Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-07 00:00:00

THE COURT

Her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Arthur and on
Princess Alice, took a drive in an open carriage and four
Friday afternoon. The Equerries in. Waiting attended
the
horseback. The Prince Consort rode on horseback ill
mottling, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge •
hers
Prince Arthur visited her Royal Highness the Puic—
Cambridge at her residence in St. James's Palace the
The Duke de Nemours and the Count de Paris visited
Quee
Majesty Her n on Fridaany, d
the at Buc
Pkrinnice Con so Prt, accoMpanied 1/gham alace, h the
Princess Helena, honoured the performance at the
market Theatre on Friday evening with their presence' err.
attendance were the Countess of Caledon, Hon. Lncy
Visconnt Strathallan, Major-General the Hon. Colonel Grey'
and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge.

Lord Brougham left London for France on SaturdsP,..
Sir James Brooke, of Sarawak, is staying at Dawlish 'l4
state of convalescence. alt
t
The Paris Presse announces the retirement of M. Gue-
r
from the post of chief editor of that paper. 4. the
The Russian Ministry of Education has appoint
sum of 300,000 roubles for the support of successful gut
The Right Hon. the Speaker, will hold his first leye
his official residence at the Palace of Westminster on L"
evening of Saturday, the 26th instant, at ten o'clock. der
We ( Western Times) have the pleasure of seeing, um.,11
the handwriting of our honoured townsman, Sir John, Sit
ring, satisfactory evidence of his restoration to healt'' 00
John was at the Philippines on the 25th of Jantio*
his way back for his Hong Kong government.
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DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND COURT
OSBORNE. —Her Majesty, accompanied by his royal higt;ifs
the Prince Consort and youthful family, with the
and ladies in waiting, according to the present arralst
meats, will leave Buckingham Palace on Saturday. sty'
for Osborne House, and proceed in several of her 11,18.1 e 9'ol
carriages, with an escort, to Wandsworth-road station, to
travel by special train on the South Western raill'i,a_loopi
Gosport, where the illustrious party will embark on
the royal steam yacht Fairy, Captain Hon. Joseph Den'
R.N., for Cowes Pier, en route for Osborne House• le
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THE PRINCE OF WALES AND COLONEL BRUCE.--A
from Rome, in the Opinione of Turin, accuses Colonel o
of a breach of etiquette in not allowing the Prince 011; the
to have a private interview with the Pope, but enterine, the
presence with his Royal Highness, although, observed as
writer, the Prince was received as sovereigns are, silloae.
such should have been introduced to his Holiness !oat
The writer of the letter is no doubt ignorant of the fact to
Colonel Bruce has positive instructions from home °could
leave the Prince alone for a single minute, and that he.
not, therefore, act otherwise than he did on that oceasl°oroa
SUPPLEMENT ESTIMATE OF HER MAJESTY'S 50j,,,0g
THE YEAR 1858-59. - On Saturday morning the fop' bleb
estimate of the sum required to defray the charges w3lst
shall come in course of payment in the year ending rheendi'
March, 1859, under the follefing heads of naval OP ste.,
ture, was issued :—Vote No. B.—Wages to artificerso, 000.
employed in her Majesty's establishments at home, 4,l°„' and
(Expense of the employment of additional shipwrigu-vote
other artificers in her Majesty's dockyards at home-) .„ the
No. 11.—New works, improvements, and repairs 1- the
yards, &c., £27,000. Amount required, in addition Woo,
vote of £23,000, taken under No. 11, new works, replete
&c., in the navy estimates of 1858-59, in order to eolo.")
the " purchase of property in the great harbour at 31°
The whole charge amounts to the sum of £39,000. lit
LIE NEW BARONETCIES.—The formal announcelne
contained in the last Gazette of the honour conferred. °ea
Mr. Cunard and Sir Charles Nicholson will be reeelvore
by the public with universal satisfaction, and fc'rlll,oo
reasons than one. It is not only that these gen,l"-hich
have well deserved the dignity of the baronetcies tow_ives,
they are advanced, but the promotions theinoi of
indicate a welcome improvement on the traditions*.
former clays. Neither Sir Charles Nicholson nor,.tieal
Cunard has earned his elevation by mere to
services ; still less are they indebted for the result
the
favour or intrigue. They have not even won ir
honours in the field of war, but have established theoe,
claims to public gratitude exclusively by works of Yet we
It is to Mr. Cunard, more than to any other man, tha
. owe the route across the Atlantic, which has so el'..„" 0/0
connected the two worlds together as to leave 111'"tjte
for more complete approximation, save throng' ieh
agency of electricity itself. The testimonial with while
the American people honoured their own represeliot
in this enterprise formed one of the most 019
marvels marvels in our Great Exhibition, and less was -eero of
not due to the champion who remained in posscssio
the field. In the elevation of Sir Charles Nicholson.to
see the just reward of patriotic service in a 13better
colony, and no Englishman can desire anything „cite
than that these well-merited distinctions should
others to deserve similar rewards.—Times.
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LADY HAVELOCK AND THE VETERANS OF T..- lt.oal
A pleasing instance of the courtesy and kindness of lit
she
Havelock, and at the same time shewing the inter° late
feels in those who have been associated with her oar
lamented husband, occurred recently in Balffhtdeld
ladyship was staying, a few days ago, at non'
Cottage, Wells-road, and hearing that a'e here
commissioned officers and privates were located g.
belonging to the 13th Regiment, in which Sirof his
Havelock held the rank of captain in the early part at her '
military career, she kindly invited them to visit hefted on
temporary residence. The names of those who AY° wit-
her ladyship in obedience to this request were Seglour:
Major Brown, Quartermaster-Sergeant Hughes' 00.0-call;
Sergeant Duffy, Staff-Sergeant Greabach, ky and
Thomas Greabach, and Privates Samuelv
Henry Hall, all of whom served under Ira ore-
during the Affghanistan campaign, and were_ ,sa,
_
sent with him at the siege of -t her
In rePll_, these
where he commanded the right wing.
inquiries, Lady Havelock was pleased to hear tha'o she
veterans recollected her when, twenty-one years,„,,loieall,
was left at Kurnawan (a frontier station for -'O-btaine'
troops), while Captain Havelock, who had just, the
the command of the 4th company, proceedeo7l deeP
active service of the campaign, and listened -w"tirrti.g
interest to the details which they gave of the 5_..000
engagements which took place amongst them irieeo
t,
passes of Affghanistan. At the close of the iii"ea the
which lasted about an hour, her ladyship express_4,o
gratification she felt at meeting with the old corada.ns In
are
her husband, and, -having iven them her f
la
London, stated that she shoulu be happy to " o The
them there, shoulJ.. ilte t:)iri. ", the nictro p
id
Wit!)
little band of vetezar.,. was decorate enter-
three, four, or fiv, tis. very hospitah.Zl
option'

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