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PRUSSIA.

The King of Prussia has at length, after much
persuasion, been indncid to set off for Tegernsee.
His Majesty and the Queen will make the journey
by easy stages, which will thus occupy about four
days, and as they intend to travel iu the strictest
incognito, under the titles of Count and Countess von
Zollern, they will not be required to undergo all the
annoyances of etiquette to which, under other cir-
cumstances, they would have been exposed, and
which, in the present state of his Majesty's health
might not have been altogether free from danger.
Before taking his departure the King granted an
extension of the power under which the Prince of
Prussia administers the Government, as his Majesty's
representative, until the 23rd October, which so far
settles that matter for the present, but it daily be•
comes more evident that neither Prince nor people
will be satisfied with that arrangement beyond the
term to which it has now been prolonged. At
Weimar and at Baden the Prince will have every
opportunity of meeting and consulting with some of
those political friends in whose opinions lie has been
accustomed to concur, when there can be little doubt
measures will be concocted that will enable his
Ito)al Highness to take in due time such steps as
will secure for him the ready assumption of an un-
fettered regency. That the Princess considers this
point already settled is clear from the determination
which she has expressed of leaving Coblentz, and of
again taking up her abode in Berlin, where she has
seldom resided for any length of time since the re-
fusal of the King to accept the Imperial Crown of
Germany when it was offered to him in 1t149 by the
parliamentary delegates front Frankfort, for it is well
known that an estrangement on that occasion took
place between his Majesty and the Princess, which
has never yielded to the attempts that have been
made to produce a reconciliation. The Princess
loudly complained of the want of proper spirit and
of correct judgment on the part of the King on that
occasion, not only because she conceived that her
husband and son, the Prince of Prussia, and Prince
Frederick Willism, as heirs presumptive to the
Grown, were unjustly deprived of a position to which
the acceptance by his Majesty of the spontaneous
offer of the Imperial Crown by the people would

have raised them, but also because she saw the
liberal cause in Germany, to which her Royal High.
ness has ever been sincerely attached, was, by the
conduct of the King, placed at disadvantage, if not
in jeopardy ; and the result has proved the correct.
ness of those views then entertained by the Princess,
which, in her interview with the King, she so em-
phatically proclaimed. Before the Princess leaves
Coblentz, however, it is probable that the Queen of
England will be for a short time her guest at the
castle there, for it has been generally reported for
some days past that before the end of summer there
would be a family meeting of the parents on both
sides of the Prince and Princess Frederick William,
and it is consequently expected that for this pur.
pose the Queen and the Prince Consort will meet
the Prince of Prussia at Ostend during the usual
visit of his Royal Highness to that bathing place,
from whence, in his company, they will proceed, via
Cologne, to Coblentz, in the neighbourhood of which
city the intended reunion will take place, for which
at tbat season there are few situations that for
beauty and convenience can offer greater local ad.
vantages.

(ourt an)) jlasOion.

THE QUEEN AT ALDERSHOFT.

The Queen, accompanied by the Prince Consort,
arrived at the Camp on Monday evening, and
reviewed the whole of the troops, upwards of
20,000 in number, now stationed there, on Tuesday.
Over and above the interest which the pageant
derived from the presence of royalty, the occasion
was still further remarkable from the attendance of
the Duke of Malakoff, in whom and in whose every
movement throughout the day an amount of curiosity
was evinced oniy inferior to that which her Majesty's
appeara►►ce in public invariably excites.
The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
the Princesses Alice and Helena, lett Buckingha►n
Palace at half•past tour on Monday afternoon for the
Camp. Proceeding under an escort composed of a
detachment of Life Guards to her Majesty's private
station at Vauxhall, on the South• Western Railway,
the Royal party travelled thence in a special train to
Farnborough, where they arrived shortly before six
o'clock. There a guard of honour, composed of a
troop of the 10th Hussars, under the command of
Captain Smith, was posted near the station, and
General Knollys, Colonel Kennedy, Colonel Chapman,
and Captain Blackett were in attendance to receive
her Majesty. Entering a pony barouche, drawn by
four greys, the august travellers prcceedad direct to
the Royal Pavillion in the Camp, the troops lining
the road on either side throughout the whole distance
from the station.

