The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-21 00:00:00

(Stamped, id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

AN IMPERIAL SKATING PARTY.

Um. Paris correspondent writes, under date ~f
Saturday evening :

" Last night I had the luck to be present at a
grand court skating match by torchlight. In
Paris the streets were muddy ; it was supposed
that a decided thaw had set iu, the ice on the lake
in the Bois tie Boulogne was pronounced unsafe—
it was, as I ascertained myself, watery on the sur-
face, and not a soul was to be seen upon it. But be-
yond the Longchamps racecourse, and on the banks
of the Seine, near M. de Rothschild's splendid
villa, and just epposite Sureene, there is a meadow
studded with pretty clumps of high trees, which
was overflowed during the late floods, and which,
although the thermometer had risen to a shade
above zero, still presented a smooth coating of
solid ice, there being scarcely any water under-
neath. At this spot the Emperor, with as much
secrecy as possible, had made a rendezvous for ten
o'clock at night. The great Godillot, under-
taker of public rejoicings, hung the branches of
the trees with hundreds of Chinese lanterns, and
serving men, as numerous as those peasants who
Brat walked .11 night long up and down the ponds
about the royal palaces to prevent the frogs from
waking the Kings of France, promenaded the frozen
meadow with lanthorns fixed on their heads. Be-
sides; this constant illumination, there was an in-
termittent succession of Bengal fire and fizzing
torches, which lighted up the scene a giorno.
A body of men in white blouses—a special
ice police—formed a cordon round the field of ope-
rations, and kept off those who were uninvited,
but the crowd of spectators, though considerable,
consisted mainly of the inhabitants of St. Cloud,
Sureene, and the neighbouring villages. The popu-
lation of Paris knew nothing of the fête, and up to
this hour neither the Moniteur nor any other jour-
nal has said a word about it. As soon as the Em-
peror and the court arrived the sport commenced
in very business-like style. The Empress got into
a sledge, and M. Hartogs, a German gentleman
whose proficiency as a skater attracted the imperial
notice two years ago, and who is now called at
court the Emperors ilick-de.cantp de glace, bad the
honour of pushing her Majesty on the Ice. He
took her along at railroad speed, and was out of
sight of shore in less than a minute. The Emperor
then put on his skates, and conducted the sledge of
a lady whose name I could not learn. The Countess
de Murny, enveloped in velvet and white furs,
essayed her prowess, but was supported by two
gentlemen, who gave her a hand on each side. The
Princess Pouiatowski went along very well by her-
self. In a abort space of tune, the ice was
thickly studded with a host of chamberlains,
genera e, aides-de-camp, and even judges who had
come with the court party to join in the fashion-
able amusement of the hour.' The notion of coming
to skate in a thaw was highly approved of, for the
night was by no means cold. The Emperor and
Empress remained on the ice till half-past eleven.
"This afternoon, the frost in the meantime
having returned with considerable intensity, the
sport was resumed by the imperial party at the
same spot. M. Hartogs gave the Empress a pro-
menade in a beautiful sledge, which was sent for by
telegraph from Germany, and only arrived this
morning. Afterwards her Majesty ventured to
skate, but only with the assistance of two gentle-
men. She is not at her ease upon the ice, and,
considering that she comes from sunny Spain, this
is not to be wondered at. The Emperor is a eery
good skater. He does not attempt any towns dc
force, but he is perfectly master of his movements.
His wont is to go along rather slowly, and he stops
frequently to contemplate the animated scene
around-Inm. Not the least etiquette is observed
on the ice. No clear apace is kept about the
Emperor or Empress. They go about just
like anybody else, and to-day, unlike last
evening, everybody without exception was allowed
to skate at the game time with them. The Em-
peror had nothing whatever but his own adroitness
to prevent him from being knocked over by the first
tyro in the sport whose skates might run away with
him. It was an interesting sight to see the master
of so many legions, the mighty potentate upon
whose mysterious breath the fate of so many na-
tions hangs, slipping about unpretentiously on the
ice, no squire or even servant following him, and
apparently as much on an equality with the people
about him as a carter is with a ploughman on an
English farm-yard pond. Once a young man, who
saw the Emperor skating slowly along the middle of
the lake, steered almost indiscreetly cline to him
and gave him the go by, with the evident intention
of getting credit with the spectators for being the
best skater. The Emperor then, without any ap-
parent effort, increased his speed, gracefully dis-
tanced his opponent bye few yards, and, contented
with his victory, resumed the steady pace which,
as I said before, he seems to affect. The frost is
severe to-night, and should it continue the rage for
skating will attain extraordinary proportions.
Happy the amateur who has a good pair of skates,
for the manufacturers cannot make them fast
enough. The lake in the Bois de Boulogne is again
in capital order."

