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London, England, 1865-03-01 00:00:00

THE MIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIING, MARCH 1, 1865,

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HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 28.

The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, went to
London this morning, attended by the Marchioness
of Ely, Lady Augusta Stanley, Major-General Hon.
A. N. Hood, and Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros.
Her Majesty drove to the station of the Great
Western Railway, where a special train was in
waiting to convey the Royal party to Paddington.
Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold also left the
Castle for London, at half-past ten o'clock, attended
by Major Elphinstone and Mr. Buff.
Soon after the Queen's arrival Viscount Palmer-
ston had an audience of her Majesty.
Prince Albert Victor came from Marlborough-
house to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena,
Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, left Buck-
ingham Palace at half-past five o'clock for Windsor
Castle.

Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold remained at
Buckingham Palace.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday
afternoon, attended by Major Teesdale.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive,
attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen.

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The Queen's Court.
The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace
yesterday afternoon.

Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena,
Princesk Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince. Arthur,
and Prince Leopold, and attended by the -Marchioness
of Ely, Lady Augusta Stanley, Major-General the
Hon. A. N. Hood, Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros,
Major Elphinstone, and Mr. Buff, arrived at the
Palace from Windsor Castle at 12 o'clock.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at
Buckingham Palace from Marlborough-house
shortly before three o'clock, attended by the
Marchioness of Carmarthen, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor,
Earl Spencer, Lord Harris, Lieut.-General Knollys,
Major Teesdale, and the Hon. R. Meade.
Her Majesty's body-guard of the Hon. Corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty at the court,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir
William Topham, the lieutenant. Lieut.-Colonel
William M'Call, the clerk of the Cheque and adju-
tant, and Captain Philips, the sub-officer, were also
present with the corps.

The royal body-guard of the Yeomen of the
Guard were on duty in the interior of the Palace,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel C. Pat-
terson, the Exon in Waiting. Major-General Fitz-
maurice, the lieutenant, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Cooke, the ensign, were also present.

A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards was
in attendance in the court of the Palace. .

The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and
Princess of Wales, Prince Helena, Princess Louise,
and the other members of the royal family, entered
the White drawing-room at three o'clock.
In attendance upon her Majesty were Earl Rus-
sell, her Majesty's. principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and the various members of the
royal household.

The Countess Russell was prevented by unavoid-
able circumstances from attending the court.
The Earl of Ducie, captain of the Yeoman of the
Guard, was prevented by the severe indisposition of
a relative from being present.

Viscount Gough, the gold stick in waiting, wa
also unavoidably absent.

The Queen wore a black silk dress with train,
trimmed with crape and jet ; a Mary Queen of Scots
cap, with long veil, the cap ornamented with large
diamonds. ller Majesty wore besides a necklace,
cross, and brooch of diamonds, the Ribbon and Star
of the Order of the Garter, the Victoria and Albert
Order, and the Order of Louise of Prussia.
The Princess of Wales wore a petticoat of rich
white satin, trimmed with plaitings of tulle and
blue velvet, and tunic of tulle richly em-
broidered ; train of blue velvet, trimmed with
a border of rich blonde. Headdress of blue
velvet, ornamented with diamond stars, feathers,
and veil. Necklace, brooch and earrings of pearls
and diamonds ; orders, Isabella of Portugal and
Victoria and Albert Badge.

Princess Helena wore a train of rich green and
white silk, trimmed with green and white ruches ;
petticoat of white glace, covered with white grena-
dine, trimmed with niches and bunches of pink
roses and lilies of the valley. Head-dress, roses
and lilies of the valley, with feathers and veil. Orna-
ments, diamonds. _

Princess Louise wore a similar dress and similar
ornaments.

Various members of the Corps Diplomatique had
the honour of being invited to this court, but some
few were prevented by absence from England, in-
disposition, or other unavoidable causes from attend-
ing.
Previous to the reception her Majesty gave an
audience to M. Schleiden, the Minister Resident
from the Hanse Towns, to which he was introduced
by Earl Russell, K.G., her Majesty's principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con-
ducted by Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Edward
Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere-
monies. _ _

After the reception, Earl Russell and Lord Bloom-
field had audiences of the Queen.

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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
honoured the Countess (Dowager) of Westmorland with
her company at dinner yesterday evening at the countess's
residence in Portman-square. Lade Geraldine Somerset
was in attendance. A distinguished circle was invited to
meet her royal highness.

The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa
Cavendish do not intend to arrive at Devonshire House till
after the Easter holidays. After leaving Holkar Hall for
the south the duke and family are expected to pass a fort-
night at Chatsworth.

