The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

[SS S less Which: . 1 , told ber )t wan t 7ty to Pa) the c or oner, „,i n et 11,0 7,: er diet, i re viled ta r l i o , am en, rel i t bt Glared the d. ki be 1"" P ESS tO a c;l# AUGUST 28, 1855.] I,OQL INTELLIGENCE. 1 ' 10 1 l N PoOL UARINE SOCIETY.-A meeting of this society tetti t sti 7 r r eued for Tuesday last, at the Clarendon-roon?s, but . , e(olere not sufficient members present, it was adjourned t.,5.G,,„ Y d ( ~.._ A.,Azzz delivered a farewell oration, previous to 0, eercrture for America, in the Teutonic-hall, Lime-street, ll I t og ( l7, the subject being-" England on the Royal Road 01t teeef x The room was tolerably well filled. females, Alight to Tree lisPIRMARY.-- On Thursday, two f . 41°141 ' u 3 the RoYal Infinnary, in a car, a man named ' irk i bales, who came with 'a letter of recommendation , 4 th e t r. George Brown, 13, Vernon-street. While waiting latheselleLeTtl, Iheis suddenly expired. r 1 e conA loNs To CL ERGYVEN.-Tbe candidates for the 'Nat 'I:Illation have h' d t:lnth cover . pure ase an elegant pierced t under shade, to IViee „ s ' to th e -p e , slid a gilt theomome er R t i" , Po% 7 . Henryll Carpente , r 31. A., an sugar d the Rev. le 1) te cf th en. C '' , Of St. illichael's Church, Upper Pitt-street, 1 %lo of affectionate esteem. They are on view in the haeNte e II. J. G. Jacob, Church-street. y,,,, 14 4, to," TAN -PIT.-OH Wednesday mornin Robert ta--,:;,.i. Cii yea of age, who was working at Mr. Palmer'sfell into tit a i(l,s'l,', con°t,Y.'eolirt, was seized with a fit, and n. re 'els e was .two • 11 'ling about feet of tan liquor above the 1. 4 0 , 4 A re o f hi nuaediately taken out, and conveyed to the '111,441. oneisaL'o,Meadows-street, where he expired to the tt eVoi:',‘,', f rona the effects of the immersion belonging nt o t h eoeal -1,4 elEinns.- On Wednesday, 128 men h rail the ee ' 4 eY N ver' lLi el - Y, left this town for Woolwic '''43 '' e1441 :k. ' ,? 4 .4 s i; li re artillery militia, who had . volu b nteered chap] 3l Ve` e c't the kee°mPanied from the New North . F y ortby eh,,,, 'sail n, r D-1 ie Li e'`lrient including the band. Sir Duncan the while at f () ) 1. the re e f, t • it. ' ,h, Peeo'nel, and the Rev. J. R. Cono , STA 4X IATI 4 S - static ritr nle railiv"eht, delivered suitable addresses to them Ca 8,..., 0 ., 0;, ? 2 ,,, R. P THE MORNING . 14,1 41 ' t he oe u . CAPTAIN ALLEN, NO Ai lea of theeion of the late Lord ° 1 ed his tfli . at ld his' Morn St of Liverpool, 1) ac . . Rene e ste , , a wl , .._ , ing Star, Raglan's funeral, th e to a i d : ~ereices at the command of the authorities kin., sereie.,.ll landing the . d ter- All' -3' th - rende A occasion it was e . . Alley y et , e elan re on that oc Feeling how valuable Illg age o a te sti r and other citizens to d silver claret 4 esi ti. tallier, .4°_nial, consisting of a splend n i Saturday, at present Captain th , le /Zeploe o$ Co, presentation took place k e ttle osro n I '2es offices, by the mayor o e f_B e. ri ng sto m l. ade by a t ` l e tbe ve d r s of the 14 ,a IN :uPOOL.-An effort b , orship, and an cfrital be. debt r eoin l'i ptest Chapel, in Stanhope-street, to re s the cb. 4l g mad, ring on their place of w .;kt) t Je tt, so w - 13 tile public of Liverpool in furtherance ~,, i bta it , eei n , to bit, Person (said to be somewhat advanced in case pell4le:7lleY. Th e taking advantage of the circumstance to the Fell 'o c ' te f '4 - e ",.t B „ai, ( 1 Person seems to have a written_pur th 4 t- he th 81Twoo8, ill sums not exceeding , deft C ati on ofe+,',egal case of the above 0"8A.Pt1 11 ., 4 41,,,T, F.,ge llnleestor, case is appended :- ee as ; ~T,_ , the _ In es rder to , see elult A b'w 974 Through 4 1(1 le;osolls c ,, ,, . ~, 1 832, at the cost of £l, • Pt-STREET, LIVERPOOL.-The above , b , si r ,) R /t i v „ i 4 a e d",: b r :s 0 f the congregation 21,354 the church, ' e lCe e e th e " c't £620 The deacons of de -41, 1- -e of e - `sPou IA . • d now under the . has been E ., 1 1.11t, t , e ag e , h__ e se e parties,. an their kind assistance to s t h e :l it fe1104,1..r00r the first time decided upon a public q I r ease i i 4 ~(? ha, Z ~/, to wnsmen for signatures ,f i esgel. be t e , ' , Lneir house of prayer disencumbered. i. \V I , ,, itt e l l °Y the deacons, and bears the law',est. .eten and Bro n each dated May 18th, 1855. bg 4t Es, k i . w , Itle sda 1 4„. /lister. 3 h a .,telc th e Y r. Tile lipleeTs.-The weekly Workhouse reported that a lld „4 be e , v e Itere 612 ter of the u ; meeting since which, was held the for the 44 htt el 12 paupers in the h The Master of tilatirespitalt,orresp ha,,14 discharged, leaving this week, 622, Lion estabeeeePortel°-",tag week last year 591. k tl l , e " tee ec iellee et "e tha t there were this we s e l. 55 A converse- Ilti, s Pet s °ll h on e ' an 'i last week there were (Barnett) stating i t 14, to oh ~of the relieving officers patients in. t . vas i't leai„"t..°esu summoned before the magistrates_ for hadbeen proved, 'CI te a rp te r d, thatatTlehis wife. After the . case much f t was ultimately 14-,4, that fb ulagistrate had dismissed the case, ..4g6 i . - - Air /Fee, guardians present. kkk,Stld j ate S: . .1,1,,t4118 should be have a fa.un lii-Ust 1 1 : of thie-e:rder that the latter mrealyitiee complained requested i to attend before 11`,N,'‘Ys loaste„"lfferent eases. An app d hi m to work on h' sod ,;,° ,l l e x .., b ecause he coirgelie in the afternoon. tl a NI 40 madel" the morning till three advised to return to ba t °YI4 th 1 • t was a r i t th, w k e e comp am . . ,_ 1,4 4 ;' eee lk el tk it ,4 Month's tree , \ .''' ! Z i l To li. on Sundays. police-court on TuesdaY, I with an understanding f . q (treezee 'tear, At the '‘llsed ,10„,telci --- --- Ills, master of the ship . ~epp eA to p, , 4, 11 . ' James Wallis, 'd that he complainant sai 'Or 1 4 : a , Y ili/, tannimoned by John M'Cord for having the z.erp oo jilaw e Is wages. The the arrival of l ee p ii , at t, s eaman. with the defendant in New York, e l , .q.e pe ere, t h ' as. 4d. per month ; but on . more than ~ ,thil l„ eie„„e captain refused to pay him Was ktai'"tl c ,' 41 ';',, which he declined. -Mr. Mansfield : 4" e Nple° You on the v oyage -anythin g read over to , rem l aant : ho sir, nothin g was said to me, but the ite;lltee'lllpl aili over the ship's articles. -Captain Wallis said that 4 ,„ the ant as an able seaman, but was unable to e,,, fot)l,, gaties.. Re could not reef, and scarcely knew one kk,,ks e,„sother in the ship. As soon as this was discovered, li 4 ' die,l into the cabin, an entry made in the log, and the tehNII, the mate being present.--In answer to Mr. Isr44ke;,`l),Nre complainant said he had been at sea twelve tit 4;. I.r. Mansfield : And you engaged yourself as an able ~tth, ,eitsvere offered to be paid at the rate of £2 lOs. , A ,t1113,,,,,__eh I think as much as you ar worth ; the cap tr),f(Ell, 'Von that now, but I shall allow s you no costa. l'etirtleraii".lcTiee -A 4- le l 1, v - 3' know • contemporary says . :-" thousands, ON L th e v„._;?1 that shells have been castm Woolwich, l ae <ley are q t t‘ e iall foandry, and shipped for in _ liars of It is not eoi. are bei n s e d. ,At Pawcett's foundry, ° mortars are c ,, ,, re ell tlo those ilia and the shells an 4 4 . : 1i )'. ° 'l;ti by h;T I ) . 11 e(1 . from other pl bef a o e re they leave the tin,` t a .A i l lt ,T i e of th e ulle p su e d es t . he The mortars h‘ - res at r Fawcett's has made an I.:4'.'t. .ki' die i ' 'n engineersproduction of a shell, and the 101, he a ,y i v .t „ .o ., e Nt e '? a 8 ,;: . "1 4 ~,,,,'ltee are delighted with the improve &eq. II each Qt, t o -,:`' Very thin, and lined_insid . e in a way, k si .e..,01 sh ell sise the influence of m . olten iron : With hif 4'l), and shell Is to be filled, and, while in a fluid state, ti;'ee e 4rh e %th e , AiWill contain 50 lbs. of iron in a state of ,!tesling er e „ e elle shell falls destruction extends around ; i,l"g has „ -4111 , no man can lie within fifty yards of it. ", Ite"1 rins.tll shell will take twenty-five minutes, and ,e 1 ,taletal-vellificulty in ship or trenches, preparing the NoltiZktee l e „ . In ancient times forts were defended by pour seltleg4l on the besiegers ; now, we will project the 'or ''' A ' tlPon the besieged." !reelt,tskatioZ ON MERCHANT SHIPPING. -On the day of the :! s 's' da de . % act received the royal assent to facilitate the ,t,,Vatt,' Inaintenance of colonial lighthouses, and other ;;lNleet!ttoj:4 the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854. The act eNlto..enli to be part of the Merchant Shipping Act, which * e til, e; e ,,a short time back. Her Majesty may, by order tQ, 11 4 te. ari g e tio.B for colonial lighthouses. There are several l:: (1 wr ee Znig the registry of ships, masters, .and sea 1144titt, tlae se ;, &e, as amendments to the recited act. te„ e 4 . l (e. It d„...,_esPeeting destitute Lasears of an important 1 4 t„4Pans, ;`-ta.rt,s that it shall be the duty of the East top'„toriZ, all `'_take charge of and send home, or otherwise tr.,,,1 4:04, - , -, :i . Is being Lascars, or other natives of the t e,ere; l 'Alte 6%1e government of the company, te kle ''"tfl - Lutelln- d Kingel and if any such Per e t 4,, an d . United e , om, • ti e ., they who are taii"i;sai,. "te te tnamtained by any guardians, . . "And the 44 k' 4 44 t, i tl / 1 1 ,1 1 '.