The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-26 00:00:00

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WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 25.
The Queen and Princess Louise rode un ponies
this morning in the Home Park.
Prince and Princess Christian went out walking.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, has left
the castle for Greenwich-park.
The Iliahop of Oxford and Sir Stafford Northcote have
also left the misfit..

The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, yesterday,
attended by Lieut.• Colonel Keppel.
A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon.
Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Cornell-office,
Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords
present were the Lord President and the Duke of
Richmond. Mr. Harrison and Dr. A. Williams attended
the committee.

Mr. Greene, M.P., and Mr. Ablett had an interview
with the Duke of Marlborough, at the Privy Council-
office yesterday, on the subject of a Museum of Trade
Patterns.

A deputation from Chambers of Commerce, consisting
of Mr. E. C. Egerton, M.P., Mr. G. C. Le,h, 31.1'., the
Hon. Wilbraham F.gerton, M.P., Mr. Bass, M.P., Mr. Cos,
M.P., Mr. Eaton, M.P., Sir Philip E3m ton, M.P., Mr.
Colvile, M.P., Mr. Evans, M.P., Sir E. Buller, M.P., the
President and Secretary of the Macclesfield Chamber of
Commerce, Mr. Nicholson (Derby Chamber of Commerce),
the Mayor and Town Clerk of Congleton, Mr. R. Durant,
Jun. (London), Mr. Surr (London), Mr. S. Pearson (Mac-
clesfield), Mr. D. Bradwell (Congleton), Mr. Carr (Leek),
Mr. Johnson (Leek), Mr. Kennerley (Congleton), Mr. C.
J. Bill (Coventry), and Mr. Rotherham, Jun. (Coventry),
had an interview with the Duke of Richmond, at the
Office of the Board of Trade, Whitehall, yesterday, in
relation to matters affecting the silk trade.

The Belgian Minister and Madame VandoWeyer
left London yesterday morning for the Continent. Daring
his excellency's 'trainee M. Bartholeyns de Feeselaert will
act as charge d'affaires for Belgium.

The Earl of Lonsdale iss gone to spend s few
weeks at Folkestone.

Lord Houghton, Vice-President of the Paris
Exhibition, has snired in Paris at No. 28, Avenue des
Champs-Elyakes.

Our readers will share with us the regret with
which we (Adrertiscr) learn that Mr. Robert Culling Han.
bury, M.P. for Middlesex, hu been confined to his bed
for the past fortnight with • severe attack of rheumatic
fever. It is to be feared that some weeks will elapse
before the hon. gentleman will be able to resume the dia.
charge of his parliamentary duties.

The Herald speaks of Mr. J. S. Mill u "actuated
solely by • vanity of distinguishing himself from the
herd of men of 101150 by eccentricity of thought" !
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Tug KING or DENMARK.—His Majesty the King
of Denmark having expressed a desire to witness the gene.
ral working of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, it was faith.
mated to the chief officer (Captain Shaw) on Saturday last
that his Majesty would visit the head station in Watling.
street in the course of the evening. Captain Shaw then
conducted his Majesty and the Piince o: Wales to South-
wark Bride, where it was determined they should wit-
ness a turning out of the force. The intention was kept
from the men, who in a few minutes received " a call."
All the engines were at once turned out, horsed, and
started for the supposed fire, and accompanied by some 30
or more firemen, and their alacrity took the King quite by
surprise. The men were duly timed, and the whole
arrangements of their turning out occupied less than
three minutes. His Majesty, with the Prince and Cap-
tain Shaw, then proceeded on • manual engine and in.
spaded several of the leading stations in different parts of
the metropolis, where the zeal and promptness of the men
were similarly tested, after which the royal partyreturned
to the City, end saw several steam tire-engines at work on
the river off Queenhithe. This concluded the inspection.
his Majesty stated that his visit to Watlingatreet was to
acquire all the practical information he could obtain about
engines, Ice., in order to place his brigades on a similar
footing of efficiency with the London Brigade.
ANYLI3I FOR IDIOTS. —The anniversary dinner
of this charity was held last evening at the London Ta-
vern, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The EarlswoodAsylum,
at 14x1hill, was opened in 18541, and has received some
1,200 cases, the majority young imbeciles who could not
otherwise have been properly provided for. It must be a
source of great encouragement to the supporters of this
and kindred institutions to know that many of these hap.
less beings, under the gentle but firm discipline to which
they have een subjected, have been vouchsafed sufficient
intelligence to warrant their discharge. The study of the
mental vacancy under which the poor patients suffer Ims
been carried to such en extent that literally the halt have
been made to walk, the dumb to speak, and the blank mind
to open for the receipt of intellectual impressions and
generous instincts. The managers of the charity point to
the history of their asylum as • proof that idiotcy is not
" • cureless woe." The debt which formerly existed has
been removed and the board are now anxious to raise a
special fund of .10,0001., to accommodate SOO patients in-
stead of the 400 which the establishment at present has
room for. The asylum is not only full, but there a-e 700
applications for admission. The board therefore make en
earnest appeal to the public to subscribe libera towards
the enlargement of the building. The Lord Mayor and
subsequent speakers last evening eloquently advocated the
claims of the institution. A large number of ladies were
present at the dinner. Songs and glees were sung between
the speeches. Subscriptions were announced to the
entrust of 5,000/. The guests numbered nearly 200, and
the entertainment was more than usually elegant*
mm. Quegsrr Micsotwou CLUB. —T e monthly
meeting was held at University College on the glad inst.;
Mr. Ernest Hart, president, in the chair. A paper was
read by Mr. C. A. Watkins oa " Yeast and other Fer-
ments." The matter was treated broadly, and the author
explained the similarity of the chemical operations of all
ferments, whether they he living organisms, as yeast, or
substances derived from organic sources, as albumen,
casein, diastase, f‘c., and urged the necessity of considering
these operations together rather than separating them into
those which are the result. of organic growth and those
which appear to be simply chemi.al actions. In describing
the viscous, lactic, and butyric acid fermentations, and
also the ordinary conversion of alcohol into vinegar, he
called attention to the universal appearance of the minute
bacteria and vibriones which accompany these changes,
and invited microscopists to the study of these low forms
of life, that sonic light may be thrown on the relation they
evidently bear to the various phases of decay of organic
products generally. Ten members were elected, and the !
proceedings terminated with a comma:nem