The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-30 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, Oar. 29.
The Queen drove out yesterday, attended by Lady
Churchill and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge.

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by Major
Cowell, arrived at Osborne fro® her Majesty's ship St.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governor of Canada.

His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden,
accompanied by Baron Gemmingen, Baron Sternberg, and
Mr. Ernest de Bunsen, visited the Duchess Dowager of
Sutherland, at Cliefden, on Monday. In the evening his
royal highness honoured Mr. Ernest de Bunsen with his
presence at dinner, at Abbey Lodge, Regent's Park.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and
Princess Napoleon honoured his Excellency the Ambassador
of France and the Countess de Flahault with their com-
pany at dinner, on Tuesday evening. The following were
invited to meet their highnesses :—His Excellency the
Portuluese Minister, his Excellency the Rehm Minister,
the Marquis de Chatemireaard, the Earl of Shelburoe,
Count and Countess Cootade, Mr. Pan;ezi, and Mr.
Howard. Madame de Clot moot Tonnei :a and M. Fen:
Pisani were in attendance on their imperial highnesses.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have ar-
rived at Stafford House, St. James's.

The Duchess Dowager of Sutherland arrived at
Stafford House on Tuesday, from Cliefden, near Maiden-
head. _ . .

The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
have returned to their residence in Stratton•etreet, from
I re'vtd. _ _

The Marchioness Dowager of Lothian and Lady
Alice Kerr left town yesterday for New Battle Abbey, near
Ediuburgb.

The Earl and Countess of Craven have been
receiving a succession of visitors at Ashdow a Park during
the past week.
The Earl and Countess De Grey are expected to
leave Studeley Park, near Ripon, on Saturday next, for
town, in order that his lordship may resume his duties as
Under-Secretary of War. . .. . _ _

The Countess Cowper has been entertaining a
select party at Wrest Park during the week. Amongst the
company present were the Earl and Countess Spencer, Earl
of Shrewsbury and the Ladies Talbot, Viscount and Wis-
countess Boyle, Hon. Major Anson, Mrs. L. Fox, M-. Henry
Greville, Hon. Charles Edgcumbe,
Too Earl of Wicklow has arrived Cavendish-
square from Brighton.
Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redelifre
and tho Hon. Misses Cannin; seal leave Orr avenor-square
in a few days on a continental tour.
Viscount and Viscountess Barr;n,t,Lon have left
Beckett House, Berke, for Brighton.
Lord and Lady Willoughby de Ereoby leave town
early next week for Torquay.
The Bishop of Oxford passed through town yes-
terlay, from Ifacliness.hall. Yorkshire, for Hugheuden
Manor, Bucks, on a visit to the Right Hon. B. Disraeli.
A marriage is arranged to take place between
the Marquis of Tallibarline, son of the Duke and Duchess
of Atholl, and Miss Moncreitfe, eldest daughter of Sir
Thomas sod Lady Louis% hfoncreiffe.
Tbo marriage of Mr. George Russell, son of Mr.
Russell, auditor-general of the Court of Chancery, and pri-
vate secretary of Esrl Russell, to Lay Charlotte luues
Ker, younger daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rot.
burghs, t7ok place in the episcopal chapel at Kelso, Rex-
burghshire, N. 8., on Tuesday last, in presence of a numer-
ous and distinguished assemblage of guests from Plows
Castle, the residence of the parents of the bride.
Among the works going forward for the improve-
ment of the ports of France, the new pier in progress of
construction at Havre is one of the most remarkable. En-

gineers are now employed in removing the foundations of
the tower of Francis 1., and they take advantage of the
high tides to spring the mine, then covered with a great
volume of water. They profit by the low water to re-
move the rubbish. A new system has been introduced
for the explosion of submarine mines. Engineers so
longer make cavities in the rocks to contain the
powder ; they merely place • large glass bottle en-
closed in a basket at the bottom of the sea where they
mean to act, and this bottle is filled with gunpowder in
proportion to the effect to be produced. The pressure of a
column of water of some feet is sufficient to compress the
gas so powerfully as to cause great ravages on the soil on
which the basket is placed, even were it of the hardest
granite. The gunpowder is ignited by electricity by means
of two wires, which communicate the fire to the gunpowder
in the bottle. On Thursday morning last one of these
submarine mines was sprung by the engineers of the roads
and bridges, in presence of • multitude of spectators. The
charge of gunpowder in the bottle was 301 b. When the
explosion took place the water rase and formed an artificial
waterspout, which fell on the surface of the water after
producing a considerable undulation. The shock resembled
an earthquake, and was felt even in the town. The spec-
tators assembled on the breakwater felt it tremble tinder
them em if it had been shaken by • submarine convulsion.
The Charivari amuses its readers with a travestie
of the sympathy expressed by Pu•ch for the Southern
slave-owners. Pu•ch is made to say, by his Paris brother,
that we English have • monopoly of the right to create free-
men, and a commercial interest is the maintao•oea of
Southern slavery.