The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1867.

Eke wart.

OSBORNE, JULT 27.
Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Leiningen
arrived at Osborne yesterday on a %Wits the Queen.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday after:loon with Princess
Beatrice, attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe.
Mrs. Thornycroft has had the honour of submitting to
the Queen the sketch model of an equestrian statue of her
Majesty which is to be erected at LiverpooL

JULY 28.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse and
the Princess of Leiningen, drove out yesterday afternoon,
and Princess Louise drove out, attended by the Duchess
of Roxburghe. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also
went out.

Her Majesty, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prin-
cess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, and the
Princess of Leiningen, attended divine service at Osborne
this morning, the ladies and gentlemen in waiting being in
attendance.
The Rev. R. Duckworth officiated.

Prince Arthur and Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by
Major Elphinatone and Captain von Weaterweller, went in
the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Prince of
Leiningen, to Portland yesterday, and visited the fortifi•
cations and convict prison there, returning in the evening
to Osborne.

Their royal highnesses were received by Lieut.-Colonel
Macdonald, commanding the 2nd battalion of the 13th
Regiment (Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry),
and by Captain Tyler, commanding the Royal Engineers,
who conducted them round the works ; also by Mr. Clif-
ton and Major Hickey, the governor and deputy-governor
of the prison, who conducted their royal highnesses through
the establishment.

Sir John Cowell had the honour of accompanying their
royal highnesses.
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey and
Captain von Westerweller had the honour of dining with
the Queen and the royal family yesterday.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Captain Ellis, was pre-
sent on Saturday afternoon at the christening of the
infant daughter of the Prince and Princess of Teck, at
Kensington Palace.
The Prince of Wales, with Captain Ellis in waiting, at-
tended divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's,
yesterday.
The Communion Service was read by the Rev, the Sub-
dean and the Rev. Thomas Helmore.
Anthem, " 0 sing unto God," Green.
Sung by Messrs. R. Hamby and Cummings.
Mr. Cooper presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. the Sub-dean,
from St. Matthew, c. 20, v. 23.
Tne Duke of Cambridge and the Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Si relitz attended the service.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of
Marlborough, the Earl of Malmesbury, the
Right Hon. C. Hardy, Lord Stanley, the
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John
Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the
Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, Lord Naas,
and the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole.

A committee of the Lords of ber Majesty's Most Honour
able Privy Council sat on Friday at the Privy Council-
office, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords
present were the Lord President, Lord Robert Montagu,
and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick, Bermuda, and the Straits Settlements.
Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Bahamas, and
to the Governor-General of Canada.

Last season her Majesty did not return from the
Highlands before the first week in November. The Queen
will not (says the rourt Journal) remain so long in Scotland
this season, as it is considered too cold for the state of her
Majesty's health. The court will arrive at Windsor from
Balmoral about the middle of October, and remain there
for the winter season.
The Executive Committee of the National Exhi-
bition of Works of Art to be held at Leeds in 1868 have
been honoured by an intimation from the Prince of Wales
that he will permit his name to be added to that of her
Majesty the Queen as a patron of the undertaking.

The baptism of the infant daughter of her Royal
Highness Princess Mary Adelaide and his Serene Highness
Prince of Teck was performed in the Chapel Royal of
Kensington Palace on Saturday afternoon, in the presence
of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, the
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, the Duchess of Inverness, his Excellency
the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, his Ex-
cellency the Danish Minister and Madame Bulow, &c.
The Archbishop of Canterbury performed the baptismal
rite. Her Majesty the Queen, represented by Princess
Mary Adelaide of Teck, and the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Prince of Wales were the godmothers and god-
father of the infant princess, who was baptised Victoria
Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes. At
the conclusion of the solemnity the baptism was recorded
by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chapel book.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelite Left shortly after 5
o'clock. Later in the evening the Prince and Princess of
Teck received a select party at dinner at the palace.

The Marquis of Bristol, the Earl of Scarborough,
and the Honourable Mr. Calthorpe are visiting Mr. Drum-
mond at Cadlands, in Hants.

The Orleans family have sent a magnificent
bracelet to L►dy Young, as a token of gratitude for her
kindness to the l►te Prince de Conde.

