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WILD FLOWERS TN OCTOBER, I would sing of you, sweet wild flowers, of your lovely beauty When wandering thrc 0.1 the forest by the mountain's gur- 12: stream I created things, Wth, ..e joyous spring wakes gladness in ai. _ And with light elastic tread her emerald mantle brings ; When the scented gales of summer breathe glowing life around, And the air is filled with music, and many a woodland sound ; When the bright autumnal tints :tire tokens of decay, Like the parting gleams of sunshine, as the spirit fades away. I would sing of you, sweet wild flowers, in the far sequestered Where nOhl shade, ancient oaks cause deep and s, :le❑ violets ;row of the murmuring brook below; arebell grace the red deer's fairy And the And wh Ty ferns in beauty wave beneath the azure dome; mina o'er the purple Mils 1 tread the dewy sod, ,ur, in communion with your free untutored Where, 16 !shness, your lonely haunts I trace r beauty, I converse seem to hold With Happy-days idmiliar friends of old to us, in the whispering weet flowers, from thei breez it mansions in them how IN tha lh rish each Ns-or and look, and tone, pe of meeting where partings are unknown at least it pulls :hard for the winning post.—Last not least, Punch, the keenest of satirists. Music.—Cocks's Musical Miscellany, No. 8, is more than usually interesting, and is enriched by some excellent music. The pretty ballad, " The Minne-Siinger's Dream"— the words by Mrs. Crawford, music by Joseph Warren—is worth the cost of the entire number, and it is but one of three. Uncle Tom's Cabin Polka, by W. H. Montgomery, (D'Almaine and C 0.,) has considerable merit. AUSTRALIA AND THE GOLD DIGGINGS DR. HUME'S SECOND LECTURE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION AT THE On Friday evening last, Dr. Hume delivered his second lecture in the lecture hall of the Collegiate Institution. The subject on this occasion was the " Gold Diggings;" and the interest of the public was shown by a very large Tease in the attendance, Dr. Hume began by showing that gol I was the metal LITERATURE. ,—Books, New Prints, Music, B,:c. review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red -court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor he LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded intended BOOKS FOR TIEVIE and receive attention the Adaptation of External Nature to the Phy icalCondition of Man. By John Kidd, M.D., F.R.S London: H. G. Bohn A cheap and elegant edition of one of the Bridge- water Treatises ; a series which should find a place in every family library. Sterling worth is one of the chief characteristics of the reprints of this en terprising publisher, and economy the other. The present volume possesses both these qualities, and should find a large circulation. We know few works which tend more to elevate the mind, and give grand views of the existence and goodness of the Creator, than these treatises : if read with care, and with a mind open to conviction, they will strengthen the believer, and disabuse of evil the mind of the sceptic. We therefore wish success to the present enterprise. Uncle Torn in England; a Proof that Black's White. London : Houiston and Stoneman. We have no sympathy with the volume before us, which is an impudent attempt to tack "an echo to the American Uncle Tom.' " The writer does not give his name, but appends his address to the preface; and he coolly tells us that " seven days from the time that the preface is dated [Sept. 11, 1852], not a line of the book was penned." This only shews his foolhardiness, and is a base apology for " many defects and inaccuracies," which, he says, " doubtless will appear in this edition." We have no desire to see a second, for the principle is a bad one, on which the author seeks to run a race for gold. If Mrs. Stowe's volume requires im provement, let the lady do it herself. She needs no bantling to bolster her. The White Slave. London: Vickers. We have received the first proof-sheet of this highly-popular work—the companion picture to " Uncle Tom's Cabin." It is to be completed in five numbers, at such a price as will put it in pos session of " the million." The Old Guard. By J. T. Headley H. Vizetelly. London: the fifth of the series of " Readable Books," and is not inferior to its predecessors. The author has culled from French works facts on which to found a history of the Imperial Guard of Napoleon. It is written with enthusiasm, and sometimes vigorously. Let us quote a single pas sage, from glorious Waterloo : " THE GUARD RECOILS !" " THE GUARD DIES-IT NEVER SURRENDERS!" " The Old Guard felt the pressure of the immense responsibility, and resolved not to prove unworthy of the great trust committed to its care. Nothing could be more imposing than its movements to the assault. It had never recoiled before a human foe, and the allied forces beheld with awe its firm and steady advance to th- final charge. For a moment the batteries stopped playing, and the firing ceased along the British lines, as, without the beating of a drum, or a bugle-note to cheer their steady couraee, they moved in dead silence over the field. Their tread was like the sound of muffled thunder, while the darzling helmets of the cuira.siers flashed long streams of light behind the dark and terrible mass that swept in one strong wave along. The stern Drouot was there amid his guns, and on every brow was written the unalterable resolution to conquer or die. The next moment the artillery opened, and the head of that gallant column seemed to sink into the earth. Rank after rank went down, yet they neither stopped nor faltered. Dissolving squadrons, and whole battalions disappearing one after another in the destructive fire, affected not their steady courage. The ranks closed up as before, and, each treading over his fallen comrade, pressed unflinchingly on. The horse which Ney rode fell under him, and scarcely bad he mounted another before it also sank to the earth, and so another and another, till five in succes sion had been shot under him ; then, with his drawn sabre, he marched sternly at the head of his column. In vain did the artillery hurl its storm of fire and lead into that living mass. Up to the very muzzles they pressed, and, driving the artillerymen from their pieces, pushed on through the English lines. But just as the victory seemed won, a file of soldiers, who had lain flat on the ground behind a low ridge of earth, suddenly rose and poured a volley in their very faces. Another and another followed, till one broad sheet of flame rolled on their bosoms, and in such a fierce and unexpected flow that they staggered back before it. Before the Guard had time to rally again and advance, a heavy column of infantry fell on its left flank in close and deadly volleys, causing it in its unset tled state to swerve to the right. At that instant a whole brigade of cavalry thundered on the right flank, and pene trated where cavalry had never gone before. * * * * The eagles of that hitherto invincible Guard were pushed backwards down the slope. It was then that the army, seized with despair, shrieked out, The Guard recoils ! the Guard recoils !' and turned and fled in wild dismay. To see the Guard in confusion was a sight they had never before beheld, and it froze every heart with terror. Still these veterans refused to fly ; rallying from their disorder, they formed into two immense squares of eight battalions, and turned fiercely on the enemy, and nobly strove to stem the reversed tide of battle. For a long time they stood and let the cannon-balls plough through their ranks, disdaining to turn their backs to the foe. Michel, at the head of those brave battalions, fought like a lion. To every command of the enemy to surrender, he replied, The Guard dies, it nerer surrenders;' and, with his last breath bequeathing this glorious motto to the Guard, he fell a witness to its truth. Death traversed those eight battalions with such a rapid footstep, that they soon dwindled to two, which turned in hopeless daring on the overwhelming numbers that pressed their retiring foot steps. Last of all but a single battalion, the debris of the ' column of granite' at Marengo, was left. Into this Napoleon flung himself. Cambronne. its brave com mander, saw with terror the Emperor in its frail keeping. He was not struggling for victory—he was intent only on showing how the Guard should die. Approaching the Emperor, he cried out, ' Retire ! Do you not see that death has no need of you ? ' and, closing mournfully yet sternly round their expiring eagles, those brave hearts bade Napoleon an eternal adieu, and, flinging themselves upon the enemy, were soon piled with the dead at their feet. Many of the officers were seen to destroy them selves rather than survive defeat. Thus greater in its .1.4.. f than nnv nthPr 11•11.:pc n F men in ffninirlf, • • C, tory, the Old Guard passed from the stage, and the cur tain dropped upon its strange career. It had fought its last battle.' SERIALS. - The Biographical Magazine (Ed wards) goes on flourishingly—Mirabeau and John Sterling have met with careful attention, an', like its confreres, the magazine sums up with a life of Wellington.