The Express. — 1860-07-28 (London, England)

VACANT BATON.—It is rumoured in military eirclet that this distinguished honour will be conferred on Lord Clyde, as an especial mark of her Most Gracious Majesty's appreciation of his lordship's brilliant sonic/al/aired &nice Gazdte. The  It of the accouchement of the Princess Frederick William of Prussia on Tuesday was telegraphed direct to her Majesty at Osborne, from the Palace at Potailam, without any break or interruption. The young princess was born at 10 minutes past 8 a.m., but the fact was known at Osborne at 5 minutes past 8! This apparent paradox is explained by the difference of longitude of the two places.  " On the night of Wodnenday hat, or more probably early in the morning of Thursday," says the Gardeners' Chronicle, "the thermometer in the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick sank to 34 deg. Fabr. In the same places radiating thermometer marked 30 deg. I Have we any authenticated parallel to this in the dogdays r_  On Monday the M. C. C. and Ground play nine Hampshire gentlemen with two players of England, at Lard's, and oa the same day Surrey encounters the North of England, at the OvaL On Thursday All England meet twenty-two of Staffordshire, at Showborough ; the United play Mr. John Walker's Sixteen, at Southgate ; and the gentlemen of Sussex play a return match with the gentlewisa of Barka, at Brighton. Thu water fixtures for next week are as follows : On Monday, Hammersmith, Swansea, and King's Lynn (Eau Brink) Regattas ; on Tuesday the Royal Yacht Squadron sail for his Royal Highness the Prince Consort's cup ; and Wednesday inaugurates August with the struggle for Doggett's coat and badge. On Thursday her Majesty's Plate will he sailed for by the Royal Squadron, and the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club hold their third regatta at Oultou. On Friday we have the Royal Southampton Yacht Club and the Royal York Regattas and the Eton and Westminster eight-oared race from Putney to Chiswick ; sad the Sheppertou and Hanford Regatta is (lowa for Saturday.  The smoke of the guns at Berlin announcing the birth of the daughter of the Prince and Princess Frederic William had scarcely cleared away when another salute of thirtv.six guns proclaimed to the inhabitants of Berlin that another princess way bora—the Princess Frederic Charles having given birth to a daughter.  The following appears in the hapartio/ de Snwrite of the 15th :—The authorities hays jest seized ►t the Ca• tom-house, three boxes fWed with copies of a pamphlet translated from Soudan into Greek, and which have come from Greece. It is unueceeeary to add that this composition coal not be more hostile to the Ottoman government than it is. The Turks are described in it as veritable cannibals. A Damascus letter in the Journal de Cuuutanfi• sople reports that similar writings have been introduced into, and largely circulated through Syria.  In consequence of the numerous suicides which have lately oecarred among the sokliers, Marshal Magnan has issued an order of the day, repeating an opinion of Napoleon 1., who compared the soldier who took his own life to a man deserting his post on the day of tattle.  Madame Van den Heuvel (Mdlle. Dupre: that waa) and man.. Sax are about to make their Bnt appearances at the Grand Op6ra, Pula, in Robert.  The diagrams prepared by the registrar and his moisten= foe the year 185.4, disclose, as usual, some ninon' fade. For instance :it appears that in the year 1&58, three glrle of 15 were married to youths of 18 ; one of 16 was married to a boy of 17 ; • young woman of 19 was welded to • lad of 16 ; 12 girls of the age of 15 was married to men of 21 ; in ell, 26 of the wives were only 16 years of age. 194 were 16 years; 1,016 were 17. The age at which the greatest number of women marry is M. A greater number marry at 30 than at 19 ; indeed, save marry et 10 than at 25 oc 21 or 18. Five venerable old dames of 75, all of them widows, found husbands, one eatdtieg an active bachelor of 55. A girl of 17 was "m-enaced" to a man of 62 ; and another young creature of 20 to ea old fellow of 75. Three men at the age of 80 were married to women of 50. A spinster of 70 was wedded to • bootolor of 65 ; but the large majority of the women who many at that period of life of course are widows.