The Express. — London, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

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Dr. NM ITU MA Just rrldkiri a MD kIHTION el kb M work. the PLIVATO Illoco(cAL AMID ). 2 0. kelf-evar• a Linz Waft ti ii imat= .o. =ftg as ive yso = ooB. om 6l, --aderak De LOUTH, PSIIIMITATIoIf io INN 2.11 W. WlffilAN HALL • wiay fahrowdiwg mat* was held bal *worm .t the Itrmscarmei, the ormiso bring the praemdatios to tbe ba Worms d • Weer iaketaad, which had toes webiudled her by the working mien ot Loathe. The theist ttae il ti ssimmisi Mr. Ms: to preeesting th e ha rmed. aublied be mweived gestirmen ter ble ants GS l oleo wedies them Mr. Hall, h. reid. Led ben lb. inn te ermithesist the lewd negative teneb eilloosed to theft bw providing for theta sairmessit so bilawstivo awl alewaiag cherscaw. The rev. isotherm i s a wa lL e dwelt thew the thesseity of tharkhog *worm sod amseirma tior the theikthideress, in order tint they sight be sassed *so Worm. indulgers* Ma *perianth at *arm thirther Worm in his chapel had been quite serres id be wished that it were ex tended throughout lb. churches sad .lapels of the swim tie thanked Now wbo bad wa-aperated with him, sad °Woad Lai mat oblisaticiao to lb. layard. CORONATION THE KING OF PRUSSIA. (now oci erzasi. cosarsposossr.) KONIGSBERG. THURSDAY. . _ The reception of the ambassadors occupied the whole of yesterday morning, and very much inter , rupted the ordinary traffic of venerable Konigsberg. What with the narrowness of the street*, the uu- I utterable horrors of the open drains, the perpetual lumbering along of the antediluvian carriages, the soldiers, and the crowd, the stranger finds the greatest difficulty iu getting about, especially as the natives show the most inviucible perverseness of understanding when addressed ou the most ordinary subject. They are well-grown, robust, honest, cheerful, and obliging, but certainly nut bright or ready, as I hare seen other continental people, in understanding imperfectly expressed requests. With all this they repose in the must unlimited conviction of their own superiority its all things pertaining to civilisation, and speak with a neat provoking air o patronising pity when they allude to the mediaeval backwardness of the British Wands. Well, every one has his own ideas of civilisation. The Germans understand it to mean a great deal of book learning and fuligiuous philosophy, Kant and Schlegel at home, and &bagel Shakspeare, au author about whom they tell us coolly the English people are iu a most unhappy state of ignorant*. I, on the other heed, put down civilisation as being at least indicated by the material progress which intellect always employs itself in creating. 1 read it in rapid and punctual travelling, good clothes, wholesome food, well-built houses, proper drainage, and a score of other matters which are at tendesl to in the poorest houses in England, but which here you will find deficient in dwellings of Stalest palatial character. I read it in the good and various coloured clothing of the passers by, every one able to dress him or her self according to fancy, and not condemned by protective tariffs to the dull monotonous textures and colours which are displayed every where here even on festive occasions. When I see young peasant women going to be married in rusty black gowns, and ladies appearing in thousands at balls in only cheap muffins and without a single jewel, I think there must be something wanting in the much boasted civilisation, and that a little more free trade, equitable tariffs, and ready money might do very well, even if there were not so many yosin. ,, clerks who could recite Schiller, or fre quenters of the caPs who could expose the igno rance of Englishmen with respect to Shakspeare. I dare say that there are many things here which strike me unfavourably, which the people tolerate merely because, they are used to them, and have never seen anything else ; but which they would perhaps be ready to reform if they were only pointed out to them. I hope, therefore, my kind German friends who behave so well to me will not feel offended if I take the liberty of a friend, and point out a few matters which they could easily mend, but which at present must interfere very much with their own comforts. There is, fur example, the execrable pavement. I mean to may that a properly really civilised people would not stand that pavement for a ',Mole day, if it were only for the money loss it entails in the de-patch of out-door business. Next, in this town of Konigsberg, we find the sluggish river Pregel winding slowly like a serpent through the streets, and the open drains everywhere, not pouring, but dropping into it, matters which eaaily account for the sad pre-eminence this town obtains in cholera times. An English engineer, who, .r.lispe, bad never read a word of Kant or Schiller, would soon find a way of quickening the pace of the lazy river, of covering up the drains, awl of macadamizing the pavements. Another thing with which the non-civilised Englishmen is struck, is the extraordinary shape of the omni buses. Each of these pre-Ademite machines looks like the cylinder of some monstrous stuam engine perched upon a high carriage, and perfo rated at th e diameter with little hol es th a t p sis for windows. The draught must be tremendous on the patient horses, and the discomfort dreadful to the impatient passengers. I have never had cou rage to venture into