The Press. — London, England, 1855-04-28 00:00:00

APRIL 28, 1855. blurt anb jrastten. DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR &ND EMPRESS. THEIR Imperial Majesties took leave of the Queen on Saturday morning, on their return to Paris. They were conducted by her Majesty and Prince Albert from their rooms to their carriage at the grand entrance of the Palace, the Queen being accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. The Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Cambridge arrived at Buckingham Palace at a quarter before ten o'clock, and accompanied the Emperor and Empress to the grand hall, in company with the Prince of Leiningen. A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards was on duty in front of the grand entrance, and on the appearance of the royal party, the band commenced playing " Pedant pour la Syrie." The Emperor and Empress took leave of the Queen at the entrance, as also of the Royal Family and Prince of Leiningen. The Empress was handed into her carriage by Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, who were in uniform, and both wore the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour. Their Im perial Majesties then proceeded to the railway station, and were speedily conveyed by special train to Dover. Here they embarked on board the Empress steamer, and were conveyed across the Channel to Boulogne. Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge accom panied the Emperor and ttlmpress to Dover, and took leave of them on the pier where they embarked. The town of Dover exhibited a scene of much ex• citement, and their Majesties were greeted with enthusiastic cheers by a vast assemblage. Thus closed this memorable visit. The Emperor Napoleon, before leaving Windsor, caused to be placed in the hands of the Mayor the munificent sum of 4001. for the relief of the poor of the borough. His Majesty also gave 1001. for the poor of Dover, and on the part of the Empress and himself, presented 5001. in aid of the funds of the Societe Francaise de Secours, of which the French Ambassador is President. The Lord Mayor of London and the Mayor of Dover have received valuable souvenirs from the Emperor, in remem brance of his auspicious visit to England. A supplement to the Gazette, issued on Tuesday, contains a minute acc)unt of the " Investiture of his Imperial Majesty Napoleon 111., Emperor of the French, with the ensigns of the most noble order of the Garter." The Salut Public of Lyons says that her Majesty has postponed her visit to Paris to the end of Sep tember, in order to he present at the distribution of Exhibition prizes, which is to take place at the com mencement of October. The birthday of the Duchess of Gloucester and of the Princess Alice was kept on Tuesday, with the customary observances. Notices have been issued from the Lord Cham berlain's office, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing room on Wednesday next the 2nd of May, and on Saturday the 19th of May. The latter will bs the birthday Drawing-room, and a " collar day." The Queen will also have a levee on Friday the 11th of May. The Princess Hohenlohe, half sister of the Queen, arrived at Dover on Monday morning from Calais, and afterwards proceeded to London on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl Granville, Lord President, is still suffer ing from the severe contusions be met with by being thrown out of his cab, en route to the station to meet the Emperor and Empress of the French. His lordship is still unable to attend the ministerial councils. Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and Tuesday last. The Right Hon Sir Henry and Lady Bulwer have arrived in Paris from Florence, en route to London. The diplomatic duties at the Tuscan capital are now administered by the Marquis of Normanby, who continues, however, in rather an indifferent state of health. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday, at their mansion on the Terrace, Piccadilly. In the evening the noble Viscountess had an assembly. An entertainment of unusual splendour was given by the Lord Mayor on Saturday evening, in the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, to the Prelet of the Seine, and the President and Deputation of the mu nicipality of Paris, who were met at the civic table by nearly 300 English guests, including the mayors of several of the largest towns in the kingdom. On Tuesday it was announced in the City that her Majesty had oeen pleased to confer the dignity of a baronet on the Lord Mayor. TEN BILWINGIAI MIIIIICAJ. FZSTIVAL is to SOM. atones en the 28th of August* THE PRESS. LORD JOHN AT MASS. WE [the Standard] have received the following letter from a gentleman, upon