The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-22 00:00:00

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Zig Court.

BT. CLOUD, Miscues 20.
• The Qaton sad Prises, the Prises of .Write, sad
pis Princess Royal, attended by the Ladles and tleares-
Wsitisg, aesselipan•ed the Emperor of the Preach to the
Reposition dos 'ease Ares, is the Chasm Elyria, this
mewing.
At half-paet two o'clock het Mideety revived the corps
diploinatique at she palace of the Ripe., who were pre-
treated by Lord Cowley ; sad elm the Beesstary as.' Attars, e.
of the British Imbaasy, rad the Rev. Dr. Hale, Chaplain
to the Embassy. Lady Cowley presented the ladies of the
corps diploisatique.
Her Majesty, with the Emperor sad the royal party, then I
proceeded, in opea carriegos, through the principal streets
of Perim, sad went to see the Sainte Chapelle, at the Patois
de hotios, and subsequently visited the Cathedral of
Notre Dame.

The cortege, which was roamed is six of the Esparto's
open carriages and four, and escorted bv parties of cavalry,
retorted to Elt. Cloud, at half pest live o'clock.
The Convene de Lab°doyen, the Centeno de Rayne's',
General Coate de Mostebello, the Marquis de &knout,
and Col. Fleury, have bees appointed by the Eloper°, and
Empress of the Frisch to be is atomisma on her Majesty.
Tne Vicomte Wobb sod the Marquis de la Grasp are in
attendance on his &qua Highness Prince A:bort.

A Cabinet Council wu held yesterday afternoon
at the Forrign-oMee, Downiag•street. The ministers
resent were:—Viscount Palmerstoo, the Lord Chan-
cellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Lord Panmure,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood,
Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harro why. The
Council at an hour and a ball.

Bann Bentinek, the Netherloch Minister, had an inter-
view with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. Count Collo-
' redo, the Austria' Minister, had also an interview with the
N"ble Viscount at his eMoial residence in Downios•street.
Despatches were reeeived yesterday et the Colonial-aloe
from the Governor of the Cape col Good Hope.

The Queen wore on Monday, when visiting the
Ezpositio• of Funs Arts, • white bonsai, a silk dress, f
Beata plaid, the cheeks very broad, and a white lace men-
tele. Her Majesty carried a dark preen parasol. The
load ensemble was napretending. Tee Princess Royal wore
• pretty reereoloared bonnet, a green slip, with very loon
green ribbons, and a light green parasol. The Prince of
Wales was dressed in • Mar jacket, whit* waistcoat, and
troweers, sad a aehoelboy's esp.

Among the diplomatic presentations to Her
Malmty on Mooday, was one of the envoy of His Imperial
Majegy the Emperor &along's,. The gentleman in qua.
Mon la u black as ebony.

The Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of
Meeklenburgh Sirelite, and the Primness Mary, lett Cam-
bridge Cottage, Rey, early this morning for Shrub and
Park, Suff.ll, on a visit to Sir William and the Hon. Lady
Middleb,n, wt o have invited a distinguished circle to meet
the Royal gamic Their Royal Higlinesees remain there
until rilaiar..ay. A grand if te takte place at fihrubland
Park ea Friday.
The Duke of Devonshire will arrive at Liamore
Cut), surly in September. to receive a distinguished circle
of visitors, including his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.

The Duke of Hamilton is enjoying the shootings
over his extensive estates to Amidst', as.
The Earl of Liman has arrived at Cutlebar.
The Eirl of Enniskillen has left &ludo= for
Re:borough Glebe, Rlllylbegs.
Among the lent arrivals at Paris are Sir David
Brewste►, Bir 8.. Fergesoo, M.P., flit F. Stephens, Viscount
Blotley, 111 P., and Mr. Camay, ki P. The latter goa-
-1 Meagan took over with him his splendid stud of horses
11 (twelve in number), sad these bars created a great sen-
sation.

The Duchess of Somerset and Lord Seymour have
arrived at Spring-gardeekimes Maiden Bradley, Wilts.
The Doke of Somerset Is 'setting in the Battie. aad it is
anosrtain whether the intelligence of his father's death has
reached ►im or sot.

