The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-05 00:00:00

3, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1861.

EDt elan.

BALMORAL, Oct. 3.

The Queen, accompanied by Princes. Alice and
Prince Louis of Hesse, and atieoded by Lady Churchill,
drove yesterday to Alt-aa.Uuithesack, where ponies were in
waiting, and her bliale.ty rode to Clover, returning borne
the same way in the evening.

The Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales went out
deer-stalking.
The Princess lichenlohs and Princesese Helena and Louisa
dross out.

Sir Charles od Miss Phipps had the honour of joiniog the
royal dinner party.

Mr. Itrackenbury, her Majesty's consul at Madrid, tram-
actud business yesterday at the F,,reign•office.

;
Her Majesty • Comnaisaiouera for the International ;chi.
bitioo of 1562 held a meeting at their office in the &mad
yesterday.

Devstehes were sent yesterday from the Colonisl•oflice to
the Goveruurs of the North American provinces and Ber.
muds, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF EGLINTON, K.T.

It iA with deep regret that we announce the death
of the Earl of F4linton. He died yesterday morning at Mr.
Whyte Melville's seat, St. Midtown, Fifeshire. It appears,
front information rewired by our informant from an
authentic source, that the late earl was engaged during the
afternoon of Tuesday last in playing at golf, and was
apparently in robust health. He dined with Mr. Melville
in the evening, and exhibited his usual cheerfuluees ; but
before the party separated he was seized with a fit of ape-
piety, which at once rendered him unconscious. In that
lemeatable state be continued until his demise yesterday
sensing. On Wednesday morning Lord Montgomerie and
Viscount Itigestre, M.P., left fur Scathed, and sub..-
queetly, on Thursday morning, Lord Rendlesham, the
Mfr. sou-in-law, and the Hoe. Captain North, also de-
parted for the north.

- The late Right Hon. Archibald William Montgoinerie,
Earl of Eglinton and Lard Muntgomerie in the peerage of
Scotland, and Baron Ardrussae in the United Kingdom, was
the only son of Archibald Lord Motagornerie, eldest son of
Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton, by Lady Mary, daughter and
heir of Archibald, 11th Earl of Mara. He was born 2915
September, 1812, so that be had only reesetly completed
his 49th year. The lamented earl was, served as heir male
general of George, 4th Earl of Winton, in December, 1840,
George. the sth earl, who was attainted in 1716, having left
no issue. His lordship's mother afterwards married, in
January, 1815, the late Sir Charles Montolieu Burgess
lamb, Bart., and Knight Marshal. On the death of his
grandfather, Hugh, the 12th earl, December 14, 1819, he
succeeded to the honoun of the family and extensive an-
cestral domains in Scotland, being, as may be gathered from
the above, on his accession to the title only in his eighth
year. For a long series of years the Earl of Eglinton was an
honourable supporter of the turf, and had at one period
one of the largest and best racing studs in
the country. Hi. success on the turf was considerable. In
1842 be won the St. Leger with Blue Bonnet, and in 1847
with Van Tromp, and again in 1849 with the Flying Dutch-
man. The Derby of 1849 was won by his lordship's last-
named horse, and Van Tromp won the Goodwood Cup in
1148. Shortly after the Earl of Eglinton won the cele-
brated match for 1,000 guineas at the York Spring Meeting,
by his celebrated Flying Dutchman defeating the Earl of
Zetland's Voltigeur, his lordship gave up the turf, and very
seldom after attended the thief raos meetings, of which he
had been formerly so distinguished a supporter.
The Earl of Eglinton's name will be in after ages asso-
ciated with the pageant he held in August, 1839, at his
castle in Ayrshire, and familiarly known as the Eglinton
Tournament, at which the present Emperor of the French
was one of the knights, and at which the Duchess of Somer-
set, then Lady Seymour, had the distinction to take the
part of "The queen of Beauty."
The late earl married, got, 17th February, 1841, Theresa,
widow of Captain Richard Howe CoekereU, KN., and
slaughter of Mr. Charles Newcomen, by whom he leaves
surviving issue, Archibald Wm. Lord Xontgomerie, lady
Egida,born 17th December, 1843,and married a few mouths
tack to Lord Rendlesbam ; the Hon. Seton Montelise, born
in May, 1846 ; and the Hoo. George A. Montgoinerle, born
in February, 184& His lordship married, secondly, in 1888
(hie grit countess dying in I)seemlser, 185 A), Lady Adele
Camel, only daughter of the Earl and Countess of Essex,
who died soddenly in Edinburgh on the 31st of last De-
cember.

