The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-18 00:00:00

'Rib( Court.

BALMORAL, Auourr 15.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Hohenlohe
and Prince's Helena, drove out yesterday.
Her Majesty received the news yesterday of the safe eon.
finement of the Crown Princess of Prussia, with a Prince.
Listle:tight the Queen received intelligenoe thatthe Princess
was going on well.
AUGUST 16.
The Queen drove out yesterday, attended by the Mar-
chioness of Sly.
The Princess Helena and the Princess Louise rode on
hornbook.

Major-General Seymour has relieved Colonel the Hoe. A.
Nelson Hood, as Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty.

Viscount Palmerston left London on Saturday for Wilmer
Castle, Kent.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone
have left Hawarden Castle for PenmSellia&C; Conway.
Deepatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of New Zealand an the Austra-
lian Colonise. Despatches were sent to the Governor of
Canada, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands,
and to the Goren:cal of the West India Islands, British
Columbia, and Bermuda.

Immediately on the birth of the young prince on
Thursday morning, the Crown Prince of Prussia made
known the event by telegraph to the courts of London, Co-
burg, Baden, tec.; and the intelligence was communicated to
the inhabitants of Berlin by the firing of the usual number
of guns. The King and several of the Ministers of State
went to Potsdam in the course of the day to congratulate
the royal parents on the happy event, and to inquire after
the health of her royal highness.

The Gazette de st. Petersboury of the 10th inst.
announces the arrival of Prince Alfred in that capital on
the 9th. As hi royal highness travels incognito there was
no official reception. The prince is staying at the English
Embassy, and, on the morning after his arrival,
his tour of the public buildings and monumente of the city.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemoura,
Princess Marguerite d'Orliina Count d'Eu, Duke d'Alancos,
and suite arrived at the Clarendon Hotel.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
Augustus of Saxe-Coburg arrived at the Clarendon Hotel,
on Saturday, from Tunbridge Well.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Selma-
Mendell' left town, on Saturday, for Newnbam Paddocks,
Warwickshire, on a visit to the Earl of Denbigh.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Capua, with
the young Prince of Capua, and Princces Vittoria de
Bourbon, have removed from the Palace of Btuppinigi, near
Turn, to the royal villa of Marlio, near Lucca, placed at
their disposal by the King of Italy. Lady Dinorben and
family have accompanied the princess to Hullo.
His Highness the Prince di Caraccioli has ar-
rived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermynstreet, from Italy.

Count and Countess Romanoff(Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess Michael of Russia), accompanied by
Princess Galitzine, Prince Troubetzkoy, Mr. Ds Grote, and
a numerous suite, arrived at the Clarendon Betel last
evening from Rt. Leonard&

His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle arrived in
London, from Dublin Castle, on Friday night.
The Duke of Leinster left his residence, on Carl-
ton House-terrace, on Friday, for hie seat Carton House,
County Kildare.
The Duke of Newcastle is expected to leave
to-day for Balmoral, to be in attendance on the Queen as
Secretary of State for the Colonies, and to relieve Sir
George Grey, who leaves her Majesty to-morrow for Fallo-
den, his seat in Northumberland.
The Duchess of Buccleuch arrived in Paris a few
days since from Germany, on her way to Scotland. The
duke is in Scotland. A large circle will assemble at
Drumlanrig Castle early in the ensuing month.

The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and Lady
Geraldine Somerset have left Hill-street, Berke'epsomite,
to visit the Duke and Duchess of Bea Sort at Llangattoch,
Wales, at the close of which the duchess and Lady Geral-
dine go on a tour of visite in Scotland.
The Duke and Duchess de Croix have returned
to the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Scotland, on
their way to Paris.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford left
Berkeley.square a few days since fora tour on the Con•
talent

The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
have left Stratton-street on a continental tour.

The Count Alborgbetti has left Brown's Hotel
for Cologne.

Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce left town on Satur-
day for Paris for a few weeks.
The Baron Canitz has arrived at Brown's Hotel
from the Hague.

Lady Templemore has left town for the Right
Hom. Sir William Jolliffe's seat, Heath House, Petenilehl,
Hants.

Lady Loftus Otway baa left town for the Queen's
Hotel, Upper Norwood.

Mr. lice Anderton and Lady Emma Anderton
have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their
seat Buxton Hall, Lancashire.
It is rumoured that the Lord Advocate is about
to be raised to the House of Lords, as the decease of Lord
Campbell and the failing health cf Lord Brougham have
placed Scotch cases at a disadvantage. Lord Ivory is ex-
pected soon to resign.

The Dub/in Evening Mail understands that the
choice of the Irish peers is likely to fall upon Viscount
Hawarden, as representative peer, in the room of the late
Viscount Dungannon. " A better selection," it says, "could
not be made. Lord flawardeo is one of our resident land-
lords, and has already proved himself an intelligent and
useful public man."
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Dora Miguel de Braganca, ex-King of Portugal,
attended byhis suite, arrived in London on Friday last from
Germany, via Rotterdam. The object of his Majesty's visit
is to inspect the varied collections of works of art and
manu-
facture, and the natural products, now to be seen at the
International Exhibition.

THE PRINCE OP WALES AND THE VOLUNTEER&
—The first meeting of the Norfolk Volunteer Service
Association will be held next month. The proceedings will
extend over five days, the whole closing with an entertain-
ment which the High Sheriff of the county (Mr. R. J. H.
Harvey) proposes to give to the volunteers. The troops
assembled are expected to bs under the command of Major
General Wilsey, upon whose operations "before Delhi" the
attention of the world was eentred some five years sines.
The High Sheriff has already issued 2,000 invitations, and es
the Pr.noe of Wales will be on a visit to his shooting legate
in Norfolk at the same time. an effort will be made to in-
duce his royal highness to honour the file with his promos.