The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE ABSOLUTE.

The Qom's visit yottooday to the Resolute, lying
off Cowes, la the Media. Water. melted auk littered
&swag the bakehtteate of Pertuatratk ffestitawPtoo, sod
Wight, sad evldeatly afforded radial gratiffeatice to the
AM? kelt °Seers lo sharp of the skip.
The Quest, seseapaaled by Prises Albert, the Primo
of Rahn, the Primers Role*, sad the Primes Alla,
left Caboose at a quarter post tea Wale* sad drove to
the ship la ea opts carriage draws by fear grey pooh*.
' Her Majesty was 'Minded by the Dubow of Athol sad
the Hon. Misr Cellular; mad be her salts were Sir Juan
Clark, M.D., Mejor.Geoeral Beam* Colonel H. C. B.
Phipps, Captain De Rea, Mr. Gibbs, sad Dr. Boater.

The Raeolate, dressed la her colours, was lathed sling.
side of the royal embarkation play at Trinity wharf. I'M
English and amerloan lisp were flying at the peak, and as
soot as the Qum at her foot oa the deck the mil steadied
was hoisted at the lean. The Retribution fired a salute, the
boats' crews "tared " their ease, and the ship's company,
stoning at the rail, received her Majesty with three rounds
of Mom. Captala Rutsteia received the royal party at
the gangway, sad the anon la full uniform, wen
grouped ea either side. They were Lintenent C. H.
Wills, Lestessat E. E. Stone, Lleateasat Ranter Da-
vidson, Di. R. T. Ken we, sad Dr. Otis, dating Searetary.
The following redeem wen also proem, Creakey,
Consul for the United States; Chevalier Vines* Pappa-
ludo, Vies-Consul; Mr. Ruling, Via-Consul for the
United States at Cowes • Captala Higgins, commands: of
the United States' snailip Renew ; sad Mr. Cornelius
Grinnell, eon of Mr. Hoary Griasell, of New Teri,, the
projector el the Asserien Arctic expedition. AU were
resealed to the Queen by Captain Hartrtein, who dna
addressed bee Majesty in the fallowing words—" Allow me
to welcome you Majesty on board the Resolute, and, In
obedieue to the will of my onntryinea sad of the Presi-
dent of the Called States, to nacre her to you, mot only es
an seldom', of a friendly feeling to you sovereignty, bat se
a token of love, admiration, and respect SO you Majesty

Tee gems amassed touched by the randy simplicity of the
thin freak sad sailor-like address, sad replied with a gra-
Wins sail., " I thank pea, sir."
The royal party than wont over the skip, and itzawined
her with wasifest lateral. °apish Rutstein tread her
mum on a map, sad iadiested tin most important dim
savories of the American Antis expeditioam. La the aura
of twaversation Primo Albert observed that Lady Franklin
was me, szious far another szpoditim, to whisk Captain
Rutstein repliao that he wee sot surprised that she should
ha so, far he thought it very peamible that Franklin or some
of him emaredee might still be slice mom' the Fognisanz.
After sempletlag Os impaction of the eh ip the royal
petty retired amid the eittkasiaatte aeoluiatisee of Ike
women.

It was originally intended to must her Majesty to take
lansheonoa board, but the idea wee subsequently abu•
dosed through a diffidence as to whether the proceeding
would begone mket nil**. Bat atter the withdrawal
of the royal party there was an elegant dijewiter in the
wardrcom, at which Put followiag toasts and sentiments
wars given among others :—"The Caeca and the Royal
Family," "The President of the United State.," "The
Union Jack and the Buz-spangled Banner," " The Health
of Mr. Cornelius Galina," "The fetus nooses of the
Res date, sad may she be again employed in promcating
the search for fitr John Franklin and his comrades." This
Met' absent was proposed by Captain Higgins, mended
by Mr. Griaaell, and evoked cordial applaum

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Captain Rutstein was invited by the Queen to dine and
to spend the night st Osborne, and all the officers mire in-
vited to 'kit the pounds at Osborne, a privilege of whisks
t►ey availed thiamine at three o'clock.

itas assolato was to roan to Portsmouth this morals,
at half-past tau o'clock, mud on lota dock.

