Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-19 00:00:00

THE COURT

WINDSOR, Monday, Jan. 17.—The Queen, with Prince
Arthur, walked and drove in the Home Park this
morning. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort went
out shooting. Mr: Victor Van de Weyer had the honour
of accompanying his Royal Highness. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent visited Her Majesty to-day
at the Castle. Princess Alice and Princess Helena rode
in the Riding-house.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at
Frankfort on Friday evening with a numerous suite. He
passed the night at the Hotel d'Angleterre, and continued
his journey the next day by way of Munich.

PRINCE ALFRED.—A letter from Alexandria says :
" The expected arrival here, some time during the course
of this month, of his Royal Higness Prince Alfred, in the
frigate Euryalus, Captain Tarleton, has already created
some excitement in the place, and arrangements are being
made by the British residents to give the distinguished
young visitor a welcome reception. A grand public ball
is spoken of, at which the Viceroy has already intimated
his intention to be present, if the Prince comes here.
Said Pacha, who is certainly princely and magnificent in
his hospitality to every distinguished visitor, will, no
doubt, in return for the attention shown to his own son,
Toossum Pacha, on his late visit to London, by her
Majesty, be very desirous of making agreeable to our
young Prince his short visit to the famed land of

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary have honoured the Earl and Countess
of Sandwich by a visit to Hinchingbrook House, near
Huntingdon. The Earl and Countess of Sandwich had
invited a select circle to meet their illustrious guests.
Many of the local nobility and gentry have also been
among the visitors invited to join the circle.
We (Post) have reason to believe that a marriage is
arranged between Lady Harriet de Burgh, youngest and
only unmarried daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness
of Clanricarde, and Mr. T. Vernon Wentworth, only son
of Mr. F. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, of Wentworth
Castle, Yorkshire.
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A letter from Vienna, dated Saturday, says :—" Her
Majesty the reigning Empress will go to-morrow to
Jilansko—near Briinn, in Moravia--to met her sister,

the newly-married Crown Princess of Naples.
having taken luncheon at Blansko, which is in a to
picturesque situation, the illustrious ladies will retnl' •
this city. The Fnlminante, a Neapolitan war Ste°er I
is waiting at Trieste for the royal bride." nit
A letter from Rome says :—" Three brilliant eve
t,;
have occurred in this first week of the new year, atTilit
ing crowds to each—to wit, a triple performance of
unrivalled tragedian, Signora Ristori, the illumination,
the Colosseum, and a grand ball given by the dab;
of St. Albans. The illumination of the Colosseum
Bengal lights was owing to the munificence of 10
Spenser, who, before leaving Rome, afforded ,
splendid spectacle to his friends and the pt,
The venerable amphitheatre looked mysterious and
under the now lurid, now brilliant light, and thouoll.4
of spectators crowded every part of the Forum, 'it,
streamed down the Via Sacra towards the point of attrid
tion. The Duchess of St. Albans' ball on Wednesli
evening was the most brilliant that the season has 14
presented. It was given at the Palazze Lepri. The anirio
stairs were beautifully decorated with verdure and plantsge
full flower ; and the ancient statues, heirlooms in the o°l
family of that name, appearing through laurel
camelias, looked rith Roman severity upon the swell
proportions of modern crinolines. The duchess's salo°o
were filled with the elite of British and Roman socie)
and the entente cordiale between the Roman and Freed
Governments was typified by the simultaneous pregllol
of Cardinal Antonelh and General de Goyon. Sece
other members of the sacred college attended the ball:,

FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUCHESS OF

CLEVELAND

Yesterday (Tuesday) morning the mortal remains;
the late Duchess of Cleveland were removed from Itglf
Castle, Durham, and finally deposited in the
mausoleum at a loft distance from the castle, in acen
ance with the wish of the deceased. The procee
were conducted in a comparatively private manner.
the time for the starting of the funeral cortege drew nic
the park was thronged with spectators, the greater P.5:1;
being the tenantry. From an early hour in the mornit,
the minute bells of the various churches id the neig
bourhood was solemnly tolled, and the inhabits",
testified their respect for the memory of the late duck`
by closing their houses. The mournful cortege eonsi'lll,
of mutes on horseback ; the late duchess's chariot co
taining the coronet and cushion, drawn by four lor'•,p,,
with escutcheons ; the hearse drawn by four h°l::,4
plumed, with escutcheons, Containing the coffin of Spare,
mahogany, covered with crimson Genoa silk yelfo
having eight massive gilt handles, with a coronet o.te
each, and having upon it the breastplate with 1.
duchess's arms heading the inscription Sop
.1
Duchess of Cleveland, eldest daughter of John, Ou';0
Earl of Poulett, born 16th March, 1785, died 'A
January, 1859, aged 74 years ;" and closed with se)
mourning coaches drawn by four horses each, one fty
escutcheons, containing the relatives and friends 01 the
late lamented duchess, and the private carriages of .
nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood. The reinTv
of the duchess were laid in state on Monday in
drawing-room, which was hung. with black and
it
family escutcheons, and was visited by a numel°
assemblage of the peasantry and tenantry.

LITERATURE

CHYMICAL, NATURAL, AND PHYSICAL MAGIC ;
London : Longman & Co.