IMPERIAL CHA RITY.—The Moniteur publialtes
the following announcement :—'• The Emperor and
Empress, always anxious about the coodition of the poor,
have just assumed a noble initi►tive, which the rich and
charitable will hasten to imitate. By order of their
Majesties, a sum • 05,000 fr. has bees placed at the disposal
of the prefect of police, who will distribute it to the
necessitous classes in tickets for bread and firing. The dis-
tributions, which will comprise 200,000 tickets for the
former, and 45,000 for the latter, were immediately corn -
mewed through the commissaries of police of Paris. This
example, proceeding from so elevated • position, will
certainly be followed, and every ens will desire to aid in
alleviating the sufferings of the poor by prompt and
abuudant contributions."

THE OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN
KULA. —BOl/111AIIPTON, JAN. 20.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamship Ceylon, Captain Evans,
riled hence to-day with the nails for Gibraltar, the Medi-
terranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius, India (except
Bombay), China, Australia, hew Zealand, 14c. The Ceylon
takes out, including those proceeding rid Marseilles, 150
pawner Amongst those which embarked to-day are
Lieutenants Fergueeon, Shaw, Lewin, Bury, Roe, and
Glover ; Captains O'Brien, lers, Travers, and Hole ;
P.iymaster Potter, Brevet-Colooel Deacon Major Richards,
Colonel Grant, Assistant-Surgeon Lilliphant, Dr. Willick,
Major Gulluni, Lientenant-Asaistant•Suon White, Rev.
Mr. Whitehouse, and Commander Madden, R.N. The
Ceylon takes on freight a large our, and 701 boxes specie,
value 219,0951.35., for the following ports. viz. :—llauri-
tins : Gold coin, 25,0001. Madras : Bar silver, 8,0201. ;
gold coin, 17,571/. ; gold thread, lie., 1,443/. 3a. Calcutta:
Rix silver, f 2,480/. ; watches, kc., 381 W. Penang : Dollars, .
384/. Singapore : Dollars, 57,575/. • gold C0j0; 3,4:001. ;
jewellery, 200/. Hoeg Koug: Dollars, Z 3,814/.;
levy, Sm., 485/. 103. Shanghai : Dollar; 6,6:1111. Hob-
son's Bay : Jewellery, !cc., 1,0811. Melbourne: Jewel-
lery, Ir., 8431. 10e. And for Sydney : Jewellery, Six., :s5O/.
REFUSAL OF A CLIROYMAN TO SOLEMNISE A
MARRIAG/L —A party gave the usual notice to the Superin-
tendent Registrar of the Bangor and Beaumaris Union to
be married at the parish church of Llangadwaladr, Anglesey,
and after the expiration of twenty-one days a eertiliiute
was
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parish church within the union in which they are re.
wing, On presenting themselves at the proper time to
the rector of Llangudwaladr, that gentleman refused
to solemnise the marriage on the ground that the notice had
been given at the register-office, and that the system was
only intended for dimenterirho Lad to applydisappointmentGreataagain w and
the
incenveMence were caused by thib extraordinary proceeding,
and considerable surprise was expressed by the friends and
snieuigehribnnteur"ndeonft the
rastrarrtieLfor • Herr, and they were ulti-
mately married atthe Regiateroffics, Bangor,wiich entailed
an extra and unnecessary expense of upwards of 2/. The
ere has been submitted to the Registrar•Geneml. who will,
no doubt, take the necessary steps to protect the public
from the recurrence of such a wanton disregard of the
feelings of the direenting community.—Co: Herald.