The Pod of Winton was a firm supporter of the conserva-
tive party. The late Sir Robert Peel, on the death of the
Bari of Glasgow, appointed him Lord• Lieutenant of Ayr-
shire; and in 18.'12 the Earl of Derby selected him
to 411 the high post of Lord-Lieutenant of Ire•
land, a situation in which he won much popularity.
In the early part of the Earl of Aberdeen's ministry that
eminent statesman presented him with the Order of the
Thistle. He was elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University
in November, 1852, and was Colonel of the Ayrshire Militia
from 1836 to 1852, when be resigned.
The lamented peer is succeeded in the earldom by hie
eldest son Lord Moutgomerie, born 3rd December, 1841.
His lordship has been some few years in the Royal Navy as
midshipman, but we believe has rehuquished the idea of
adopting it u a profession.
The families of Viammet sad Vimmunreas Ingmar*, the
Hon. Captain sad Mrs. North, Sir Charles and Lady Lamb,
Lord and Lady Rendleshans. and several others of rank are
placed in mourning by the demise of his lordship.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary return to St. Jame. Palace
on the 10th init. from Germany.

Thier Highnesses the 13rinoes Constantine and
Marcel ezartoryeki base left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-
street, on their return to Puts and Vienna

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and
the Counter de Flehault and Mir Elphinetone de Ilehanlt
return to Coventry Howe on or about the 10th inst. frown
Talliallan, Scotland, when they have been receiving coin.
Plum _ _

The Marquis of Clanricarde has taken a resi-
dence in Strattonetreek Piooadilly, for a term of years.
The Marchioness of Westminster and Lady
Theodora Grosvenor, from Alswick Castle, and Lord Richard
Granrecor and the Has. Mr. Stuart Wortley, from Strom-
tin, Any Maim arrived at Greenock on Tuesday, and
preeseded to Ardgowan OD a Vila to Sir Minimal and Ladr
(Mavis Shaw Stewart.

Lord Enfield passed through Greenock lut Wed-
doodah oa his way from Ardgowaa to the south.

The Kul and Counted; of Erroll are expected at
t►eir meanion N Grafton-street in a few days from Slalom
halls, Aberdeenshire.

nil Countess of Yarborough and Lady Sophia
Mom have arrived at 'baby Hall, Liacolushire, from •
tsar ma the Coati•eat.

Viscountess Jocelyn leaves Weimer Castle to-day
as a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston at
Broadlands.

Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont are enter-
Wale' a select party at their seat, Bretton HA
Northumberland.

Sir Charles Eastlake was at Rome for two days
lad week as route from Naples to Florence. Upwards at
100 of our countrymen hams pared throuah Reese dm*
the present month.

Mr. Buchanan has returned to Volletri, to re-
sume the railway works, and to complete the stupendous
viaduct at the entry to that town. He trusts to be 'Alai-
ently guaranteed against the stilettoes of assaa■inetiog
workmen by the tutelary instiactioes of Y. Matteotti to
the gendarme. in Rome and at Velletri, who have orders
to exercise due surveillance over all iedividuals following or
hying wait for Mr. Buchanan, and to give him warning is
WM of danger.

Major O'Reilly announces that be has got the
full number of medals from Rome for the Irish volunteers,
and that he is ready to mead them to the proper parties.
Among the on dits current during the week is
No which we (Army sad Nary anette) think worth while
publishing. It bas been stated that the Emperor of the
French, with that vast amount of sagacity which so distin-
guishes him, has made overtures for the purchase of the
Great Eastern.

