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basins each sent up a volume of water to a height of
nearly 200 feet, while around and beneath them
spurted forth as baskets, lattice work, and in every
variety of combination, myriads of streams—all con-
tributing to form a water picture of exquisite
variety. There was, perhaps, ton much wind to secure
a perfect display of the various designs, and the
spray from some of the larger jets created no little
consternation among the ladies crowded around the
edges of the larger basins. Her Majesty suffered
some inconvenience from this circumstance, and at
one period was indebted to the gallantry of the Re-
gent of Baden for the protection of his overcoat.
The royal party, however, made the circuit of the
whole series at a foot-pace—the carriages now and
then pausing to allow their illustrious occupants an
opportunity of surveying the magnificent scene before
them. Everywhere the Queen was received with the
t nost enthusiasm.

The fountains opened at twenty-five minutes after
five o'clock, and played in full force for a period of
forty minutes.
The royal party left the Palace at seven o'clock,
having occupied nearly two hours in their tour of in-
spection.

The Water Fite of the 18th of June will certainly
be long remembered as the most beautiful and suc-
cessful fete given at the Palace. The effect of
such feathery masses of water thrown into the
air to such a height, and falling in clouds of
silvery spray, was unequalled by anything ever seen
in Europe before. The water temples and cascades
were not quite successful; the northern temple,
owing to some defect, was not in full force, and the
bronze fountains on the side of each step threw out
too meagre a stream to harmonise wtth the general
effect.

The most beautiful feature of the whole display
was when the sun, emerging from behind some heavy
clouds, shot down his rays upon the scene, when
on the opposite side of the fountains magnificent
rainbows were thrown out, till the atmosphere
seemed a mass of prismatic tints.
On a perfectly calm day tha sight will be finer than
on Wednesday. Every design then will be clearly
traceable, while the centre jets will throw up their
water to the full height of 280 feet ; on Wednesday
they barely reached 200. A little sculpture about the
lower basins would be an improvement; probably i;
is intended at a future time. Connected with the
water display, we may mention that the towers on
each side of the Palace contain at the top of each
tanks holding 2,000 tons of water, which supply the
centre jets in the lower basin at a pressure on the
mouth of 2621b5. to the square inch ; that the
0,500,000 gallons held in the reservoir at the
n. rthern end of the Palace is used for the general
supply; while an Artesian well 575 feet deep, two
large reservoirs, and eight steam engines of thirty
and forty horse-power, are provided to raise or return
the water. During a fountain display this mass of
fluid is constantly in motion, caused by the rush
into the huge tanks of the supply, and the rush out
of the waters into the lower basins.

A sum of money as large, we believe, as that
expended on the whole of the Crystal Palace and its
internal decorations and works of art, has been
expended in completing this magnificent system of
water display.

Vrnbintial.

ARRIVAL OF GENERAL WILLIAMS, K.C.B.
GENERAL WILLIAMS arrived at Dover on Monday,
and was welcomed with an enthusiastic reception
upon landing. Immediately on reaching the Ship
Hotel the corporation presented a congratulatory
address upon the return of the gallant general after
his glorious defence of Kars.
General Wtr.xasits replied, thanking the Msyor
for the hunour, and expressing his gratitude to God
for being restored safely to his own country. " In ad-
dressing an assemblage of my countrymen on landing
upon British soil, I have more than one duty (said
the gallant general) to perform:—

The first is to allude to those brave men who surrounded
me in the hour of extreme distress, who were indefatigable
in discharging their duty under the trying circumstances
in which they were placed, and who supported and cheered
me under every difficulty. (Hear, hear.) They never
once flagged in the performance of their duties, day or
night. By day they were at their posts— at night they
were the trenches. (Cheers.) But, while I feel the
greatest pleasure in adverting to their glorious conduct, I
have a melancholy duty to perform, and a tribute to pay to
departed heroism and worth—to the memory of one of
my brave companions, Captain Thompson. It was only
the day before yesterday, while at Paris, that I heard of
his severe illness, and little did I then think that the
scenes of this world would soon close upon him. I had
looked forward to visiting his mother's house and cheering
him as he had so frequently cheered me. Unfortunately,
unhappily, it has been ordered otherwise. The only con-
solation which can be offered to his widowed mother is,

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OATURPAY.

that her lamented son died a glorious specimen of an Eng-
lish officer. (Cheers.) I can assure you that he was
never daunted ; that when reduced to a skeleton by dire
disease he was not prevented from doing his duty day or
night. Poor Mrs. Thompson will have the consolation
which has been the only consolation experienced by many
mothers during the present war—they have given their
sons to the service of their country ! And if the day comes
when the repetition of this sacrifice shall be necessary, I
believe there will be thcusands who will give up their off-
spring as readily as the mothers who are now weeping for
the loss of theirs ; for woe to the nation that forgets the
military art ! Woe to that nation—woe to that nation
which heaps up riches, but which does not take the pre-
caution to defend them ! ( Hear, hear.) I have passed
through armed Europe, and I take this the earliest oppors
tunny of uttering a warning to those who forget the mili-
tary art.

