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[IRE TORQUAY HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). Capital £70,000, in 7,060 Share' of £lO each. which it is anticipated that not more than two-thirds will be required for the immediate objects of the Company. Tosit per Share, £1 on application, and £1 on allotment. alls not to exceed £2 per share, and to be made at inter vals of not less than three months. (,l'porated under the Joint-Stock Limited Liability Act, klulti expressly limits the Liability of each Shareholder to ,he amount of his subsuiption. DIRECTORS. LAWRENCE PALK, Bart. M.P.Haldon HOUSP, and Por Man or, Torquay, Lord of 'the Manor of Tor Moham, " 1, 7 Wheeler, Esq., Wandsworth-common, Surrey, De- MY-Chairman. VA an Spencer Churchill, 4, Lowndes-square , London. Cholmendeley, Esq., Torquay. LW son Cape, Esq., 111,D., 2., Curzon-street, London, W, iliatn F. Splatt, Esq., Torquay. ‘ Toog , ,ood, Esq , Torquay. 'Ward Gulson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon. BANKERS. • The Imperial Bank, Lothbury, London, E.C. Messrs. Vivian, Kitson, and Co., Torquay. BROKERS. Messrs. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court, Throg-morton-street, Loudon, E.C. ARCHITECT. E. N. Clifton, Esq., 17, St. Helen's-place, London, E.C. SOLICITOR. To(Vood, Esq , 16, Parliament-street, Westminster, S.W. Offices of the Company-16 Parliament-street. Westminster, S.W. has long been felt that Torquay. with its large, wealthy, 0 1 increasing population, and the great number of visitors 1 3 resort to it both in wint. r and summer for health and 'sure, stands much in need of the accommodation of a q. -class modern Hotel of the character so successfully esta- Ved in London and some of the leading watering places „,_ ,l3 gland and on the Continent. k il,is Company is formed o supply this requisite, and a J B t .ligible site, upon which the favourite residence of Col. ,'„Y.rlek now stands, has been , ecured for the purpose. 1 - he Hotel, with pleasure grounds of considerable extent 'Ping to the sea, will have a southern aspect, and occupy a nation generally c .nsidered the most salubrious in Tor 'Y. Here the invalid may enjoy the benefits of an Italian _ter without losing - the comforts of an English residence. ' l le property selected commands one of those delightful views which have contributed to obtain for Torquay the reputation it has so long enjoyed. rrovisional arrangements have been made with the pro ietor of the Royal Hotel, whereby the Company will be 'teed. at once in possession of a valuable connection and c , , ative business on most favourable terms. Th e Com p an y 11 thus obtain an immediate source of profit, with the op- Vunity of ensuring prospec ti ve advantages. The exp er ience of the last few years has abundantly shown at the attractions of the modern first-class Hotel are gerly sought after, and having regard to this circumstance , to the determination of the Directors to combine in every 'partment a judicious supervision with the highest attain 'le excellence of management, no reasonable doubt can be tertained that the present undertaking will prove success -1 and amply r emunerative to the shar eholders. Torbay and the immediate Channel have long been known Yachtsmen as one of the most unrivalled cruising gr. unds the English coast. A valuable accessory will be foun tin e new harbour, the formation of which in the immediate ity of the town is contemplated, and which, when c na qed, will afford greatly increased accomm ;dation for the churage of yachts. application for Shares to be made in the annexed form to e Brokers .r to the Solicitor, and from whom prospectuses v also be obtained. FORA OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. the Directors of the Torquay Hotel Company (Limited). 3entlemen,—Having paid to the sum of log a de osit of .C 1 per share upon shares, I request u will allot me shares in the above-named Company, d I agree to accept the same, or any less number that may allotted to me, to pay the calls thereon as they may be ide, and to sign the Articles of Association wh n required, d I hereby authorise and empower you to insert my name th register of shareholders of the Company for the num r of shares that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address Description Place of business , 1863. bated the thy of PRE GREAT CAPER IDRIS L EAD. COPPER, IRON MINING, and SLATE COMPANY .'Waited). Gia ''ompany being completely registered under the Joint- Stook Companies' Act, 1862, with Limited Liability, no Shareholder can, under any circumstances, be made re sponsible for a greater amount than the shares for which he subscribes. Capital £40,00?, in 40,000 Shares of £1 each. Deposit, ss. per share on application, and 6s. per share on allotment. DIRECTORS.. 0 1:Abbott, 150, Leadenhall-street, and Upper Spring -s t reet, Portman-square. ( plam Ancrum, Esq. (formerly H.M. Consul at Tunis), Pence, Surrey. • J. Bridell, Esq. (Director of the St. David's Mining Com !) J uy), 34, Beaumont -street, Portland-p ace. _,• Cole, Esq., 76, Gowtr-street, Bedford-square. 14 - ards Richards, Esq., Knightsbridge, and Westbourne, tmsworth. Sussex. t rnea Young. Esq., 19, Great George-street, Westminster. With power to add - to their number. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-stree,. SOLICITOR. G. R. Dodd, Esq., F.S.A., 21, New Broad-street, E.C. AUDITORS. Will be appointed by the Shareholders. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Messrs. Letch and Maguire. t emporary Offices—No. 1, Coleman-street -buildings, Moor gate-street, E.C. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing an ktensive and valuable grant of Lead, Copper, Iron Ore, and late, en the north side of the noted Cader Idris Mountain, flown as the C y f anne dd-fawr, in the parish of Llanegryn , Lerionothshire, North Wales, held under lease for 21 years , l 1-15th Royalty on all minerals (except Iron Ore, at a . o Yalty of only 4d. per ton). The great grant includes numerous lodes of Lead, Zinc, and opper Iron of the best quality, and blende w i th traces of 'old—also excellent Slate. An adit-level intersects several lodes of Silver - l ead, or , aie n , A Copper lode opened upon, gives promise of excellent re- An Iron vein runs through the entire grant. An extensive bed of Slate of good cleavage can be worked ) great advantage. The Silver-lead, proved by assay, has yiclded 40 ounces of liver to the ton of ore. Lead and Copper from a shaft at the end of the edit have aall,ed £32 per ton. The Iron vein is estimated to produce 61 per cent. of iron. The Slate is of superior ouality, and can be cut into pave -lent, flooring', chimney pieces, &c. The streams of water unning through the grant offer great facilities for worlcng, c "ring , and cutting the slate. In fact, a Quarry opened IPon the property will pay well for working. The foregoing facts and the position of the grant, in a rich oineral district, warrant the conclusion that, efficiently vorked, the mine is capable of yielding returns equal to those if the most profitable mines in the Principality. The property being advantageously situated about half a bile from the Welsh Coast Railway, from which a siding can ) e constructed at moderate cost, ant only 21 miles by public "Gad from the shipping port of Barmonth, affords a facility ) f transit which greatly enhances its value. With these a vantages, and adequate water power for Corking machinery, dressing ores, &c. , th e Directors, after areful investigation, confidently anticipate that los. per Pare upon the capital of she Company w ill be sufficient to -levelope the wealth of the mine, and produce profitable re iults without further calls. The Lessee having agreed to take £3,000 in cash, and 5.000 laid up shares, assigns all his interest in the mine , inc uding a Dvaar , 's of 160 acres of mineral ground—the previous out- Lay—mining buildings, smith's shop, offices, dre•sing floors, bucking house, &c., immediate operations can therefore be X ) lrrimeneed when, in the judgment of the Directors, sufficient ' 4 l2dtal is subscribed. Samples of the different ores taken from the mine, reports, Prospectuses, and forms of appication for shares, may e ibtained at the Temporary Offices of the Company ; and the Plaosit paid on application will be returned if no allotment ue made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Great Cader Idris Lead, Copper, Iron Mining, and Slate Company, (Limited). Gentlemen,—Fraving, , paid to your crf dit with Messrs. obart,,, Lubbock, and Co., £ , I hereby request you W 11 allot me shares in the above Company, and I agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I authorise you to insert my i ame in the register of Shareholders for the same. Name Address Proles•ion or business Date ......