The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,

and his colleagues and Assisi and his accomplices
had to cast off some restraints before they could
commence the work of building up a Government.
It was the free and righteous republic which
justified the War of Independence. It is the
dark and nefarious absolutism of the designs en-

tertained at Montgomery that damns this move-
ment of Secession. The Free States of the North
declare that the wicked scheme shall not be
carried out—that the American Continent shall
not be blasted with slavery, but be preserved for
the multiplication and expansion of free com-
munities. We are told that the South claim to
be the best judges of their interests, and hold
that those interests require independence. We
have not the least doubt of it. And if they can
make that independence good they may become
like the earthquake at Mendor.&—a "great fact,"
which men must perforce recognise. But until
then the prayer of every true friend of liberty must
be that an independence, vowed in advance to
enterprises which defy the morality sad violate
the interests of mankind, may never be attained.

irk fours.

OSBORNE, MAT 24.

The Prince of Wales, atten:leti by Maior•General
the Hoe. R. Bruce aad Major Teesdale, arrived yesterday
'Herron from Medially-hall, Cambridge.
Her Majesty sad the Prince Consort, SO eompacied by
the King of the Dodgier, the Coast of Fleaders, the Prince
of Wales, Princess Alio., Prisms Helena, and Princes
Louise, embarked in the royal yacht Fairy, and @teemed op
the Bouthomptom Water.
Her Msjesty returned at half-peat eaves o'clock.
The ladies sad gentlemen in waiting were I. atteadeace.
To-day, the ariverwuy of her Majesty's birthday, =heti.
cities took place in cousequeoce of the mourning.

Her Majeaty'a Corninimionera for the Exhibition of 1862
met yesterday at their offices in the Strand.

Lieutenant-Colonel Stiadwall, who has been appointed
General Superintendent and Munger of the Exhibition,
entered on the discharge of his duties yesterday.
Her Majesty's Commissioners have received notice of the
appointment of a Joint Committee of the Chambers of
Commerce arid Trade at Bremen, to act es a Commission for
the exhibitors from that town. Dr. Victor Buhmert will
be the Secretary to this Commission.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town of Thursday
evening for Hawarden Castle, Fluitahire.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
Mike from the Lord High Commissioner of the laden
Islands and the Governor of Canada.

The Prince Consort will preside at the inaugur-
ation of the Royal Horticultural thrdena, at South lea.
sington, on the sth of Jose, accompanied by the junior
members of the royal family and the illustrious visitors
'Lying at the palace. Au address will be received, memo-
rial tress planted, ke.

Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury entertained at
dinner last evening his Excellency the French Ambassador
and Mdlle. do Flaheult, Emily Duchess of Beaufort and
Lady Edith Somerset, the Marchioness of Claoricarde, the
Earl of Duracell* the Marquis of Hartington, Lord and
Lady Foley, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, the Earl of
Makmeribury, Viscount Chide°, Lord Loughborough, Lord
sad lady Charles Bruce, Viscount and Viscountess New.
port, Colonel the Him. J. Macdonald, and the Earl at
Dudley.

The Earl and Counteal of Aberdeen have re-
Woad to &Ovid from Egypt. 111. lordship continues is
a habits sada of health.

The Lady Charlotte and the Lady Dorothy
Wentworth fitzwilliant have arrived at Edwardes Hotel
for the emona tram Hawardea House.

Sir John and Lady Catherine Boileau have
ratweisol to town from visiting Sir Jute and Lady Pollan,
at Itsolsolmisa, Huts.

General Angerstein haa left the Brunswick Hotel,
latutmotreet, for Westing Hill, Norfolk.

Mina Coutta entertained at dinner, on Wednes-
day wooing, at her residence in Strathmatrset, his Easel-
limey the American Minister and Mrs. Adams, the Marquis
of Tiallfteardise, the Earl and Coruna, of Eris sad Lady
Alma Draw the Earl and Cogan= ml Yestiesleld, Via.
semi sad Visomeatess Falmouth, lady Modem Wellesley,
Lady Lopes, sir Thome sad lady Oedemas, Osionel sad
lady When*, Harcourt, Sir James Kayo Ilbuttleworth,
Oaaeral and Mn. Wyndham, Mr. sad Mrs. Bulb►, Mr.
Gralihunt, Mr. Peagelley, Mrs. Yeaday, Professor nada,
Professor Wheateloas, Mr. Jolla Abel Smith, he.