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LOXIKIN, MoNDAY, .1 IN. 21.

We r.:4 the existing political and financial dis-
turbances in America first began to threaten, there
was • disposition in many quarters to make too
light of them ; and the public interests have
suffered frora the mistake, the transition from
ovinieening confidence to extreme disappoint-
ment being natural. But now that we have been
tweedy pn,sed upon for the relief of America,
have relieved her to • considerable extent, and
have at the same time judiciously adopted measures '
for our own protection, it would seem that there
is a tendency to fall into the opposite error—that
of exaggerated apprehension and extreme despon-
dency. If ordinary commercial calculations go
for anything, the American money market,
as we endeavoured to show last week,
must improve ; and, as it improves, there
wall necessarily be a revival of confidence in com-
mercial channels. There is little prospect of our
blinding our.elves to the threatening points of the
present difficulty, for they are forced upon us at
every turn. It may be well for the English public
to bear in niind that the American press was never
yet known to soften down any feature, whether it
be gloomy or promising. It is constantly on the
watch for materials for creating a sensation. Its
prominent error is a proneness to exaggeration.
The evidences of this aru.innuniemble, and crop
of every batch of American news that comes
forward. As straws show which way the wind
lbws, one or two trifling points in the recent ac-
counts illustrate our meaning. What, for exam-
ple, is in worse taste, or more clearly be-
trays the wish to make "newspaper capital"
out of even the misfortunes of the country, than
the trick indulged in by a portion of the influen-
tial New York press of parading the news from
South Carolina in bold type amongst the
" Foreign" Intelligence! And with what gusto
do the journals recite all the details of the
alleged idea of the South Carolinians of attacking
by means of rafts Fort Sumter—a fort heavily
armed, well garrisoned, and with free communica-
tiun with the sea ! Such a notion must be derided
as mere braggadocio. A press which furnishes
food of this description to a sensation-creTing
Petite Oil Plifilett English readers if they receive it
with due (modification.
But, quitting the political ground, which is, in-
deed, somewhat foreign to our immediate subject,
attention may usefully be called to several points
which indicate that, however disturbed politics
may be, there are already the elements of a finan-
cial recovery in America. Although unfavourable
rumours were circulated on Friday with regard to
the American exchange, the letters delivered on
Satprday show that it was firm at New York at
1041 to for bankers' bills. This denotes no re-
trogression. It is the highest price that has been
received from New York since the rally set in
there. Seine of the writers describe the exchange
as " more in favour of America than could have
" been expected, considering the large amount
"of specie received from England." The rate
for the best " commercial " sixty-day bills on
London had also recovered to 103 to 104. These
rates, we are well aware, will not stop the flow of
specie from this side, but they mark a tendency
towards • restoration of the exchange market to a
less exceptional pusition ; and the continuance of
this would cause the shipments of specie from
England to slacken materially.
The details afforded with regard to the position
of the discount market are still more reassuring.
Holders of money showed more confidence. Paper
which, ten days previously, was "without pur-
" chasers at 18 to 24 per cent.," is stated in the
latest letters to have been "eagerly taken at
"9to 10 per cent." Remittances from the in-
terior were coming forward, after being long frozen
up, and contributed to cause the improvement
in the Bank returns, indicated by a considerable
decrease in the loans and increase in the deposits,
and by a still larger increase in the specie. One
writer observes :—" It is generally believed that
" money will rule at 5 per cent. during the first
" quarter of the present year." This view con-
firms that already expressed in these columns.

