The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

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The Prins and Princess Augustus of &XS.
Cobearg took leave of the Queen yorterday morning, and pro-
ceeded to Claremont, accompanied by the Princes Philippe
and Augustus and the Princesses ChM& and Amine of
Saxe-Coburg, and attended by the Baroness de Basch and
M. de Moths. _ _ _ _ . _

The Bari of Derby had an audience of the Queen at
Buckingham Bakal. Sir John Pakington had oho an au-
dience of bra Makisty„

The Ducheee of Kent visited the Queen.
The Prince Consort, attended by Captain Da Plat, ho-
noured Mr. Adams with a emit at bli studio in abase-street
rteeday to inspect hie Vane of the late ()carrel Sir Charles
Napier he St. Penn Cathedral.
The Oscan and Prince Conewt, acoompanied by the
Prisoner Alias and Helena, vieltad the B..mth Keneinftea
Menem in the &Ammon. In attendenee were the Hon.
Plots Macdonald, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Cap-
tale Da Plat. _ _ _ _

lieTrikletty sad IM Priam Comort hoovered the per.
LITIOSMO MIMI Olympic Theatre with their memos Let
evening. TM royal mite comieted of L 617 Churchill, Ems.
Candle* Cemodiel, 800. Flom MaMee Lord Brawn,
Celosel the Rm. A. N. Hood, sod Cam Do Plat.

We understand that her Majesty hr signified her redoes
intention of ooebrring the honour of a barometer upon the
tusdermeationsd rentlemen : Mr. Wiram Mack M.P. Mr.
John Neeld, M.P., Mr. E. Orogen, M.P., Mr. John Henry
Oreerfile Smyth, and Mr. Philip Paunoefort Gammas.
The Led Chancellor will reoeive the Judges and Queen's
Control at his lordship's residence in Baton-square, on Fri-
day next, the first day of Baster Term, at 12 o'clock.
Despatches wen sent from the Colonial-office yesterday to
the Governors of ths North Amerman Colonies, the Falk-
land Is/ands, end the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands. Despatches were received from the Governors of
the Colonies en the West Coast of Africa.

FRRuotr-orrice, APRIL 6.—The Queen hem bean
8= to riat Hersocsiltearg, se be her
dbeo. Ad.1aod
47.i.°11-GeTas
boa bees pima to approve of Yr. Eon ea Clonal
at Caketas, el Yr. Carl Saboltra as Comma al Ileppore,
sad of Yr. Jobs Asthma as Consul at Parsrbsol, kr his
Meleaty the Wag al Ilearrser.—Oasstie. .

eirreneA7.7., APRIL 7.—The Queen hu been
phreed t the Rev. John Watt to the church aid
per sr In the presbytery of Alford, end county
of Aberdeen, vacant by the death of Ile Rey. Robert MeiJae-
joba.--easells.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Austals
!steads to pm • arks of pNk. at lase villa raddaaos at
Torklimdiam, altar Baster. _ _ _

The Afarquis and Marchioness of Lothian have
arrived at Claridge's Hotel.

The Earl and Countess of Godard hays arrived
at their ream* la Groseasareleeet fee the mem.

The Earl of fitradbroke ham arrived at the Bruns-
wick Hotel, Joruryu-otreet, from Hoak= sal, Suffolk.

. . .
The Earl and Counter of Kintore hare left
Edwards' Hotel ow a short visit to }bights.

Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby will shortly
laws town for Grisetborps, Liscolashire.

The Dowager Lady Garvagb, with the How. Albert
sad Emmeline Canning, filen& leireleg Portman-Kamm

next week, for St. L'ensard's-ces-Vers.- Her ladyship has
been suffering from news We....

The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert and Mrs. Herbert
Lars tows arday for Wilton Ham, Salisbury.

Sir Francis and Lady Scott have left Claridge's
Hotel, for Groat Barr Hall, Birminghaas.

TIM Times states that i3ir B. B. Lytton has been
&bend taxa parliament for some days, from the failure of Lis
health, owing to the assiduity with which he has unremit-
tingly discharged the duties of his dike.
Bir James Hudson left Turin for London Let
evening. Mr. &Arils Wed remains as Chargé d'Affaires.

The Literary Gazette says:—" A wedding, which
will create some interest in the world of musk, take, plow
to-day, when Mr. Bentley, the bass (if we are not ole-
informed) Is to hied Was Gertrude Linable (the soprano) to
the altar."

The Lord Mayor bee keyed cards for s literary
End scientific recaptica at eta Monica House as Wednesday
slit.

Tho general meeting of the Royal Aciatio Society,
which etas announced for the 9111 that. on the printed cards,
Y postpoesd to the evening of the 16th. Colonel Slkee,ll.P.,
the President of the society, will deliver a lecture ott " Traits
of fading Character."

The annual meeting of the Archie°logical Aso-
cial ton will Wm place au Wednesday ■eat.
_ _ .

. .
The following gentlemen have been named by the
general commi tee on Ancient Wills se their executive com-
mittee :—Sir H. Verney, Bart., M.P., end Meows. W. Tito,
J. Heywood, J. Brae, F. A. Cerebra', Hepworth Dixon,
T. Dune Hardy, and F. Davey, with power to summon the
genera ecentaitqe, and to take such steps me may be
asseeed advirable to secure the end bought by the mane-
dales.

M. hi.. Stockhausen announces his inten-
the of paring tho month of May in Lonion, end of giving
Mm kNs in conjunction with Madame Schumann and Hem
hocalm. _ _

We believe that the tint stone of the Royal
Dionstio College is to be laid is August next.

lir. and Mn. Alfred Wigan oommenoe a re-
espieninit at the Adeighi in about a fortnight, terminating
as tie Ld el July.
. .

Mr. Wright her been compelled to take another
respite from hi preilmsional duties in consequenoe of the pre-
carious slate of his health.
Mies M. Teresa joins Mr. Buckstone's corps dmi•
1111040111 at the Haymarket Theatre, where she makes her ap-
peases+ at Baster in Mr. Frank Talfourd's foram ming
harlsege• d Eketrs.
The lissiday Times says that the success of Mr.
Phelps, in his Bitaksperian characters, at Berlin, Isms been
inestam• the German audiences were quite taken by mu-
peimo snide Frkdeeich Wilhelm Theatre ham been nightly
1111si with the Mi. of Berlin society, princes and princesses,
geetp ribmadose, and othere of the highest rank, with
the mat embed literary celebrities.
Professor Btevelly, of Belfast, writs, to the
Atheneum :—" Yesterday the lady of William H. Patterem,
lisq., son to my friend, Robert Patterson, Bet, the na-
turalist, presented him with a daughtee. This child hat
now • peatgratt-grandmother, Mo. Anne'rong, living, OS
Mount Plesaentequare„ above one hundred years old, in
tall health sad enjoyment of all her faculties. The little
stranger has also two great-grandmothers liras!, one great-
grandfather, two grandevhces, sad one grandmother; the
presetting an imam* which, as tar as my experience
reaches, is unique at ere germatime in coo family all living
es the same time."

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A latter from Berlin says A young English
beryl*" mimed BIaI. d, let from Per* Is quite the ne
We at premst. Harts g played three of We pieces M the
Sad girds of lurd Bloomfield, at widish surd mem-
bers of the royal family were mama; he gave me ta-
nked eadentetha that era reminds afar be wee ordered
by Prises Evidmick-H.Hiata sd the Memel Boyel of
legisad to play at mart He there performed a greed
hatelie ea Easibb aim so admirably that both the place
md the priming cogsplissated tbs yang artist is thel
moms&