—The Protestant Magazine (Shaw) is vigorous, and true to its standard. We read with melancholy interest the accounts of the Tuscan persecutions, less from their individuality than as indicative of the deeply-rooted spirit of oppression with which those who renounce Popery are visited. With horrid cruelty their lives are burdened.-- The Christian Family Advocate (Houlston and Stoneman) is no less true to Protestantism. The present number, which is the fifth of the series, is ably written, and sufficiently varied in its contents to make it genera ll y rea d a bl e i n th e f am il y . Th e ‘ Second Wife" is a simple, well-told tale; and the " Convent of Port-Royal," Part V., has all the ele gance and interest of p r e ce di ng num b ers .—Th e Temperance Chronicle (rweedie) ; zealous in a good cause, it commends itself by th e efficiency of its manag ement. —The M icroscope (Edwards). This is the first part of a new work, which is to be com pleted in twelve monthly numbers. We have exa mined it carefully, and can confidently recommend it. In fact, to youths or young ladies, we consider it an invaluable companion to their stud ies . T he language is simple and perspicuous, and the objects chosen for the display of those hidden things which the _microscope reveals, happily selecM. , The -cuts are numerous and fa he type the text.— being large, the eye is not wearied The Home Companion (Bennett) is similar in all re spects to those numbers which ha Wonderful Things (Edwards gone before.— com plet matter is good and doubtless juvenile readers will esteem it a favourite.—Faini liar Things, No. 22, (Hall, Virtue, and C 0.,) keeps up its c h arac t er , an d a dd resses it se lf t o t h e same class of intelligent readers.—Walks Abroad (Ben nett) claims our favourable attention ' • and the Juvenile Penny M agaz i ne (H ou l ston and Stoneman) shews that though many have started in the race, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, OCTOI3ER, 19, 1852. ARIE TIES TN A BARBER'S SHOP in North Shields there is a bill recommending a certain patent medicine, with the ver dubious heading, " Try one box rpd." r medic ever be re "Julius, what is a parallelearam ?" PARALLELOGRAM.— " A parry what ?" " A ogram, Mr. Snow, is_ pro )arallelo laced b 3 m." " A Parallel- stance of a triangle from de equilibrium of half de ra dishes. Do you understand ?' "Of course I does only axed to see how much de gger know ACROSTIC G reat king ! before whose magic pow A cringing world in terror bends ! M aster of all t In every hour M an worships thee: thy rule extends O'er rich and poor alike. 0 prir N e'er shall thy sway he less for ant of tools A LAST LooK.—There is a feeling that resembles death, in the last glance we are ever to bestow on a loved object. The girl you have treasured in your secret heart, as she passes by on her wedding- day, it may be, happy and blissful, lifts up her laughing eyes, the symbol of her own light heart, and leaves in that look darkness and desolation for ever. The boy your father's spirit has clung to like the very light of your existence, waves his hand from the quarter-deck, as the gigantic ship bends over to the breeze ; the tears have dimmed his eyes, for mark ! he Moves his fingers over them—and this is a last look. ENGLISH SOLDIERS IN FRANCE.—" However, it 'a military ; and abroad, my dearest Kitty, if not a soldier, you are nothing. The Englishmen are so well aware of this, that not one of them would venture to present him self at a foreign court in that absurd travestie of footmen called the ' Corbeau' coat. Even the lawyers and doc tors, the newspaper editors, the railroad peoplo. the civil engineers, end the salicitors, all come out as Yorkshire Hussars, Gloucestershire Fencibles, Hants Rifles, or Royal Archers ; these last, very picturesque, with kilt, fillabeg, and dirk, much handsomer than any other High land Regiment."— The Dodd Family Abroad. No. 11. " Mn. SHOWMAN, what is that ?"—" That, my dear, is the rhinocercow. He is cousing German, or Dutch relative to the unicorn. He was born in the desert Sary Ann, and feeds on the bamboo and missionaries. He never leaves his home unless he moves, in which case he goes somewhere else, unless he is overtaken by the dark. He is a very courageous creature, and whips when he conquers. He was brought to this country much against his will, which accounts for his low spirits when he 's melancholy and dejected. He is now somewhat aged, although he has seen the day when he was the youngest specimen of animated nature in the world. Pass on, my little dear, and allow the ladies to survey the ring-tailed monkey, a hinimal that can stand banging like a feller critter, only it 's reversed." NIGGER SAME() AND HIS READINESS FOR HEAVEN. —Poor old Sambo was very pious, and as he became stricken in years, and looked upon the world and its sur roundings as vanity and vexation of spirit, he flattered himself into the belief that he was willing and anxious to die. He would often sing and ejaculate, " Wheneber de angel ob de Lord shall call, poor old Sambo is ready to go." Now this became commonly known amongst the younger dsrkies upon the plantation, who had a grudge against old Sam, because he was "a terror to evil doers." Accordingly, one night a negro wag crept to the door of the hut, and waited for old Sam to begin. First came the hymn, and at length, with a sigh and a groan, he began to sway his body, and out it came, " Wheneber de angel of de Lot d shall call, poor Sambo is ready to go." Tap, tap, tap, upon the door. " Who dar ?" shouted Sam, turning his eyes until the whites alone were visible. "De angel oh de Lord." " What do he want ?" gasped Sambo. "He come for old Sambo," was the dreaded reply. " Phugh!" out went his candle at one puff; " Dar aint no Sambo here ; he 'a gone dead mor'n tree weeks !" " E'yah ! e'yah ! e'vah ! " shouted a chorus from without.—New York Spirit of the Times. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY -(FIFTH NOTICE.) No. 105, " Portrait of Miss Denton," by Mr. John Robertson. This gentleman has numerous specimens of his talent in the collection, but the above portrait is cer tainly the best. As a painting it is very meritorious • the colouring is excellent, and the graceful ease of the draw ing adminble. Miss Denton is a very young lady, who, tired with play, has thrown herself on the ground. We do not know which to praise most, the highly-finished painting, or the perfectly natural position of the subject. Mr. W. Huggins. a rising artist of our own town, has seven pictures in the exhibition : we have already alluded to one. The forte of this artist is evidently in animal painting. His best picture in the exhibition is No. 106, a portrait of John Deane Case, Esq., and his favourite hunter. The animal is admirably painted, but its master is not so well finished there is a crudeness about this and a few other of Mr. Huggins' portraits which he will do well to correct. His likenesses are excellent :we have seen many, and the one just mentioned of Mr. Case is very like the orijnal. Mr. Copley Fielding has enriched our exhibition this year with half -a-dozen of his gems ;—thev are all small sketches, but exhibit the good taste of the artist. N 05.107 and 417 are sketches made on the Weald of Sussex. The high finish and rich warm colouring of these small pictures of Copley Fielding, remind us forcibly of some of Linnel's bright little views, where nature always appears in the most charming mellow tints. 