The Archbishop of Canterbury states that the
Ritual Commission is busily occupied in debating its
report. It has made considerable progress, and an early ter-
mination of its labours may be looked for on the subject,
in which it was invited, by the terms of the roy►l com-
mission, to state, in the first instance, its conclusions.
The Rev. B. J. Hatch, who, it will be recol-
lected, was convicted of • serious offence at the Central
Criminal Court, and afterwards proved innocent and re-
ceived • free pardon, has been appointed by the Lord
Chancellor to the rectory of Little Stainbridge, Essex.
During the present week there are to be five per-
formances at her Majesty's Theatre " at reduced prices"
to-night, to-morrow night, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Saturday. The operas already advertised are Don Gioranni
(with Mdlle. Nilsson as Elvira)—to-night ; Cherubini's
magnificent Medea (Mdlle. Titian' as Medea, Signor Mon-
gini, for the first time, as Jason, Mr. Smiley as Croon, and
Mdlle. Sinioo as Neris)—Tuesday ; and the Trariata—
Wednesday.

ELECTION SATZ' RDAT AT ETON. —lf Election
Saturday has the reputation of being generally wet, at all
events for once, this year, St. Switbin made an exception
in its favour. The day was fine, in spite of the rain of
Friday, and though somewhat cold for such out-door pro-
ceedings as the regatta and exhibition of fireworks, yet
everything passed off well. The captain of the (renegers,
Kennedy (K.S.), greeted the provost and the two
examiners with the customary Latin speech, " Ad Poeta',"
which he delivered in the great cloisters with consider-
able nervousness. So far as we could follow him, he d welt
on the events of the year which related to Eton, including
the recent death of the vicar of Richmond, Mr.
Dupuis, who was much beloved at Eton. At 3 p.m. there
was a large and fashionable gathering in the college
chapel, where choral service was performed ; and at four
• select circle of friends, including the examiners, Lord
Lyttelton, the Bishop of Oxford, ►nd the Fellows sat
down to • sumptuous dinner in the great hall, where they
were hospitably entertained by theprovost, Dr. Coodford.
The results of the election were, however, not made
known, and, as the list of candidates is so long, they
cannot be declared till to-morrow. The proceedings of the
day were brought to a close by the customary procession
of the boats of the college and their crews up the river to
Surley-hall, where they dined, or rather supped, al fresco,
returning about nine to the Brocas-clump, where the visitors
and spectators, several thousands in number, were amused
with • splendid exhibition of fireworks. By half-pastlo
most of the visitors had taken their departure, by special
trains, on the Great Western and South Western Railways,
and the towns of Windsor and Eton had resumed their
ordinary quiet apposzanos.

LATEST INTELLIGRICIE.

(aZUTIefI TZLEGIAMS.)
FRANCE.
PARIS, JULY 29.

The Monifoir of this morning publishes the fol-
lowing article on the present foreign relations of
France:

" Several French and foreign journals publish
statements calculated to trouble and disquiet the
affairs of commerce and industry. It is said that
our international relations tend to authorise the pre-
sentiment of a conflict more or less removed—the
formation of two camps and military preparations
are announced. These reports are unfounded, and
they owe their origin and diffusion only
to hostile passions, interested speculations,
or lamentable credulity. The truth is this, that
the government of the empire has no diplomatic
question of a nature calculated to modify its peace-
ful and friendly relations with various powers.
The cabinet of Florence has already taken energetic
measures to protect the Papal frontier. The
September convention will be strictly carried
out ; no new camp is about to be formed,
either in the interior or on the frontier. The
classes of 1860 and 1861 have all been sent back
to their homes since the Ist of June. The active
army is actually only composed of the four contin-
gents of 1862 and 1865 inclusive. The contingent
of 1866 will be incorporated at the end of August,
but it is the intention of the government at
that time to allow the contingent for 1862 to re-
turn to their homes. The effective strength of the
cavalry is considerably increased on account of the
purchases made last April ; but the Minister of War
has determined that of these some 8,000 or 10,000
shall be disposed of for agricultural purposes, and
this measure is now in course of execution. The
government is confident that these precise state-
ments will dissipate the feelings of uncertainty
which have pervaded public opinion."

ITALY.

FLORENCE, JCLY 29.

The statement of the Patric that the Italian
government had satisfied itself of the falsehood of
the versions published relative to the visit of
General Dumont to Rome is declared to be totally
without foundation.

AMERICA.
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 29.

The New York and Bremen Company's steamer
Northern Light, Captain Jones, from New York
on the 13th inst., arrived here yesterday evening
with 65 passengers for this port, Havre, and
Bremen, but no specie.
On the 22nd she spoke the steamer Malta.
QUEENSTOWN, JULY 29.
_ _ _

The Cunard (extra) steamship Aleppo, from New
York, arrived here at 9.45 a.m. to-day with 115
passengers and 672,000 dole. in specie. After land-
ing twenty passengers and despatches she pro-
ceeded at 10 a.m. for Liverpool. All well.

