The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-08 00:00:00

RETURN OF THE QUEEN TO WINDSOR. —At
Windsor Castle preparations will Boon be commenced for
the return of her Majesty the Queen and royal family, who
are expected to leave Osborne about the 18th inst.
THE Palsies or Ws LER. —A volunteer ball wound
up the festivities of the Kimbolton week last evening ;
and today (Saturday) it is expected that the Prince of
Wales will return to Sandringham-house. In addition to
the guests already mentioned as having been staying at
Kimbolton Castle, it should be stated that Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar has also been a guest. On Thursday the
Oakley hounds had another meet, which was attended by
the Prince of Wales and the other distinguished visitors
at the castle.
The Prince and Princess of Teck, who for the
last few days have been on a visit to M. and Madame Van
de Weyer, left New Lodge for London yesterday.
The Duke of Newcastle has nearly recovered
from the injury he sustained while out shooting on Sato--
day last at Clamber.
The Earl and Countess of Westmorland leave
Kimbolton Castle, Haute (where they have been staying
with the Duke and Duchess of Manchester during the visit
of the Prince of Wales), to-day, for Apthorpe.
We (A thcituityn) are told that one of Mr. Hullah's
daughters intends to attempt the stage.
A brwhltre recently issued by the Alpine Club
gives short accounts of thirty-two new expeditions in the
Alps, undertaken during the past summer. Several of
these were over lofty cols, others to the summits of
hitherto untrodden peaks. A new and comparatively short
and easy route has been discovered to the top of the Mat-
terhorn. A Manilla rope 15 yards long enabled the party
to overcome the only difficult place in the final ascent, and
the descent from the summit to Breuil was accomplished
in the short space of seven hours.
Her Majesty's " Life of the Late Prince Con-
sort" is to be reproduced, in a condensed form, in embossed
letters for the use of the blind. The work of abridgment
has been entrusted to Mr. John Plummer.
The Northern Ladies Lectures are to begin
early this month. Mr. Charles H. Pearson, of Oriel, for-
merly Professor of History at King's College, London, and
author of " The Early and Middle Ages of England," of
which a second enlarged and continued edition is just out,
takes the History Lectures at Manchester and Liverpool ;
and Mr. J. W. Hales, of Christ's College, Cambridge,
Professor of English at the Ladies' College, Bedford
quare, takes the Literature Lectures at Leeds, Sheffield,
and Bradford.
A Paris correspondent thus describes the dress
of the Empress Eugenie at the state ball on Wednesday
evening :—" iler Majesty's under-skirt was of roll trino
silk, over which was one of green 1,,,ui110n& tulle, that
again veiled by another of tulle, so wreathed by hoja car-
nose, and a peplum so covered by bouquets of the waxy
blossoms and dark-green leaves of that plant, that it was
impossible to discover the material of which that Roman
garment was composed. Instead of blonde or lace, the
upper pert of the corsage had rows of huge diamonds, -sith
which stone her Majesty's head and neck were so com-
pletely covered that one can but imagine her dressers to
have showered the contents of the imperial &tin over her.
Furthermore, I was requested to remark that the hoja
carnosa were natural flowers."
According to the Paris correspondent of the
Examiner the Emperor Napoleon, in playing at questions
and answers at the Tuileries a few nights ago, said that
his favourite occupation is " seeking the solution of in-
soluble questions." The whole of the answers made on
the occasion by the Emperor and Empress were respec-
tively as follows :—" What quality do you prefer?"
" Gratitude," and "Devotion." " What are your favourite
occupations r "Seeking the solution of insoluble ques-
tions," and "Doing good." " What should you like to be 1"
"My grandson," and "What I am." "What historical per-
sonages do you most hate ?" "The Constable de Bourbon,"
and "Lopez." " What faults do you most easily pardon?"
Those by which I profit," and " Those which passion

(REUTER'S TELZGELAMS. )

pAB,IB, FEB. $.

In the latter part of yesterday's sitting of the
Legislative Body MM. Picard and Jules Favre
strongly dwelt upon the necessity of establishing
trial by jury for offences of the press.
The debate upon Article 10 will be continued to-
I day' _ _

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN.
QUEENSTOWN, FE a. 8.
The royal mail steamship Australasian, from
New York on the 29th ult., arrived here at 8.20
a.m. to-day, with 25 cabin passengers. She landed
110 sacks of mails and three passengers, and pro-
ceeded at 8.30 a.m. for Liverpool. All well.
She was detained one day at New York by a
snow storm.

