The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-22 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OP THE COURT PROM OSBORNE.

PORTSMOUTH. MARCH 21.

Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highnees
the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prinoess Alice,
Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the
Princesses Hikes, Lades, and Beatrice, left Osborne Have
this monsiegat 10.45 a.m. The royal party embarked on
hoard the screw yacht Fairy, and arrived at Portsmouth
Dockyard, ander the customary royal salutes, at IL4O. Her
Majesty was received at the dockyard jetty by Vie.
Admiral H. W. Gruen, oommanderinchief at this pert;
Major General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scariest, LOB.,
Bear-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey, Colonel Somerset, 0.1,
Colonel Conolly, Captain Coots, of the Victory, Tows
Major Breton, do. Guards of honour were furnished from
the Bilk Brigade and the Staffordshire Militia. Bit
Majesty proceeded by the dockyard railway to the Lasidport
station, and proceeded thence, for the first time, by the
London and Portsmouth Direct Railway.

Their Royal itighnesees the Duke and Dachas
d'Anmale honoured Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Wedshonee
Chime with their mammy et dinner on T* day het, at
their residence in Hyde-park-street. A select circle were
invited to meet their royal highnesses.

His Royal Rigkiiees the Duke of Cambridge
honoured Baron and Baroness Lionel de Rothschild by his
company at dinner last evening, at Kingston House, Knights.
bridge. A distisignished party were invited to meet the

The Duchess of Wellington has issued cards for
aireniblies on tleturday next, and on Wednesday, the 28th
inst.

The Marquis of Lansdowne had a select party
Let evening at Lansdowne House. . .

The Earl of Home has bought • mansion in Groe-

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The Marquis and Marehioneaa of Normanby
have taken Holcrofes-hall, Fulham, the late residence of
Mr. Laurie, M.P. . .

The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his eighth
parliameateu7 dinner yeatenlay evening to the following
members of the lower home:—Lord Lifted Churchill,
Viscount Raynham, Lord Edwin Hill, Hon. Frederick
Calthorpe, Hon. W. L Duziocenbe, Sir John Villiers
Shelley, Sir William Scott, Sir Thomas Winnington, Sir
Francis Goldsmid, Admiral Sir Henry Leeke,
Colonel Peers Williams, Colonel Fargernon Davie, Major
Edwards, Captain Gordon, Mr. Adam, Mr. Maxwell Close,
Mr. Oonolly, Mr. Davey, Mr. Dundee, Mr. Gard, Mr.
Garnett, Mr. Lawson, Mr. R. P. Long, Mr. Mackinnon,
jun., Mr. Martin (Tewkesbury), Mr. Marry, Mr. Pugh
(Carmarthen), Mr. Robertson (Berwick), Mr. Steel, Mr.
Sutton Western, Mr. Aphford Wise, and Mr. Erskine
Welwyn. Ths Hat Georp Waldegrave and the Rev.
Henry Dewy lied the hosier of joininirthe peaty.
There was a Privy Council held' at Dublin Castle
on Tassdar, at 'chick the. Earl of Carlisle presided. At the
annual ball in Inksour of IL Patrick, given in. the evening,
his EzcseHency was not present, owing to the death of Lady
Dover. To this drawback to the festivities was to be added
the great inclemency of the weather, the equinoctial plea
being at their height. At the Privy Council Mr. Justice
Fitzgerald took his seat for the first time.
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There is a rumour current (Rays the North British
Daily Mail), which is stated to be correct, that the two
youngest was of the Duke of Bueclencle have followed their
nestarnal relative, sad gone over to the Church of Rome.

Yesterday evening Dr. Lankestes concluded his
worse of lectures on food, at the South Kensington Museum,
with a lecture on the adulteratioas to which most articles of
food are subjected.

The spring exhibition of plante and flowern at the
gardens of the Royal Botanic Society, tried het year, proved
0 attractive that the mime determined as a repetition of

the show. All the plants which graced the inhibition bat
year had their representatives in yesterday's show, and
there were not • few novelties. New heaths attracted
ouch attentioa, so also did • collection of hyseirthm arm
wield were variant plants of mew aril liesatiful colones.
Ore called the Argus, of deep bine with a white eye, was
especially admired. The Snowball, white of course, is re-
markable for the breadth of he petals ; the Lord Clyde., •
beautiful kind of purple red, also attracted each attention.
Colonel Dunne will ask the Secretary of State for
POMO Affairs tomorrow whether be is aware of the in-
Mudd edemeoe cl the Spark army on Tangiers, and what
piesatiso be has received from the government of that
eareery that there will not be • permanent or men pro-
truded occupation of • place so essential for the supply ef
Mee fortress of Gibraltar.

To-morrow evening Sir Stafford Northoote will
ask the fiecretry of State for the Home Department whet
cruse be propose. to take with regard to the introduction
at a bill for authorising the reissue next year ; and whether
he era any objection to the appointment of a select com-
mittee to consider the but mode of procuring such informa-
tion in connexion with the census as may be thought tle.
sbsible

The will of the late James Murphy, Eeq., son of
the celebrated Irish cattle ealeansater, has been paned.
The personal Wale ►ea been swore under 150,0001. The
balk of the property ie left to Roman catholic " parpooes"
sod eharitiea
Mr. Basset, of Tehidy, was the purchaser of the
two best of Count Batthyani's barowehe hones, "Rapid
Rheas" and "Unicorn," *old at Tattersall'. on Monday
bat. Very high priced were realised for moat of the animas
is the seat's stud.

