must be in their seats by 11 o'clock.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are ex-

pected to visit the fine old baronial mansion of the Sack.

villes on the 29th inst., when a large number of the lead-
ing nobility and gentry will be invited to meet them.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador enter-
tained at dinner last evening, at Chandos House, Sir John
and Lady Dalberg Acton, Hon. Lyulph Stanley, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Russell, Mr. Somerset Beaumont, the Mar-
quis d'Andigne, the Marquis Fortunato, Count Emile
Winipffen, Count Kalnoky, and Baron Hubner.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Right
Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel by his company at
dinner on Saturday evening, at the family residence in
Whitehall-gardens. There were present to meet his royal
highness the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Earl
and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Dudley,
Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe, the
Bishop of Oxford, General Sir Hugh Rose, the Right Hon.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Sir Edwin Landseer, Mr. and
Mrs. Holford, Mr. Delane, and Dr. Quin. After dinner
Lady Emily Peel had an assembly.
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His Excellency the Brazilian Minister and the
Baroness de Penedo had the honour of entertaining at
dinner in Cavendish-square, on Saturday evening, the
Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Duke of Saxe,
and the duchess, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil. Amongst
the company present at the banquet were the Austrian
Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, the Portuguese
Minister, the Spanish Minister and the Marchioness de
Moline, Sir Edward Cust, Chevalier Dos Santos, the suite
of their royal highnesses and the members of the Brazilian
Legation.

The Marchioness of Salisbury and family have
returned to London from a sojourn of a few weeks at
Homburg. _ _

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The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Mrs. Gladstone left town on Saturday on a visit to
Lord and Lady Richard Cavendish, at their seat in Kent.
The private view of the works of ancient masters
and deceased British artists took place on Saturday at the
British Institution. Principal among the objects is the
series of Crewe portraits, lent by Lord Crewe during the
rebuilding of his hall after the recent fire. Here Sir
Joshua Reynolds's pencil is seen at its greatest advantage.
I There are other specimens of Sir Joshua, contributed by
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and the Duke of Beaufort.
Among the examples of foreign masters are specimens of
Salvator Rosa, Canaletto, Rubens, Rembrandt ; all the
Flemish men, Wouvermans, Ruysdael, Ostade, Jan Steen,

Cupp, Snyders, and Teniers ; and pictures by Dyne and
Eastlake.

The Rev. Dr. Magee, Dean of Cork, has been
appointed to the Deanery of the Chapel Roy►l, rendered
vacant by the elevation of Dean Graves to the See of

Limerick.

The Commemoration Week commenced at Oxford
on Saturday. Wednesdav*being the "grand day," the
morning will be occupied by the usual proceedings in the
Theatre. It is understood that the following gentlemen,
and perhaps some others, will receive the honorary degree
of D.C.L. :—The Rev. Charles Merivale, chaplain to the
House of Commons ; Sir J. Simson, M.D., of Edinburgh ;
Professor Phillips, M.A., of Magdalen College, Oxford, and
honorary D.C.L. of Cambridge ; and Professor Thompson,
of the University of Glasgow.

A correspondent of the Times suggests that a
great public benefit would be conferred by the Bank of
England in opening a fire-proof registry for deeds of limited
bulk, on payment of a fixed yearly charge. There is a
large class of persons who have no bankers' safes at their
command, and who risk valuable deeds in their own
private residences.