The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-25 00:00:00

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RHELNEIABDTSBSCNN, Sem 22.
Divine service was performed in the Castle of
Rheinhardtabrunn yesterday morning, by the Rev. Dr.
Meyer, general superintendent.
The service waa attended by the Queen, the Prince of
Wales, the Crown Prime and Crown Princess of Prussia,
Prince and Princess Louis of Heise, Princess Helena, Prin-
cess Louise, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, and the'
Ouchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha.
The ladies and gentlemen of the household were likewise
present.
Later in the day the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Princess
Helena, atteseded by Lady Augusta Bruce, went to the
church at Barbers.

Viscount Palmereton arrived in Leaden yesterday. The
oubis viscount returned to Broadlands in the afternoon.
End Hassell transacted business at the Foreign-office yes-
terday, sad returned to Richmond in the afternoon.

A letter from Rheinhardtabrunn says :—" Many
strangers arrive here from the neighbouring towns of
Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar, de., with the hope of seeing the
ruler of the mighty insular kingdom ; but few achieve the
object of their desires, in oonsequeuos of the strict retire-
ment in which her Majesty Erre. The entrances to the
castle sad to its vicinity are all closed by boa gateu Her
Majesty still continues to make short excursions in the
neighbourhood of the pekoe, and is generally accompanied
by the Princesses Helena, Louise, and Beatrice, and Prince
Arthur. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg, who has been on a
visit to his estate in Silesia, resides now during the resi-
dence of the Queen at the house of one of his governmental
officials, at Friedriohlrode, called the Swiss House, where
her Majesty often dines."
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
left Gloucester-house, to join the shooting party staying
with the Earl of Chesterfield at Oedling-lodge, Notts.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,
has left Whitehall•gardens for Drayton Maser, Stafford-
shire. On Saturday the right hoe. baronet leaves his coun-
try seat for Dublin. Lady Emily Peel is still at Geneva.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland's party at
Microbic C.' stle, N. 8., is broke. up by the lamented death
of the duke's cousin, the Earl of Ellesmere. The Duke
and Duchess of Manchester, the Duke and Duchess de St.
Arpin, Count Szechtugi, Viscount Hamilton, General
Matthews', Hen. Leopold A. Ellis, Mr. Cempbell, and Mr.
Lamellas have been amen the latest guests at Dunrebin.
The Earl of Warwick has arrived at his residence
in the Stable-yard, St. James's. The countees and family
remain at Warwick Castle.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury passed
through town. on Monday, from Hatfield-home, Herta, for
Hug heads° Manor, Bucks, on a visit to the Bight Hon.
B. Disraeli and Mn. Disraeli.

The Earl and Countess of Bective are among the
meat arrivals of the Entails sobilityat Baden-Bsdao.

The Earl and Countess of Shafteebury and Lady
Victoria Ashley have arrivcd is Grorrelsor-sqnare from Spa,
and will lees. town in a day or two for St. Giles's, the
family seat, in Dorsetahire.
The Earl of Lousdale has arrived at his residence
in Carlton•house.terraee from Lowther Cade.

COolonl, Taylor, M.P., who arrived in town
early is the week from Ireland, returns to hi seat at Sal.
brigs°, county Dublin, on Saturday.

Lord and Lady Foley arrived in Grosvenor-
square, on Tuesday, from a tour of rising is Irelaod.

Viscount and Viscountess Campden have arrived
at the Earl of Fife's hose in Grosvenor-place, from their
mat in Gioneesterahire.

Marquis Camden presided on Friday last at
Brecon over a meeting of the Breconrhire Agricultural So-
ciety, at the Town-hall, supported by Lord Tredegar, Earl
Brecknock, the Hog. Godfrey C. Morgan, M.P., the Chair-
man of the Quarter Sessions (Peery Williams, Seq., of
Penpont), the Worshipful the Mayor (Joseph Joseph,
Eau.), the Vicar (Rev. Garnon Williams), and most of the
landowners is the county.

