The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-09 00:00:00

THE AIM grins* QtrISI'ION.

•Ur. Layard preoenta his oompliments to the
Bditor of the ii.spress, and begs to inform him
that according to the information received from
Egypt sines the date of the telegram of the Mb, it
would appear that Captain Cameron has been re-
leased from his chains, but has not left Abyssinia ;
and that King Theodore has invited Mr. Ransom to
come to him at mice through Amt. The messen-
gers which Mr. Kassala bad sent up to King Thew
dote had been well treated, and allowed to return to
Matemwah.
Foreign-office, September 8.

Or Conti.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Sim 8

The Queen, with Princess Helms, Princess
Levin, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting, Jai the Dude of Roseau', sear
Ockberg, at a quarter before 10 o'clock on Townley evening
for the station at Oahu, when a spacial train wen ordered
to convey the royal party.
The Duke sod Duchess of Coburg sad Prime Alfred
dined with her Mifeaty before leaving, sad the Duke sal
Prince Alfred aceompanied her liiijinty te the station.

Shortly before 8 o'clock oa WedOestlay 'portlier the train
arrived ►t a statioa in the Fore* near Darmstadt, where
the Grand Duke of Hems and the Prince sad Princess
Louis of Homo were in readiness to nowise the guess, her
Majesty and the Royal Family left t►e train sad seem-
parried the Grand Duke and Priam end Princess Louis to
Knardcbstale, and the Ladies and Gentlemen prooeeded to
Darmstadt. _

In the entrance the (lump with Pillion Kama aadi
Princess Lasko drove into Darmstadt, to the Grand Duke's
palace, snot received a v!sit from the King of Prussia, who
readied about ball an hoar at the pekoe,

The Q Prince Queen then drove to see and Princess Louis's
new pale.e in the town, sod returned to Kranichstein.
Her Majesty, the Royal Fatally. and suite left the Asti=
at Darmstadt in the eveniag eta Tarter before nixie o'clock
by opeekl traio.
At seven o'clock on Thursday morning the tole salved
at Malibu, where her Majesty's carriages were evangel,
..a4 her kisjerty, accompanied by Primus Halm" and
Princess Louise, and 13/41 llaebps of Roxburgh*,
Lieuteaant-General the Boa. D. Grey, end
wait to °stead Io visit Rios Leopold.
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?rive Leopold and Prisons Beattie% with the remainder
of the Ladies and Gentlemen and suite, went to Antwerp
aad'embarksd in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
The Queen, after viattind the Kiog, whom her Wady
toned in such improved health, left Ostend at a quarter
past eleven, and arrived byrailway at Antwerp at two pan.,
and at once wint on board. _ _

The royal yacht very new afterwards got under weigh,
arid steamed down the Scheldt.

After • free passage bar Majesty arrived off Greenhill,e
this morning at seven delft*, and et • quarter pest nil'e left
the royal yacht, and, having embarked in the Alberta,
Artie. d at Woolwich at • quarter after tee o'clock.
A special teals from Woolwich A meal 000veyed the
Queen •d Royal Family to Windsor Castle at a quarter
poet twelve p.m.
Her Majesty and the Royal Family are well, but much
fatigued by the beat expericoced on the journey.
The Dachas of Wellingtoo, Mistral of the Robes, will
SEATO today in attendance cer has Majesty.

The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland is expected
to leave Stafford Boom, St. James's. en Mocday next, for
Trentham, Staffordshire, sod her gime will afterwards go
no a visit to the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer and Mrs. Gladstone, at Hswarderi Castle.
The Earl and Countess Fitswilliam will receive a
distieguisbed party at Wentworth Horse, Yorkshire,
during the ensuing week, for the Dooms.? nom.
The Earl Granville returned to town burly in the
week from ettendenes en the Qesee in Germany.

The Earl of Powia will receive a large family
circle at Loomis Castle, Welshpool, dw log next week, on
the occasion of the mania. of Lady Lacy Herbert, hi
lordship's sister, with Yr. F. Calvert.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave
Cambridp House this aftaraoon, on their return to Brackett
Hall, Hero. _ _

Viscountess Jooelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn
have, linos they left Lord and Lady Dufferha's seat in the
north of Ireland, boss visiting the Marquis of Ahem= and
Ladies Hamilton at Baron's Oonrt.

Sir W. H. Gladstone, M.P., left town yesterday
to join the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone
at Halyards° Castle, Flinishire.
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The marriage of the Countess of Jersey and Mr,
Chairs Branding, et kliddleicte Hall, near Leeds, will take
pleat at an early date.
The marriage of Lady Louisa Cavendish, only
daughter lot the Duke of Devonshire, with Captain the
Hos. F.aseis Erodes, sou et the Bret Earl of Ellormene, is
fixed to take plat* on the 26!h inrt.. at He lkar Hall, the
Duke of Devonshire's seat, near MEnthorpe.

" Everyone will be glad to hear," says the
Athersaunt, " that the project of ark* a gigantic specu-
lation by unit'ng oar two foreign operatic theatres—the re•
coif of which would have been fatal to art, in every sense
of the word—has owns to nothing."

Drury-lane Theatre will open on the 23rd inst.
under the management of Messr.. Fa'oonar and Chatterton.
Macbeth and The Mask of Coma are &Dummied es the
principal attractions.
We (Birmingham Gazette) are requested to state
that on Monday evening, probably about 8 o'clock, six air
Whines will be sett up from s locality near the metre of
the town, each hearing a length of mynedam wire, which
will be ignited daring the moot. The public will thus have
an opportunity at appreciating the splendour and brilliaecy
of the light modazed by this mineral in a state of com-
bustion.

The Cork Reporter announoee that government
has wand a anntbse of gunboats, with two meteof.war, to
take up a position off Bantry Bey and moms adjoisins eta'
Lion oa the western coast of Ireland.

A great intermittioaal chow of fruits, gourds,
roots, ivietableit tad meals, open to all the world, is to
be held in conooxion with the Dublin Intonational Ezhi•
Isitioa. tls October 3 ►ld folleeiag dem TIN =Unica.
of pansdable fruits and vegetablee i• to ekes as the 6th,
end that of kelvin fruits, Note, gourds, and meals as the
17th of October.
The &sant Herald of August 23 says :—" A rapid
and simadtly preirredre &Wee has robed the searell at
the cholera at Ooostastiaock dude, the week. and it seems
cow morn than *MK aertato that its total disappear...et
reer be bolted for witida tie sad esbt er tea days.•