The Duchess of Roxburgh has left the Clarendon
Hotel for Windsor Castle.

The Marquis of Downshire and the Earl of Hills-
borough leave Belgrave-square to-day for Combermere
Abbey, Cheshire, to attend the funeral of Field-Marshal
Viscount Combermere.

The Marquis of Bowmont has arrived at the
Clarendon Hotel from Floors Castle.

The Earl of Bradford, according to the accounts
received in town yesterday, was a little better. His lord-
ship is still in a very dangerous state.
_ _

The Earl Cowper does not leave on his mission
to the King of Denmark until the second week in next
month.

Viscount Bangor has arrived at Claridge's Hotel
from Bournemouth.

Yesterday morning the marriage of Lord Rose-
hill, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, eldest son of the Earl of
Northesk, with Miss Elliot, eldest daughter of Rear-
Admiral Elliot, superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard,
took place at the parish church, Portsea, which was crowded
by a vast concourse of spectators. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. E. S. Phelps, chaplain of Portsmouth
dockyard. A number of relatives and friends afterwards
partook of breakfast at the admiral superintendent's resi-
dence in the dockyard. Lord and Lady Rosehill left Ports-
mouth in the afternoon for Dover, on their way to Paris.
OUR COLONIAL FISHERIES.—It may interest our
readers to know the great extent of the colonial
fisheries, the population (omitting Canada West) being
about two and a quarter millions ; the annual returns giving
more than one pound's worth of fish exported per head.
The quantities cured in 1860 were (not including Canada
or Labrador)—Dried cod, 1,497,697 quintals ; mackarel,
131,184 barrels; shad, 7,649 brls. ; herrings, 357,379 brls. ;
herrings (dried), 35,557 boxes; alewives, 12,505 brls. ; sal-
mon, 0,405 tierces; do. smoked, 2,738 brls—while the ex-
ports of fish from Great Britain were £878,000 in 1860,
those frow Ireland were under £3,000, while we imported
£BO,OOO of herrings. If the Fishery Commissioners would
give returns similar to those made in the colonies, we
could form some opinion as to the value and position of
the trade, but we are quite in the dark. It is to be hoped
that the fish curing of Norway, Denmark, the United
States, France, and our colonies will be represented at
our National Exhibition. There is a mine of wealth in
the sea. Our people do not require fixity of tenure or a
landlord and tenant bill to catch them, but only industry.
The merchants, shopkeepers, and farmers have money
enough if they would only imitate the Cornishmen and
Scotch. Returns might bo annually made to Parliament of
the'quantities of the various kinds of fish cured, as well as
the value of those saved fresh.—Sligo Independent.

MAGAZINE DAY.

BLACKIVOOD.—The Right Honourable William
Gladstone, M.P., is the subject of the first article
in this number, and it is continued from the account
furnished last month. This essay is written in a
first-rate style, and while it renders ample justice to
Mr. Gladstone's brilliant powers as a debater, and great
talent in many ways, it expresses genuine regret at the in-
•onsistency of his conduct, and the confused nature of his
politics, now allying himself to the Church and State party,
under whose auspices he made his entry into public life,
and again appearing to conform in words and theories to
those of the extreme opposite in political tenets. Many
readers will be glad of . this opportunity of acquainting
themselves with the retrospective career of one who must
undeniably be regarded as one of the leading Inca of the
age, both in abilities and position. There is nothing to
wonder at that a p'riodical of such a class as this should
regret and feel indignant at the contemplation of Mr. Glad-
stone's career. He has twice refused the offer of the Con-
servative leader to enter into office with the party with
which he has professed a common sympathy, and which his
influence might have supported to its own advancement,
and the welfare of the country, since nothing is so destruc-
tive as abandoning all things to the domination of one par-
ticular clique. The concluding remarks of this article are
forcible, if not flattering. "Isheto be Lord Palmerston's
successor? We should think not. No Tory will support
him, not one old Whig family will follow him.
The House of Commons, if at all constituted as it
now is, would not tolerate his want of temper
for a day. He has nothing to look to but the extreme
Radicals, and they are not as yet strong enough to give
either a policy or a Prime Minister to this great country."
" William Blake" is the title of the second subject ; it is
well worthy of perusal, presenting us, as it does, with a
graphic sketch of a man who was decidedly out of the
common, and whose peculiarities are well worth observing.
Of him, it is truly observed, that "he was a good man,
and had some of the elements of greatness in him ; he is
better deserving, perhaps, of being held in memory than
some others of world-wide reputation." " Miss Majori-
banks," is continued at some length, and we meet with a
very descriptive 'account of the difficulties with which that
ambitious young lady hal:lp contend in her efforts to obtain
a high place in the eirefe"it Carlingford. The deep contriv-
ances to which she resorts are most cleverly told, and the
scene in which she confounds Mr. Bury by her dexterous
movement is capitally told, and forms an entertaining
episode in the narrative. There is great skill displayed in
the description given of this heroine's manoeuvres from the
outset, and her plan of engaging the fine contralto to sing
duets with her, shows a descrimination that soars far above
the petty jealousy and mean prejudices that often interfere
to spoil the effects of female performances. The paper on
" Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's Poems" will doubtless be read
with interest, and it deserves to be so, for it is written with
care and discernment. The concluding observations are
well worthy of attention by the author to whom they refer.
"Why," it is asked, "should Sir E.B. Lytton be dolorous?"
The former poets of England and Scotland were joyous
in the extreme, and "he should not now, unless
his ambition is altogether satiated, proclaim that
all is vanity." " Etoniana, Ancient "~rind Modern,"
continues the superior sketches before met with of this
time-honoured institution; and in this instalment we find
an account of the last Montem which was held in 1844,
when Prince Albert's carriage was stopped at Windsor
bridge, and he gave the royal donation of £lOO. Some of the
accounts here given are most interesting, and will serve to
refresh the memory of many concerning this popular public
school. "Piccadilly" is the title of the last sketch ; it is
very amusingly told ; and its continuance will doubtless
afford amusement to many. We meet, besides, with
" Guy Neville's Ghost," an entertaining reminiscence,which
may well serve to beguile an hour ; so • that no one can
complain of dullness or want of interesting contents in this
month's number of Maga.

