The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-27 00:00:00

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The Telegraph describes tho order issued by Sir R.
Mayne extending the time during which the dogs of Lon-
don are to be muzzled or confined. as an edict "which
deserves to be received with a howl of indignation."
Scotland-yard has not kept faith with the dogs of Lon-
don, and the perpetration of this blunder will make the
police less popular than ever.

Her Majesty the Queen, with the junior mem-
bers of the royal family, and their attendant suites, will
arrive in England on the 11th of September. The royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain his Serene Highness
the Prince Leiningen, will proceed to Cherbourg and be
ready to embark the royal party on the morning of that
day. The yacht will then cross to Portsmouth harbour,
and the Queen and soya! family will disembark at the
Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, where they will enter a
special train. Travelling as far sa Baaingstoke on the
South-Western Railway, the royal party will then enter
carriages and proceed on the Great Western Railway to
Windsor, arriving at the Castle a little after seven o'clock.
Of the trip to Scotland nothing is yet definitely known ;
it is believed, however, that the Queen will leave Windsor
about Friday, the 26th of September, fos her Highland
home at Balmoral.

Lord Napier arrived at Rughenden Manor on
Monday evening on a visit to the Premier. He was met at
the Wycombe station by the high sheriff, the mayor, and
corporation of Wycombe, and • party of about fifty gen-
tlemen on horseback, headed by Mr. 0. H. Hussey and
Mr. Thomas Coates, ehiuthwardens, who escorted him to
the residence of the Premier. At the entrance to the
estate the parishioners had erected a triumphal arch
of evergreens, decorated with flags; and words
" Welcome to Hughenden " were worked in mass on a
white ground by the wile of the vicar and other ladies of
the parish.
DR. WNEILE AND THE DEANERY OF RIPON.
—The deanery of Ripon has (says the Liosrpool Moretoy)
been offered to and accepted by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile,
D.D., ex-incumbent of St. Paul's, Prince's-park, Liver-
pool, and canon of Chester.
DEATH OF LORD NORMAN"FON.—We have to an-
nounce the death of the Earl of Normanton, which oc-
curred at his residence in London yesterday. His lord-
ship was born Nov. 12, 1778, and succeeded his father,
•Charles, Earl of Normanton and Archbishop of Dublin,
July 14, 1809. He married, May 17, 1816, Diana, daughter
of urge Augustus, Earl of Pembroke. She died Dec. 2,
1841, leaving three sons and one daughter (the Countess
Nelson). His lordship is succeeded by his son J 1101416.
Viscount Somerton, who married, April 9, 18t6, Caroline,
daughter of William, Viscount Barrington, and has two
sons and three daughters.

DEATH OF (WIRRAL SIR FRANCIS COCKBURN,
Ksricurr.—We have to reoord the death of General Sir
Francis Cockburn, colonel of the 96th Regiment of Foot,
who died on the 24th inst. at Dover, In the 88th year of
hie age. The venerable and gallant general was the fifth
eon of Sir James Cockburn, Bart., of Langton, by his
second wife, Miss Aytioough, daughter of the Dean of
Bristol. Ho married, in 1804, MIN. Sandys, daughter of
the late Bev. Richard Sandys, and niece maternally of the
fourth Earl of Tankerrille; she died in 1854. He entered
the army in 1800, and served in South America in 1807; in
the Peninsula in 1809-10; and in Canada from 1811 to
1811. He obtained the rank of RllOll,lll in 1880, and was
appointed colonel of the 96th Regiment in lilt The gal-
lant general had held several colonial governorships, hay-
uog been Oovernor of Hcadures; and, in 1837, Governor
and Commander-in-chief et the BAhipte bland.%