% -. D. 4 7, t e e'. f , t 'svu the secretary of the Court of Three te e ,er (Ali la ion ) leutars of the several cases. the said coni k'l'rlt''!",lll:4'), Zetts e4 i t IIY shall repay to the overseers, guar d'-Irice af''' ll (le . ' %yloat of the revenues at which such • it t c'r,res4l4 ~tt‘N‘XPended by them of in . relieving or main le, A ulte, e , 'eas e lk"r sons after the tiru , e '1'1,•111ct-: li - ~.t.Ltt 'Dior otherwise given. D WORKS or ;1 714 )5 4 ] '' , tt ; W. FURNITIT,RE an event in the i , l , s 'el es °. fin,,P, ve • RORSpA.LL 8 c A A;ENDISII-HOUS . E, IC I I , tp; The l4 llN 1 :3" season there h forthcoming sale o i f Olekile end ..e_veeet,,, which . rae e s is above its contem iii?th 1 ,1 1; 8 „ ., work, !i,;B season is . William Joseph I .te ~1 1e te ti l u th e e ,,,,.?! . e art belonging er to council which is to tke ke; s 4 lst eel to . .n lo ' . eard , - ieen . nt ironfound and member for 1 04, ‘‘'lth t frow a u the common co ti 1 1 *. e t ( „Ali ~,, (le i n ; nel following days, ro erty bY ' ; ,,,ke i'lll."'WhieeNtiant duty of offering the P P e The Mr. Branch being 1, 1 41 t Il iN gOrsi i: is to be sold without resery te of the C'tial4 ' .leAre,„'e Will regret to learn that the health . of ; i) ks e a ' 4ll te l ' il 'es a change to the warmer chma . _ 111,4 e'l4llll4,eaatthereley obliging him . to relinquish _ the attainable t ltt ,Y, oo ll i d .., to and furnishings of . Cavendish tl, t it ?Pill 7, cat a 4 u lo 4 that admission to can be no i'ern th ge r gue only, and there the great • ) 0 4 15,,, e Dreee e lMtati n of l‘er Horsfall and. , view is 1 , 1 , 1)1 11 ! i f ' l B li °I a ' lr ' e tY p l t hat ° lare ;Min . bers ofpers o o c n cu s r x s v . ill avail me ,ItV, 1 4e l ' r opeee ° rtnnit y such as rarelyt was expressly efir.t:ettie eclat r 5 ' has been personally selected by Mr. :t i1t ,,,, 41 10 1 e l fo r herd to cost ; much of 1 . N' a th'' WAit use, is nearly new, and in the best R RAILWAY. -- y yi ,gener ,tiNt.,orsr.r ,oip ROSTREvo- - Wed 4111,040otati4re F.,1181 hl3laericitilligl t'f}his company from the ,It„,, Atreetors that M e . cliair. It appeared on the IT eNI_ last, a nd the air 1 • Dargan's lease expired was held on .. resum t 0 .. pi of the li ne urs e ekors had decided upon _Lilt. made a s e l l f,'N°l' anothe lease'' - other Party haring - NN t t k nitr 'Air. John Godwin, of Belfast, i tt t ,ti It 11 uall Y appoints sole arbitrator in all mat %l t 4t I:Pa rg r and the co 4,' 4 tt Y It t , ti,4.29 al he stations ti k ti 4i4i . bargans,, and the portion of t , LA 1/ N,,, Il lade h 1 1 083 A comp any valued the rol lice Ile took the lease, at ' 0 t ll s ee -lit nol 7 Mr. tee stingee g eli er the consideration of Mr. Godwin, Mr.. Ne Nat k h'4l i ll I'et eeht. prefere. of £2 each tliqeZetinß!°Mpliallee WithilaelletlLeiril shares granted at the last of it. In March 1A1,1'.4 I t ',:ct, t l , 4 , leitutpti of these 2 ,312 had been taken up by the si r tlaet 1 114 2,68 8, which are now in the hands of 4 le eetk e lil e t.i k,,,,. _ e arra e n be issue& The directors had not been hee'keOle"'°tls ie. geMents for carrying the Ulster. Canal tO4 444eNek tilialltWeell Newry and Warrenpoint, bilt n_o_ i t- A 4 et oh t c 4 ti° l ei• :le receipts from the goods trail' ° ~ sti _ a w s ,-. a `„Dree.ellet! eees'Ne of the previous year. There w Joeliv4h,"4tt'eral account of £307 4s. 6d. The report l' 44 (1, 1 N 7 tetale4°l3ted, and after thanks to the chairman, e 4 lre er 3'. 11,41teenlated. e,4144.„ Clel'eseet, ee---The weekly meeting •., tekene, "44, .., Messrs. Turner (chairman), Robin_ e , 3 „ l l l Lts, atie le etann, Bold, Rankin, Smith, Holm . , was held on "10111,14kilethet5ef',.Vor.liseliett. A recommendation of the . SIM- Docks, cora leo 80 1 , -et qo was confirmed, that the . shipbuilding %, , 4t 1 , 1 4 113 4 e of the Brunswick Graving erEl e o e e .e Yards f laud (held by Messrs. Rennie, ti e o 4,, . 1 1,„ ,_ o er lessees, It 'lst), 4 s. e,;oe A,'''' transferred to Messrs. Thomas Vernon .'g . c 'ai . cad D. Der Ne terms as paid by the forrp t leikleMof ' l t °ek uNnar ard.-The Sub-commit e_e__orf the l ''. tt ee, ll3 '..;',he e iv_ . oeks reported the resignation of M • would tyt t - th, .:,lie ir . of treasurer to the BirVnhea n d Dock R e t et e l lti r`'llty I,;,Tiqoall stated el2at Mr. m e, ( B 4 P . Sle "'Jerk. done 13 111- •. A Ofit . ob e lid 1.(1-1 relativ t 71..''• 'c to whom future , 1 ` 1 :41, e 41 4(1 jeeipt, 0 „ e 0 the part- t. B 1- enhead docks Laird .-A was I ti t, ali l lcad --Th e 7,,,,ae.count of the ire - , INkoe, Co t r , deejo ha said it was cit. the Bth ~,l .e e "nee r e. ~ad been handed over on l e e of ":,.tllcll oftettlitte „ fleeelved and lid must be on accon- e,e er that, as cores'liit,„,4tQ"le etit'Zil„lio di!iferPa'rns were . submitted for te :4,.%:t 1 it1 e , i s pi er e, showing the rising and falling . of Ileehtlatteekle me. and and Hilbr d, the results having N 4% '.,l.l,ete,ffreeconl,o"!.qetide gauges " .-The Harbour.yacsk \4, s 111,0,., r„..ltessrv;,.,,,l.tlinat.. berth at he Coburg Do Australian 6' t; ' t be Inaleit:4eft:liTallo 4 ,0 a 4 tiettlieel4 Well. the new arrange .. :kkLe4t-,', find-,ITIg'•--A letter wag read irtePa Messrs. the Wellington Doek, for I.,‘Li i 4- itit a i.. %.-0., asking. accommodation for the steam '4N4 4 war n in tikitlill:Ye4inlieTateriel and troops fOr ;the .k..a.7.•-1,,,,,es the purpose t. ;,):erltioe. esk4e(lhat as it was for governme4t pw,',..!...: 1 t, loh,potte, e for. should be granted. Confirmed.- % , ao iq, eh i °, Pinance recommended • that the alarys -of t , o tr, ef clerk in the soli's office, be increased et 4 00 ... h e • • ,Con nu . till blic 'l`l. an Veetei C firmed.-- ed --This W the sieese,. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. THE NILE has risen two fathoms higher this year than last. This is considered an augury of an abundant harvest. FOR the last twelve months not a single expedition has taken place, nor a single gun been fired in Algeria. This is the first time since 1830 that such has been the case. Tun contract for 500 tons of copper coin has been com pleted by Mr. Ralph Heaton, of Bath-street, Birmingham, who commemorated the event by inviting his workpeople to dine with him. ON a post-office official, arrested the other day in the duchy of Brunswick, the enormous quantity of 1,400 stolen letters were found. He had only been attached to the post-office for one year. GREAT excitement was caused the other day amongst the bathers of Ramsgate by two great elephants belonging to. Cooke's troupe coming down on the sands to bathe amidst the crowd. A LADY IN AYR recently received a box, which, when opened, was found to contain a young tortoise,. from the banks of the Bosphorus, where he had been enjoying himself but three weeks before. The box was padded, and though no rations were enclosed, the tortoise arrived alive and well, after having been eighteen days confined. THE NORTH YORK RIFLES deposited in the parish church of Richmond, Yorkshire, on Friday, their pair of colours, which had been presented to the regiment by the late Prin cess Amelia, daughter of George 111., and embroidered with her own hands. The regiment having been constituted a rifle corps, does not carry colours. THE Stationery Court at the Crystal Palace has been turned into a Crimean Court. The chief contents at present are fifty large views of the country now the seat of war, painted in body colour by an artist named Bossoli, who lived some time in the country, and was employed by Prince Wo ronzoff. The original sketches by Simpson, the lithographer, are also hung up in the court, and the centre is occupied by the raised plan of Sebastopol. GENERAL WASHINGTON must have had an uncommonly strong and healthy gang of negroes, for another of them has just turned up at Urbana, Ohio, frosty with the snows of 108 winters. The slave of the father of his country, this venerable antique would be invaluable to exhibit at Union-safety meet ings, but unfortunately he has his " freedom papers" in his pocket, in the handwriting of the general. Strange to relate, this ebony fossil has had six wives, which fact renders his longevity not only a startling but actually a bewildering thing. —Boston Atlas. LORD JOHN RUSSELL has purchased Hill House, Rod borough, near Stroud, until lately the seat of Sir John Dean Paul, Bart., and intends making it his country residence. "By some," says the Gloucester Journal," political motives are attributed to the noble lord in fixing his residence at Stroud. It will be remembered that he sat in parliament for the borough from 1835 till 1841." ADULTERATING BITTER BEER.—On Tuesday John Glover, landlord of the Londonderry Arms, North Shields, was brought before the Tynemouth magistrates by the officers of the Inland Revenue, charged with having a noxious drug in his brewery; also with adulterating some beer found in his house with the same drug. He was fined £2OO. The Excise have taken pos session of his premises. A LETTER FROM CONSTA NTINOPLE, Of the 6th instant, says that the proposition to construct a suspension bridge from the heights of Pera to Scutari—that is to say, from Europe to Asia—which was made to the Porte some time since by an English engineer (Mr. Kennard, of London,) has been approved. The funds for the undertaking will be subscribed by an Eng lish company. The cost is estimated at between £600,000 and £700,000. PROPOSED BABY SHow IN ENGLAND. — Are English mothers to follow the example of their Transatlantic sisters, and exhibit their offspring as a farmer would his cattle ? Read the following extract of an advertisement which has appeared in the Lincolnshire Times : —" The Boston Royal Harmonian Society respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they are making extensive arrangements for a grand Baby Ex hibition, to be held at the Vauxhall Pleasure-gardens, Boston, open to all England." HALF-HOLIDAY MOVEMENT.—On Wednesday, the promo ters of the half-holiday movement had a meeting at Guildhall, London, Sir James Duke in the chair. Mr. J. G. Hubbard, late Governor of the Bank, moved the first resolution in favour of a half-holiday ; and afterwards it was unanimously carried to present a memorial to the proper authorities, praying the closing the Courts of Law and all public offices at two o'clock on Saturdays. In proposing the latter resolution, Mr. J. R. Tailor said that two hundred and thirty-six firms of London had petitioned the judges in favour of the half-holiday, but one of them would not consent to it, and the others would not act without him. _ _ STEALING NEWSPAPEREL—Henry Pascoe, a driver in the employment of Messrs. Smith and Son, news-agents, with William Russell, an accomplice, were found guilty at the Cen tral Criminal Court, on Monday, of robbing his employers of one hundred and eighty sheets of The Times, Pascoe stopping in Earl-street, Blackfriars, while Russell took a quantity out of the back of his cart. During the trial it was shown that Messrs. Smith, who take 26,000 copies of The Times each day, are the only persons who are served with the paper up to seven o'clock in the morning. The prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced—Pascoe to twelve months, and Russell to six months' imprisonment. Cunrous ACCIDENT. A curious accident occurred the other day to Chevalier d'Azeglio, at the baths of Pesio. It seems that M. d'Azeglio, to amuse the visitors at the baths, caused the tights of the room in which they were assembled to be suddenly extinguished, and at the same moment a boy, mounted on stilts, covered with a long sheet, and carrying in his hand a vessel containing spirits of wine, in a flame, stalked solemnly in. The ladies fled in dismay, and in the confusion thus caused the pretended ghost was brushed against, and he nearly fell. In staggering the vase was jerked from his hand, and all its burning contents were cast in the face of M. d'Azeglio, injuring him sadly. ANCIENT PLAGIARISM.