whose veracity we place implicit reliance : [Extract from a letter dated Vienna, April 9 :—] Yesterday was Easter Sunday, and while poor Mr. Johnston, our worthy Episcopalian clergyman here, was delivering an eloquent and aropriate discourse to a very scanty congregation in the Embassy chapel, where pre parations had been made for the accommodation of Lord John Russell, his lordship, with his family and suite, was attending High Mass, celebrated with unusual pomp and full orchestra in the Augustine Church ! His lordship and suite occupied the glazed oratorium within the chancel, and, owing to their conspicuous position, where " the ob served of all observers." The church was densely crowded, and every eye seemed fixed on Lord John, who knelt and crossed himself most devoutly! Already it is rumoured throughout this city that H. B. M. Plenipotentiary has seen the error of his ways and embraced Catholicism. What will your Protestant members of Parliament say to all this ? Another correspondent confirms the statement of Lord John's unworthy exhibition, and adds that it was witnessed by Lord Westmorland and other Englishmen, all deeply disgusted by the prostration of the author of " the Durham letter." TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS." Sir,—l happened to be present in the Augustine Church at Vienna oil Easter Sunday, and can vouch for the perfect accuracy of the description given by some of your daily contemporaries, of the unseemly exhibition made on that occasion by Lord John Russell and his numerous retinue.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, C. London, April 27, 1855. THE VARIOUS HARBOURS OF REFUGE respectively in course of construction at Dover, Harwich, Alderney, Jersey, and Portland, will cost altogether, according to the estimate, 3,388,9591. Of this amount 1,491,0001. has already been voted, and 234,0001. will be required to be voted for the present year. The total outlay on each work from its commencement to its comple tion will be 850,0001. for Dover ; 125,0001. for Har wich ; 1,300,0001. for Alderney ; 700,0001. for Jersey ; and 588,9591. for Portland. TWENTY MEDICAL MEN arrived at Constantinople on the 12th instant, on their way from England to Eupatoria. THE CHOLERA appears to be on the increase at St. Petersburg. The cases for several weeks have averaged 150 a day, but from the Journal de St. Pe tersbourg of the 17th, it appears that on the 13th inst. there were as many as 220 cases recorded. A CONSULAR NOTIFICATION has been made at Memel that the blockade of Libau commenced on the 17th inst. The blockade of the ports between Libau and Riga commenced on the 19th. As soon as the South Wales Railway shall have been opened to Milford, a fast steamer is to be placed, by the Messrs. Malcomson, on the line between that port and Waterford, thus opening up a ready mode of communication between England and the south of Ireland. IT is suggested that the pictures in the approach ing Royal Academy Exhibition might each bear on the frame the designation of the subject and the name of the painter. It would certainly be a vast relief to be spared the necessity of continual reference to the catalogue while looking at the pictures. THE preparations at Gore-house for the great floral exhibition of the Horticultural Society, on the 18th of May, are proceeding with much activity. The royal commissioners are throwing down walls, re• moving unsightly objects, and getting the turf into good order, so that the grounds of Grove-house and Gore-house now form one beautiful lawn, interspersed with noble trees, and admirably adapted to the pur poses of a horticultural promenade. The Horticul tural Society, on its part, has begun to pitch its enormous tents, and to make its other arrange ments. Two YOUNG RHINOCEROSES, male and female, have just been landed at Liverpool from Calcutta. They were caught in the wilds of Assam, and from their docility and fine condition are considered very valuable. A CROWDED PUBLIC MEETING was held at Norwich on Tuesday evening, to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Norfolk and Norwich Operative Protestant Association. Mr. H. S. Patteson occupied the chair. The meeting was addressed by several gentlemen on the subject of the Maynooth grant, against which a very strong and decided feeling was manifested ; and, on the motion of the Rev. J. Bailey, a petition to the House of Commons on the subject VMS cordially adopted. THE Vice-President of the Board of Trade has given notice that he will bring in two bills relating to the law of partnership and limited liability next Monday week, the 7th of Map glathrats an 4 tiftnces. JOHN DIXTON, an architect in respectable practice, has been committed at Carrick-on-Suir, for