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London, England, 1854-07-28

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BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY
FOR AlJerrr,T WILL CON FAIN—
T; o Campaigns against RtlBsi9, and toe Neg tiations Pending.
Cloud. and sunshine. By Charles Reade, author of " Christie
John • tone."
Mr. F xby's Visit to Skye. Communicated by !`alt
traps at‘A Mishlp, of a roar to F.-ur,spe. By Grac6GreenwOod.
Lamarti"e's Histork•al CliarAc: era.
Ilistory oi Cricket. By Edward Jesse.
Van de Veldt's Assumed Refutat.on of De Sanity.
Sho es of the Baltic.
A Pale of me Landlady. By Alfred IV. Cole.
'I he tghtingale.
Re igious Lire in the East.
Richard Bentl y New Burlington-strut.
London, England, 1854-07-17

PATRON-H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.

RE-OPENING- of the ROYAL POLY-
TECHNIC INSTITUTION,

Under Entirely New Management.

Mr. J. 11. PEPPER, the Resident Director, begs leave to inform
the Public that the Institution having undergone great Alterations
and Improvements is again open to Visitors. Among the most
prominent of the New Facts in Science which will be Lectured on
by Mr. Pepper, are Mons. DIJBOSCZ'S splendid EXPERIMENTS
in OPTICS with the ELECTRIC LIGHT.

LECTURES by Dr. BACCHHOFFNER 011 the P.T URALITY of
WORLDS, il'ustrated by ASTRONOMICAL DIAGRAMS.—Courses
of LECT UR are being arranged for the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES,
whowill be admitted on advantageous terms.—A PHOTOGRAPHIC
GALLERY for taking PORTRAITS, and for TEACHING the ART,
is now open, un•ier the direction of Mr. SCOTT. The CHEMICAL
LABORATORY is open for Pupils and Analyses. The OXY-HY-
DROGEN MICROSCOPE and objects will be explained.
A new Series of DISSOLVING VlEWS—after TURNER—illus-
trating the Scenery on the banks of the River Loire, in France. The
Views of the Seat of War in the BALTIC and the BLACK SEA
will also be shown. Demonstrations in Mechanics, and Explanations
of Models by Mr. JOHNS. The Venti ation and the Purification and
Combustion of the Gas have been perfected under Mr. LESLIE'S PA-
TENTS and his personal direction.
A Band of Music, conducted by Mr. WAUD, of the Royal Italian
Opera. Stalls have been erected in the Theatres which may be re-
tained the whole day or evening.
Admission, Is. Stalls, 2s. Schools and Children under Ten years
of age half-price.
Open daily from 11 till 5, and every evening except Saturday, from
7 till 10 o'clock.

COMPULSORY VACCINATION. --READ
the LETTERS addresved to the BRITISH COLLEGE of
HEALTH on the above important question, which may be had
gratis, or by post on forwarding a postage stamp to the BRITISH
COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-road, London.

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London, England, 1854-07-17

MEETING OF MINISTERIAL

SUPPORTERS.

(THIS DAY.)

The Government supporters in the House of
Commons, at the invitation of Lord John Russell,
met to-day, at one o'clock at the official residence of
the First Lord of tbo Treasury, in Downing-street.
There was a rather large attendance of members,
including Lord. Jo in 'Russell, Lord' Palmerston,
and all the other ministers in the Lower Home.
The meeting did not break up until three o'clock.
At the time of going to press the result of the
meeting had not reached us in an authentic form.
It is conjectured that some unpleasant subjects
were brought forward, and that the discussion which
took place did not contribute in any degree to
strengthen -the position of the Cabinet in the House
of Commons.
London, England, 1854-07-17

ITALY.

Letters from Rome, of the 10th inst., state
that a quarantine of five days has been estab-
lished in the Roman States for all persons arriving
by sea from France. The utmost alarm prevails
in Rome in consequence of the reports brought
of the ravages of the cholera in France, but no
case has occurred, either in Rome itself or in the
provinces.