Again the rise in public securities was of a
character denoting still more plainly the belief
that the crisis, so far as regards its financial
aspect, is at an end. Prices are now much higher
in the New York than in the London market. In
many instances the rebound amounted to several'
per cent. in a single day, even in those stocks
which had not been bought up on English account.
Tb. unsecured Bonds of the New York and Erie
Railroad Company hail risen 10 per cent, within a
week. Notwithstanding the difficulties of the
Federal I:ovenument, the new loan had risen to
1.1 to 2 per cent. premium, and will doubtless
advance much further. Bond fide investments—
the best passible criterion of public opinion—were
being made upon a large scale.
Added to this, trade throughout the Northern
and Western States was beginning to recover from
its late unnatural congestion. Large shipments of
grain and provisions were being made to the
Southern states ; and as it was clear that the
South will requue to be fed, no matter how de-
fiant its attitude towards the rest of the Union,
such a MAMA of produce bills had suddenly conic
forward that at rhicago--one of the moat import-
ant markets of the interior—the rxehanre on New
York had fallen r. per cent. within as many days.
We hope our readers will not consider them
details tedious, for they go to show, far bettor
than any mere assertions, that American commerce
anal finance are gradually recovering horn the
,1, :!r. of the ror.villsion. Plain of a cha-
racter to min .: of .ntelliglble dedni.tioca, bah the

more valuable just. now because the public bass
already had a surfeit of mere opinion. and theo-
ries, for the most part proved deceptive. The
financial paralysis in America caused the strain
upon our market to be sudden and heavy :
relief in America means, therefore, cheer-
ful tidings to ourselves. We have reason
to believe that a portion of the gold which is now
in course of shipment is intended directly for the
Southern States, and partly for the New orleans
hanks. The pressure for specie in that quarter is
easily explained, for a political and social panic
always causes some amount of the precious metals
to be hoarded. It is very possible that the ill-
disguised trepidation of the South at the ides of a
civil war, with some millions of slaves in the scale
against them, may affect our specie reserves in a
more direct manner than is imagined by the super-
ticial observer. But, on the other hand,
the secret but deep-felt appreciation among
the Southerners of the essential weakness
which the slave element imports into their posi-
tion, will have a v.ist influence towards preventing
an armed collision. On this consideration, com-
bined with that of the purely commercial aptitude
and tendencies of the American people, whether
in the North or the South, we may surely rest our
hopes. The North and the South have alike vast
stores of produce which it is imperative for them
to sell ; and, as we aro always the largest buyers,
trade between England and America cannot long
be seriously disturbed. One of the most disquiet-
ing feature-. for us is the severe check which has
nnipiestionably been given to the American
demand for our goods. We shall yet feel the
effects of this at present one-sided character of our
American trade. It is the more fortunate, there-
fore, that we can discern encouraging features in
the American money market and in American
trade generally, for the absorption of our goods
there will not he resumed upon a satisfactory scale
until America is once inure made easy in her pe-
cuniary circumstances. The return of this period

will be accelerated by the fact that the country
is full of wealth, and that, but for the
existing dissensions, she would probably
now be carrying on a trade unprecedented
in point both of extent and profit. As helping to
restore ease in America, there can be no doubt
whatever that the three millions of gold sent from
this country have been invested in the most judi-
cious manner possible for our interest.

For the moment we appear to be left compara-
tively unmolested, in a financial sense, by France.
The old difficulties, arising from her improvident
expenditure, both at home and abroad, remain, it
is true, in full operation. But the managers of
the Bank of France are shrewd enough to
see that they have had ai much accom-
modation as is to be got at present out of the
Bank of England ; and that if they press any
further just now upon that establishment, the
directors, whose present attitude is one of the
utmost vigilance, will instantly complicate the
situation further, so far as France is concerned, by
raising the rate of discount afresh. The French
Bank are, accordingly, trying elsewhere for the re-
quired supplies of gold, against an exchange of silver.
They have, it is said, found the Bank of Russia
willing to accommodate them upon these terms to
the extent of a million or a million and a quarter
sterling. The arrangement implies some respite
to our market, so we must regard it as the best
that could be made at the moment, short of the
adoption of means for obviating those errors which
lie at the root of the present drain upon France.
Amongst the manufacturing trades of the United
Kingdom the cotton interest, as appears from the
accounts relating to the past week, is still the
most active, and, all things considered) the most
kiwi:lMß% Industry in this branch con-
tinues to be fully employed, although the
business in the Manchester market has been below
the average. Spinners and manufacturers are
both looking with anxiety to the progress of
affairs in America and to the continued rise in the
cotton market. Notwithstanding the absence of
demand for that country there is not much com-
plaint from the woollen interest, but in other dis-
tricts there is more evidence of slackness. The
iron, hardware, hosiery, and silk trades are all
more or less depressed. In Staffordshire, Not-
tinghamshire, Leicestershire and other parts, there
are more workpeople out of employment than for
some time past. The severe weather, which now,
happily, appears to be breaking, hes also pressed
painfully upon many out-of-door trades.

