The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-22 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1869.

gbe Court.

WINDSOR, Arms 21.
The confirmation of Primes, Alice took place if
the private chapel at Windsor Coeds this warthog, Yee
royal highness having been smoothed on the previous day by
the Des of Windsor, in the presence of the Clam, the
Prism Cowart, and the Archbishop of Canterbety.
The Archbishop al Canterbury, the Bishop el Oared
(Lord High Almoner), the Bishop of Cheater (Clerk of the
Closet), the Dein of Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the
Clem), the Rev. Lord Wriotheeley Russell (thaphis th the
Priem Cosext), sad the Rev. H. J. Eileen, tea their meth
militia the rails of the ceremonies table shortly beers
12 &dock.
The mildews sad other enemy MAMA to retain the
ernmony amoseldell la tie Orrin Drewleg-them at a quieter
hire twelve. 'lbe bass sad pianism to waiting on the
QOM lid royal family aswenthisti la the con4dor.
The mesthay were that cestholed to their Mt/ ia the
At 12 o'deek Prbeemi Alice entered the chapel with haw
Rath the Prinee Cowart, and stood in front of the commu-
nion table.
The Qom, and the Dachas of Kent, Prises Arthur,
PMasn•Helea, Primate Loath, the Deka of Cambridge,
the Delmar Sue Calm, Primer Mary of Ceedelike, led
the Priam of Ithigen also seared the rapt.
Nor Nisysaq said Peace Censor% with the members el the
Revel Fray, emegiel theirs la the metre or ter. obacen
the pest miens of Meth end the ladies end gentlemen in
thighs leek disk sesta immediately behind the Royal
Paesgy ; the remslader d the compeny were plead be pews
em either side tithe thapei.
The Prince Comet, the Duke of Cambridge, and the Duke
ed gars Coburg appeared in the Windsor uniform, and each
woes the &band, Badge, and Star of the most noble Order
of t►e Grzt4 _ .

Tbs issaases of the Queen's and Prince Consort's
bomesii won the Wlndaor uniform ; the members of orders
of knighthood wearing their Temperate* insignia.
The grutlounn of fit. Gcorge's choir attended and pen
kayoed the following chorale.