• BANKERS' RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. The Great Cader Idris Lead. Copper. Iron Mining, and Slate Com,,any (Limited). London, 1863. , Received of the sum of .£ , being the tiep , sit of ss. per share on shares, to the credit of the Great Cader Idris Lead, Copier, Iron Mining, and Slate Company (Limited). For ROBARTS, LUBBOCK, and CO., The above forms to be filled in by the applicant, and for- Warded to the Bar,kers, with the deposit, when the receipt Will be returnee, ed by the Bankers as a voucher. ItOIAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, R.G., F.R.S. Raring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. "EP uTy-CHAIRm AN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society ,nd other means, since its formation, Is 12,800; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £10,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended .£67,e00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-cart cages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi h can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con. tributions : Tier Majesty the Queen • • " the G •• £ a. d .. annual 50 0 0 .. annual 5 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. . • annual 1 1 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • " '. annual 10 0 0 Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers • • _ 4th don.lo 0 0 Currie, Wm., I::sq. ' • • " " don. 10 10 0 Page, Lord Chief Justice • • • • '' Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., _KC.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Penwiok, G. J., Esq , cost of a Lifeboat and Tran .. 2.10 0 0 aportfmr, Carriage .. • • • • '' don. 30 0 Harvey,... Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .• • • Alartin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. _ .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. don. 15 15 0 •• •• •• 3 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. • • • ' Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 Thom i s, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collectedby her Ladyship •• •• • • .. .. .• 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. .. annual 50 0 Donations and Annual SW - scriptions will be thankfully re reived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and 6, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., SP, Strand; Co.,;lessrs. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs and Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis. Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. London. W.C. HOME and FORE.GN INQ UIRY OFFICE— Confidential inquiries and legal investigations pri vately instituted with the utmost fidelity and despatch, in England and all parts on the Continent, by Mr. POLLAKY, 14, George-street, Mansion-house, E.C. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, established upwards of thirty years, is the best and only Certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, mt rengthening, beautifying, or restoring r he hair,whiskers, or moustaches, and Preventing thcm turning crey. Sold in bottles. 3s. 6d., 68., and lie., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling,rton-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For chil 4°P's and ladies' pair it is moat iteacious and unrivalled. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, TUNE 27, 1863. N°. 22,152 NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "NO crtunuil. - Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church," " Owen : a Waif," &C. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. SEA. First-class APPRENTICES required in an East Indiaman.—For premium, name of ship, &e. o 27, C u o t l= n n o. -s e t x re er e c t is ß e rk. Vopelyonttoro?roevserrso.rlinaitneAearnendeet the pound spent in registration often saved hundreds in elec toral excitement. Mr. WALPOLE gave " The House of Peers," and in doing so paid a compliment to Lord Derby, whom he described as the most remarkable man of his age. represents popular principles. (Cheers.) Then it is truly irresistible, then it can uphold the authority of the throne and the majesty of the empire, the liberty of the nation and the rights of the multitude. There is nothing mean, petty, or exclusive about the real character of Toryism, (Cheers.) It necessarily depends upon enlarged sympathies and noble aspirations, because it is essentially national. The moment Toryism deviates from that great fundamental principle it is in danger. From the moment Liberalism flourishes, for Liberalism is the consequence of our errors, and often their corrective. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I agree with my noble friend, your chairman, thatiwe have reason to con gratulate the Tory party on their trresent position. (Loud cheers.) My noble friend has alluded to some who are dis cont, nted, and to murmurs which I think must have reached very few. (Laughter.) I say that a certain degree of discontent in a great party is not only inevitable, but may exercise a salutary influence. (Laughter.) I would no , this evening like to indulge in any vague com pliments upon the position of the party with which we are connected, because I think it would be worse than idle to indulge in praises of that kind on such an occasion. But I congratulate sincerely the Tory party on their posi tion, because I think it is one which ought to be to them a source of real and sincere satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) In this age of numerous and rapid events one is apt to dwell very little upon the past ; yet allow me to remind you that without some reference to the past it is impossible to form a just judgment respecting the present. I would on this occasion call to memory what was the state of the Tory party only some few years ago—(a Voice, " 1846") —only 12 years ago—a period not so distant as that which has been referred to by my unknown friend. (Laughter.) Why, gen tlemen, looking back only 12 years, there is no record in the history of England of a political esunexion so utterly for lorn, so hopeless, and so prostrate as was then the Tory party. (Hear.) That eminent man, whose great sagacity and great heart had rallied us around him at a moment of unforeseen and unprecedented difficulty had just met an untimely end. I will never mention his name or recall his memory with out expressing what I feel, sentiments of admiration and affection. (Cheers.) At that moment we literally did not count in the House of Commons by any means one fourth of its members ; and as for your political opinions, that identity of sentiment which is the only foundation of political action in public