His Royal Highuesa the Duke of Cambridge and
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sass-Weimar, ac•
eompsnied by Colonel the Hon. James litedonald, returned
to town on Saturday, from visiting the Earl and Counter
of Derby at Knowsley Park.

Their Royal Highoemen the Duchems of Cam-
bridge end the Princess Mary will return to St. James's
Parse us the 99th inst. from Kew.

The Marquix of Lawelowne is expected at Lau.-
dowse Howe as the 3rd pi ommu from Bowood.

The MarchioneM of Ely has arrived in town from
t Continent.

The Earl do Grey and Ripou left Calton-gardens
oa Saturday, to meet the countess at Newby Hall, York-
shire.

The Counter' Reventlow will leave Remington
Palace in a few days fur Parisi, es route to Germany.
Lord and Lady Probe have returned to Elton
Rail. Northamptonshire, frees visiting her Majesty at
Windsor (antis.

Lord and Lady Taunton are expected in town in
• few days from their seat in Cambridgeshire.
Lord and Lady Herbert of Lea have been enter-
taiaiag, at Waco House, near Salisbury, ♦t the elms of
the past week, General Lord (lyde, Viscount and Viscoun-
tess Bun•, Lord and Lady Clarence Puget, and the Count
Stnelecki. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., and the Earl and
oourteee &mere heft on flunkey.

The Dnke of Sutherland, stt wu learn frum the
Lag aceouuta frum Trentham, continues to improve.

The Earl of Derby hex completely recovered from
the severe attack of illness under which be was suffering
fur mayoral months pant. List week his lordship and the
countess entertained a select ein.de of aristocratic friends at
Knowsley Hall, among whom were the Earl and Counter
of Chesterfield and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, Viscount Can-
terbury, Lord Colville, Lard Stanley, Colonel the Hou.
W. P. and Lady Emma Talbot, Hon. Miss Wilbraham, Hon.
Captain Talbot, Mon. Captain Btaatey, Mir Robert Gerard,
Mr. Allen Bathurst, and Mr. C. Leslie. In the course of
the week the circle was humoured by the arrival of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and he Royal
Highness the Duke of Sams Weiner.

The banquet to be given by the liberal members of
the Home of Comm.-maunder the prewitlentshipof Lewd Pal-
merston. to Sir William Hayter, Bart., 11. P., has (says the
04erre r) been axed by the committee for Wednesday, the
27th of Februory, alien a splendid testimonial will be pwe.
seated to the right honourable barooet. This compliment
from old friends sad colleague' will not be outlined to this
proseut members of the lower house, but will comprise those
who eat in !ornament at any time during the period when
Sir William Hayter tilled the °See of Secretary to the
Lords Comammiesers of her Majesty's Treasury.
_ _ _

Sir Thmiten Edward Coiebrooke, amt., M P.
for Lasarkshire, will, it k said, be selected to More the
Adders., la the Hos:sew( Coosasems, is &merit-to the Speech
frost the Threw.

Berjeaut Tozer, of the Nort.lk Circuit, ha.' been
appointed to the vacant Rwersieisbip el Bury St. £d•
annris.

Mr. Colley Herman Scotland will, it in said, pm-
tow sucealpii to the vamp"' us glee 110.1t.us
by 144 EWA rt by hew, DeCtlow.

Cbt Court.

WINDSOR CANTLE, Jas. I.
There was uo addition to the royal dinner part•
yu■terday.

The Queen, attended by Lady Mactlocald, walked in the
grounds of the Castle this morning.
The Prince Consort went to Lomita, attended by Colonel
PomponLy. Hia Royal Highness' drove from Paddington to
Buckingham Palace, and proeided at a meeting of the
finance committee of the Royal Commission for the Echi•
bition a 1861, held at 11 o'clock. There were also present
—Earl Granville, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.,
the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Y.P., Sir Alexander Spear.
man, Hart., Mr. Tbontsui Baring, /LP., Mr. C. W. Bilks,
C. 8., Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Edgar Bowriai (sierstary).
The meeting broke up at 2 o'clock.
The Ducliessof Kent visite' her Majesty and took luncheon.
Viscount Palmerston and the Hon. F. and Mrs. Stouor
arrived on a visit in the afternooo.