Kra, William Paynter's concert, yesterday, at
her reeidenes I. Belgraviowprine, was wemerenely sad
inidesehly attended. The artiste@ premed weirs Madame
Abend, Madame Nemo, Mifflin Pampa, Siam Bekirt, and
liver Omani. Mr. Benedict presided at the plaaeforte.
Lord Pelham, eldest son of the Marl of Chichester,
win (rays the Seam Express) shortly lad to the bymeseal
altar the beicatifal and emosplielied deaghter af the Hon.
Bir Joha D. Bligh. ef Babcock Home, Budgets.
A marriage is arranged to take place (says the
Ihooderiend Herold) Wave. Mrs. J. Hughes, widow of
Wesel Hu has, es I the Right Hoe. Wei. Hutt,
M.P., vie ..preeeleat el the Board of Trade.

Lord Herbert has appointed Major-General Sir
Z. Loped, !C.C.S., to be permanent Uoder-Secretary to
Us War Department, far the military division of the Wee.

It ix conxidered not unlikely in nautical circle*
that early its the present summer the Clianeel meet, is the
owns d its cruise, will, is sureessios, visit Xilrani Hares,
IDublia Bay, Belfast Lamb, Derry Lents, sad Us* Clyde,
malting a short stay in each.

The Lent Reeder et the Middle Temple, Dr.
Robert Q.C. aad D.C.L., read ia the hall of
the society, oe Tbumisy ~ming lest, oa his retirement
from the Milos of Roeder, • piper on "Jarisdirtios," which
was listened to by the Menem of the Bench end Other
members of the society preheat with marked ioterest and
attestioo, and the learned Reeler on tearing the chair wee
warmly spplauded. Dr. Pbillifnor• is the first Master of
the Beach wh.,, stem the year lfißit, has revived the eeriest
practice of pablic readings of papers on law by the
Reeder+ of the lam.

Memoirs of the late General Sir William Napier,
the historian of the Peoio.ular war, are in course of pre-
peratima by • ever relative of the Napier family.
Mr. Moy Thomas is engaged in writing a Life of
Lady Wortley Montage, which will, we (idioms/0 under.
Mead, comprise the substance of more than five hundred
letters of Lady Mary, her husband, and eon, hitherto ea-
pabliehed, besides a fragment of as autobiography of Lady
Mary, and other family papers, all of which have been
placed at Mr. Thomas's diepsaal since the feast publka-
ties of his edition of her sort,..

Dr. Gray, who bag lately attacked the authority
of M. Cluullu's book of Unveil, is elm of opinion, it appears,
that "Dr. Livinptene is • vest humbug." M. Chains
elneme :—" I am therefore mewled by being placed on •
get with that illustrious explorer. This at least is certain,
that tie naturalist who work. at home, safely sad luxe.
rtswity hard i• his mu•enm, has now through my travels
fa Asian foredo the opportunity of acquiring the know-
ledge of the species. The r.,turn which Dr. Gray makes
sea, ressiuds ml o 7 the ape Coat grins a malicious aural at
the hand that has just gives it • daisty."
The Meawe. Moak l ropose to give a dinner at
Greenwich in c_lebration of the cornpletMe of tbeir mag-
nificent edition of the " F.ncyclopmlis, Britennica," on the
sth of Jane.

The Maater and Warden, of the Paintere' Corn-
pally ars getting up an Exhibitiora of Work. of Decorative
Art. A private view will take place on Wednesday nest
(Derby Day !), at the Oompaily's Hall, Queenhithe.
The anniveritary meeting of the Royal Geogra-
phical Society will be hell at Burlington Hones, Piccadilly,
ea Moeda,. The Gold Medal* " for the encouragement of
geographical mimes and discovery" will be awarded to
(*sprain John 'lusher Spike for his discovery of the
great African lake Victoria Nyeosa, ke., and to John
lVDotrall Stuart for his exploratioa of the interior of
Australia.

Mr. Watts (says the A th..afrent) hes expressed
lie intention to leave to the nation, at his death, the
valuable and interesting collection of contemporary por
traits be has been for Wale years, sod is still forming.
Among the pennons who haws eat to him from time to
time may be mined Mr. Tennyson, Sir John Lawrence,
Mr. layArd. Mr. Holman Hunt, the Duke of Argyll, Mr.
Gladstone, and the Lord Chancellor.

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