The next duty was to recal the courage and disci-
pline of those brave Turks, under Selim Pacha, who
supported him in every trying situation, and who,
from the first moment of entering Kars to the last,
were friends and counsellors:—

I thank them (said General Williams) from this spot,
and bear testimony to their valour, for it would have been
impossible for the Turkish army to show more endurance
and true courage than they did. (Loud cheers.) I have
another duty to perform, in doing which I turn to our
former enemies, now our friends, the Russians. When
dire necessity obliged me to go into the camp of General
Mouravieff, I went to a brave man, who received me with
a kindness and a highmindedness I shall never cease to
remember. An army irritated with dreadful losses and
the other casualties of war received me when I went among
them, not as an enemy, but as a comrade—received me
not with the sktn•deep politeness displayed when two
gentlemen meet, but with the politeness of the heart.
General Monravieff is a man of the olden time. He is a
stern man, but I believe that if there is an honest man on
earth it is he. I have heard it said that a project has been
debated in England having for its object the presentation
of a testimonial of British esteem to General Monravieff.
I can only say that he and his brave army have my greatest
esteem. (Hear.) He not only received me kindly, but
in the hour of sickness he visited me, and in all my inter-
course with him he acted as a brave and chivalrous man
should act. In Kars he found a half starved, half-
clothed army. He fed and clothed them. Nor was he
less attentive to the wants of those in whom the seeds of
disease were sown, and in whom famine had more than
half accomplished its deadly work. (Loud cheers.) I
must also tell you that in passing through Russia, from
one end of the empire to the other, I have experienced in
no small degree the friendship and charm of Russian so•
ciety. When I arrived at St. Petersburg the Emperor
received me in so kind a manner that nothing could have
exceeded it. (Hear, hear.) That kindness was again re•
peated at Berlin, where no man could have been received
with greater honour. The King of Prussia and the young
Prince, who is at present in England, and who is soon to
be allied to England by ties more close and binding than
at present, met me at the head of the troops. and treated
me with the greatest possible consideration. I return
them my most sincere thanks from this British ground.
(Cheers.)

That kindness and consideration vouchsafed
_in
Russia and Germany was repeated in France :

The day before yesterday (continued General Williams)
I was presented to the Emperor, from whom some time
since I had the distinguished honour of receiving the cross
of Commander of the Legion of Honour 1 was sorry that,
having sent it to England, I was unable to wear it upon
my breast upon that occasion, and I expressed that regret
to the Emperor and explained the reason, upon which his
Majesty immediately rose from his seat and said, " I will
get you another !" In a moment he brought me out the
star of Grand Commander of the order, which he presented
to me. (Loud cheers.) I felt that the act was towards
the British nation—not towards me; it was totally unex-
pected and uncalled for. And now that I have arrived
home among you, I feel that I am witnessing the happiest
day of my life. (Cheers.) Mr. Mayor, ladies, and
gentlemen, I thank you most heartily for your kind ex-
pressions, and for the consideration with which you have
listened to me.

At the conclusion of the speech the usual etiquette
observed on such occasions was thrown aside, and,
notwithstanding the presence of the ladies, a hearty
cheer resounded through the apartment. Cheers
were also given for Colonel Lake, Major Teesdale,
Mr. Secretary Churchill, as well as " one cheer for
the Russian general." The cheer was echoed from
the outside of the hotel, in front of which an im-
mense crowd of persons had collected. Loud calls
were also made for General Williams, who, on pre-
senting himself at the balcony hi company with the
Mayor, was received with the enthusiastic cheers.
The Mayor also begged Colonel Lake, Major Tees-
dale, and Mr. Secretary Churchill to present them-
selves at the window, and the cheering at each pre-
sentation was renewed. The shipping in the har-
bour and the principal houses in the vicinity were
gaily decorated with flags.
General Williams afterwards partook of a dejeuner
with the authorities, provided at the Ship Hotel, and
left for London by the two o'clock train. The gallant
general was honoured by a command from her Ma-
jesty to he present at the State ball on Tuesday
night, when, by the special desire of the Queen, he
was presented to her Majesty by the Earl of
Clarendon.
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21, 1856.