life, that "idem sentire de repub liea" which is the soul of political existence, why we were in this position, we were the representatives of opinions— that was the cruellest cut of all—which had been selected by distinguished men who had been our leaders as the soundest and most expedient foundation for political action, which in consequence we had advocated, and pledged eurselves to our country to advocate and support, which that country had ratified by a large majority only recently, and which had been given up with such precipitation and panic that it was impossible to rally the country round the more tempe rate applicatisn of those very principles which subsequent events have proved to be practicable, and which, being adopted by France, have led in that country to a great in crease of its wealth. I say we were the representatives of opinions suddenly described by our very leaders as absurd and impracticable, and around which, under the circum stances in which we then found ourselves, it was impossible effectually to rally the country. As regards the three great considerations first, numbers in Parliament; secondly, distinctive principles of polity; and thirdly, public men who could in a decorous and efficient manner represent the convictions of the great party in the country, we were altogether without them. Why, at that time— I am not using the language of exaggeration, but that of literal, historic truth-- there was no man who believed that the Tory party would over again rally. (Hear, hear.) It was a question which of the great political sections should obtain the greatest portion of the plunder. (Laughter,) We were like a wreck stranded on the beach, and it was a question who should rifle our stores. (Laughter.) Well but, gentle men, if that were your position 12 years ago—and there is not a man present who has not an average knowledge of public affairs but knows how accurately I am describing that situation—contrast it with your position now. (Cheers.) In either House of Parliament we confront the minister with at least an equal power. (Loud cheers.) We are the advocates of a generous and a national creed ; and as for public men, why, gentlemen, there is not a subject that can be brought forward in the House of Commons, but from every part of the benches on which I sit I am confident men will come forward who, by the amplitude of their know ledge, their argumentative power, and their general ability, METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—On and after the Ist of JULY the Price for SEASON TICKETS will be REDUCED. MONTHLY TICKETS will also be issued. Particulars on application at the Superintendent's Office, or at any of the Stations on the Line. Lord REDESDALE acknowledged the toast. The Earl of CARNARVON proposed "The House of Com mons;" to which Mr. G. HARDY responded, observing that everything was tending to the triumph of the Conservative cause. What was raking place on the other side of the Atlantic was, he said, sufficient to disgust the English people with demo cratic principles. " The Provincial Conservative Registration Societies," and sonic other toasts were then given, after which the company separated. DUBLIN UNIVERI No. 367. FOR JI CONTE SITY MAGAZINE.- N.Y. Price 2s. 6d. 1. I c r e i n sh tur A y clo p r e a la o n f e, th n e y l a a n st , Moody. 2. Wylder's Hand. By the Author of "The House by the Churchyard." Part I. 3. Wit. By Dr. Pentagr m. 4. The Great Essayist of France. Part 11. 5. Lost and Saved. 6. Fichte on the Nature of the Scholar, audits Mani festations. 7. Lispings from Low Lati tudes. 8. Catullus. Part 111. Dublin: George Herbert. :NTS. 9. Sterne and ilia Dap. Book the Fourth. 10. 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The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Prince :and Prin cess of Wales, and the other members of the royal family," which was also enthusiastically responded to. " The Army, Navy, Yeomanry, Militia, and Volun teers," was next drunk, the Chairman, in proposing it, remarking that the duty devolved upon him in conse quence of Sir John Pakington being absent on account of the death of a near relative. Ho connected with the army BLACK - WOOD'S MAGAZINE for JULY, 1863. No. DLXXIII. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. Caxtoniana.—Part XVII. No. 23.—Posthumous Reputation. From Cracow to Warsaw : Letter from Poland. No. 11. Ireland Revisited. " Why has not Italy done more ?" The London Art Season. Under the Lymes.—Pen and Ink Photographs from Berlin. Chronicles cf Carling - ford: The Perpetual Curate.—Part 11. The State and Prospects of the Church of England. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. the name of his noble and gallant friend Lord Cardigan, to whom he rejoiced to find that a tardy justice had been awardod for the noble manner in which he had vindicated the honour of his country, and the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench the other day fully vindicated his claim to PEOPLE'S EDITION. This Day is Published, price One Shilling, Part 1., of THE CONTINUATION OF ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, from the Battle of Waterloo to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, To be completed in 28 Parts, crown octavo, published Monthly. W. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Sold by all Booksellers. the gratitude of his country. With the toast of the navy he coupled the name of Sir J. Dalrymple Hay, Bart. Earl CARDIGAN returned thanks, and with much feeling expressed his gratitude for the sympathy the company had evinced in his favour in connection with the recent legal proceedings in which he had unfortunately been involved. He spoke of the services of the army, observing that they felt grateful and encouraged always by the public expre; sion of the appreciation in which those services were held by the country. He also returned thanks on behalf of the militia, yeomanry, and volunteers, to each of which branches of our national defences he paid a tribute of praise. T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, JUNE 30, 1863. A Grand MELANGE DRAMATIQUE will take place in AID of the FUNDS for a NATIONAL METROPOLITAN MONUMENT to Sll AKESPEARE, under the immediate Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, before wnom 60 eminent artistes will have the honour of appearing. -Hon. Sec., Mr. Adolphus Francis, 43, Cumberland-street, Hyde-park. Sir J. DALRYMPLE HAY returned thanks on behalf of he navy. Lord JOHN MANNERS gave the next toast, " Church and State." Were he asked to describe the motive power that had brought together this vast assembly, and the bonds that T" OXFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and 14IASANIELLO. expressed the symbol of their political faith in the fewest words, he could not do it better than by uttering the three words which constituted this toast, "Church and State.' Other great principles might seem for the moment more im• mediately present ; other issues might plead for the moment Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. more powerfully, but they did not interfere with the all importance of maintaining that connexion by which the Church was united to the State, and the State was conse crated by the Church. The Hon. and Rev. W. TALBOT responded to the toast. The CIiAIRMAN next proposed "The Leaders of the Con servative party, and success to the Conservative cause," and in doing so spoke in terms highly eulogistic both of the Earl Euzene, IV. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. The HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. of Derby and Mr. Disraeli. The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. Mr. DISRAELI, in acknowledging the toast, said—Gentle men, I thank you for the hospitable reception you have given to me and the honour you have done me in associat ing my name with that of the leaders of your party. I ac cepted your invitation to dine with you because I felt it an honour to express my approbation of the principles which associate you together and of the main object of your so ciety. I feel the importance of stimulating and encourag ing the registration of the electors of this country. A careful and vigilant registration is an extension of the suffrage, of which all must approve. But, gentlemen, lam _ _ _ CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, &c, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTII, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. will so demean themselves as to command, as they deserve, the attention of the assembly in which they sit. (Cheers.) GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and But then, gentlemen, it is said that the Tory party, though it may have rallied to a certain extent, though it may no longer be in that disheartened and perilous position in which it was some 10 or 12 years back, have twice been entrusted with power, and twice been unable for any long period to maintain it. Gentlemen, when the historian of our coun try records the events to which I refer, if he be a philoso phical historian his astonishment will arise, not from our not having been able to maintain power, but from our having twice acquired it. (Hear, hear.) I say that in the history of our country so much was never before effected by a public party and by public men under such difficult circumstances. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, when Lord Derby reluctantly accepted the Queen's Government in 1852 there was an absolute majority against us in the House of Commons of 200 ; when Lord Derby took office in 1858 there was an absolute majority against us in the House of Commons of 140. Do you believe that under such circum stances those whom you entrust with your confidence were ignorant of the immense risks they ran ? (Hear.) Do you suppose that those to whom you still look up with a confi dence which is their greatest pride were not prepared in either instance for the great probability, perhaps the posi tive certainty, of great personal mortification 1' (Cheers.) All this we had to weigh and consider when we accepted office under conditions which were never before even offered to English statesmen. But, gentlemen, we had a sense of duty to guide us under such circumstances, and we had to ask ourselves this, " Shall we still struggle to preserve the great traditions of English political life, or without an effort shall we say that that system of party government to which we owe, in our opinion, English liberty, and all those bless ings which have marked out this great realm from other countries for so many years, shall we at once say that from the fear of personal mortification we will lose such a chance for the kingdom and for the people ? (Cheers.) No, gen tlemen, with great reluctance, as is now well known—with a due sense of danger, which all might have imagined, we confronted on both occasions that imminent peril, and in time, I confess, we yielded to it. But this I may say in passing, that having accepted office under such circum stances, we at least performed its duties in a manner not disgraceful to ourselves—(cheers)---and not dishonourable to you, (Renewed cheers.) But, gentlemen, what was the cause of our fall in both cases ? There happened that which in this country, rich and long as are its political annals, never before was equalled, for which there was no precedent, and which perhaps the future will have no in stance to compare with ; we fell before the most peculiar coalition—(great cheering)—that ever existed, or probably ever can exist, even in England. (Renewed cheers.) The Liberal party, defeated in 1852 because they coalesced with the pupils of Sir Robert Peel; the Liberal party, defeated in 1859 because they coalesced with the principles of Mr. Bright. (Loud cheers.) But, gentlemen, do you not see the moral of all this ? The powers of coalition are ex hausted. (Hear.) In the purgatory in which the Liberal party found themselves flaws , first applied to celestial arch angels, and then descended into the lowest abyss of Hades. (Laughter.) But a lower abyss there is not. Their means are exhausted. The coalition has no balance to fall back upon. (Cheers.) This I tell you, I tell the country—for it is an important matter—that in countries like England a coalition produces the same effect as in continental lands is produced by coup d'etat; it suspends political life, and in such a state of affairs there is an inevitable reaction which no nation can escape. It will come; it will come in coun tries where coups d'etat have succeeded as it will come in countries which are still ruled by the remnants of exhausted coalition. (Cheers.) But whenever that inevitable reac tion may come, it is the duty of the Tory party to be pre pared for it—(cheers)—and if during that long period to which my noble friend (the chairman) has referred, you have endured mortification and disappointment—if you have been betrayed by those whom you had trusted—if for a moment the principles which bind you together seemed to be loose and of little effect, I trust that the moral experi ence of these years has brought you back to a due sense of the true value and eternal character of the principles by which a great national party in England can alone be maintained. (Hear.) I cannot say I have ever looked upon the past with those feelings of disappointment which many of my com panions I know have shared ; I have felt the circumstances under which our political connection was first formed were of most rare and remarkable occurrence. I knew that there was a hard trial to be experienced before we were proved for the groat trust to which we aspired. Then there have been murmurs about delay. I have not shared in them. Even when there has been discomfiture I have recognised pro gress, and I know of no time when the Tory party and the principles they profess were more clear in the appreciation of themselves and of the country. Under these circumstances I trust that the society of which you are members, and which has honoured me to-day by inviting me as a friend, will feel that we have a great duty to perform ; and I have great satisfaction in availing myself of the opportunity of I proposing the health of one who bears a name and title dear to Englishmen—who has identified himself with this great constitutional movement, and who has had practical expe rience of the working of our constitution in both houses of Parliament—in that in which ho is now an influential and in that in which he was for many years my friend and col league. Gentlemen, I propose "The health of the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, and success to the National Con servative Registration Association." (Ch eers .) The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, spoke of the advan tages of the operation of such a society, observing that one CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green Signor Bunali, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. reminded, by the taunts of our opponents, that although we are sedulous in recommending the registration of voters, we are in fact only registering electors who, when the crisis arrives, will have no opinion to represent. I am told every day that distinctive opinions and different principles be tween political parties have ceased to exist—(no, no)—and the Liberal party are very free to assure us that there is no longer any contrariety between political organisations. But, gentlemen, I will be more generous and more just to- R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Miss regor, Messrs. Albert, Vernon, &c., with Full Chorus and Band of GO Performers. wards our opponents than they are inclined to Le to us. I give them credit for very distinct principles, and for very distinct opinions. (Hear, hear.) The only remarkable feature in their position at present is that they do not prac tise the principles they profess. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the Liberal party are of opinion that the electoral franchise should be democratic. We arc not. (Cheers.) The Liberal party aro of opinion that the mode of exercising the suf frage should be so conducted that property should be de prived of its legitimate influence. We are not. (More cheers.) The Liberal party are of opinion that the union between Church and State should be abolished. We are not. (Renewed cheers.) Our colonial empire, which is the national estate, which assures to every subject of her Majesty, as it were, a freehold in which the energies and enterprise of Englishmen are inexhaustible—the Liberal party are of opinion that the relations between the mother . _ country and the colonies should be abrogated. We are not. (Hear, hear.) They are opposed to the ancient rights of incorporation, to the ancient rights of endowment, and think they ought to be terminated. We are not. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, T. might pursue the catalogue through all the most considerable features of our social and political system and point out to you the diametrical differences that are en tertained really and in theory between the two great parties of the State. I admit that these differences at this moment, from particular circumstances, are not obtruded before the attention of the Legislature, or are only partially attempted to be brought forward for public sanction; but we should deceive ourselves if we supposed that because all these great questions are suspended they are concluded. (Hear, hear.) There are particular circumstances why at present they are or can be only partially brought forward ; but, gentlemen, they aro like the whirlwind of the poet "They lie hushed in grim repose." And the day will come—and it is not very far distant perhaps —when you will have to encounter their claims and examine their merits. What I want is, that when that inevitable hour arrives, the Tory party shall be found prepared.— (loud cheers)—prepared, gentlemen, in the disciplineof their mem bers, and prepared also in something which in my mind is more important than disciplined members—definite opinions —(cheers)—and distinct principles. (Hear, hear.) It always appeared to me that the great political struggle which has prevailed during the last 30 years is in effect a struggle be tween popular principles and liberal opinions. (Cheers.) The institutions of the country—our ancient and limited but still real monarchy—our national church—our estates of the realm—our colonial empire —our hereditary tenure of land, our ancient corporations and endowments, the vast and complicated fabric of our local jurisdiction and admini stration—all involve, and represent, and secure popular principles and popular rights. It is by their united aid and agency that we enjoy security for our persons and our pro perties that in the same degree and in the same manner are enjoyed by no other country and by no other state. It is by their united aid and agency that the public liberties are preserved, that an education, secular and spiritual, are pro vided for the great body of the people—that the rights of labour and the claims of industry are recognised in the scheme of the constitution. It is in short, by their united aid and agency that the Government of this country is car ried on by the benign assistance of traditional influences,and not by the rude authority of a systematised police. (Cheers ) Gentlemen, it is by their agency that the national character has been formed. A professor of liberal opinions, on the other hand, is an individual who is of opinion that he ought to be liberated from the control of these institutions. (Cheers and laughter.) If he has a republican bias he is for reducing the sovereign to the position of chief magistrate. (Hear.) If he is a Dissenter, quite forgetful of the indirect advantage of an established and national Church even to himself, quite forgetful of the direct advantage of a national Church to millions of his fellow-subjects, he is desirous of reducing that Church to the position of a rival sect. If the House of Commons is an obstacle to the success of his po • litical scheme ho is for reforming the House of Commons ; if he is successful in the House of Commons, and the House of Lords is the obstacle, he would abrogate the House of Lords. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) To him the colonial empire is only an annual burthen— (laughter)—to him "corporation" is only an equivalent term for monopoly, and "endowment" for privilege. The tenure of land, which in an hour of peril and perplexity, external or domestic, affords something around which men may rally and save the state, is to him only the remains of a feudal system. (Hear.) And as to our great system of self-government, no one is happier than the professor of liberal opinions in showing you the imperfections and in adequate qualities necessarily inseparable from a great popu lar scheme which may occasionally distinguish it, or can prove with more convincing logic that the whole thing may be done much better and much cheaper by a system of centralised administration founded on the principle of competitive examination. (Cheers and laughter.) Gentle men, the Tory party is only in its proper position when it _ . . .. . .. . . . _ . . „r .), - A I N . • • -0) . : 41r , ......... /„..----.........._ • .•'• '?' ' ' - ‘ \f . ''''' • • '' ': 5:' , ,...:7 - _ , 7' , 7* _ ...._ ... , ... PRICE.-- -..4d. STAMPED ....bd. chairs, completed the furniture of this room, and made it, both for size and adornments, a drawing room of such extent and beauty as few palaces could show. Seen as it was seen for the first time last night, brilliantly lighted, with its picturesque group of gallant entertainers standing in the centre and receiving the long and magnificent array of visitors who were filing in, the whole effect wos so wonder fully beautiful and striking—a scene which few can describe, but none are likely to forget, Beyond this beautiful apartment was the conservatory, and this and the supper-room were the chefs d'oeuvre of decoration of the evening. It, is difficult to imagine anything more artisticc.lly arranged than this con servatory. In the centre of the apartment, rising apparently from a massive bed of flowers, was a tall and handsome fountain, and all around the walls were banks and beds of ferns and flowering exotics, surmounting which the graceful, feathery outlines of all varieties of palms from Kew rose high into the air. At the end of the room three deep alcoves were formed, entirely filled with ferns and long delicate Indian grasses, and these recesses being filled with mirrors gave a prolongation to the very beautiful vista and doubled its effect. Nothing could exceed the beauty of the whole of this apart ment; and, after the glitter of the drawing-room, the soft and cool green of the plants, intermingled with appropriate groups of statuary furnished by M. Brucciani, came with a pleasing effect that seemed to be refreshing to the eye. Its attractions, indeed, appeared almost too great, for it was im- possible to prevent the visitors lingering here to gaze around and admire, and thus rather blocking the way to the ball-room, in spite of the polite re minders of the hosts that " ladies