—The Athenceum tells us that, in a treatise of Dottore Alessandro Forri, recently published at Florence, mention is made of an old MS. of Thomas A, Kempis's book, De linitatione Christi, discovered lately at Vercelli, which, if the reports connected with it be true, will overthrow the literary honours enjoyed so long by. the Rhenish ecclesi astic; it is said to bear the date of 1349, and to name a cer tain Joannes Gersenius, a Benedictine monk of Vercelli, as the author of the work. The claims of Thomas a Kempis, it is well known, are founded on a MS., hitherto the oldest, which bears his name and the date 1439. A MS. of 1349, therefore, if the date be really correct, and not a clerical error, as seems very possible, would be decisive as to the title of the Italian pretender, who, it is said besides, had been named in connec tion with the book as early as the end of the fourteenth cen tury. The matter, however, cannot be settled before a further strict investigation has taken place, if then. THE NEW EXCISE DUTIES ACT.—The new act (18th and 19th of Victoria, chap. 94) has just been published to im pose increased rates of duty of Exc i s e on spirits distilled in the united kingdom ; to allow malt, sugar, and molasses to b e used, duty free, in the distilling of spirits in lieu of allowances and drawbacks, and to amend the law relating to the duties of Excise. The act contains 37 sections. On and after the let Oct. next the duties on spirits distilled will be—in Great Britain, 8 8 . per gallon ; and in Ireland, 6s. 2d. The new duties are to be under the management of the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue. From the passing of the act (the 14th August inst.) malt may be made and used free from duty in distilling spirits. There are several provisions against frauds in respect to the making and using of malt duty free. Every person other than a distiller making malt duty free is to give secu rity. Allowances are to be made to distillers on stock, or on spirits in warehouse made before the Ist of October next. The allowances are to be Bd. per 'gallon on spirits distilled from malt only, and on spirits distilled from any other material than malt only an allowance of 2d. per gallon. On and after the Ist of October the allowances in respect of malt and on sugar used in distilling are to cease. The act received the Royal assent on the day of the prorogation. BARNUM'S ELEPHANT.—Lieut.-Gov. Brown, of the New England Farmer, having made some inquiries respecting the diet of the elephant whose exploits in ploughing have been mentioned in many of the American papers, the great show man replies in a way not likely to encourage the general in troduction of that kind of labour :—" He (the elephant) eats on an average one bushel of oats and one hundred pounds per day, Sundays ancj i all. His weight is 4,700 pounds. He will accomplish . any ishid of work set before him, and uses ten times r ohnseo b tyfboe e og t melhni t -agi e seeste ehols m ascet y t farm. ohahcenki didi un.oiynn yooluot A puwh e b :a kr o anak v b uf e sltppeee a inarl l hvnei l nieeosgt. afternoon, wood,d anss as many im at h , inhlptedeahi picking without tniaopgftiaitaa capital playing eke-servant. xleo:tatarod3;:gituatt employminaygyei attn,yhto t oilinn ssdi soldier'og:ent than three-fourths of the `help' which lam start r for other farmers' assistants' do. He is willing to work to sundown, and even later, if work is pressing. On the whole, he is very honourable, industrious, intelligent, and well-behaved farmer. Nevertheless, I cannot conscientiously recommend elephants as the cheapest workers on a farm. They cannot work in cold weather, and, of course, would eat themselves up, trunk and all, in a single winter." LIBERTY OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.—By the new act en titled "An Act for securing the Liberty of Religious Wor ship," it is declared that the penalties incurred by the as sembling of more than twenty persons for religious worship in an unregistered building, under the acts 1 Will. and Mary, Bess. 1, c. 18, and the 52 Geo. 111., or in the 15 and 16 Vict., c. 36, shall not apply to any congregation or assembly for re ligious worship held in any parish, or any ecclesiastical dis trict, and conducted by the incumbent; or, in case the in cumbent is not resident, by the curate of such parish or dis trict ; or by any person authorised by them. The recited acts, are not to apply to any congregation or assembly for religious worship meeting in a private dwelling-hsuse, or on the premises belonging thereto, nor to any congregation or as sembly for religious worship meeting occasionally in any building or buildings not usually appropriated to purposes of religious worship; and no person permitting any such con gregation to meet in any place occupied by him shall be liable to any penalty for so doing. The construction of certain parts of the 2 and 3 Will. IV., c. 115, and the 9 and 10 Vict., c. 59, as relate to places of worship of Romanists and Jews, is de fined. Such places are henceforth to be subject to the same laws as Protestant Dissenters are subject to, and the laws shall be respectively read as applicable to the laws to which Protestant Dissenters in England are subject for the time being after the passing of this act. The act came into ope ration on receiving the royal assent on the 14th instant. LIMITED LIABILITY.—With regard to the Limited Liability Act, says The Times, the bearing of its main clauses appears to be as follows :—Any company, excepting assurance com panies, formed under the Joint Stock Companies' Act of the Bth of Victoria, chap. 110, may obtain a certificate of complete registration with limited liability. The conditions are, that the capital must be in shares not less than £lO each, that the word " limited" shall be the last word in the name of the com pany, that the number of shareholders shall not be less than twenty-five, holding at least three-fourths of the nominal capi tal, and that twenty per cent. of the capital shall be paid up. Other companies, not framed under the Joint Stock Com panies' Act, may obtain limited liability, provided three-fourths of the proprietary in number.andaTaluesanction the application, but their affairs must be previously : audited at their own ex pense by some person appointed by .the s*a.rd of Trade, who ust certify the solvency of the .concesii3Ost that twenty per n.. cent. of the capital has been paid up. 'll-ne!ease is any Stib -of 'nal capital to be.. ll l?.:4'NV a company increase of nomma.. sequeat, sent of three-fourths of the Pr4iiiie.raw shall have unless the : el ; word " limited" in tlikta 0 le,ls. be made been ce:r.tifiet... The conspietions on 12 11 ocessions, under heavy penalties. , Directors are to he liable or the amount of every dividend t4ymay. de clare when a eompany is insolvent, except such of.theni ae may have filed a protest against it at the time. No note of.py shareholder is to be had in payment of shares, and no loan ;s to be made tOsharehOlderg, Existing companies coming undo: the are not to be protected from previous liabilities. Com panies al:: fp wind up, upon three-fourths of their capital being lost or reudtjpd Unavailable, and each comppy is to have one auditor amae od by the Board of Trade.' • . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PRINCE ALBERT has consented to lay the foundation-stone of the New Midland Institute, at Birmingham, early in November. WE hear that by desire, and at the expense of the Queen, Her Majesty's domestics are to proceed to Paris, to see the exhibition. THE MOORS.—The accounts from the moors are not very encouraging for sportsmen. The severe winter and stormy spring have been much against the birds, so that on exposed mountains they are very scarce, but in the more sheltered districts grouse are abundant, and black cock are likely to be plentiful. Two labourers left their work (haymaking) on a farm near Chelmsford, the other day, to see the review of the Essex Yeomanry, and on the complaint of their employer were sen tenced to 14 days' hard labour. Major Palmer, the com mandant, asked the Home Secretary to remit their punish ment, but Sir George Grey declined. AT the Inverness registration court, on Monday last, Sheriff Young rejected the claim of Bishop Eden, because he claimed under the name and designation of the " Right Rev. Robert Eden, D.D., Bishop of Moray and Ross." The bishop refused to amend the claim by deleting the words " Right Rev." and the designation " Bishop of Moray and Ross." The claim was accordingly rejected.—Edinburgh Courant. 'Mlles IN A NAME ?" A singular fatality appears to be attached to vessels of the Royal Navy bearing the name of Jasper—three having been lost in little more than half a century. The first, a hired armed ship, foundered in the North Sea in 1794, when all hands perished ; the second, a sloop of war, went to pieces under the Point of Mount Bot tew, Plymouth Sound, about 40 years since, and was lost with all hands, except one ; and the Admiralty has received infor mation of the recent loss of the Jasper gunboat at the Sea of Azoff. THE PERRY TESTIMONIAL—The fund which was collected for Lieut. Perry, of the 46th Regiment, who was tried by court-martial, at Windsor, is to be invested in Australia for his benefit. The balance amounts to £2,010. 3s. 3d. THE SLOW POISONING CASE.