The Prince l'onsort, with Prince Arthur, skated in the
Home Park in the aftenviion, attended by the Gentlemen in
Waiting. Some of the OffiColll in garrison bad tie honour
of skating with the Prin,:e.

Her Jiajaity's dinner poly included the Princess Alice,
the Hum aced Rev. C. L. and Lady Caroline Coartenay, bir
James (lab, and the Minters staying in the ('aetle.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards played during
dinner :

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drawing-room tie Mowing pima :

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hUNDAT, JAS. 20.
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The Queen and Pripet. Consort, the Primates Alice, Prince
Arthur, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Prince
Leopold, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the
domestic household, attended Divine service this morning
in tie Private Chapel. Lord Palmerton and Mrs. F.
Stupor were also at the service. The Hon. and Very Rev.
the Nan of Witidaor officiated.

Mr. Booth, Mr. Lancaster, and Mr. Knowles, a depu.
tation from the Lam ashiro and Cheshire Coal Association,
with Mr. Hall, parliamentary agent, had an interview
with the Right Hon. T. Mauer Gibson, ou Saturday, at the
*We of the Board of Trade.

A deputation from the Metropolitan Board, on the alib-
ied of the proposed bill for amending the acts relating to
that body, had an interview with Str George C. Lewis, on
Saturday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of
Mr. J. Thwaites (chairman), Mr. W. The, M.P., Mr. A. R.
Bristow, M.P., and Mr. E. H. Woolrych, standing counsel of
the Baird.

The Duke of Newcastle arrived in London on Saturday,
from Chunber-park, Nuns.

A deputatun, consisting of Rwsr•Admiral Gordon,
Captain Farquharson, and Captain Arrow, had 1411 interview
an Saturday with the Hight Hoe. T. Milner Gibson.

Despatches were received at the Cob.nial•otDcq on Satur-
day, from the Governors of the West Indies, Australia,
Cayks, Hong Kong, Malta, and from the Lord High COO.
abalones. of the lonian !daub!. Gesptatches were sent to
the Governory of Canada, Halituuas, Australia, Mauritius,
Ceylon, Hung Kong, Libman, Malta, and Gibraltar.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT CAMBRIDGE.

CAMBRIDGE, SATURDAY EVENING.

The town was all alive to-clay by reason of the
presence of the Prince, who arrived at Trinity College from
Madingley about twelve o'clock, and proceeded to his
apartments in the Lodge, where he was received by the
Master of the college, the Rev. Dr. WhewelL At this time
the joy-hells were ringing from the tower of St. Mary's,
flags and banners were exhibited in all directions, and the
town was one scene of cariosity and excitement. The
Prime was accompanied by the Hon. Major-General Bruce
and Captain Grey. So soon as the arrival at Trinity was
known, the University authoritim attended in procession to
pay their respects to bis royal highness. The Vice-Chancellor
(the Hun. and Rev. Dr. Neville, Master of Magdalene Col-
lege), escorted m usual by the Esquire-Bedels, Dr. Leaping-
well, of Corpus College, and Mr. Godfrey, of St. John's
College, beaded the rorn'gr, which consisted in addition of
the Muter. of St. Catherine's (Dr. Plidpotta, Bishop-elect
Oi Wvicorier)r 84. Peter's (Dr. Cookies), Trinity Hall
(Dr. Gelder!), Miser (Dr. animal% Queens' (Dr. Mr'
lips), Sidney (Dr. Phelps), Corpus (Dr. Pulling), Jesus
(Dr. Conic), John's (Dr. Hataton), Downing (Dr.
Wonky), and Mrs (Dr. Atkisson), also the Rev.
the Provost of King's (Dr. Ohm). The Master of Trinity
joined the woman is the Lodge. The Registrary of the
University (the Rev. Mr. Romilly, of Trinity College), and
the Proctors (the Rev. Mr. Brocklebank, of King's College,
and the Rev. Mr. Williams, of St. John's College) formed
part of the eerie*. All these gentlemen had the honour of
being presented to his royal highness, and on their retire-
ment were succeeded by a deputation front the cooperation
of the borough. This latter consisted of the mayor (Mr.
Charles Finch Foster), the deputy-mayor (Mr. Elliot
Smith), Mr. Councillor Balls, and the town clerk (Mr. C. H.
Cooper), attended by the nutombearers and sergeants. The
Mayor and his colleagues having been presented to the
Prince in due form, the chief magistrate received from Mr.
Tows Clerk, and presented to his royal highnem, a copy of
an address which had been voted at a full meeting of the
council in the moruieg. It was as follows :
"To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