LATIIST IIiTELLIGEMP.
FRANCIS AND SAVOY. • ,
DESPATOOH OF K THOUFEHIL
THE SWISS PROTEIN.
pmaS, WIDNISDAY.
The Emperor received the deputation from Savoy
at half-past 2 this afternoon.
The deputation presented the addresses.
The Emperor expressed his pleasure in receiving
the deputation, and the following is said to be the
sense of his Majesty's speech :
" The reunion of Savoy and Nice to France
has been resolved upon in principle. The assent
of Piedmont and the populations has been ob-
tained to this rectification of the frontiers,
and the negotiations with the powers who signed
the treaty of 1815 permit the hope of a favourable
examination of the question by the greater part of
them. Friendship for Switzerland had almost
caused a cession of territory to be promised, which
he believed would not be contrary to the wishes of
Savoy ; but as soon as it was known that the popu-
lation refused that Savoy should be dismembered,
France renounced this cession, although wishing
to protect the interests of Switzerland."
On Saturday the deputation will dine at the
Tuileries.

PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING.

The Moniteur of this morning contains the speech
which the Emperor addressed yesterday to the de-
putation from Savoy, the tenour of which agrees
with that of the message sent last night.
His Majesty said, besides :—" Everybody in
Europe, who does not yield to the spirit of antago-
nism of another epoch, considers this annexation of
territory as natural and equitable."

The ifoniteur also contains the circular note of
M. Thouvenel of the 13th of March, explaining to
the powers who signed the treaties of Vienna, that
the aggrandisement of Sardinia renders it necessary
for France to obtain more important (serieuses)
frontiers. France, be says, does not pursue this
annexation in the name of nationalities, bat only
as a guarantee for a better frontier.
The Moniteur also contains a despatch of M.
Thouvenel, addressed to M. de Turgot, and reply-
ing to the protest of Switzerland.
M. Thouvenel expresses his astonishment at
the steps taken by Switzerland, and says that
Switzerland, who has received so many proofs of
the friendship of the Emperor ought to have
placed her confidence in France. M. Thou-
venal then examines the question of right, and

says that the neutralisation of Chablaia and
Faucigny was made in favour of Savoy. The
Federal Council interferes without any legitimate
masons in the arrangements which France and Sar-
dinia are about to conclude.

Thouvenel acknowledges that the powers
could examine the stipulations of the treaties of
1815, and does not hesitate to say that France is
disposed to adopt any medium course suggested
either for the general interest or, above all, for the
interest of Switzerland.

The Moniteur publishes s decree fixing the in-
terests of the Bons de Trevor at 2 and 2} per cent.

The Nord of to-day says :
"The reply of the English government to the
&posh of M. Thouvenel has arrived in Paris. If
we may believe what we hear, the English govern-
ment has not renounced all hope of preventing
the annexation of Savoy, or at least of re-
ducing it to proportions which would make it
a constant source of difficulty and embarrassment
to Francs. The Foreign-office has replied that it
waits until the populations have pronounced their
wishes. Switzerland has been less patient, and the
municipality of Nice, it is said, has not stopped to
be asked. As the Sardinian chambers may inter-
vene in the act of cession, perhaps England
hopes that they will save her the trouble.
In any case we shall not have so long to wait as
was supposed, for the Sardinian government has
altered its decision to adjourn the opening of tho
session until the 12th. The opening will take place
on the 2nd of April, and one of the first measures

submitted to the chamber will be that of the ces-
goo of Savoy and Nioe to France."

VIENNA, WIMNICIIDAT BVIIIIIIIO.

M. Steiger, the Swiss Chase d'Affaires at this
Court, has presented a Circular note to Count
Rechberg, in which the Federal Council protests to
the powers who guaranteed the treaties of Vienna
against any measure having for its object the incor-
poration of Chablais and Faucigny with the French
empire. Count Rechberg replied that Austria re-
serves her definitive reply until she has ascertained the
disposition of Europe, but he reminded M. Steiger
that last year, when the French troops were con-
veyed by railroad from Carlos to Chambery, the
Austrian cabinet in vain represented to Switzerland,
as well as to the great powers, that the neutrality
of that part of Savoy should be respected.
By thrL
,passage of the French troops, that
nentralitn was openly violated, contrary to the
treatimi of 1816.
*. TURIN, ILtaca M.
A depOtation from the Ilioristy of the " Unions
Liberate " has paid a visit to the deputation from
Nice. The Chevalier Buonoompagni, as president
of the society, expremed the sympathies of Italy in
the cause of Nioe, and encouraged the deputies in
their efforts, wishing also the inhabitants of Nice
a complete emcees.
Signori Verani and Magnin returned their thanks.