AUSTRALIA.
MELBOURNE, .7titz 27.
Great floods have occurred in New South Wales.
The shipments of gold to England during the
month amount to 76,000 ozs.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS.
GIBRALTAR, JULY 28.

The Colombian leaves at noon to-day. She may
be expected at Southampton on Friday, August 2.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
ALEXANDRIA, Jen' 28.

The Delta left at 9.40 am., and the Ceylon at
1 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at
Marseilles on the 3rd, and the latter at Southamp-
ton about the 10th proximo.

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EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

OWN Ova OWN 001.1EZEPONDENT.)
PARIS, EATTOIDAT EVENING.

The Presse says that M. Nigra, the Italian am-
bassador, is preparing to leave Paris, and that all
the principal personages of his embassy will pro-
bably be changed. Whether the Presse means to
announce that M. Nigra himself is recalled or only
that he is going to Iflorence in pursuance of a
summons already spoken of in connection with the
extraordinary proceedings of the French General
Dumont at Rome is not clear. The Preset goes
on to say, "In spite of the positive assertions of
our correspondents we think it impossible to be-
lieve that the Frei.ch government can so far have
yielded to the pressure of the Rattazzi cabinet as
to supersede M. Malaret, our ambassador at
Florence."

Mgr. Chigi, the Pope's nuncio, after an interview
with the Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday,
went to see the Emperor at the Tuileries, and
walked with his Majesty for some time up and
down one of the walks of the reserve garden.
The Empress, contrary to my expectation, came
from Brest to Cherbourg by sea, arriving at the
latter port at 3 yesterday afternoon. On coming
into Cherbourg harbour she stood on the poop,
returning the salutes of the crowd on the
jetty, and though she had had a rough pas-
sage of eighteen hours did not look fatigued. Her
Majesty gave a dinner on board tho Reine Hor-
tense to Admiral La Ronciere Le Nonry, Admiral
Dompierre d'Ornoy, Admiral Reynaud, the mari-
time prefect, the Archbishop of Coutance, the pre-
sident of the Cherbourg Tribunal, and the curd and
the mayor. She was invited to attend some re-
gattas to take place opposite the Casino this after-
noon, but as the Moniteur announces that she is
expected at Havre this evening the invitation must,
I presume, have been declined.
M. Rouher starts for Carlsbad on August 1, and
there is a rumour that he has accepted an invita-
tion from M. de Bismarck to spend a few days at
his country house in Pomerania. M. Rouher met
M. de Bismarck at Carlsbad two years ago.

A correspondent of the New York Herald says
—" In Yokohama almost every nation under heaven is re-
presented. The foreigners living here number about eight
hundred. This is the extent of the place. The inhabitants
have not fully recovered from the effects of the great fire
in November last, but they are rapidly rebuilding."
After the defeat of the Emperor Maximilian at
Queretaro the following list of prisoners captured was pub-
lished, viz. : 1 archduke, 2 division generals, 10 brigadier
generals, 18 colonels, 23 lieutenant-colonels, 39 comman-
ders, 138 captains, 138 lieutenants and 121 sub-lieutenants.
Of soldiers there were 8,000 prisoners, with their trains,
baggage, armament, and fifty pieces of artillery.

A new line of screw steamers is announced by
Messrs. Bowden to commence running from London to Rio
Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos Ayres on the 21st of
next month. The charge for passengers is to be 301. to Rio
and 35/. to the River Plate.

The Rev. P. Malone, of Bel=llet, has pub-
lished ►letter describing the slip of a large quantity of
mountain bog into the Atlantic in that neighbourhood.
The mountain was broken up by the accumulated water
under the peat, which had been dried by the drought that
preceded the recent heavy rain. Forty acres, including 10
acres of crops, were destroyed, and the land rendered
valueless for ever. Three or four families have been ren-
dered homeless and destitute by the eatnatsopbe, the ava-
lanche of bog having nearly swept them away in its down-
ward scone to tits Atlantis.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

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MALTA, JOLT 22.