—The investigation at Dar lington into the charge against Mr. J. S. Wooler, of having poisoned his wife, was brought to a conclusion on Friday, when, after hearin g the evidence of professor Taylor to the effect that analysis had shown the presence of arsenic in all portions of the inside, the magistrates committed the ac cused to Durham gaol for trial at the next assizes. VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM.—On Friday morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a thunderstorm of unusual violence, accom panied by heavy showers of hail and rain, passed over the metropolis. The lightning was intensely vivid and frequent, and the peals and reverberation of the thunder incessant, whilst showers of hailstones, some fully half an inch in diameter, and rain fell in sheets. The nursery grounds in the neighbourhoods of Islington, Stoke Newington, and Stamford-hill suffered considerable damage, the roots of many young and valuable trees and shrubs having been left bare by the inundation. The storm was terrific in Lincolnshire, Nor folk and Suffolk, where its effects were most severely felt, and there must have been considerable destruction of property in those counties. SIR CHARLES NAPIER ON THE BOMBARDMENT OF SWEA BORG.—A letter appeared in the London papers of Friday, from Sir Charles Napier, upon this subject, in which the Admiral states that had his plan been followed up to the letter, Sweaborg would have been destroyed last summer. This plan is thus described by himself in a report to the Admiralty, dated June 12th, 1854:—" The only successful manner of attacking Sweaborg, that I can see, after the most minute consideration, assisted by Admiral Chads, who is a practical man, and knows more about gunnery than any man in the service, is by fitting out a great many gun-boats,"carry ing one gun with a long range, and placing them west of Sweaborg and south of Helsingfors. EVery shell from them would tell somewhere, and perhaps not five per cent. from the enemy would take effect. Back them by the fleet to relieve the men, and in the course of the summer Sweaborg would be reduced to ashes, and Helsingfors also, if it was thought proper." THE INCOME-TAX.--A parliamentary return shows that the total number of persons charged to the income-tax for the year ending the sth of April, 1854, under Schedule D, amounted to 265,796. Of these 20,544 had incomes under £lOO, and paid '£58,732; 121,983 had incomes under £l5O, and paid £282,359 ; 44,109 had incomes under £2OO, and paid £201,254; 33,399 had incomes under £3OO, and paid £215,891; 15,534 had incomes under £4OO, and paid £144,064 ; 7,369 had in comes under £5OO, and paid £89,920 • 5,644 had incomes under £6OO, and paid £84,535 ; 3,175 had incomes under £7OO, and paid £56,983; 2,067 had incomes under £BOO, and paid £44,178; 1,794 had incomes under £9OO, and paid £42,632; 805 had incomes under £l,OOO, and paid £21,800; 5,350 had incomes under £2,000, and paid £201,409 ; 1,568 had incomes under £3,000, and paid £104,854 ; 827 had , incomes under £4,000, and paid £78,805 ; 418 had incomes under £5,000, and paid £52,456 ; 736 had incomes under £lO,OOO, and paid £142,809 ; 435 had incomes under £50,000, and paid £221,720 ; while 39 persons were so fortunate as to possess incomes of £50,000 and upwards, and these contributed £93,234. GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIP COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, under the presi dency of Mr. Raikes Currie, M. P. It appeared from the re port that the earnings for the six months, from January to July, amounted to £357,399, the expenditure to £233,943, leaving net profits, £123,456. Of this sum, £22,312 was placed to the credit of the reserved fund for the half-year, and the balance, which would pay a dividend of £2 per share ( in addi tion to a return of £2 per share out of the money received on account of insurances), the directors proposed should be dealt with by the shareholders themselves. The report continued— " The directors will not oppose a dividend, and there is little doubt that as the shareholders have been so many years with out one, and as the charters of the ships, comprising 19,000 tons, have been renewed with the government for six months further in advance (to April, 18560 and the income of this year thus secured, they will gladly avail themselves of the prosper q;as position of the company, and divide £1 or £1 10s. more per share." After a long discussion the report was ordered to be received, and a dividend at the .rate of five per cent. per annum out of the profits of the last half-year was declared. It was announced that the returned £2 per share would be pay able on and after the 10th September. ENGLISH KINGS WHO HAVE GONE TO FRANCE.—Since the middle ages nine kings of England have come to France, without reckoning William the Conqueror, who left it to fight Harold the Dane, and never returned. Some of them came as enemies, others as fugitives, and very few as allies. John Lackland appeared for a short in 1203, to the misfortune of the young Duke Arthur of Brittany; Henry 111. lost in France the battle of Taillebonrg in 1242; Henry VI. was crowned in France in 1431, in contempt of the rights of Charles VII. of France and of the Salk law; Henry VIII. competed in magnificence with Francis I. at the Camp of the Cloth of Gold, in 1520, and that interview only led to an alli ance which was exceedingly precarious, because not disinter ested. For one monarch of the race of Hugues Capet, whom the events of a disastrous war sent to die in London, fate willed it that four kings of England should find a last asylum on the Gallic soil ; Henry 11. (Plantagenet), excommunicated for the murder of Thomas A'Beckett, Archbishop of Canter bury, and driven out by his subjects, died of grief in the town of Chinon, in 1189; his son, the heroic Richard Coeur de Lion, was killed by an arrow before the town of Chains, in Limousin, in April, 1199; Henry V. of Lancaster died at the Chateau of Vincennes in 1422 ; and James Stuart 11. termi nated in 1701, at the Chateau of St. Germain-en-Laye, a life ull of misfortunes.—Galignani's Messenger. before two o'clock they took their departure amidst enthusi astic cheers, and proceeded for luncheon to the Elysee. There, at half-past two o'clock was a reception of the corps diplo matique. At three Her Majesty, accompanied by her Impe rial host, visited La Sainte Chapelle, and was received on her way there and back in the most cordial manner by immense numbers of the population. Among other streets, the cortege passed through the Rue de Rivoli, the principal hotels in which, including Meurice's, were handsomely decorated. At half-past five the Imperial and Royal party returned to St.. Cloud to dinner; and in the evening attended a performance at the Theatre Francais. TUESDAY. Their Majesties left the palace at half-past ten o'clock, and proceeded, followed by their respective suites, in open car riages to Versailles. The drive is one of extraordinary beauty. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood turned out to pay their homage, and the Ville d'Av ray was decorated in a simple but most effective manner with flowers and evergreens. The survey of the state apartments occupied some time, and was conducted in privacy ; but any one who has visited Ver sailles may picture to himself the extreme interest attached to such an occurrence as that of the emperor conducting the roy alty of England through a long series of halls and galleries, on the walls of which are delineated in almost unbroken series all the great events of French history down almost to the present time. After a survey of the interior, the emperor took his guests into the grounds, and there for some time they were driven round the fountains which have hitherto rendered Versailles one of the wonders of the world. The grand fountains were shown, and, viewed under such auspices, appeared to the great est advantage. It was really a splendid sight to see the impe rial carriages, with their escort of Cent-Gardes, circling round basin after basin, moving along shady avenues of interlacing trees, through the umbrageous shelter of which the powerful sunlight scarcely penetrated, or emerging again into the full blaze of noon, which shot rays of fire from each cuirass and helmet. While the Emperor took his guests through the apartments and grounds, military bands stationed at different points filled the air with music. There were also large num bers of people present, so that the spectacle altogether was exceedingly gay and splendid. After examining every object of interest in the immediate neighbourhood of the palace, the illustrious party proceeded to the Trianon, and explored that also. There they were joined by the Empress, whose delicate state of health did not permit her to take any very prominent part in the festivities. She and the Emperor, accompanied by their royal guests, now withdrew to the chalet behind the Trianon, where in retirement they had coffee served to them on the grass. The pretty chalet, with its adjoining sheet of water and mill-wheel, appeared to take the Queen completely by surprise, and her gratification and that of the Prince were still greater when the splendid band of the Guides made the air of this sweet spot resound with the choicest music. The cortege returned to St. Cloud about four o'clock, and having dined there, en famille, at half-past six, the royal party went at nine, in state, to the Opera. The Boulevards, and other streets along which they passed, were brilliantly illuminated, and it is impossible to do justice to the fairy-like appearance of that part of Paris, lit up by thousands of variegated lamps. Not a seat in the theatre had for days been obtainable. The Emperor's box was erected in the grand tier, directly opposite the stage, and on each side of it stood, like a statue, a soldier of the Cent-Garde, en grande tenue—superb-looking fellows, as superbly dressed and equipped. Two others stood sentry on the stage at each wing. When the Emperor and Empress, with their guests, entered, they were received with enthusiastic plaudits, which had hardly subsided when the orchestra began to play the National Anthem, and at its close the cheering was renewed. Her Majesty gracefully acknow ledged those tokens of respect. She was tastefully, but simply dressed, and wore the riband of the Garter, and on her bead a tiara of diamonds. She sat on the right hand of the Empress, having the Emperor on her right, and looked remarkably well. On the right hand of the Emperor was the Prince Napoleon, and on the left of the Empress Prince Albert, who had the Princess Mathilde on his left. The Emperor wore the riband of the Garter also, and appeared in the uniform of a General of Division. Prince Albert dis played the insignia of the Legion of Honour over his Field Marshal's uniform. The Empress wore a magnificent tiara of diamonds, and her delicate but beautiful features were the theme of general admiration. The Royal and Imperial per sonages seated in front, with the Maids of Honour standing behind them, formed together a group which was at once historical and dramatic. " God save the Queen" was sung, with the English words, before Her Majesty retired, and the house again renewed its plaudits as at the commencement, insisting upon an encore. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO FRANCE. HER Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, arrived in Paris (as we stated last week), on Saturday, the 18th instant, and the following day, Sunday, was Spent in retirement. On Monday morning at half-past ten, the Emperor and his Royal guests left St. Cloud to visit the Palais des Beaux Arts. There the imperial commission, headed by their president, Prince Napoleon, the foreign commissioners, and the jurors of the Exhibition, had assembled to receive them, and amongst the assembly were several Englishmen. A beautifully executed bust of Her Majesty stood on a pedestal in the centre of the reception-room, and the walls were covered with chef d'ceurres of art. The Emperor,, with the Queen leaning on his arm, entered the Palace shortly after eleven o'clock. He was fol lowed by Prince Albert, who had with him the Princess Royal and the Prince of Wales, and after them came the suites of both sovereigns. The reception over, the cortege, led by Prince Napoleon, advanced into the principal saloon for the display of German pictures, and here the works of chief interest were pointed out by Dr. raagen. The attention of their Majesties was much distracted by the cheers an cries of " Vice la Reine I" which greeted them at different points, but the Prince and the royal children, who felt themselves more at liberty, were so earnestly bent on seeing all they could, that several times they were left behind, and but for the energy shown by M. Arles Dufour and other officials, might have been lost altogether in the crowd. After inspecting the Belgian collection of paintings, the Emperor led his guests into the principal saloon of French painting, and to the French Sculpture Court. Here a display of artistic excellence was presented to them comprising many works of rare merit. From the Sculpture Court the Imperial and royal visitors passed into the saloon devoted to M. Horace Vernet's chef d'oeuvres. Passing along the north front of the palace the progress of the cortege was arrested for some minutes while their Ma jesties listened to the performance of a large choir of work men, singers trained on a system bearing some resemblance to that of Hullah in England, and who went through a chorus in which " God save the Queen" was introduced, led by their conductor, M. Chivet, with extraordinary precision and musical effect. At the north-east corner of the building a pause took place to examine the restoration of the Minerva executed by Phydias in precious metals, jewels, and ivory, which was placed in the Parthenon at Athens. Their Ma jesties now entered the saloon of M. Ingress. From this point the Queen was conducted by her Imperial host through the Gallery of British Artists. Ascending the staircase at the north-east corner of the palace, the cortege made the circuit of the upper galleries, in which are displayed the watercolour drawings, the miniature paintings, the engravings on wood and steel, and the architectural designs contributed by different countries. Here England takes a very high position, from the excellence of the works exhibited by her artists in several of these departments. After completing the circuit of the galleries, their Majesties returned to the central saloon. Here they took a survey of the great works with which the genius of French art has embellished the walls. The Last Days of the Reign of Terror, and the grand picture of the Imperial Guard re-entering Paris after Waterloo (by Muller), M. Cousins' painting illustrating the manners of the Lower Empire, Troyon's cattle picture, and Rosa Bonheur's " Hayfield," were examined, and so delighted were cur Royal Family with the masterpieces here displayed, that they made the circuit of the saloon several times. Shortly group, and whose obeisances to her Majesty and the Emperor were most profound. One or two other quadrilles were danced by the company, while the Royal visitors appeared to admire the noble proportions of the salle, the splendour of its Vandeliers, and the beauty of its ceiling and decorations. The mperor then led the Queen through the crowded rooms, fol ,lowed,by the other members of the Royal party and their suite, the company making way as they passed, and receiving their Majesties with the most respectful salutations, but without cries or exclamations. The whole suite of rooms of ,t i he Hotel de Ville . were opened to the company, and iights, mirrors, fountains, statues, and the choicest flowe.r,s, disposed with exquisite taste, made the scene one of the mort dazzling beauty and brilliancy that can possibly be conceived. About 8,000 persons were present. Every official person appeared in the full uniform of his mili tary, naval, or civil rank, and ware the stars or insignia of his orders. The ladies' toilettes were of singular beauty and richness, and as there were diplomatists, attaches, and military 1 men from every country in Europe in full costume, the splen (lour of the scene was complete. Her Majesty wore WEDNESDAY. At eleven o'clock the Emperor took Her Majesty and the members of the Royal family to visit the Palais de l'lndustrie. They were received at the entrance by Prince Napoleon, the Imperial commissioners, the foreign commissioners, and the jurors. Nearly three hours were occupied in their progress through the Exhibition, and the amount of space traversed, and the magnificent products of industry examined, must have corivapd to the minds of the illustrious strangers a vivid and Mikerful impression as to the merits of this extraordinary display. Her Majesty evinced an earnest desire to see everything that was worth seeing, and it was evident that time alone I prevented her from making that minute inspection of the wonders of the French Exnibition which marked her numerous i visits to the display in Hyde Park. The Prince showed even more curiosity, and rushed about from object to object with the eagerness of an enthusiast. He took with him the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, while the Queen leant on the arm of the Emperor, and Prince Napoleon acted as cicerone. On entering the interior they.first visited the series of courts devoted to French bronzes , and which com prise contributions from all the most celebrated manufac turers. Thence, returning, they proceeded to the eastern end of the nave, and crossing to the south side, passed in front of the Prussian, Austrian, Belgian, and other foreign depart ments) the more showy and elaborate productions of which , ' divided their attention with the trophies along the centre. Arrived at the English space they entered the court of Messrs. Elkington, and were for some time occupied in admiring the splendid examples of electro-plating in different metals with which this court is furnished ; thence their progress was directed to the collection of pottery, to Minton's unrivalled display, and to those of Daniel Rose , wav h i i n s g gu com pleted" ests their , su C r o v p ey ela a n t d t , his and po o in, other exhibitors. and Having again betook themselves to the nave, doubling its western ex tremity, and examining with delighted curiosity the exquisite productions which here embellish it. Arrived at the point whence they had started, they now crossed' over to the south side, and entered the series of outer courts which surround the Pavillon de Panorama, and which are filled with an im mense and splendid display of French manufactures. Here the show of furniture and of musical instruments appeared chiefly to attract their attention, but they also seemed much interested by the buffet for the supply of refreshments, and a series of beautiful designs was not passed unnoticed. When the examination of the outer courts had been c ompleted, the Emperor and his guests passed into the magnificent Pavillon de Panorama, with its unrivalled collection from the great I itsßeauvais, carpets, hangings, and tapestry from the looms of Aubc:Tion —its gold and silver work, the masterpieces of the most skilful Parisian workmen ; and, above all, the Crownjewels of France, placed in the_ very centre of the pavilion , and havlng the imperial diadem, surmounted by the reg ent diamond, as their culminating point. Here He r M aj est y and the Prince had submitted to their inspection the new and interesting metal, aluminiuni, both in bars and made into spoons, forks, tankards, and other articles of domestic use. The lightness, elasticity, and ductility of this substance are very remarkable, and confident hopes are entertained that it may be produced at a rate and applied to uses upon which to found results important to industry. The Queen examined for a long time, and with the liveliest curiosity, the Imperial crown and the immense number of splendid jewels by which it is sur rotinded. The former is of exquisite design and workman ship—a diadem in the true sense of the word, and surmounted at the apex by the Regent Diamond, which, though somewhat smaller, seems to be a far more brilliant stone than its rival, the Koh-i-noor. Her Majesty and the Prince spent a consi derable time also in examining the manufactures of Sevres, which, in splendour, far surpass all past efforts of that esta blishment, and leave France in undoubted possession of the supremacy in the practice of the ceramic art. When the sur vey of the pavilion had been completed, her Majesty rested for some time, and partook of refreshments brought from the buffet. The illustrious party now proceeded to the AnnextS, the greater portion of which they traversed, examining atten tively the splendid display of machinery and raw produce with which it is filled. Their especial notice was directed to several objects in this course of their progress by the Prince Napo leon, but otherwise it was impsible to linger much over the many valuable and important fiatures of this portion of the Exhibition. On leaving the palace the Emperor and his guests proceeded to the Tuileries, where they had luncheon. At half past four o'clock they returned to St. Cloud, where at eight a grand banquet was given. The festivities of the day termi nated by a theatrical performance by the artistes of the Gym nase, the play being " Le Fits de Famille."