The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

TUE EXPRESS, WEDNESD,

nt Court.
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The Queen drove in the grounds yesterday.
Prisms Alice aloe drove amid walked.
TeoSudsy was I. Welk, of Primer Beatrice.

Thegnisbas wore received yesterday at the Colonial oelos
bee the Osmoses of Osylos, Hoeg Koos, the Australian
Cisiesiss, sad Malta. Dempatohis were sent to the Loa
liligh Oommissionor al the birdie Wands.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington (says the I
Brit/tam Montana) will be mon the spectators at the
valuator review, Isar* espied spettuasete at the Bed.
turd HoteL Sir Roderick Ifurebiroa ameipudes the Duke
and Lord Clyde from Strat►aeldrye, ea Saturday.
The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor arrived
at their readeeee at Prisoes•gate • few days same from

advert*, Park, Marking.
Lord and Lady Henniker have left town foal
Thomism Hull, Suffolk, for the holidays.
Lord and Lady Inchiquin have left the Cavendish
Haag, Jormyu street, for kolas& Al.o the Hos. Edward

O'Brian.
Lady Clinton and Sarah Countess Spencer arrived
at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkston*, tin Meader, as their

may to the Contiamit.
Sir Frederick, la.dy, sad Xir Haney Bathurst
hare left !Laurie's Hotel for Cleremion Perk. Relihary.
Mr. Jones, of Pantglaa, M.P., and Mn. Jones
entertaised at dinner last sight, at their residense lake-
square, the Marquis of Lassdowea, the Comtism of FM%
Lord }Award St. Mast, Lord Campbell, Lady Pasteur, mad
Mr. Power, Hon. Mrs. George Campbell, Mr. sad Hem Mrs.
°Twills Vernon, Sir George and Lady Otway, Mr. sad
Mrs. Swami. Altman, M. Fechter, Mdlle. Parepa, Mr. Be.

.did, k.c.
On Saturday last a meeting of the citizens of
Waterford, under the preskiecy of the mayor, was held in
the Town-ball, to semen sympathy for the bereaved by the
wreck of the steamer Man, and adopt measures to collect
subscriptions to form a fund to relieve the pennons in dir
teen. Before the meeting broke nip the saw of 6741. was
collected. MASS. widows and 50 children bare bees
rendered destitste by this cat strophe.
In a leading article of Xunday's Times it was
stated that the liberal party forced upon the Duke of Wel-
basks 'Ed Sir Robert Peel that coomesion to the mime of
esibsiis owndptioa "which Sir Robert Peel declares he
Ewa* disipperred to the latest day of his life." The
gesso( Robert Peel writes :—" Ido not know upon
wheemilmeity that statement is made, but, so far from
amerevise the measure, Sir Robert Peel has distinctly
isfai gnat in curios catholic emancipation be acted on •
dsapseweleika that the mesenre wu not only conducive
te gnu plural welfare, but Imperatively necessary to avert
ben the church, and from the interest of institutions con-
enacted with the cherish, es imminent and increasing dan-
-sw-"
Two of the railway companies, viz., the London
awiNerib Western and Great Western, have consented to
moilfy the arrangements which they had previously
made for the conuyaaos of visitors to London
during the trot week in May. The Leaden and
North Western Railway Company have made arrange-
ments for extsading Mon tickets by the ordinary
Mina betimes all deices north of Rugby from the 30th
of April to the 3rd of key tailed's, sad also for running
excursion trains with tickets available from the 30th Apro
to the sth el May. Os the Great Weston 4 Railway the
directors hue agreed to make the means ticket. to Loudon
os the 30th of April available for the return journey up to
the 314 of May.
The Chevalier Nigra has lately accompanied
Priam Sepsis= Is several of his hunting excursions Is the
woods of Menem. Prince Charles Bonaparte, Coast
Xavier Braaicki, sod Gently, the paMter, also went along
with them. The Prince Napoleon chiefly hunts stags when
basting in the woods round Paris. He has at his country
seat • munificsot pack of English buckhotiods, which he
bed brought from England about twelve months ago. In
a day or two the hunting season will be over. His imperil
higher' will then leave for London to be present at the
The publishers of the Mundt Illustrj, an inns•
tested weekly paper at Paris, were desirous of taking ad.
vantage of the publication of M. Victor Hugo's new work,
" Lee lliairables," to adorn their pages with • portrait of
that celebrated writer. The home department has, how.
ever, put its veto on the speculation, and the publishers
have been forbidden to present to the public who read and
admire his productions the features of the poet. The pm.),
who probably suffers most is the publisher of the Monde
!imam', who has had to change the whole impression of
about 6,000 copies for another without the oboosious
frontispiece.
Au official return states that the number of
arrivals of travellers is Russia amounted to 368,000 during
the course of the year 1860. Of these but • small fraction
—28,000 people —entered the Asiatic frootiers of the
empire. Of the European travellers, 233,00 were of
German nationality, who consequently form more than
two-thirds of the visitors to Russia. An interesting item
of information is also offered in the number of Russian
arrivals and departures, which were respectively 84,00
sad 276,0110.
A letter from Lorient says :—" The armour-
plated frigate Couronnis, continuing her experimental trip,
Us Oat entered this roadstead, This new trial has con-
Sewed in every point the results attained on its first
voyage. A successful modification introduced in its water-
line bas rendered still more evident the nautical qualities
which the frigate bad been acknowledged to ponces. The
facility with which she answers her helm, ad her rapidity
in putting about, are remarkable. The engin worked for
more than fifty hours with perfect regularity, and without
accident. Oar whole day was devoted to trials at full
speed, the experiments taking place off Belleisle, ha calm
weather, but with the ma rather rough. The log marked
10, 11, 12, and at oas pored from 13 to 14 knots en
hour." .