111 and 112: "The Toilet," and " Perfectly Satisfied," two clever little sketches by Mr. Wm. Helmsley, exhibit ing considerable skill and much humour in the first : a young rustic is engaged in front of a small looking-glass propped up by a jug, he is engaged in polishing his exte rior with all the accessories of a clean country lad's toilet. In the second picture the same youth is viewing himself with much satisfaction, having donned his gaberdine and brushed his hair in the most approved style. These pic tures have given great satisfaction to the crowds who have daily visited the exhibition. 116. " The Garden of Eden," by J. P. Pettitt. No one can look at this fine picture without feeling that the artist has attentively studied the subject. Who has not attempted to imaline the beauties of that wondrous place where our first parents first drew the breath of life ? Those who have done so will feel that Mr. Pettitt has done full justice to their imaginings. We seem at once to recognise the earthly paradise, and its fair river boundaries. The style of painting is not unlike that of Muller, and displays masterly skill in the execution. 117 and 267, yby Mr. H. M. Anthony. The first of these is a forest scene, called " Beeches and Fern"—the other is " The Village Bridal," exhibiting a village church and church-yard, with the villagers awaiting the exit of the marriage party. These two large pictures evidence talent of no mean kind, notwithstanding the pre-Raffaelitish affectation which disfigures the genius of the artist. If our academy were obliged to award their prize to a pre-Raffaelite picture, either of these were better entitled to it than the picture of Millais. RAILW AY INTELLIGENCE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—It has lately been rumoured that Mr. Russell has, through ill health, re signed the chair of the Great Western, but we are not aware that the rumour is well founded.—Herepath. EXTENSIVE LAND SLIP ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—On Wednesday morning the traffic on the main line of the Great Northern Railway was suddenly interrupted by an extensive slip of earth in the Spittalgate cutting, about a mile south of Grantham. It appears that the stratum through which the cutting is formed con sists of marl and clay and alluvial soil, and that the late heavy rains having penetrated into the cracks and fissures at the top of the cutting, and expanded the soil at the bottom, the west side suddenly gave way about four o'clock on Wednesday morning, under the vibration of a heavy goods train, which was proceeding northwards. Buuuc tl.vaoaude of tone of earth fen upon both lines of rails, burying the engine and foremost trucks of the train, which, of course, was brought to a stand. The engine driver and stoker both escaped unhurt. On examination it was found that the down rails had been completely forced from their bed, and, with the engine and tender, deposited on the other line of rails. The slip extended about a hundred yards, and it is not the first that has oc curred here. The obstruction was so great that it was feared some days must elapse before the traffic could be resumed. The through passenger trains were forwarded from Peterborough to Retford by way of the loop. TRAFFIC RETURNS.-The traffic returns for the week ending Oct. 10th, on the undermentioned English lines of railway, are as follows :- 1852. 1851. £ £ 50,699 .. 64.315 25,261 .. 24,531 17,068 19,647 12,100 .. 15,763 13.755 .. 14,622 19,637 .. 29,605 17,844 .. 20,415 9,901 .. 9,847 7,426 .. 8,220 5,305 .. 5,450 16,790 .. 16,459 2,024 .. 1,826 16,451 .. 17,757 14.726 .. 13,666 3,700 .. 4,175 5,422 1,342 2,161 2,263 4,720 2,147 2,642 5,606 London and North-Western.... Midland Lancashire and Yorkshire...... London and South-Western .... London and Brighton.. Great Western South-Eastern York and North-Midland Alanchester, Shelf. and Lincoln Bristol and Exeter York, Newcastle, and Berwick Shrewsbury and Chester Eastern Counties and Norfolk Great Northern Chester and Holyhead ..... North Staffords Leeds Northern South Devon. South Wales.. East. Lancashi Birk. Lane. at Easter❑ Unior nd Chesty. June, South Yorkshire.,, Stockton and Hartl Taff Vale ...... North Western ... The total receipts 5,327 971 2,052 2,055 5.369 2.301 !03 in the corre .. 1,581 , 2,067 700 g £270,898, eek of last y'ear is shown to be . £21.305. The number of m il es open on the above was, in 1852, 4,936, and in 1851 4,7-19.3 showing an increase of 1861 miles. The returns for the correspondinz week in 1850 on the above lines was £230,773, and the mileage 4,6951. The receipts per mile per week, for 1852, on the above lines is £54 17s. 7d. ; in 1851, the receipts were £6l 10s. 3d.; and in 1850, £49 2s. 5d., so that the decrease of 1852 on 1851 is £6l2s. Bd., r 1850, £5 153. 2d. decrees (increase ove first mentioned in the oldest known book. It was referred to as a sort of identifying mark, the River " the whole :and of Havilah, where ther of the gold is sp2cified, and the objects n with which it is found : " The gold of that 'onipass- The very quait s good, there is bdellium and the onyx stone." Fr'm a very early period, too, it was the symbol of office, as it various from emperors down to A DAY MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. THEATRE-ROYAL.-This " legitimate" house has been converted, stage within stage, into a very elegant theatre for surprisingly beautiful puppets, called " Marionettes ;" and the public are liberal in their patronage. The little figures are scarcely a yard in height, and are sumptuously attired ; their limbs move with facility, and the under-jaw is obedient to the words spoken. The deception is per fect ; and, but for the cords by which they are suspended, and an occasional skating motion instead of walking, and sometimes a walking on nothing, one could imagine him self in a theatre so large that living artists were reduced by distance to those tint figures. The performances com mence with the following introductory address, very pointedly delivered by a puppet •in the character of to my probability of seeing what all seemed manager : LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ! By ancient rizht Or lee non scripti—let it pass to- • A manager, no matter what his size is Claims a few words before the curtain'rises To-night a new experiment is tried, On which we humbly ask that you'll decide A Lilliputian army marches down, To take that kind old Gulliver, the Town ; And, if we can but bind him in alliance, We'll set all bigger rivals at defiance. But what can figures do ? Do ! Ask our Neckar, The smiling chancellor of the exchequer. He vows (and, like ourselves, he's Wood, you know) There's nothing figures can't be made to show. Some may object that actors made of wood Can't copy feelings owned by flesh and blood We hope that this objection won't be yours, Seeing how many slicks the town endures. Shall we cite precedents from former days ? Ben Johnson wrote for puppets —see his plays. Prince Hamlet wishes, in his liveliest sally, Ophelia's self " could see the puppets daily." In later times, when snuff-box, patch, and fan, Were fashion's weapons, under good Queen Anne The arbiter of all things, high and low, The great SPECTATOR patronised our show. Surely the nicest scruples are removed— " Cato might do what Addison approved." So deign to see—then give your gentle sentence— We'il introduce you to some new acquaintance. Our company—two hundred, rank and tlie— Wait t,ut the favouring sunshine of your smile. Tragedians and comedians, heroines fair, The corps of ballet dancers, light as air ; Singers of every range, from growl to scream, Who don't sing small, however small they seem. While for our scenes—Joe Miller let us quote, And hope our canvas will command your vote. The dresses you must like—l'm sure you will— (I only wish you saw our tailor's bill). With your permission, then, we'll do our best, And to your kind indulgence leave the rest. If in our frolics you consent to aid, We'll make Arcadia here, in our Arcade. Christmas is wont at dark his waits to bring Back our light weights, and cheer our fairy-ring. Laugh, when dull folks look grave on our vagaries— And perhaps you'll call us a " Fast School of Fairies." We dash at all things, be it understood. Nor iet " I dare not" wait upon our " Wool)." But let me cease our merits to extol, Lest you should say, with Falstaff,— " Peace, good Doll !" This is followed by an appropriate sketch, called " The Manager's Room ;" the characters being the manager, an orignal author of foreign translations, leading actor, lead ing tragedy lady, premier dansenr, prima donna, and servant. The dialogue between the manager and visitor is sharp and piquant. Here is an extract :- 21fauager.