one of these Noah's arks myself, but I always point to them, lumbering along like heavy artillery, and knocking the people inside against each other, as if they were so ninny nine-pins, whenever auy German friend endeavours to couvince MP of the superiority of fatherland to England awl all other countries in matters of civilization. But Germany has national pride, has a flue stalwart people, and, what is not at all to be despised, plenty of silver tbalers. Why does not Germany, then, shut up Kant awl Schiller for a while, cut itself down to about twenty cigars a day, and take time to look about it, and see whether something may not be done for civilisation in the way of smooth pave ments, light, useful vehicles, town drainage, and improved fiscal regulations 1 It is not my function I to enter deeply into politica, or I might suggest other matters, but that is the leas necessary, be came it is very easy to see that the proper . spirit is abroad, the holy flame of free opinion is alight, although still small and trembling, but it will blaze by-and-bye, not, I trust, in fierce fighting revolu tion, but in gradual amelioration of everything that Is objectionable, under the united efforts of an honest constitutional King, and a calm, fearless, intelligent, and determined people. The Germans, as I have before said, do everything at their leisure, andat their leisure they will obtain that perfection of free institutions which they admire so much in England. It was but a straw, but it was a straw that showed the way in which the wind blew, the putting down the Huldi gung—l think they call it —nonsense. They will have no more " Huldigunga," but a responsible government through the medium of King, Lords, and Commons, as with us. I have been led into this long digression, in con sequence of the train of thought which rose in my mind as I watched in the crowded streets yesterday the plumage of the various ambassadors en route to the Old &blase, to be in turn presented to the King. For all, equipage* were provided from the royal stables, except the Great Duke of Magenta, that " Boy of the Mutilations," as they call him in Ireland, who is perhaps the real lion of the corona tion. Things may be overdone, and I think there is something questionable in the taste which has led a mere embassy into a rivalry even with royal state, and shows the people how it was possible for a French marshal to appear abroad in greater state than their own King, whom it was their duty to admire and reverence before all the world. The duke has the whole first floor of one of the largest hotels in Europe, for expense is no consideration. He has no parliament to go to with the bill, and no mem ber for Lambeth to probe remorselessly into the items. The magnificence of the whole turn-out recalls forcibly the days of the ran our Cerfa, and the style in which things are done semis to have been carefully studied and copied from the memoir writers of the eighteenth century. The portals of the hotel Pre always surrounded by a mute and admiring crowd, who can see within the grand staircase lined with lacqueys in grand liveries, and ever and anon an aide comes to the door and shouts out to the state coachman the time at which the " three equipages," laying great emphasis on the " three," requimd. I remember once a man who, becoming suddenly rich, bought a magni ficent gold watch, and the sure to his heart and favour was to say to him, " y Mr. what's the time by your gold watch ?" I wonder have these simple aides auy notion of pleasing the duke in the same manner 1 If they have, I don't think they will succeed, for the hero of Magenta looks anything but a fool; be is a grave stern iron man, something of the "great Duke" school of warrior, and seems to be dreadfully bored with the curiosity and homage of the crowd. As the " three" equipages started off for the presenta tion the crowd rushed up to the carriages , and every man took off his hat, but there was no cheer ing. It certainly looked very grand, and quite like what one reads of the magnificence of the French court in the times immediately preceding the great revolution. The carriages of course were modern, but the horses were loaded with burnished trap pings as iu old times, and behind each rode a ser vant in three-cocked hat, old-fashioned but splen did white livery coat, red velvet breeches, and jack boots. They looked just the send men that would be ready to ride down a crowd of ramillc at the bidding of their lord ; but hero they rode tranquilly and politely, and I have no doubt «moldered them selves to be by far the most important peraouages in the cavalcade. I suspect that the Koingsbergers thought so too, for they admired them im mensely. The reception was like all their almost obsolete forms, rather slow and stupid. The ambassadors were received in the order of their arrival, and this arrangement gave the first place to the Duke d'Ossima, who, although known to be one of the wealthiest nobles in Europe, had the good taste nut to enter into any rivalry of display with his brother ambassadors, or to attempt to eclipse the state of a great sovereign amongst his own people. There was some difficulty about the reception of the Italian ambassador, but " where there's a will there's a way ;" and it argues well for the good will of the King of Prussia towards the new Italian kingdom that his Majesty hit upon a very ingenious way of getting out of the difficulty of his rather embarrassing