—ln the course of the afternoon, Prince Albert paid a visit to Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, staying at Meurice's Hotel. THURSDAY. A lengthened visit was paid by Prince Albert to the Palais d'lndustrie, which lasted from half-past 10 o'clock till half past 1. The Prince was accompanied through the Exhibition by Prince Napoleon and many of the commissioners and jurors. His inspection appeared to be guided by no particular plan, and to be for the purpose of making purchases on his own behalf and that of Her Majesty, as well as to gratify his curiosity. After lunch at the Tuilleries, the royal party went through the picture galleries of the Louvre in strict privacy, and public curiosity, deprived of the opportunity of gratifying its prompt ings there, concentrated itself with extraordinary eagerness upon the evening festivities at the Hotel de Ville. All Paris was not only anxious, but maddened to go, and not only all Paris, but everybody of importance from the provinces or from foreign countries now sojourning in the capital. The ball at the Hotel de Ville was certainly one of the most magnificent entertainments ever given by the inhabitants of a capital to a Sovereign in friendly alliance with its ruler. The exterior was profusely and most tastefully decorated with flags, and illuminated by a row of gas jets running along the entire façade. Immense pyramids of coloured lamps were also placed around the entrance. The company began to assemble at the doors before 8 o'clock. At half-past 9 the Imperial and Royal cortege arrived. The Emperor, giving his arm to the Queen, led her into the court of Louis Quatorze, which had been en closed by a temporary roof, and converted into a vast vestibule. An immense chandelier hung from the roof, the windows looking into the court-yard were draped with red curtains and illuminatedby numerous small chandeliers, and beneath a grand double staircase ran a cascade of clear water, which gave a delightful freshness to the air. The floor of the court was richly carpeted, and a profusion of rare exotics was placed upon the staircase. The marble pillars of the court were newly polished, and the capitals picked out with white and gold. Her Majesty, leaning upon the Emperor's arm, as cended the grand staircase, followed by Prince Albert, who conducted the Princess .Ntathilde. Prince Napoleon and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria were also of the Royal party. The. Royal visitors passed into the hall of the Caryatides, where fauteuils were placed, and where the Ministers of State and their families passed before their Majesties. From this beau tiful hall the illustrious party proceeded into the grand salle de dense, which presented a scene of dazzling magnificence. Here chairs of State were placed under a crimson velvet canopy, surmounted by an imperial crown, the walls of the salle being covered with white satin, embroidered with gold. Her Majesty opened the ball with the Emperor Prince Albert giving his hand to the Princess Mathilde, and the re maining dancers in the quadrille being Prince Napoleon, Lady Cowley, Prince Adalbert, And llademoiselle Hausmann, granddaughter of the Prefect of the Seine. After the quad ' rille some Arab chiefs Were presented, whose picturesque bournous, cool white robes, black beards, and piercing dark eyes, excited a lively degree of interest among the Royal FRIDAY. The Emperor and Prince Albert paid a visit to the Ecole de Tir at Vincennes, and witnessed the practice not only with the Minie but in artillery also. On their return, soon after mid-day, to the Tuileries, the Emperor and Prince found the Queen already arrived there from St. Cloud, and after luncheon they all proceeded to visit the Exhibition. They arrived at the grand entrance to the Palais d'lndustrie at half-past two o'clock, and, as on Wed nesday, though with even more pomp and ceremony, were received on alighting by Prince Napoleon, the officers of the Imperial Commission, &c. The illustrious party were first conducted to the sheds between the main building and the Annexe appropriated to carriages and French agricultural machinery, which was rapidly surveyed. There a separation took place, the Emperor, the Queen, and the Princess Royal returning to the Palace, while Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales remained behind to complete their examination of this department, and also to visit the interesting collection in the Annexe. The review in the Champ de Mars, at half-past five o'clock, differed only from that of ordinary occasions in the presence of such unwonted and illustrious spectators. That considera tion gave, of course, an extraordinary interest to the display ; for it cannot be regarded as otherwise than extraordinary that the Queen and Royal Family of England should, with the entire approbation of the English people, see 50,000 French men march past them in arms on the Champ de Mars, and shouting " Vive l'Empereur !" to the nephew and heir of the great Napoleon. The advance of the Imperial and Royal cartage from the Pont Jena to the Ecole Militaire, with the troops drawn up, the cavalry on the left and the infantry on the right, so as to form a sort of grand military avenue for them, was a wonderfully fine sight, as it always must be ; but when the cortege approached, and the Queen and Empress were seen seated with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal opposite, and the Emperor and Prince Albert on horseback at either side of the carriage, one need not be surprised that the mind of the spectator should seek and find in the scene thus presented to him a peculiar and extraordinary interest. The troops rent the air with their acclamations as the Emperor took his guests along their front, battalion after battalion, and squad ron upon squadron, to inspect them. During the defiling also, which commenced as soon as the inspection terminated, and was witnessed by the Queen and Empress from the prin cipal balcony of the Ecole Militaire, the shouts of each regi ment were equally enthusiastic. The weather, which looked very threatening during the progress of the review, continued fair until it had terminated. But then the rain descended in torrents, and it was in the midst of a thunderstorm that the Emperor took his guests to the Hospital of the Invalides, there to visit the tomb of the First Napoleon. After dining en famille at the Tuileries, the Imperial and Royal party went to the Opera Comique, where they appeared with less state, but were received with quite as much enthusiasm as on Tues day at the Grand Opera. So terminated the programme of Friday's proceedings. .o w t e h l e is l c nc a u ti n 2 l e - - silk robe covered with lace and embroidered with the flowers • ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. of the geranium, a diadem of diamonds, and a splendid dia mond necklace. She also wore the blue riband of the Order of the Garter, which the Emperor also wore over his uniform. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTQ. The Royal visitors, having made the circuit of the rooms, left ... neo ße rve . c. F. rD T..A ß t e t l r l e , e B , .BA.A:l,atteo CthueraltnecoufmHbeanscuyngosf, A t liddleton- by- Hp preparations ara Majesty ena made stay bweH—ncoyno.wPfanS:t.RJoell.nl'vs .C.Th.ußrcrho,dHricakm,ptsotebaed,aMciadndolensoefx i t i h w e go ad tel m d i r e e V ea l 1 1 she h bye descended the the PAreftfeerct the ee Royalw arm Rev. C. H. W. Capron, 8.A., to the Curacy of Aynboe, North party e do Em he p r re h ss on w ou a r s , u a n n a d bl e e g x admiration and delight which she had derived from her visit, dial. ci Rev. f D t Cs3l i e a r r tlir , ly ie .A e ., Prebendary of r i . c Paul's, f and , Prin party had left, dancing was resumed in various apartments, amptonshire. were most liberally provided, and the extreme heat made the Rev J. M. Cox, M.A , g o? Lincl a, & o llege, Oaxrfaog , o to . t orthott. he Mat demand for them very great, but nothing was wanting to tership of the College ichool, Taunton. and continued until daybreak. Ices and other refreshments render the ate worthy alike of the powerful Sovereigns in Rev. J. B. Deane, M.A., Second Master of Merchant Tailors' rap to rnesd b st e ihnsetg p air r tas e t s co e tae n sfe t ul' . whose honour it was given and of the 'great city which thus School, to the Rectory of St. Martin Outwich, in the City of , London. splendidly entertained them. Rev. H. J. Dodsworth, 8.A., to the Curacy of Heapham, near Gainaborough. Rev. H. A. Douglas, ALA. Vicar of Abbotsley, Huntingdon shire, to the Sen ior Chaplaincy of Cape To wn , Cape of Good Hope. Rev. H. L. Dodds, M.A., to the Vicarage of Great Glenn, near Rev. J. J. Ellis, 8.A., to the Second Mastership of the Endowed Grammar School, Tunbri age Wells. Rev. W. S. Finch, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Church, De Beauvoir-town, Islington, London. Rev. J. Fry, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Lingfield, near Godstone, Surrey. Rev. H. Hansell, 8.A., to the Curacy of Halton Ryegate, nearSpilsby. Rev. J. F. Hansard, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Little Maple stead, near Halsted, Essex. Rev. H. Ileming, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, to the Rectory of East Farndon, near Wellingborough. Rev. B. Hodgens, late curate of Deane, to be Chaplain to the Forces in the