—This house is pretty—that can't be denied. Vamp.—Well, that's a point the public must decide. You've spent some money here. Man.— Ha! You said some, A sum whose figures sometimes s•rike me dumb; But if my patrons like my work —all's right. Vamp.—You'll soon find out? When's theopening night ? Man.—We'll fix it when we see our prospect clear. No " unavoidable postponements" here; No "serious illnesses," which mean, in fact, An actor's sadly indisposed—to a:t. No doctor's sham certificates sent down By prima donnas dining out of town. No mock sprained legs, when dancers' guar:els ranl'e, And what puts out the temper, not the ankle — Humbug, of which the town has seen enough. Our well-stuffed actors scorn that kind of stuff. Our troop is moral—nothing wrong is seen— No green-room lounger comes behind the scene— At our stage-door folks leave no billet doux— Charged with false love, backed up by jewels true ; No tinsel wreaths come down, nor laurels green, To crown our prima donna as a queen. No stale bouquets upon our footlights lodge— We leave to larger folks that favourite dodge. The dancing is most excellent. The first part of the en tertainment closes with a concert, in capital burlesque, by ebony marionettes ; and a gorgeous spectacle, entitled " Aladdin," brings the performances to a close. This week the programme is somewhat varied, " Bombastes Furioso" taking the place of one of the early pieces. THE AMPHITHEATRE.-0a Friday, the performances at this elegant place of amusement were for the benefit of Miss Fanny Baker ; and the numerous attendance in all parts of the house, showed that a Liverpool public ap preciated the talents of their fair townswoman. The first piece was the comedy, entitled, "Time works wonders," which was well got up, and the respective parts were delineated with much ability. This was followed by a new farce, entitled, " Off to the Digeins," by Mr. Night ingale, a member of the Liverpool Dramatic Society. The plot was simple ; the connection with Australia being accomplished by means of a dream, in which, by the aid of effective scenery, a very good idea of the diggins was given. The dialogue was full of witticisms, many having a local tendency -; and the heartiness with which they were applauded, showed the readiness with which they were taken. At its conclusion the author was loudly called for; and if we may judge by the cheering from all par's of the house, the farce was decidedly successful. It is, however, capable of improvement, and will, no doubt, be judiciously amended for future representations. The performances this week are almost entirely benefits ; that of this evening being for that most obliging boxkeeper, Mr. Weston. THE BERNAIS SINGERS, SO favourably known here, appear at the Concert-hall to-night and several nights this week. MR. HENRY RUSSELL gives his American Entertain ment every night next week, at the Concert-hall. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—We paid our first visit for the season to the Concert-hall on Saturday, when we found an immense assembly enthusiastically applauding a madrigal, with which the concert was begun. We soon perceived that the audience was determined to have quid pro quo in larger quantity, perhaps, than the physical powers of the fair artistes could well render ; for nearly everything throughout the evening received an encore. This was scarcely judicious, though it was hearty ; and though we could not say of the people that they were appreciative, they at least did not err in pouring favour on the best parts of the entertainment. Mrs. Alexander Newton was the star of the evening, and we were charmed with her voice and execution : the other lady, Miss Ryalls, must triumph over a physical infirmity, which impairs her singing, before she will rival her companion in song ; nevertheless, she sang with feeling, and gave much satisfaction. We have always a great treat in Mr. Ryalls, whose voice is sweet, and execution elegant and artistic. We would encourage Mr. J. Ward in his con certina performances. With command of the instrument, he played tastefully, and brought out the sweetest harmony. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The English Glee and Madrigal Union, consisting of Mrs. Entlersohn, Miss Williams, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. Henry Phillips, are engaged for this evening (Tuesday), when the admirers of English vocal music will have a rich treat. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS WARD MEETINGS The proceedings in anticipation of the municipal elec tions on the Ist of November, are increasing in interest as the time approaches for the decision. Several meetings have taken place in the Wards where the representation will be contested, and active exertions are being made to secure the return of the respective candidates. EVERTON.—The retiring member, Mr. Chalmer, will he opposed by Mr. T. D. Anderson. A meeting of the friends of the former gentleman was held on Friday at the Derby Arms Hotel. Kirkdale, which was attended by Mr. Alderman Langsdale and Mr. Bigham, and resolutions were passed expressive of the confidence of the meeting i❑ Mr. Chalmer. SCOTLAND.—A meeting of the friends of Mr. Bigham took place on Tuesday, Mr. Gardner in the chair. Mr. Bigham addressed the meeting at some length, as did several other gentlemen, and the most cordial appr oval of the candidate was expressed. ST. PAUL'S.—The re-election of Mr. T. Godfrey is to be opposed by Mr. T. Savage, and several meetings have taken place in consequence. On Monday week a meet ing was held of the friends of Mr. Savage at the New York Hotel, in Union-street ; and on the following day a meeting of the supporters of Mr. Godfrey took place at the Commercial Inn, in Earl-street, which was nume rously and influentially attended. Another meeting took place on Thursday, at the New York Inn, Union-street, when resolutions were passed agreeing to support Mr. Godfrey. GREAT GEORGE.-Mr. J. M'Nicoll, timber merchant, has been brought forward to oppose the re-election of Mr. J. Rogers. A numerous meeting was held on Thurs day at the St. George's Tavern, and resolutions in favour of Mr. M'Nicoll were unanimously agreed to. The following is a list of the members of the Council who retire on the Ist of November next, and also of the candidates : Ward. Retiring Metnbers. Candidates. T. Chaliner T. Chahner. T. D. Anderson J. Bighorn. Ever ton Scotland J. Bigham . J. Atkinson Vauxhall .. J. Moss. j T. Godfrey 1 T. Savage. St. Paul's, T. Godfrey Exchange... Castle-street St. Peter's .. Pitt-street .. J.Tyrer J. Tyrei: r. Avison T. Avison J. C. F J.C. Fernihough T. Toulaiin .... mihougl T. Toulmin Great George J. Rogers J. Rogers. 1 J. AP.Nicoll. A. F. Jones. I. J. B. 13raucker 5 B. Hall. Rodney-street A. F. Jones Abercroml B. ILII It. Gladstone, . J. A. Picton. Lime-street J. A. Picton St. Anne's W. K. Tyrer J F. Shand. 1 T. L. Hudson. A. Henderson.. A. Henderson. { W. Earle. . W. J. Horsfall T, Lloyd -IH. Halhead. West Derby South Tosteth W. J. Hors North Toxteth.... T. Lloyd A SYDNEY LETTER-WRITER says that immediately an emigrant ship comes i❑ sight;, proposals are made to every young lady on board with a speaking-trumpet'. There's a " settler" for her ! ANOTHER AUSTRIAN LOAN.