Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-31 00:00:00

THE COITRT

The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompainied by
Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, the Princesses Alice,
Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, left Osborne at 3 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, attended by the Marchioness of Ely,
Hon. Mary Bulteel, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Col.
the Hon. A. Hardinge, the Master of the Household, and
Major Elphinstone, crossed in the Fairy, Royal Steam
Yacht, to Gosport, and travelled by a special train on the
South Western Railway to the private station at Vauxhall.
The Queen was escorted by a party of Light Dragoons to
Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty arrived at a quarter
before seven o'clock.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Purves,
were present in the House of Commons during part of the
debate on Tuesday evening.

The Ceylon Times understands "that the Pearl Necklace
subscription so long in abeyance, has at length been appro-
priated, though not in the manner originally intended. Sir
Charles MacCarthy will, we are told, be the bearer of
Lankas' Gift' to the Princess Royal of England, now the
Princess Frederick William of Prussia. It will consist of a
richly worked silver box, mounted on an elegantly carved
ebony pedestal, and surmounted by the gold elephant,
already alluded to as the intended gift. Beside the elephant
will be placed a pair of bracelets set with the choicest
pearls from the Arippo Fishery ; and the whole will be
encased in a richly carved ebony cabinet.
The Calcutta Phcanix says : —" A ball was given on the
2nd instant by his Highness Prince Golam Mahomed to
the Right Hon. Lady Canninc, and the Governor-General,
who arrived about half-past° nine with their suite, Major
Bowie, Major Bouverie, the Hen. Capt. Stanley, Capt.Banng,
&c. The Lieutenant-Governor with his suite arrived some-
what later. The civil service and the military were well
represented. A guard of honour of her Majesty's 99th
Regiment audits band were in attendance, playing alternately
with a private band. Their Highnesses Prince Golam
Mahomed, his son Prince Feroze Shah, and other Mysore
princes conducted Lady Canning and the Governor-General
to the ball-room ; supper was partaken at about 11 o'clock,
supplied by Messrs Wilson and Company. Dancing was
kept up till three o'clock.
We read in the Glasgow Daily Mail, under the head of
Perth, "Mr. Millais was kind enough to ask a large num-
ber of his friends and admirers to his studio, on Wednesday
and Thursday last, for the purpose of seeing two pictures,
which he intends sending to the Royal Academy Exhibition,
which opens in May. These pictures are—' Digging the
Grave of a Carthusian Nun.' and ' View in an Orchard,
with Apple Trees in full bloom.' Into this last picture a
number of young ladies are introduced, but the picture was
still unfinished. The effect of twilight in the grave-digging
scene is very beautiful, and true to nature. The apple
blossom is a work of great labour, but as it was unfinished,
it would be wrong to say anything about it."
A PRESENT FROM CEYLON TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL.---
Pakier Tamby's gold and jewelled box, surmounted by an
elephant, is, after all, to form the main portion of the
present to the Princess Royal. A pair of rich pearl bracelets
is to be added. The old jeweller told us last evening that
he looked more to the honour than to the profit of the
transaction, intimating that he had parted with the box
below its value. But then, when the Queen and Princess
ask, " Who made this box ?" the reply will be, " Pakier
Tamby, of Ceylon !---the same whose workmanship, exhi-
bited at Paris, received honourable mention." And so, he
says, his old age will be crowned with honour. A photograph
of the old gentleman, in cashmere shawl and full dress,
would form no bad accompaniment to the present—Ceylon
Observer.
THE DELHI F J The foil n.dv-

RIZE Lowing advertise-
ment appears in the Calcutta papers :---" Hamilton and
Company have the honour to announce that they have been
favoured with the commands of the prize agents, Ma'

Edward F. Campbell, Bart., -and Major Charles R. Wal-
ford, to submit to public and unreserved sale by
auction, the remaining portion of the Delhi prize
jewels. These magnificent jewels are now on view at
Messrs. Hamilton and Company's showrooms. They
comprise several very beautiful large pearl necklaces
in single and double rows of fine colour and quality, con-
nected with emerald beads and drops, and with pure
diamond pendants, or door Bookies ; many diamond
necklaces, or haurts, of the best Hindostanee style, set in
enammelled gold, with pearls, rubies, and emerald fringes
and tassels ; magnificent diamond armlets, or bajoos, pearl
bracelets, diamond and pearl goolbunds or necklets ; beau-
tiful gold and enamelled chumpskullys, set with large white
diamonds of first quality; pearl sauth norry, or seven row
necklaces with diamond namms, singaras, and jugnoos ;
pearl toirah with brilliant diamond, emerald, and ruby
ornament, &c., &e., &c. The sale will take place on Mon-
day, the 14th of February next; and the attention of
native princes, rajahs, the gentry of India, and the mer-
chants, is respectfully invited to this rare display of very
costly ornaments, which offer an opportunity for very
advaatageous purchases.

DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD.
WATERFORD, Wednesday.—The Marquis of Waterford
was killed last evening while hunting.

(From the Clonmel Examiner.)

CLONMEL, Wednesday Noon.—The only particulars that
have reached here yet are, that the Marquis of Waterford
was thrown from his horse yesterday, when returning from
hunting. The horse shied and he was pitched against a
stone wall. He was carried home, where he died in a few
hours from the injuries ho received.
(From the Kilkenny )loderator.)

This melancholy event, which ;lust be esteemed a national
calamity, took place,on Tuesday afternoon, whilst his lord-
ship was hunting with his own hounds. The meet was at
Castlemorris, County of Kilkenny. More than.one hunt
had taken place, when, at Copbelly, midway between Castle-
morris and Carrick-on-Suir, on leaping a small fence, half
bank half wall, not much more than two feet high, the
Marquis's horse missed his hind legs on the bank, dropped
his fore legs into a small cut on the other side, which threw
the animal on its knees and nose, so that his lordship was
thrown off on his face—his hunting cap having a
dinge in the top, but there being no cut or bruise on the
head. On being lifted up, he was placed in a sitting
position, but was entirely unconscious, and never afterwartls
spoke. He lived about ten minutes, and the only sira of
life was, that he drew up one of his legs and sighed. _lmme-
diately after this, however, Dr. O'Ryan, of Carrie',K, who
had been engaged in the hunt, was immediately in atten-
dance, and pronounced that life was extinct, anrl. that death
had been caused by concussion of the brain,

DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF HA:RROWBY. —We have
to announce the demise of the Coun!..ess of Harrowby, who
expired on Tuesday, at the farc.ay mansion in Grosvenor-
square, after a painful illness of several weeks' duration.
The deceased countess was ilaupter of John, first Marquis
of Bute, by his second. marriage with Frances, second
daughter of Mr. Tholras Coutts, and was sister of the late
Lord Dudley Stuart,. Her ladyship was married on the
15th of SeptembP.;r, 1823, to the Earl of Harrowby, then
Viscount San?..Lon, by whom she leaves surviving issue
Viscount S,andon, M.P. By the lamented decease of this
estimable lady, many families of distinction are placed in
mourning,