mounts.
0, happy bond that seals my vows,
To Him wbo claim ear lAgbeet level
Let cheerful madame MIRY bar"
While to that emceed 'Mae I move.
'Tie dome: the great eapewemeare doss;
I am my Lore', sad He le mime :
Ho drew me rdl followed is,
Glad to confess the voice diet's.
High Heaves, that heard the edam vow,
That vow renewed shall deny hear,
Till in life's latest hoer I how,
And bless la death a bead se dear.
The archbishop having perheated the service, the follow-
ing anthem composed foe the aeries we sang :
Psalm sari., verses 19, 14.15—W. G. Cosine.
" I will receive the cap of ealvatlem : and call upon the
Name et the Laid.
" Behold, 0 Ind, how that I sat thy servant : I am thy
serrset ; Thou hest broken my bonds in sander.
I will pay my vows unto the Loud, in the sight of all
his people in the courts of the Lord's home, even in the
midst of di, a 0 Jemmies. Prate, the Lord.'
Mr. W. 0. Cosine prodded at the organ.
His Grace them delivered an imhartation.
The ceremony hang sided, the Qaees sad Prince Consort,
with the Dachas of Kest, the Duke of Sim Coburg, sort
the Royal Family, quitted the chapel and 'stored the Green
Drawing-room, where her Majesty received the comgratu-
Wiens of the company present.
The following were the royal and distinguished persona
present :—The Quin, the Prism Onset. the Duchess of
Kest, Prise Arthur, Princes' Alice, Princess Helena,
Princess Louie*, the uke of Cambridge, Prince,. Mary of
Cambridge, the Dyke of Ow Coburg and Goths, the Prince
of Lob/ages, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of
Derby, the First Lord el the ; the Right Hon.
Thome Henry &ahem Mareesaa, the of State for
the limns Depaelemels Cisco Oats emit the Royal
Howelookis the Ilialqab el K.C., the Lord
Steward ; Berl Delaware the Lard Chembedela; the Duke
of Beaufort, the Mean of the Hone; the Deans of Mae-
chests% the Mistress of the Robes; the el AMR-
owe, K .0., th• re
of the Stole to the
sort; the Bishop of Oxford, the Lord High
the Bishop of Chaster, the Clark of the Closet;
the Hon. and Very Rs. Gerald V. Wellesley, the
Dean of Windsor and Readmit Chsplain, and the Hoe.
Mrs. Walleeley ; the Countess of Gainbotough, the Lady la
Waiting ; the Hon. Carolina Cavendish and the Hon. FM*
Macdonald, the Melds of Honour in Waiting ; Lady
Caroline Barriegtos the Lady Superintendent ; Viscous&
Strathalen, the Lord in Waiting ; Liest.-Generol Sir F.
fitovi; H.C.8., the Groom is Waiting ; Colonel the Hos.
A. Nnan Heed, the Equerry in Waiting ; Lady Mary
and Mier Hood; Coked the Hon. Sir Charism Thin;
H.C.8., the Privy Pens ; Miss Phippe ; Colossi BiddulPh,
the Meter of the Household, sad tee Hon. llrs. lidddppif
Colossi Treads H. Septum Ladysad Miss Ser-
apes • Sir James Clark, Bak, Mr. Glover, the Libtarisa ;
Lord 'George Lennox, Lord of the Bahrimember to the
Prisms Consort; Major-Owe& the Hos. 0. Grey,
Priem, Societal to the Priam Caesar% and the
Hat. Mrs.
to
"Grey • Major-General Wylde, the Ones of
the Bedchamber .the Pane Ceased; Clithethe Cholla T.
De PIS, the lawny la WS'S( le the Prins Osumi ;
the Rev. Lard Wrilathseleg Res*, the Chaplets te the
Prime Oman • Mr. Bain the le the Pens
Comsat: Lady 'Sales Lis* the Lady in Waiting
upon the Duels, el Meat • Lady Cedepn, the
Lady in Waiting upon the Dunham d ; Colonel
Sir George Coups, Bart., C. 8., the Peeeerry lie Wages
spa the Drachm of Kent, and Left Cooper; Lisat.-Or
loud Ram Peeves, the Equerry ha Wail:full: ea the Lin
-
doss afCasslaridge; Colossi Cheeks Tyne the
Weitieg epos the Doke et Ongridge • Hess se
M, C.thitaise de Banter, sad Colonel F.
ils Waiting to the Duke of Sees Coburg audavrtehlair;
Meer Elphinstone, A.B. Tutor to Prime Arthur • and
Me Bedpan , Madame hocede, and Mails. Baser, Go-
ma...es to the Princemes.
The Hanoverian Mohler (his Migenty the lets King of
Rearm having teen godfather to the Primers Alice); the
Wei of Clareadcw, ; the Dowager Lady
Eytalton; Mho Wisteria Weedy; Lisettemeat-Geowel Sir
Ovens Bowles, K.C.B. ; the View of Wiser*, the Rev. H.
I. Masao, end the Rev. W. R. Jolley, were else present.
lasehtos wee served to the royal family fa the white
aces, end to the general mossy in the dieing-noon
The Dake of Cambridge and Pr:ncese Mary took lime of
Ilia QUM, end left Windsor in the afternoon. The Prince
if linage= also vatted the Caste.
The Misiatere of State and other visiton Invited to attend
the ternany took their departure.
Romeres4ty's dines party yesterday inhaled the Doke
ef and Princea Mary, the Archbishop of Cartw-
heel, the aches of !Casaba...re the Hanovwloa Minister,
Game Kilmetwegge, the Berl ef Derby_, Lady Awns
Oade the Dean of Wiedsor and the Hon. Mrs. Welke-
ley, Llememmt-Coloctel Panes, sad Colonel Tyrwhitt.
Oa Trilby end Saturday las, an
ow Monday end
Taw
day la the anent week, the usual royal homaties and gate
alms were distributed to nearl 1,000 used sad aseteekoras
poor la veriow petishes in end arouad the seleepells et She
Alemon-ofece, la liculland.nrd, ander the same if the
Lord High A.moceer sad the Sub-Almoner.
The silent and royal charities associated with the SOW
Meendey Thursday were distributed yesterday tit 40
IlLeemday men and 40 lismdiay women with the sweemen
saviors Whitehall Chapel.
The nester al nob sex carreeponde with the alp dies
Meet Ondeas lasjemy.
Liters (fink in the afternoon a ra
a debehermit of the Yeomen of theM'ersinallirditgeirialailesdr
Erre* mat, the commend of an Usher, one of the yeomen
the geld salver of the reign of William end Mary;
erigitl. Dr. Jell, Sub-Almoner ; Joseph Hanby, Eng , I
itastarl and Yeoman of the Aleatory, sod his sesistser,
seesegmin by six &Mesa from the national schools in
Wealsisaer and Sr. Mary.laStrand who had been selected
la emeltisration of their good carded, proceeded to the
diegarrival of the procession having bean *ailed to the
Ear. W. J. Hale, who officiated is the absence of the Rev.
De. Wesley ileissDeen. from IS health, the remand genie.
semai hp Mr. Unwed, and it at the estnaue of the
ad leek his piece with the fielaAlmeen, after the
peessa ohli the alms.
The alga pr.:make than advanced is the faiberieff cedar:
The Mathes • the Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal; the
Clergymen in waiting; the Yemen Daher; the Tsars
rem the Saver ad Alum; the Sub-Alsemer, mad the
Reg. .J. Hale; the Rational School Chatham; the Yea-
s= ef the Almoory and his &Maas ; the Teases of the
Closed, to the steps of the Altar, and those esespebteg it
having Shut the simian places an *her We, the Churn
Sonia (a= swiss LA the seenks) wenreed by the
Rev. Dr.
Isheetmllea,Osfesion, Absolutism, &a. 41st Psalm (the
Gera Cheat). Flit Lem" Sr. Matthew, 26th chap., from
v. 14 to v. 31.
rest Animus (41st Psalm): " Bleared le he that con-
sider,* the and needy the Lord shell deliver hhe he
rime d ." (Items.) A packet of IS. lie. dieeributed
le each wenn, la Ise ef clothing ; sad to each sea ware
gimbaled dossed steckins.
alma Alain (a Prayer) , "HIM sot They Thy Bee
Rem us. 0 Lied
" (Fonest.) Weak& and WHO clothe
woe Ora iblelirthig.

