The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-09 00:00:00

GREECE.

The diplomatic body at Athens waited on the
21st ult. on the Queen of Greece to congratulate
her Majesty on her escape from assassination, and
the senior Minister spoke a, follows :
It is with a mixed sentiment of joy and pain that we
hasten to take advantage of the permission accorded veto
pieseut ourselves before your Majesty on this occasion.
Wo rejoice to be able to offer to your Majesty our
warmest felicitations, and to join in the thankeriving
of your people to Divine Providence for having deigned
to accord to your Majesty His powerful protection as •
moment of imminent pent, and thereby to have
saved the nation from the fatal confusion and anarchy
with which it was threatened. At the same time, permit
us to express our profound indignation against principles
and acts which under existing circumstances are doubly
odious, and which, far from advancing the interesto of
people., attack nut only the safety of thrones, but the most
necessary and most sacred foundations of society.
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The Queen replied in the following tenni; :
I thank the diplomatic body for the *estimate which
you, sir, have expressed in its name, and I accept with
gratitude its felicitations. The testimonies of love and of
profound sympathy which the station has given to me on
this *melon have greatly moved me, and will be a proof
to all Europe that the Greek people reject with indiguatiou
the act of a madman. The Greek nation has asap re-
garded attachment to the throne as one of the must sacred
interests.

A correspondent, writing from Compiegne on
Monday morning, says:—"The influx of strangers yester-
day (Sunday) wan immense, the town being invaded just as
Paris was at the time of the Queeu of England's visit in
August, ISM. At noon, the Emperor, the Empress, and
the Prince Imperial heard mess in the chapel of the palace.
The imperial tribune is on a level with the apartments,
but the dimensions of the chapel are so small that it is im-
possible for anyone but the officiating clergyman to see the
imperial party." (The writer then describes the King's
arrival at the palace, and proceeds) :—" After stopping a
few minutes is the grand selooo, where large &vete vases,
filled with the finest exotics, threw forth a delightful
perfume, the Emperor conducted the King to the apart-
meats prepared for him, and which in a few days have
become a wonder of rich arrangement and good taste.
Those apartment* are on a level with the terrace of the
orange trees, considered the finest is Europe, and which
have been allowed to remain out of doors much later than
usual, in honour of the illustrious visitor. All the furni-
ture is in the style of Louis XVI. The King's bedroom
is hung with white figured silk. Their Majesties sat down
to dinner at half-past 7, it being a family one of 30 covers.
The King oat in the centre of the table, having the Em.
peror on the right and the Empress on the left. His
Majesty of Prussia, under his black coat, wore the Grand
Cordon of the Legion of Honour, sad the Emperor that of
the Black Eagle. During dinner the band of the Guides
played some of their finest pieces."
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The Second Autumn Meeting came off on Sun-
day in the Bois de Boulogne. The weather was magnificent,
and there was a considerable display of the usual " beauty
and fashion" of the beau monde and demi•moods. The
Criterion Stakes, 200 fr., with 3,000 fr. ad.led, was con.
tested by Count de Morny's Partisan (the favourite), but
woo by Baron Nivire's fitradella. This race excited great
interest. The Emperor's Stakes of 15,000 fr, with SOO en.
tries, was also taken by the " great stable," "Sliders's Sur-
prise winning easily. Au "Omni= Handicap" was won
by M. Oaille's St. Aignan after • hard struggle with M.
Verry's Pridaine,, whereby the lucky owner pockets about
12,000 fr.

The Rneeiau corvette Novik, carrying the flag
of Admiral Popoff, and commanded by Captain Skrypleff,
has sailed from Cron.ladt, for an exploring voyage on the
eastern coasts of Siberia.