The imperial Ottoman flotilla, consisting of the
splendid steam yacht Sultanie, Captain Axis Bey, the
screw-steam iron-clad frigate Azisia, and the steam
yacht Petreo Polle, which had escorted his Majesty the
Sultan to Toulon, arrived in Malta yesterday morning
from Toulon and Messina, and immediately on casting
anchor exchanged the customary salutes with the fortress
and her Majesty's ship Hibernia, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral H. Kellett, C.B. After replenishing coal and
provisions, they left to-day at noon for Constantinople.
The Austrian steam-frigate Novara, bearing the broad
pendant of Commodore Motive., arrived in Malta early
this morning from Pola. This frigate is to proceed to
Vera Cruz, in connexion with the mission of Admiral
Tcgethoff to Mexico, to claim the mortal remains of the
late Emperor Maximilian. The other two Austrian fri-
gates—the Fichwarsenburg, bearing the pendant of Com-
modore Pokoeny, and the Archduke Ferdinand Max—are
still lying in the port of Malta.
The Russian eerewsteam-frigate General Admiral, which
arrived here a few days ago from Candia, took her de-
parture the day before yesterday.
Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Racer, 11, Commander
L. Brine, left this port on Saturday last for the Pirreus,
to relieve the screw steam frigate Endymion, 21, Captain
C. Wake, and send her to Toulon to join the fleet under
the command of Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C.B.
The surveying vessel Hydra, 5, Captain P. Shortland,
and the screw steam sloop Cruiser, 11, Commander M.
Singer, which had been cruising off Malta for the last few
days, returned to port on Saturday last.
The cholera is unfortunately committing serious ravages
in Sicily, and is also extending throughout Italy. Last
week, a quarantine of thirty days was imposed on all
arrivals from Leghorn and its vicinity, and this afternoon,
on the receipt of a telegram from her Britannic Majesty's
consul at Genoa, that the disease has also made its appear-
ance in that town, the same term was established on
vessels arriving in Malta from Genoa. Passengers coming
to Malta from cholera-infected countries are not allowed
to land.

THE POPE AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC LAITY
Of ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.

The Pope has forwarded the following answer to
the address recently sent him by the catholic' of England
and Scotland :

" Beloved Sons, Health and Anostolical Benediction.
" We congratulate you, beloved sons, that you show
I yourselves true offspring of saints. Proof of this is that
grateful remembrance with which you foster the blessing
of the faith, once carried from this Roman chair to your
island, and of late restored and increased. Proof, too, of
that holy transport with which you commemorate the con-
stancy of your fathers, and their sufferings for the catholic
faith. Proof, again, of that unquestioning obedience co this
Holy See, whose primacy of honour and jurisdiction you
assert, whose doctrine you declare that you venerate and
embrace with your whole heart, whose civil right. you
hold sacred and necessary unto the free government of the
church, to which, in fine, you acknowledge yourselves most
devoted, and promise a perfect and perpetual adherence.
And, indeed, you could put forth nothing more excellent
than these duties which are the signal approval of your
faith, and nothing to us more agreeable, to whom they
give the greatest delight, because we desire nothing more
than that all should have one soul, one heart, all be one
with us, so that we all may be one in Christ. United with
this Holy See, your fathers fought, and suffering with
fortitude the loss of goods, imprisonment, tortures, and
death, handed down to you the faith which they had re-
ceived whole and entire, and sealed with their blood. And
you, closely treading in these noble footsteps up to this
time, have sustained, together with us, a more perilous,
though it may be not so ferocious a form of conflict ; but
it was with the assurance that so long as you were fixed
in this rock, against which the gates of hell shall not pre•
vail, victory must be with you. Go on, then, ever in this
way the more firmlT ; proceed together with us to contend
by the arms of justice against the haters of religion and
truth ; endeavour yet more studiously to propitiate God
by your zeal and works of mercy. in which He takes
most delight ; persevere in prayer, and, acquitting your-
selves se men, wait for the Lord, who, at length prevailed
upon by entreaty, will scatter the darkness of errors, still
disturbances, and, without doubt, restore the reign of jus-
tice and of peace. We augur for you the joy of this result,
and the abundance of all heavenly graces, in token whereof,
and in witness likewise of our paternal goodwill and kindly
affection, we meet lovingly impart to all of you, and to the
whole of England, our Apostolical benediction.
" Given at Rome, at St. Peter's, on the 10th day of July,
1867, of our Pontificate the V-nd year.
" Pius P.P. IX."

