The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-08 00:00:00

Cbt Court.

BALMORAL. Sin. 6.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of
Saxe Coburg sad Gotha, drove out yesterday afternoon.
The Duke of Saxe Coburg went out deer atalkiog.

The Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-
Weimar have arrived at the West Cliff Hotel, Folkestone.
Tile Duke and Duchess of Grafton arrived in
town last bight from Paris, laving crossed from Boulogne
yesterday af tampon in the South-Eastern Company's new
steamer, Prisons Alexamlis.

Count Piper, Ambassador from Sweden at the
Court of Spas, with his attaches, Don Juan Autiguere
sad Baron Hertaituo, bate left CateUN Hotel, Dover-
street.

Prince Gortehacow and a party of distinguished
Russian visited Devoeport Dockyard on Tneeday in a
private capacity.

English travellers will be glad to learn that they
will shortly be able to proceed the whole way from Mar-
seilles to Nice by rail. Several high functionaries of the
railway company traversed for the first time on Sunday,
the 28th of August, the satire distance from Cegee to
Nice. It is expected that this section of the railway will
be meted to the public before the end of October. The
official reception of the railway and the trial of the viaduct
bridge over the Vat is to take place about the middle of
the prompt month.

The Swedish journals have for sofise days been
nearly exclusively filled with dissertations on the necessity
of the abolition of ospital punishment, originating in an ex-
ecution that took place in the neighbourhood of Stockholm.
A murderer was condemued to he beheaded, and as there in
no guillotine it was necessary that the sentence should be
carried into effect with as axe. The elergynian who had
been in attendance on the culprit had endeavoured is viii
to induce him to repent of his crimes, nod when the time
fixed for the execution arrived the murderer had literally
to be dragged to the scaffold, where a shocking scene was
presented, as he struggled so violently with the executioners
that they could only with the greatest difficulty succeed in
the peform►noe of their duty.

Mr. Leighton is gone to Florence to superintend
the erection of the monument to him Barrett Browning.
_ .

The Spanish Bishop of Seo de Urgel, under
whose protection is placed the small republic of Aedorre,
has just committed, during a pastoral visit, a strange act of
tyrsoey. Having learned that one of the inhabitants of
the valley had in his library the greater part of the novels
of the day, the prelate, with his attendants, entered the
madam of the person in question, ordered the books to be
I put into sacks, and carried to an open square in the tows.
The inhabitants were then summoned, and the oboosious
volumes buret is their presence by the bishop's own hand.

The Havre journal!' state that Prince Napoleon
sad Prince Humbert are to leave that port oa board the
yacht Jr. Napoleoa for Cherbourg, whew* they will
proceed to England.
Tar LATE Dune OF CLEVELAND. —His Grace
the third Duke of Cleveland, who expired os Tuesday
ottomans, is awarded by his brother Lord Harry G. Vane.

TRIPS ro THR ISLE or WIGHT. —A person can
sow leave London at 8 a.m., enjoy several boon at the
most beautiful part of the back of the Isle of Wight, sod
return home soon after 10 pm. the same day by proceeding
to Portsmouth by rail, crossing over to Ryde, and taking
the train thence. to Shanklin. The Ryde cud Shanklin Rail-
way is about 10 miles long, and the distance is performed
in 20 minutes. There are two intermediate mistime, at
&whey and Sundown. Hotels and houses are already
springing up in the neighbourhood of the stations The
Judos ran often, and are filled with fashionable people;
yet, Dotwithsteeding this, coaches, omnibuses, and !car-
twheel traps are runoing oe the old weds, carrying visitors
to out of the way places. The Hyde and Shanklin Railway
is a coast line, and the cliffs at Bernbridge, Reeding, and
asedows, near which the line passe., ere seen bristling
with fortifioatice. Sandown Barracks are crowded with
heavy Arent:mg gees, gun carriages, and shot. Brading
churchyard is frequented by tourists to see the grave
of the peas " Young Cottager." celebrated is the writings
of the Rev. Legh Richmond. Brading Church, one of the
eldest to the island. is now undergoing extensive repairs at
the sole expertise of Sir Henry Oglander, who belongs to a
family of landowners resident to the island for nearly 800
year*. Ryde pier is moil improved. It is of immense
length sod can only be need by foot passengers, but •
tramway has been formed by the aide of it on which
touriwt sod their berme are conveyed from one end to the
other in splendid railway cerriages drawls by hones.