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LONDON, FRIDAY; APRIL 2.

131131ILAL MOURATILIT'd speech, reported in Our
columns of yesterday, on the Emancipation of the
Russian Serfs, recalls to mind the great banquet
which took place at Moscow on the 9th of January.
We did not speak of that banquet in the terms
of confident congratulation employed by many
foreign journalists, because we believed the rejoicing
premature. On that occasion 150 landed proprietors
celebrated the arrival of the time when the emanci-
pation of the serfs was to begin in earnest, under
the Extrzaoa's leading. When it appeared that the
speakers at that banquet attributed the continued
existence of serfage to apathy on the part of the
landowners, and that they believed the present
movement to be something new, it was clear to all
who bad attended to Russian history that the
speakers were going too fast. Already events prove
that it was so. We bear of " opposition to the
" measure "on the part of the landowners generally ;
and we find that a multitude of them are flying to
St. Petersburg, to save their lives. It could not be
otherwise ; and these men are not to be hastily and
vehemently blamed, as if they were gratuitously
obstructive to a great social reform. When it is
seen bow far this movement is from being new, and
what the institution really is in Ramis, and what
has become of former efforts to abolish it, more
moderate expectations will bo formed of what the
EMPEROR and his supporters, with the sincerest and
mos: anxious care for the good of all the parties con-
cerned, may and may not hope to effect, than were
expressed by the patriotic gentlemen who spoke so
stirringly at the Moscow banquet.
Madams 1)z STALL says somewhere, "It is des-
" potism that is new, and liberty that is ancient."
This is eminently true in the case of the labouring
classes of Russia. They remained free long after
various civic liberties had been overthrown ; and
it was only in 1593 that the fatal law was passed
which fastened the husbandman to the soil. BORIS
was the Czar who did it ; and he did it as a neces-
sary consequence of his complaisance to the small
proprietors, from whom he recruited his army, and
whose favour he had bought by prohibiting the re-
moval of labourers from the soil on which they were
at the time employed. The prohibition rendered the
law necessary ; and the law rendered necessary a
census of the peasantry; and both rendered neces-
sary • further proclamation of the impe-
rial will in 1597, by which servants by contract
were forbidden to leave their service on
the expiration of their contract ; and all pro-
prietors were authorised to appropriate as slaves
any labourers who had been with them longer than
six months.

It is not our intention to follow out, at this
moment, the history of Russian serfage ; but it
was desimb:e to indicate that it is not an institution
which has grown up with the country and nation,
keeping the labouring population in a station mid-
way between the boasts on the farm and the owners
in the mansion. The serfs of Russia are a class very
superior to that of the most humane slave-holding

country—strong traces of their ancient freedom and
love of country remaining, after a subjugation of
above two centuries and a half. The American
Regrets who fought in the Revolutionary war, and
even those who received public thanks for their con-
duct in ths war of 1812, superior as they were to the
present set, who have undergone further depression
for anceessive generations, were still far inferior to
the Russian serfs who fought against the French
invader in au, and so acted the part of citizens u
to refuse to return under the yoke after the peace.
The CZAR and his nobles were perplexed; but they
knew that there was no appeal for these people—
and no hope unless they were incited to violence; so
they let them alone, and, as there was no represen-
tation in the country, no middle-class, no law, and
no means of concert, they fell back into their former
position u necessity compelled them.
Reverting to the attempts made from time to time
on behalf of the serfs, the first slight remission took
place .n 1801, as a consequence of the dangerous
discontent of the laoourers. During fifteen days, at
a stated time of year, two serfs from each estate of
a small proprietor might per to that of another of
the same rank. The melancholy proverb by which
the breaking up of an illusion makes it "a St.
George's day," perpetuates this observance. It was
on St. George's day that the serf was baulked of his
hope of exchanging one owner for another, or found
that he had exchanged a bad lot for a worse. In
Russia, the intimations of the Czars are the laws;
and the laws are therefore so numerous, that it is
difficult in the extreme to hunt up and arrange those
which relate to any particular class or subject. The
Czars themselves are often unable to learn how the
matter really stands, when petitioned by any sub-
jects
who seek redress or favour; but the one thing
which they find more difficult still is to get their
own wishes embodied in action, and even their
orders obeyed, when those wishes and commands are
favourable to any oppressed class. PETER the GREAT
was so shocked at finding that "men were sold like
" cattle—parents being separated from their chil-
" dren, and husbands and wives from each other"
(" a thing," he added, " which happens nowhere
" else in the world, and which causes tears to Sow "),
that he issued his mandate to the Senate to make a
law to prevent it. The law was never made. On
all such occasions, from reign to reign, the way has
been to sympathise in the object, with great and
loyal demonstration, and find difficulties in the Ant
or second step, which prevent the project advancing
beyond words. The Empress CATRCRIRI proposed
to an academy the question of the emancipation of
the serfs ; and a dissertation on the subject was pub-
lished by order of Government; but here, as usual,
the statesmen of the Court found that the theory
redounded to the honour of the sovereign, but that
the practice required mach consideration; and
nothing came of the move. Another move in the
suns reign bad more practical consequences. In
1783, CATURRINE travelled into Little Russia, which
had not formed part of the empire in the days of
Boats, and there she imitated Routs in decreeing

