The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-27 00:00:00

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The (ueen, accompanied by the Princes& Xsquisie,
drove out this morning, attended by the Hon. Flotg Mac-
donald.
The Princess Christian, attended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington, went out driving, and Prince Leopold walked out.
The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Christian went out
shooting, attended by Lieutenant Haig. Lord Crofton had
the honour of accompanying their royal highnesses.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left the Castle to-day.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre-
sent
were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of
Malniesbury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole,
Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General
Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote,
Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne
Hardy, and Lord Naas.

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. George Potter,
Robert Hartwell, J. Bryers, Thos. Coffey, Jenkins,
and G. Brooke, had an interview with Lord J. Manners, at
the Office of her Majesty's Works, yesterday.
Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of Canada. Despatches were
sent to the Governors of Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon.
Hong Kong, Labuan, the Australian Colonies, New
Zealand, the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and Gibraltar.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO WOLVERHAMPTON.—The
town-clerk of Wolverhampton waited yesterday afternoon
upon General Grey, at Buckingham-palace, to submit
programme of the corporation arrangements, and the
route through which it is proposed to take her Majesty
and the other royal visitors, with also a draft of the
address, by the reoorder of the borough. Ten rooms for
royalty, the suite, and the attendants are being fitted up
at the Great Western Railway Station, where her Majesty
has ordered luncheon to be prepared at her own cost by
the Lord Steward. Her Majesty will not take luncheon
upon her arrival, but upon returning from the
town, and immediately before her departure. So
soon as the statue has been unveiled, five guns sent to
Wolverhampton by the War-office will boom out the fact,
and then her Majesty's military band will, after playing
the national anthem, perform a piece of music which is
closely associated in the Queen's recollection with the
memory of the departed Prince. This is itself a portion
of the arrangements made by the royal house. The cor-
poration are pushing forward the erections for the accom-
modation of spectators around the statue, and the six
miles of barricading along the thoroughfares which will be
traversed by the royal cortege. There will be six
triumphal arches, one will be built of coal and iron ;
another will be constructed of hardware trophies, and
another will take a castellated form. Indeed, the private
inhabitants are taking up the matter most enthusiastically.
Propositions are being made for the presentation of an
address to the Queen from the portions of the parlia-
mentary borough outside Wolverhampton. The railway
companies are advertising to carry passengers from Bir-
mingham every half-hour ; and the whole of the manu-
facturing portion of the West Midlands are considerably
excited in anticipation of being able to join in the festivi-
ties. The mayor of Wolverhampton has asked that the
day may be observed as a holiday, and manufacturers com-
plying with his request are some of them closing their
works for the week on Thursday night.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh,
K. G., It c., has signified hisintentionof laying the foundation
stone to a new (Smalley) wing of the Licensed Victuallers'
Asylum, Old Kent-road, on Friday next, at 12 o'clock.
The Lord Mayor, sheriffs, undersheriffs, and many persons
of distinction, will, it is expected, be present.
A letter from St. Petersburg of the 21st says :
"This morning the Emperor requested the Prince of Wales
to accompany him in a visit to the riding-school. When
arriving on the spot his Majesty placed himself at the
head of a troop of Caucasian horsemen who had been
waiting to receive him, atil executed some intricate
manmuvres before his illustrious guest. His Majesty '
being himself in Circassian uniform, and speaking I
with the chief of his Circassian escort in the
language of his 'Malioniedrua subjects, then ordered
him to perform some of those feats of horsemanship in
which the Circassian/ excel. Upon the word of command
being given a number of Cirmissians dashed forward, and
while at full speed suddenly turned upon their horses,
firing behind them. Another file, galloping after the first,
fired to the left, and, deserting their seats at the same
moment, hung on the right of the horses, so as to expose
only their left legs to the supposed enemy. Others flung
handkerchiefs on the ground, and lifted them up in head-
long career. At last they came on in a thundering gallop,
standing on their horses, and preceded by one who stood
on his head in the saddle. The Prince was greatly amused
by an exhibition which had more in common with circus
evolutions than the simpler but more effective movements
of European horse."
At the ordinary meeting last evening of the
Royal Geographical Society a letter was read from Dr.
Livingstone, from the Rovuma river, Kist Africa, in
which lie described the progress he had made in pursuing
the course of that river into the interior, with the object
of reaching the north end of Lake Nyassa, and thence
proceeding to Lake langaityiki, which lies to the south of
the Albert Nyanza. The Litter lake, which is at present I
considered the source of the Nile, is suspected by many
geographers to derive its waters from the southern one,
which would in that case become the source of that river.
Dr. Livingstone stated that he had advanced along the
Rovulna about 100 miles, and though the natives were not
to be trusted, he hail succeeded in gaining the favour of
one of their chiefs, and he felt confident of being able to
accomplish the objects he had in view. The experiment of
taking camels and buffaloes with him had not answered,
for several of the animals had died.
Dr. Cimuning writes to the Tinter to contradict
a report of one of his late sermons. He denies that he
fixed the end of the world for this year, l S Ai. " I merely
took the opportunity," be says, " of stating that 20 years
ago Elliott and, the greatest writers on prophecy, starting
from a.p. 532 or from A.O. COG, have taught that we may
expect this very year the final judgment on the papacy, In
far as providential. But all of us expect it is not to be
utterly destroyed till He come whose right it is to reign.
The earth, I believe, is to be transformed, not annihi-
lated." He adds an extract from one of his hooks, in
which he said, " How soon after 1867 the Redeemer will
return and take the kingdom and reign over all the earth
I cannot say."
In a correspondence with Mr. Clay, M.P., Mr.
T. Hughes explains that in his recent speech at Lambeth
he did not intend to say that Mr. Clay's Franchise Bill
was intended by its author to embarrass the government
or delay their measure. " What I had in my mind," says
Mr. Hughes, " and wished to express, was that it was so
used by a party in the house to some extent. I myself was
strongly canvassed to support it, on the ground of my ad-
vocacy of an educational franchise, by more than one mem-
ber notoriously and openly opposed to the Government
Bill, and I found considerable difficulty in refusing to
do so."

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Thanks to the endeavours of Mr. Michell, her
Majesty's Consul at St. Petersburg, a hospital for British
seamen will be opened next spring at Cronstadt. The new
hospital will contain 40 beds, and be supported by a tax
on British shipping at the rate of one rouble per man of
the crews of sailing vessels, and 50 copecks per man in the
case of steamers. The cost of establishing the hospital is
defrayed from voluntary contributions, partly of private
gentlemen, foremost among whom is Mr. J. G. Hubbard,
M.P., the owner of a large cotton spinnery near St. Peters.
burg, And partly of corporations, the British factory there
having subscribed 5,000 roubles, and the Russian Company
1,000 roubles. The Board of Trade has also given 5,000
roubles.

The Arcnir National publishes the following
telegraphic despatch from Rome :—" The Pope has in-
vited
the Empress of the French and the Prince Imperial
to go and pass the Christmas holidays in the Eternal
City."
Letters from Naples state that the princely
family of Angri has definitively loot all hope of finding its
heir, a young man of 19, who diaappeared at Curious
without say news or any trace of him being obtained. The
family lately had a glimpse of hope, as he vas said to be a
prisoner in Hungary; afterwards, that he had been carried
off by brigands, Lc. At last they have had his funeral
service celebrated, and gone into mourning. He was one
I of the finest young men in Naples.