The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-21 00:00:00

THE COURT.

OSBORNE, August 19th.—The Queen and Prince walked
in the grounds yesterday. Colonel the Hon. C. B. and
Mrs. Phipp3 had the honour of dining with her Majesty.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on
Tuesday for Oshorne, on a visit to the Queen.
Despatches were sent on Tuesday from the Colonial-office
to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and the Australian
Colonies, and also to the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

TERRIFIC FIRE THIS MORNING

SIX LIVES LOST

A dreadful fire took place in Shaw's-alley about two
o clock this morning. It began in a bakehouse in the
lower part of the building, and quickly communicated to
the other parts. The alarm was speedily given by an old
man who lodged in the basement, and was able to escape
in good time. The upper part of the house was let to
different families, and amongst them were a school-
master, residing on the top fluor, and a person named
Fagan, who sells books near the Custom-house,
wi, h his wife and three children, all of whom, it is feared
perished in the conflagration

When the destructive element had been subdued, by the
energetic exertions of the firemen and police, aided by
several of the spectators, a dilligent search was made, and
the bodies of three of the unfortunate sufferers recovered.
The exertions of the Fire Brigade, under Mr. Hewitt,
and of the West of England Firemen, were, as usual,
beyond praise.

THE 'WEATHER changed again yesterday. Up to four
o'clock it was dry with a briAk wind. At that hour rain
beenn to fall, and continued heavy for some time.
The foundation stone of a new lighthouse for Dartmouth
Harbour was laid on Tuesday. The site is at Castle, or
St. George's gre, u, at the entrance of the harbour, and
near to the site occupied by the former lighthouse.
STOPPING A PRIZE FIGHT.-On Tuesday afternoon,
information was received by Mr. Inspector Bruce, of the
Woolwich division of police, that some 200 persons of
the lowest stamp, from London, had assembled at Abbey-
wood, for the purpose of witnessing a prize fight. He
immediately proceeded to the spot, and found a ring
formed, and the combatants about to commence opera-
tions. With the assis•ance of eight mounted constables
the mob WaS dispersed, and the would-be combatants
took the up-train for London.

RomE.—lt is predicted that the ensuing season at
Rome will be a very full one, and especially productive
of Rus•iin magnatf,s with long p ,rses and colossal
fourgons, crowding in the suite of their Empress, who is
expected there about the middle of October, and will
tike up her residence at the Feoli Palace, formerly
belonging to the Capracican family, in the Corso.
Preparations are being actively made, under the superin-
tendence of the architect Carnevali, for the reception of
her Imperial Majesty, and for the establishment of the
Russian embassy. The palace architect is busy at the
Vatican, providing the Pope's apartments with a more
suitable ingress, in the form of a flight of marble stairs,
besides other restorations and improvements.

THE EMBASsir TO Moscow.—What lends a peculiar
splendour to Earl Granville's Embassy (~ays a st.
Petersburg letter), is the number of distinguished persons
who accompany it, the arrival of any one of whom at
St. Petersburg, even unofficially, would have made at
all times a considerable sensation. Sir Robert and
Lady Peel are much commented upon, on account
of the late Sir Robert's fame, tariff, political ex-
periments, and personal fate; while the eldest
sons of two of our wealthiest Dukes—in short, such
personages as the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford,
the Far! of Dalkeith, Lord Ward, the Hon. F. Leveson
and Lmy Margaret Gower, flash like stars into this
oPtilenee-adoring world. Their large and nritchless
sbeen seen, and have conquered; these things have all
gone on to Moscow.