that all labourers should remain as property on
the land on which they were at week. Some
of her courtiers were made aware of the
impending decree before it was divulged to
the public; and these hastened to offer favourable
conditions to as many labourers as they could collect
on their estates in Little Russia. On the proclama-
tion of the fatal law all these dupes found themselves
irreversibly attached to the soil on which they stood.
One proprietor, a member of the Council of State,
and a courtier of Portatxue, obtained the favour of
having two fine regiments of grenadiers encamped
on his estate; and he fierily contrived to iooorporate
the whole with his seed, in virtue of the imperial
proclamation. This was what CATHERINE did in
regard to serfage in Russia.
Next came PAUL. He was petitioned by the pro-
prietors whom his mother had endowed with slaves
to permit the sale of serfs apart from the land—the
plea being that, in Great Russia, the tariff bore a
duty on slaves sold, which showed that they were
merchandise. PAUL wrote on the back of the peti-
tion, " Peasants may not be sold independently of
" the land on which they dwell." Next came
ALEXANDER I. Thus far, nothing more had been
thought of than ameliorating the condition of
the serfs in some particulars. ALEXANDER was the
first of the Emperors who conceived the project of
emancipating the clams. On his accession he de-
clared his intention of never making those presents
of estates, with the peasants on them, in return for
service, of which his father and his grandmother
had been lavish. While at a Congress (at Aix-la-
Chapelle, we believe) he received a petition from
some wretched men who had been carried from their
homes, and sold into the hard service of a Scotch
engineer who had risen in the service of the State
to a rank which empowered him to hold slaves.
The EMPEROR transmitted the paper to his Council,
with an order to investigate the case, and a few lines
in his own hand exploring his astonishment that
slaves had been sold apart from land. He was con-
fident, he said, that such a sale had long been illegal.
The point was difficult to clear up; and the practise
was to pronounce the act illegal, and to go on pee-
petrating it. There was a good deal of inquiry—
commissions
of lawyers and statesman furnished
draughts of new laws; but nothing came of
it. The majority of the Council, and of
society about the Court, dreaded any public
mention of such a project, because it would, even
if baffled, manifest a leaning in favour of
emancipating the labourer. All pains were taken
to keep the subject oat of the Imperial eight ; and
the CZAR in fact forgot it. The President of the
Council found it necessary to carry home the scheme
which found most favour, in order to examine it, and
he buried it in his portfolio. "So you believe," said
he, to one of the sincere reformers in the Council,
" that the EMPEROR is persuaded that twenty
"years hence no men will be sold in de-
" tail on his own estates !" About that time
a woman was sold for two roubles and a
half within two paces of the EMPEROR'S palace
gate ; and, this father of his people was perfectly
unaware that such things were done. One day he
wrought himself up, in talking of slavery, to an
enthusiasm under which he seized an image, and
vowed upon it to abolish the institution ; but when,
towards the end of his reign, others desired to do it,
they found he had been retrograding while they had
been advancing. Count Wonowtorr and Prince
MENTCHIKOPY made up their minds to take up and
accomplish the work of emancipation ; and they
knew that, to succeed, it was neoesealy that the
Government should have the supreme direction
of the requisite measures. They therefore spoke
first to the EMPEROR, informing him that
a considerable number of proprietors were ready
to do their part in the work. A declaration to this
effect was prepared ; and it soon bore the signatures
of the owners of above 100,000 serfs. At first the
EMPEROR appeared propitious ; and, indeed, he pro-
mised that no obstacle should arise on his part : but
influences prevailed which filled him with dread of
association, even among such men as had signed the
declaration. At the second interview, he asked why
they should unite. All did not belong to the same
province ; they ought to act individually, and send
their respective projects to the Minister of the In-
terior. The project was at an end; and the signers
of the declaration found themselves coolly treated at
Court for some time after. Some notion of what
was doing got abroad, and various schemes were
brought under the EMPEROR'S notice. To the last,
he said he should occupy himself with studying
them all, and should at length choose the best ; and
thus they were all buried in the Imperial portfolio.
The thing that was accomplished was the emancipa-
tion of the serfs in the three German provinces of
Russia—Livonia, Esthonia, and Courland. The
experiment could be tried there without being
much heard of in the old empire : but,
when success was obtained, and it was supposed,
as of course, that it would be extended, obstacles
were interposed, as on all prior occasions, by those
who knew the weak side of all Curs. ALEXANDER
was assures that the Russian proprietors were re-
solved on poisoning him, and held in their hands
the strings of a vast conspiracy, which would be
played out on the proclamation of any measure on
behalf of peasant liberties ; and nothing more was
done during his reign.
Next came NICHOLAS. He began, like his prede-
cessor, by expressing his sympathy with the serfs,
and his hope of doing something for them ; but the
age had advanced, and fatal consequences ensued
which shocked him to the soul. In some remote
parts the serfs heard this, believed the CZAR was
on their side, and slaughtered the proprietors and
their agents under circumstances of extreme horror.
NICHOLAS becamereserved in speech ; but he really
effected something. More and more of the Crown
peasants were liberated from ail bondage but a tax,
which is rendered so heavy by the tax-gatherer as to
serve the purpose of a fetter; but this is an evil of
administration which might be cured. By an Ukase
of April, 1842, proprietors and their serfs are allowed
to enter into a contract by which the serf may make
advances for a fixed term of years, in money or in
labour, in order to be free at the end. If this ar-
rangement can be carried out fairly in practice, and
if it is really acted upon, something has been done
towards emancipation.
And now there is a second ALEXANDER; and
there are fresh discussions of the great question, and
renewed promises. Our best wishes attend every
serious project of serf-emancipation ; and it is pre-
cisely the heartiest well-wishers who should
most carefully inform themselves and the
world of what has been attempted—what
has succeeded—and what has failed. It is for