Third Mahon (81st Pemba) : "0 Lad, groat the Qum
• keg hfe" (Nene.) Purees were the .ributed; este
red Mee ocatehred 2L 10a, and each white parse 40 aver
pseabe.
thered Leone, St. Matthew, 26th Chap., begin v. 31 to
the sod.
Fear* Antha, Lelia, 63rd. " Who is this that coraeth
free Moral" (Arnold.)
The followed two Prayers oorspoeril foe the cesselon.
The followed the Pram he the Queen.
The Lord Bishop of Wad, Lard High Aloseer, hav'sg
been sanuncesol to be weesat et rho ceskinetlea of the
Prison Ahem at Winifirre. his Wash* we asavoldably
absent boa this sank*.
Mr. Cooper melded at the organ, in the skews of 131 r
Gawp hotart la eserequeece of
The dogmas fres her ldelesty's Chard Bird ob the
moles were—the Her. Dr. Vivianl../lele, J. V.
?oval, J. 01witshadeb, awl Timm
The gentiensa of bee Ifrjeety's Chapl Hopi la ahead-
we were—Messrs. Hobbs, Mach% ftwesys, Bradbury,
Deem, Hereby, Thema, end Farmer.
gemOnss oldie tellpirsta of thee:gel al:Mow, is 00
el ago, sad has maw end
la the Omaha Regbasat et Foot of imbilers

A (Miami Come wu held yalfewasT &Banc",
at four o'oloak at the official realism* of the Chan-
oellor of the: lizehaquer, in Doss ainretrest. The
Ministers Faisal were s—The Earl et Derby, the
Right Roo. S. Disraeli, the Lord Chaasellor, Use
Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Seasitary ffidecort. the
Earl of Malmesbury, General Peel, Lord Stanley
and Lord John Manama.