-11IC Universal German Gazette states that a bunking-house in London has offered to raise a loan for Austria of ten millions sterling on very favourable conditions for the government, but that the offer has not been accepted. AT CHESTER. ..o. THE QUEEN'S VISIT A VISIT to the ancient city of Chester must be at all times an object of interest to those who feel a veneration for the thing of former years; but it was rendered far more so on Wednesday last, when the good citizens were honoured with a passing visit by our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, wi.h her Royal Consort and the Prince of \Vales, whose title of Earl of Chester gave him a double attraction in I left Birkenhead by the train at half-past their e :ourtesy of the railway compan being furnished with a ticket for the Chester platform, I felt at ease aq )us of seeing. Oa my arrival at Chester, after a plea- sant ride, I took the opportunity of the intervening time to have a look at the old city. Entering it at the East_ gate, T mounted the city walls, and enjoyed, what 1 be- ;ye can be found nowhere else, at least in England, a continuous walk on the top of a time-honoured fortifi- cation, making the complete circuit. This walk presents many objects of interest. Oa the south was the river Dee, crossed by three bridges, and commanded by the Castle, in which, through the frowning portholes, could be seen the bright accoutrements of the soldiers, who are quar tered there. A little further on is the celebrated Chester race-course, bearing the local title of the Roodee, and, certainly, for the object to which it is devoted, T should suppose it to be unequalled. Here is a course about a mile in circuit, in the centre of a natural amphitheatre, from every point of which a race must be visible. No wonder that, despite the distance from the great metro polis, the Chester races are becoming as important as any in the kingdom. Continuing my circuit on the wall, I reached a tower devoted to the Museum of the Mechanics' Institution ; and farther on, another ancient tower, from which, as 1 was informed by a tablet, Charles 11. wit nessed the destruction of his army at Rowton Moor, which here lay open to the view ; while beneath was a canal cut in the solid, and forming an apparently frightful chasm in the foundations of the city. Returning into the streets, I could not fail to be struck with the general busy stir of anxious preparation, and the ar rival of a carriage and four at the Royal Hotel, with the Marquis of Westminster and two of his family, to pay their respects to Her Majesty. Although the time fixed for the arrival of Her Majesty was not until five mi nutes after four o'clock, it was announced that the doors leading to the platform at the station would be opened at two o'clock ; but long before that hour the spacious area in front of the really handsome building was ornamented with numbers of well-dressed people, and the greatest ex citement was shown in the constant arrival of carriages o all descriptions, bringing hundreds more. So dense was the crowd, that before the gates were opened shrieks were heard from tender females, excited by the unwonted pres sure, and everything betokened that the dulness of the ordinary quiet locality had been for ouce roused into ex cessive activity. Great credit is due to the managers of the railway for the consideration which they paid to the loyal desires of the public, and the precautions which they took to ensure the safety and comfort of all. That portion of the platform near the principal entrance was covered with scarlet baize, the walls were decorated with laurels and silk flags, while throughout the long station, which I was told extended for a quarter of a mile, every pillar bore a flag, and made the coup d'wil really beauti ful. While waiting for the coming train, the attention of the assembled thousands was excited by the arrival of a guard of honour, consisting of a hundred of the Twenty-third Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusileers, un der the command of Major Lysons, and preceded by their band of regimental colours. They were followed shortly afterwards by a detachment of Royal Artillery, and the station was still further guarded by a troop at each end of the Cheshire Yomanry Cavalry under the command of Lieut.-Col. Lord de Tabley, Lieut.-Col. Sir Philip Egerton, Bart., Capt. Hill, Lieuts. Hill, Palin, and Potts, and Cornet Antrobus. I said before that the time for the arrival of the royal train was five minutes past four, and, true to the character of Her Majesty for strict punctuality, precisely as the hand of the station clock pointed to that time and all were on the tip-toe of expectation, the steam from the royal engine was visible within the station. On the train being brought to a stand Her Hajesty declined to alight, when the worshipful the Mayor of Chester (P. S. Humberston, Esq.,) the Sheriff (1 3 . Eaton Esq.,) and the members of the Corpora tion, presented her with a loyal address, followed by a similar one from the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese. A few minutes sufficed for these little ceremonies, and the train slowly moved on for the completion of the journey to Bangor, giving the thousands on the platform an opportunity of beholding Her Majesty as she stood at the open window of the royal carriage surrounded by her consort and children. I remarked that, though she was certainly greeted with cheers, they were not of that up roarious character which sometimes accompany a Royal progress. The citizens of Chester paid their Queen the far hither compliment of showing that their excess of anxiety to see her, their enthusiastic loyalty transcended all other ideas, and the majority forgot to'cheEr until it was too late for them to be heard. Her Majesty looked somewhat flushed as though from exposure to a keen wind, but in common with most others I did not notice either the Prince or the children, the Queen being the cynosure of all eyes, and no time was afforded for the sight to wander. The pageant being over, the crowd, which I judge must have numbered nearly twenty thousand, quietly dis persed, and I we ded my way back to Chester, in com pany with two or three friends from Birkenhead. We traversed that extraordinary relic of antiquity, the East gate row, where the footpath is through the centre of the houses on the first floor, and admired some curious old sculptures on the front of somo of the houses. We also visited the Cathedral, where, owing to the unwonted ex citement of the day, there was no afternoon service, and havingrefreshed ourselves at that curious hostelry adjoining the Eastgate and known as " the Kitchen," we once more proceeded to the station, and were conveyed, with praise worthy punctuality, to Bi-kenhead. I cannot conclude this brief sketch of a day at Chester without exprt,ssing my great satisfaction at the treat which such a visit affords, and a recommendation to 4 1 1 who have not yet been to Chester to seize the first opportunity of revelling in such a comprehensive specimen of archeological interest VIATOR still is with t' We read that " Pharoh took off his ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold s of corporate towns chain about his neck." A similar act of investiture, or delegation of power took place at the command of Bel shazzar, when they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. The patriarch Abraham resembled the modern Australians, not only in his occupations and mode of life, but he " was rich in cattle, and in silver, and in gold." Its early use in personal ornaments may be seen from the s servant made to Rebecca, " a golden ear-ring of half a shekel, and two bracAets of ten shekels." Also, in the days of Job's latter prosperity, when his friends came to visit him, every ona gave him "an ear-ring of gold." There is a notice of the procuring of the metal in the Book of Job. " Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for the gold where they fine it;" and again " as for the earth, it hath dust of gold." It is clear, from some of these passages, that the Hebrews did not acquire their skill in the working of gold from the Egyptians, though the latter were also acquainted with it from a very early period. In the interesting Egyptian Museum of our townsman, Mr. Mayer, there is old which, from an inscription upon it, is sup )osed to have belonged to a Pharoah who ruled in Egypt during the time of Joseph. There is also a high degree of probability that some of the mummies whose fittings exhibit a large amount of gilding belong to that period. nts which Abraham a ring of Gold is not only a precious metal from the difficulty of procuring it and the desire of people to possess it ; it has also been called a