would be good enough to move on." The ball-room was what a ball-room should be on these occasions—light in colour, simple in tone of decoration, large, lofty, and well lit. The length of the room from end to end was 200 ft., with a width of 40ft., thus giving a floor space one-third larger than Guildhall for a smaller number of guests. No ball-room, public or private, in Europe has such magnificent proportions as that in which the company mustered last evening. Its decorations, as we have said, were simple, but very effective. Round the whole length and breadth, close to the walls, was a raised platform, on which were ranged the comfort- able, well-stuffed couches that served to fill these same picture galleries in the Exhibition time. The back ground to these, to the height of about eight feet, was scarlet cloth ; the walls were of light maize colour, and the bare-looking skylights above were hidden by screens of white cloth. Triple rows of burners lit up the whole place amply, and contri- :ributed not a little to the warmth—which was, however, for once no drawback on the perfect com fort of the evening. On the south side of the gal- lery, in the centre, Mr. Crace's beautiful throne of crimson velvet and gold was erected for the guests of the evening, who had their chairs of state for form's sake placed under its gorgeous canopy—for they were but seldom used throughout the night. Facing this, so as to correspond with the throne on the opposite side, were grouped the silken flags of the brigade—the very colours which led the long red lines of Guardsmen up the heights of Alma— the very colours round which the men rallied so desperately in the two-gun battery on the heights of Inkermann. These and their throne formed almost the only conspicuous ornaments in the ball room, the chief decoration of which was supplied by the visitors themselves, and it is needless to say how well such an assembly performed their duty. The room actually twinkled with jewels, and the beautiful toilettes of the ladies formed a blaze of colour as bright and varying as the hues in a kaleidoscope. Beyond the ball-room was the entrance to the refreshment-room, draped with festoons of lace, while round the refreshment-room itself were noble groups of flags interspersed with figures of men in armour ; while beneath all were tables laden with gold and silver vases filled with the most superb fruits and flowers. Beyond this again was the supper room, but its lofty entrance was shrouded with curtains of crimson silk, which were not to be drawn aside to reveal its glories till after mid night. Before 10 o'clock every part of the room was crowded, and it became evident, as at Guild hall, that there could be no great amount of danc ing. Precisely at half-past 10 the guests of the evening arrived, their approach being literally heralded from afar by the prolonged shouts of the crowd outside. On alighting their Royal Highnesses were re ceived by the committee, with the Duke of Cam bridge at their head. The Duke conducted the Princess of Wales, the Prince giving his arm to the Duchess of Cambridge, while the Princess Mary was escorted by Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar. Amid a silence that was marked and deep, but amid the most profound salutations of respect, the Royal party psssed along to the Princess's boudoir, where the Princess remained for a minute to admire its Leautiful iuterior, and then the Royal party pro ceeded at once to the dais beneath the throne. For a minute there was a pause as the Princess with deep courtesies acknowledged the homage of greet ing with which she Was received, and then the ball, or rather the occasional dancing with which the magnificent assembly was occasionally enli vened, at once commenced. It was opened by a quadrille of 16 couples, the Duke of Cambridge, as first among the gallant entertainers, leading forth the Princess of Wales, while the Prince danced with the Princess Mary. During this figure, for which there was only just sufficient room, all the brilliant assemblage bad full opportunity to see the Princess, who, dressed in mauve, with white lace over it, with roses and dia monds in her hair, looked, indeed, well worthy of being the beloved and honoured guest of that lordly company. Both the Prince and Princess seemed delighted with their reception, and the Princess especially was radiant with smiles and kindly recognitions of the fair faces around. The Princess Mary also excited universal admiration. Dance after dance followed, until at a little before 1 o'clock the band played the National Anthem, the heavy curtains at the head of the room were drawn aside, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, followed by the most illustrious and distinguished guests, passed down the ballroom to the apartment where the supper was laid out with more than regal splendour. As a spectacle it was one of almost un equalled magnificence. The room had been decorated by Mr. Stone entirely with military trophies. Four great stars, formed entirely of weapons, occupied each side of the room, each star requiring the mar tial equipment of almost an entire regiment to com plete it. Some were of immense weight, all were of great size and beauty, and those towards the centre of the room were encircled with wreaths formed of sabre blades, which had a most beautiful effect. Between these trophies, which glittered from a thousand different points, were noble groups of flags with men in armour at the bases, while at the head of the room, in the alcove where Foley's great statue of Caractacus stood last year, was one of the finest ornamental military trophies we have ever seen. It consisted of a group of figures in full suits of tilting armour, with vizor do wn and lance in hand. The centre kni g ht s sup ported shields bearing the Prince's plume and mottc, and the cross of the Dannebrog. Behind them were grouped a superb collec tion of ancient weapons —a perfect thicket of bristling points and blades, battleaxes, brown bills, two-handed swords, halberds, partisans, with hel mets, gauntlets, shields, greaves, and breastplates, mixed up with spears and wall pieces that had done duty from the Wars of the Roses to the time of the Ironsides of Cromwell. Behind all was a star, com posed of nearly a thousand ramrods, its c entre formed of a small glass device representing the Crosses of St. George and Andrew, with the badg e of the Brigade with its motto, " Tria juncta in uno. 111 OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-THIS kt , EVENING, and during the Week, at Half -past Ten, the FAIRY FOUNTAIN. "It is indeed a remarkable and beautiful spectacie."—lllustrated London News. ItOYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Trinm phant Success of the marvellous RISARELIS and LES TROIS NICIIOLETS. A RGYLL ROOM S.-JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERT S. NOTICE.—Durir g the Week the Selections will be—" Der Frieschutz "—` ? a Forza del Destino "—" Ii Trovatore " " Don Giovanni," &(3. --- LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half -past Nine to Twelve. Admission, le. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. 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H e rries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Sm ith, Pa y ne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;; Jones Loyd and Co. Co.;; Ba rcla y and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Mauls, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD.S. SMITH. Secretary, VII. VIII. IX. -X.