The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-28 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, DEC. 27.
The Queen, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise
walked in the grounds yesterday.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Goveroon of Mahe, Vancouver's Island, and British
Columbia.

His Excellency the Austrian ambassador and the
Countess Appooyi will join the party visiting Fracas
Countess Wald/grave and the Right Hon. Chichester
Fortescue, on Tuesday next, at Strawberry Hill, Twick-
enham.

His Excellency the Prussian ambassador and the
Cauntess Berestorff leave town early in the ensuing week
on a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right
Hun. Chichester Forteecue, at Strawberry Hill, Twicken-
t ham.

The Duchess of Norfolk's recent visit to France,
accompanied by her son, the duke, and fro.ily, was for the
purpose of taking a farewell of the Lady Minna Fitz*lan
Howard, her grace's amend daughter, who, after passing
through the customary course as a novitiate, has taken the
black veil. " The beautiful and pious recluse," says the
.1/,,r;l:ng Post, " completed her 21st year last month."

The Duke of Hamilton is shortly expected to
arrive in town from Paris, on his way to Scotland. It is
understood that his grace goes to Brodriek Culls, N. 8., to
receive a few friends for the close of the shooting season.
The Earl and Countess of Mint°, by the last
letters, had arrived at Rome from a tour in Italy. The
noble earl and countess are expected to return home about
Eater.

The Earl and Countess de Grey arrived at their
residence in Carlton-gardens yesterday evening from Nor-
t3n Park, the family seat in Lincolnshire.

Sir Edward C. Kerrison, M.P. for Eye, who now
rents the deer forest on the Novar estate, lately possessed
by the Led of Selkirk, bre generously ordered (eays the
Nuritirlt P,,ft) a number of stags to be killed and
distributed among the most destitute in the parishof Alamo.
The boo. baronet's loot, actions are already being Ca a • led
out, to the great comfort aid delight of the recipient& of the
bounty.

DI John Chapman has published a pamphlet on
the treatment of Ha-sickness, for which he has satisfied
himself that be has discovered a remedy. It consists in
lowering the temperature of the spinal region by the appli- I
cation of ice, and an india-rubber bag has been invented by
means of which the ice is kept in contact with each region of
the opine ; the upper portion of the ice being prevented
from felting down as the melting proceeds, mid the me uth
being so effectually closed as to prevent the water from
esm,ping as the ice melts. Each bagfull melts in about two
hours, so th►t for the passage between Dover and Weis elm
suffices ; between Newhaven and Dieppe three begf tills are
required ; between Dover sod Ostend two. The result of
seventren experiments is declared by Dr. Chapman to show
that the effect of this expedient is to destroy all unpleasant
symptoms.

Yesterday afternoon Professor Frankland com-
menced a sLort course of lectures, adapted to a juvenile
auditory, at the Loyal lostitutioa, in Albem►rle-street,
the subject being "The Chemistry of a Coal." The
lecture-theatre wee crowded.

The Minister of Public Instruction in France
bas just addressed to the rectors under his authority a
circular, in which his suggests that great advantages may
be derived, and the public wealth increased, by the iotro-
ductiou of additional fruit tree', vegetables, and plants
late the plots of ground which are attached to the 21,000
normal schools of Francs, for the instruction of the pupils
is gardening, and the most improved meth-ids of agricul-
tural cultivatiou. The minister announces that with that
view he has concerted with the Minister of Agriculture,
who h u ordered the inspectors in his department to visit
such schools u may be on their way, and give to
the to titers whatever counsels may be necessary, seeding
in a report on the general situation.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 24.—The Queen has been
pleased to premot the Reverend William Blair, M.A., to
the church and pariah of Ardoch, in the presbytery of
AuchterarJer, and county of Perth, vacant by the transporta-
tion of the Reverend John Robert Campbell to the parish
of Motizi evoi rd. —l;a:e tre.

A,;e:: lA, THE NOBILITY, etc.—lt appears from
117,, in 1065 that the oldest duke is the Duke of
Northumberland, aged 72; the youngest the Doke of
Norfolk, aged 17 ; the oldest marquis, the Marquis of West-
meath, aged 79; the youogest, the Marquis of Ely, aged
15 ; the oldest earl, the Earl of 13everley, aged 86 ; the
youngest, the Earl of Charleyille, aged 'l2; the oldest
viscouat. Viscount Combermere. aged 91 the Youngest.
Viscount Dowoe. aged 20; the oldest Baron is Lord
Brougham, aged Bf. • the youngest, Lord Rodney, aged 7
the oldest member Of the Privy Connell is Viscount Comber-
mere. I ; the yeeingest, the Prince of Wales„ aged 2:1;
the oldest member of the House of Commons is Genera! the
800. Sir Hugh Arbuthnot, member for Kincardineshire.
egad 85 ; the young's', the Hos. C. R. D. H. Tracy, mem-
ber for Montgomeryshire, aged 21; the oldest judge in
England is the Right Hon. Stephen Lushisgtoo, aged 82;
the youngest, Sir James P. Wilde, aged 48 ; the oldest is Ireland is Cowl Justice Leroy, aged 88 ; the
youngest, Justice Keogh. aged 47 ; the oldest Scotch Lord
of Session is the Hight Hon. 1.1...ncan M'Neill, Lord Justice
General. ape] 71 ; the youngest, the Right Hon. Jobs
Inglis, Lord Jogai«. Clerk, aged 54 ; the oldest archbishop
is the Archbishop of Canterbury, aged 70 ; the youngest,
the Archbishop of York. aged 45 ; the oldest bishop is the
Bishop of Enter. aged 87 : the yolingest„ the Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol, aged 45; the oldest colonial bishop
is the Bishop of Toronto, aged 85 • the youngest, the
Bishop of Noessu seed 3•'. the oldest baronet is Sir
Thomas Staples, iced ICI; the youngest, Sir George H.
Sitwell, aged 4 ; the oldest civil or military knight is Gene.
nil Sir A. B. Clifton, aged 92; the youngest, Sir Charles T.
Bright, god 32.
One man 111 Chicopee, 3Leaaacliusetts, manufac-
tures three barrels of hairques is a day.—New York paper.