The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-27 00:00:00

EDINBURGH.

A meeting of the Town Council was held on Tues-
day, the Loan PROVO.r is the chair.
immediately after the reading of the minutes,
The LORD Pamirt rid—At lest meeting of the council
I took occasion to arse!, cm behalf of the council, our
feeliap of the great and irreparable loss which the nation
has sostamed is the death of his Royal Highnsr the Prince
Consort, and maggested that there should be adopted by the
council an address of sympathy and condolence with her
Ma jsety in this time of trial and morrow with which it has
;Armed Providence to visit her. I then intimated that there
would be a universal expression of • mpathy with her
Majesty, sad of sorrow for the national loss. And I be-
lieve, gnat r has been the acknowledgment of this lea
that even yet we have not realised the extent or the of
it. Whet we do to intimate our sympathy with thelliress
and our err of the lass which the nation bra sustained, I
believe we shall do in cression with all the subjects of her
=throes/tor the linglixand breadth of the land. The
will sow ripest that I should propose, which I ear
simply do, that we should preen address of 000dolireeand
sympathy
_with her Majesty on this °curio° of grief and
sorrow. Tim, Lord Provost then reed the following address :
" Wes,, the Lord Provost, magistrates, and council of the
city of Edinburgh, desire to express to your Majesty the sen-
timent of deep solemnity and sorrow with which we have
received the intelligence of the death of your Majesty's
ustrious Consort.

rWeTeiiiembs; with profound thankfulness the great
and numerous tensliM which his Royal Highness Imo coo-
toned upon the people of this land, and we lISIOCiat4 the
Influence of his talent' and his position with the progiess of
art and science sod education, arid with the prosperity and
happiness ol your Majesty's subjede.
We have a very grateful receollection of the favour
conferred upon this city by his Royal Highness but a few
weeks ago, whoa he laid the foundatiou.stones of two
important satiessal institutioas in the presence of a
large number of our fellow-citizens. We and they can-
not but deeply feel the pain and the suddenness of
the stroke which has removed, from his career of useful-
pros, in the very vigour of his days, in the beauty and
strength of his manhood, one so conspicuous among
princes for his virtues and talents—one so eminently
respected, and so much beloved. While we thus deplore
the sudden and irreparable Less which the nation has sus-
tained, we would also express our sense of the greatness of
the bereavement which has deprived your Majesty of the
presence and support of a kind hitehand and a eapcions
adviser, and your Majesty's children of the counsel and
training of a wins sad affectionate father. It is our earnest
desire that He who bas sent the affliction may supply to
your Majesty true consolation ; and we trust that in this
time of trial and sorrow it may give sonic comfort to your
Majesty to be assured of the universal prayers and sym-
pathy of your Majesty's devoted and loyal people."
The address was unanimously adopted.

EDINBURGH PREZ PRESBYTERY.
The Free Presbytery of Edinburgh mat on Wed-
nesday. Rev. T. Main, Moderator.
Dr. CANDLISH add—Before proceeding to the business on
the roll, I have two duties of a painful nature to dip:Barge.
We meet to-day in the face of very sorrowful wend, both
in Um date and in the church. I think it our duty as a
Presbytery to take notice of both these events. The Ant is
the hies of the person wbo in this country wee
next in importance to her Majesty herself rba:
other is the loss of a beloved friend and father
in our church. I beg to propose that we, ea a Pres-
bytery, peepers aa addrar of coedolerce in the
usual way, setting forth the deep sympathy which we have
with her Majesty and the royal household In this calamity,
sail oar 'truest hope that they may be supported by Divine
grace, and that this event may be blessed and sanctified to
them. I think none of us can fail to see that in the anxious

circumstances in which the country is now placed, with a
possible war looming not far off the event which has be-
fallen the country ia one which calls for deep consideration
and reflection. I are sure that we must all rejoice to we err
large an amount of sympathy called forth throughout the na-
tion en behalf of the rovalfamily. I believe that not eventbe
death of the Princess Charlotte, which some of us may recol-
lect, impressed the country more than the removal of the
Prince Consort ; and it cannot bet he singularly gratifying
the Queen and royal Lundy to And how thoroughly the
whole of the country have regretted this calamity aa a really
domestic affliction. It ha. brought her Majesty and her
household home to the affections of the community 1 and
we all feel as much sympathy with her as we would with
one another in any similar bereavement. I beg to propose
that a small committee be appointed to prepare an acidities
of condolence to her Majesty, and that the Moderator be
' Ruth°. licit; to sign and transmit the same. (Appl,use.)
The Rev. Mr. DAVIDSON suggested that aomething should
be said in the address with reference to the Prince of Wales.
He had just come to the age when impressions for good or
fur evil might be strongly made upon him.
The motion was unanimously adopted, and the Mode-
rator, Dr. Csoulish. and Mr. Davidson, were appointed to
draw up and transmit the address.