Two MYSTERIOUS CASES OF SUSPECTED MURDER
have occurred in this country this week. At Melton
Mowbray the old keeper of the Thorpe toll gate, and
his little grandson, were found on Monday morning
with their throats cut and otherwise horribly muti-
lated; and Mrs. *Knight, a lady of property stop-
ping at Illkey, in the West Riding, was found, on
Monday afternoon, lying dead, with her pockets
picked, in a ravine between Ben Rhyoding and
I I lkey .
PRINCE NAPOLEON visitel Shields and the neigh-
bouring coal fields on Wednesday. The Prince left
the next morning en route for Leith, Edinburgh,
the northern coast of Scotland, and then to Ireland.
THE CLERKS AND PORTERS at the Liverpool termi-
nus of the North-Western Railway have struck work
for higher wages, and for the dismissal of Mr. Carter,
the goods superintendent of the Liverpool depart-
ment. Meetings and interviews with the Board of
Directors have been held, and the board decline to
entertain any one of the proposals of their employes.
Their places will be immediately filled. Nearly nine
hundred persons are thus thrown out of work, but
the stoppage of all traffic on this portion of the
line has caused serious loss to the company.
THE PRESTON WEAVERS are moving for an advance
of wages. Committees have been formed in Pres-
ton, and delegates are travelling about with the view
of moiling a proper degree of organisation, prepara-
tory to the struggle that may ensue if an amicable
arrangement is not entered into.

A TURKISH FRIGATE arrived in the Mersey on
Thursday. She is pierced for 42 guns, and has come
to Liverpool for her armament. She is the first
Turkish frigate that ever entered the Mersey.

THE LARGEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD will arrive
at Southampton in a few weeks. She is Yankee, of
course. About the mime length as the Himalaya,
she is 1,500 tons larger (5,000 to 3,500), and with sixty
feet beam. She belongs to, and is named after,
Commodore Vanderbelt, of New York.

THE PRESS.

eases, and L9rd Campbell animadverted severely
upon the conduct of the societies.
MRS. ELizt MeNAia, alias Minikin, widow since
1838 of Captain M'Nair, formerly of the 15th Madras
Native Infantry, but some time since (in 1846) mar-
ried to a Mr. Minikin, was tried on Wednesday for
defrauding the East India Company by continuing
to represent herself as a widow, thereby receiving
certain pensions forfeited by remarriage. The cir•
cumstances of the case were made public in prelimi-
nary examinations before the magistrates in April.
The remarriage of the prisoner was distinctly proved,
and the only defence attempted was that she had
committed the fraud at the instigation of Mr. Mi
niken, who had absconded. The jury found the
prisoner Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy.
Mr. Justice Coleridge sentenced her to imprison-
ment and hard labour for twelve months.

CA3ES OF WIFE-BEATING are once more becoming
prominent in our police reports. Two brutal cases
have this week come before Mr. Arnold at West-
minster. One Wright, a chimney-sweep, who had
beaten his wife with a stick so severely that she lay
in great danger in the Brompton Hospital, was re-
manded for a week; and Rush, a labouring matt,
was charged on Wednesday with pulling his wife out
of her sick bed, kicking her unmercifully about the
body, biting her right ear, and endeavouring to
strangle her by tying a handkerchief tightly round
her throat. The poor woman stated that fur the
last fourteen months Rush had been perpetually
beating, biting, and kicking her. Rush, in defence,
said that his wife was Irish, and she and two other
Irish lodgers were leagued against him. Remanded.
THE BROTHERS OwEN, so long successful in a
career of extraordinary forgeries, were brought up
for trial on Wednesday, but, pleading Guilty, Mr.
Justice Coleridge deferred judgment till he had exa-
mined the depositions.
THE EXECUTION OF PALMER took place at eight
a.m. last Saturday, as arranged, and was detailed in
our second edition. Several attempts were made by
the chaplain and governor of the gaol to induce
Palmer to confess, or, at least, to admit the justice
of his sentence; but to the last he denied that Cook
had " died from strychnine," and protested against
the injustice of Lord Campbell's summing up and
the execution of the sentence. On reaching the
scaffold he evinced no appearance of alarm, placed
himself under the rope, but turned deadly pale when
the noose was fastened. After the cap was drawn
down over his face the rapid collapse and inflation of
that part just over the mouth showed the ternble
suspense of the moment; another second the bolt
was drawn, and he died almost without a struggle.
Upwards of 20,000 persons were present. Connected
with the trial of this man, we may mention that the
Rev. Thomas Palmer has written to the Timet deny-
ing the authorship of the " Letter to Lord Camp
bell ;" and that Mr. Herapath has also written to the
same public source, inclosing a letter from Sir Fitz-
rcy Kelly, substantiating his denial of having, in the
case of Tawell, waited upon Sir James Graham to
urge the convict's innocence, and to obtain a re-
prieve, Tawell at that moment having confessed to
the murder.

