The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-27 00:00:00

'Etc Court.

OSBORNE, Atiourr 28.
The Queen and Prince walked early this morning
in Osborne Park and grounds. The Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal family
walked and rods as usual.
This being the birth-day of Prince Albert, the
Royal Matins band attended early this moral:gm at °thorns,
and played the following pieces of musk:—" The Prince's
Hymn," "The Coburg March ;" Selection, "Li Prophets ;"
Walts, " Sctior WWI ;" "Or.cl sive the Queer."
Her Majesty and the Court leave Osborne this
morning (August 27), at 8 o'clock. en robits for Scotland.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left Ard-
verikie, Hingussie, and proceeded to Glenquoich, Invergsrry.
The Sardinian government, wishing to put an
end to the vacancy smiting by the absence of a minister in
London, which might have been misrepresented, has ap-
pnioted the Marquis d'Areglio (at the present moment
Charge d'Aß►ires ad interim in London), to be the Envoy
Estraerdinary and Minist,r Plenipotostiary of his Sar-
dinian Majesty at the Court of Bt. James's.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Gnarlier of South Australia.

BIRTHDAY OP THE PRINCE CONSORT.—WINDEOR,
MONDAT.—This being the anniversary of the birth of thn
Prince Consort, when his Royal Highness enters upon his
32nd year, the bells have been rung and salutes fired as
usual. A public dinner to celebrate the aurpieious event
took place in the afternoon, at the Castle Hotel (William
Hanson, Bsq , the mayor, is the chair), which was attended
by a numerous party, consisting of the principal inhabitants
of the town and neighbourkold. In the evening the houses
of man• of the tra,lesmen of his Royal Highness were
hril-
liantly Moat =tad.

DEATH OF LOUIS PHILIPPE,
EX-KING OF THE FRENCH.

