The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-04 00:00:00

TEX EXPRESS, FRIDAY Eirtidti, JANUAIef 4, 1861.

Elie Court.

OSBORN% iAll. 3.

The Queen, Prince Consort, Prince of Wales,
sad Royal Fatally arrived at Osboree y...eday, ►t bait•
pad, two o'clock, trout Wknator.

A deputation in reprd to the increased expenditure o
the county of Duds= Lunatic. Asylum had an inter►iew
with fib Geroge C. Lewis ye-derday, at the Honte-oldos.
The deputatior, consisted of Mr. Chandlish, Mr. Cook, Cap-
tain Mobilise% sad C►ptain Gourley, end was introduced by
Mr. W. 8. Lindley, M.P.
Despetehes for the Governor of Canada were sent yea-
tank) from the Colonial-office.

The St. George, 91, screw, Capt. Hon. Francis
Egerton, is hourly expected at Spitherd, where his Royal
Highucss Prince Alfred will join on appointment and return
from leave. It is stated to be the intention of her Majesty
to honour Captain Egerton with a visit on board his noble
ship at 'pithead prior to her departure, on the embarka-
tion of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred for the North
America and West India station.

The Duchess of Inverness gave a grand enter-
tainment last evening to their Royal Highnesses the
Duchene of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, at her grace's
apartments is Kensiagton Palace. There wan a select
party invited to meet their royal highnseees.

The Duke of Rutland mud Lord John Manners,
M.P., have returned to Belvoir Castle from visiting the
Earl sail Countoss of Scarborough, at &Who& Park, sear
Tiekuell, Yorkshire.

Thu Duke and Duchess of Manchester, who have
been staying oa a wint to tie Earl of Sandwich, at Iliwittia-
brook', returcel yeatenky to Ceibalton Cavan

The Marquis of Lansdowne hail been venal:lg
Christmas ut Bowood, surrounded by a large family circle,
including Lord and Lady Shelburne and family, lady Louisa
Howard and the Hon. James Howard and family, Lady
Mary Herbert and the Hon. Colonel Herbert, his Excellency
the French Ambassador and the Countess de Flahault, the
Countess of Kerry sod the Hon. C. Gore. Mr. Monckton
Milner, Count Pahlen, and the Rev. Canon Guthrie have
also been visiting his lordship at Bowood.

The Earl and Countes; of Dalkeith are expected
shortly at the Duke of Buccleuch's mansion, in Be!grave.
square, from Dalksith Palace, in anticipation of her lady.
ship's acconchement..

Lord and Lady Delamere arrived in town yester-
day from Lord Deere's neat, the Hoo, in Hertfordahire,
wed leave to-day for Vale Royal, Cheshire.

Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M. P , and Lady Emily
Peel, accompanied by Lady Jane Hay, arrived in Whitehall-
prdens yesterday from NW.

Sir Edmund W. Head, Bart., Governor-General
of Canada, and Lady Head and the Misses Head, have
returned to Variance's Hotel from visiting the Duke of
Newcastle at Clamber Park, Notts.

The Hon. Francis and Mrs. Baring have arrived
is town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Grafton at
Wakefield Lodge, sad will leave to-day for Paris.
_ _

Sir Lydston Newman, Bart., who attended the
Race Fund Ball. with a large party of friends, on Wednes-
day proceeded to hie seat at Stokeley, where he entertained
the following shooting party : —4.hiptattn Douglas Lane, Lord
Alexander Paget, Mr. Seymour Thelluason, Lord Berkeley
Paget, Mr. Standish, Sir J. Bantu, Bart., Mr. Gore,
Gob.nel Madocks, Lord Darragh, and Major Stapylton.
The late bard weather had sent an abundance of wild-fowl
on to the borders of the ley or lake.

" A marriage is arranged," says the Edinburgh
evarno. "and will shortly take place, between Sir David
Baird, Bart., of Newbyth, and the Lady Georgina Bailie
Hamilton, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of
Haddington."

The Christmas course of lectures by Professor
Faraday on the " Chemical History of • Caudle," have
proved highly lam-tire on every amnion, and yesterday,
when the fourth was delivered, the hall was as on former
occasions crowded, a large number of the audience consisting
of juveniles, for whom the explanations of Mr. Faraday are
more particularly intended.