The Prince de Joiuville is about to publish a
pamphlet co iron plated frigates. His work, it is said, will
present the subject under new selects. He does not admit
the invulnerability of the new vessels.
A Vienus letter says :—" The fever of specula-
tion rune so high here that it has even attacked the fair
rex. Forsome time peat pone of females have assembled
every thy in the neighbourhood of the Bourse, whilst others
more timid remained in the houses sear, where they re-
ceived the visite of the brokers, who come to report the
emulations is the market, and receive orders for sale or
purchases"

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
PRUSSIA.
•
THE ELECTORAL AGITATION.
The Oazette du Ample publishes a proclamation
which has been published by the governor of
Klosterhaealer, in Pruada. We select from it the
following passers :
The democrats awl men of proems with to over-
time the King, eel to edge by violent* alone in Prussia, if
be doss nos szerilie Mir will. Hence it is that his
161,0 r bee dedtwed that they ars his most inveterate
esmales ; Leese
le that he expects of his people that they
not elect ismcierate at the approaching elections
sllsr Ester. The path of ilia party is everywhere marked
milk blood and &mord. There is not the least doubt that
lbw cue only attain their object by the most terrible civil
INE. like that in America, that is to say by spoliation,
sadder, pillage, ha.
A lieutenant of the Landwehr, speaking at
Brauusberg to his company, said, "The question•is
simply this. Shall the King reign in future or
the Jews l The democrats are for the latter.
Break their ranks !"
It appears that the president of the province of
Posen informed the government that obedienoe to
their circular would lead to the complete abstention
of the functionaries and to the victory of the Polish
candidates. The minister at once replied that the
position of the Duchy of Posen was an exceptional
one ; that the functionaries might have absolute
liberty, and might vote for an opposition candidate
or a democrat if they chose, but in no ease for a
Pole.

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The ministerial circulars have everywhere encoun-
tered energetic protests from the functionaries.
Amongst them is a letter from the tribunal of
Treves. "We are compelled unanimously," say
the judges of this district, "to declare that in the
expression of our political opinions we must decline
even the best-intentioned counsels ; we wish in the
exercise of our rights to preserve complete inde-
pendence, and we resolutely repel all external
influence." _ _ _