East, to serve at the Piraeus. Rev. J. Mussendine-Holt, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Keelby, near Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Rev. S. H. Hooper, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Drax, near Suaith. Rev. T. Palmer Hutton, M.A., to the Vicarage of Sompting, near Brighton. Rev. W. J. James, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Clive, near Shrews bury. Rev. W. P. Jones, 8.A.. to the Rectory of Llyswen, near Crick howell. Rev. I. Lloyd, 8.A., to the of Southgate, Middle sex. Rev. C. H. Marriott, to the Vicarage of Rendham, Suffolk. Rev. M. Mitchell, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Kirk Newton, near Belford. Rev. V. Musgrave, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Mattersey, near Bawtrey, Nottinghamshire. Rev. G. W. Piggott, 8.A.., to the Rectory of Great Upton, near Shrewsbury. Rev. C. J. S. Russell, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. John's, Walthamstow. Essex. Rev. R. Rutland, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary's, Bryanston square, London. Rev. C. Sangster, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Darton, near Barna- Rev. A. Swain, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the Incumbency of St. Mary's, Devonport. Rev. W. I'. M. Sylvester, 8.A., to the Rectory of Castleford, near Pontefract. Rev. J. Todd, M.A., to the Vicarage of Ardleigh, near Col chester. Rev. A. Turner, M.A., to the Rectory of Burnham Deepdale near Fakenham. Rev. S. G. Wood, M.A., to the Rectory of West Kea!, near Spihby. CLERICAL OBITUARY. Aug. 16, at Stanwick, Northamptonshire, the Rev. Edw. Irish late of Dartford, Kent, aged 70. Aug. 16, at Torquay, the Rev. William Hind, NI.A., aged 50. Aug. 18, at Hadley-green, Middlesex, the Rev. David Fenton Jarman, of Bedford Episcopal Chapel, Bloomsbury, aged 35. Aug. 20. at his residence, Duke-street, Chester, the Rev. J. Williams, aged 73. _ _ Aug. 21, at Bondleigh, Devon, in his 60th year, the Rev. Joseph Stroud, M.A., rector of that parish, and late incumbent of Wit liton, Somerset. Aug. 19, at sea. on board the Clyde, transport, returning invalided from the Crimea, the Rev. Robert Freeman, M.A., aged 38, one of the officiating Chaplains to the Army in the East, late Incumbent, of Ashley. Warwickshire. Aug. 13, suddenly, of cholera, at Riva, on the Lago di Garda, the Ven. George Hodso n , M.A., Archdeacon of Stafford and Canon Residentiary of Lichfield Cathedral, and Vicar of St. Mary's, in that city. Aug. 19, the Rev. Baldwin Wake, M.A., Vicar of Ketton, near Stamford. SATURDAY. A quiet visit to St. Germains, with its fine scenery of forest, river, and chateau, began the dal, and fitly prepared his royal guests for that wondrous spectacle which the emperor had prepared in their honour at Versailles. Talk, indeed, of en chanted palaces and fairy halls and illuminated gardens, and all the decorative adjuncts with which the fancy teems when its love of the wonderful is highly excited. But what idea can they give you, or any true description, or anything short of having been present yourself, as to what Versailles was, that night ? You must go back to the feelings which you had when still a child—to the time when the imagination and the senses were so quick that nothing seemed impossible to you— when it was not too difficult to put "a girdle round the earth" or to perform any one of " delicate Ariel's" proffered feats. Some ten miles from Paris, to the westward, stands the Palace of Versailles, a building of great extent surrounded by a terraced garden in the Italian style, with fountains and sta tues spreading coolness and beauty outside, and long ranges of saloons and halls within, the walls of which are either hung with historical paintings or decorated with marble and gild ing and mirrors and tapestry. A lovely autumn night has set in, and the moon is shining pensively in a sky which is not altogether free from clouds, and yet not overcast. As you approach this home of the Sovereigns of France wherein in times gone by so many wonderful persons have lived and so many strange and great scenes taken place, you find the long avenues lighted up, and the architec tural outlines of the building itself indicated by lines of gas illumination. There is a block up of carriages at the entrance to the courtyard, all filled with men in Court dresses, and women so beautiful, so covered with jewels that they flash out upon you through the dark, and whose light robes, carefully held up to prevent crushing, make them look like so many Venuses emerging from the foam of the sea. Presently a sergent de ville and your own dexterity get you through, and you are soon passing through anterooms filled with stately porters and footmen who stand up as you pass by and don't laugh, but look very grave indeed at the horrible absurdities of the uniform which you have borrowed from some costumier for the occasion. A staircase brings you to the floor on which the State apartments in splendid success set forth upon their emblazoned walls the historical glories of France. But before you enter these you must give up the precious green ticket which you have persecuted everybody for several days to obtain, and only got at last as a favour never to be repaid, except by prostrating yourself before the donor for the rest of your days. You forget all that, in what you now have to see. The retinue of servants disappears, and the Cent Gardes in full costume, varied occa sionally by a Sapeur Pompier, occupy a series of cham bers through which you pass in grand procession. Standing in pairs at the entrance to each salle they look upon you with magnificent coldness as you pass. But at length you leave the bulk of them behind, and join the rest of the company, who you find are all in uniform, moving about in a flood of light poured down upon them from thousands of waxlights. Imagine the effect. The windows are open, the night comes in refreshingly, and you turn to look out upon the terrace, when, behold you find its verge of ballustrade illuminated with coloured lamps which have converted it into an arcade of variegated splendour, in which three sets of arches with ter minal crowns over them form the most conspicuous objects. The fountain basins in the foreground have undergone the same process of decoration, and their surfaces tremble under the murmuring flash of gas jets like so many lakes of molten silver or gold. Arab chiefs move about with the slow, solemn gait which they appear to have borrowed from their own camels, admiring the wonderful spectacle within the palace and outside. Suddenly, towards the south, a gun is heard; the bands in the great mirrored ballroom play "God Save the Queen," and a movement among the crowd shows that the fireworks have commenced. On the further verge of a fine sheet of water, with the shadows of the Park behind to bring out its effects, and the thunder of the cannon countenancing authoritatively the streams of soaring rockets, the pyrotechnic display takes place. We know nothing about the management of such things in Eng land, nor does Cremorne or Vauxhall give any—the faintest— conception of the refined spendour with which they are conducted on this occasion. A double bouquet, the first springing from a transparency of Windsor Castle, and the last, still more magnificent, from ships of war, brings the fireworks to a close, and causes the ball to open with every body in a frenzy of admiration. Then the Emperor, wearing the riband of the Garter, takes the Queen into the circle prepared for her, and Prince Albert leads as his partner the Princess Mathilde, and Prince Napoleon the Princess Royal, and the Prince of Wales and Prince Adalbert of Bavaria join in the stately quadrille, which is danced while grave Ministers of State, like Lord Clarendon and Count Walewski, and Lord Cowley, and soldiers like Canrobert, and Valliant, and the Arab chiefs, already alluded to, some in white bournous, some in red, look solemnly on at a spectacle such as few of those who witnessed it can ever hope to see repeated. Waltzes and quadrilles followed each other three or four times. Among the Imperial and Royal guests the Empress looks gaily on, a perfect Queen of the Reves, though not sharing in them before general dancing commenced. It was midnight when the Emperor took Her Majesty and the rest of the Court to a banquet, which was magnificently served in the Theatre of the Palace. _ _ The ball at Versailles may he considered in some respects as the drop-scene of this Royal visit, for Sunday was a dies non, and yesterday Her Majesty left on her return to England. CHURCH RDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND. A public meeting of the friends of this society was held last night, at the Hope-hall, Hope-street, to hear a deputation from the Parent Society. The Rev. W. M. Falloon was in the chair, and amongst those on the platform were the Rev. H. Verschoyle, Rev. Boardman, Rev. B. S. Clarke, Rev. S, Minton, Rev. G. W. Warr, Rev. D. Barry, Rev. Daniel Foley, Rev. J. J. Butler, Rev. F. Parry, Rev. T. C. Cowan, Rev. Thos. Rooke, Rev. Ireland, &c. The CHAIRMAN , in commencing the business, said they hal the good wishes, &ugh circumstances had occurred to cause the absence of the Rev. Rector Campbell, Mr. Horsfall, M.P., and the Rev. Dr. M`Neile. He proceeded to comment upon the important work which the society had undertaken to per form, referring especially to a pamphlet by Mr. Chas. Buxton, on _the subject. Their chief ground of complaint was, lie said, that they had been denied a portion of the national grant for their schools in Ireland, although the government had allowed the schools of Romanists and Dissenters in Eng land to participate in the grant. The subject, however, had been before a committee of the House of Lords, and next session would be brc,nglit by Mr. Walpole before the House of Com mons. It was an interesting fact, that of the children edu cated in the schools belonging to the society, about 60,000 belonged to the Church, and nearly 19,000 were children of Romanist parents. The Rev. Tuos. RooKE addressed the meeting, and stated that the clergy of Ireland were determined, at any hazard, to maintain scriptural education in their schools. The Rev. HAMILTON