position. The Count de la Rocca was received as the ambassador of King Victor Emmanuel to King Frederick Wil liam. Nobody could deny the kingship on either side, and nobody could object. I give no details about the presence chamber, because I am in the predicament of Canning's knifegriuder with Lis story—l have nothing to telL The room was a chamber of very humble pretensions ; but then we must remember it was a room in which the great Frederick bail received his friends. As usual on such occasions, every ambassador was delighted with hia reception, and eternal friendship between the Kings and people whom they represented was the order of the day. The hall of the province of Konigsberg to their Majestiesjwhich commenced at the very proper time of six in the evening, was a magnificent affair. As the tickets were 30 thalers each, and the visitors upwards of 4,000, it may be concluded, making every deduction for invited guests, that Konigsberg cannot be at present exactly on the verge of bank ruptcy. It is looked upon as a great evidence of thP wealth of London that it can sometimes furnish a genuine audience of 30,000 persons to the Great Palate, but I think that, comparing the size of the two places, the ball of last night was a greater effort for Konigsberg. No building in the town was capable of containing the numbers invited, so that a temporary wooden pavilion had to be erected on an elevated open part of the upper town. This, although professedly temporary, had all the solidity 'which the Germans give to everything they make. It was not very lofty, but of great extent, contain ing several immense compartments, divided by rows of wooden pillars tastefully decorated, and the pointed arches made by the intervening rafters were studded closely with the Black Eagle of Prussia. One parallelogram devoted to royalty was surrounded by a gallery, and was much more elaborately decorated than the rest of the building. At its upper end was a dais or estrade, extending quite *cruse, like the stage in a theatre, and at the back was a rich crimson curtain concealing for a time what shall be mentioned lowerdown. On this dais were chairs and taborets for the King, Queen, and court, and as easy flight of five or six steps descended into the royal ball-room. The court arrived at about 8 o'clock, followed by the ambassadors, and took their places, whilst the people gave the one loud cheer which is the method of salutation in this part of the Continent. The King looked " every inch a king" in his military uniform—tall, strong, and soldierlike. His Majesty was in the best spirits, and moat condescending in his greetings of everyone who from his rank was privileged to approach him. On arriving at the dais, his Majesty went over to the left side, where stood our ambesnador, Lord Clarendon, in his gorgeous court uniform, and wearing the ribbon of the Garter. The King gave his lordship a most friendly greeting, and commenced a conversation which lasted for several minutes. The Queen, who wore white, with a tiara of diamonds, looked, I re gret to say, pale and ill ; but the Crown Princess was in the beet health and spirits, and looked charming in her simple white muslin and wreath of flowers. Ou the arrival a/ the court all other portions of the vast interor were of course deserted, and every one crowded into the royal ball-room. I had, there fore, a good opportunity of seeing the Prussian uniforms, the majority of which appeared to me to be very appropriate, tasteful, and not overlaid with tawdry tinsel. There was a great appearance of reality and appropriateness given by this simplicity, which induces me strongly to recommend it for imitation ehewbere. The cuirassiers wore white tunics and silver helmets, the infantry dark blue well-fitting frocks, with shells on the shoulders, and the Milani; green—the last-named a handsome uniform. The hussars wore white, and red, and blue, acconling to the regiments, not forgetting " Brunswick's Black Hussars," each with his sable shako grimly decorated with the skull and cross bones. The officers of the King's body guard wore royal scarlet, quite plam ; and I think that when I have mentioned them I have left none of the mili tary uniforms unrecorded. 1 must not forget, however, certain grim but honest-looking giants, who stood, each solitary and alone, at remote corners. Each of these men wore a tremendous beard, and wielded a tremen dous axe. I thought at first they might be part of the pageant, like the Cent Gerdes at Vermilles, but I subsequently ascertained that they were there for a much more useful purpose. They ware the fire brigade, and stood there to see that the myriads of wax lights with which the place was illuminated did no more mischief than spoil the coats of those who stood beneath them. It was a very brilliant spectacle : the King, Queen, and court grouped on the dais, with the great crimson curtain for a back ground ; the gal lery filled with ladies, and decorated with foliage and flowers ; the area of the ball-room packed with brilliant uniforms and graceful ball-dresses, and the band thundering forth "I'm a Prussian ; don't you see my colours 1" inceasently overhead. The other preliminary tune which they played was the Prussian Hymn, the air of which is the same as our National Anthem, so that when I beard it, and saw the Crown Princess and Lord Clarendon on the platform I could hardly realise the fact that I was stai.ding then at a distance of 1,000 miles from