The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-31 00:00:00

PRINCE NAPOLEON AT ICELAND.

A letter from Reikiavik, in yeeterday's Itfoniteur,

" On the arrival of His Imperial Highness Prince Napo-
leon in Iceland, the roadstead of Reikiavik, usually SO
quiet, presented a most animated scene. In addition to the
Heine Hortense, there lay at anchor the Artemis', the
Coop e, the Perdrix, end two English steemers, the Salon
and Turnstile, chartered by the Prince. His imperial high-
ness was sainted by the Anemias with twastpons guns.
"On the mornieg of his arrival the Moos received on
hoard the governor, Count Trenip, the mayor, and the
bishop. The governor bad engaged a hundred hones for en
excursion to the volcano of the Oneyser. His imperial
highness, with a suite of twenty-ens person', started on
Tuesday, the Ist of J alp, end returned on Saturday. The
weather had been bad, they were obliged to encamp in the
mud, and sup >led to the rasa; but the Prince was much
pleased with bisj maey, and was able to see several times
tee eruptions of the Gueyser, which greatly interested him.
On Sunday evening hie imperial highness was p►esast at a
ball on board the Artemise, to which the oonsmandant of
the tactic's bad invited all the society of Heiktavik.

"0. the following day the Prince let oat with the inten-
tion et vielting the island of Jean Mayen, but the ice pre-
, vented all approach.
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feebirdie preparing for the Prince a tout, at which
his imperial highness will see asentblrd all the inhabitants
of the tows and neighbotrh.oi in their national twatimait.

Ilia imperial iiiibnese app, are enchanted with his
voyage ; be enjoys perfect health, and so do likewise the
members of his suite.

" The Prince &sires, on leaving Iceland, to visit one of
the Dinish mercantile establishments on the south-met

coast of Greenland and tte isle of Dire°, then from the
latter place to sail fur Hansinetftst and the northern coast
of Norway."

The Moniteur dela Flotle announces that the Russian
r.warment is about to belle a IC,Cliti6o TOMO 'hewed
round the world, the direction of which has been confided
to one of toe most distingu:shed officers in the Roraima navy.
This will be the 30th voyage eased the world which the
Rumians bare made site, 1803. The fleet teok place under
the command of Captain Kriuenetern, in the corvette
Nadejds, and which lasted from 1803 to 1806. The most
celebrated voyages, after that of Krureattern, ware those of
Glovine, in the Disc., firm 1017 to 1809; Lasareff, in the
ainverow, from 1813 to 1816; Kotzebue, in the Rauh,
from 1815 ti 1818; Venni. if, is 11.0 Dicouverte. from 1819
1022; Wrangel, in the ElCtine, tom 1825 to 1827;
Lake, in the &sirloin', trim 1526 to 1829; sad Schantz,
la the Ainkrinne, from 1834 to 1836. The lest was that
performed by Neveskot, in the %Abell, from 1848 to 1851.
All the Glitters oh) r,nirnanded th st ousels have become
admirals in It. Imperial navy. The present expedition,
which will be eoirpteed of tee col rates, is to leave Cron.
etadt in September next.

A GRAND DUKE IN SEARCH OF A WIFE-A
letter from St. Petersburg gives some information re:ative
to c cumsteoc.s concerted +Ms toe late betroths' of the
Grand Doke Michael, 4. says—.. The marriage itself will
take price, it is self, in the c +arse of the winter. The price, is
most be Stet testrueted in the Rossian.Oreek rel glen, which
she is bound to embrace, that cluing. bible a sine ono 11011
for any pitmen wh enter. the family of Romanotf. It is
of coarse antorg.t the protestant csurta of Germany that
velem are selected for the Russian princes ♦ Roulan grand
duke or grand duelists an eeeee change his or her religion,
such a step being utterly itiadmissi)le according to tte
Russian church, whieh punishes moat severely any tecessisn
from the Rossiae-Greek religion. It aware tbst the Grand
Duke Michael had Brat apt lied to the Court of Balmy to
obtain he bend of the Princess Sidor.i►, but the triunes,
positively refused to change her religion. Afterwards,
dories the Grand Duke's sty ►t Sena South, near Berlin, he
sow the Princess May of Holland, end he applied to the
Emperor Alexander for percolation to ask her hand in mar-
nage. The Emperor Pepticd that he should prefer to tee
his choice tis.d en • German prisms*. It was thou that
the Princess Cnilia was chaser."

The well known robbery of draws:hes is again ex-
citing public attention et Berlin. Herr &Mart, the director
of the upper audit-chamber, who had bero suspended frees
bb hanctiores no secoust of be supposed cmplieity, baying
poeitioood for his restoration to oflioe, u now to be weer
owed by the King's special command, gives almost imme-
diately bet re his Majesty left his residues for Marienbad.
These, of newspapers at Berlin has so declined
that the copies intrusted fir stamping are less by 7,000 they
they were three months ego.
The Empress of Austria left her apartments for the
lint time since her amonehessent on Friday last, sod at
treaded divine service in the grand hail of ;the Cutle of
Launbarg.