The counting meetiuge for next week are--
scorton (0), Ashdown Park Champion, and Tredegar Park
Club on Tuesday, kc. ; and Audlem on Thursday. Mr.
Bake calls the attention of the coursing judges to the uew
mkt: "After so undecided or no course, and the dogs
Were being taken up get on another or the ame bare, the
judge must follow and decide in favour of one if be con-
siders that sufficient work has been done to justify him in
goisi ikt"

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(►aoM ooa OWN

PARIS, FRIDAT EVYJrLNO.

Whether—as the Berlin journals have lately
asserted, with much emphasis—the visit of the
King of Prussia to Compiegne is of au "essentially
private character," or whether great political results
may be expected from it, is a question now, on the
eve of that visit, discussed with intense interest.
M. Grandguillot's article, written for the purpose
of enhancing the importance of the event, deals too
much in generalities to be a safe guide. If it be
true, as the Con stitution/lel would have it believed,
that the two sovereigns are about to treat of great
"social and economical" questions, it is very ex-
traordinary that the King of Prussia, not by any
means an active man of business himself, should
not be accompanied by a single one of his ministers.
The positive statement thatCouut de Bernstorti, the
only minister lately expected, is after all not to
come, remains unoontradicted to this hour.

The Patrie in its "latest news" says that Count
Pourtalits, the Prussian Envoy accredited to Paris,
who is now in Germany, will accompany the King,
but it makes no mention of any cabinet minister.
The King will arrive in France by the Belgian
frontier, and the members of the Prussian Lega-
tion. Prince de Reuss, Count de Hatzfeldt, and M.
de Stein, will leave Paris to-morrow evening to
meet his Majesty at the Jeumont station. Marshal
Valliant is commissioned by the Emperor to meet
the King at the frontier.

The following extract from Bullier's Correspon-
dance of this evening will show you the latest tone
of political gossip in France on the topic of the
day:
The interview of Comp:dgne is the theme of every con-
versation. Nothing can be more natural, for never was a
more splendid occasion offered to newamongers—never was
a wider horizoo opened to conjecture. Are we to see in this
meeting merely a private visit! Or is it an occasion for
treating of the great political questions of the day betweea
the two sovereigns Kte-d-elte. Will any resolutions of a
nature to trouble the pace of Europe result from the inter-
view! Borne fear there will, while others desire it ; and all
are anxious at the subject. This is all that can be said to-
day with respect to the visit to Compi4ne.
The monstrous assertion of the Constitutiortnel
that there was no security for life and property at
Geneva, has excited the attention of the Federal
Council, and it is probable that a formal application
will be made diplomatically to have that journal
prosecuted for a libel on the Swiss government.
It is stated that the Belgiaa cabinet, having fully
considered thequestion,in the presence of the King,
whether Belgium should now recognise the new king-
dom of Italy,has decided in the negative,snd on this
special ground—that the Belgian kingdom having
been, at its creation, placed under the guarantee
of the great powers, ought not to pronounce upon
such a point until all those powers have made up
their minds. I have reason to think that this
answer has been officially oommunicated to the
French government.
The panic at the Bourse has resumed its course
to-day. There were rumours of a further rise in
the rate of discount, and it was fully believed that
the time allowed for bills to run would be reduced
to 40 days. There was a talk of a forced paper
currency, but this is regarded as an absurd rumour.
Rente fell 250. for cash, and 10c. for account,
closing at 68fr. and 68fr. 20c. Mubilier fell Mr.
The Orleans Railway fell 10fr. ; in the other lines
little alteration.

M. Lamartine writes to the Paris newspapers to
nay that his detention at Macon is caused by his having
found it neueusry to superintend the vintage on his pro-
perty there, as well as to remain in the country while
working with redoubled ardour at the new edition of his
works. M. Lamartiue now rises at 2 o'clock in the morn-
ing to his desk, and without interruption remains at it till
about S. He then takes a slight repast previous to going
out and superintending some agricultural improvements
taking place on the property still remaining in his bands.
After the second dljcdncr he again resumes his pen, and
writes till coming up to dinner-tine. He makes it a rule,
sad has generally done so, not to write after nightfall.