"May it please your Royal Highness,—We, her Majesty's
loyal and faithful subjects, the mayor, aldermen, and bur-
gesses of the borough of Cambridge, humbly crave leave to
be permitted to offer to your Royal Highness our cemgratu-
lotions upon your admission us a member of the thuvereity
of Cambridge.
"We earnestly trust that your Royal Rieman's mu-
wexion with that ancient and illustrious seminary of sound
learning and religious education may be productive of
ad-
vantage to that body, and of entire satisfaction to your
Royal Highness.

"We beg to add our best wishes for the health and hap.
pine. of your Royal Highness.—Given, &c."
The Prince graciously acknowledged the receipt of the ad-
dress and handed it to General Bruce. The deputation then
withdrew. Next, the V ice•M aster of Trinity College (the Rev.
Profaner Sedgwick) had the honour of being presented to
the Prince by the Master. These ceremonies over, his
royal highness, accompanied by General Bruce and the
Muter of Trinity, entered the Master's carriage, and were
driven to Magdalene Lodge ; here the Vice• Chancellor and
the Rev. the Regiatiary were in waiting, and the Prinoe
was duly matriculated a member of the university, swear-
ing to maintain the supremacy of the Sovereign, her heir
and successors, the church of England as by law estab-
lished, and the privileges and iuomuuitiesof the university:
The royal party then returned to Trinity Ledge, sod they
had no sooner retired than a scramble took place amongst
Kure fair friendsot the Hon. Mrs. Neville for possession of
the pen wherewith his royal highness had signed the maul•
culation book. The coveted prize fell to the share of a
visitor : it has since been exhibited in triumph, and will
doubtless be preserved as a memento. On re-arrival at
Trinity, the Prince was formally admitted, in the presence
of the Master and Seniors, a member of Trinity College.
Lunch was served at Trinity, and at its conclusion, his royal
Lighting donned his academicals, and proceeded with the
Master to a survey of the principal places and objects of in•
terest in the college. The chapel, the hall, and the library
were• all visited, Dr. Whewell acting as cicerone. These
visits over, the Prince, with a laudable view to recreation
threw off the toga, and, accompanied by General Bruce an.l
Captain Grey, proceeded to the Tennis Court to enjoy a
game or so with the latter. The royal party returned to
Madingley about 4 o'clock.

etatNeT Cot.Ne:t.—The member"; of the cabinet
received illlllllllollN* 011 tiatunlay to attend • Cabinet
Council as Friday next, the 25th inst. Moat, if not all, the
vainistere are expected to attend the meeting.
_ _ _ _ . _

Earl Gri.nville, Lord President of the Privy
Council, Las leaned invitations for a grand dinner on &tut-.
day, the 2nil of February, at his residence in Bruton-street.
The Cabinet tniuisters and the principal officers of the
Queen'. household will he the guests. During the meeting
the list of the high sheriffs fur the different counties of
England and Wales for the present year w ill be arranged,
pmt oratory to its being submitted to her Majesty in Council.

. . _
The party at Broadlands brook; up an the 24th
or :nth inst., aid Lord and Lady Palna•raton retort to
town— the Premier to propare for the opening of parlia-
ment, and the Viscountees to make arrangemmts for the
maidim, of Cambridge-hocre to the Ira f at ppm la.
VIA ~..va:ut. u fairly isiwuruxal.