The Press.
London, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

Court aub laskian.

Her Majesty, on Monday, laid the foundation-stone
of Wellington College.
Her Majesty the Queen held a Court on Tuesday,
and gave audience to Lord Wodehouse to take leave
on proceeding to St. Petersburg.
Her Majesty, on Thursday, received the addresses
to the Throne respecting the peace, from the Univer•
sities of Oxford and Camoridge. After the reception
of the addresses, her Majesty gave audience to the
Marquis de Breme, Senator, and Director of the
Academy of Fine Arts at Turin, when the Marquis
presented to the Queen the portrait of his Majesty
the King of Sardinia. The Queen also gave audience
to the Earl of Clarendon and Earl Spencer.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied
by the Regent of Baden and the Prince of Prussia,
visited Oxford University on Wednesday, to attend
the Commemoration.
Her Majesty will hold a drawing-room on Friday,
the 20th of June, and a levee on Wednesday, the
25th of June.

The Ministerial State banquets took place on
Saturday evening, in celebration of the Queen's
birthday.
The Earl of Eglinton gave a grand entertainment
on Saturday evening to their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and
the Duke of Cambridge, at his lordship's mansion,
in St. James's square.
The Marchioness of Breadalbane gave a magnifi-
cent ball on Wednesday night, at the family mansion,
in Park-lane. Tha fete was honoured with the
presence of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, their Serene Highnesses
the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
the Prince Lmwenstein, the corps diplomaiique, and
nearly a thousand members of the aristocracy.

Metropolitan.

THE CORRESPONDENCE RETWEEN DR. TAYLOR AND
MR. MAYHEW, with reference to Dr. Taylor's state-
ment that Mr. Mayhew, in the earlier days of the
Palmer Case," committed a gross breach or confi-
dence by publishing certain confidential opinions ex-
pressed to Mr. Mayhew by Dr. Taylor, has termi-
nated for the present by Dr. Taylor, on being appealed
to by Mr. Mayhew, supported by a friend, for an
apology, refusing to read Mr. Mayhew's letter, and
putting the matter into the bands of his solicitor.
The question, it is believed, will be referred for
settlement to a legal tribunal.
Tug PuzsENT POLISH AMNESTY is sternly refused
by the London Polish Democratic Society, on the
plea that they cannot accept the title of " pardoned
rebels." They protest against the acceptance by the
refugees of any amnesty, and declare that they will
disown any Polish refugee who accepts the terms
offered by the Emperor Alexander, as a "deserter of
his country's sacred and unprescriptible rights."

MR. CHARLES DICKENS, Dean Milman, and a nu-
merous party, on the occasion of the recent fireworks,
assembled in the outer gallery of St. Paul's Cathe-
dral, from whence a magnificent view of the
illuminations and general proceedings was obtained.
St. Paul's itself,when seen from any shady place,
during illuminations, stands out grimly and grandly
'from the dark back-ground.

THE Sr. MART'S HOSPITAL INSTITUTION, the
British Beneficent Institution, the Governesses'
Benevolent Institution, the Westmins:er Ophthalmic
Hospital, the Marine Society, and the Artists' Bene
Nolent Fund, have held their anniversary meetings
during the past week. The subscriptions to each of
these excellent chanties were extremely liberal (in
one case, St. Mary's Hospital, amounting to 1,4001.),
and it is gratifying to find that though limited in
funds the pecuniary condition was generally highly
satisfactory, and the relief afforded liberal and ex-
taisive.

THE. PROPERTY Or MARRIED WOMEN QUESTION
was discussed before a very crowded meeting of
ladies on Saturday. at 21, Regent street. Sir John
Pakington, ?►d.P., presided, in the absence of Lord
Brougham, and in opening the proceedings be dwelt