NEW YORK, JAN.

The Senate has adopted a resolution asking the
President for information relative to the trial of
Father M`Mahon and Colonel Lynch by the British
authorities. The bill concerning the rights of natu-
ralised citizens abroad has been reported by the
Committee of Foreign Affairs to the House of Re-
presentatives.
General Meade has removed the State Secretary
of Georgia and appointed a military successor.
Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, has arrived in
Washington. It is reported that he intends to
apply to the Supreme Court for a writ of re-in-
statement in the governorship.
General Hayden, commanding in Alabama, has
ordered the election, to ratify the new State consti-
tution, to be held from the 4th to Bth February
inclusive.
The public treasurer of North Carolina refuses
to pay the salaries of the Convention delegates.
A gang of armed negroes have waylaid some
constables in Jasper county, Mississippi. Two were
killed and six were wounded.
The Attorney-General of Maryland has given an
opinion that the Civil Rights Bill is unconstitu-
tional.
General Beatty (republican) has been elected a
member of Congress for the eighth district of Ohio,
to succeed Mr. Hamilton (republican), who

recently died.
The Tennessee Radical Convention has adopted
a resolution in favour of the nomination of General
Grant for the Presidency.
General Howard has transmitted to the Senate
numerous petitions from Maryland, Kentucky,
and Tennessee, deprecating the withdrawal of tho
Freedmen's Bureau.
Advices from Vera Cruz to the 22nd inst. report
that a revolt had broken out in Sonora against
Juarez.

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my- companied by Prints) and Princess Christian and pinstes e Moscow Gazette contains the following from t'. PARIS,
The itomiteur of Wednesday
"di- Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein. Belgrade
'nds The (Nein went out this morning, attended by the Everything here points to war. Within the het few tams thirty-one columns of deb
him Duchess of Athole. ' gays the government have received frem Hamburg some upon a petition presented by c
on Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Henrietta, thousands of needle guns in addition to those which were compia• •
i that the facilities a
lad, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Colonel H. Pon- bought tut rms. in considerable number. The equipment
of 1836 and 1862 for introduc
iced sonby, visited the Victoria Hospital, Netley. ol the first class of the landwehr is nearly completed.
. About 60,000 soldiers are to be pot on a war footing. into Prance free of duty, on cot
n of
, A deputation of ratepayers of Greenwich, introduced by i The people are enthusiastic, and several voluntary sub- mgthem in a manufactured st
t 'n Mr. Alderman Salomon., 31. P., and consisting of Mr. Cab- , miption, have been made. which were very prejudicial b
that ban, Mr. C. H. Allworth, Captain Barlow, ILE., and --- An explanation in a short corn
i a others, had an interview with the Earl of Devon at the FRANCE. person of the complicated qui
hods offioe of the Poor-law Board, Whitehall, yestesday. According to the correspondent of the Inde- the debate turned would be i
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pendance Beige the Emperor of the French addressed the many people largely inter,.
Vii: RETURN or THE QUEEN TO WINDBOI3.—At a complimentary letter to M. Emile 011ivier for work is prohibited by imperial
ircu- Windsor Castle preparations will soon be commenced for
his speech on the Press Bill, in which he advocated who want to know what the Se
rhich the return of her Majesty the Queen and royal family, who
the removal of all restrictions from the journals. must wade through the 31 color
ered are expected to leave Osborne about the lfith inst. between the about it. The French press is
ffect. THE PRINCE or Ws LE& —A volunteer ball wound It is also said that the relations
rap the festivities of thee Kimbolton week last evening ; Emperor and Prince Napoleon subject. I, for one, have not have become more '
Lime-
u, u and today (Saturday) it is expected that the Prince of cordial since the vote on the first article of the 31 column.. All I
can say is t
"4" Wales will return to Sandringham-house. In addition to mu, while admitting that there mu
illll3' the guests already mentioned ss having been staying at The Pays flings the following stone at its friends petitioners said, and promisin
They Kimbolton Castle, it should be stated that Prince Edward
of the majority who voted for this article :—" If opposed the formal recognitioi
be of Sete Weimar has also been a guest On Thursday the M. Rouher instead of a vote of confidence had which would have been if
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could Oakley hounds bad another meet, which was attended by
the Prince of Wales and the other distinguished visitors asked for a vote of conscience the bill would have referring the petition to minis
eceds.been lost." Accordingly the petition was 1

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