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On Thursday the Queen and Prince Consort
crossed from Osborne to Portsmouth, whence they
proceeded to Shorncliffe, where her Majesty reviewed
the Foreign Legion stationed in the camp at that
place. The Queen and Prince Albert came over on
Saturday to Hasler Hospital, to visit the sick and
wounded seamen and marines staying there, who
have come home from the trenches and the fleet at
Sebastopol.
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The Portuguese war•steamer Mindeiho, with the
King of Portugal, his brother, and suite, left South-
ampton for Lisbon on Thursday. The King called
at Osborne, to route, to take his farewell of her
Majesty and Prince Albert.
The Queen has signed a warrant granting a pension
of 2001. a sear to Mts. Shadforth, whose husband,
Colonel Shadforth of the 57th, was killed in the
attack on the Redan on the 18th of June.
The Ministerial Whitebait dinner took place on
Wednesday last at the Trafalgar-hotel, at Greenwich.
The following members of the Government were
present :—Earl Harrowby, Duke of Argyll, Earl
Somers, Lord Panmure, Mr. J. Ball, Mr. Grenville
Berkeley, Admiral Berkeley, Right Hon. E. P.
Bouverie, Hon. H. Brand, Lord E. Bruce, Sir A.
Cockburn, Hon. W. Cowper, Viscount Duncan, Mr.
J. D. Fitzgerald, Sir G. Grey, Right Hon. W. G.
Hayter, Sir B. Hall, Lord De Tabley, Right Hon. E.
Horsman, Right Hon. W. Keogh, Earl Mulgrave, Sir
W. Molesworth, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. F. Peel,
Mr. H. D. Seymour, Right Hon. R. V. Smith, Mr.
James Wilson, Lord Waterpark, Admiral Eden, Mr.
Robert Lowe.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—On Thursday evening,
being the last night of the season, the Etoile du
Nord was performed, After the opera, which went
off with the usual kciat, "God save the Queen " was
sung by the whole vocal strength of the theatre.
The solo verses were given by Mlle. Bosio, Mlle.
Marai, and Formes, and the immense body of choral
and orchestral harmony had a superb effect. During
its performance the aspect of the house—the whole
audience standing—was remarkably brilliant and
striking. There is yet to be another performance of
the Etoile du Nord, which is to be repeated this
evening for the benefit of the stage-manager, Mr.
Harris.

MLLE. ROSA. BONBEUR'S PICTURE of " the Horse
Fair" is sold to an Englishman—but not a resident
in England—for a trifle under 2,0001. Mlle. Bonheur
bas painted a reduced copy for the engraver, which is
now in Mr. Thomas Landseer's hands. The second
picture has been purchased by Mr. Jacob Bell.

A POLISH MEETING was held on Wednesday in
St. Martin's-hall for the purpose of considering the
propriety of forming a Pol sh legion, which should
serve as an auxiliary with the allies during the war,
and of restoring the nationality of Po!and, as the
only means of securing a durable peace. The hall
was filled on the occasion by about 2,000 persons,
who appeared to belong chiefly to the class of
mechanics, but many noblemen and gentlemen were
on the platform, and among other members of the
Legislature were the Earl of Harrington, Viscount
Ebrington, Sir R. Peel, Captain Townshend, Isaac
Butt, Esq., Francis Mowatt, Esq, and W. Tite, Esq.
The chair was taken shortly after half past seven
o'clock by the Earl of Harrington. The proceedings,
however, after much speech-making, ended in an
uproar, a Mr. Collett moving an amendment declaring
all hope of vigorous measures useless so long as
Lord Palmerston remained head of the Administra
tion. This proposition being tumultuously urged,
the Earl of Harrington left the chair, and after a
continuance of disorderly addresses for some time
longer the assembly dispersed.

THE PRESIDENCY OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD has
been resigned by Mr. Baines, on the score of ill-
health, and the following arrangements are made in
consequence of his retirement:—Mr. Bonverie suc-
ceeds to the Poor-law Board and Mr. Lowe oecomes
Vice President of the Board of Trade. The Hon. W.
F. Cowper, stepson of the Premier, is appointed Pre-
sident of the Board of Health in the room of Sir B.
Hall. The new writs for Kilmarnock, Kidderminster,
and Hertford were moved for on Thursday in the
House of Commons.

