The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

THE COURT

Her Majesty will hold a drawing-room on Friday,
the 20th of June, and a leYee on Wednesday, the 2jth of
June.
The Duchess of Kent and Prince Ernest of Leiningen,
dined with the Queen on Thursday.

Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of
Wales on Friday morning, attended by Captain Du
Plat, and visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester-
house.

The Regent of Baden, attended by Colonel Baron
Seutter, the Honourable Mortimer West, Baron de
Gemmingen, and Dr. Ullman, inspected Westminster
Abbey, the Houses of Lords and Commons, and the
Senior United Service Club, on Friday morning. His
Royal Highness visited the Zoological Gardens hi the
Regent's Park in the afternoon.

Prince Frederick William of Prussia, attended by
Lieut.-General Baron Schreckenstein, went on Friday
afternoon to the Prussian Legation on Carlton Terrace,
where his Royal Highness received the diplomatic
corps.

The Queen took a drive in the afternoon, accom-
panied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice,
in an open landau and four. Prince Albert rode on
horseback, accompanied by Count Alexander Mensdorff.
The equerries in waiting attended on horseback.
Her Majesty gave a concert in the evening at Buck-
ingham Palace, at which the following assisted :
Madame Goldschmidt, Madame Novello, Madame
Bosio, Madame Viardot. Mdlle. Didiee, Mr. Sims Reeves,
Signor Gardoni, Signor Ronceni, Herr Formes, and Mr.
Weiss. The royal personages, the foreign ministers, and
a large party of the nobility were present, the invitations
amounting to about 400. Her Majesty and the Prince
Consort entered the grand saloon (which was prepared
for the concert), accompanied by the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Mary, the Regent of Baden, Prince
Frederick William of Prussia, and the Duke of Cam-
bridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Count
Alexander Mensdorff, and the Maharajah Duleep Singh,
and attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting.
The general company assembled in the picture gallery
followed her Majesty and the royal circle into the saloon.
The concert commenced about ten o'clock.

Saturday, May 31.—His Royal Highness the Prince
Regent of Baden, and the whole of the gentlemen in
the suite both of his royal highness and Prince Frederick
of Prussia, left the palace in three of the Queen's car-
riages and four, about twenty minutes before twelve
o'clock this day, to pay a visit to the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham.

To-day was the day appointed for the ceremony of
laying the foundation stone, by Prince Albert, of the
Strangers' Home for the natives of India, Arabia, Africa,
China, Malacca, and the Mozambique. His royal high-
ness left the palace at a quarter past three o'clock,
attended by the gentlemen of his suite. The prince
appeared with the riband and star of the most noble
Order of the Garter, the isignia of which were also worn
by Lord Abercorn, the Groom of the Stole to his royal
highness. Prince Albert drove to the site of the new
building, near Limehouse Church, and, after laying the
stone, returned to the palace.
This evening, at twenty minutes before. nine o'clock,
the Queen went to honour the performance of Verdi's
" Rigoletto," at the Royal Italian Opera, with her pre-
sence. Her Majesty was accompanied by his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highaess the Prince
Regent of Baden, his Royal Highness Prince Frederick
of Prussia, Count Mensdorff, and the Duchess of
Athol.

CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses were issued on Thurs.
day evening for the meeting of the council on Saturday
afternoon at.the Foreign Office. At three o'clock the fol-
lowing Ministers assembled : rhe E irl of Harrowby, Mr.
Baines, Mr. Vernon Smith, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Claren,lon,
Sir George Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Earl Granville, Mr. Labouchere, and Lord
Stanley of Alderley.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis
Alexander, Earl of Kintore, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff
Principal of the shire of Kincardine, in the room of
James Earl of Southesk, resigned.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Eq.,
her Majesty's Attorney-General for Hong Kong, to be
a member of the Legislative Council of that colony.—
Mr. Labouchere has appointed the Hon. Harry Caven-
dish Grey to be his Private Secretary at the Colonial
Office, in the room of Lord Sandon, elected M. P. for the
borough of Lichfield.