forging the name of the Marquis of Waterford on three bills of Exchange for 5001., 880/., and 7001., on which he obtained a sum of 1,8801. at the National Bank. THE sudden an'i mysterious death of Mr. James Savage, of St. John's College, and senior wrangler of the year, was announced i n Cambridge on Saturday last. Mr. Savage left his rooms on the Thursday morning previous, for the purpose of taking his cus tomary walk, and nothing more could be ascertained of his whereabouts until Saturday morning, when intelligence arrived that he had been found lying dead in a dry ditch bounding a field in the occupa tion of Mr. Toffs, of Whittle Farm, near Cambridge. An inquest was held the same evening. Au exami nation of the body presented no indications of violence, nor were there any traces of a scuffle. Deceased was of very abstemious and regular habits, and enjoyed good health. The jury returned a verdict of—" Died by the visitation of God." MR. GEORGE DE BOSCO ATTWOOD, the secretary of the Bank of British North America, on Tuesday fell down dead while reading over to the board of directors some minutes connected with the affairs of the establishment. ETRE Dantzic (steamer), of Dantzic from Stettin, with about tiglity-five passengers (Belgians), and a crew of eight hands, in taking the bar, near Memel, on the morning of the 17th inst., struck upon the touth side and sank; two passengers only saved. Loss OF THE CRCESUB.—The Crane, which left Genoa at eight o'clock on Tuesday morning the 28th inst, for Constantinople, with thirty-seven officers, 209 soldiers of the Sardinian army, twenty-live mules, and provisions, caught tire a few hours afterwards, and was entirely lost eleven miles south-east of Genoa. The passengers and crew were saved, with the exception of one sailor and six soldiers. The Crcetus had been placed, with several other English transports, at the service of the Sardinian Govern ment, for the conveyance of their troops to Constan • tinople and the Crimea. It is understood that the Hydaspes, Harkaway, Cleopatra, and the Emu, steam-transports, left the port, with a portion of the remainder of the Sardinian army, about the same time, and that the boats of these vessels were instru mental in saving a large number of the Craws' people. The intelligence of the catastrophe was transmitted to England by submarine telegraph, via Genoa and Spezzia. The Crams was an iron vessel of 2,600 tons, built by Mr. Mare about two years since. Her loss is calculated at nearly 70,0001., and she is insured at Lloyd's and elsewhere to the amount of 57,0001. LIBERAL SPAIN. THE Correspondent who last week sent tie a letter under the above heading has transmitted us the following as a note to his communication : Since writing my letter I learn that I am incorrect in stating that the police entered the house of the Rev. Mr. Frith during the performance of divine service—what occurred was as follows:—The owner of the house (a lady), whioh house is situated within the precincts of the Alcazas. and is consequently royal property, was threatened with immediate expulsion if she permitted the continu ance of the services ; and, although the Governor hes denied distinctly any cognisance in the matter, the owner is under the impression that the interference is nut on the part of the eclesiastical authorities alone. The outrage, for such it surely is, appears more glaring from the circumstance that the congregation rarely con sisted of more than sir persons, and from the love and esteem universally burns in Seville towards the reverend gentleman who has been compelled to discontinue the ►ervices. Malaga, April 8, 1855. A CONSIKIYATIn. THE official result of the poll at Cork was declared on Monday to be as follows :—Mr. Deasy, 3,238 ; Lord Ennismore, :3,000; Mr. M'Caithy, 1,028 — giving a majority to the first-named candidate of 238. COLONEL MUBE, who has represented Renfrew shire for several years past, is about to retire, and a vacancy in the representation will consequently en sue. The reasons indicated in the address of the hon. and gallant gentleman for the step he is taking are of a private nature. Sir Michael Shaw Stewart of Ardgowan has offered himself as a candidata for the caunty. In his address to the electors Sir M. S. Stewart professes himself a " Conservative whose opinions are by no means extreme." MR. BERESFORD HOPE has consented to stand on the Conservative interest at the next election for Maidstone. Nothing is yet known relative to the intentions of the Hon. F. Villiers ; but, in the anti cipation of his resigning his seat, the Liberal party are talking of bringing forward Lord Melgund is their candidate. The Conservatives main to invita William H. Bodkin, Esq. 0 V 403