TEMPLE BAR.--" Sir Jasper's Tenant" is not
very important in this number ; but the adventures
of " Dorothy" are amusing, so is the account of the
stranger's visit to the abbey, and his subsequent re-
turn to his hermitage more a hermit than ever.
" The Red Hat" is a curious sketch of the time of
Richelieu, and relates the hair-breadth escape of a man
whose life hung in the balance. It is told in a very inge-
nious manner, and is an exciting episode of old times.
"Royal Marriages with Subjects" is a very sensible article,
that contains some well-deserved strictures upon the pre-
sent absurd custom of making no marriages for the royal
family except with Germans. It is truly said that
the " royal marriage law is, in the opinion of many, open
to grave criticism ; not a few people consider it an
outrage on nature, and would gladly welcome the very re-
sults to prevent which it was devised. " David Chantrey"
is continued in an interesting style, and in this part David
seeks an acquaintance that will evidently have a considerable
effect upon his future career. "Paid in Pull" is concluded
in a powerful manner, but as mysteriously as might have
been expected. The most pleasing sketch met with in this
story is honest Sir Charles; who is quite a relief after the
plots and machinations of tha others. There are some read-
able papers met with hero. " Our Navy of the Future" is
a suggestive sketch, deserving notice ; and "In State" and
"Vampires," at least, form an agreeable variety to the other
more solid subjects met with. There are also some verses
that enliven the perusal of the magazine, and complete the
uniformity of its contents.