The Duke of Malakoff, attended by Colonel Apper
and Colonel Claremont, arrived by the express train
about six o'clock the same evening at Farnborough,
where the Marshal was received by Colonel Kennedy,
who was in attendance for that purpose by the ex-
press command of her Majesty. A guard of honour,
formed of detachments of the 10th Hussars and the
4th Dragoons, was also drawn up at the station, and
escorted him on his arrival at the Royal Pavilion.
The Duke had the honour of dining with her
Majesty and the Prince Consort in the evening, as
had also General Knollys and several other of the
officers in high command at the camp.
The troops brought under review consisted of
three brigades of infantry, a cavalry brigade, two
troops of Horse Artillery, and the Engineers' Train,
numbering in the aggregate upward'. of 22,000 men.
The first infantry brigade, under the command of
Major-General Lord W. Paulet, consisted of the
38th Foot, the 99th Foot, the 2nd Warwick Militia,
the Ist West York Rifles, and the Limerick and
Kerry Militias. The second brigade, commanded by
Major-General Spencer, was composed of a battalion
of the Grenadier Guards, the sth Foot, four com-
panies of the 60th Foot. the 2nd Cheshire Militia,
and the Oxford, East Kent, and Stirling Militias.
The third brigade, tinder Major-General Lawrence,
was formed of the 15th Foot, the 87th, the 3rd West
York, the Louth, Donegal, and Dublin Militias.
The cavalry brigade, commanded by Major General
Lawrenson, consisted of the 2nd Life Guards, the
4th (Royal Irish) Dragoons, the 4th Light Dragoons,
the 10th Hussars, the 11th Hussars, and two batta-
lions of the Military Train. There were also two
troops of Horse Artillery and four field batteries, com-
manded by Colone! Warde; ands battalion of mounted
Sappers, with pontoons. The infantry were drawn
up in the Long Valley in lines of contiguous columns,
with the cavalry in their rear, and the artillery
on the right and left banks. Shortly after eleven
o'clock the Queen, attended by a brilliant retinue,
was seen approaching the Long Valley from the
Royal Pavilion. Her Majesty was mounted on a
handsome chesont charger, and wore a slarlet jacket
with a general's sash, and a plume of red and white
feathers in her hat. On the right hand of the Queen
rode the Duke of Cambridge, and on her left the

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Prince Consort, who wore the uniform of a Field
Narshal. The Princess Alice rode on the left of the
Prince Consort, and on the left of the Princess was
the Duke of Malakoff The Princess Helena occu-
pied a seat in an open pony carriage, drawn by four
greys. The Royal suite consisted of Lady Churchill,
the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Lord Colville, Captain
de Rog, and the Master of the Household. Among
the general officers who formed her Majesty's escort
were General Knoll)s, Lord Cardigan, Sir Richard
piny, and Lord Burghersh. As the Royal party
halted in the Valley the Infantry bands played the
National Anthem, and the troops gave the customary
salute. Her Majesty, attended as before, then
passed leisurely along the lines, inspecting the
infantry, cavalry, and artillery in turn. The infantry
were all in heavy marching order. The cavalry
were simply in review order. The inspection over,
a sham battle ensued, which the Royal party
witnessed from a ccmmanding position on the crest
of an adjoining bill. The Prince Consort and the
Duke of Cambridge explained the various ma-
noeuvres to her Majesty from time to time, and the
Doke of Malakoff performed a similar service for the
Princess Alice.

