The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-11 00:00:00

THS SULTAN'S VISIT.

The arrangements connected with the state re-
ception of the Sultan in London era now rapidly going
forward. It was not anticipated that his Majesty would
arrive before Saturday, for Friday being the Mahomedan
Sabbath, journeys are as much as possible avoided on
that day. According to the present programme, however,
the Sultan is expected to leave Boulogne soon after 8 o'clock
to-morrow morning. The royal yacht will be escorted across
the Channel by the steam frigates Liverpool and Plnebe.
At Dover his Majesty will remain to breakfast. Great pre-
parations are being made by the South-Eastern Company to
decorate the pier and departure station in a manner fitting
the occasion. Soon after 7 o'clock to-morrow morning the
Viceroy of Egypt will leave Charing-cross Station in a
special train with his Highness's suite and the Turkish am.
baseador, to meet his Majesty at Dover. As at. present
arranged, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Duke of Cambridge will leave Charing-cross by the
ordinary 7.25 express, which reaches Dover soon after 9.
The Pacha of Egypt will return in his own train after that
of the Sultan, which is expected to leave Dover soon after
12 o'clock. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cam-
bridge will accompany his Imperial Majesty in the state
saloon. At Charing-cross great preparations arebeing made.
All parts of the station will be prettily decorated. A raised
gallery has been erected capable of accommodating about
1,200 persons. Admission to this will be by ticket, and,
as a rule on these occasions, will be given almost exclu-
sively to ladies. A guard of honour from the Grenadier
Guards, with their full band, will be drawn up in the
station. Outside, in the op►n court-yard, will be an escort
of the Life Guards. Her Majesty's state carriages will he
sent to receive the imperial guest, the members of the
royal family, and the chief members of the suite. The
procession which there will fonn will pass into the Strand
and thence down Parliament-street, through the Horse
Guards, and along the Mall to Buckingham Palace.
These thoroughfares will be closed for traffic and the line
of route kept by patrols of cavalry, just in the same way
as is done when her Majesty goes to open parliament in
state. The Sultan is expected to arrive at Charing-crow
at about half-past 2, and the speed of the Viceroy's train
will be so arranged as to reach the same station almost at
the same time.

NEW BlBllOPS.—The Archbishop of Canterbury
has announced to the directors of the Church Missionary
Society that he is prepared to proceed with the consecra-
tion of a bishop for North China and Japan, the consent
of the Foreign-office having been obtained. The gentle-
man who is designated for the post is the Rev. W. A.
Russell, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, who has been
for some time • missionary at Ningpo. The Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel have passed a resolution
affirming the necessity which exists for the supply of episco-
pal ministrations in the north of Europe, and recommending
to the Colonial Bishoprics Council the appointment of an
Anglican Bishopric at Heligoland. A Bishopric of New
Westminster, to be taken out of the diocese of British
Columbia, is to be formed, and the Rev. John Footle-
avaite, M.A., of Trhtityrollve, Cambridge, late incum-
bent of Couthain, near Redcar, ban been nominated the
first bishop, but no time has yet been fixed for his conse-
cration.