The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-28 00:00:00

THE COURT.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturday, Jan. 20.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess
Mary of Cambridge took leave of the Queen this fore-
noon and quitted the castle; attended by Lady Geraldine
Scimerset, Lady in Waiting, and Captain P. Cust,
EqUerry inWaiting. Their Royal Highnesses proceeded
' to their residence at Kew.

Her Majesty took a drive to-day in an open carriage
and four, accompanied by her Royal Highness the
Princess Alice". Iu attendance were the Lady and the
Equerry in Waiting. •
The Prince Consort went out shooting this morning,
attended by Lord Rivers, the Hon. Col. Sir C. Phipps, ,
and'COlOnel Ponsonby.
Lord, Watcrpark took his depatture from the castle

to-day.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party this
evening.

CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at
three o'clock on Saturday afternoon at Lord Palmerston's
official residence in Downing-street. The Lord Chan-
cellor, the Dukes of Somerset, Newcastle, and Argyll,
Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Mr. Gladstone,
Mr. C. Wood, Lord C. Herbert, Sir George Lewis, Mr.
Milner Gibson, Mr. C. P. Villiers, and Mr. Cardwell
were present. The ministers sat in deliberation two
hours.

The office of Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, vacant
by the death of the Marquis of Dalhousie, has been
abolished.
Mr. Brewster will in all probability succeed to the
vacancy on the Irish Bench, vacant by the retirement of
Baron Greene.
RATE OF INTEREST.—The commissioners on the rate
of interest on landed securities in. Scotland, having met
on Thursday, resolved that the rate of interest on such
first-class securities, from and after .Whit-Sunday next,
be at the rate of four per cent.
VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE CITY OF LONDON.
—We learn that her most gracious Majesty intends
visiting the City of London early in the ensuing season,
for the purpose of inspecting the beautiful church of
St. Michael, Cornhill.—City Press.
THE SEE OF WORCESTER..--WORCESTER, FRIDAY.--
At last the CO2 19C d'elire for the election of a new Bishop
of 'Worcester, in the room of Dr. Pepys, deceased, has
been received by the dean and chapter, after considerable
delay, occasioned, it is said, by the difficulty about the
future residence of the bishop.' The dean and chapter
have had a meeting, and 'Wednesday next is -appointed
for the election of a bishop. The bishop nominate, Dr.
Philpott, has appointed A. C. n proctor, his
secretary.
GERMAN ArtgAmr.NTs.-...kustria ii increasing her
rneans of defence. She has just contracted with a house
at Trieste for the construction of two iron-plated fri-
gates. The manufactories of arms in Thuringen are
unable to execute all the orders sent to them from the
different German States, cspeeially Bavaria, Wurtem-
born-, Hanover, and Baden. They have also been com-
pelled to refuse orders fromßussia.
PROFITS ON RAILWAY CAPITAL.—It appears that of
a total of £23,000,000 (of Which about £6,000,000 was
in course of expenditure on extensions and new lines)
remained unproductive; nearly £5,000,000 Tralised less
thin I.;per cent. ; between £4,000,000 and £5,000,000
realised from 1 to 2 per cent.; £25,000,000. from. 2 to
3 per cent. ; £25,000,000. from 3 to 4 per cent. ,
£153,000,000 from 4 to 5 per cent.; £74,000,000 from
5 to 6 per cent.; £20,800,000 from 6 to 7 per cent; and
about £9,000;000 from 7 to.lo per cent. The past year
no doubt, exhibit a fair improvement on these
"results.-•--.lifining Journal.
LORD ELLENBOROUGH AS AN ORATOR.—IIIs voice is
the finest in either House of Parliament, unless Ire
except Gladstone's—sonorous,, full, clear' and penetra-
ting. The figure is manly, the features handsome, the
hair gray with the snow of seventy winters, yet still
• abundant. His gesture is easy yet dignified, the em-
phasis not too frequent, but, when it falls, striking like
a hammer. His elocution is perfection. One peculiarity
by which he is distinguished from his contemporaries is
the long sound of the Italian ." a," as in father, which
he uses with dramatic effect' in words demanding peculiar
emphasis. His fluency is not remarked, because he never
labours under a flux of words. . Many speakers are
evidently engaged in repeating—he is, or appears to be,
thinking. Au elevated and sustained tone of declama-.
tion, a Stately and imposing rhetoric, lucid and forcible
logic (the premises being granted), and a diversified
harmony of period, arc gifts and graces of the highest
order of. eloquence, and few will deny that they are'.
possesse4 in larger measure by the Earl of Ellenborti
agli
than by lan)* of his Conteinporaries.—"Men of Mark,"
in the Saturdai Review.

LATEST NEWS.

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THE FRENCH EMPEROR AND THE
KING OF DENMARK.
PARIS, Jan. 26.
The Patric says it is not true, as some journals
have stated, that the French Government has
encouraged Denmark to resist the demands of
Germany. Neither is it true that the French ia
organising a squadron to be sent to the Baltic.