The Haw John Hest, Cannestreimee et the liewtoaelleat
nabs:tee, bad an interview with the Earl of italaseebery, at
t Foreiga- office, yesterday. _ _

The Earl of Doneughoaoro left Loudon en Wed:inlay
afght for Ireland.

Yr. Secretary Eatoourt returned from Whdeor Castle yes-
terday afternoon, and wan regent at the Cabled Cam&
Despatches from the Governor of Malta were tusked yes-
terday at the Colosial-ofike. Despatches Ines mot to the
Goversors of the North American PZOTISOMI sad Dererada.

Her Majesty the Queen Marie Amelia, his Royal
Biomes the Doke de Romero and her Royal Highness
the Duero Augusts of dam &berg, aeoompanled by the
Doke de Montmorency, the Baroness de Pleganths, Genera
Count Dumas, mid L numerous eedte, indeed yesterday at
Oril ice's Clarendon Hotel, from Claremont
- . .

The Duke of Cleveland and Lady
Ponlett, who came to town a few days Mace fro=
Castle, left St. Jameirequare yeetentay to pen time Take
in Pans _ _

-
The Duke and Dachas. of Sutherland will have
Stafford House tomorrow Cliofdee for the Easter hell-
days.
The Duke of Leeds has arrived at Grillion's Cla-
rendon Hotel from Hereby Code, Carrick, Yorkshire.
The Earl and Countess of Mabneebury had a
dinner par y, last erasing, at their magma in Whitehall-
gardens, when the Marquis and Marchionses of Stafford,
the Earl and Counter of Shaftesbury, his Excellency the
Marquis d'Arglio, the Chevalier Ilesaisso d'Areglio, his
Errancy Mr James Rudest, sad Mr. Bidwell, wire
soon the pasta of the *obis earl sad countess.
The Earl and Countess of Yarborough left town
yesterday for Tuateidge Wells. We are happy to learn that
the health of the wide earl has lately improved. _

The Earl and Countess of Aahburnham and family
left nahburnhans House yesterday, for their seat in Sussex.
The Earl of Donoughmore left London on Wed-
nesday sight in Ireland.
Lord and Lady Gardner have arrived at their
reakees he Down-strest, from Seollutd.. . .

Lord Alexander Paget and Lord Berkeley Paget
Lye arrived at Swabia's Hotel, St. Junee'rostreet, from
ark sad, Headmen.
Mr. Secretary Batooart returned from Windsor
Castle yesterday shernoon, and was present at the Cabinet
Crated,. _ _

Lord Robert Client), Sir Conn,* is and Lady
Ricketts and family, are et present starlai at Cluster
Rowe. _ _

Viscount Maynard has presented the Rev. William
Gibson to the meal curacy of Tilty, seer Dosmow,
vacant by she preferment of the Rev. 0. E. Brace&
The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster and
family have arrived at the Dalian& Park Hotel.
On Wednesday last the Rev. Willoughby Willey
Dickinson, M.A., was issfittated to the rectory of Martlesharn,
he Suffolk, on the preeentation of Fredaric.k Goodwin Doughty,
Esq., of Woodbridge, in the Nose county. On the same day
the Rev. Frederick Rent, clerk, wee licensed to the curacy of
Wrexham, in Norfolk, on the nomination of the Rev. Samuel
Haworth.
The King and Queen of Prussia left Naples, a
telegraphic deepasch from that city so Berlin stales, on Mon-
day, for Rome, and intend to remain there to the end of the
present month. Their Majesties propmed to visit Venice
belay re using to Potsdam.
A letter from Bt. Petersburg says :—" The Em.
peer Dowager has stemmed her visit to Berlin, ea bet Ma-
jesty desires to meet her brother the Lag of Prusaie, who
will not return Ban Italy before the middle or May. From
Berlin, the Raper will go to Bros end Bchlangenbsd, es
already arranged, to take the waters."
A letter from one of the principal vine-growers

.. . .
new Aprniay lays:—" I am awry to Inform you first on the
mornhig of the 19th all the viwryarda in Champagne weren't
up by a sharp but There dote not remain for the present
owe-eighth of a mop, and the result will be a great failure for
the year. We are not yet out of danger fur the remainder,
and cannot be before the middle of next month."