purposes of help, and not of discouragement, that
ws remind ourselves and others of the fact that an
ALLY...X=B once before promised emancipation at
the beginning of his reign, where's he drew back

toward; the close; and that such men u Count
Woaoxsorr and his band of signers believed the
work to be more forward than the speakers at
Moscow last month can consider it, whereas they
were disappointed. The advance of time authorises
a hope of better things; but let the achievement
come first, and the glorification afterwards.

WATT has been restored to this country. PARK
has been liberated conditionally, and will soon, no I
doubt, be liberated absolutely. When it is consi-
dered that during ten mouths of PALMERSTON and
CLARENDON these men languished in prison without
a single effort being made for their liberation, the
speedy results that have followed the more energetio
intervention of the present Ministry are no doubt
calculated to create mixed feelings of satisfaction
and humiliation. As far as these two unfortunate
Englishmen are concerned, there is a certsin degree
of satisfaction in reflecting that they have at
length been released from an intolerable harden of
unjust punishment and unmerited suffering. As far
as England is concerned, it is to the last degree
humiliating to know that this liberation has not
been effected till one of the sufferers has lost his rea-

son and both their health; that it has not been
effect( d till the whole European world has been
astounded at our strange long-suffering; and that it
has at last been conceded as an act of grace, not paid
as a debt of justice. It is of the last importance that
the international view of this question should not be
lost sight of. It would ill comport with the high-
bearing for which Euglan d in her dealings with foreign
States was once so honourably proverbial, it would
betray an entire forgetfulness of what is due to the
jest demands of national self-respect, if the English
people or the English Government were for a moment
to treat the restoration of Warr and the qualified
liberation of PARR, as a sufficient atonement for the
indignity which, in their persons, has been offered
to their country. Our case against the Government
of the Two Sicilies is, that these two Englishmen
were seized without a shadow of right, and impri-
soned for ten months in clear violation of inter-
national law. To suppose that such a case as
this is to be adequately answered by send-
ing one of the men home, after he has been
driven mad by ill-treatment, and lib rating the
other, because his health is so far undermined
that his life would be jeopardised by further im-
prisonment—is a pitiful conceit unworthy even of
Lord CLARENDON. Even as far as the sufferers
themselves are concerned, it is plain, on the very
face of the matter, that their claim for reparation is
irresistible. Mere liberation, with shattered health,
impaired intellect and ruined prospects, from a cruel
and unjust imprisonment, can never be accepted by
the released prisoners themselves as an expiation of
original wrong ani protracted outrage. Some sub-
stantial compensation is the very least that ought to
be demanded in a case in which no compensation
can be an equivalent for the wrong.
But if this be so as between these prisoners and
the Neapolitan Government, how much more strongly
is it the case as between the Crown of England and
the Crown of the Two Sicilies P Wrong has been
committed ; insult has been offered; reparation must
be demanded and obtained. From first to last the
imprisonment of these two men has been as wrongful