THE ANNUAL SHOW OF THE ROYAL IRISH AGRICUL-
TURAL SOCIETY commenced on Wednesday at Carlow,
and may be described as a good average one, both in
the number and the quality of the animals exhi
bited. His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, who
was himself an exhibitor, and obtained the second
prize for a beautiful short horn bull sent over from
Castle Howard, honoured the exhibi ion with his
presence. In the evening the annual banquet of the
society took place in the great hall of the railway
terminus, the Duke of Leinster, as president of the
society, presiding ; and besides the Lord Lieutenant
there were several other distinguished guests.

THE PRESS.

'falba! and mud.

MR. AND LADY MARY CHRISTOPHER have adopted
the name and arms of Hamilton Nisbet, on their
succession to the Belhaven and Dorleton estates.
A MEETING OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
ASSOCIATION took place at the London Tavern on
Wednesday. Few persons attended. After a report
had been read and some speeches made, the as-
sembly dispersed without result.
THE Salut Public of Lyons states that the Medi-
terranean Railway Company has received orders to
hold themselves in readiness to convey a numerous
body of troops (1,500 a day) from Lyons to the coast
for embarkation, as well as 100,000 shells and a large
quantity of powder.
MDLLE. RACHEL left London yesterday morning
for Liverpool, where she is to embark to•day on
board the Pacific for the United States, America,
accompanied by her sisters, M. Raphael Felix (direc-
teur pour Mdlle. Rachel's conges), and a complete
troupe, comprising thirty artistes.
THE LATE M. SALAMON ROTHSCHILD, of Paris, has
left a fortune of two millions and a half pounds
sterling, which will be divided between his two
nephews.
AN account of the various steamboat disasters in
the western waters of the United States is about to
be published in Cincinnati, whicn, it is said, will
show that 100,000 lives have been lost in them.
IT is understood that in all renewals of steam con-
tracts for the Government transport service the
terms are now reduced from 50s. per ton to 455.
or 40s.
THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA will take
place during the ensuing week at Cowes. The pro-
gramme is the most attractive one of the season, and
includes her Majesty's Cup, the Prince Consort's
, Cup, and that of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
THE dividend declared at the half-yearly meeting
of the London and North-Western Railway Company
was at the rate of 4f per cent. per annum, with a
balance of about 7,0001. to be carried forward to the
next half-year's account.
MR. GLADSTONE is a man of sagacity and judg-
ment, and a true statesman.—Le Nord.
I'UEHEMET BEY, the new Turkish ambassador,
arrived in Paris on Tuesday evening.
HER MAJESTS has been pleased to approve of the
appointment, by the Court of Directors of the East
India Company, of Henry Valentine Conolly,
Esq., to be Provisional Member of Council at Fort
St. George.
MR. LUCAS denies that he has any intention of
retiring from the representation of Meath.
M. FAVRE, an engineer, has lately published some
observations relative to the possibility of making a
railway under the Channel from France to England.
The length of the work, he says, would be 30 kilo-
metres (18i English miles), and pierced at such a
length as to always leave 25 metres at least between
the arch and the bottom of the sea. The tunnel he
proposes to have lined with a (liable archway, one of
bricks and the other of iron, this latter pierced with
narrow openings to at once allow the slightest infil
tration to be perceived. Engineers are at present,
M. Favre states, in conclusion, engaged in estimating
as accurately as can well be done, the utmost cost of
the execution of a tunnel under the Channel be
tween England and France. Such is M. Favre's
plan, which, whatever may be thought of its feasi-
bility, certainly is not wanting in boldness.
Mum CONSTERNATION has prevailed in Naples in
consequence of an accident involving considerable
loss of life. In the Castel Nuovo there are apart
ments devoted to the making of percussion-caps.
Much explosive matter is of course lying about, and
whilst they were packing a quantity for use in Sicily,
through the negligence of the workmen, the whole
ignited, and the entire building was blown up even
to the roof. The alarm was for the moment inde-
scribable. Some feared an earthquake, for all the
houses in the neighbourhood were shaken, and the
windows in the royal palace broken ; and every one
fled everywhere but to his house. When it was pos-
sible to enter the floor where the accident took pla?e
the spectacle presented was most awful—the black-
ened and mangled bodies of the sufferers lay scat-
tered about, nor was it possible to ascertain the
number in full. Two hundred were said to have
been buried beneath the ruins. It seems most pro-
vidential that a far worse catastrophe was averted.
Many thousanis of tons of English powder, pur-
chased for the Sicilians in 1848, were in the maga-
zines of the castle, enough to have blown up half the
kingdom—whilst in the same wing of the building
where the accident took place the fireworks used on
occasion of royal fêtes are made, and a quantity of
combustible matter therefore was contained in it.
The king came to Naples on the following day
to examine into the state of the case and give relief.
THE subscription on behalf of the sufferers from
the late fire at Chamouni is headed by Miss Burdett
Courts, 20/.; Sir Robert Peel, 201.; and Mr. Albert
Smith, 201.