The Bury Post mays:—"EarlJermyn left Ickworth
at the east of last week to area& the fuse/al of his brother•
la-law, Sir. Frederick Seymour, bet will, we believe, keep
his mg ream% to be present at the Ipswich Armes=
this (Wednesday) evemiag, with the President, Lord A.
Hervey, who bee promised a paper."
Ms. THACTILLT us OLUGOW.—Now that the so-
mats sourced with Mr. Thirteen's lectures on the
" Four G)eo►gie " hove best made up, we are ambled to
state that the Glasgow *theorem bee cleared may 6001.
by the specsiatioa. For his four listens Mr. Thirteen
roe/rived oily 1061., having at the sues time some under at
obligatiee sot to re deliver them, or to give up other to-
tem is Onager dors( the peewit winter. Ite considered
that he bed bun '. done," mad, acosediag to all scoounts,was
but isdifferautly sueosedel la disguising his emotions. Ha
Thutkeray bad previously received 2001. for delivers( the
same lectures la lisisburgh.—Glospor Cosmos.

Ouft NORTH AldditiCAN COW- NIAL—IAat *Teeing
the How. July. Halibsrtea, of Noss Scotia (author of
“ Sac Slick "), addressed a fall =setts; of the aseatben of
the Meseheeter Atheawsai, to the library, ea the position
sad prospects of the North Aussie= solos's& At the ekes
of the lecture, a vote of Wake to the learned judgo was
awed by Mr. imams Crossley, who Bald the 'elms bad
boss fell of u wit, hawoor, laformatios, sad saassessost,"
sad wooded by Kr. Aldesuisa W. B. Watkins, w►o ea.
seascod the promos albs Hoe. Mrs. Halibartoa.

COURT Or COMMON COUNCIL,—It was stated is
the report of the Comsat Comma proceedings of yesterday
that the prrpoeed spot for the patieeted model West
homes was the aim of the late Fleet Prima. It should Mee
bum Turssulldtreet, Clerkeare•lL The report of the
armatittaa recommeadiag that the model ledgbig-bouses
ghould sot be vetted was almost samelmesely
NZ,/ SAILORS' Rola, SIINDIOLIASIX—Tbs New
Sailor.' Home, at Sunderland, was weed as Monday,
without any demonstration of a puMle esmMrr. The Rome
is sloe building, with a Flemish heat, are Med es the edp
of the Tows Moor, coats rweas to the desks, aced, Iselodieg
the perehme money of the site, has coat sheet 4,0001., up-
wards of see-half of whisk has already bees raked by sub
estiptiose from the isbablemts of the berme h sad soisb•
boodles& It coats:me assesemodedes tee tessemss. sad
the business of thelll4plsg-allere is insaswed la a peril=
of the betiding. Meseless ewe pesediled with three mesh a
day, at the rate of 141. pet week ; bat sweeties ere *sly
shamed 10s. 6d.
PASSIM= BUCHAMAM.—RepIying to as address
of mogratalatioa lately tad to hiss by the stadium of
the Presidia sod Merebell College, Preeidest Ileshassa
'tamed that, without 'eying which party was right or
which was wrong, the leers of the " father of his aeastry,"
bad at last bees teethed, and they sow behold a sectional
party—use portion of their Union arrayed Is polled
hostility egoism tbe other. The °Meet of his adwilaies
motion would he to destroy any melees' party, mirth or
meth, sad benumb" all sections of the Uelos reader a
elationl and emanative government, as it was fifty years
ago. U elms this were dose, the time might came when the
mistime' mimmitise which sow unhappily cabled might
break up the fairest and most perhes hem of goverassest
the sea ever show wpm But he trailed that the nese
Power whisk had welshed ever and preserved them is the
pees would matinee to mails epos them sad make these a
prosperous, suited, and happy people. Is osselmios, he
said that if be could la say degree be the bosomed Whir
meat of allaying this seethed entitemest cad restoring the
gossraessat to the principles sad policy of the fathers, be
would this feel that he bad sot Gnawed the arduous duties
of the ogles Is vete,

TRANSPORT°, TROOPS ON THRGEILMAN RAILWAYS.
—A re gelatin boo bees adopted is the army of Mecklenburg
end ether Neetkeormes states, mkt& Is Weeded to pro-
wl& Mao esinvegnueenf freer es railway% independently
of the erlithery meths Mums eseisteace% wbiebos ands
eanione might possibly be Wend. Fear noweescale•
Newel Mime free sack of the feu lefentry battalion* of
theldgedetarrigill es the Meeklenbarg Ilse se 'Wein%
Within end processing the duty of the easier-
driver. Tbe mined them kg the Melt le to be dr
.anus.