perfect metal. It possesses more beauty than others, it does not readily tarnish, it is more easily worked than many, from its malleability, ductility, &c., and it does not lose by dross. Unlike iron and some other metals which the ordinary observer would not re cognise in their original state, gold is found nearly pure and free from mixture with extraneous matters. For a similar reason, the use of copper preceded that of iron ; the bronze age in antiquarian researches being long ante rior to the iron age. It is probable, therefore, that iron was not known until long after gold was in current use, From its value as a symbol of wealth, men have alwa7s been proud of exhibiting it in their houses or on their persons. King Ahasuerus had " beds of gold and silver upon a pavement of red and blue, and white and black marble." This was following the modern heraldic rule of putting a metal on a colour. Solomon had 200 targets of beaten gold. 300 shields of gold, and his throne was overlaid with the best cold. The buildings which they wished specially to adorn or honour, were extensively cult. The Tabernacle was gilded in part • in one of the Temples of Jerusalem, the inmost chamber was gilt around its walls ; in another, the spikes to prevent the ravens from sitting on the roof, were of gold ; and in the third, the abundance of gold was so great, that when the building was set fire to during the siege, the molten stream flowed like a river. But the use of gold is sometimes a matter of policy, to secure facility in removal. In the countries where property is insecure, a large amount of wealth is preserved in in gots and coins ; and the women of the east, who are often the bankers for their husbands, use gold coins for their personal decorations. It is not unusual for a Californian or Australian to return to this country laden with ch ins, rings, buttons. and studs, of native gold workmanship; and, in South America, the humblest domestic utensils are often of gold or silver, in houses that can scarcely boast the possession of a bed or chair. When gold and silver were first used as a medium of exchange, they were used by weight, as is the case in California or Australia at the present hour ; and the earliest word representing money (" shekel," Genesis, xxiii. 13 15) signifies weight. The first commercial transaction on record is thus men tioned :—" And Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant." The principle is still retained ; as, in the Peninsula and the Spanish and Portusuese colonies, one hears constantly of the ounce,—i. e., the coin represent ing an ounce of gold. There must have been great abun dance of the precious metals at various periods of the past, —of one of which we read that King Solomon " made silver and gold as plenteous as stones at Jerusalem." Gold is usually found in the beds of rivers, or in places where water has flowed. If we trace the gold districts as marked in enlarged maps of New South Wales, we find them running for many miles down the course of the Goulbourn, the Lachlan, and the Macquarie. The tri butaries of these are also loaded with auriferous deposit ; and no fewer than 27 branches or " creeks" of one river are marked on the maps as gold districts. Experienced persons can tell the precise part of a river where gold is most likely to be obtained, viz., at those parts of its course where thestream has flowed slowly,and gradually dropped that which it bore or forced along. The heaviest portions are found nearest to the original bed ; the lighter and less valuable at the greatest distance. Geologists account for these facts by directing us to a series of previous ones. From the well-known principles of that science, we are aware that there are crusts of the earth of great age, and lying usually fer below the surface ; while the more modern rocks, and those still in process of formation, lie near the surface. But even the oldest stra tified rocks with which we are acquainted, are frequently forced to the surface by the action of those older still, which are called unstratified, and which have been protruded probably with the force of a central fire, and shot up into mountain peaks. These " igneous" rocks, the oldest of all, have produced important changes on the stratified ones with which they came in contact in their heated state; and, in cooling, they have left rents and fissures which have afterwards been filled up with various substances, — quartz, the metals, &c. The action of the atmosphere, —rains, physical forces, and especially frost, contributes to the disintegration of all our mountains ; and hence the fragments of rock containing gold have been gradually broken off—their weight presenting an additional reason. In its original deposit, gold is purest and best at top, and worst at bottom •, the best specimens are, therefore, most readily broken off, and the worst remain longest in their original position. Gold-washing is, therefore, more pro fitable in general than gold mining : the latter takes place among the hilts, the former on the slope or in the plains. Gold has been found in many countries of the world. It is mentioned in Job that " Gold (translated " fair weather" in the text) cometh from the north." It also came from India, the golden Chersonese, and from Ethio pia, in the time of the ancients. The mines of the Ural have evidently been worked from an early period, for the instruments of the primitive people arc found beside their skeletons—stone sledges for crushing, boars' tusks for picking, and the skin-bags for removing. There is hardly a country of Europe that has not produced gold, especially Transylvania and parts of Spain. In England it has been found, especially in Cornwall, and in Scotland £300,000 worth is said to have been procured in the early part of the sixteenth century. In Ireland, gold was found in Wicklow about the end of last century, amounting to £10,000; and about twenty years ago a large piece was found in the town of Lisburn in fixing gas pipes in the streets. After the discovery of America, gold and religion seemed to be the two motives that in fluenced the early conquerors ; and one country (Canada) is said to have got its name from the fact that no gold was found in it (nothing there), while the Rio d'Oro (River of Gold) is one of Africa's sunny fountains, that rolls down its golden land. The discovery of gold in California and New Holland belongs to our own times, and the effects are before us daily. One fact is somewhat singular, viz., the progress of discovery. The cradle of the human race was in the East, and civilisation pro eressed Westward, Asia being the parent of Europe, and Europe of America and Australia. The capitals of em pires or the centres of civilisation have also moved west ward, from Babylon by Constantinople, to Rome. and by Paris to London. It is not improbable that New York may be in future years for the Anglo-Saxon family what London is at present. Gold finding has also followed this route, from the East Indies, round almost to the same meridian. In Australia, the original discoverer appears to have been an old shepherd called Macgregor, but he kept his discovery a secret ; he was followed by a gentleman who refused to trust the government to reward him, and therefore got nothing ; and, finally, Mr. Ed. H. Hargreaves was recorded as the actual discoverer, in January, 1851. To limit the number of those who rushed to the spot, and to keep servants as much as possible at their occupations, the sum of thirty shillings was demanded for a license; but the diggers passed a resolution that any one bringing a license should be made to eat it. At present, however, all pay thirty shillings per month for the license. In procuring the gold, it is usual for at least three persons to act in company—the digger, the washer, and the guard. The last is necessary to preserve the treasure, when acquired, and he also acts as cook. The imple ments used by the diggers were here described in detail, the prospecting pan, the washer, the small cradle, the large cradle, &c. Through the kindness of Mr. Roberts, of Church-street, and Mr. Evans, of Paradise-street, inter esting specimens of all these were shown to the meeting. Mr. Evans bad also lent the new combination gold dig- ging tool, which is at once a shovel, a pick, a scraper, a crowbar, an axe, &c.; peculiar shovels, axes, hammers, &C, A beautiful " nugget," weighing upwards of halt a pound, which had been kindly lent by Messrs. Jones and Sons, of Castle-street, attracted great attention ; also the gold digger's kitchen, which consisted of a japanned tin canister, containing almost over y article necessary for a domestic establishment. A full description was given of life at the diggings, with which almost every one is familiar from the newspapers ; and through the kindness of Mr. Banks, of Derby-square, a bed was shown, such as is usually exported, and a great variety of seats. The remaining part of the lecture consisted of a state ment of the success of various diggers ; and an inquiry into the probable effects—fiscal, commercial, moral, social, political—likely to be produced by such a sudden and large addition to the stock of gold in the British dominions and America: CLAIRVOYANCE IN FRANCE.