The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1861.

The Prince returned to Windsor at ten minutes before
three o'clock.

The Prime of Haienlobe took leave of her Majesty, and
moconapsaied the Prince Consort to Loodoo.

Princess Helena and Prince. Louise rude la the Riding-
house.

Dal sad Counters Rowel retuned to Pembroke Lodge.
Richmond-park, yesterday, from Broadlambi, Hants, the
seat of Viscount Palmerston.

Mr. Holland Mote, who is proceeding to Graham's
Town, transacted Luanne yesterday at the Colonisloillce.
Despatches were not yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the Governor of Canada, and the Lord High Commis-
sioner of the lonian Islands.

The Duchess of Wellington leaves Apeley House
to-day oa a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Her
grace retinue to town on Saturday.

The Duke of Devonshire is entertaining a succes-
sion of visitun at Chatsworth' Derbyshire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury come
to tows ea Saturday from Hatfield Home, for the Lord
Mayor's banquet.

The Marquis and Marchioness Castellon have
arrived at the Bromwich Hotel, Jermyriotreet, from Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick have arrived
at the Pavilioe Hotel, Folkestone, oa their way to the
Diatimot.

The Earl and Countess of Yarborough leave town
early next weak for Brighton.
The Earl of Clanwilliaru has arrived at his resi-
dence in Belgian-square, from Deal Cattle.

_ . .
The Earl of Gifford, who her been eeriotudy
indisposed for some time past, is now much improved in
health.

A marriage is arranged to take place between
Viscount flinehiebroke, eldest am of the Earl of Sand-
wich, and Lady Constassee Villiers, eldest daughter of the
Earl and Countess of Clarendon.

Lord and Lady Willoughby do Eresby have left
town for Torquay for the autumn.

Lord Leigh, Sir William Alexander, and Mn.s
Lane Fox hays lan Norman Court, the scat of Mr. Thomas
Baring, M.P., on a visit to Viscount and VieooaaNss
Palmenton, at Broadlands.

The confirmation of Dr. Baring (late Bishop of
Gloucester), Bishop of Durham, took place in York Minster,
yesterday (Wednesday) forenoon.
A mum/ea:font of the Masters and Matrons of

Reformatories sad Refers, ie connection with the Reforma-
tory and Refuge Hake, was held a few days since at the
Whom of the Union, 118, PsU•sml. The chair was
occupied by Lord Radstock, sad neer him we observed
the Host A. Kinnaird, M.P., Captain Crofton, C. 8., Chair-
man of the Direotnn of Chariot Primes in Ireland ; Robert
&whiny, EN., M.P., Mr. Bodkin Amistatit-Judge), Mr.
W. J. Maxwell, Mr. J. A. incgreflor, Mr. M. Wars, Jas.,
Mr. J. H. Fordham, Mr. J. R. Fowler, Mr. A. Hill, Ise.
The winter session (1861-62) of the Edinburgh
Uaiversity was opened on Monday with an inaugural ad-
dress by Sir David Brewster, Principal of the Univerity.
The ceremotiy took place in the Assembly Hall, in COMM
paws of the limited accommodation afforded by the largest
apartment in the university. The hall was crowdal for some
time before the proceedings commenced, chiefly by students,
but also with a coesiderable proportion of citizens.
. .

Au interteding ceremony took place on 161 outlay
at St. George's. Shropshire, namely, the laying of the
foundation stone of a new church to be erected to the
memory of the Lite Duke of Sutherland. The announce-
ment that the Right Hon. the Earl Granville, K.(:.,
Lord President of the Privy Council, would perform the
ceremony, and that the Lord Bishop of Lichfield would
preach the ormort, attracted a large number of pumas.
A statistical return just obtained shows that the
intercourse between London and Paris is eatisfectorily in.
memisg. The number of pmeetigers at Boulogne from or
is England has amounted to 106,756 in the first 10 months
Of the present year. There wave 91,783 passengers in the
sorrespooding period of 1860. Thus a difference is pro-
moted in favour of 1861 of 16,973, or 184 per cent., attri-
butable in part to increased facilities and the abolition of
pmeporta, and is part to the operation of the Commercial
Treaty is augmenting the traffic for business purposes.
The courts of law at Paris were opened on
Monday, after the vacation, with the usual ceremonial.
After attesdisz is the Saint* Chapelle the mass of the
Holy Ghost, at which the Cirdinal Archbishop of Para
officiated, the different bodice pr,vewled to their re-
spective courts, in each of which an address was delivered
by the Advocate-Genera'.

l'Arti hitter in ih. LvViendance states that
Y. E. Forced° Intends to appeal to the Council of State
again.% the warning which bee been given him for the
article in the Revue dell Prat.r Mondes.

The Emperor Alexander returned to St. Peters-
burg ee the 31st ult. from his t-ar in the Crimea.

A Berlin letter says :—" It is reported that the
King ham given the police-41tard a gratuity of 10,000 thalets
from his r rivy puns, se an acknowle Igment of the energy
it displayed during the riots of the Zlril and 24th ult.
About 70 of the guards were wounded more or lees severely,
sad some of them are still in a dangerous state..
The Slant Public of Lyons says :—" All Saints
Day hem brought us winter this year, as • cold north wind
has set is, and been the more severely felt through coming
upon um so suddenly. It froze on Sunday throughout the
valley of the &ermine, at Sairi.Bal, and Arbresle. Snow
also fell in abundance at St. Etienne ; and on Monday morn-
ing Lyons was visited with a fall of sleet and snow. Oa
Tuesday morning, at 7, the thermometer was only nee de-
gree above treader point, haring been below it during the
night."

VISIT or 1111 0111 IND Dung CONSTANTINE TO
TOT Tows—Yesterday wernieg his Imperial Higher,
the Grand Duke Cosstastiee, with the Grad Duchess, sod
the Princess Olga, accompanied by Marshal Tchinioine,
[Jr. ilovaovitch. Lieut. Lott., the Counter of Camorayske,
and Mir Hibikoff, visited the Tower of London. They were
received by ►he resident Governor sod General Wyndham,
and conducted through all the apartments in which the
principal national curiosities are exhibited. Is most of
these they evinced a lively interest. and warmly thanked
the authorities for the courtesy which hod been extended
to them. The visit was strictly private, but of counts the
fact of their arrival won got wind, and a goodly number of
persons bad assembled for the purpose of catchlug ■ glimpse
of the illustrious visitors me they took their departure.