A splendid aquarium has been inaugurated in
the Jardin d'Aoclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne. The
building is a long gallery, terminated at each end by pavi-
lion-formed vestibules, painted in fresco, after the Aquaria
of Herculaneum. The gallery is 150 feet long, the glass
cases forniiog one side of it, and the other being left in ob-
scurity. Salt and fresh water fish, crustacea, and other
natives of the set and the river, are here in profiodoo,
swimming around the rocks, or attaching thenrielyes to the
bottom or to aquatic plants.

Thu sinking of the artesian well at Nagy has oc-
cupied six years, at boost of 40,0031. The result is, how.
ever, beyond all previous calculation. lostead of the
12,000, no lens than 75,000 cubic feet spring up every
twenty-four hours—the well at Grenelle giving only 3,000
at the utmost, now reduced to 2,203 cubic feet. The Pray
bore is 30 inches in diameter, and quite a river of pure
water flows from it, equal in quantity to one-thirty.bfth
of the average flow of the Seine ! With a few such wells
all Paris could be supplied, and at a trifling cost compared
with that of the gigantic schemes for bringing water from
Champagne and other quarters. The temperature is high-
-80 degrees—and in this state it can be made very useful for
many purposes, though for drinking it must be cooled.
. _ .

. _
Thu Constifutiona/ of Madrid says that a project
has been submitted to the Queen for selling all tho royal
domains, except the palaces in which her Majesty resides,
and to invest the proceeds in government stock, tLe reve-
nues from which to belong to the civil list. By this plan
it is believed a large addition to the royal income would be
obtained. No decision on the plan had, however, been
come to.

The Journal de Gee Poe publishes a letter from
Berne, which rye :—'• The Swiss charge d'affaires at
Turin has made known to the Federal Council that the
Italian government has suppressed all the regulations which
impeded the free export of wheat, and that generally speak-
ing the commerce in grain is free."
We (Athenaeum) have to record a handsome con-
cession on the part of the Spanish government—the opening
up of the great archives at Simancas to the deputise of our
,Master of the Bolls. The interest of the papers at Siman-
ens cannot be overstated. They are the documentary
history of Spain, and of all the countries which have had
political relations with Spain. From the reign of Henry
the Eighth to the time of Cromwell they are of vast im-
portance for our own history, and every student working
in recent history upon those periods, has turned wistfully
but unavailingly towards Simancsa for the light which it,
and it only, could afford. The priestly influence was
against all search. At length the embargo has been taken
off. Mr. Brewer, of the Rolls, Las just returned from
&mamas, where it bar been arranged that Mr. Bergenroth,
• most competent English and Spanish scholar, shall calen-
dar and abstract the documents relating to our history.

The approaching coronation of King William
of Prussia (says the Illustrated London News) will remind
all students of Thomas Carlyle of the account given of the
coronation of Friedrich 1., the first Prussian King, in the
great historian's life of Frederick the Great. Who does
not remember the sparkling sanative of the processions to
Konigsberg I—the tapestries, the banners, the fountains
tannin wine—the two bishops created for the Hoot('—the
King's " souff•ooloured or purple coat," with diamond
buttons on it worth fifteen hundred pounds a piece, as
bessemed such an "expensive Herr" as Friedrich was— and,
finally, the bizarre incident of the Queen Charlotte, who be-
tog much bored during the sermon, was at last "distinctly
seen to smuggle out her snuffbox, being addicted to that
rakish practice, and fairly solaoe herself with a delicate
little pinch of snug" Her royal husband was horrified at
this solecism against etiquette. and " hurled back a look
of dim fulminancy " at her Majesty.

An Austrian nobleman, Baron de Silberatein,who
bas just died at Vienna, has by will bequeathed 200,000
florins to each of the univendies of Vienna and Prague, to
be employed in assisting poor student•, and 40,000 florins
to a Ydile. Zollner, an actreas.