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ONE OF THE INMATES OF THE AGAPEMONE, " The
Abode of Love," a Miss Maber, was found a short
time since dead in a pond in the neighbourhood of
the Abode. A protracted inquest has resulted
in a verdict of " Self-destruction under temporary
insanity." A sister gave evidence to the effect
that another sister had died in the Agape:none, and
that Miss Maber had, before committing suicide,
made over her property (1,7001 ) to Mc. Prince.
Official inquiries.are to be instituted into the" Abode
of Love."

George's-fit:Hs, to learn a trace in order to obtain
his living, but being twentytwo years of age, he
found he was ineligible, no person being admitted
over twenty. He had no friends in London, no
money, an asked for assistance to get back again to
Bolton:

Mr. Elliott asked how he managed to travel sneh a
lengthened journey in safety? and the poor fellow replied
that, " hearing" the hedges on each aide, he managed to
keep the centre of the road as near as possible, and tra-
velled the whole distance without a single accident, but
the roughness of the road had nearly worn out a stout
pair of shoes. He never, he said, ran foul of any impedi-
ment that was as tall as himself, as he always " heard " it
as he approached, and therefore avoided it. The lamp-
posts, he said, he " heard " as he approached within a
couple of 3 ards of them, and could count every one on the
side of the street on which he passed. The impediments
which " puzzled " him were short posts, or heaps of stone
not sufficiently high to reach his ear, but he generally
managed to avoid accidents.
Mr. Elliott much regretted that he had not, made
his application to the institution two years ago, and
Kindly ordered 11. to be given to the poor fellow out
of the poor box, to enable him to get home, and at
the same time desired that his address might be
kept, so that he might be communicated with in case
any benevolent person or persons interested them-
selves in his behalf. [ The rules of the society might
be relaxed in this poor man's favour if sufficient in-
terest were excite.l.l

FROM THE LONDON uAzETTP:
Tuesday, June 17.
BANKRUPTCIES AN ND ILE D.—Dlritac. DAVIS, Newing-
ton-causeway, Surrey, glass merchant—dorm Mosul' BATS,
London-road, Southwark, White Horse-mill, Wisbeach, Cam-
bridge, miller.
BANK RUPTS.—ALIMANDIE PAINE, Croydon, innkeeper—
Fasuctsco DE SALVO, Leadenliall-street, City, merchant—Ww.
SMITH and JAMES KIDDER, Church-street, Shoreditch,
lliddle-
sez, grocers—daxes CHAPMAN, Balsall-heath, King's Norton,
Worcester, licensed victualler—Ronsar THOMAS Rirelsosc.x,
Newark-upon-Treut, Nottingham, hock manufacturer and draper
—WILLIAM ADAMS MANNINO. Totneds, Devon, dealer in corn,
grass, and clo.er seeds—Saacuer. Ponwn, the y .rt-
mouth, Devon, ropemaker—Wcuda w !Swop' &MIXT, Great,'
George-street, Liverpool, draper—Jonx SrANsz,otroar, l'oxtetit-
park and Liverpool, licensed victualler.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.—JonN PoLLock, Glasgow,
dyewood manufacturer and merchant.
Friday, June 20.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—GEoacis Halms°, Shepton
Mallet, Somerset, innkeeper.
BANKRUPTS.—CHARLES VRNARLES, the Younger, Clettlen,
Bucks, paper manufacturer—W[l.MAX ADAMS MANNING, Tot-
nese, Devon, corn dealer--Jostau 'FasosidAs, Saint Agn,,e,
Cornwall, d raper—Jo it x WOODRUPFE, City, licensed victualler
—JOHN RUMENS, Lower Clapton, Middlesex, builder-40XX
F.DWARDEs, WOlVllltaillptoD, wine merchant—Sant:at Paoun,
jun., Dartmouth, ropemaker THOMAS DURSTON, Taunton,
brewer.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—Cksucaox and Co., Spring-
field Mills, near Edinburgh, paper-rnakers—Thostas BOOR
DONNELLY, lately shipowner in Greenock, surgeon.

