The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

of the Board of Trade, the

for the

Exhibition of 1861, the Jurors, the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen of London, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the
Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Chairmen and Vice-
President of the East India Company, the President
of the Royal Society, the President of the Institution
of Civil Engineers, the Chairman of Council of the
Society of Arts, and the Chairmen and Secretaries of
the Local Committees of the Paris Exhibition to be
present at the Inauguration by the Emperor, on the
let of May.

On Monday week, on the arrival of the Emperor,
his hlsjesty's dressing-case, containing jewels of great
value ►elonging to the Empress, was taken, by mistake, to
Radler. Hotel, where it remained till the Wednesday
following. In the meantime the police were actively
engsged in making inquiries for the lost property. Ulti-
mately the cue was given to the Lord Mayor, who at once
telegraphed the fact to Windsor, and the package was after-
wards forwarded to the Castle. _ _ _

His Excellency Count de Bernstorff, Prussian Mi-
nister at this court, wu not absent, as has been stated, when
the members of the corps diplomatique were presented to
the Emperor Napoleon. at the French Embassy last Than
day, but, together with the Countess de Bernstorff, was
presented to their Imperial Majesties.

In return for the splendid tiara, value about
2,000,000 reale, recently presented to the Pope by the
Queen of Spain, his Holiness has sent her Majesty the body
of St. Felix the Martyr.
From the Brighton Guardian of this day, we learn
that there are at present staying at that favourite watering
place, the Earl of Aberdeen, Admiral Gordon, Earl Dude,
Earl of Hinton, Earl Mulgrave, Mr. S. Traill, M.P., Mr.
8. Whitbread, M.P., Sir John Esethope, &e.
Viscount Lifford died at Brighton on Sunday, at
the advanced age of 72.
The sudden death, yesterday, of the Right Hon.
J. C. Harries, from a spasmodic attack of the heart, has
occasioned sincere regret amongst men of all shades of
opinion.
The venerable Duchess of Gloucester reaches the
advanced age of 70 this day. The Princess Alice Mande,
her Majesty's second daughter, also completes her 12th
year to-day.
Twenty medical men arrived at Constantinople on
the 12th, on their way from England to Eupatoria.
The cholera appears to be on the increase at St.
Petersburg. The cases for several weeks have averaged
160 a day, bat from the Journal d. St. Peloraboury of the
17th, it appears that on the 13th inst. there were as many
as 220 cues recorded. _ _ -

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On entering Jerusalem on the 3rd instant, the
Duke and Duchess of Brabant met with an enthusiastle re
ception,—the Munnlinen authorities and the Roman Catho-
lic, clergy uniting to pay them respect. On visiting the
Church St. Sepulchre, the Duke seemed much interested
in viewing the spot where rest the remains of the hero
of the Crusades, the renowned Godfrey de Bouillon.

Twelve marriages were celebrated at Paris on
Tuesday at the Church of St. Germain des Pres, under
rather curious circumstance.. IL. X- being about to
give away his daughter in marriage, wished to prelude the
act by some good deed. Accordingly he searched out from
amongst the working claws of Paris, twelve young couples
whose union was delayed by the want of sufficient pecuniary
means to provide a satisfactory manage. This he faced for
them, and, with his daughter and future sen-in-law, assisted
at their nuptials.
M. Meyerbeer, the composer, has been decorated
with the cross of commander of the Order of Saxe-Coburg

Gotha.
Galignani says that the recent decision against the
Company of the Paris Exhibition has given as impetus to
the daguerreotypists and other artists of the capital, for the
neighbourhood of the building is literally besieged with

persons taking views.
An ingenious inquirer has discovered that the
initials of our late Imperial Guests and of their Royal Heats,
spell the name of the river of the Barden capital,
N. p. V. A."
After the departure of Lord John Russell from
Vienna on Monday evening, the Emperor of Austria had

as intarvkw of aa hoer and a half's slantioa with Count
Bad. _ _ _ _ _ _

The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha,
were to leave Brawl yesterday, on their return IS
Germany.
A Paris correspondent informs the readers of the
Independence Beige that it is in contemplation is LOONS 10
raise a subscription for the purpose of erecting spas the
eggssite shores of England and Francis two towers to per.
gelinate the 'Manes of the two peoples. Unless some sew
sad gnaw victory mimes, one tower, be says, is sr be
sassed the Alms, and the other the Lik;mass.
The journey from Paris to Madrid is now mom-
gibbed in 70 boors.
On Tuesday a marriage took place at the British
Embassy, Paris, between the only daughter of Sir Howard
Blphiastinte, Bart.. and Lieut.-Colonel Balboa, of the 74th
Highlanders. Thu* were present messipt sway others
the Earl of Orkney, Sir H. L. Buivres, G.C.B.
The sodden death of Mr. George de Bosco Att-
wood, the Taproots(' secretary of the Bank of British North
Amorksi woe to-da7 (says the Nei) a sabjest of mavens-
tioa sad mint in the monied. and cossiiseelal dudes of the
City. It appears that Mr. Atwood pi dawn dead while
media; over to the board . of dinettes some mimes cow I
*Wed with the egatn d I the estabiLimett.