The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

CliyarAL P4L401.

The Crystal Palace entertainments yesterday
wan of a very varied character. Not very long sines, as every
one knows, the Oxford Music Hall waa burnt down, and ite
numerous artists of various degrees were thrown out of
employment. In this dilemma their brother proles.
sionals flew to the rescue from every similar establish.
meat in London, and the varied programme of yester.
day's entertainment was the result of a perfect ~s,,aiTos
de ric&eae.. The comic singers, who ►ppeared in
great numbers, were rapturously recalled, and in
many cases encored ; and the dancers, whether on
the rope or on the boards, were applauded to
the echo. Some little disappointment was felt at
the absence of Blondin, but the explanation which
was given quite satisfied the public. Biondi, it appears,
wished to perform on the high rope, but Mr. Bewley has.
lag heard that he had been recently indisposed, ■nd them
not being time to prepare the appliances necessary for so
perilous a performance, thought it his duty so
protest, and the result was that the great acro-
bat was "conspicuous by his absence." Thera
was excellent music at intervals by several bands,
and the Parini@ enlivened the afternoon with
their extraordinary performances on the slack wire. Tho
evening portion of the entertainment car protracted to an •
unusually late hour, and included the negro entertainment ,
of Mr. Bfackmey, surnamed the Great, Ethardo'a spiral
ascent, and the gyrations of the 061041 Troupe from
Clovsmt.garden. From the comfortably full appearance of
the Palate interior we feel justified in b►sts, that the
benevolent object for which the selertainment had been
got up has been satisfactorily fulfilled.

THZ QUZIN'EI RETURN TO WINDSOR CASTLE.
This afternoon her Majesty the Queen, with the junior
members of the royal family, attended by the lactic and
gentlemen of the court, will leave °sheers after lona eon,
end woes in the royal yacht to the Clarence Victualling
yard at Gosport, en route for Windsor Castle. She will
disembark at the landing-place attached to the pinata '
railway station in the yard, when a special train pro •
aided by the directors of the London and South Western
Rail era will be placed in readiness. Her Mall= .7
via Rishapetoke and Winchester erectile
*er".74; line to the Baaingstoke junction with the Grist
Western Railway, where she will arrive at five o'clock.
The can of the royal train will then be banded over to
the °Maids of the latter fine, the special travelling over
the Great Western narrow gauge by way of Reading,
Twyford, Taplow, and slough, to Windsor, where her
Majesty will write at six o'clock precisely. The railway
arrangements will be under the control of Mr. W.ll.
Williams, of the Landon and Routh Western line, and
Mr. J. Grimm, general manager of the Great Western
Railway. A special train with a portion of her Majesty's
horses and carriages arrived at Windsor yeaterd..y onet-
ime. Prim and Princess Christian left Whidaor for
London yesterday afternoon by the 4 p.m. trodu ow the
Gress Mein line. Their royal highnesses return to Fin-
ware to-day.

I -
Wm=2eB 817IFEAGE.—The Nati mi 1 Society for
Wamem's Suffrage numbers arson it members omen's(
the Yellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. One of them ,
s wrote to Mr. Berg ford Hope's committee declining to vets
for that gentleman, on the ground of has vote against Mr.
Mill's motion is the Hones of Commons last Ma in favour
of extending the franchiee to widow. and single women
possessing the property or other qualification neeemary for
adman** to the suffrage. Upwards of fifty Fellows of
colleges in Cambridge Uaivenity are members of the .
National Society for Women'. Suffrage, which was formed
last November, and which is extending its branches
throughout the bicgdoni. A petition from Kingstown and
Blaebrook, praying for the wirmission of women, qualified
as above, to the privilege of the regatta., bas been signal
by a pwards of 300 Inhabitants of both sexes

ROYAL Plan HOSPITAL, ORAY'S-INII-ILOAD.—The
number of patients relieve.' at this hospital during the
week endgrg Feb. Sie woe 3.705, of which 1.195 were saw
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