A large number of very rough, homey-looking
customers took tickets at the Waterloo stationfor Wimble-
don on Thursday morning last. As there was nothing
going on at Wimbledon, and it was race day at Southamp-
ton, the suspicions of the Waterloos officials were aroused,
and they telegraphed to Wimbledon to know if the ticket.
holders got out there, and finding that they did not,
orders were telegraphed to Southampton to examine every
ticket, and make the holderof a Wimbledon onepaythefare
to Southampton. This was effectually dote. Such& ruffianly
set as most of those who arrived at Southampton with
Wimbledon tickets was never seen except in a convict or
prizefighter's train. All the thieves and pickpockets ap-
prehended at the Southampton races denied their guilt,
and said they were " respectable men and bookmakers."
A rumour is current in Ross-shire (says the Li-
rernext Currier) that the Princess of Wales has accepted
an offer by her Graze the Duchess of Sutherland to place
Castle Leod at the disposal of her royal highness, with a
view of trying the effects of the Strathpeffer waters. Castle
Leod is a picturesque old baronial residence, part of the
patrimony of the Duchess of Sutherland as Countess of
Cromartie, and is in the immediate neighbourhood of the
mineral weilsof Strathpeffer.
_ .

Although Lord Derby was somewhat improved
in health on Saturday evening, there is no prospect of his
being able to be in his place in the House of Lords for the
next few days.
. _ . .

A gentleman, who wishes to preserve his incog-
nito, and whose name, indeed, has not been made known
even to the authorities, has contributed 5,00 W. to the
Bishop of London's Fund, for the purpose of promoting the
erection of a new church at Kensal-green, the district
around which is rapidly increasing in population. The
Ecclesiastical Commissioners have determined on liberally
meeting this gift, and the arrangement for the new church
and district will be completed without delay.

The Observer says that not more than 170 con-
servative members are now in Linden. The " limited
mail " to the north is " booked" up to the 1 lth of August.
SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE'S MISSION TO JASSY.—
On Saturday last the synagogues of the British, German,
Polish, Spanish, and Portuguese Jews of Loudon were
thrown open for special prayers for the success of Sir
Moses Montefiore. Each of the synagogues was thronged
at an early hour by ladies and gentlemen anxious to join
in the prayer for the welfare of the venerable philan-
thropist, who will take his departure from London to-
morrow (Tuesday), accompanied by his nephew, Mr. A.
Cohen, Dr. Danielle, of itamsgate (his physician), and Dr.
L. Loewe. Sir Moses arrived at the great synagogue at
an early hour, and at the conclusion of the usual morning
service a special prayer, composed by the chief rabbi (Dr.
Adler), was impressively read in Hebrew. The worthy
baronet visited nearly all the synagogues during the day,
receiving in all prayers for his safety and succesa.—Daily
Tekgraph.
THE NATIONAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION.—The
lords and Commons prizes, consisting of ten silver cups,
were shot for on Saturday by every detachment on the
ground, with 32-pounder smooth-bore guns ; the ranges
were 1,250 and 1,500 yards. The shooting was a vast im-
provement generally upon that of the two preceding
days; but although the details of the various scores
were not made up before the last train left
Southend for London, yet sufficient was known to in-
dicate the winning detachment, which was githe Sheffield,
or 2nd detachment of the 4th West York, hick detach-
ment made the excellent score of 34 with their 32
pounder. Amongst the notices posted on the council
board were announcements that three additional prizes had
been offered, viz., one of 10/. by the Earl of Limerick, 51.
by Colonel Durnford of the Ist Surrey, and 51. sa. from
the officers of the Ist Surrey Artillery. The programme
of the shooting for the ensuing week was also posted
to the following effect :—" Monday, 29th July, the Duke
of Cambridge's prize, for let detachment, and as second
Colonel Durnford's prize of SI. Tuesday, 30th, the
Prince of Wales's prize ; Wednesday, 31st, Colonel
Ada is prize for Ist detachment, Lord Limerick's 10/. as
second, and Ist Surrey officers' prize 51. Is. as third ;
Thursday, August 1 her Majesty the Queen's prize of ten
silver cups of the value of 100/. ; Friday, August 2, the
shooting for badges, and Messrs. Elkington's silver cup
to be shot for by all winning detachments and pre-
sented to No. 1 of the winning detachment ; Saturday,
August 3rd, distribution of prizes by the Under-Secretary
of State for War, the Earl of Longford." The Queen's
prizes will be shot for with Armstrong guns, and in order
that every detachment may have an opportunity of com-
peting, a special drill in Armstrong gun practice has been
instituled and carried out under direction of Colonel
Fisher, ILA., instructor of gunnery at the staeion, and so
soon as each detachment is considered perfect and passed
in the special drill, they will have the privilege of choosing
the calibre of the guu with which they wish to Ere, the
lighter pieces being handicapped in point of time against
the heavy guns. The Mid-Lothian detachment were the
wianers of Scotland's Challenge Cup on Friday.