SATURDAY,

Saba ant Volitt.

THE REV. MR. BOYLE has recently brought an
action in the French courts, against the newspaper
L' Univers, with a two-fold object; namely, in the first
instance, to compel the editor of that journal to place
in the hands of a notary public the original letter, tl e
translation of which was published in its columns on
the 23rd of May, 1854, and which translation, subse-
quently published in this country, constituted the
ground of action which the rev. gentleman brought
against the Cardinal in England. The second
object of the proceedings in France was to recover
25,000 f., by way of damages for the injury the plain-
tiff has sustained in his character by the publication
of the said letter. The French courts decided
against Mr. Boyle, who is therefore saddled with all
the costs of the proceedings. L' Univers, in alluding
to the trial, says :—" Our own position is clear in this
matter. Personally we have no contest with Mr.
Boyle; and, as our learned counsel said upon the
trial, we were ready to comply with his wishes as to
the production of the letter if he could have obtained
the consent of the Cardinal to his demand. TI e
cause tried at Paris presents no other interest then
as an incident in the cause still pending (now
i,tanding for trial at the present Croydon Assizes) in
London, that trial being the third time the matter
has been brought an& r the consideration of a jury
in England." The Univers then goes on to say,
" This time the evidence of the Rev. Mr.lvers, which
at the last assizes was sufficient to lead to the loss of
the Cardinal's cause, will have no weight on behalf
of the plaintiff, on account of the affidavits which have
been filed in the Court of Exchequer, completely in-
validating the testimony of that witness."
THE EXECUTION OF JOSEPH bIEADOWS, who was
found guilty of murder at the last Worcestershire
Assizes, took place in front of the county gaol, Wor-
cester, on Saturday last, in the presence of an immense
concourse of spectators. It will be recollected that
the murderer Meadows formed an acquaintance with
a young girl named Mary Ann Mason. The intimacy
was discouraged by the girl's parents, who placed
her in service at the Sailor's Return, beerhouse, at
Kate's-hill, Dudley. Meadows paid her a visit on the
night before the murder was committed, passing
himself off as Mason's brother. Next morning,
having possessed himself of his master's carbine,
shot-belt, and powder-flask, he proceeded to the
Sailors Return, and, while Mary Ann Mason was
washing the floor of the room, deliberately shot her
dead, in the presence of two men, who were sitting
there. He assigned no reason for the act when ap-
prehended, but merely said:—" I have had my
revenge. Revenge is sweet; and now lam satisfied."
He added, he was determined that, "If ho did not
have her, no one else should." Since his condemnation
the wretched convict has paid the greatest attention
to the ministration of the gaol chaplain. Having
arrived at the steps leading to the scaffold, Meadows
whispered to Calcraft to " do it quickly," to which he
received in reply, " 1 will not be a minute." During
the whole cf the preparations, the culprit maintained
the most remarkable composure, and walked firmly
to the drop.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, August 7.

