The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-31 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO CHERBOURG.

The Qathen, in her royal yacht, will leave Osborne
on Tuesday, and will be mated by the Royal Albert, 121,
bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Lord Lyons, having under
his orders • select squadron. On the return of the ships
from Cherbourg, 81r Charles Fremantle will hoist hie Sig on
board the Renown until the Royal Albert, which is te be his
proper flag-ship, has undergone some necessary repairs.
Her Majesty will distribute the Victoria Cross to all
officers and men who have recently arrived from India, and
recommended for that decoration, at a grand parade on South-
er& Common ca Monday.
The Hoe. Major Fitzmaarice has received orders from the
Admiralty to light the whole of the chips attending her
Majesty with his new life light.
Vice-Admiral Lord Lyons remains ashore at the Portland,
Nathan, where, with his .staff, he will transact busing=
and receive adle until Tuesday. On that evening his
lordship will give • banquet on board in honour of his
Excellency Marshal the Duke of Malakoff, G.C.11.,
who will be his guest for the voyage. Twenty-eight guests
only will form this distinguished party, comprising the
Duke, the Lords of the Admiralty, Admiral Bir George
Seymour, General Sir I. Y. Barlett, Rear-Admiral Super-
intendent the Hon. G. Grey, and the captains of the fleet.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert is now open to pub-
lic view at Cowes, and will be so until she lams for Preset.
Hundreds of perms have beset to inspect her. No rape*
able penman is effused admittance on board. On the oth of
Anglia there will be a yacht race frees Yarmouth Roads,
near the Need= rooks, in the Isle of Wight, to • buoy
inside Cherbourg harbour, for the Emperor's gold cap.
The yachts are to be owned by members of the Royal Yacht
Club, of which the Emperor is • member. Nearly 60 yachts
are already entered for the race. They will start at daylight.
The starting of a vast fleet of the largest 'and moat splendid
yschts in the world will be one of the finest sights imagin-
able, and their crawl= the British Channel will form a
magnificent some. It is rumoured that the Royal Mail Com-
pany will send their fine steamer Oneida to Cherbourg. The
only stemmata they can conveniently send am the Teelot
and the Oneida. A large number of steamers are going to
Cherbourg from Portsmouth. The steamer Brighton, which
ban jest beset perchased by the Weymouth and Channel
Island Sews Packet Company for 9,0001., le advertised to go
to Cherbourg from Weymouth. Parties are in treaty forth.
Southampton and tale of Wight mail steamer Medina for the
Cherbourg trip. The price leaked to loan her is 1601. The
distance between fionthampenn and Cherbourg is between 70
and 80 miles. There is a slight preparation for the Cher-
bourg trip amongst some of the yachts at Southampton.

PAS.4PORTB.--FOI.IIION-OFFICE, JULY 30.—Per-
sons requiring pueporte from the Foreign-office must addles,
their letters to the chief clerk of the Foreign office, Lond, a,
with the word " Paasport" conspicuously written upon the
cover. If sent to the Secretary of State much time is lost.
Notlee is hereby given, that the Earl of Malmesbury has
appointed the following persona to be agents for the teem of
Foreign-offios passports at the undermentioned pieces --
Bil.oingbazo, George A. Everitt, Erg. ; Dover, Samna'
Metcalfe Latham, Esq. ; Devonport, Thomas H. Hawker,
Esq.; Folkestone, Fronds M. Faulkner, Esq. ; Hull, John
England, Esq. ; Liverpool, Nathan Utherland, BK.;
Lowestoft, B. M. Bradbeer, Esq.; Newcastle-ca-Tyne„
Edward Glynn, Esq. ; Newhaven, F. G. Turner, Esq.;
tthampton, W. J. Weans, Eaq.; Weymouth, Richard
Flare, Eeq.—Garffir.

HER HAIRIETra VISIT To LEtwa.—We hear with
great satisfaction that her Majesty has intbnated her inten-
tion of visiting Leeds on Monday, the 6th of September,
sad opening the Town-hall on Tuesday, the 7th. We believe
this will be the moat dwirshis thing possible for the tows,
ea
it will bring immediately together her Majesty's net
and the Musical Festival. To the inhabitants also, who
receive goes* or who make preparations for both events,
it will be aoenvealenoe that they 'Mould be an days imme-
diately consecutive. Her Majesty Is to reach Leeds at six
o'clock in the evening of Monday, and to have the town on
Tuesday punctually at half-past one o'clock p.m. The mayor
we understand, is still in London, la consultation with the
'Who/ides on the subject of the arrangement/1 for the royal
visit. —Leeds Mercury of this day.
"•

Hie Excellency the Dole of Malakoff will leave
the French embassy to-day, on • visit to the Counter
France, Waldegrave sad Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P., at
Nunebam Park, near Oxford. His excellency return. to
town on Monday, and on the following day departs foe
Cherbourg, for the Queen's visit at that port.

The gar quiz Camden and Ladies Pratt have left
Wilderness Pest, near &remelts, for Canterbury, to attend
the meeting of the Kent Arabie.ilogical Society, of which
the marquis is president.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley
lift tows yesterday for Chobimodality Cam* Cheshire.
Earl Fortescne, accompanied by his eon, the Hon.
D. F. Foremost% has Ica tows for a short asks mad visit to
ths Mammal Islands.

The Earl and Countess of Portarllngten have left
Claridge Roes/ The counters has kit for Iftlaud, and the
liable awl is goat to speed a few dap at Bourarmetouth prior
to Jolidag bar ladyshlp to Ireland.

Viseonn t and Visaountess Villiers have gone on a
toar o the German Spec

Lord Dofferin hu arrived at Claridge's Hotel.
Mr. Prior, known by his Life of Goldsmith," and
by as ski*. of Goldsmith bearing his same, is sow Sir
Joao Prior, K.H.

After next Tuesday, the Bishop of London will
not mast the deny of hie diocese at Loe4 Moto until
farther wilco.

On Tneeday will be sold by public section a letter
wrtttee, not dinned, by Nell Gays. Now, Nally could eat
write; sht could pen, sad with difileuity, nothbig twee
them her sees. The otter W serer bent published; nay,
has never been seen by curious laquirces after Nelly's bongs.
Yr. Shiner, a scholar sad on author, owns and sans the
letter.—lllserrsnal Lemke New.
MG'S COLLIOL—THA ScHooL.—The annual
distribution of primes for the school and schools is wake with
King's Colls took place yesterday, is the pressen et•
crowded mad ihisetnie oesetablsge. la the stews et the
Blebop of London, the chair was take. by Mr. Cotten, who
briefly indrawn the seeenblege es the *ask* ditty which
it led folios le his lot to perform, larreavali .edi the prim
Weeded tordietribatios were the dealt et adadtahle memo-
matt at the schools, added to pesereerease suedon the
part of those detracted. Having nodose in eek foveae tans
of the coattaot of the schools, sad bevies expreeeed his re-
gret that the Bishop of London wee eaak e le be presiat, the
Annan 111110111104 the eememetateat ell ea epeteltse.
Alter the delivery of three, the prima were dietribated, end
the mewing terminated with the easel compliment to the
annals._

Taz ROYAL AcaDloX.—The exhibition was
dawn by a eotamreamow as Wedaeatty even* leo, Irbil&
was we, lady ationlid. The aueSee of linen daring Ow
nem tan iiipsiO Itpars.Tb.as*. we beam as
set egnil is amOsat thous al lot yeer.—Bwilior.