Loudon, and. that I was not looking at some pageant of our own court. After a short interval the royal chamberlains rushed down from the dais in a body, and with tbeir ponderous staves of office cleared a passage very effectually, but very good-humouredly, their plan being to keep incessantly " grounding arms" with such a bang, that men with corns, who stood twenty yards off, jumped into the air in ima ginary agony. The Bing then descended, leading the Crown Pri nce ss, followed by the Crown Prince leading the Queen ; the court and ambassadors followed, conspicuous among the latter being the tall and dignified figure of Lord Clarendon, pre senting, I must say, a most creditable type of the English nobleman and gentleman. Nous Anglaii, who stood looking on, were, I assure you, not a little proud of our representative. The royal promenade, or Polonaise, opened the ball, but during the dances which followed there was such a crowd and premure--and remember, • the Prussians are tall fellows, you can / t crane over their heads as in other places—that I could only guess at the more distinguished dances. I thought that I should have been made certain by this morn ing's local paper, but I find that, by . an admirable arrangement, each mor n i ng ' s p a p er is finished off and printed on th e evening before, so that the "Elect intelli gence " is not the thing to be looked for. I think that the Crown Princess danced with the Prince of Bate Weimar, and with the Russian Grand Duke, but further than th a t I canno t b e positive. The crowd and pressure was very great, and nobody pressed forward to see the royal quad rilles more eagerly than scores of shrivelled old men in all varieties of civil or bureaucratic uniform, and who wore as many decorations as if th e y h a d been in every battle in the world from Arbela down to &liana°. You might as well undertake to learn Bradshaw's " Railway Guide" as to find out what could possibly be the functions of these bedizened old men. I suppose they know them selves, and the c oun t r y which has to pay them. At about eleven, came the signal for the royal supper, • signal which we were all very glad to hear, for until that grand affair had been disposed of, the various buffets were kept close, and champagne was a prohibited article. Perhaps this was a measure of police, as it certainly was not one of stinginess or inhospitality, for there was abundance of every thing, and when the buffets were opened, the per formance both by natives and strangers was pro digious. At the welcome signal the crimson curtain at the back of the dais was drawn up, and disclosed • ban quet which Sardanapalua might have sat down to. There were the gold and silver vases, the flowers, the wine, and the viands. At the back was a well painted landscape, inchtding the summer residence of the Crown Prince and Princess, near Potsdam, and, when the whole of the grand company took their seats, the sight was one worth looking at. The masticating process was carried on with great vigour, and with judicious silence for some time by the came de /a crime , after which the King rose and gave the only toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Province of Konigsberg and the Unity of Fatherland." His Majesty's speech was the briefest possible, but it was delivered with a fine voice and capital elocution ; the one solemn rather unearthly cheer followed, and then the dis tinguished company fell to again, an example which the rest of the visitors very rapidly imitated, by deploying off to the di ff erent buffets, where abundance of refreshments and wine were dis tributed by active and polite attendants. The dancing now began to be general, and the German officers waltzed as well as they . would, I have no doubt, fight, if there was occas ion, and I cannot think of any higher eulogium. The King and court remained late, and, to use a well-known phrase, " the festivities did not terminate until a late or rather early hour in the morning." THE CROWNING. KONIGSBERG, Ocr. 18. Following the course adopted by me in the case of the public entry, I avail myself of the short period elapsing between the termination of the coronation ceremony and the closing of the post to inform you that King Wilhelm descended from the Presence Chamber in the " Schloss" at half-past ten this morning, clad in a mantle of crimson velvet, and followed by the procession described in the programme. The point of egress was a magni ficent open gallery, in crimson and gold, from which a Hight of steps led down to the covered way connecting the " Schloss " with the " Kirche." The day was beautiful, and the quadrangle, filled with soldiers d'4lite, carrying the banners of every regiment in the Prussian army, and with the honest burghers of Konigsberg classed and bri gaded according to their different trades, presented a magnificent and exhilarating picture. A hundred bands played the Prussian Hymn, the same air as our own National Anthem, and subsequently and for the first time Meyerbeer's Coronation March, com posed expressly for the occasion. The church was full but not over-crowded, and the most intense interest was exhibited as the King, the Queen, the Crown Prince and Princess passed slowly up the centre, followed by their several suites. Chairs of state, nutter canopies of crimson velvet and gold, were prepared for the King and Queen immediately opposite the altar, and the re mainder of the privileged personages grouped round the