The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-26 00:00:00

THE LATE IMPERIAL SPEECH.

The Independance Belge of yesterday, in com-
menting on the speech of the Emperor Napoleon in opening
the Chambers, says :—" We have received today a singular
explanation of the muses which led the Emperor to
intimate to France that in his opinion it was not yet rips
for a new extension of is political liberties—a declaration
which has occasioned in that country as well as beyond it
just disappointment. The two ministers who are specially
charged with the administration of internal affairs ascribe to
the last reforms, and to the hopes of present reforms formed
in the public mind last summer, the agitation of thcfchiartier
Latin, the discussions in the Liege Congress, the audacities
of the journal La Rive Gauche, the growing independence
of the attitude of the press, particularly in the provinces,
and lastly, the successes pined by the opposition in 11
elections out of 26 in rural districts which had hitherto
seemed entirely subservient to government hid a.
once. Although it might appear more legitimate to
inquire, whether the symptoms thus noticed did not arise
from too great a stretch of authority, the Emperor yielded
to the observations and fears of his advisers. He now
appears further removed than ever from the tendencies
which were attributed to him some time ago, and hie speech
affords unexceptionable testimony of him resolution to re-
strain the movement instead of guiding it."

it be court.

OSBORNE, Lug. 25.

Prince Clhtistian of Schleswig-Holstein, and
Prince Hermann of Hohenlobe, attended by Lord Alfred
Paget, visited the Royal Victoria Hospital at Netley yes-
terday morning.
Her Majesty drove out in a carriage and four is the after-
noon, acoompanied by Princess Helena, Princess Hermann
of Hohenlohe, and Prince Christian.
Sir George Grey arrived and bad the hluour of dining
with the Queen and Royal Family.

His Excellency Senor Riestra, envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary from the Argentine Re.
public to the Court of St. James, socompanied by Madame
Riestra and family, has left Maoris3r's Hotel for the Isle of
Wight.
The Earl and Countess of Easex come to town
to-morrow from Caealobury Park, near Watford, for the
. . .

The Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe arrived in town
on Wednesday from Cannes, in the south of France, and
today will leave for his seat in Devooshire for a few weeks'
shooting ere he rejoins the counter at Causes.
Lord Stanley, M.P., will come to town for the
season early in the ensuing week.
Lord de Grey and Ripon has addressed a circular
to the lord•lieutenants of counties, suggesting that, in
consequent,s of the cattle plague, it would be advisable
not to cell out the yeomanry this year for permanent
duty ; horses to be exempt from tax whether called out or
not.

The Rev. Henry Mackenzie, prebend of Lincoln,
and rector of Tydd SL Mary, Lincolnshire, and chaplain of
the Bishop of Lincoln, has (says the Rolls Journal) been
appointed to the Archdesconry of Nottingham, reodered
vacant by the death of the late Archdtrooa Wilkins. D.D.
Viscount Galway, who was caught by the
nook by a wire guard, while riding after the hounds, we
rather better at the last accounts. Twelve leeches had been
put on his throat to keep off inflammation. The gullet is
affected and extremely painful when he tries to swallow
food, and he cannot move his head without great pain.
A Town Hall for the borough of Hull was opened
yesterday with great ceremony. The building has been
erected from the plans of Mr. Cuthbert Broderick, the
architect of the Leeds TownatalL Earl Ds Grey and Ripon,
the Lord High Steward of the borough (which he at one
time represented), the Archbishop of York, Lord Wenlock,
Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding, and other distinguished
visitors were present. Earl de Grey also laid the foundation
stone of the Hull and East Riding College, an educational
establishment promoted by a limited liability company, and
founded upon nonconformist and non-political principles.
A letter from one of the physicians in attendance
on Mr. Gibson at Rome, dated the 19th, says :—" I am
happy to inform you that the state of Mr. Gibson's health
is gradually improving, and that during the lint two days
sensation has been returning in the paralysed arm. He
has been free from pain during the whole of his illness,
and his mental faculties have been quite clear. We have
now, I think, reasonable hopes of his recovery."
Captain Werner, of the Prussian navy, is again
in Berlin. His intended expedition to the North Pole this
spring has been very favourably taken up by the govern-
ment, and a committee on the subject site at the Admi-
ralty, at which Professor Petermann also mist..
A short time ago General von Maateuffel, the
Prussian commissioner in Schleswig, received an anocymous
present in the form of a colossal loaf. At first it was sup.
posed to be a modest expression of goodwill on the part of
some unknown admirer. This view of the case, however,
was somewhat modified when the loaf was cut open and
found to contain a large number of copies of those Holstein
newspapers which the general bad prohibited in Sleswig.
A letter from Stockholm says :—" There is a
strong desire on the part both of Swedes and Norwegians
th►t there should be a close intimacy between their wintry
and England, which the visits paid by the Priebe and Pubs-
' our of Wales to Sweden, and by Prince Alfred to Norway,
have greatly tended to strengthen. The bereasing tom-
' menial intercourse between the two countries has likewise
" bad the effect of fostering this feeling, and the late estab.
liahment of branch banks in this city and in Gothenburg
with their head office in London will also hoof great service
for this purpose, more especially since the new postal
arrangements both through Prussia and through Denmark
• have afforded facilities for communication, which are of the
greatest lmportssos to all who are engaged either in those
• financial or mercantile trammetioes between the two coon-
' tries which are daily beooming both more valuable and
more extensive.•
On Tuesday the Bois at Paris presented an
animated appearance. From as arty as 2in the afternoon
the drive from the Amine& l'lms4mtrice to the Lake
was almost impulsed., in consequence of the uninterrupted

stream of brilliant eqMpagas which only began to tun
homeward towards dna. The Emperor appeared, for the
first time this season, in his wageeelle, whit& be drives

himself, Pore few moments be stopped to ape* to the
Prinoces Hohenzollern, who. preceded by two outriders,

drove ia one of the Empress', baronoltes. The prism wee
among the riders, who mastered in fall faros.

"M. Beroobe," say* the Nord, "overwhelmed
with affiiottoe at the loss of his daughter, addressed to the
Emperor • heart•reodiag letter, requesting to be relieved
from his portfolio. The Emperor immediately replied
that be well nuderstood the mbrister's feelings, but
begged him to rennin in Aloe ; addle; that he knew by
expo:imps that ooeapstia• was the oily alleviation of deep
sorrow, and also that both t►e country sad himself bad
seed of sash devoted serving."