Louie Philippe was the eldest eon of Lenin
Philippe Joseph, Duke of Orleans, and of Marie, the only
daughter of the wealthy Duke of Penthievre. He was born
in the City of Paris, on the 81 of October, 1773, and was
consequently in his 77th year. He was at the head of the
Orleans branch of the Bourbon family, which originated in
Pnidippe, a son of Louie the Thirteenth, created Duo &Or-
leans by his elder brother, of whom the ex-king was the
erandson's great grandson. Philippe, the first Duke of
Orleans, was twice married, his last wife being Elizabeth
Charlotte of Bohemia, grand-daughter of James I. of Eng.
land. It was from this lady that the Orleans family
descended, and through Her has been traced a direct
relationship to the line of Stuart. When a minor, Louis
Phillippe was entitled Duke of Valois, but on his father
succeeding to the title of Duke of Orleans in 1785, he
became Duke of Chartres. He wag, with his brothers and
sisters, placed under the superintendence of Idadatne de
Geniis, and under her tuition they were taught the English
and other language'. Of the political movement ;in 1789
the countess and her husband were warm adherents, and.
thry failed not to impress their sentiments on the young
minds of their charge. Louis Phillippe was introduced,
whilst very young, a member of the Jacobin Club, and was
frequently present at its sittings.
In June, 1791, he proceeded to Vendome, where a popu-
lar commotion took place in consequence of a number of
clergymen refusing to take an oath, he being at that time
appointed to an honorary colonelcy in the 14th regiment of
Dragoons. At this place he saved the lives of the non-juring
clergymen, who were about being killed by the police. Some
time after this inmate he saved the life of a citizen of Von- •
dome, who was rescued from drowning only by the heroic
efforts of the duke. For his intrepidity he was presented
with a civic crown. About two months after going to Veit-
dome, he quitted the genie's with his regiment, and pro-
ceeded to Valeneiennie, in the north of France, where he
continued his military avocations. About the middle of
April, 1792, war was declared against Austria, and now
Louis Phillippe made his first campaign. At the head of
his troops he fought at Valmy, in September, 1792, and
afterwards, on November 6, under Dumourier. While the
duke was engaged in repelling the foreign armies which me-
naced the tottering fabric of the French monarchy, the revo-
lution was hastening to its climax. The monarchy being
extinguished, and the king and his family placed in confine-
ment, n decree of banishment was hastily passed against all
other members of the Bourbon Capet race. This act of pro-
scription, however, was as summarily repealed.
Oa the 21st of January, 1793, the unfortunate Louis
XVI. was executed, and on the 6th of November the Duke
of Orleans (Egalitf) was tried before the revolutionary,
tribunal, on a charge of conspiring against the nation, was
condemned, and guillotined.
At that period the Duke of Chartres fled into the Belgian
Netherlands, then under Austria, where he was courteously
received, but he refused to take up arms against France.
For some time he was subject to great privations, frequently
journeying ea foot, with • pack on his back, and shoes
worn out, and sometimes fearful of discovery. He, how-
ever, managed to get an introduction to the teacher of
an academy at Recluse, in the Orisons. Hen,
under • feigned name, and without being recognised,
he taught geography, and the French and English lan-
guages for many months. In consequence ot some po-
litical troubles, the Duke of Orleans—for such he was
now entitled to be called, after the decease of his father—left
Switzerland, and travelled through a great part of Europe,
residing for some time in Denmark, without the knowledge
of the French government. Through his mother, the
Dukes' of Orleans, • communisation was made, that if he
went to America, the sequestration should be taken from
kis property, and she would Denude more comfortable, and
her two other sons, Montpensier and Beaujolais, should be
Mewed from prison, and permitted also to embark for
Americo& To this preposition the Doke of Orleans se-
ceded ; and accordingly. on the 24th of September, 1796,
he embarked for Philadelphia, which he maned after a
passage of 27 days, and where he was joined by Kontpensier
and Beenjelen
Whilst here they learned that a law had been pseud in
Franc* decreeing the expulsion of all the Bourbon family from
the gauntly, and that their 'nether had been deported to
Spain. Their object was now tojoia her, bet ow' to their
pecuniary circumstances, and to the war between Ragland
and Spaia this object was not easily accomplished. After
many extraordinary adventures, however, they reached Eng-
land, and having proceeded to Londe., they shortly after-
wards took up their quarters at Twickenham. The English
goverment having allowed the Doke of Orleans • free
passage in • frigate to Minna, he proceeded thither, ex-
pelling to and the means of passing over to Spain. From
the convulsed state that seitutry wee in, the expedition
proved fruitless and he was obliged to return back to Bag-
land again, retiring to Twickenham• at which plus the
Duke of Mostpanuer died on the Ugh of May, 1807, and
was buried in Westminster Abbe .
At the invitation of King Fe of Naples, the Duke
of Orleans visited Palermo, where he gained the Jenne
of the Princess Amelia, the mead daughter of the King,
and in 1809 they were married. In 1814, intelligens
reached Palermo that Napoleon had abdicated the throne,
and that the Bourbons were to be restored to Frans. On
the 18th of May he arrived in Paste, when, in a short time,
be was in the enjoyment of the honours due to them.
The return of Nspoleon in 1816 broke up his
menft, end he again went to reside in Twickenham. wait
return of Lone XVIII., after the hundred days, an ordi-
-0411011 was issued, motioning, mooning to the charter as
it teen stood, all the princes of the blood to take their state
In the Chamber of Peers, and the duke returned to France
is September, 1815. Here be distingaisked himself by •
display of liberal sentiments, which were so little agree-
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to the administration that he retuned to England,
where be remained till 1817. He then returned to France,
bat was not again summoned to sit in the Chamber of Petra.
He, therefore remained in private life for some time, when
an unexpected scene was opened—viz., the revelation of
1830, during which the King was in effect discrowned, and
the throne vacated. In this emergency, the provisional
government, weft& had arisen out of the struggle, and
se which Latta, Lafayette, and other politicians had
taken the lead, turned towards Louis Philippe. A negotia-
tion with him was opened, and, attar a few days' soneza-