The Press.
London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

Cntrt ant) las4ion.

Her Majesty the Queen and Court arrived in town
from Osborne on Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday her Majesty held a levee, which
was very numerously atttended.
On Thursday her Majesty gave a children's ball
at Buckingham Palace.
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The Earl of Derby had audiences of her Majesty
on Wednesday and Thursday.

Valittrai.

CABINET Cormcn.s were held on Saturday, Monday,
and Tuesday last at the official residence of the
Chancellor of ,the Exchequer in Downing-street.
The Miuisters present were—the Earl of Derby, the
Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl
of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Mr.
Secretary Walpole, the Earl or Malmesbury, Lord
Stanley, General Peel, Sir John Pakington, the Earl
of Ellenborough, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, and
Lord John Manners. Previous to the Cabinet
Council of Tuesday about 180 members of the
House of Commons had a conference with the Earl
of Derby and the Chancellor of the Exchequer at tho
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury
in Downing-street. Letters from upwards of sixty
members were read excusing their attendance owing
to their absence from town, but expressing the
warmest confidence in the noble earl at the head of
the Government.

THE following changes hare recently been made
in the diplomatic department
Mr. Eric Farquhar, unpaid attache to H. M. Legation
at Berne, has been transferred in the same capacity to
H.M. Mission at Vienna.

Mr. Ernest Clay, unpaid attache at Madrid, is trans-
ferral in the same capacity to the Embassy at Paris.
Mr. James Russell, unpaid attaché at Berlin, is trans-
ferred in the same capacity to the Mission at Dresden.
Mr. Percy Mitford, unpaid attaché at Dresden, is trans.
ferred to Berlin.

MR. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR writes to the Times
this week, with reference to the generally circulated
report that he had offered a reward for the assassina-
tion of the Emperor Napoleon, to say that he had never
countenanced " any assassination whatsoever," and
that so far from desiring the overthrow of the Em-
peror Napoleon, he should regret the loss to Europe
of the most energetic and sagacious potentate that
ever governed any portion of it. He also expresses
his opinion that the Emperor Napoleon is "the
most legitimate sovran in Europe," and that he
" heartily " wishes him " a long life and a long suc-
cession."

MR. CAIRD'S AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BILL has
been printed. It requires the Board of Trade to
take measures to obtain returns of land produce
from all occupiers in England and Wales, who will
be called on to fill up forms and schedules to be left
with them by the inspectors. The lands of occupiers
neglecting to make returns may be entered upon and
inspected without their consent.
Ax INTERESTING LETTER from the Bishop of
Perth (Australia) appeared in the Daily News of
Thursday, complaining of the desperate character of
the convicts sent out to that colony, and describing
his " experiences " of the systematic insubordination
of the prisoners during the passage ont. The
bishop declares that if the officials in England,
whose duty it is to select prisoners for transports.
Lion, persist in sending ont desperate characters,
men utterly unfit for the purposes of the colony,
transportation must be put an end to.