altar rails. The liturgical service was read by Dr. Snethlago, principal minister of the Dom at Berlin ; and the musical arrangements included the special compositions of Meyerbeer. The King ap proached the altar, and having placed the crown (of diamonds) on his own head, turned to the people, and successively grasping the sceptre and the naked sword, took the coronation oath. The prayer which followed was responded to with a loud " Amen" by the whole congregation. Subee quently the Queen approached, when the King placed the crown on her Majesty's head and saluted. Some minor ceremonies followed, after which their Majesties resumed their places in the chairs of state, and received the congratulations of their illus trious relatives. The Crown Prince first approached and kissed his father's hand ; the King kissed him on both cheeks, when his royal highness retired, and the Crown Princess advanced. The King de scended two steps to meet her royal highness, and his Majesty's greeting was most affectionate and paternal. The relatives of the King followed ac cording to their degree, and were saluted by the King. This terminated the proceedings in the church. A procession was then formed, headed by the King, wearing the crown and his Majesty's splen did state mantle of crimson velvet and gold, trimmed with ermine, and bearing the sceptre. As he however returned through the quadrangle, the bands again struck up the national anthem, the troops presented arms, the artillery thundered forth a royal salute of 101 guns, and the people, who were massed in thousands, cheered tremen dously. It would be impossible to imagine a greater success than the whole proceeding, the fineness of the weather, the completeness and splendour of the arrangements, and the enthusiastically loyal demeanour of the people leaving nothing to be desired. The special ambassadors occu pied the royal Loge, immediately opposite the grand altar. When the royal procession had passed into the "Schloss" a herald demanded in a loud voice whether any one was prepared to dispute the title of King Wilhelm to the throne of Prussia; and I am happy to add that the challenge re mained unanswered. The greatest courtesy was shown, and the best accommodation given, to the representatives of the London press. THE BRITISH MOSSIIIIL —A notice WM posted c= d.i at the entries to the reading room of the isms to the effect that, complaints having been mode that silence is not observed in the reading room, any person iatringisg the regulations will forfeit their privilege el &atheism. CILYSTAL PALLCZ.—DAR tilmunto TIMM ASCINT OF M. BLONDOL—MONDLT, OCT. 21. Untold'y ea payment. 3,96 d ; ditto sy Hews tickets, 1,021 ; total viAon, 4,965. DRAMA. OLYMPIC. Playgoers in England are so thoroughly broken in to the dramatic rule that all must end well, that even when they hear of a man being married to a woman whom he has never seen, they accept with a submissive mo rality the otherwise improbable result, that on first meeting he falls desperately in love with her. In France, on the other hand, there is nothing at all extravagant, on or off the stage, in the notion that matrimony, brought about by any but spontaneous methods, should terminate in an ama tory romance. That in that socially worn-out land honest affection can be hoped for, except by the roundabout means of spurious excitement, is a state of things too familiar to be more than accepted and regretted. Sothat, in trawderring from the Paris to the London boards a play which turns upon such a situation, extremes meet in a singularly striking manner. What your Frenchman thinks "just as I should like it to be," your Englishman welcomes rapturously es " just what it ought to be." Perhaps the practical paradox bas made it easy for Mr. Morten to adapt " from the French" the comedietta which was performed last evening at the Olympic, called Wooing Ones Wife. A whim—it does not appear to us more—of King Frederic has forced s loyal subject, Major Karl Von Wthitein (Mr. H. Neville), to sign a blank paper which, by being subsequently Mled up, makes him the husband of Ger trude (Miss Higbee), to whom he is completely unknown, save by reputation as " rather wild." They meet in a dili gence : he sleeps and is silent, but breaks the weariness of travel by occasionally squeezing her hand- an attention which she seems to appreciate until she discovers her lover to be her husband. She of course—otherwise how could there be any plot or any interest?—imagines that he is ignorant that he is making love to his own wife, and sees in him only a dangerous Lothario gifted with powers for breiling every heart, her own included. The usual ordeal is submitted. Count Muffenbausen (Mr. Horace Wigan), who is madly enamoured of Gertrude, presuming her to be single, is fooled into the belief that, though very lovely, she is very deaf, and now fulminates his ridiculous suit in Stentorian tones, now ges ticulates it in the abracadabra of the deaf-and-dumb alphabet. The husband overhears the former, and loves nut only well but wisely. At last Gertrude di scovers that whilst she has been proving the qualities of the husband whom she had nut chosen, he has been taking advantage of his by her presumed ignorance as to their real relation ship, and has been using those winning ways by which every woman worth the name insists upon being wooed, if she is to be won. Won she is, and so there's an end. The story is slight, and yet not over distinct. Such as it is, it is very decently written, and very well acted. