The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-27 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, APRIL 26.
The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
Primes Alio*, Prioress Helena, Princess Louise, sod Primo
Leopold, drove eat ia as epee carriage yesterday afternoon.
Major Du Plat attended oa hoeseback.

• deputation en the ablest id the Thames Embankment
bed en interview papterdey with the Right Hon. W. F.
Cowper, M.P., at her Majesty's Moe of Works.
• deputation, appointed at a maroon bill, at Dover, bad
ea iMillrfieW with the Right Hon. T. Kibler Meta, at the
Mee of the Board of Tiede, yortarday, whit reference to
Dover Harbour and the Pawing Tolle BBL
. . _

The Commiasicams for theelnternational Exhibition of
1862 held a meeting yesterday at their offices in the Strand.
Despatches were received yesterday M the Colooial-ofbee
from the Lord High Cornsinsioner of the lonian Islands.
Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of Malta,
Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Lamm, Australia, Canada,
sad Gibraltar.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Pruscees Mary honoured Viesoont and
♦iacouotees Sydney with their company at dinner last
evesing in Cleveland-square. A distinguished circle had
the beams of meeting the royal guests. A select party
membled alter dinner.

The Countess of Derby will have assemblies on
thee* and 15th of next month.

lady Howard de. Walden has taken a house at
Southisi for a short time.

Lady Mary Wood sad Miss Wood have arrived
at tbet reitiesee. Bettesviesquare, tees► the Continent.

Lady Emily Heafrathcball will take piano on
Wednesday. the lath proximo.
lady Mokaworth entertained at dinner bat
main his Ezeelhavy the Swedish Ifiniater, the Marquis
of Bristol, the Desiree of laverasse, the led and Omuta,
of Omepintewa, the lad of Loragicsd. Lard end Lady
Oland Hamiltoo, Lard sad Lady Crimaarae, Lard and Lady
Egertoo of Tattoo, Hares and Baronies Mayor do Roth-
schild, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Sir James and Lady
Weir Hogg, and Mr. and Hrs. Hoary Patna.

A marriage is arranged between Mr. Miltimay,
for Herefordthire, aud Deplore, to Lord Aahburton,
tad Mile Olive, daughter of Mr. G. Clive, M.P., under.
esersbry is the Honse-oftlee, and niece to General the Hon.
O. Om.

General Sir Hope and Lady Grant have arrived
4 Parts Eros Chins, sad ere staying at the Hotel Bristol.
_ .

. .
Lord Aabburton, President of the Royal Geo-
paphical ii y, will bold two ecrociiig niooptioom during
the asanow, at Bath House, Piccadilly. Thaw receptions
will take place on May 15 sad Joao 5.

The annual general meeting of the Camden
Ilesisty will be held on Wednesday next. The Marquis of
Dried is to be proposed as president for the coining year.
Kr. John Brnoe has been appointed by the
Society of Antiquaries to act as a trustee of the Scene
Museum, in place of the late Lord Aberdeen.

Twelve opera concerts are to bo given at the
Crystal Palace during the spring, with Milne. Miens and
&gem Onn;lini as principal singers—the first on Friday
ant.

The following advertisement appears in the Man-
chester thierdine :—" Matrimony.--A gentleman of Lyons,
travelling in England since last October, who will probably
be looted in London, should the treaty be retailed, is most
anxious to form the aomaintance and friendship of an 'Eng-
liab or Scotch young lady, with a view to a matrimonial
alliance. References, &c."

The member of the Rothschild family whose
name stands anus( those of the councillors of the empire
of Austria for life, is Berm Ansolme de Rothschild.
We (Gardeners' C'hroairlr) learn with satisfaction
that bet Majesty the Queen of Spain, in order to testify her
sense of the services rendered by Mons. F. R. De la
Trehoonais in the improvement of agriculture on the Con-
tinent, by the publication of what has been done in Eng-
land, by urging, with a due regard to local circumstances,
the principles of British agriculture, and by the introduc-
tion of English breeds of cattle and modern agricultural
implements wherever they are applicable, has conferred
upon him the honour of the knighthood of the royal and
distinguished Order of Charles 111.

A Vienna letter of the 23rd Bays :—" During the
list week the weather his been so cold in this part of the
world that icicle. have hung from the eaves of the
bonus. The cherry, apricot, and early plum trees, which
li were in bloom a few days ago, have been sadly nipped by
the hut. ne mountains in Styria and the Tyrol are
emend with fresh snow"

A letter front Remo in the Gazette du Midi nays :
—"The Pope lately received the Marquise de Piroodan.
Bite prostrated herself at the threshold of the door, and
stretching forth her arms cried oat, ' Holy Father! Holy
Father! Is be is Heavier Pine IX., full of emotion on
hearing those wards, w►ie► so eloquently expressed her pre.
°eruption, milled Mame. de Pintodan to him, and said. ' God
alone, my daughter, knows those whom he has called to en-
joy the plenitude of steroid felicity. I have constantly
prayed smos the battle of Caatelfidardo for the souls of the
soldiers who were slain in defending the Holy See, and par.
ticularly for your husband. Nevertlialem I may tell you
that for the last fortnight I have no loopy prayed for
Georges de Pimodaa.' "