THE SEAMAN LEWES, charged with a felonious
attempt to excite a mutiny on board the Stebonlieath,
on her passage from Australia, was tried on Thurs-
day at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr.
Justice Coleridge, found Guilty, and sentenced to
transportation for life.
Dr. T. S. HOLLAND, returning on Saturday last from
Renkioi Hospital, in the Dardanelles, was found on
Tuesday morning dead in his bed. He was subject
to epileptic fits, and it is thought that while in such
a fit he had died. At the inquest the coroner, after
remarking on the melancholy nature of the case, said
he had been informed that the deceased gentleman
had latterly been writing a great deal for a publica-
tion relative to the late war, which, perhaps, had
excited him. The jury returned a verdict in accord-
ance with the evidence.
A GENTLEMAN SHOT HIMSELF ON THE PARAPET OF
LONDON BRIDGE on Wednesday evening. He fell
over into the water, was picked up, can ied to
St. Thomas's, but died very shortly. No clue has yet
been obtained to his name or connections.
A Yount BLIND MAN, THOMAS SCHOLFIELD, who
had walked to London from Bolton, in Lancashire,
since Monday fortnight, applied to Mr. Elliott, at
Lambeth, on Wednesday, for assistance to get back
to Bolton. It appeared that he had come to London
to ob4in admission to the 81414 School, in St.

Comm EvExTs.— The practical correctness of the
public press was never, perhaps, more remarkable than in
their prophetic declaration that the graceful Bournous
would " entirely supersede, among the haale voile, every
other description of oloak for evening dress, the prome-
nade, or the Opera." This beautiful article of attire is now
identified with its originators, the proprietors of the
" Sponsalia," Regent-street ( opposite ti anoverC home] ),
and is appropriately designated, as a epre;alite, " the Bour•
nous dla Bedmein." Every lady should possess one of
these charming appendat,es, for, like the composition of
certain poets, the Bournous is a fashion in itselt—a " thing
for all time."

HUNTLY—On the 14th instant, at Orton Loncrille, the Mar-
chioness of Huntly, of a son.
MI LDNIAY—On the 18th instant, in Cheshern-street, Belgravia,
the lady of Sir Henry St. John Mlldmay. Bart., of a daughter.
STEWART —Ou the 10th instant, at Newport, Isle of Wight,
the wife of Major Stewart, of a daughter.
SUFFIELD—On the 15th iustant, in Berkeley-square, Lady
Suffield, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.

WALLACE—ANNESLEY—On the 12th instant, in Dublin.
Wm. Nevin WaLace, Esq.. to Catherine Mary, daughter of the
late Han. Francis Charles Alinesley, Captain R.N.
DIGBY—BANKES—On the 17th instant, at St. Margaret's,
Westminster. Charles Wriothelley Digby, Eiq., of Meriden
Hall, Warwirkahire. to Adelaide, daughter of the Right Hon.
George Banked, M.P.
DEATHS.

COCKBURN—On the IGth instant, Lieut.-Colonel. Weroyas
Thomas Cockburn, late 60th Rifles.
DUCKETT—On the 15th instant, in Gloucester•gardens, Sir
George Duckett, Bart., aged 79.
FREE—On the 2nd tilt.. at Ferozepore, North-West Provinces,
Lieut.-Colonel John Free, 10th Bengal Light Cavalry. aged 48.
HORSFALL—On the 16th instant, in Portland-place, Matilda
Jane, daughter of Thomas B. II Wall. Esq., M.P.. aged 19.
PATERSON—On the 13th instant, at Woolwich. Lieut.-General
Thomas Paterson, Colonel-Commandant of the sth Bat.aliou
Royal Artillery, aged 73.
PRICK ETT—On the 12th instant, at Cheltenham,Rear-Admiral
Thomas Prickett, aged 68.
RAMSAY—On the 14th instant, at Cheltenham, Rachel, widow
of the late Hon. Andrew Ramsay, aged 72.
ST. Ay BYN—On the 14th instant, at Putney, Lady St. Aubyn,

aged AT.
SWEEDLAND—On the 15th Instant.
Pitt. daughter of the late Sir thrir
TALHOT--con the Bth instant, at'
Talbot.

slant. at Kensington, Sophia
iriatopher Sweedland.
Naples, Lady Tiotoria Sawa
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