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, accom-
panied by the Duke and Duchess de Brabant, Count
de Flanders, and a numerous suite, left the Royal
Station, Bricklayers' Arms, on Monday, by special
train, at 3.30 p.m., for St. Leonard's, by the South
Eastern Railway, via Tunbridge Wells. The royal
train reached St. Leonard's at 5.15 p.m., at which
station there were in attendance, to receive the
Royal party, the Duke de Nemours, General Dumas,
itc. The King and Isuite stayed the night at the
Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leonard's, and left per
special train for Dover on Tuesday, at twelve o'cloak,
where he immediately embarked for Ostend. His
Exoellency the Belgian Minister, d-c., was in at-
tendance upon the King at Bricklayers' Arms. The
royal train was accompanied by Seymour Teulon,
Esq., Director, C. W. Ehorall, Esq., General
Manager, and Mr. J. P. Knight, superintendent of
the South Eastern.

The poll shows that unity and exertion alone are
required to insure the success of Conservative principles ;
and while thanking those who honoured me with their
support, and assuring my active and zealous friends of the
deep sense of gratitude which I entertain for their exer-
tions, I hopefully look forward to the prospect of an early
dissolution, when, with the register amended, our united
efforts will secure a Conservative triumph, which will com•
pensate for the temporary success of our opponents.
In reference to a subject which has been a current
topic of conversation for some days past, the
Norfolk Chronicle of Saturday says :

Major-General Windham's resignation is no secret, and
if the late poll had shown a real majority in their (the
Liberals') favour, the Chiltern Hundreds would have been
applied for directly. Now that such a course would
assuredly end in letting in a Conservative, it will be delayed
till a more convenient period.
It should be stated that the Chronicle is the Con-
servative journal of the country. The party of
which it is the organ were to hold a consultative
meeting on Saturday, and a great deal is said about
increased attention to the registration, &c.
NORTH ESSEX.—In consequence of Lieutenant-
Colonel S. B. Ruggles Brise, of Spain's-hall, having
recently announced his intention to offer himself as
a candidate for North Essex, the supporters of the
Right Hon. W. Beresford have rallied round that
gentleman and presented him with a requisition,
inviting him again to solicit the *suffrages of the
constituency. As Colonel Brise is a Conservative,
the decision of Mr. Beresford has been anticipated
with some interest ; and, in his reply, just issued, the
right hon. gentleman observes
cannot but regret that at so early a period after a
general election, and at a moment when a dissolution of
Parliament appears an improbable, or, at least, a very un-
certain event, circumstances should have arisen which
suggested to my constituents the urgency of such a requisi-
tion to me. To those circumstances I will make no
further allusion, but content myself with simply answering
their address. I gratefully thank those who have thus
recorded my confidence in me, and I cheerfully respond to
and accept the kind invitation which they have tendered to
me to come forward again for North Essex. Although I
am not particularly desirous of a much lengthened par-
liamentary life, and though I would not unwillingly have
closed my career at the end of the present Parliament, I
at once dismiss all intention of then retiring into private
life ; and I now pledge my best energies to meet the
wishes and to merit the continued approbation of my kind
supporters in North Essex.
It is curious to observe that Mr. Beresford, who
writes from the Carlton Club, regards a dissolution
as an "improbable, or, at least, a very uncertain
event," while Sir Henry Stracey, the Conservative
champion in East Norfolk, " hopefully looks forward
to the prospect of an early dissolution." Unless
Colonel Brise should withdraw, there will be an odd
kind of triangular duel among the Conservatives of
North Essex, as Mr. Charles Du Cane, the other
sitting member, is very popular, and is not at all
likely to retire.

