The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-30 00:00:00

street) : Larze wreath of la rt-1
Letters V.R., with two Bruns-

The National, Whitehall-gardens

A crown and V. 2.. in

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PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS

Lord Pa'rnerstOn'si, Piec idiilp. The initials V.R.
crown, and star, encircled with a wreath of laurel. • .
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Berkeley-square.— The
initials V.R , crown, gas. '
The Earl of Granville, Bruton-street.—The initials V.R.,
. brilliant gas star.
The Earl of Harrowby, Grosvenor-square.—S:ar and

veriegat,:d lamps.
The Eafl of Shaftesbury, Grosvenor-Equare.—V.R., star,

gas jets.
Mr. Disiaeli, Grosvenor-gate.—A plain star.
Lady Peel's, Whitehall.—Star.
Duke of Bacaleach, Montague•house, V.R., crown, with
vadegated lamps.
The Brazilian Minister, Cavendish-Fquare. The Brazi-
lian coat of antis, with a coffee plant on one side Hid the
tobacco plant on the other, with lam

device excited great cariosity.
The French Ambissador, Knightsbridge.—The imperial
arms, with those of England. A brilliant device.
All the other foreign ministers have equally appropriate

devices,

Apsl6y 4ouse (the nuke of Wt eliingt
many gorgeous design!, it is hard to
thebest ; but this was one of t'

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tions in the metropolis

It consisted

ary illumina-

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so as to

pillars with- branches ex!ending right and left
almost conjoin. The pillars Lnd shafts contained at lea
100,600 jets of light, forming, if we may so call it, one
huge boutire of gas ascending to six or eight feet above the
roof of the house. _ _ .

•Lord Panmure's (Belgrave-square).—On the port looking
to Belgrave-square a medallion eight feet' in diameter,
composed of gas buckets, with a six foot .crown above and
buckle and tie beneath. On the front theia were two
trophies, consisting of the four stauclArds—England, France,
Turkey, and Sardinia:
To take a wider range from that we ‘have bsen circum-
scribe to record, we now approach Belgrave, and here there
was a plentiful display of stars and crowns, but little to cad
for special notice. Baron Rothschild, in Grosvenor-place,
had a magnificent design, in coloured lamps, of the Royal
initials, surrounded by a broad wreath of laurel in rubies
and emeralds. The absence of striking designs in this
aristocratic and wealthy quarter of the metropolis, wai
very marked, and gave rise to some rather pointed com-
mcnts.

On the south side of the river in such establishments as
that of Messrs. Maudsley,.and places of pahlie resort, like
large taverns, the consumption of gas for illuminative pur-
poses was extensive ; nor were the suburbs without occa-
sional indications of patriotic display. • •
In the city and Strand many private establishments ex.,
hibited their patriotism and love of peace by the most
extensive illuminations in gas and lamps, while designs in
laurel extend along the entire' fronts of many of the
houses, and flags and banners were flying in all directions:

Along Regent-street tbo illuminations 'were upon "a scale
which dazzled the t 3; es of all beholders ; but there
were two transparencies above the rest of the designs which
challenge particular attention. One r•as in the Quadrant,
and occupied the whole front of a house, and bore the fol-
lowing motto :—" England and France united, give Hopo
to Hungary, Unity to Italy, and Freedom to Poland." The
other is Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, the eminent music pub-
lishers, and presented artistic claims far beyond the ordinary

range.
Waterloo-place was brilliant, but the designs were,
generally speaking, not of a coral character. There were,
however, a great blaze of light, 'combined with the
advoitlge of the width of space from which to catch it

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Pal'

-mall, as it always is on, such occasions, was an
attraction of the first magnitude. The Army and Navy
Club had a design of great extent, combining stars, crownp,
flags, and laurel wreaths in profusion, the word " Peace"
in large letters being below the whole. The Athenamm had
a -design in gas, less elaborate than that of its opposite
neighbour. The Reform, the Traveller's, and the Carlton,
had no devices, but lited up the heavens above with their
blazing torches of gas ; while the United Service, the
Guards', and the University exhibited tasteful and extensive
designs.

On tho whole, it may safely be said that the illnmi-
nasions and fireworks together, were a sight of splendour
which has rarely been witnessed, even by the " oldest
inhabitant," and never by the " new generation."
The ministers, in celebration cf her Majesty's birthday,
gave the usual banquets, but at the late hour at which we
have received our latest intelligence, the details must stand
postponed until our next publication.