Several musical celebrities passed through Berlin
hat week—Verdi, oa his way to St. Petersburg; Mme,
labord, on her way to Moscow ; and Von Flotow, who was
going to Paris to saperinteed the performance of his work,
Stradella, at the Grand Opera there.

The statue of Boiney d'Anglas, which wan exhi-
bited for some time in the Champs Elysees, is to be erected
at Annecy, in the Ardenhe, on the sth of next month.
Boksy d'Anglas presided at the National Convention on
the sanguinary day of the let Pratial, year 3 (May 25,
1796), when the mob, having forced their way into the
Amami:Ay, murdered the Deputy Fernand in the presence of
his colleagues ; they then fixed hie head to the end of •1
pike, and !Resented it to the president. Maly d'Anglas
uncovered his head as a mark of respect to his murdered
colleague, but betrayed no sign of terror or emotion.
The weather continues to be very rainy in the
south of France. A letter from Narbonne, of Saturday last,
says that rain continued to fall with great violence during
the preceding night. The plain of Narbonne is converted
into one vast lake. No account had been received in the
town of any particular damage, with the exception of •
great number of peasant, having been compelled to aban-
don their cottages in consequence of the Hoods. The conk
manse of Coarsen, Villedaigne, St. Marcel, Haynie, Bine.
Gruierian, and Fleury had particularly suffered from
inundation'.

Lightning fell on Thursday on a floating prison
for convicts, anchored in the Beads of Toulon. After
having traversed the roof and pierced the two decks, the
electric fluid escaped without having mimed any further
injury except having set firs to some timber, which was
may extinguished. But it is not easy to describe the
horror experienced by 800 convict, when they perceived the
electric spark flying from one end to the other of the
mamive hoe bar to which their chains were attached.

The Australian paperi comment on the complaint
of the Emits.' journals es t 3 the burden of the colonies
on the mother country. A New &nth Wales paper says
that if the Australian colonies were independent of Eng.
land they would dr it into some sort of unity for mutual
proteetioo. The Melbounte Ayes admits that the mother
country is pecunimily a later by her colonies, but that she
is bound nevertheless to protect the colonists and the
aborigines. The Argus also argues th►t the imaginary
strength of Ragland from the extent of her colonial em-
pire has real influence with the world.

TIRTIXONIAL TO LORD RANELAGOL—ThebaDquet
and preseetation to Viscount Renelagh, talked off for some
time pest, is arranged to come off to-day at the Royal
Pavilion. The swords strived in Brighton on Moody.
The most valuable is a very handsome presentation sword,
the blade of the very best steel, elegantly chased and em-
bossed. Amongst the ornamentation is introduced the
armee( his lordship sod of the town, and also the follow-
log inscription :—"Yresented to Lieutenant-Colonel Vis-
count Rauelagh, 2nd Middlesex (South) Rifle Volunteers,
is testimouy of his lordship's seal io promoting the volun-
teer movement, sad for his eminent services to the town of
Brighton, iu selecting it for the volunteer reviews held
them on Faster fdoodays, 1861 and 1862." The hilt is of
I silver gilt, characteristically embossed and orgamental in
dead and burnished gold. and having a massive gold bullion
'sword knot attached. The scabbard is certainly a rich and
very tasteful piece of workmanship. It also is of silver
gilt., elaborated and embossed in the same style as the hilt.
His Lordship's sod the town arms are here also introduct.d.
?be beautiful weapon is enclosed in a polished mahispny,
awe, limed with crimson silk velvet. The other sword is
also a very pretty piece of cutlery, but is less solely than its
ion, and to intended for more general nen It.
gaabbard is of polished steel, and is likewise highly ores.
minted. The weapons have been maaufactimed by Mr.
•Thentle, High Holborn, Leedom, and d• him ninth credit.
—Brighton Ovordiria.