The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-10 00:00:00

the Court.

BALMORAL, Bar. 7.
The Queen, with Princess Louise, went ont
driving yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty, aeoompanisi by Prince
and Princess Christian, Princess Louise,Prinoeas Beatrice,
and Prince Leopold, and attended by the Wien and gen.
tlemen of the household in waiting, honoured the Braemar
gathering with her presence, remaining acme time to wit-
ness the Highland games, and returning to the coatis at 6
o'clock.

Her Majesty had not been to the gathering since 1859.
Ceneral Peel had the honour of dining with her Majesty
and the Royal Family last night.

SEPT. 8.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Primes- Chris-
tian and Princess Lonise,drove to Alt-ns-Guithasact, and
rode on ponies to the Dhu Loch.
Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Sahi and Mr. Legg,
drove to Loch Water.

General Peel had the honour of dining with the Queen
and Royal Family last night, and leaves the castle to-day.

Despatches were received on Saturday at the Ooloniel-
office from the Governors of the North American Pro-
vinces and the Bahamas. Despatches were sent to the
Governors of the Falkland Islands and Canada.

His Excellency the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne
has arrived at Pavia, and waited on the Emperor at St.
Cloud.

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His Excellency the Portuguese Minister and
Countess de Lavradio left London for Lisbon on Saturday.
The Count Rilvaa will act as Portuguese chargé d'affs,r r.
The Duke of St. Albans left Radbourne Hall,
Lincolnshire, on Tuesday last, to make a tour of visits in
Scotland, and intended to be present at the great Highland
gathering at Braemar.
A marriage is arranged and will shortly take
place between Lady Augusta Wyndham Quin, eldest
daughter of the Earl and Countess of Dunraven, and Mr.
Vivian, son of the late Mr. Vivian, M.P.
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A marriage is arranged between the Hon. Ernest
Cochrane, commander F..N., youngest son of the late Ad-
miral of the Fleet the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., and
Miss Doherty, only daughter of Mr. Richard Doherty.

A marriage is arranged to take place between
Captain DouglasWhitmore, Royal Hone Guards, of Apley
Park, Shropshire, the grandson of the fifth Marquis of
Queensberry, and Miss Louisa Cradock Hartopp, daughter
of the late Sir William Edmond and Lady Cradoek
Hartopp•

The right Hon. Spencer Walpole relieved General
Peel on Saturday, u Secretary of State in attendance on
the Queen at Balmoral.
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Lord and Lady Naaa have during the past week
entertained at Palmerstown, Naas, the following visitors :
—The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, the Ladies Frances
and Mary Fitzsilliam, Lord Cloncurry, the Hon. Jenieo
and Mrs. Preston, the Hon. Edward Lawless, Sir John
and Lady Harrington, Major and the Hon. Mrs. Burrows,
the Hon. Miss Browne, Captain Chaplin, and Mr. Far-
quhar, Coldstream Guards.
Sir John Pakington, the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, has recently been the guest, at Kearney Abbey,
of Mr. Joseph George Churchward, of French mail packet
contract celebrity.

Mr.
.John Walter, of Bearwood, Wokinghain,
late M.P. for Berkshire, left England on Saturday on a
tour through the United States of America. Mr. Walter is
accompanied by his eldest son.
The Advertiser believes that the Rev. Leicester
Lyne, known as Father %matins, is to be ordained as a
priest of the church of England, the Primate and the
Bishop of London having, it is reported, agreed to such a
step, under certain conditions on the reverend Father's
part. Mr. Lyne will, in all l'kelihood, commence Ws
priestly labours in the poorer neighbourhoods of Shoredittb.
It appears that in the race of the three clipper
vessels from China that arrived on Thursday the Taeping
was the winner. She was in dock at 9.47 p.m., while the
Arid arrived at 10.15 p.m., and the Series at 11.30
p.m. This almost simultaneous completion by three
vessels of an ocean passage of more than three months
is one of the most singular incidents of modern navigation.
The first of them receives 10s. per ton extra, the bills of
lading of each being worded " w ith 10e. per ton extra if
first sailing vessel in dock with new teas from Foochow," and
in China there are also extremely heavy wagers dependent
upon the race. As the cargoes of each vessel will now
reach the London market at the same time, it became the
interest of the respective consignees that the vessel with
their special cargo should not get into dock first, as they
would thus escape the payment of the premium of 10s. for
a priority which can now be no practical benefit to them,
while on the other hand the masters of the vessels bad
every motive on behalf of their owners to strive for the
victory, even by a single minute.
A Berlin letter of the sth says :—" To-day the

large synagogue which has been built here lately in the
Orsnienburger Straw was consecrated. Most of the
wealthy and celebrated German members of the Jewish
nation were present, and many well known men who do
not own that creed were also there, among others Count
Bismarck. The Rabbi preached a sermon in German, in
which he contrasted the present happier condition of his
people with their persecutions in the middle ages, and con.
eluded his discourse with the hope of the near coming of a
common Messiah, at whose advent all manner of men
would be drawn together as brethren. Then the whole
congregation rose simultaneously for a prayer, towards the
end of which the officiating minister prayed for Prussia
Prussia's King and Queen. Crown Prince and Crown Prin-
cess, and, as it might be interpreted in the words of our
own Prayer-book, for all sorts and conditions of men. The
synagogue is said to be the largest and most beautiful
place of worship at present possessed by the Jews in any
part of the world."
One of Meyerbeer'a daughters married last
week, at Wiesbaden, the well-known German artist, M.
Richter.

The entrance of the army into Berlins postponed
until the 20th. The troops who will march into this town
and be feted here on that day and the succeeding will be
composed of the corps of the Guards and the greater part
of the 3rd corps d'arnsee, and will form a force of about
50,000 men.
The standing army of Sweden, which has hitherto
consisted of about 50,000 men, is to be entirely reorganised,
in order to increase its effective strength. Switzerland is also
about to introduce a reorganisation into her army ; Austria
is already engaged on a similar task ; and part of the
French press urges a reorganisation of an army which has
hitherto been regarded almost as a model for that of other
nations.