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Our. 21. Raoisrasa.—Mr. Liveiug, of Saint John's Col lage, ha. declared himself • candidate for the office of Registrar. CARVei TWITAIIIII3T Pius—This prize for Bache lors has been this day adjudged to 1/s. Bothamley, of Tri nity College. The examiners are of opinion that Ds. Rabat', of Emmanuel, acquitted himself with great credit. Mt:etc.—The professor of music gives notice to candi dates for the degrees of Mus. D. and Mus. B. that he will hold an examination on Tuesday, the sth of November, at the music room in St. John's College, at 12 o'clock. OXFORD, Ocr. 21. RESIGNATION OF THE EXEGETICAL PROFESSOR OF Saurrunit.—The Rev. Edward Hawkins, D.D., Provost of Oriel College, Dean Ireland's Professor of " the En& of Holy Scripture," has announced to the Vice-Chancellor his resignation of that office. Dr. Hawkins wss elected the fint profaner under the will at the founder, Dean Ireland, in 1847. THE I:EGMTII4TION3. IIIDDLEBEL Yesterday, Mr. Maine and Mr. Bealea, two of the barristers appointed to revise the electoral Hate of the county of Middlesex, sst by adjournment at the Wind sor Castle, Hammersmith, for the revision of the lists for the extensive parish of Chelsea (St. Luke), in which the overseers had taken 17 objections, and the political parties no lees than 343. Mr. W. Albert James, of Parliament•street,Westminster, appeared as agent of the Reform Registration Society ; Mr. T. Alley Jones. of Clifford's-inn, for the Conservative Re gistration Society ; Mr. H. Smith, of Norfolk etreet, on be half of the Conservative Registration Association. Willem Cleveland, of 10, Leader-street, on the list for "lease of house in my occupation," was objected to Iry the conservatives. He produced his deed, an original lease, which, as remarked by Mr. Smith, was granted for the on usual term of "96 years and a half, wanting 21 days," to his father, wbo left him the house by will. In his examination by Mr. Smith, Cleveland admitted that he had never sent in a claim, which Mr. Smith urged was fatal to his right to be on the register. " But what claim could I send me. asked Cleveland ; " my name was the same as my father's, and when he died the Property was mine. If I had claimed, it would have beau for ex actly what was already on the register. Besides , I was here twice before ; and my TOW was allowed. 'But," mid Mr. Smith, "do you live in the house? M' instructions are that you couldn't be found." " Couldn't be found:" exclaimed this rotor ; " why, I was born in the house, and never lived out of A.". — The barrister., that this was a case for costs, and "warded Be., with which Cleveland was anything Lut He had been objected to three years. Last year E l e a tt two days in coming to the Registration Court ; and to-day he would lose a day, so that he was sixpence out of pocket. The county franchise at Chelsea is of a peculiar nature. Generally, the county qualification is possession of free bold; here the freehold is the exception. As an illustra tion, 289 new claims hwl been sent by persons desirous of appearing in the rear's register, and of these only 21 were for freehold*. Tile house property in Chateau is erected under building leases ; and the county franchise is almost confined to that given by the 20th section of the Reform Act, namely, to the lessee or ssaiguee of property of 10/. value, hold originally for • term of 60 years, or for • term of 20 yawed of sw. annual value, with the additional require ment of occupation in the case of suli-leseees, and the noted Chaodos addition, giving the vote also to 501. occu pants. The revision involved no legal questions ; but only the practical application of the circumstances of each case to these different franchises. One of the freehold claimants was the Rev. Deawent Cole ridge, of St. Mark's Coller, for "freehold interest for life in and occupation as principal of college, being freehold pro perty belonging to the Incorporated National Society," King's-road, Chelsea. He did not appear, and he bad sent a letter to Mr. Smith. commencing with an admission that b• could not say his appointment was absolutely for life. An attempt was made to show that this arose from mis apprehension, but the barrister reluctantly held that the claim, in the absence of the claimant, could not be sub stantiated. The barristers sit today at the Vestry•hall. Kensiegton, for the revision of the list for the perish of Kensington. Duzsigam PAUL —Dunham Park, one of the elate of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, about twelve miles from Manchester, and a great resort for all classes of its people in the summer months, is, it is reported, about to he partially closed spinet the public. T he re is a very ancient right of road for pedestrians through the park, so that it cannot be wholly enclosed, but it is said to be in con templation to place lofty wire fencing on each side the paths to which the public hare a right, and to shut them out from many of the pleasant glades and which they bare for many years past been allowed to wander with more or loss freedom. Things hare been tend ing ir this direction for some tune 'past, keepers having been placed in the park to turn visitors hack whet) they have ventured from the more beaten paths, and the seats placed in the avenue , by the late earl fur the accommoda tion of fatigued pedestrians having now been all removed. Should the course threatened be adopted, and the wire fencing be erected, it will bo a source of great annoyance, and in that caw it is maid to be intended to make au effort to reclaim an old footpath leading behind the hall, which has been closed for four or five years past, and which the public have traversed almost " time out of mind." CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DlSEasta OF THE CHEST, Vicroit&•Paax.