as it has been merciless. Is it a sufficient acknow-
ledgment of that protracted wrong and that studied
contumely, simply to unbar the prison doors, which
ought never to have been closed, to terminate a con-
finement which ought never to have commenced, and
to release these two Englishmen, after their ten
months' captivity, without a single expression of
regret, a single promise of reparation, or the
faintest semblance of an apology P We rather fancy
that the TUDOR QUEEN and the Puritan PROTECTOR
would have known how to reject and resent such an
insolent act of condescension as this. Do our readers

remember the story of CROMWELL, Cardinal MA-
ZARIN, and the Quaker ? In these days of diplo-
matic deference to despots it may really be as well
to recall IL The vessel and cargo of a Quaker mer-
chant (there being no war between France and this
country) had been wrongfully seized by a French
cruiser. The Quaker complained to the PROTECTOR,
and the PROTECTOR represented the matter to
MAZARIN. MAZARIN, after procrastinating as
long as he could, finally declined to interfere.
Upon this his Highness instantly caused seizure to be
made of three French vessels, then in English ports,
had their proceeds sold, paid the Quaker the full
amount of his claim, and then directed his Latin
Secretary, Mr. MILTON, to inform the Cardinal
that the balance was held at the disposal of the
French Treasury. This very " nnamiable" proceed-
ing, we are told, was attended by the best results:
it not only procured compensation for the immediate
wrong, but prevented other wrongs of a similar
kind from being attempted in future.
There is an especial reason in the present case,
why the CROMWELL style of diplomacy should
be preferred to the CLARENDON, in dealing with
King FERDINAND. It is not we alone who are
interested in this question of the Cagliari seizure.
Sardinia his a common stake in it with ourselves.
Sardinia claims the restitution of the vessel, captain,
and crew, on precisely the same grounds as entitled
us to demand the liberation of the Engineers. Who
can doubt that the policy of the Neapolitan Court in
their tardy concession of complete or qualified libera-
tion to the two Englishmen, has been dictated by a
desire to deprive Sardinia of the support of England,
in prosecuting the claim in which the sub-Alpine State
is more immediately concerned ? But are we prepared
to be the ready dupes of an artifice so transparent?
Are we to take this tardy concession, wrung from
fear and craft, not justice, as a full satisfaction of
our demands ? Are we to waive all claim to apology
and reparation, and be very thankful that it has
graciously pleased his Majesty of the Two Sicilia
to forego, out of his sovereign will and pleunre, the
luxury of continuing to inflict the mortal pains of
Neapolitan incarceration on two Englishmen whom
he never had a shads of right to detain in
durance for a moment ? If we allow our-
selves to assume such an attitude as this,
to evade a common prosecution with Sardinia
of the claims of international justice, because we
have been insulted by the parade of royal clemency
—then indeed we shall have been rather losers than
gainers in the world's estimation and our own self-
respect by the restoration of WATT and the release

of PARK. But we will not anticipate such a con-

summation as this. It is fair to credit with something
nobler and manlier than this, a Ministry who, in this
matter of the Cagliari, if they have not done much,
have yet accomplished more in one month than my
Lords PALMY-I=ON and CLJAENDON achieved in tell.

NOTICE.

Foreign-office, March 31, 1858.