Septimus Piesse

This little book provides an endless source of inn,
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tion and entertainment for young people, during V41;4
times,—or, indeed, whenever it is desirable to `0,,11$
intellectual recreation. " Every time my boys return
school," says the author in his Preface, " I am o'l4
upon to show them some new wonder in the If° $
of alchemy." And having thus accumulated quit• .'
stock of chymical, natural, and physical nog.'
he thought the youth of the world at large l'll sio
properly, and perhaps profitably, participate in .4.ed
enjoyment. " Knowing how well I have pleLri,
my own children, I now send these puzzles, esrty
meats, recreations, and magic legerdemain on
errand to amuse others who have not yet smile, el/
them." He does not pretend to pass them all off as Dtpt
and original ; although he . certainly claims either , 0(
invention of most of them, or their improvement. °,OO
of them, he acknowledges, were in print before be ty
born, in Hooper's Rational. Recreations, published 104
last century; but all these are, more or less, remodel g
Others of them, he states, were contributed by hil111.;
some of the popular periodicals of the day. " Ileretv
he observes, "I have brought them together to plesgter
present and future generations of youth, who seem de. d
mined to make their appearance in geoinettly
proportion, as Time produces beards, that be
may cut them off with his ever-whetted cefld
when they become grey." The tricks, and puzzles' A;
experiments here given, number nearly two huria?
and they form a collection of amusing and instra
recreations, superior to any we have ever met with. 1:
THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH.—London : Cleaver. Liverp°
Holden.
This is a very clever paper, read before the Livere
Philomathic Society dunng its thirty-third ses3ioniatil
David Buxton, F.R.S.L., Principal of the Livercil
School of the Deaf and Dumb. The author's posit
one that affords superior opportunities of mastering 10
a subject. "Of all the persons whp speak the Bagoo
language," he remarks, "there are probably 11/,e(
who have a more intimate practical acquailqiii
with its various peculiarities, than those whoso go
duty it is to teach it to the deaf and dumb." .rd
illustrates this by several facts and experiences, aeclll,,ioe
in the course of his profession as a teacher of those no,
mind, as respects instruction, is a blank to begin w
and who have no knowledge whatever of langna; e 5
the instrument by which alone instruction can be glv
It is a very ingenious, and a very interesting essay.

A powerful and most effective weapon, knoill;c(
Terry's patent breech-loading rifle, is, by the Ordenir,
the Secretary of State for War, to be supplied iifl
diately to several cava'ry regiments. The peel to
advantage of this weapon is to make one man equ3
ten.

THE FRENCH PROTESTANT YEAR BOOK FOR ,S
tile
contains the names of the clergy, the lay members of i,Ol
consistories, places of worship, schools, and theololeV
colleges. A list of superanuated ministers, a long tab,;ool
protestant schools, the titles of the principal publicaw"
of the past year, and of the Protestant journals.
The second term of the present session of Queen
College, Galway, has just opened with a large acre lit
of stuents. The number on the roll is now 120, I.*oo
session it was 100, the session before 96, and the at lifl
before 85. The large increase this year is no doubt
some degree attributable to the prominence which Gal
has occupied in the public mind in connection with.l4
packet station, but it is chiefly owing to the increa-.IOT
prosperity of the country, and the diffusion the
correct notions as to' the nature and advantages 01
Queen's Colleges. It is remarkable that though, to
provincial synod of the Roman Catholic pre,
thought proper, during the autumn, to issue a sec 0,
condemnation of the Irish system of mixed educate p 5
more uncompromising in its tone than even the faw",„il
'
decrees of Thurles, the number of Roman Catholic
to`-t,
dents in the Galway College has not fallen off—in iad.
the proportion of such students has rather increas
At this moment there are 62 Roman Catholic student'
io
the College, last year there were 47 ; the largest niil'nite
in any previous year was 52. These facts furnish stit
evidence of progress, and there is no doubt that in a fie
years the feeling of apprehension with which $° fe
people have looked on the Queen's Colleges will ba
disappeared.
A DOG STORY.—A lady of some property, residog
in the Rue des Vignes, at Vaugirard, was possessed 0
huge mastiff, which being very savage, had to be e°,;(l
stantly chained up, but which she prized because it ,
belonged to her late husband. Early one morciol;
according to custom, she took the animal his fhe
but he seemed more indocile than usual, and !t,,,
gave him a beating. Watching an opportunel
he suddenly rushed on her, threw her down, dragca,
off the greater part of her clothes, and bit her clreiiio
fully in the breast, arm, and one of her legs '
,
fact, tearing away fragments of the flesh. The 'Olt,
cries attracted some of the neighbours to the 5,
and they rescued her. Although suffering dreadfu
and faint from loss of blood, she requested then fa
strangle the animal. They accordingly passed a ec6e,
round the dog's neck, and removing his collar 131.40
pared to effect the operation : but he tugged ca
violently at the cord that he broke it, and rtlsl,'
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towards the room into which the lady had been OH"
veyed. The door was closed on him, and he tried to fcirc,e
it open, but failed. On this, barking furiously,
rushed towards the people who remained in the coarq
yard, but they were able to escape by the door, al`„1
to close it. The commissary of police, who
.had he'd
sent for (a Frenchman sends for the commissary "ci,
police if he cuts his little finger), now arri/o
accompanied by some gendarmes, and he made theb,
kill the animal. Medical assistance having been °.4
tanned for the unfortunate lady, it was found that she A. 4
in a fearful state, but hopes are entertained that she 01,611
recover. The dog was, after death, examined by a Tel,
rinary surgeon, and he declared that he was neithernl3
nor labouring under any malady. He further declare
that, in his belief, the animal must have had a sort °(
instinctive hatred of •his mistress, and must , have beep
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