CORNIIILL.—" Armadale" is continued at length,
and becomes very exciting as it proceeds. The
plots of Mrs. Aldershaw and her friend Miss Givild
are very skilful, and one reels puzzled to make out
how so simple a young man as Allan will manage to
escape their machinations. At any rate, it is satis-
factory to find out that Allan has got the start of them,
and arrived at Thorpe Ambrose before they think he has
left the Continent. Allan's debut is very amusingly told,
rToin fortune
rt thisun e and accounta g
and his introduction to Miss Mibraw is quite original in its
way. C
good
destate a maneste icomin s
novelty. "Monsieur Baton" is a very melancholy little
curiousgfrorn unexpectedly
into a largo
its
sketch, that is touchingly told, and this little pic-
ture of simple life illustrates many of the qua-
lities that make the joys and sorrows of life.
" Wives and Daughters" also progresses satisfactorily in
point of interest and excitement. Roger follows the gene-
ral example in paying homage to Cynthia to the neglect of
Molly. The poor Squire is envir d by difficulties,and
one
Osborne does his
best to get him into worse troubles. The
contrast between the brothers is very great, and well de-
picted. Mrs. Gibson is as displeasing as usual in her dic-
tatorial style and affectation of simplicity. After the
stormy weather that we have experienced for some time
.ast, some readers will very likely be glad to peruse an
account of " The Winds" which is here given. This
learned treatise is well worthy of perusal, presenting us as
it does with a very detailed description of a subject little
understood by the generality ; at the same time the writer
does not encourage us to expect too much in this study, as
yet, for he says that "Meteorology is a very young science,
if it deserves the title of science at all ; and until observa-
tions for a long series of years shall have been made at
many stations, we shall not be in the possession of trust-
worthy facts on which to ground our reasoning." "Willie
Baird," a Winter Idyll, is a plaintive sketch, that attracts
by its simplicity and mournful pathos. " Isernia, L'Addio''
is another of the Italian sketches of which so many
have appeared in this periodical. " Position of Landscape
Painting in England" is an article that makes some good
suggestions upon this interesting theme, and ably dis-
courses upon the prevalent errors of its management re-
specting "exhibitions," &c. "A Midsummer Ride in
South China" is an entertaining sketch, that presents a
good contrast to the other subjects here met with.
LONDON SOCIETY.—The usual liberal allowance of
tales, sketches, poems, and pictures meet us in this
lively magazine—always, one of the pleasantest and
best written of the lighter serials. The illustrations
are plentiful, and of a sort to catch the reader's eye
and attract the popular taste, giving a really life-like
representation of the beaux and belles who form, for the
most part, the dramatis persona of its contests. One of the
most lively and agreeable papers in this number is the
article on "Mummeries and Drolls." The forgotten
characters of ancient pantomime, and the sketches
of the serio-comic figures, can hardly fail to
provoke a smile from the gravest reader. " The
Merchant Princes of England," an interesting series,
is continued with spirit, and the achievements of Josiah
Child, of London, shows of what stuff our nation of shop-
keepers is made. " The Greek Ambassador" is a sketch
of a not very clever or courteous practical joke, and " Try
a Tutorship" is a light story of the troubles of a private
tutor, who escapes from his perplexities better, perhaps, on
the whole, than he deserves. " A Miss in her Teens
Keeping House," recounts the ill success of an adventurous
damsel of fifteen, who, in her mother's absence, rashly at
tempted to guide the reins of domestic government, and
who was in turn the "martyr to the cook's extravagance,
the housemaid's insolence, and the man-servant's supremo
contempt," until a substantial unfashionable country friend
came valiantly to the rescue. " Drawing:room Poetry" is
the title of a review of the poems of the late W. M. Praed,
who gives a brief outline of his career, and copious extracts
from his very clever and charming verses. The story of
" The Lady in Muslin" proceeds with interest, though the
fair heroine is still involved in unapproachable mystery.
THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—Miss Braddon's
story of " Only a Clod" still retains its prominent
position
in this serial, and it losesnothing in interest,
though that interest grows of a painful character.
Mephistopheles advances rapidly in his task of
sowing disunion between the husband and
wife. Maude is again the fashionable but-
terfly that she was when we first knew her, before tho
knowledge of her father's difficulties brought out her better
qualities. The reader loses patience with her, though,
when she so far forgets her principles as to associate con-
stantly with her quondam lover, Harcourt Lowther
the evil genius of the piece. It is to be hoped
that justice will be satisfied by the identification
of that modern Apollo with the undiscoverable
Robert Lesley. Two missing ones are found in this

number. Maude unexpectedly meets Julia Desmond, and
Francis Tredetthyn catches a glimpse of Susan, with what
result remains to be seen hereaftar. The second part of "My
Uncle's Honeymoon" ends the narrative of its hero'sadven-
tures much as we expected, so that the reader is not bound
to sympathise too deeply in his sorrows. A sketch of the
career of Machiavelli is worth reading, and so is an article
on " Gold Worship in America," more trenchant than com-
plimentary to our transatlantic 'cousins. A paper on
" Charqui," the oiiginal name of jerked beef, describes
the whole method of preparation. • It is justly remarked,
after a dissertation on the exclusive nature of English
cookery, and the benefits our poorer classes lose thereby,
that it is useless to recommend articles of food and drink on
the strength of their chemical properties. Fooa against which
there is a kind of prejudice, from lack of use, rather than from
any actual reason, may be better introduced to the multi-
tude through the agency of cookshops and soup kitchens.
There is nothing unpleasant in the idea of the dried
American beef, which is veritable beef from the wild
healthy cattle of the boundless prairies, and has nothing to
do with horseflesh, which there, as here, is more scarce and
more valuable, and a little practice would soon render it
popular enough among a people who eat dried cod from
Newfoundland, and salted herrings from Australia with
relish and satisfaction.

THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—The wild and singu-
lar story of " The Fate of Thorsghyll," is continued
with some interest. Felicia recovers the use of
speech, and promises eventually to recover her
memory likewise, when she will be able to unravel
the mystery of her father's death. A sensible paper
on the " Education of the Young," contains some excellent
remarks on that difficult question. We have two bio-
graphical papers on Royal ladies of very opposite characters
—Margaret of Navarre, wife. of Henry the Fourth of
France, and Christina of Sweden, the eccentric daughter
of Gustavus Adolphus. Ladies who wish to study the pretty
art of Diaphaine will find full directions for doing so under
the head of Parlour Occupations.

TIIE VICTORIA MAGAZINE.—A paper on " Mid-
dle Class Education opens this number, which is
well written, and dwells a little upon the grievances
of the schoolmasters as well as of the scholars. The
writer favours the suggestion of a scheme of scho-
lastic• registration, similar to that provided for the
medical profession under the Medical Registration Act.
The great object of this plan is the exclusion of unquali-
fied persons from the profession, and it is hoped that it
would conduce to the improvement of education and the
elevation of the schoolmaster. The writer of this paper is
likewise indignant at the custom of reserving the best gifts
in the profession for the clergy, which he considers unjust
to the whole body of lay teachers. We have two stories
which, in true magazine fashion, are continued from num-
ber to number. One, "The Warden of Saint Briavelis,l'
is a romance of olden days, while the other, " Trouble at
Thornhill," is a domestic story of our own time. "Among
the Black Bogs," by Lucy Edgar, gives an interesting ac-
count of an attempt to train and civilise some of the young
Australian aborigines. Mr. Herbert Graham enters very
fully into the consideration of " English and Scotch Cri-
minal Verdicts," and the usual comments on the literature
and social science of the day are found at the conclusion.
THE ENGLISHMAN'S MAGAZINE. No.III. Riving-
tons.—Clerical elocution has lately been so much dis-
cussed that we are not surprised to find the subject
of the first paper in this semi-ecclesiastical serial to
be " Reading and Chanting." The author of it,
the Dean of Ely, concludes his remarks by the very
sensible observation that first-rate reading must be based
upon first-rate education, and with that foundation formal
rules may be chiefly dispensed with. He gives, however,
three rules for the guidance of the reader, which are : 1.
To finish each word. 2. Not to drop the voice at the end
of a sentence. And 3. Always to read from a full chest.
There is no doubt that the observance of these simple rules
would be a great blessing to many readers and hearers. A
sketch of the vivid and interesting life of Madame Guyon
will attract the reader, and the lover of fiction will find
himself amply supplied in "A Sailor's Yarn," "The New
Patent Safety Fireproof Chest," and a mystical legend of
the middle ages. One of the most interesting articles in
the number is the sketch of the career of General Oglethorpe,
the founder of Georgia. At a time when that State has
been the theatre of the war it will be read with special
curiosity. It records " the singular, and as we believe
unparalleled fact concerning Georgia that it was founded
by an individual from purely benevolent motives, and that
he lived to see it a free commonwealth. General Oglethorpe
died at the ago of upwards of 100 years, retaining his
faculties to the last, and deeply venerated by his country-
men." There are several poetical contributions of a
superior character. One of them, " The Battle of Varna,',
is full of fire and spirit, and teaches a stern moral.

THE ENGLI 0 MAN'S DOMESTIC MAGAZINE
Beeton, Strand.—Of all the marvels of cheap serial
publications, the " Englishwoman's Domestic Maga-
zine is certainly the greatest. Besides the literary contents,
which is fully equal to the average, there is aVerfeet mine
of feminine treasures contained in its unpretefiding cover.
Sheets and plates, colgureil awl spreaol before the
astonished gazer their apparently inexhauAible stores.
Fashionable toilette designs and instructions for the manu-
facture of all the component parts of a lady's-attire for the
boudoir, the promenade, or the ball-room; patterns for
fancy work, prettily printed in colours, and looking charm-
ing enough to engage the fingers of Queen Titania herself ;
and finally, an original song, printed separately in very
good type anti style. If the fair dame who obtains all
these treasures for the moderate sum of one shilling be not
satisfied with her bargain she must certainly be very hard
to please.

THE YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN. Beeton. Price
Sixpence.—This is another of Mr. Beeton's multum
ie parvo publications, being, however, more of a literary
miscellany than its companion, and thus better adapted to
tho younger members of the household. It has also a
number of patterns for useful and ornamental needlework,
and a touching engraving called, " The Empty Cradle."

LE FOLLET.—This recognised standard of Parisian
fashion shows us some rather startling toilettes for the
month of March, and gives us in its printed matter an
amusing " Valentine to a Dressmaker."
THE ECLECTIC.—The Eclectic for March has
several well written papers, mostly, however, ad-
dressed to members of Dissenting chapels.