The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

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VTECDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 21.
To-day is the anniversary of the birthday of the
Crown Priocees of Prussia (Princess Royal).
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinztone, arrived
at the Caatle.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur and Prince=
Beatrice, walked and drove in the grounds this morning.
The Prince of Wales went hunting,lattended by Lient.•
Colonel Kingecote and Major Teesdale.
Princess Louise went out driving.

The Princess of Wales and Princess Helena went today
to be present at the consecration of the new church in
Windsor, of which the first stone was laid list year by the
Crown Princes of Prussia. The suite in attendance con-
sisted of the Countess of Macclesfield, Lady Caroline Bar-
rington, Lord Methuen, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and the Dean
of Windsor.

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey had the honour of
dining with her Majesty and the royal family yesterday.
Earl Russell had an audience of the Queen, and pre-
sented the Hon. P. C. Searlett, on his appointment as
Minister to the Emperor of Mexico.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial•offics from the Governors of the Australian colonise
Hong Kong, Ceylon, Labuan, Gibraltar, sad Malta.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
de Chartres have taken up their residence at their villa at
Ham, Surrey, for the winter.

His Excellency- the Russian Ambassador enter-
tained his Excellency Prince de Is Tour d'Aevergne, Baron
and Baroness Biome, General Todleben, Baron and Baroness
de Betide, Count de Courval,J.:omit de Beaumont, Co-
lonel and Madame Novitzky, Baron Rosenkranz, Captain
Schilder, M. Sabouroff, and Sir Roderick Murchison at
dinner oa Sunday evening, at the Russian Embassy, in
Chesham-place.

His Excellency Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne
left the French Embassy yesterday, on a visit to her Ma-
jesty, at Windsor Castle.

The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry
is, .e are informed, suffering from severe indisposition.

The Earl of Derby coutiuues to improve. All
the inflammatory symptoms have subsided., and, beyond the
extreme weakness generally following • severe attack of
gout, the noble earl may be regarded so going on most
favourably.

The Earl and Countess of Hardwick° and Lady
Agnate Yorke were to have joined the circle assembled at
Hatfield House, Herta, the hospitable seat of the Marquis
aad Slarehioneu of Salisbury, yesterday, from Wimpole
Hall, Cambridgeshire.

The Earl and Countess Cowley are expected to
return to Paris towards the end of the present month. The
names of the noble earl and countess are included) in the
fourth series of visibui to Compiline.
Field-Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Comber-
mere have left East Hampstead Park, Berks, when they
have been visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Down.
shire, for Clifton, where they intend to reside during the
winter.

The Rev. J. Rathboue Cowilroy, M.A., Las been
appointed to the evening lectureship of All Saints' Church,
Caledonian-road.

An iinportant question was discussed last night
at the LW Amendment Society. Dr. Wallilove read a
paper proposing to alter the rules of evidence which en•
elude the testimony of the parties in civil suite and of de'
frialanti in criminal trials. He advocated the permitting
prisoners to give evidence in their own favour in criminal
casts, and that husbands and wives should be competent
and compellable to give evidence in cases affecting each
other, whether civil or criminal.

It was announced in one of the French theatrical
papers the other day that the proprietor of the Porte St.
51.atin Theatre was on his way to Llmlon " to see Mr. Chu.
Pickens" about bringim; out his poem, " Marappa," which
is to be the medium of introduction between Miu Ida
lukcs Idenken and the Paris public !

The colossal statue of Hercules at Rome doee not,
it seems, progress very rapidly towards ite restoration. It
is at present reclining on a green table in a large room,
where the process of drying it goes on, the metal being
saturated with damp in consequence of having been so
many ages in the water. A pan of charcoal is inserted into
the hero's bead morning, and communicates a genial
warmth to his whole bronze body. The terms on which
the st►tue is to become the property of the government are
not yet arranged. The fortunate discoverer wishes to have
a good sum down, besides an annuity, and the title of
marquis. The art commissioners have valued the states at
43,000 'midi, nearly Io,ooof.

A letter from Rome of the Idth says :—" King
Louis of Bavaria, the veteran habitue of Rome, arrived
here on Saturday last, after a very laborious journey from
Bologna across the Appenines, where his Majesty and a
whole caravan of other travellers were snowed no for three
days—the injury caused by the swollen river Rano to the
Pistoja Railway having obliged them to resort once more to
the old poet road to Florence. Bases de Bach, the Austrian
Ambassador, arrived in Rome on the same day. His excel-
lency bad an audience of Cardinal Anionslli this morning,
and we shall dotibtleee hear in a few days some account of
this interesting interview, in the course of which it was
expected that the cardinal would make earnest application
for material assistance from the Austrian government, an
being the most devoted ally of the Holy See."