Do not for a moment suppose that I am availing myself
of a detached port of the toast just given in order to draw
the conclusion that the recognition of those principles has
been brought about in any degree by the diplomacy of the
United States. The truth is—and you are, perhaps, not
aware of the fact—that we have no kmerican diplomacy .
In England and on the Continent diplomacy is a lifelong
career. With us it is nothing of the sort. American
diplomacy, compared to European diplomacy, may be
likened to the militia as contrasted with the regular army.
To be sure, in the United States, from the outset, we have
always had a partiality for the militia. Our first military
achievements were gained by men among whom were some
of the rawest possible militia. And it has so happened,
probably by accident, that our militia has over and over
again proved equal to the best regulars of Europe. It is in
that way, perhaps, that the diplomacy of the United States
has been able to do something towards giving expansion
and popularity to the principles of the American revolution.
Although our Ministers abroad have been drawn from the
ranks of private and professional life, en very many occa-
sions, at the most distinguished Courts of Europe and
throughout the world, in conflict, or rather in argument,
with the most refined diplomatists of any country, those
militiamen of diplomacy have achieved remarkable success.
I might refer, if 1 were disposed to empty upon you the
archives of the American Legation bete or elsewhere, to
many striking instances of this kind ; and as I propose to
conclude my remarks by suggesting a particular name to
your approbation, it may be proper to say that the list of
our American diplomatists, beginning with Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Munroe, and William
Whitney, includes a long array of illustrious " militiamen
diplomatists," who have left behind them a record of the
most glowing and gratifying character. At this very Court
some of my predecessors may be compared to the very best
of the drilled cohorts of European diplomacy. There is
one little comment, which is to a certain extent connected
with American diplomacy, on which I will say a word.
Yon know that we have recently bad some little difficulties
on the coasts of the United States and in the West Indian
Sea—a matter with which, as one of the militiamen in the
diplomacy of the United States, I was lately charged.
Now, without referring to that question more closely, it is
a point which is essentially connected with one of the fun-
damental principles of the American revolution,—that
principle being the necessity of maintaining on behalf of
the great American people, as a great ..ommunity, the
independence of their flag. Well, lam not going to argue
the question as to visit and search. It has been over and
over again, for years back, argued and reargued. But I
should like, on the 4th of July, to announce to my fellow-
countrymen that visit anti search in regard to American
vessels on the high seas in time of peace is frankly and
finally ended. c Tremendous cheering, the whole company
rising and manifesting the liveliest enthusiasm:. While,
gentlemen, I am able to announce this gratifying fact, I
think it ought to be accompanitd by the assurance that
the termination of that for which we have struggled for
nearly half a century has been brought about with a degree
of honourable candour and fair dealing on the part of the
British Government which is worthy of every acknow—
ledgment on our part. With a view to draw these remarks
to a close, I beg leave to offer you as a toast the name of
one of the earliest representatives alike of the principles of
the American revolution and of the constitution of the
United States—l mean Thomas Jefferson, the author of
the Declaration of Independence. (Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk in solemn silence.
After exhausting a very long list of " sentiments "
and spending a very convivial evening the party broke
up at a late hour.
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MARRIAGE or EARL SPENCER.—On Wednesday the
marriage of the Earl of Spencer with Miss Charlotte
Seymour, third daughter of Lady Augusta Seymour
and the late Mr. Frederick Charles William Seymour,
and granddaughter of the Marquis of Bristol, was
solemnized at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. The
church was crowded, and among the relatives and
friends of the contracting parties present we observed
the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl
Jermyn, Lord and Lady Charles Hervey, Lord
Hervey, Lord and Lady Alfred Hervey, Dowager
Lady Lyttelton, Lord George Quin, Lord Lyttelton,
Viscount Templetown, the Right Hon. the Speaker
and Lady Charlotte Denison, the Hon. Miss Ellis,
the Right Hou. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs.
(Gladstone, Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Lyttelton, Hon.
Mr. Hervey, Hon. Mr. Ellis, Hon. Frederick Byng,
Viseount Ebrington and Miss Darner, Dowager Lady
Clinton, Lady Sophia Wyndham, Colonel and Lady
Emily Seymour, Colonel Francis Seymour, Sir Ha.
milton and Lady Seymour, Misses Seymour, Lady
Arthur Hervey, Sir Frederick and Lady Bathurst and
Mies Batburat, &c. The bridegroom and family
circle assembled at the church at balf•past eleven
o'clock, and the bride, accompanied by Lady Augusta
Seymour, her mother, came shortly afterwards. The
Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey, uncle of the bride, MB-
aimed on the interesting occasion. The bride was
attended to the altar by Lady Mary Cecil, daughter
dthe Marquis of Exeter, Lady Sarah Spencer, and
Lady Victoria Spencer, sister and half-sister of the
noble bridegroom, and Miss Eliza and Miss Augusta
Seymour, sisters of the bride. After the ceremony
the bridal party proceeded to the Marquis of Bristol's
mansion in St. James's Square, where a dneliner
was given. Shortly before one o'clock the newly
wedded couplo left town for Woking en route to
Caine-house, Lieutenant-Colonel Darner's seat in
Dorset-shire, to pass the honeymoon. Towards the
close of the month the earl and countess leave on a
tour on the Continent.

ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN
INDEPENDENCE.
TrrE eighty-second anniversary of the declaration of
the independence of the United States was celebrated
by a banquet held last Monday night at the London
Tavern, and attended by about 150 American gentle-
men resident in this metropolis. The dinner took
place under the auspices of the American Association,
a society recently established in London for the
benefit of citizens of the States while sojourning in
this country. The banquet was presided over by
General Robert B. Campbell, United States Consul
at London, on whose right sat Mr. Dallas, the Ame-
rican Minister ; and among the company were—Mr.
J. 8.. Croskey, Captain Mangles, M.P., Mr. R. W.
Kennard, Dr. Charles Mackay, Mr. M. Marshall, Mr.
P. N. Dallas, Mr. Benjamin Moran, Assistant-Secre•
Lary of American Legation, Mr. W. L. Hurlbut, Mr.
C. E. Morrell, Mr. Edward Noyce Browne, Dr. Bal-
lard, Mr. George F. Train, Mr. Thornton Hunt, Mr.
Whitehead of New York, Dr. Holland, Mr. F. L.
Campbell, &c.
Letters of apology for nonattendance were re-
ceived from the Hoo. James T. Mason, American
Plenipotentiary to the Court of France, from the
principal American consuls in the United Kingdom,
from Mr. George Peabody, and others. The room
was tastefully decorated with the star•spangled
banner and the Union Jack, and over the president's
table hung portraits of General and Lady Washington,
and also an excellent likeness of Queen Victoria, gra-
ciously lent by her Majesty for the occasion. A
group of ladies occupied tho gallery after the dinner.
Atter the usual complimentary toasts, the CHAIR-
MAN gave " The Health of Mr. Dallas and the Di-
plomatic Representatives of the United States,"
which was greeted with loud applause.
His Excellency Mr. Damas rose to acknowledge
the toast, and was received with loud cheers. After
a comparison between the state of feeling in this
country towards America now and formerly, he con-
• timed :

THE STATE OF THE THAMES.
THE inquiry before the Parliamentary Committee
was resumed on Monday. The witnesses examined
were Mr. Bateman and Mr. John Lawes—the latter
for the second time. The first-named witness was
an engineer. He had been engaged in the purifica-
tion of the river Clyde, at Glasgow. The Clyde was
a very offensive river, and in respect of smell it was
more offensive in its intensity than the Thames it-
self. He attributed that smell to the drainage of all
the refuse of the town into the river, increased as it
was by an amount of chemical matter which flowed
into it, and which was being constantly moved back-
wards and forwards by the tide. lie had seen Mr.
Gurney's report, and essentially he agreed with him.
There were no mud banks in the Clyde, except in a
very limited space. The river had been dredged
about thirteen feet deep at low water from the har-
bour cf Glasgow right down to the sea. There was
what was called an upper harbour, which was about
200 yards in length, in which at certain states of the
tide the mud accumulated.
The CHAIRMAN : What remedy do you propose as
far as the Clyde is concerned ?
Witness : That at present is under consideration.
The engineering works are questions of considerable
difficulty ; and if the sewage has to be carried away
by engineering means, it must be at great cost. It
has, therefore, occurred to me that if any good deo-
dorizing system could be adopted, it might be a pre-
ferable plan. Experiments have been going on to
ascertain whether such a system could be devised,
and Dr. Anderson, of Glasgow, has been associated
with me for that purpose.
The CHAIRMAN : Do you know of any case in which
the sewage water has been disinfected by the appli-
cation of any acid ?