STRYCHNINE has been tried, within the last few ays, on
a farm in Cheshire, for the purpose of destroying mice.
About ten minutes after the poison was taken, the mice
suddenly fell down, struggling with their limbs. This was
succeeded by a violent throbbing of the heart, when death
ensued. Afterwards, the bodies of the mice became so stiff,
that it was almost impossible to bend them.
THE ROYAL AMPHITHEITRE.—OR Saturday, Mr. W. R.
Copeland, lessee of this house, attended before the magis-
trates in order to renew the license for that establishment.
The following justices were present :—His Worship the
Mayor, Messrs. Aldermen Holme, Turner, and Mr. William
Earle. Mr. Anderton, one of the clerks, read the memorial,
and, there being no opposition, the license was at once
granted.
THE PRINCESS ROYAL STEAMER.—This splendid vessel is
lying in such a critical position that little or no hopes are
entertained of saving her. At low water there are six feet
of water in her compartments. A portion of the cargo has
already reached the city. Lighters are still alongside taking
off the remainder of the cargo, and hopes are entertained of
saving the whole. She lies on a rock at Laggan Point,
about three miles from Corsewall Light. Before the recent
repairs, which cost £7,000, were made, the vessel was
fully insured ; but, as no addition had been made to the
policy to meet that sum, it will be lost to the owners. We
are glad to learn that no blame whatever can be attached to
the commander, Captain M`Chlery, who was on deck at the
time the vessel struck. Since the above was written, we
learn that the owners of the Princess Royal have abandoned
her to the underwriters as she now lies at Laggan Point.
North British Mail.

LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. AMERICA, rnom
BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL, VIA HALIFAX.—Mr. J. E. Bur.
leigh and lady, Lieut. Acton and lady, Mrs. A. L. Paean,
Mrs. C. A. Lauting, Mrs. F. Moore and child, Mrs. D. F.
Hutchins, child, infant, and servant, Mr. Gco. Warren, Mr.
E. R. K imball, Mr. G. B. Upton and lady, Miss Mary
Upton, Messrs. Leith Phayes and son, Harrison Milard,
W. H. Sargent, H. Hooman, lady, child, and nurse, D. A.
Chaffrar, Marinot Jose Lang and son, G. D. Howell, Mrs.
Lelong, Mr. P. Danaples, Mr. J. M. Fennent, Mr. B. K.
Kirth, Dr S. G. Burnett, Messrs. G. L. Pason, H. Deant,
J. Ritson, Captain Robertson, Lieut. Mac Donald,
R.A., Mrs. Smith, two children, and servant, Mrs.
C. Muggridge, Miss Mary Westbee, Mr. C. Nick.
erman and lady, Mr. Froderrax and lady, Mr.
F. Tanermot, Mrs. Safton, two children, and nurse;
Messrs. Lewis Pident, Ogliaston, Tipton, Christie, J. R.
Funley, P. Millard, A. Assolant, R. C. Murphe, J. de La
Quamtand, Pontond, P. Graves and lady, Hugh M`Calls,
A. Garcia, Glaser, Donaldson, J. Maria, J. W. Seymour ;
Lady Bannerman : Messrs. C. R. Cornwell, C. H. Tolme,
J. Partage, T. Melendey and friend, T. L. Aveit; Mrs.
Evans; Messrs. M. A. Woodward, W. H. Colin, W. H.
Amley and lady, James Lawton ; Miss H. Sullivan ; Mr.
W. Quiran, Mr. Bowman, lady, and three children, Mr.
Parkinson, lady, and son, Miss Mary Welsh, Mr. G.
Hewitt, Mrs. Miikey and child, Mrs. C. J. Almegren,
Captain J. Attridge, Master E. Kane, Rev. John MiGr3gor ;
Messrs. P. Allen, R. W. Fan, Brushfield ; Mr. Dellar,
wife, and son, Mr. J. B. Helter and lady; Messrs. M. L.
Hiller, F. Karstnes, A. tirolen, F. Blassen, J. Hill,
Thomas Ward, Harden, J. M 'Dana, A. M‘Gregor ;
Mrs. Gray, nurse, and two children, Captain Gonties, Mrs.
Gonties, Miss Gonties and two children, Mr. Goodier,
Captain Gill, Mr. Alexander Sim, Mr. Joseph Hall—
Total, 133.