Sir John Pakington thinks it due to the Lords of
the Admiralty to state, with reference to the newspaper
accounts of the launch of the Warrior, that he performed
the ceremony of naming her in compliance with a courte-
ous invitation from the baud.

Sir Edward Belcher has read an interesting
paper on the Esquiroaux before the Ethnological Society.
He would seem to have cetablished come identity between
them awl other races of Indians on the American continent.
The information which be forsidwe as to their intelligence
and knowledge of the instal arta tends to prove, ma he
argues, that they ere capable of civilisation. Sir Edward
expresses the opinion, founded upon the extreme willing-
ness of the Eaquimaux to associate with and be taught by
white men, that one or two of the crews of the Erebus and
Terror may still be living among them.

A romewhat singular dispute was submitted to
Sir G. C. Lewis yesterday. A deputation of poor-law
guardians and magistrates from Durham attended at the
Home- office for the purpose of laying before the right hon.
gentleman certain statemente concerning the lunatic asylum
of that county. The guardians complained that they were
compelled by the county magistrates to receive lunatics
from Newcastle-on-Tyne at a cost of 12s. 84d. per head
(which included the cost of buildings), while they were only
paid the sum of 10e. The magistrates, on the other haled,
contended that they bad made the best bargain in their
power, and that that portion of the asylum which was
occupied by the Newcastle lunatics would have remained
empty, and therefore unproductive, if they had not made
the arrangement which was complained of. Sir G. C.
Lewis decided in favour of the mavatratee.

Mr. Cobden, writing from Algiers on the 28th
of December, says : -" The weather here is a complete eon.
trast to what you are experiencing. On Christmas•day the
English residents mat at c.burch, and on coming away
every one remarked, ' How warm it is'.' We have green
pea. everyday fordinner, and ripe strawberries, and beautiful
tees and flowers in the gardens. With good British steamers
to Marseilles we ought to be only seventy•two bourn from
London. It is • wonderful change of climate within 60
short a time and distance."

MR. 'SIDNEY HERBERT AND HIS CON-

STITUENIM

The Right Hen. Sidney Herbert has issued the
following oddness to the electors of the southern division of
the county of Wilts, ou his elevation to the House of Lords :
" Jeremy 1.
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"Gentlemen,—lt In with pain and regret that I End my-
self compelled to reliaquish the seat in the House of Com-
mis= which I have es lowa filled as your reprearitative.
The incessant attendance and late hours unavoidable to a
member of parliament seeking thoroughly to discharge his
duty, and aggravated in my case by the labour of repre-
senting a heavy department, have proved too much for my
strength ; and I have, at last, most reluctantly arrived at
the conclusion that I must not risk the result of another
year of so much fatigue. I entered parliament • very
young man. Through your favour I have represented the
division uninterruptedly for 28 years. I have never had to
seek for another constituency. Neither has this uninter-
rupted honour been the result of • complete identity of
opinion, nor have I purchased it by any dishonest nasals-
lion of my opinion to yours. Not doubting my eareest.
neer, you have left me • free agent ; and though differ-
'noes have existed sad been unreservedly expressed, you
have treated me with a confidence and an indulgence which
0111 never forget. For myself, I can truly say that I
have never made • toy or a pastime of the position you
have given me, but I have looked upon it as a solemn trust,
and hare laboured constantly, assiduously, and to the rat-
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most of my ability so to discharge its duties aa beet to en-
sure what appeared to me to be the public
good. Through the favour of the Crown I hope
still to be enabled, though at the cord of lea
physical exertion, to take • part in the council of the
patios ; and the interests which you have hitherto com-
mitted to my hands will not be lees sacred in nay eyes when
no longer directly confided to me by you. In bidding you
farewell, I must offer to the many and true friends who
hare given me so generous and constant a support my most
warm and heartfelt thanks. I must thank also those who
have been opposed to me for • forbearance and oourteey
honourable to them, and now moat gratifying to me to re-
member. To you all I offer my best wishes for the future,
and I limy for • continuance to you of every blessing.
" I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most grateful
and faithful servant, SMUT RERSZIIr." I