A despatch has been received by the Earl of Malmes-
bury, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, from Earl Cowley, her Majesty's ambassador
at Paris, Rating that the competent authorities will
be authorised, for the future, as heretofore, to furnish
to British subjects resident in France passports to
travel in the interior of the French territories; and
also, in eases of urgent necessity, to grant purports
to British subjects to return to England.

CRYSTAL PALACL—In OULUO4 to the attractive
mend innekal perfonneame this day (Good Friday), it be.
been arranged that the " Old Hundredth Psalm" and the
"Evening Hymn" shall be rung towards the came al the
after Goon by the taw of thou.'s& who are expected to con-
gregate in the antral transept. The Crystal Palace bead,
the band of the Coldstream Guilds, with the Greet Handel
Festival organ, will ell join in this high act of pram and
prayer, so fitted for the occasion.

ZUt Cow.

CONFIRMATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCE OF WALES.

WINDSOR, Aram 1.
The confirmation of the Prince of Wales took
place in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle this
morning ; his Royal Highness having been
examined on the previous day by the Dean of Wind-
sor, in the presence of the Queen, the Prince Con-
sort, and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of
Oxford (Lord High Almoner), the Bishop of Ches-
ter (Clerk of the Closet), the Dean of Windsor
(Resident Chaplain to the Queen), the Rev. Lord
Wriothesley Russell (Chaplain to the Prince Consort),
and the Rev. H. J. Ellison (Vicar of Windsor), took
their seats within the rails of the Communion Table
shortly before 12 o'clock.
The Ministers and other company invited to wit-
ness
the ceremony assembled in the Green Drawing-
room at a quarter before twelve. The ladies and
gentlemen in waiting on the Queen and the Royal
Family assembled in the corridor. The company
were then conducted to their seats in the chapel.
About 12 o'clock the Queen, the Prince Consort,
and the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duchess
of Keut, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess
Alice, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princess
Helena, the Princess Louisa, the Princess Mary of
Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, entered the
Chapel.
The Queen and Prince Consort, with the members
of the Royal family, occupied chairs in the centre of
the chapel. The great Officers of State and the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting took their seats
immediately behind the Royal Family. The re-
mainder of the company invited were placed in pews
on either side of the Chapel.
The Prince Consort and the Duke of Cambridge
appeared in the Windsor uniform, and each wore the
Whited, Badge, and Star of the most noble Order of
the Garter. The Prince of Wales also appeared in
the Windsor uniform.

The gentlemen of the Queen's and Prince Consort's
household wore the Windsor uniform, the members
of orders of knighthood wearing their respective in-
signia.
The gentlemen of the choir of St. George's Chapel
attended, and Mr. W. G. Casino (organist of her
Majesty's private chapel) presided at the organ.
The ceremony commenced with Hymn 147, "Come,
Holy Ghost, our souls inspire."
The Bishop of Oxford read the preface, and bis
Greco the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the
c. remony, and concluded the service with an exhor-
tation.