—It may be remembered that, on the 27th August last, the well-known somnam bulist Alexis, and eight females of the same profession, named Desfontains, Vasseur, Talbert, Roger, Octavie, Jouissin, and Pireni.4 were cited before the tribunal of simple police, Paris, on the charge of having deceived the public by the exercise of their art. M. Jules Favre, on their behalf, arzued at great length that somnambulism is not fortune-telling, or divining of dreams, which are pro hibited under pain of fine and imprisonment by the penal code, but a regular science, which, though still enveloped in mystery, had attracted the serious attention of, and is believed in by, many very learned men. The tribunal took time to considsr its judgment. and Thursday last was fixed for the delivery of it. It declared that, even if the accused had, as they represented, the power, by means of a magnetic fluid, of seeing with their eyes bandaged, of indicating the nature of maladies, of giving information respecting absent persons, and of stating where stolen things are to he found, they did not the less violate the penal code, inasmuch as such things constitute what is called fortune-telling and divining. It accordingly con demned each of the defendants to five days' imprison ment, fifteen francs fine, and the costs. THE TORTURE IN PERSIA.—We mentioned last week that, a desperate attempt had been made on the life of the young Shah, by six " ill-dressed" ba+)ees, a sect whose religious chief has been recently put to death, whilst, his Majesty was hunting, attended by a numerous suite, near Tehran. Two seized the bridle of his horse ; and before the attendants, who, according to the Persian custom, were waiting at a distance, came up, two of the assassins fired their pistols. The Shah was slightly wounded in the cheek and thigh, but retained his seat. His servants ar rived at a gallop, cut down two of the assassins, and pur sued and captured one. The assailants fought most des perately ; one was cut to pieces on the spot, a second was badly wounded, two others jumped into a well, where by the last accounts they still remained dead or alive, and the remaining two were secured, and have since confessed the plot and denounced their associates. Ilajoe Suleiman Khan, accused by them as the instigator of the crime, has been since seized, his body carefully drilled with a knife in parts which would not at the moment cause death, pieces of lighted candles were then introduced into the holes, and thus illuminated, cerried i❑ procession through the bazaar, and finally conveyed to the town gates, and there cleft in twain like a fat ram. The Kurret-il-Ain, better known as Bab's Lieutenant, or the fair Prophetess of Knzocen, who since the late religious outbreak had been kept a close prisoner at the capital, has been exe cuted with some dozen others; in fact, the attempt upon his Majesty's life has been the -signal for a renewal of the most excruciating tortures and atrocious cruelties, the ex tent and termination 'of whiehitis difficult to foresee. THE ARMY. THE COLONELCY OF THE 50TH.—Major-General James Allen, C. 8., has been gazetted to the colonelcy of this regiment, vice Lieutenant-General Loftus, deceased. THE COLONELCY OF THE GlST. — Lieut—General John Reeve has been gazetted colonel of this regiment, vice General Fraser, C. 8., deceased. THE COLONELCY OF THE 67TH.—By the death of Lieut. General Clitheroe, the colonelcy of the 67th regiment has become vacant. Ensign William Lionel Rawson Lumsdaine, of the Gth Native Infantry, has been cashiered under sentence of a general court-martial, held at Cawnpore, his offence being that of endorsing a bill, which he knew to be a forgery. COURT AND FASHION --_— A.ND‘ HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM SCOT..-- morning en route for the south, and travelled by al .. Her Majesty left Balmoral at eight o'clock on Tc es k l : by Baliater, Ban&iory, and the Slug-road, to Steal:11; The royal party reached Sronehaven at twenty m.,tered past one, and after partaking of luncheon they entered the train, and reached Perth shortly after four. _.,d h afterwards passed through Stirling and Larbert, _ e t l i , arrived at St. Margaret's station at Edinburgh s_reirou's before seven. The Sheriff of the county a nd the C a g al military authorities received her Majesty, and the a d to party having entered the royal carriaaeaa Pr" ec; en , the Palace of Holyrood, which they reached about sera. where her Majesty was received with the usual honor'A partly morning, a few minutes before eight, the .v r , way, and entering the same carriaces in w-hicb they proceeded to the terminus of the Caledonian bad travelled from Stonehaven, departed for Englan. i ere it Great preparations had been made at Preston, vrA , to was known the royal party were to stop for luncheon give her Majesty a suitable reception. 'n er At ten minutes before two o'clock the roya l trio /a,. preached the station, amid the booming of canno n ' • e, mediately on her Majesty stepping from the royal cal co the Mayor presented an appropriate address engr oss an vellum. The Bishop of Manchester also presente 04 address from the clergy. At half-past two the 4 Y e d party returned to the state carriage, and the train r iv ,,, s e slowly away, proceeding via Crewe to Chester; so me account of which we have given in a separate ar" h a re! After leaving Chester the train reached Bangor 5-- the before six o'clock, and the royal party proceeded !,c) a nd Penrhyn Arms, where they alighted. Her Maie 9 Y "At nine o'clock a grand display the Prince Consort dined privately at eight o'clock.n the Menai Straits, while the town was illuminated an fires blazed on the surrounding hills. the On Thursday morning, at surrounding quarter- before nin e ' and of fireworks took Plac e d bon' and the royal party left in the royal carriage:4oi proceeded across the suspension bridge over the: the Straits, into the Island of Anglesey, to in s P f e 'infeir five minutes after ten o'clock. The Queen 's Britannia Bridge. Her Majesty 'arrived at the J- e.- at station—about a mile north of the Britannia Briq v isa t h h e e r n e in moved readiness o r, to to t he receive ,4i n z l e t sheey side royal 0i . a t r t i )er• tralntraia The toa.o :l r , I bridg e ' / he tube. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, halted when within about lot) yards of the entrance _et and. the f ` or a of the royal party here alighted, and after survelng, bet few moments the picturesque character of the un der the e :Majestyconduct n a entd of :fir. r. Prince Stephenson. Theentered Queen havingbridae tiouse bart erd O i mmed iately an hou r , a taker, e n re-enteredin tow b the y ab about some few yards into the tribe, returned in about a f i b Wa s slowly through the bridge, the engine having ,r — The i tached, so as to avoid annoyance from the smok e t op e` Carnarvon side of the Strait. H ua e lt r o Prince Consort in the meantime walked over tu e , „ l e' the bridge, and joined her Majesty at the other eno ' bted „ 1 all con , here, and, accompanied by her royal consort, as der ; or ducted by Mr. . . Stephenson down a flight of steps , ' n , • e sti to obtain an underneath view of the bridge. Her N h a t iidge re-entered the saloon carriage, and the train left th e en route for the south, at eleven o'clock. 