HENRY MILLER and WILLIAM Hot Nit, Newport, Isle of Wight,
hardweremen— Jolts MINTER, late of Folkestone, shipowner—
JAiiise BARNEY, Addle-street, Wood-street, City, warehouseman
—TwoxAs GARDINER, Fox Publichouse, Paul-sireet, Finsbury,
licensed victualler—TitomAs Huscutsa, Hungerford, Berke,
butcher—WlLLlAM Osi.sit, Earl-street. Finsbury-square. Mid-
dlesex, cab ].roprieWr—JOHN WILLIAM PHILIP GRAHAM, King's-
road, Chelsea, insurance broker--JAuss GUTTERIDOE, Eliza-
beth-street, Eaton-square, Middlesex, horse deaIer—VINCENT
SNOOK and JOHN THOMAS SNOOK, King street, Hammersmith,
linendrapers—THOMAS FREER, Leicester, wine merchant—J As.
Porrs, Monks :;oppenhall, Chester, brickwaker SpLoatott
CLEcio and JAMES Fox, Newcastle upon-Tyue, woollen manu-
facturers.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JOAN HANDYSIDE BAXTER
(deceased), M nrraygate, Dundee, bookseller—THE KEILIARSBRAH
SPINNING COMPANY, Alloft, spinners and wool dealers.

Friday, August 10.

BANKRUPTS.—TnonAs CHATTERTON, Rye, Sussex, baker—
THOMAS CORAH, Nottingham, lace manufacturer —Joseeit
Moses, Lower-marsh, Lambeth, glass and china dealer —en As.
PARSONS, Bristol. lineudraper—SAMUEL Wit. PARTRIDGE and
DANIEL FRANCIS DUCEY, Paternoster-row, INX)k.1181101 ii--TH OMAN
LEIGH, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, wine and spirit
merchant—JAMES H ELWOOD, Derby, irunfound er—TH o s. WILSON'
late of New High-street, Manchester, merchant—HUGH WELCH
COOPER, Wakeneld-street, Regent-square, builder—WM. LYNALL
THOMAS, Chapel place, Cavendish-square, cowkeeper —Tmonas
Dixon, Crook, Unchain, grocer—Junk WINSPE►RE, MiddlettSt
Durham, shipbuilder.

ALL the letters from the Crimea that arrived in
Paris by the last mail were frightfully mutilated, the
Grand Provost having in many instances cut out
three-fourths of their contents.

THE first order issued by Sir B. Hall, after his
acceptance of the office of President of the Board of
Public Works, directed that 200 new seats should be
placed in the public promenades of the Regent's-
park. He has also given orders to throw open
Kew-gardens to the public during the whole of
Sundays.

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AUG. 11, 1855.

gurrtsvonbturt.

THE P.T. HON. SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH.

TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

Sir—Lord Palmerston said in the House of Com-
mons,

Those gentlemen who take exception to what has been
said by my right hon. friend the Secretary for the Colonies,
at his election today, might as well have deferred their
remarks until my right hon. friend was here to answer for
himself, especially as there is no man more capable than
he is of defe.iding himself in his place against anything
which is laid to his charge.

The validity of that pledge shall be straightway
tested. Sir William Molesworth, in reply to a person
who had designated him "the rejected of Cornwall,"
assured the electors of Southwark and the public that
his seceding from the representation of his native
con ity had reference solely to his free-trade prin-
ciples. That is not true, and Sir William Moles-
worth knows that it is not true.

The right hon. baronet the Secretary for the Colo-
nies, on a particular occasion, was called upon to give
a convivial toast. Ho did so publicly, in a mixed
society at Plymouth or Devonport, and before persons
who were comparatively strangers to him. One of
them, in high disapprobation, left the room in conse-
quence, and reported the circumstance on the follow-
ing morning. Thereupon a private meeting of the
principal clergy and gentry was held in the following
week, when it was unanimously determined that no
clergyman or gentleman could give his support to
Sir William Molesworth, and that the clergy as a
body were called upon to use every exertion to defeat
his return. The subject matter of the offence was
not purely ecclesiastical. The convic ion of the im-
possibility to face the relation of this fact on the
hustings, and the displeasure loudly testified by his
own supporters, led to the resignation of Sir William
Molesworth.
Will the right hon. baronet Sir William Moles-
worth, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, redeem the pledga of his chief, Lord
Palmerston, and, in his official place in Parliament,
state to the House of Commons the substance and
the words—for they were a quotation—of that particu-
lar t ia.st which caused him the loss of the represen-
tation of Cornwall?
A CLERGYMAN AND AN ELECTOR
OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF
THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.