The Hymn 268, "Oh happy day that flat my
choice," was then sung.
The ceremony being ended, the Queen, the Prince
Consort, and the Royal Family quitted the Chapel,
and entered the Green Drawing-room, where her
Majesty received the congratulations of the distin-
guished company present.
The following were the royal and distinguished
persons present : the Queen, the Prince Consort,
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Ar-
thur, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, the
Princess Louisa, the Duchene of Kent, the Duchess
of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, and the
Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Archbishop of
Canterbury ; the Earl of Derby, the First Lord of
the Treasury ; the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the
Secretary of State for the Home Department; the
Marquis of Exeter, K.G., the Lord Steward ; the
Earl M la Warr, the Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of
Beaufort, the Master of the Horse ; the Duchess
of Manchester, the Mistress of the Robes; the
Bishop of Oxford, the Lord High Almoner ;
the Bishop of Chester, the Clerk of the Closet ; the
Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald V. Wellesley, the Dean
of Windsor and resident chaplain ; the Hon. Mrs.
Wellesley, the Countess of Caledon, the Lady in
Waiting; the Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Mary
Bullet', the Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Lady
Caroline Barrington, the Lady Superintendent ; Lord
Raglan, the Lord in Waiting; Major-General
Berkeley Drummond, the Groom in Waiting;
Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, the Equerry in Wait-
ing; Lade Mary Hood, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles
Phipps, K.C.8., the Privy Purse; the Hon. Lady
and Miss Phipps, Colonel Biddulph, the Master of
the Household; the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, Colonel
Francis H. Seymour and Lady Emily Seymour, Sir
James Clark, Bart., Physician in Ordinary; Mr.
Glover, the Librarian; Lord George Lennox, the Lord
of the Bedchamber to the Prince Consort; Major-
General Wylde, the Groom of the Bedchamber to
the Prince Consort ; Captain Du Plat, the Equerry in
Waiting to thePrinceConsort; the Rev.LordWriothes-
ley Russell, the Chaplain to the Prince Consort; Mr.
Becker, the Librarian to the Prince Consort; Lady
Fanny Howard, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess
of Kent; Lady Geraldine Somerset, the Lady in
Waiting to the Duchess of Cambridge ; Colonel Sir
George Cooper, the Equerry in Waiting upon the
Duchess of Kent; Lady Cowper, Baron Knesebeck,
the Equerry in Waiting upon the Duchess of
Cambridge, Colonel Tyrwhitt, the Equerry in Wait-
ing upon the Duke of Cambridge, Mr.
Gibbs, Tutor to the Prince of Wales ; Lieutenant
Cowell, H.R., Tutor to Prince Alfred; Miss Hildyard,
Madame Rollande de la Sange, and Mademoiselle
Illhardt, Governesses to the Princesses. The council
of the Prince of Wales—The Right Hon. Thomas
Pemberton Leigh, Chancellor ; the Duke of New-
castle ; Mr. Alexander, Attorney-General ; and Mr.
Whitmore, Privy Seal. The trustees for the Prince
of Wales—The Lord Chancellor ; the Earl of
Derby (invited as First Lord of the Treasury) ;
and Lord John Russell. Other invitations :
The Prussian Minister, representative of his
Majesty the King of Prussia, Godfather to
the Prince of Wales; the Countess de Bern-
storff, the Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., the
Earl of Hardwicke, Viscount Palmerston, K.G.,
Lieutenant-General Sir William Codrington, K.C.8.,
Lieutenant-General Sir George Boyle., K.C.8., the
Vicar of Windsor, the Rev. H. J. Ellison, the Rev.
H. M. Birch, and the Rev. C. Tsrver.
Luncheon was served to the Royal Family in the
White Drawing-roam, and to the general company
in the Dining-room.
The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary,
and the Duke of Cambridge took leave of the Queen
and Prince in the afternoon: the Duchess and
Prince.. Mary proceeding to Kew, and the Duke re-
turning to London.
The 'Ministers, Officers of State, and other visitors
invited to attend the ceremony, took their departure.
The Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Lord Portman, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and
the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, were unavoidably
prevented from being present at the ceremony.

Despatches wore sent yesterday from the Colonfel.ofEes
to the Governor of Canada end the Govet norm of the West
India lolanda.

ROYAL VISIT TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Prince George of Saxony, accompanied by the Saxon Barat-
ta., Colonel Poneonby, sod three gentlemen of his house-
hold, viated the British Museum yesterday afternoon, and
was shown over the whole building by the chief librarian,
Mr. Paniuti The Prince seemed particularly st. ark by the
satisfies library of printed books and manuscripto, and by
the grand dimensions and extreme beauty of the reading-
room. He also spent some time in the apartments devoted to
prints sad dratt:np, in the suite of rooms approptiated to
Natural History, and in the hall of the massive Egypticu
antiquities, Greek and Romen marbles, and Lydan anti-
quities.

Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton, M.P., arrived in
Lincoln on Tuesday last, and proceeded to Bayous Manor,
the seat of the Right Hon. C. T. D'llyncoort, on Wed-
nemlay afternoon. " The bon. baronet," says the Stam-
ford Mercury, "sill undoubtedly experience a veil
friendly reoeptien in the city on the occasion of
hie lecturing in the Mechanic' Institute, for though
there is an estrangement as regards politics be.
between him and the majority of big former supporters, not
one of the old liberals is likely to forget the services he
tendered to the cause of civil and religious liberty during
the nine years he represented Lincoln, and sash must re-
tied with pleasure upon the cordial and courteous feeling
which ever distinguished the intercourse between the great
littErakwe end his approving constituents."

Lod Sudsley has apiointed the Rey. Jacob Hugo
North, WA., of Brighton, his lordship's domestic chspislis.