The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-18 00:00:00

CROATIA.

AGRAII, Jun. 17.
The military garrisons of Croatia have been con-
siderably strengthened.

BELGIUM.
BRUSSELS. Jun* H.

The King and Queen of Portugal and suite ar-
rived here at 2 o'clock this morning, and alighted
at the Belle Vue Hotel.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JCLY 17.

The Imperial Ottoman Bank bas published a
statement of the government assignments for the
foreign loans and general debt during the period
from March 3 till July 12, showing 1,630,000 liras
received, and 350,000 falling due, while 1,110,000
liras have been remitted to Europe or paid, leaving
810,000 line disposable.

The elevation of Mumma Bey to the rank of
=whir is officially announced.

SWITZERLAND.

BERNE, JOLT 18.

The Council of the States has sanctioned the re-
solution passed by the National Council upon the
11th inst. for the establishment of a permanent
Swiss embassy at Berlin, but has also rejected the
petition for the appointment of a minister at
Washington.

AMERICA.
QUEENSTOWN, JULY Is.

The National Steam Navigation Company's
steamship Denmark, from New York, arrived off
this port at 2 a.m. to-day. After landing pas-
sengers she proceeded for Liverpool. All well.

SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 18.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Teutenia passed the Needles at 7.25 a.m. to-day.

(DT ATLANTIC vizzeitariv.)
NEW YORK, JULY 17, G P.N.
The steamers leaving to-dad• for Europe take out
1,000,000 dole. in specie.
Closing prices: Gold, 1391. Sterling exchange
on London, 1101. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1111.
Illinois, 125 ; Erie, 71k. Cotton : Middling Up-
land, 2Gic. Petroleum, refined, 27c.

the etturt.

OSBORNE, JULY 17.

The Queen embarked on board the Alberta at
Trinity-pier at a quarter before eleven o'clock this morn-
ing, and went out to the Victoria and Albert yacht,
Captain the Prince of Leiningen, in Cowes Itoads ; when
the royal yacht steamed round to Osborne Bay, where
she remained until the Osborne arrived with the Sultan on
board.

The Sultan came on board the Victoria and Albert, ac-
companied by the Imperial Princes, the Prince of Wales,
and the Duke of Cambridge, and followed by the Viceroy
of Egypt and his suite from the Enchantress, and was re-
ceived on deck by the Queen.
The royal yacht then proceeded towards the fleet at
Spithead, on nearing which a royal salute was fired.
The royal yacht, preceded by the Irene, and followed by
the squadron of steam yachts, passed through the line el
ships.
The Victoria and Albert then steamed to the eastward,
where she anchored after the firing had ceased.
Her Majesty then invested the Sultan with the Order of
the Garter.

The ceremony took place upon the quarter deck of the
royal yacht.
Her Majesty was accompanied upon the occasion by the
Prince of Wales, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse,
Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess
Beatrice, and the Duke of Cambridge, and by the Prince
and Princess of Leiningen.
After the ceremony of the investiture, luncheon was
served in the deck saloon. The royal and imperial party
included her Majesty and the members of the Royal
Family, with the Sultan and the Imperial Princes. The
Viceroy of Egypt was also present, and Fuad Pacha had
the honour of being invited.
After luncheon the royal yacht steamed back through
the fleet, being saluted as she passed—and returned to
Osborne Bay. Here the Queen, Princess Louis of Hesse,
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prince.. Beatrice,
took leave of the Sultan and landed in the Alberta at
Osborne Pier.

The Victoria and Albert then proceeded to Portsmouth
with the Sultan, the fleet again saluting his Imperial
Majesty as he passed.

Prince Arthur and Prince Louis of Hesse accompanied
the Sultan into the harbour, and then took leave.
Him Imperial Majesty landed at Clarence•yard on his re-
turn, and was received there, as on his arrival, by a guard
of honour of the Royal Marines.

From her Majesty's private station at Vauxhall, his Im-
perial Majesty was escorted by a detachment of the 3rd
Hussars to Buckingham Palace, which was reached at half-
past 9 o'clock in the evening.

The Earl and Countess Vano started at an early
hour this morning for St. Petersburg, accompanied by a
numerms suite. The earl, as already announced, goes on
• special mission to present the Emperor Alexander 11.
with the Order of the Garter. In his excellency's retinue
are Major-General Lord Henry Percy, C. 8., Viscount
Canterbury, the Marquis of Blantlford, Sir Welkin W.
Wynn, &c.

The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave's ball, to
meet his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at Straw-
berry-hill, Teddington, is appointed for Wednesday next,
the 114th inst.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Tovrnshend, who had
charge of the Belgians at the Wimbledon Camp, will re-
turn immediately to Paris to resume his duties as attach**,
to the English commission of the Paris Exhibition.
_ _

On the medal given to the Belgian volunteers to
commemorate their vivit to the Crystal Palace, is the in-
scription, " Yin: 14 Beige." A correspondent of the Timis
sake, "Is this intended for' Vire la Belgique r If not,
perhaps, it is our Virandkre that is thus alluded to."
. . . . _

A letter from Bagnerm-du-Luc.hon, of the 14th,
says :—" The Prince Imperial takes numerous walks daily
in the town and neighbourhood, and the visitors can
testify how conducive our climate is to his health. He
took his fifth bath this morning at 6, and then walked in
the public park, accompanied by General Prosser.' and M.
d'Espeuille. At 2he drove out in an open carriage in the
charming valley of the Arbonste. The excursion lasted
three hours, and the Prince appeared to enjoy it greatly.
In the evening he was out on foot, and witnessed the fire-
works let off in his honour close to the thermal establish.
ment."

Pio Nono has far emrpassed all his predecessors
in the number of saints he has canonised, amounting to
2; Japanese friars, 3 Jesuits, and I Trinitarian, on the Bth
June, 1862; and 19 martyrs, monks, and priests, hung
by the Dutch Calvinists at Gorcum in 1572 ; the Polish
archLishop, Kuncewiecz, born in 1580; the Piedmonteme
monk, Leonardo, of Porto Maurizio, born in 1676; the
missionary Paolo della Once, born in 1694 ; the Spanish
inquisitor, Pietro de Arbues, born in 1441 ; the virgin of
Pibrae, Germaine Cousin, hors in 1.179 ; and the Neapoli•
tan nun, Maria Fnunzesca, born in 1715—a1l canonised on
the 29th June last. Of simple /kali the list would be
much more extended, especially with the addition of 205
Japanese beatified on Sunday morning.
_ _

A successful ascent of bloatlnane has just been
accomplished by M. Deltaic, of Paris, it Minx the a ooud of
the season.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
eat yesterday at the Council-chamber, Whitehall to hear
Indian appeals. The lords present ware Lord Itc.milly,
Sir James 14. Colrilc, Sir E award Vaughan Williams, Sir
Richard T. Hindenley, and Sir Lawrence Peel.