'cloc i ‘; The royal party arrived at Shrewsbury at two ° I , an a wit: re it had been arranged her Majesty should lun c :;tionc were received at the station by the mayor and c a r p ' : ate i ' The Queen left Shrewsbury at half-past two o'eln c : Wol' the acclamations of the spectators, and arriving B ' b y the verhampton about three, was met at the statio n ding mayor and other members of the corporation• ri lce n Dir onwards, her Majesty reached the camp hin atatio r i ta of mingham, about half-past four. Leaning one hrara am Prince Albert, her Majesty walked along the Pai'";:alaP" descended the steps, at the foot of which the Biti t ivin s and Oxford train was in waiting, and the royal Per" changed carriages, left the station at four o'clock. a gset'' Warwick and Leamington were successive'', paced, Warwick without stopping. At Banbury an address was n„Prfesace to N wpich occasioned a delay of a few minutes. l'ikojesll incisor was run without interruption, and be barter t° alighted at the station under the Castle at a q" -- seven foonr Majestyt c y a I ; men, r i aag again iv ", 1: : i . crpang cig e ae , .. A— t he DEATH OF LORD ROLLO.—We have to reP a ' - iit n t de:-.th, on the Bth instant, of Lord Rqllo, at hi s - Duncrub, in Stratherne. THE COURT has appointed his Royal Ilighness,tbGe9ratie;e' of Cambridge to be Ranger of St. James's -park, tuef park, and Hyde-park, in the room of the Dak e lington.—Observer. d 0 D a r THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DERBY arrive- 1 . 0 . - 0 the e n o a n f t Wednesday, ernoon tile Earl l n a K n t d i o w c s o l e u y a - t l e t as Countess I , p L ro a c n e n n ed s e b d i to S t Leonard's, near Windsor. elf s n " THE QUEEN has presented portraits o f her ; te rc ht , P wl r ref u i ic n ni rtct Archduke ;Ts k k Hitare l Eli b atj e enDo r r E t , to DEATH hiie t ira h nes e 0. srixlTty rie becomei Corporation saErss Datlugdeol that senior Otti Windsor'. to hrw i e n :s eL n it,d r 108:1;sei of copies, by Mr. Corden, of two exquisite P 5ilD3 t the field-marshal will be given to the ArchdukveacsAll'btegrto.f6cisi THE London Gazette of Tuesday contains tbenstabis appointment of Lord Combertnere, - t - o be WO gaal letg o i of the Tower, and Lord-Lieutenant of the Tow er De rag e d The same Gazette announces the raising to the,,,,Plon, " Lord Fitzroy Somerset, by the title of Baron Raglan, in the county of Monmouth. 01 13 S" „ n be SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF MOUNI'V -We regret to state that the Earl of Moun t ' s • c ion A " b "f was taken suddenly ill on Wednesday. A P L ii ‘ , - fi t ric e ",; - telegraphed for to Bath in the forenoon,. and ":, - re r en l" the eT e a nf f aE ternoon's express ; but very slight hoP e :,;ile. tamed of his lordship's recovery.—Exeter G a * - d t' t mLilAyTEofDtuhßeE's late FUNERAL .—It commander i n s . r b ` ie r b t iv:le sge..o,o t o v b a e l mournful procession to take place from -kPsl e Yi;nea l 'iate that the authorities are desirous of having th e "41e t'ibti as short as possible, in order that the least P ° art of ; i d may be occupied in the final and concluding. Ps',l)-0- ceremony on our departed and illustrious her°' itn b ' Service Gazette. Cla„h O f , OP THE CEREMONY of building the Cairn 03 0 3 neachan, Balmoral, took place on AlondaY a n gal Craig Gowan. Her Majesty laid the first stlthelw.„'o,s Royal Highness Prince Albert. with the rest n 'Ga ►r family, assisted, each placing a stone upon tilouselinril, did also the different members of the Royal ,11010° whoatt d had the assembledinh abi (a n t for r living that p u u p r o p n o a t e li . e estate 01 tc r; , live - e gg TILE ROYAL FARMS.—The annual sale xi from the farms in the occupation of his _ T itnY ( B n . fsCc e Prince Albert took place on Tuesday, at l' °r- fl i tte n ":t . Windsor Great Park. There was a Ynutnerous„"f of company, including the leading butchers of rounding district, and the auctioneer eirP e ' for fit difficulty in procuring a fuli and ready bidding oen, lot. The sale consisted of 11 fine short-horneis 912a° for the butcher ; 9 fat short-horned c o `` . s 's, s'-irOts horned oxen, fit for stalling ; 29 meaty he ilers it e be horned cows ; 320 fat sheep ; and 4 fat pig s ' were all sold at a shade over market prito• that tIoug•; ~,, MATRIMONIAL ON DIT.—We understanu, t ent, trimonial a!liance will shortly take placc A b A e ilss F,r 1 1 1 4 Hughes, E -q., of Beach-hill, Cheshire, an..,4 - pn • ;•,, O h : second daughter of the Hon• ?n u b ': "; Liddell, of &gin.; ton-house, N or thittaber iO nltti , .",l so ' daughter of ,f L i o d r a d c ß o a u y s e in n , sw L o o rt r h d . Di N a l o r r . b l e i rb t o D a ;__ O i , e ti o l t e ",,sive estates Bpdvhillbeli Denbs has just of Kintnel-park,, that no The las pee` the son of the filt orea, 1)1() family c 0 0 0 % Irt!,ldfof tiful seat and d property was unto first marriage with Miss Charlotte Ma ga 0,1 lf. f ter of Ralph'William Grey, Esq., of Backw°thite berland, and sister of Ralph Grey, E'q•' Tynemouth. 0 1) DR. M`NEILE ON CHURCH , iP al or !,.tor tat T io he Rev. Dr. M`Neile havin g received a '1"" s n to the meeting to be held at WarringWri'°n se 4 lrp d eer a tpo y t evy n ra wi x oni t fl , wlt ocrn t iwi h o e ltivie s ie u eme b xe j m e pn c rat t ei nsosfeTpshdoeiiaontfctoesissioaoornnwr ieinsi;isa,enairtstras:::siesofrtod.o'slo,:ie; intobrin g e( D m i t ‘ a i e n t e , T ,i r t Truth, t t h h , e a n s l i i t ;ld is sb. plii ' .sr ' li T llteuf l d i a : (o) t ar r ut: o ehy d ara e ,nd , ict t pe he only effe c tual mode .? f 2, I l i °lll:s°6,:t;flGs 0 1/ ' lion assistance :,tet on:i.vci have iine) f rogrnkis,vr r we r o i no e pu t o i l t asiend a iyl n aae d voema t .r l oane l e pi r e edy teco g :rtari r halti o igteeei wE ie l mfr i al a o etl i r ace) ,: ,,f r p,,, ,:,, orc ' ee e e: : : : derl.ot,vit _ lcy el,: „ troop t, C: into conr,iderat ion how mnr T eo.a x .nutu: l i s rTiadn c lhli c ers u .el l iear d ovgogee h .ki e lco rn befa ° ct ° : t e e esra i o e fo l v.r r op:ool,oo,,: e .or '' , ' n without e t w h n t o u o c t f o : p s ' mated, without any irregularity, or dcinut;uncere9sed ° l ' ' 10r they wot i t s ld a w o o i toVhoE e Yo u „.;th i ;b o brethren now c fo h r ur t c h h e synod t' s ' is. ' avitedsct% meet t optic me tao.ter first time in hear m a r o k f a c b h i t e ir f c o h r synods, y and s t l r e invitedd e irahl e ; W be 10 1 ticw. i are hut a l i i e g t l e a d how they did work. Experience,ya teacher cotebbie f° t fi fa n d l e s e e l : t d l y l o:c r t c r i i l ti o e f s E a r : g d l a l n )r d a_c n t o ic: t o, :reap: complain, s . . p : r b ti L i:c l o t: , e ° thing in this fallen state, the visible hunch cabievell-f oattewihenlsee: consultation (at leash rt00,0,,,t comparative the practical evils under,. 10 tb 0 0 111 t 14 9 cl comparedsy pith , Pig t ile stings inflicted detali con stlt, o o l ' v t The bishopsand cler of the Chore_kfal a tti,, s'v by ll i acting w hei c i hurc have cause to be in an es pgeycial manner Orpolccrely t, adjustment of their compact with the civl,' ft en. l t of t state ; for the amount of management 'F,I Din t 0 0 themselves ; and for the entrance at a critic,opecioo.; most salutary control. * * * I st r°" •o ). ' it Li de af tl :', ' a church synod, fostering antagonism 2 ot ion ,!fe t o catholicity. Special preferences in would, in its decisions, aim at the dO- 1 . 1 , Dave, ii te t . o t en forced into such prominence ns to c 6 t ' ot oitl e -nrties in our church. Their antgore Pr c l, l'iional fuel, or a ilea and LP iclre' ,9c TY _ iii 9' tg the iaena"t te But nods.tto:htiritioeido:fr:left says: -- great p require arena for its conflagrations. The Rev. W. Pound, to whom this hick he say: • • • has published a --- " There are sonic parts of Ca non .0 have nothing to do with th e point o Synods and the " increased efficiency of no reference to " the re cent dccisi9n bunal," nor to the " Pro ctors ay to 1,`,7-W7 Church S My reply ;;ote the hich the (- To gather at rate the:— tl suPP- --c ho r.. or ks,s2„ evervtlih) the power on c seer of t way as t count ; fo. orth and Church if t D. LP .ho s°.hii Bishop's responsibility. ponsibility with great e I do n ate and conn.i. souls for which he ure of the Church and the Syno upon the peoV