-.. XI. THE GUARDS' BALL. The Guards' Ball, " The bright particular star" of this season, was given last night, and was a most magnificent and brilliant success. There is proba bly no social problem so difficult to solve as that of giving a very large ball with even tolerable success, and the difficulties increase tenfold when, as last night, Royalty has to be entertained on a scale of magnitude and splendour which gave almost a na tional importance to the fete. The whole arrange ments, then, for such an occasion must be absolutely perfect, and the events of the evening succeed each other with Courtly regularity, for the failure of one involves the confusion of all. With 2,000 of the highest and most distinguished of the land to receive and accommodate, the task of entertaining with cc/at becomes therefore formidable, for a con- tretemps at these fetes is never forgotten. It is no slight praise, therefore, to the officers of the Guards to say that on this great occasion they achieved a triumphant success, and that their fete was one which for the future is likely to be taken as the .• model of what such entertainments should be. From beginning to end, from the Brat arrival of the visi tors to the reception of the guests of the evening, _ _ 'rom the commencement of the dancing to the sup- per in the wonderfully decorated supper-room, it was emphatically a most brilliant fete, which those who witnessed will long and pleasantly remember. Nothing could be more appropriate than that the Brigade of Guards should entertain the Prince and his fair young bride—for this noble corps is with out dispute the foremost and finest representative of the English army; and though our young Heir Ap parent is not, literally speaking, a Guardsman, still it was as a Colonel attached to the Regiment of Grenadiers that he graduated in the army. Be• fore even the Princess Alexandra had landed in this country the Household Brigade determined on giving their late comrade an entertainment, which, as a matter of course, when the Prince was con sulted as to its nature, was at once decided to be a ball. Nearly a month ago the preparations com menced, and terminated only about an hour before the visitors began to arrive. In these preparations nothing which the most perfect good taste could suggest or the most profuse expenditure effect was neglected, and the result was, as we have said, suc cess ; and that this la as achieved so completely is due mainly, if not entirely, to the exertions of the committee of officers who had charge of it all:-- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, Grenadier Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. H. Byng, Coldstream Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel White, Scots Fusilier Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles Hay, Scots Fusilier Guards; Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., Scots Fusilier Guards ; Cap tain Lane, Coldstream Guards ; Captain the Hon. W. Clive, Coldstream Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards; Colonel Dudley Carleton, Coldstream Guards; Lientenant-Colonel Lord Eustace Cecil, Coldstream Guards. These gentlemen had the whole of the arrangements to organise, perfect, and mature. It was they who laboured at it till they were scarcely able to bear the additional fatigue of the ball itself, and it was they who, if anything had gone wrong, would have had to bear such a load of Brigade and Regimental obloquy as would have left them no resource but instant emigration. In reward for their zealous hard work all went well, and Colonel White, Colonel Verschoyle, and Colonel Sir Charles Russell deserve all the praise they have, above all others, so hardly earned in bringing about the success of last night. Nine o'clock was the hour fixed for the admission of visitors, and of course before that time there was a long array of carriages waiting, while there was still some finishing touches to be put to what was to be done inside. But, punctual to the minute, the officers of the Brigade were at their posts, and as 9 struck the doors were opened and the visitors began to arrive, at first fitfully and in little groups, but soon in a broad rich stream that covered the stairs. Occasionally the guard that lined the staircase "stood to present" as a guest of royal rank ascended, causing quite a flutter of expectation among the visitors above, but these visitors were so numerous that the false alarms ceased to excite much attention till his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge came who, as the most popular officer in the service, was of course welcomed with profound respect and sin cerity. Then came the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, then the Prince and Princess of Leiniegen, then the Count de Paris, the Due de Nemours, the Due and Duchess de Chartres, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duc de Montpensier, the Due Phillippe de Wurtemburg, Count and Countess Gleichen, his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, Baron de Pallandt, his Royal Highness Dhuleep Singh, his Serene Highness the Prince of Reusse, Prince and Princess Bandini. Within the entrance in the Cromwell-road the wide platform which formerly gave access to the Processes Court of the Exhibition was enclosed in a kind of draped pavilion, red and white, and bril liantly lighted. Here, on the left, was a sort of boudoir cloak-room for the use of all royal visitors ; but those to whom the fete was given, the Prince and Princess of Wales, had a special apartment to themselves, a wonderful fairy-looking sort of gossa mer structure, with walls of satin and roof of lace, in the gallery above. The wide flight of stairs by which the central entrance to the picture galleries used to be gained was draped with the traditional red, white, and blue, the colours of the regiment, with here and there central shields bearing the names of the most famous struggles of the Guards, from Steenkerke to Inkerman, the chronology of which events was, as it appeared to us, in some in stances capable of more accurate adjustment, if any one ever minded chronology at a ball. Men in armour, with groups of banners and lofty mirrors, with here and there fine statues and clusters of plants, made up the rest of the adornments at the entrance, which looked imposing and stately enough. Its best and most characteristic ornament, however, consisted of the tall, martial-looking forms of the Guardsmen themselves, the very elite of the rank and file of the brigade, men who had survived not only the pestilential atmosphere of Varna, but the still more desperate ordeals of Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol—men many of whom bore on their breasts not only the medal and clasps, but the medal for good conduct and the molal for distin guished conduct in the field. The presence of these men was one of the most striking as it certainly was one of the most pleasant features in the very beautiful scene. The first entrance-room was where the gallant hosts of the evening, all in full uniform, received their visitors. This apartment was fitted up as a drawing•room. The walls were hung all round, and to a considerable height from the floor, with a noble series of tapestries lent by her Majesty, who had, with the kindest condescension, offered to the officers of the brigade the use of any ornaments or statues they might require from Buckingham Palace. Between the tapestries were festoons of coloured cloth to relieve and heighten the effect, while the lofty screen which divided the furthest end of the apartment from the conservatory was filled in with what may almost be called s p acious mirrors, festooned around with amber - coloured satin hangings, and massive f rin g es and tassels to match. Tables with ornaments, with sofas, couches, and This magnificent trophy was raised ' ` „e‘ from the floor, and its base of scarlet riohed with a magnificent collection . plat lent by the Dukes of Cambridge, Wellltigt;*,, Buecleuch, the Marquises of Exeter, Salisbur Londonderry, the Earl of Derby, and, indeedN osta of the chief nobility famous for the rarity and value of their collections of pate. The centre piece of the buffet was the celebrated Flagman Waterloo Shield, the largest, and probaby the finest work of art in. gold in Europe—the first time that it had ever been lent by the Duke cf Wellington. On the table, itself, was a perfect monument in silver, belonging to the Duke of Buccleuch, while on every side were massive piles of silver-gilt cups, salvers, and cande labra. Some idea may be formed of the glittering profusion with which these costly ornaments were shown on this occasion, when it is stated that the vaiue of the plate lent for the fete arncuntr_d to neeily two millions sterling. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the chief memben of the Royal party on the right and eft, and the Ambassadors next to them, went through the form of eating sutnethint,-, but they were evidently much more occupied with the beautiful aspect of the supper-room around them, and with et ch other, than with what was set before them. Dancing was, of course, continued for the remainder of the guests while the Royal party stayed, rather than supped, in the salle-a-manger, but the attraction of the dancing did not entirely stop the tide of visitors when the observed of all observers, the Prince and Princess, were at the supper-table. The crowd indeed into the apart ment would have been too great but for the ad mirable arrangements of the Entertainment Com mittee, who foresaw, and provided for everything, and who checked the influx as soon as it threatened to become uncomfortable. Tho formal supper eating, as may readily be imagined, lasted but a short time, and the Royal party returned to the throned dais, and with them, of course, returned the throng who had till then evinced such an almost hungry anxiety to sup too. Not a minute did the Prince lose after his return in recommencing the festivities of the evening, and again figure after figure succeeded each other ' rapidly, the Prince with his untiring vivacity and kind genial humour standing up in every set, and the Princess also dancing often, but not waltzing. It was getting well on to the grey of dawn before their Royal Highnesses had quitted the room, and, as usual, at the termination of the fete, they seemed to have established such kindly and personal re lations with all present that not even the severest rules of etiquette could entirely check the loyalty of the visitors as the Prince and Princess retired. Their wholesome example of retiring early was not, however, by any means, generally emulated, and the dawn, bright and clear, found this most splendid entertainment still almost in the zenith of its gaiety and beauty. It will be long before we see another of the kind. 11 E 1-2 -‘PER abdttitl., cl9tJ • hrf FOUNDERING OF THE CATALONIAN. Stephen Kelly and Daniel M'Neil, able seamen, rescued from one of the boats of the Catalonian, Oporto and Liverpool steamer, have been examined on oath by the Receiver of Wrecks regarding the loss of the steamer, and the melancholy fate of their companions. They stated that they were ablesea men on board the steamer. They left Oporto for Liverpool at five p.m. on the Bth inst., with a light breeze from the south. The cargo, besides 350 head of cattle, consisted of woo!, oil, and wine, and was shipped by Messrs. F. Chemico, merchants of Oporto, No fault was to be found with the vessel. She was in good condition, and well found in stores. Nothing alarming happened till they reached abreast of Cape Finisterre, at 10 a.m. of the 9th, when it commenced blowing a heavy gale from the S.W. The ship was under steam and canvass. As the gale increased the vessel laboured heavily, but they kept her course—namely, N.E. half E. At 6 p.m., owing to the ship pitching so tremendously in the heavy sea, and the gale still holding out, all hands were called to take in the square sail for the purpose of leaving the ship to the wind. Daniel M'Niel was at the wheel ; he starboarded the helm, and the ship came up, but again fell off. The cap. tain finding the ship would not lay up in the wind, he set all head sail to keep her away. However, by this time she was becoming unmanageable; for the heavy seas she was constantly shipping got down into the engine-room and extinguished the fur -1 nace fires, and, to render the case worse, the cattle on deck had broken adrift, and rolled to leeward with terrific force. Suddenly the ship made a plunge from which she did not recover. She went down head foremost, Kelly and M'Neil saved themselves by the ship's boat, and after drifting about for three days were picked up by the brigan tine Angelina, of Cardigan, Captain Rees, master, who after wards put them on board the Una steam ship, of Waterford, and were landed at Liverpool. The number of lives lost in the wreck was 25. One was a passenger. They estimate the value of tho ship at £20,000, and that of the cargo at about £lO,OOO. Both steamer and cargo were insured at Lloyd's. RECENT WILLS AND BEUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort has been presented to the Court of Probate, but it becomes a question whether it will be proved in the ordinary course. The will of the Right Hon. George Granville Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, of W orsley. hall, Lancaster, and Bridgewater-house, St. James's, was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate under 1160,000 personalty. The executors are the Hon. Francis Egerton (the brother) and the Hon. and Rev. Lord John Thynne. The testator, who died at the early age of 39, was a twin. His twin brother died in infancy. His lordship married, in 1846, Lady Mary Campbell, daughter of the first Earl of Cawdor, and succeeded to the title and estates in 1857. His successor, their son, the present Earl of Ellesmere, heretofore Viscount Brackley, is in his 16th year. His lordship inherited a large portion of the property of the late Duke of Bridgewater, whose name of Egerton the first Earl assumed, in 1833, in lieu of Leveson-Gower. The will bears date 1861, and a codicil April, 1862. To his relict, the Countess of Ellesmere, beyond her marriage settlement and reversionary interest, his lordship bequeaths certain jewellery and other personal effects, and a life interest in the estate of Burwood, Surrey, which latter estate will revert to their second son, the Hon. Alfred John Francis Egerton, and to whom his lordship has bequeathed a legacy of £40,000. The estates in Lancashire and Cheshire a re devised to the present earl. The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Wray Martin-Leak e , of Queen. Ann-street, Marylebone, was proved in London under £30,000 personalty, by the sole executor, Mr. Charles Henry Moore, of w• street. The charitable bequests are —to inapo,c• the King's College Hospital, £200; Charing-cross Hospital, Middlesex: Hospital, Marylebone Marylebone Governesses' Benevolent Almshouse s , Dispensary, Institution, Distress e d Wi dows' Society, Sackville . street, each £lOO ; an d a small legacy to the Alden• ham parochial schools. RUSSIAN CLEMENCY.—The Posen Journal has tho following Madame M--, the wife of a landed proprietor in the neighbourhood of Wilna, waited en Gene ral Mouraviefl, the now governor, and requested hint to re vise the papers connected with her husband, who, she said, had been condemned unjustly by the former governor, Nazimoff, to six years' banishment to a distant government of the empire, Mouravieff listened very politely to what she had to say, and promised to make known the result. 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