—A sermon, on behalf of the objects of this valuable institution, was preached on Sunday morn ing last, at South Hackney Church, by the its,. Canon Dale, M.A. In the course of an eloquent and impressive appeal in support of the hospital (founded on the 19th verse of tith chapter of St. Luke), the rev. gentleman teal lied, from his own experience of forty years' pastoral labour, to the great prevalence of consumption, in allusion to the fact that a large proportion of the oases of sickness which he had visited during t ha t period was that of persons suffering from affections of the chest. Having visited the hospital, be spoke in highly commendatory terms of the comfort' provided for the patients, and the sere end skill bestowed in the treatment of their cams. The nutritious diet, and necessarily expensive medicines, rendered the cost of main. Lining an establishment of this special nature much greater than that of an ordinary hospital; and the preacher urged the necessity that existed for obtaining a larger amount of anima subscriptions. The collection amounted to about ?AL, end there was also an accession of new annual subscriber to the charity. THE E4RL OP CARLISLE AT LEEDS. LEEDS, MONDAT EVENOW, To-day wan a gala day in this borough, iu cele bration of tie visit of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to open the new Hospital for Women and Children. The flags flying from the steeple-tops, and the brilliant uniforms of the rifle, engineer, and other volunteer corps gave to the streets an appearance more animated than, en veloped as they are in en atmosphere of smoke, they usually wear. At the hour of noon, the Mayor (Mr. Hiram), the aldermen, and members of the town council, assembled in the Town-hall, and • procession having been marshalled, they went, accompanied by the local rifle corps, to the railway-station to meet his excellency. They had not long to wait, for, puno tual to his engagements, his lordship's train drove into the station almost to the minute he had appointed to meet the municipal authorities of the town. As his lordship stepped upon the platform he was warmly cheered by the crowd. The rifle band struck up an air of welcome in unison with the hearty one given him by the Mayor, the Bishop of Ripon, Mr. E. Baines, M.P., Mr. F. Crossley, M.P., Mr,, Beckett, &c. As soon as this kind greeting was over the corporate authorities conducted his lordship to the new Infirmary for the Diemen of Women and Children—a noble institution worthy of the town of Leeds; and the Lord Bishop of Ripon haying offered up a prayer suited to the occasion, his excellency formally declared the hospital opened for the treatment of the diseases of women and chil dren, and invoked God's blessing noon the good work. This ceremony concluded, the procession re-formed and proceeded to the Victoria Hall, where the Mayor, on behalf of the corporation, presented his excellency with an address. His EXCILLINCY, who seemed much affected by the cor diality of his reception, thanked the mayor and corporation for the kind expression of their regards towards him. Ho could assure them that he should ever look back with feel. inge of satisfaction and gratitude to his connexion with the West Riding of Yorkshire, as it was by the favour of that constituency he first had an opportunity of exercising those talents for which they had given him credit. He wished them to believe th►t not the least pleasurable of his recol lections was that he commenced public life as the repre sentative of the West Riding and the colleague of Henry Brougham—(" hear, hear," and cheers)—and that when he ceased to represent them he was the colleague of Richard Cobden. At the conclusion of this ceremony the company retired to the Music.liall, where a cold collation was served for their entertainment, at which his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland presided, supported by the Mayor of Leeds (Mr. Kitson), the Lord Bishop of Ripon, Mr. Fe Baines, M.P., Mr. F. Crossley, M.P., Mr. Beckett, &c. The health of the Earl of Carlisle having been proposed, His EICILLILIWY rose and acid—Ladies and gentlemen, I return you my sincere thanks alike for the kind manner in which my health has been proposed and for the warmth with which you have responded to the toast. (Hear, hear.) This is truly a Yorkshire welcome, and of that I make myself sore whenever I find myself among the inhabitants of Leeds. (Cheers.) Happily lam not now confined, as wee unavoidably the use this morning, to topics persona] to myself, but I have another theme on which I may offer a few remarks, and that is the special circumstance which has brought me here. (Hear, hear.) I do not know if I may appear to owe an apology to you— (no, no)—for appearing here, but I certainly do owe one to myself, for I had resolved, on coming to take my holidays is England, not to snow myself to be led into any engagements of a public nature, and I have strengthened myself against many kind provocations ; but in this instance, the Otos being Leeds, and