The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

the Court.

PFNSION WALLA LUCERNE, Ammer 30.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Princess Beatrice. and Prince Arthur, and attended by the
Marchioness of Ely and Colonel Ponaonby, ascended the
Rigi on Thursday.
On Saturday her lLijesty, accompanied by Princess
Louise and Prince Leopold, drove to Engleberg.
The Queen ►nd the Royal Family, and the Ladies and
Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine Service on Sunday
in the house.
The Roy. IL Duckworth officiated.

LORD MAYO AND THE GOVERNOR GENERAL-
BLIP or INDIA.—Lord Mayo in an address to the electors
of Cockermouth, thanking than for the many tokens of
confidence he has received at their hands, aye that
before the next general election takes place he shall
have accepted the office of Governor General of India.

Tim MAD: ails OF GRAIIAIL—The coming of
age of the Marquis of Graham, eldest son of the Duke of
Montrcee—an event which occurred in June last, while he
was abroad—is being celebrated at Buchanan Castle now
he has returned. The "rejoicings" on Friday took the
form of a banquet given to the marquis by the tenantry
on the estate, and quite a gathering of noblmen, mem-
bers cifymt, county gentry, clergymen, and others,
riagled byarham Moir' ereession The Doke of Montrose re-
sponded to the team. of the Howe of Peers, and Mr. P. B.
iknoliat,R.P., for the House of Commons. The health
of the Ramon of Graham was received wiheeeTeat
enthusiasms, and the marquis responded in • of
much feehng._ The other touts included " The and
Duchess of Mongrees." On Saturday afternoon upwards
of one hundred of the workmen on the estate were enter-
tained at dinner by the duke, and to-night a hall is to be
given to the tenantry and their friends.
FuNzaaL os LOW) NORRARTON.—Yesterday
morning the mortal remains of the late Earl of Normanton
were removed from Seymour-place, Carson-rtreet, and
conveyed by special train by the Great Western Railway
to g 4srley, Ringwood, Hants, where the body will be de-
posited in Me family vault. Me earl had his coffin made
26 years ago, and the inscription plags only required to be
filled up with the time of. death. The coffin was of tine
English oak, Renck palmated, and ornantasted with gilt
nada The plate bore the following inscription:—
Welbere Ellis, Earl of Normanton, born 12th November,
1778 ; died 26th August, 1868."
Ora Bnalops.—Dr. Langley is the eon of a
working barrister, who became • polio* magistrate • Dr.
Thomson was the son of a country per at Whitehiven,
in Cumberland; Dr. Tait was a younger son of an Edin-
burgh writer to the signet ; Dr. Philpott was placed at
Cambridge at the expense of • small evangelical society for
privately sambaing promising young men at the univeratke ;
and Dr. Jacob, the Bishop of Chester, was originally edu-
cated for the nonconformist ministry at the dissenting
Smith- '

College et Homert, when Dr. Pye tit...lth was the tutor,
and Dr. Binney was his fellow-pupil.—Bword.
Lord Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, has,
in consequence of continued ill-health, devolved the work
of his diocese upon the Right Rev. Bishop Anderson,
vicar of Clifton.

TTATI ON;17EXIIIBMON OF WORKS OF ART AT
LlAM—Return of adminions august 31, by
meson tickets, 834 ; by payment o la. each, 6,319;
total, 6,963.