The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-18 00:00:00

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OSBORN";
ipauied by the Std.
drove to West Cowes y
nem, ri bansared the Prince and Princess Le
a visit. the Countess of Caledon and Col. the Hon. A.
Hardinp were in attendance on her Majesty.
The cilnnw peaty in the mains included the Duchess of
Rant, PriermseAlise. Primps and Princess ieiaingsn, Priam
William of Sass, Lady A. Brine, Colonel the Hon. Sir C.
B. Phipps, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and Major Elphlir
stone, R.E.

The Prince Consort presided at a meeting of the Interna-
tional etellatisal Cowles in Bomereet-house yesterday
... .

zTaarning. la attendenee were Earl Spencer and Colonel
fib!•

The Prince Ocamort, attended by Xajor•General the Hon.
C. Grey and lieutenant-Colonel Ponsonby, left Buekingham
Paseo at a gaarter•put three o'clock yesterday afternoon
for the private et►tion at Vauxhall, on the South Western
Railway, to proceed to Osborne.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday to
the Governor of Canada and the Lord High Commissioner
of the lonian Islands.

PlOOllllllB OF THE PEINCIS OF WALES.—Captain
Wilson, commander ol the Great Britian, arrived in London
from Montreal, reports having ezebanged signals with her
Majesty's ship Hero, having on board his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales and suite, 011 Wednesday the 11th Md.
at noon, in lat. 49 45 N., long. 915 W., accompanied by the
Ariadne steam-frigate.

Their Royal ilishneases the Duke and Duchess
enamels will leave Orkans House in a few dupe on a vialt
to FROM emotes, Waldegrave at Nuneham Park. Ox-
fordshire.

His Excellency the Hanoveriau Minister ham
arrival on his estates at Holstein.

The Earl of Wilton entiotained their Royal High-
anus the Hereditary Oland Duke and Grand Duchess of
Msoklenburg-Strelits and a distinguished party at dinner on
Monday evening, at the family mansion in Grosvenor-
square. The oornpany present to meet their royal high-
Demo comprised—the Marquis of Bath, the Earl and
Cematem of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, the Ear/ and
Countess of Clarendon and LadyCoartanos Villiers, Viamint
and Viscountess Newport, Lord anti Lady Forester, Captain
Pram, Dr. Quinn, lac

. _
Viscountese Pal meraton has returned to Cambridge
House from Brookst Hall, Herta. Her ladyship will Moil
as assembly on Saturday next.

The don. Mrs. Sidney Herbert hen leaned cards
for an assembly on Wednesday next.

On Friday Mr. Baines will aak the Secretary or
State for the Home Department whether it is the lutes.
ticm of thegoyerament to take any mauve to carry out this
recatameedation of the select committee on the Queen's
printer's patent, namely, "that the patent of the Queen's
printers, so far as relates to the printing of Bibles and New
Testaments, be not renewed, and that no exclusive privilege
of printing the sacred valuate be allowed henceforth to
exist."

The arrival of the Channel fleet, consisting af
ele►en sail-of-thwline, is Bantry Bay, on Saturday, his
created a considerable stir in that locality, and a demaisl
for fresh provisions has given a great impetus to the beef
trade. One dealer slaughter' daily twenty head of cattle
for the supply of the Beet.
_ . _

A letter from a member of the expedition of
astronomers, dated Santander, JOl,lO, says :—" This morn-
ing the vessel Himalaya was safely moored in Santander
harbour. Here the Spanish consul, English consul, aid
harbour-master, dc., came oia board and offered every
civility. Our luggage was pained through the customs deity.
free and without examination, passports were not even asked
fur, and Illustriasimo 8. IX Tomas Zvarrola, reamigitig
director of the Santander Railway, gave free pawn oe the
line during the astronomers' day in Spain. At Bilbao Mr.
Vignola; had kindly thrown open his house to the astrono•
men, and at Santander, Reynosa, and Los Corralea, the
CM of Mr. George Mould, the constructor of the railway,
and Mr. Philip Sewell, the manager, received the remainder
of the expedition as their guests. In the afternoon, S. D.
Augustin Gutierrez, the principal, and two professors, of
the government college at Santander, waited upon the party
at Mr. Bewell's house, as a commiftdon from the University
of Valladolid, to offer every assistance in their power.
Indeed, the expeditioe has met with the greatest attention
from the authorities of the Spanish government."
Last night, when the opera at Covent Garden
was over, Mr. Gye showed us what could be done is the
Floral Hall with lights and music to make even an ealdbi-
tion of roses more beautiful. Re have before had occasioe
to note the peculiar adaptation of an edifice of such light
and graceful construction to exhibitions of this character—
its airy height and light springing arches, its Homl embel-
lishmeut and tall pillars of white and gold, the unobstructed
, it afford', and the capability of massing objects in
siegent variety without impeding the passage and amnia-
Elft of visitors. On the present occasion, therefore, it will
seas to observe that the decorations last night were the
mess as those used on the ocomion of the volunteer ball,
sad that the exquisite taste the displayed—the contrast of
bright lights and golden chandelier interspersed with

even greater admiration.