the object the opening of an hospital for the diseases of women and children, I had no choice but to surrender at discretion—(cheers) — and let ins assure you that it gives me great plea ours to see so excellent an institution brought to such a point of honour and progress, and being about to be settled into its present new, commodious, end wilabrimut premises, where it will be able to give additional effect to the object of its benevolent conception. (Hear, hear.) Those whom I have the pleasure to see before me must be well acquainted with the recommendations of an hospital of this distinct and specific character to meet the require ments of such a population as that of Lewis and the West itsdiug of Yorkshire. The very wealth which adds to the long array of your streets, terraces, squares, crescents, and parka—which glitters in your shops, and piles your markets—and the industry which smokes from 100 chimneys and hums from a thousand looms, make It additionally incumbent on you to consider with the greatest watchfulness the wants and sufferings of those who are the instruments of all this mighty prosperity—(hear, hear)—sod ( I grieve toadd, too frequeutly its victims. (" Hear, hear,' and thews.) I must remark further that all the circum some, a and accompaniments of this wondrous system of labour and enterprise carry with them this ioevitable draw back, that this cannot be attained without the sacrifice of the heelthand strength of those who are the. most laboriously engaged in it. The hardworked estployh of the factory have not the free draught of air, the open prospect, which those enjoy who live away from towns and cities. In stead of these advantages they have the horrors of the narrow court or pestiferous alley, the heated atmosphere of the workroom, and the ceaseless clank of engines. (Hear, hear.) And who, let me ask you, are the objects fur whom this meeting now makes an appeal The women soil chil dren of this labouring population. Their very names make their own appeal to every feeling of chivalry nod tenderness in man. It is for their delicate frames, and not less sensitive feelings, that the repose, the quiet, the tranquillity, the soothing care and attention of such an institutiou are suited and called for. I feel thoroughly that I can add nothing to the tome of the appeals made to you from other souses', from sacred lips Mid in sacred places, as well as from the convio- Coo* of your own judgments, and the sympathies of your own hearts ; but only just let me ask you, out of all thole nopusiutances taken from among us whose respect would you most desire, whose memory would you be must willing to make your own Not his who amassed the greatest amount of wealth, or built the largest mill, and minded the wd ield sufferingsa t large ofiseases t ; which but mt.,assail d his wh otr o did guard against the his utmost humanity. common approachng rho is t of th you may make your own—this blessing you may all pur chase by supporting such an hospital as this. (Cheers.) Other toasts followed, after which the company separated. Later in the evening the Mechanics' Institution was opened by Lord Stanley, M.l'., assisted by Mr. F. Crossley, ILl'., Mr. Baines, M.P., Le. DISCOVERY OP ANCIENT GRAVES IN PERTHSHIRE. Some diacoveriee of a remarkable character have been made recently in Perthshire. Mr. Patellae, firmer, Barns, on the estate of Kincardine, in the course of removing some stones from a knoll lying near the farmstead. a large flag of nearly a ton weight wee 'come upon, under which grave was discovered. The aides were formed of four flag stones placed on edge, and a similar one funned the bottom. It contained the remains of a human body, which must have lain many handled years. The space which contained the skeleton u About three feet and alkali in length, barely two feet in width, and of about the same depth. From the sire of the grave the body could not have been laid at length, and the bones were those of a full grown person. It is supposed that the grave is • Roman one, as several others of • similar description have likewise been discovered in the district. More recently still another Roman grave has been discovered: within twa miles of the same place, on the estate of Blinkford. While • fanner au engaged in ploughing his grounds, the plough came iu contact with the top of a Roman urn eoutaining a quantity of bones, on an eminence like the Meteor, about 70 yards from the farm-house. The urn was quite mine, with the exception of a portion of the bottom, which had been broken off, although it bore indications of its aucieut origin, What is remarkable, it was placed with the mouth down, covering the bones. The me ill about 1$ iothis In length and 19 niches wide at Use mouth. There have been a num ber of urns discovered about the ammo locality from time to time. The troops of Agricola, on their man+ to the camp at Aida* mine through Gleneagles, and, consequently, would pass near the spot indicated. Some antiquarians who have seen the place cor=red that the ere contained the burned remains of • °Meer who had died on the journey to Ardoeh.—Seolestan. 8017711 lizweixcrrox Mussuw.—During the weok ending Oct. 19 the visitors have been u follows :—On m ee d ey, Tu es day, and Saturday, free days, 7,040 ; on *cocky and Tunisia!, free evadegs, vim o h the three days (admission to Qs public &L), 1,511 t one etilents' evening, Wednesday, 155 ; total, 14,426. Front the opening of the Museum, 2,311,638.