The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-23 00:00:00

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The Siameee AmbassaiUrs and suite are expected
to arrive in Paris about Saturday next. The French go-
vemment have rented for them • handsome furnished
hotel in the Champs Elysian. An officer on board the
Gironde, which is bringing the ambessedoes to Suss, hes
written • letter giving some account of the visit to the King
of Siam. The officers of the Gironde were about to leave
the palace of the Second Kiog, when the first one invited
them to be present on the following day at the oath.taking.
Never had any European witnessed this ceremony, and it
wee looked on as a great favour. Chairs were placed for them
under • kiosque, with cigars and refreshments, and they were
thu able to witness the passage of the cort,4o. The King,
with a crown on his bead and a sword in bar band, was
carried on a throne, and all his mandarins were in their
full costume. The mandarins drank the oath water in the
pagoda, while their lint wives performed the same cere-
mony in a reserved part, in presence of Krotu.Khuing.
Wows, the King's brother. Our often were not, how.
ever, admitted to witness either the conjurations of the
Takpointa, or the instruments of torture and of death
whiel are pat into the water sea threat to those who should
fail in their oath. The audience of the Second King was pre-
cisely similar to that of the First. His Majesty was seated on a
chair raised on one step ; the conversation took place in •
dialogue form, and during-the time the officers of the Gironde
smoked cigarettes which the King had caused to be placed
near them. The King afterwards invited them to dinner.
After dinner his Majesty requested them, if they were not
too fatigued, to go up into his apartments, where they
passed aserly an hoar in drinking tea, smoking, and COD•
versing, the subject being astronomical observations, steam-
engines, sad nautical matters. His Majesty popes much of
his time in baying steam yeah; fitted up--exerciiing the
crews in gunnery pieties, at which they are very expert,
and in making his mandarins take obsernaiona.

A POLITICAL. PARALLEL.—The independence of
Italy has toned a warm defender is N. Eotvos. In sup.
porting M. Dick's proposition of an address in the Diet at
Pestb the other day, N. Eotvos said : " Whatever love the
Hungarians may have for their nationality, would they
ham its supremacy en the annihilation of the legitimate
rights of other nations, or would they ensure its greeters
by preventing on the one hoed the resurrection of Poland,
or on the other, the unity of Italy r Referring to the pro-
posal, mooted at the court of Vienna, of rejecting the ad-
drew, Y. Eotvos added :—" Even supposing our address
does not succeed, I yet look with calmness to the future.
Our cause is not one of those which depend on caprice or
good pleasure ; it can neither be granted by favour, nor
withheld by violence. Our cause is that of all nationalities.
It is the condition of the unity of Italy, it is the cause of
liberty for which for three ceoturies the peoples have shed
their blood. A people which rests on such rights as these
cannot perish."
TIM UNITED STATER LEGATION.—The United
States Legation is temporarily located at No. 7, Dike-street,
Duchess-street, Portland -place. As soon as a permanent
misidenes hasbeen decided upon it will be announced in the
columns of this journaL —London American.
ABORIOINEN' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of this society was held last evening at the Friends'
Meeting-house, White Hart-court, Gracechurchatreet ;
Yr. S. Gurney, H.P., in the chair. The secretary read the
report, which commenced by a reference to the colony of
New Zealand, and the wee now or lately waging there. It
entered minutely into the origin of the war, which acme
from the conduct of the governor in his attempt to appro-
priate hind without taking those steps which had been
agreed upon between the natives and the government in
cases of that description, and also without the consent
of the native chiefs. The society bad published a
pamphlet, detailing. all the facts of the case, and
calling for a special committee of inquiry, in order
that if wrong has been done to the natives reparation
might be made, and petitions have been sent into the House
of Commons with the same object. The report then
strongly condemns the conduct of the home government for
their unreserved approval of the acts of the colonial
governor. It neat alludes to the position of the
Kaflire at the Cape of Good Hope, disapproving of the
policy carried out in that colony, expressing -its opinion that
while the present policy was pursued by our government
towards the aboral inhabitants of our colonies dime-
tidaction would always exist amongst them. The society
had expended during the past year between 3001. and 4001.,
leaving it somewhat in debt, and appealing to the public
for further pecuniary support. The report having been
adopted, Mr. Tregelles, George Thompson, and other
gentlemen, including a native Hindu*, oddreacid the
meeting.

RLISTORATION Or CHICHERTZA CATIIKDRAL. —A
sum of 28,000 i. Ism been subscribed towards the restoration
of this cathedral, and it is estimated by the srebiteet that a
further sum of 22,0001. will be required to complete the
works. In order to aceaktite as far as possible the raising
of the aura, an influential committee of gentlemen, at pre-
sent resident in London, has been formed.

tTWOPENCE

GRAND MASONIC PESTIVAL AT LEEDS.—IN•
drALLATION OP SARL DL Gl= AND 'typos.

Ye
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orestai:ilditiapy:nastiisLeipe.dtasi,i.ithao,
of west Yorkshire of the Ancient Order of Free aod As.
°egad Kasai, to which office be was appointed by the
Grand Master of England (the Earl of Zetland) on the death
of the Earl of Mexborough, who had held it for about a
quarter of a century. The event created great interest
among the freemasons both in Yorkshire and other
Ridlrt
counties. There wee a very large attendance, upwards
Provincial Grant!
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of 1,200 of the (nutty being present, about 1,000
belonging to Yorkshire, and the remainder coming from
vanoue parts of England. The installation took place
in the Victoria-hall, which was pre pired for the bewails
in due masonic form • aced none but members of the order
I were admitted to 'Stair the ceremony. The proceedings
in connection with the Installation commenced with "the
opening of the lodge," which was done hy the W. M. and
officers of the lodge of Truth (No. 763, Huddersfield), of
which Earl de Grey is Past Muter. The D.P.G.M. and Pro-
vincial Grand *Mous then entered, and the " Provincial
@sad Lodge" was opened, and the important business of
the dnyproanded with. Alter his lordship had been duly
instened, he returned thanks for the honour conferred upon
him, promising to us his beet efforts to maintain the high re-
putation which the province of West Yorkshire bolds amongst
ftheinasese. The noble lord appointed .li. W. G. Fearnley,
M.D., Dbabury; as his ildputr 'dde, " Hhh, masonry
divine," with organ accosipanunent, composed for the occa-
sion by P. G. G. Brother Bark, organist of the Town Hall
awn, supg &Meg thop At the termination
,of ceee,
of sh7~aa•
and "7 —Bream prsthicie greedkaphisouris
eol-
le made on behalf of the Leeds Infirmary. As amain
nada 'of persons assembled to witness the
attreatesta doubt by the comparative novelty olrtrimihipes
taste, and the beautiful habiliments, decorations, end dis-
tinguishing badges which form art of the 111411011 e pus-
qcfalia. At our o'clock about TOO Moollll and a
Ho spnak-
Wire sat dart to a banqnet in the crypt of the Town
The Provincial Grand Master of West Yoriuhire
(earl de Grey) ocoupied the chair, and amongst these pre-
ent wore the P. 0.11: of West Derbyshire (the Martitus of
), Ma* Edwards, M.P., ho. The touts ex-
pand loyal and patriotic ones, ware purely of
a erdepthsentary character. In the seeping there was a
brilliant ball is the Vilotedshall,- to which nossiasons
were Waited. .