VEESCHOYLE, chancellor of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, spoke next, and said the national school system in Ireland was most unfair to Protestants, while it favoured Romanists ; for a Romanist could refuse the admission of the scriptures to a school, though the majority of the children were Protestant; but a Protestant could not admit the scriptures into a school if there were one child whose Romanist parents objected. He proceeded to show that the objections to scriptural education which were at one time entertained, had been in a great measure over come ; for experience had proved that while the rule designed by the State to promote union had signally failed, the Church schools,promoted by the society,had been as 'signally successful. They were as yet compelled to rely on their kind friends for support, but he trusted that very soon they would gain their object by receiving substantial aid from govermnent. I n oley, of Trinity ne meetinge F was hris übqThe CHAIRMAN rem ar ked th a t th e arrangements of the meeting having b een l e f t t o hi m, h e h ad decided on departing bntoChrist c s i e wr u c e i n i .tl Southport addressed thpoii ; from the ordin ar y course . Th ey would, therefore, have no report pres en t e d t o t h em — no resolutions moved. cum College, Dublin, a n d by th e R ev. B. S. Clarke, b af Y te t r he u ll 'h e i v ell ip a an co ie l lectil on was made in aid of the funds of the society, and, thanks havin6 hecp the voted to _chairman, the meeting separated, DIOCESE OF CHESTER. PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Chas. Augustus Perring has been licenced to the perpetual curacy of Saint James's Church, Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, upon the nomina tion of the Right Honourable the Earl of Lonsdale, the patron. CONSECRATION.—The new cemetery at Kendal, provided by the burial board for the townships of Kendal, Kirkland, and Nethergraveship, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chester, on Thursday last, being the first cemetery consecrated in the diocese of Chester under the provisions of the Burials Acts of the 15th and 16th, and 16th and 17th years of her present Majesty. The portion appropriated for the interment of members of the Church of England, and consecrated as above, contains upwards of five acres. The cemetery is con veniently and beautifully situated close to the town of Kendal, on the slope of a hill, commanding extensive views on all sides, and, from the undulating nature of the ground, will itself form a very picturesque object when the shrubs and trees with which it is planted have grown up. A remarkably neat and appropriate chapel, for the performance of the burial service, capable of accommodating upwards of 100 persons, has been erected on the ground, and, like the laying out of the ground itself, reflects great credit on the good taste of the designer, of whose plans economy was a necessary ingredient. TIIE Rev. Thomas William Jones, Welsh minister of St. Paul's Church, and chaplain of the Northern Hospital,-Liver pool, has been presented to the incumbency of Llanavan-y- Trawscoed, Cardiganshire. CHURCH REFORM.—The Lord Bishop o' Salisbury is at present engaged in the primary visitation of his diocese. In his charge to the clergy his lordship states that henceforth he shall expect a higher standard of attainments from the can didates who offer themselves to him for ordination than has hitherto been deemed sufficient by other bishops; and that for the future, with a view of keeping his diocese free front such clergymen as are undesirable, he shall require every minister who comes to officiate therein to hold his licence to do so. He recommends that clergymen be appointed who shall travel from place to place for the purpose of open-air preaching, and he wishes to see the revival of the periodical • meetings of the clergy. He deprecates the introduction of any change in the established order of the services, so long as the subject remains unsettled by proper authority. The consecration of Trinity Church, Trefuant, in the parish of Henllan, by the Bishop of St. Asaph, took place on Thurs day. " This beautiful church," says a correspondent, "is the pious offering of two sisters, (Mrs. Townshend Mainwaring, of Galttfaenan, and Mrs. Mainwaring, of Oteley Park) to the glory of God and to the memory of their beloved parents, the late Colonel and Mrs. Salisbury. It is built on a commanding site, in one of the richest parts of the celebrated vale of Choyd, looking towards the fine range of the Mod Famma chain of hills. The design is worthy of the European fame of the architect, G. G. Scott, Esq., of London, and infinitely sur passes every similar structure erected within the principality for many centuries. The transcendent beauty of the day well accorded with the blessed and joyful occasion, and the hearts of all present warmly responded to the words of the Psalmist, " I was glad when they said unto me we will go into the house of the Lord." 'The church was thronged with all the leading families in the neighbourhood, and many distant friends and relations. The usual ceremonies for the consecration of the churchyard having been gone through,. and the sentence of consecration read and signed, the Morning Service was pro ceeded with in English. The prayers were read by the Rev. David Lewis, incumbent of the new church. The first lesson by the Rev. E. Smart, vicar of Henllan, and the second by the Rev. E. Duncombe, rector of Barthomley, Cheshire. The Communion Service was read by the Lord Bishop, assisted by the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Asaph, and the Venerable Archdeacon Wickham. A sermon was preached by the Rev. T. L. Claughton, vicar of Kidderminster, from Luke vii. 4,5, and part of 6. This was succeeded by the offertory, the pro ceeds of which are to be devoted to the erection of another church in " the hill country," at the upper portion of the parish of Henllan. The collection amounted to £144, includ ing a cheque for £5O from P. W. Yorke, Esq., of Dyffryn Aled. The Holy Communion was afterwards administered to a very large proportion of the congregation. An entertainment was prepared at Galttfaenan, where between one and two hundred of the clergy and laity partook of the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Townshend Mainwaring. At half-past six o'clock there was a Welsh service, when the church was crowded to over flowing. The prayers were again read by the Rev. D. Lewis ; the first lesson by the Rev. M. Davies, rector of Llanrwst, and chaplain to the Bishop, and the second lesson by the Rev. Watkin Williams, curate of Tremeirchion. A sermon was preached from Exodus xxv. 8, by the Rev. Hugh Jones, vicar of Holywell, and honorary canon of St. Asaph. The singing at both services was led by the Rev. C. W. Heaton, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, who presided at the harmonium, and to whom much praise is due for his unwearied exertions in train ing the choir." COURT AND FASHION. MR. EDuown WoDEirousE, late M.P. for East Norfolk died on Wednesday, at his residence, Thorpe, near Norwich lie represented Norfolk from the year 1817, until last Jane. when he retired in favour of Mr. H. Stracey. RETIREMENT OF THE SPEAKER.—It has long been ported that the Right Hon. J. Shaw Lefevre, Speaker of the House of Commons, was likely to receive the honourable re ward for his long and indefatigable services, by being pro moted to the peerage. During the last few weeks these ru- Hackfield, taken from his estate i n H ampsh i re. as b s eoff ed a more eredapo t e a r n a g g i e b , le sh nnd a e p r e. It the is title now of stated n m th o a l t irs h ehawviell assumed VISIT OF THE COURT TO BILMORAL.—The officials of the Great Northern Railway have received instructions to hold in readiness their train of state carriages for the conveyance of the Queen and the Royal family from King's•cross station, London, to Scotland, this week. The Duchess of Kent pro ceeded to the north by the same route about ten days since. Her Royal Highness travelled by the Great Northern day express, occupying a saloon carriage, and being accompanied by her usual retinue of attendants. THE Paris papers describe the dress of the Queen and Em press at the opera. Both Her Majesty and the Empress were dressed in white, and each wore a diadem of diamonds, but of a somewhat different description, that of the Empress being taller and closer, and entirely of diamonds and emeralds. Both their Majesties wore superb necklaces of diamonds and emeralds, with other ornaments to match. Queen Victoria' displayed the riband of the garter, and the Empress Eugenie the cordon of the order of Isabella the Catholic; and both held magnificent bouquets. VISCOUNT HEREFORD, the premier Viscount of the English peerage, expired on Saturday week, at his residence in Wilton crescent, London. The deceased, Robert Fleming Dev ereux,Vis count Hereford in the peerage of England, and a baronet, was eldest son of Henry,l4th Viscount, by Frances Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Sir George Cornwall. He was born the 3rd of May, 1809, and married, in 1841, the daughter of the late Mr. George Ravenscroft, by whom he had a youthful family. The deceased succeeded to the ancient viscountcy on the death of his father, the 31st of May, 1843. His eldest son Robert, born in 1843, succeeds to the family honours. Highly y E P eni ni o x y c g s h o i f a W t A ri L p E . S, a H cco n l a in h g es to allup accoun ts the various offereg staircases of the various show palaces, scorning the made .duidanoe of the maids of honour, and on 31 1 on i d , 3 v ro A aaschid, the Em. , a tour of the city incopito, ii peror himself performing the part ja were supposed to the whole of the Royal and Imperial El -see, the crowd who waited lie enjoying their dinner in the 3 return were surprised by the ih the Rue Rivoli to see them eontaining a very young gentle than, of a small phaeton everything, and asked numerous questions Man, who looked at companion,lvho was no less a person than the of hi s grave cort consisting solely of the con fi dential himself, the es Emperor drove the vehicle. coachman wholfoaEafratiythful vizier. While froTgrPaaring2