The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-20 00:00:00

ISTUJIZI OF MI mom. ro WINDSOR.

(CHIB D 47.)

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince
Commit, with the royal children end soak left Go-
borne ire Windsor Castle this sands& at tea o'clock,
and travelled by the South-Western and Great Wonsan
lines of railway, leaving Gosport soon after eleven o'clock,
and arriving at Basingstoke at half-past twelve; theme
they proceeded on the Greet Western line to Head-
ing, arriving at Slough ►t twenty minutes past one, sad
Windsor at twenty-five minutes pee one o'clock,
where her Majesty was received by a guard of honour,
composed of the Grenadier Guards, under the commend of
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sam Weimar. An
extra specie' train arrived at Windsor at half-past two
o'clock, from Gosport, with the luggage, horses, sad
belonging to the royal establishment.
During her Majesty's absence grand preperatione have
bean mating in St. George's Hall, under the tasteful direc-
tion of Mr. Roberta, for the performance of Coma's 114
when upwards of 260 professitnels, including her Majesty's
private band, will be engaged. This grand performance will
take piece on new year's eve.

The court did sot leave Windsor, as has been stated In
ems el the public journsle, in consequence of the spidende,
her Mee* having remained at the Castle to *so day
selgileelly deed epos, which was • week later than she
sway Wise her departure for Oebores; and the return of
Ms Qom to the Castle is an additiossl proof that har Ma
jenny's slew* has not been ocardoned through any fear
of the treed Maumee being contagion% The fever is fast
diseppsering, me new owe harts( marred during the pest
week. The mem sad town comae hare taken the most
jeedlielens sad energetic steps shine the inquiry has
' bola needs by the Privy Connell, and • new sir-
ewer hes been appointed, who le now making •
bewast-te-how Inepeotion with regimes to the drainage,
and the antherldes have orate to the detenetestioe of

adopting sad eelbreteg the wet isalitstrywaswro.
The Dube= el Keit has be Awls el Progeere Lodge
during the vide of the Newt le °oboes&

The Prima isd Prisms kiwi st liams Weimar hays
takes up Ihi abode at Ragislill Chess, mat Windetr, sad
his 811.1011 Rieman is pirthrsalait his duties at Windaor as
one of the lieutecsat-oolonala of the Ist battalion tilt/audit
Guards.

The Countess de Lavradio has been confined to
fir residence, Glouceeter-plecs, awe Tuesday teat, by slight
tedispositias.

The Duke of Devonshire is passing the season at
Zia seat, Holler Hell, is Westmoreland, whore his gram is
imisrtainlaar • asiset *els of visitors.

The Earl and Countess of Derby's party at
Lew*, has been broken up inconsequence of the lamented
death of the Countess of Wilton. The hospitalities at
Loeweley during the approaching teethe season have ales
been &Deadened.

The Earl of Malmesbnry, who arrived in town on
Saturday, from slatting the Bari and Countess of Hardwicke
at Wimpols, and the Marquis and Iterchlonas of Salisbury
at Hatfield, left Whitehall gardens In the evening to join
the Counter of Malmesbary at Heron Court, near Christ-
church.

The Earl and Countess of Yarborough are shortly
expected in town, from Brighton.
The Earl of Shelburne haa left Lansdowne House
fw Bowood.

Lord and Lsdy Olivia OseaWon have left Cie-
rides Hotel, fur Chilllnghatn Castle, near Alantel.

Lord and Lady Woesley are at present in Rome.

Count and Countess de Mahanltand Mies Elphin-
stone de flahault have left Coventry House on a visit to the
Marquis of Lansdowne. et Bowood.

Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel arrived in tows
•Am days since from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, sad
Wand to go to Nice natal the esseting of parliament.

Sir John and Lady Menai hive returned to
lionollold Park from a tour ci visits.

Orkney received a viait last week from Georg*
Borrow, Esq., author of The Bible in Spain." Mr. Borrow
Endo a tour through the Highlands on his way north, and
being well reread in Giallo litoraturo, wet able to speak freely
with the Fool& In their own tongs'.

