The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-07 00:00:00

CDt Court.

BALMORAL, SErrnisre. 5.
The Queen went out driving yesterday afternoon,
meeeinpesied by the Prime Cowart and Prince Arthur.
Prices Alfred went out deerotalking.
Priem Louis of How arrived at Balmoral yesterday
emirs& attended by Baron Westerweller.
The royal dinner party included Princess Helena, Prince
Leans of Haw, Sir Charles Wood, Sir James Clark, Baron
Weaterweller, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Coloni.d.ofEce
from the Governer of Canada and the Lord High Commix-
@loner of the laden Islands. Despatches were sent to the
Governors of the North America Provinces and Bermuda.

Him Royal Highness the Prince of Wales dined
on Thursday evening with the officen of the 3rd Light Dr..
goon. at their quarters in the (Aweigh. (In Tuesday next
►n interesting ceremony will take place, that of the pre-
sentation of colours to the :36th Regiment by hie royal high-
ness. It is expected that the Lord Lieutenant and Sir
George Brown will be present on the occasion. (In the
same day the officers of the regiment will entertain a dit-
tinguished company at a dejeamer.

The Prince and Princess Castiglione have left
the Brunswick Hotel, Jermya-street, for Paris, on their
way to Italy.

The Fds:rl of Roselyn has left Claridge's Hotel
far Park

Viscountess Ncwry and the Hon. Misses Need-
ham have left the Oatlands-park Hotel for Eastbourne.
Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived
at Parraoce's Hotel from Paris.

The Lord Chief Justice Cockburn arrived at
Folkestone on Thursday from Loodoo. His lordship is stay.
iog at the Pavilion HoteL

Sir Charlea and Lady Colebrook have arrived at
Claridge 's Hotel from Scotland.

Lady Isabella Stewart gave birth to a son yester-
day, at 13, Be!grave-gash,
We read in the Hertford Mercury—" In our de-
scription of the wedding of the Hoootimble Baron
Dieted&le's daughter and Captain Twister), on the
27th ultimo, we omitted to mention a pleasing proof of
the kind oossideration of the Royal Family towards
those who are introduced to them by the public
service. On the morning of the ceremony the party sasem-
bled at Cainlield Place were most agreeably surprised by
' the arriv.il of • beautiful piece of plate with the follow-
' iog'inscriptioa :—' From H. R. H. Prime Alfred to Captain
lUhrni, C. 8., A.D.C., is commemoration of his narring•
day. August 27, "

"Our noble Lord Warden of the Cinque Porta,"
says the Dover Chroniek, "entered upon the active duties
of hie office on Thursday last, and we are informed presided
over the councils of the new board with business-like
precision and aptitude. Ile then surveyed the Admiralty
Pier and other works around the harbour,
and closely questioned the engineer and Isis
assistants as to the nature of the works which are going on,
their expense, nen, be. He declared his delerrolnatica
to watch over the varied interests of the port, and to
endeavour to do all in his power to ►elp the promotion of
ita trade and commerce."

The Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyu
merest, will be reopened to the public on Tameday pelt
Darlag the vaaation some important additions have been
node to the wall decorations io the ball, cooehdias of Weld
slabs of polished omits., porphyriee, whir aad ashes.
tor, by Mr• Macdonald, of Aberdeen, sod Mr. Hall, et
Derby.

Rumour (map the Illustrated Louth. Neva) talks
of yet asether new shilling monthly magazine to be started
at no very distant period, and which may be edited by no
Ilea a persousge than the famous author of " Adam Bede,"
" The Mill on the Floss," and " Silas Barber." "Con-
ducted by George Eliot" will look very well on a title-
P.•

- We (A therwrism) are Informed that the "Essays
and Reviews" are now I. proems of translation tnio
Gujerattee by a Pane, gentleman at present in London,
who takes interest in the subjects disowned by the seven
authors, and intends publishing his translation for the am
of inquiring minds among his countrymen in India.
We read in the Illitstrated London News :
dervat 'sr e and ' which is which! and' why these
emu de plum r we asked a week or two since with refer.
ma to the pseudonyms of the joint authors of 'T.nn-
haeser
; or the Battle of the Bards, Messrs. Bulwer
Lytton, fits, and Julien Fans, who choose to call themselves
Tumor and Temple. A courteous correspondent in Dublin
has been kind enough to guide us through this labyrinth of
nomenclature. It would seem that Mr. Lytton's former
sobriquet, • Owen Meredith,' refers to the princely Welsh
eaterMy of his family ; and that his present one, ' Edward
Trevor,' is only ►nother way of setting forth his Camino.
British descent. ' Neville Temple,' on the other hand, hints
at the Himounible Julian Faue's extradition from the
Needs, Faris el Westmoreland."

A Dew drama, by the author of More Precious
Mon Geld. in which Mr. Baked, Mr. Parcells, ►•d Miss
Marie Wilton will appear, is anwouweed to Le produced at
the Strand meek* on llowday evening.
The Adelphi, which is uow closed, will be re-
opened is • abort time, with the Colleen Bern as the
Lather attraction.

The blisieley Times states that Harold Power, a
son of the lets Tyrone Power, whose Irish characters me
in the plowed renielabinesce of many, has just marred the
theatrical profession ruder the lame of Page.
Mr. J. L. Toole and Mr. Paul Bedford appear
nest week at the Qacea's Theatre, Dahlia.
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A flower show will he held on Wednesday next
at the Royal Hortioaltural Gardens, South Kasaingtoe.
A subscription has been opened in Cork for the
purpose of providiag Turkish baths for the poor. This
bath is making great progress in Ireland. In Dublin there
see se less then three back-b 005.., one of them built with
great architectmal beauty ; in Bray there is smoother, and
throughout the principal towns is the provinces more are
Laing built.