THE FIREWORKS

According to. our last accounts, per telegraph, the pyre,-
technic displays in the Parks were splendid. The weather
is described to us as favourable, though dull ; and at the
hour at which our despatch was forwarded (2 30 p.m.)
the streets of the metropolis were still crowded with
delighted sight-seers.

THE COURT

Prince Albert went to Epsom races on Wednesday,
accompanied by the Regent of Baden and Prince
Frederick William of Prussia. Her Majesty had a dinner
party in the evening. The company included the
Duchess of Kent, the Regent of Baden, and Prince
Frederick William of Prussia, the Prussian Minister
and Countess Bernstorff, Earl Spencer, Countess
Somers, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Viscount Palmerston,
Lord Panmure ; Lieut.-General Baron Schreckenstein,
Baron de Moltke, Captain Heinz, Lieut. de Schrecken-
stein, and Dr. Wegner (in attendance on Prince
Frederick William of Prussia) ; Colonel Baron Se utter
de Lotzen, Baron de Gemmingen, Dr. Ullman, and the
Hon. Mortimer Sackville West (in attendance on the
Regent of Baden); Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington.
Prince Frederick William of Prussia visited the Duchess
of Kent (yesterday), at Clarence Souse, St. James's.

DIMINUTION OF IRISH PAUPERISM.—The number of
paupers in the workhouse at a corresponding period last
year Was 862 ; the number at present is but 487, being
equivalent to a reduction of nearly 50 per cent. What
effect this great diminution of pauperism will have
on the rates for the ensuing year we have yet to learn.—
Calway Vindicator.
_ _

AUSTRIAN HONOUR.—A day or two since (says a Vienna
correspondent) I chanced to see in the street the Countess
Louis' Batthyani, the widow of the Hungarian Minister
who was put to death some years since at Pesth, and it
occurred to me to enquire whether she had ever been paid
her jointure by the Austrian government, which, as you
will probably recollect, confiscated the estates of her hus-
band. To my astonishment, and I may add dismay, the
reply to my question was, that she had never received a
farthing, and that the widows .and wives of the other
political offenders are in exactly the same position I
BREACH OF PRoMISE OF MARRIAGE. —ln the Court of
Queen's Bench on Wednesday last the cause of " Brock-
ington v. Daniel" was tried. Mr. Horne appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. M.Namara for the defendant.
This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant
pleaded that he did not promise, as alleged. It appeared
that the plaintiff was a young woman in an humble con-
dition of life, and in May last she entered the defend-
ant's employment, who was a fringe manufacturer at
Bethnal green. He soon became much attached to her,
and according to her testimony and that of her mother
and other witnesses, he repeatedly declared his inten-
tion to marry her. In July she went to reside in his -
house to take care of his children, he being a widower,
and he took advantage of his position and effected her
ruin. Even after she became pregnant he repeated his
promise to marry her, but about Christmas he married
another person, and when the plaintiff was confined re-
fused to give her any assistance. Mr. M•Namara ad-
dressed the jury for the defence. The learned judge
having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages £25.
EASTERN TOLERANCE.—A. Constantinople correspon-
dent of the Independance writes :—" It is matter of wonder
that nothing disastrous occurred at Volo on Easter day
among the Greeks. The orthodox clergy of that town, in
concert with the Austrian consular agent, a Greek him-
self, thought proper to indulge in a manifestation, which
anywhere else might have led to sanguinary results.
Without asking leave, without giving the least inti-
mation to the authorities, they got up a procession
and paraded the streets of the town, and, not satisfied
with chaunting their lit anies, began shouting,
as if
especially when they came in front
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troops, however, took no notice of this provocation.
After this, don't let us hear people talking about the into-
lerance of the Turks. I should like to see how the Greeks
would act if the Turks took such a liberty in one of their
towns, as that of celebrating some festival in honour of
Mahomet ? And to speak of a more civilised nation, what
would the English do if the catholics were to get up a
procession in the streets of London, and raise the Host in
a threatening manner opposite the Horse Guards ? In
short, let any attempt be made to introduce perfect free-
dom of religious worship into certain states, which I
abstain from mentioning by name, and we should soon see
what some of the consequences would be."