On Thursday last a leetrve was delivered to the
mot ten and friends of the Wilton Literary Institute, by
M. H. Marsh, Req., M.P. The subject was "Australia,"
and the hon. gentleman having raided in the colony many
year', treated it in an intereethag and amusing manner.

At the Society of Arts' meeting, on the naval dr-
Moss question, on Wednesday last, Sir C. Napier In the chair,
the Wearer of the night, Mr. Bee* ea anima siva archi-
tect, reeds the following cotewoethy statement, ea reported is
the edictal Journal of the soolety:—" And hers I
may be permitted to mention • remarkable idlosyncracy of
Lords of the Admiralty, namely, they consider it their spe-
cial function to deny to the British press and the Britieh
public, and to the natives of minor states from which we
have nothing to apprehend, Information and facilities for
gaining information which they cheerfully wooed to officers
of the French, Russian, and American governments, those
which can by any chant» prove lntmirtl to as. I have
hatters Bowfin officers, in particular, have authority to
pass freely over our dockyards. while Bouillon officers are
ahead planarian to enter the gates even to we a ship
lambed, end while Englishmen have to go about under
the surveillance of a policeman I While no good results
' from this system of being communicative to dangerone
foreigners, and motherly secretly, to Innocent Engliabswo
ft has the affect of occasioning muck unnecessary sad in-
jurious babbling in newspapers and elsewhere." Mr. Scott
Stowell, who tcok part in the discussion, confirmed what
Mr. Reeds said, and added something still more remarkable.
He said that, by orders of the late Board of Admiralty, a
report had been drawn up by a committee, tee of whom
(Iles. Cludfield) wee In the room, as to the principles on
which the fames fleets of England were to be ccustructed.
The obitesce of this report naturally produced great
aimiody in the mind of Scott Rowell and others like him,
layered in naval erchiteceure, to procure • oopy. He tried
every mons to obtain ase, and failed. But at last he swo-
oned, sad did get one—from the Conthient I

In derenani, aa the birthplaoe of printing, a great
%tam& is sill Gdt in all that periaim to that art. An event
seemly taken place at Zatlagen, in Wartanberg, which
Is attracting ismaiderable lititie3. M. Theodora Belfterad,
who hes Wag sham snob sympathy for the deaf and dumb,
had wymelved that those who were eagerly& nyder that cala-
mity might be usefully and profitably employed in the print-
ing-41os. Following oat this idea, that gentleman has now
In his emplupcosat 100 operatives who are deaf sad dumb,
sad of whom eleven are females, all of whom he hes at hie
own exogamy sad personally, intimated to such an extant
that they are now expert compositors. Tha government of
Wimemaimsg have thought that MU experiment, of which the
abject was to give work and 11104111811011 to many of this clam
of salhelmailes, Is well deserving of sseceirsgement and of

eehaewledgetea, and the LIN la; I the mesa thae,given
Grim that a large gold medal should be presented to the
direekor et We new and silent printlarefgee, is teetheowy
of the high NW* which his Majesty eatertelan of M. Hal-
gyred'e bearroleat andwieldag.

A letter from Teheran-gives farther interesting
details of the emirs!, in the capital of the Persian empire of
Perakkt Lbws, who had eo long bees playing truant in
Imope. He was reosived with malted favour by him sove-
reign, sad it I. said that he Immediately mod his Mows to
eel cm foot • scrim of civil and ems religiose Mono,
pomaded upon hie oheirvatkos hubs he hook.
Bea; tally convinced that the emit time of the weak-
Bees of the Ottoman empire is the proloseinenee of the
Kemedmaa theocracy, /Wok oppose@ the Koren to ell pro.
gem, he hoe notified to the Imams that they will ma is
Mare be pernehted to isteehee is asy seikkol or atolls's**.
tredve trisedes. The dielindon between the civil sod re-
lishes pr Wham unlmewn in the Let, has time hem
hsesda IMd . At the mom time • Weimer of cum-
mime hem essiimett, sod the official joarniel of rehires
bodies whole enricipathi the Utopia) malts
Mithbeeledeptim of liberal assaraw.