The Maiquis and Marchioness of Westminster
sad the Ladies Agnes and Theodora Grosvenor have arrived
atiota:slabs Howe, Direst, from Grosvenor House. The
noble Marquis and Illerehiesees and family repair to Eaton
Hall, near Chester, oboes the middle of nest month.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are sur-
rounded by a 'diet party at Gordon Castle, altar Fochaben,
N.B. Lords George and Alexander Gordon Lennox have
joined the rink. Tbe Earl sod Countess of Marcia and
Major Celt have arrived there from London ; also Prince
and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar. The Earl and
Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley are expected
at 0 rdon Castle. on a visit to the noble duke sad duchess,
early is t►e ensiling week. lhe Earl sad Countess of Bess-
borough are also expected shortly. His Grace, with the
Earl of March and Major Cox, have been out shooting at
Blsrkwater, and hare had good sport.

Lord and Lady Ratherton, who had recently re-
, turned to Teciderly Park, Staffordshire, from a tour in Ger-
many, have left their wintry seat to make a succession of
visite is Scotland.

The various fashionable resorts and watering places
hr Wales an tilled with company. Aberystwith has received
its fall share of patronage, sad every advantage has been
taken of the fine weather by sea sad land. At Beautoaris
the bathing aceommodatioa has been much improved, and
Holyhead has proved a source of great attraction to thou-
sands of tourists who have inspected the gigantic works in
progress time. The taws of Rhyl has been filled to over-
flowing, and indeed the whole of the rout towns have re-
ceived a fell quota of visitors, while in the interior large
nuraben of tourists have visited t►e best and favourite
localities.

In a few days Sir R. England will arrive in Eng-
land, sad the last of the old Generals of Division who
espy' d the fe,tivitiee of Constaatinople, suffered from the
fevers of Vara', mid abated the glories and hardship of
last mamma's campaign, will have quitted his command.
His Netherlands Majesty's frigate Dogerbank
arrived at Malta from Cadiz and Gibraltar on the 14th, and
oa the same sight the steam corvette Sindoro, from the
same ports and Cagliari. Priam Wilhelm of Orange is on
board the Doggerbank, sad purposed visitiag the principal
ports of Sicily sect week, in the Sindoro; on his return
both ships wiU leave for the Tema. His Mira Highness,
aecompanied by the acting Netherlands Coosnl, Mr. St..
erne, has inspected the dockyard and military works and
defences.

We (Scottish Press) understand that the health
of the Berl of Fife, now la hie BOIh year, is In a precarious
state.

The Right Ron. T. B. Maconley, M.P., President
of the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, bas presented
so estmesive sad vsluabls donation of books to the hbeary
of that establishment. The eolleetion, which is handoomely

bound, embnees eone of the meet important works ia
Realists history sad iiteretarro, In their best editions.

About this time the planet Venus arrives at the
point whoa it appears is tie greatnt brilliancy; and, io
"nada yam, when at this position, it has bees seen by the
naked eye is the day time. After this period it 4141101111 •
crenent phase, at whisk time its appearnos L nest beauti-
ful and iarerestiag as seem through the telsacope. This
plasm will disappear from oar 'violas sky a little before
the 19th September, soon after which it bemuses a moraine
star.

The King of Prussia Du given a gold medal to
Lieut. Maury, of is o Ilaltad fitam Navy, ia hamar of Ms
seiratille services.

The Opinions of Turin, in speaking of the late
battle be the Crimes, says :—" Is limenian, Onager eigaigee
an ins ; sad oa the two "cads Mediae from Bileklars, or
Hadikol. to Sebastopol, then are two fortified froilara, one
to the left la the dietetics of the wee, aad the tow to um
other to the right I. orcesiag the Uneasy& by the moue
bridge. This latter was the ehief point of the hotels."
A letter from Rouse mentions tome fresh discove-
ries of antiquities, maw which are two columns, one of
alabaster, sad the ether of marble, both of admirable
beauty. dog up is the Via della Scrota, and a granite so-
lemn, twenty feet bag, with a well•presermd Coriathisa
capital of marble.

The plane for the passage of the Simplon for the
railway to Teria sad Milan, by the valley orate Rhone, are
so• terminated. The enpariatentling engineers eonaider
esseider that so difilenlties *aim that have not bees pre•
vioesiy °wrens. as ether Imes.

A sort of Zoaave mania seems to exist in Paris.
Isms battalions of the Noticed Claude ere said to ham
petidesed fro the eremite of • body of " Zeus's ef the
Idatimal Good."