The corn harvest has completely terminated in
the Ager Romanus, and the produce is excellent.
In the provinces the result is equally satisfactory.
The vineyards are promising. The Pope had not
yet gone from the Vatican to his usual summer
residence, the Quirinal.
London, England, 1854-07-17

Passages marked are run direct.

Fore Cabin. Saloon.
To or from Gravesend and 10d. .. Is. 2d.
Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os, 10d.
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd.
BOAT TECKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os.; Six Months, 3/. Os. ;
Three Months, 2/. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the
Packets or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
Fast and superior Packets to be Let for Excursions. Apply to
Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Company, Star Office, Fenchurch-
street Terminus, Blackwall Railway.
July 1,185 s.
London, England, 1854-07-17

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 7.
His Highness the Viceroy is at present staying
l a s trldays
at Bennah, where he will most probably remain
been the
a
till
city departureha s
withinof
the
his son for England.few
scene of two murders ; one the wife of a German
inhabitant, who was found strangled ; the
other
pilgrim, who was stabbed by a drunken sailor.
There is no trace of either of the murderers. For
the latter, an Englishman was arrested, but has
since been set at liberty. The extent of his con-
nection with the murder was being in a state of in-
toxication that afternoon.
The Jasper steamer, in attempting to make the
port without a pilot, ran upon the rocks, but the
waves carried her over them, and she is safe in
port, with considerable damage to hull and the loss
of one of her crew.
The Nile has risen 18 inches. The Oriental ar-
rived at Suez on the sth inst., but brings no China
mail, the China packet not having arrived. The
Ripon leaves for England to-day, carrying the
female hippopotamus presented to the Regent's..
park Zoological Gardens by his Highness the
Viceroy.
The upward tendency in freights mentioned in
our last has hardly been realised, and freights are
likely to continue low. The money market exhi-
bits great tightness, and the exchange has fallen to
98. E to 98k.
London, England, 1854-07-17

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues to improve
in tone. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 221. shares,
G dis. ; Caledonian, alg A ; East Lancashire, 164 ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, fiq ; London and North-Western,
1031; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 213 ; Midland,
653 ; South-Eastern, 19; York and North Midland, 271.

MANCHESTER, JULY 15.
STOCK EXOHANGE.—The market to-day has been tolev
ably brisk, prices not being well supported. The sille4B,
were :—Leeds, 66 ; Midland, 65A ; Sheffield, 211 A
Dover, 18 15-16, 19 ; Caledonian, -314 ; Blackburn,
London, England, 1854-07-17

PUBLICATIONS

SELECT LIBRARY OF FICTION.
On the 19th will be published,tl Cheap Edition of
J.
HEAD of the FAMILY. A Novel. By
the Author of "Olive," " The Ogilvies," price 2s.

Already published, price 2s. each,

MARY BARTON. A Tale of Manchester
Life.

'IIIHE BACHELOR of the ALBANY. By the
Author of the Falcon Family. - •

THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. By
NATHANIEL HAW rnaRNE

Loudon : Chapman and Ha I, 193, Piccadilly.

INDHAM CLUB.—We understand that a
V Requisition is in course of signature from the Trustees and
other Memb,rs of the Club, calling for a Public Meeting, to have ex-
plained to them why the late Steward was discharged, contrary to
the wishes of the most influential members of the same.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.
ALLOTMENT OF ESTATES.

On WsniqrspAr,•July 19, at the offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand,
will be allotted the Seven Sisters Road Estate, Tottenham, situate
within five miles of St. Paul's, and within a short distance of .two
stations on the Eastern Counties Railroad. On the same day, the
unallotted plots of the following Esta,es will be open to the choice
of the shareholders, namely, St. Margaret's Estate, near Richmond,
‘tiddlesex ; Round Hill Park Estate, Brighton (East Sussex). 2d
Portion—Wood Green, Hornsey (Middlesex) ; Ware and Ilertford
(Hertfordshire); Leeds (West Riding of Yorkshire); Enfield (Mid-
dlesex); Downshire•square, Reading (Berkshire) ; and Oatlands
Grange, Weybridge (West Surrey). Plans of the above Estates,
price 6(1., or 10d. if sent by post. Prospectuses, and every infor-
mation as to right of choice, to be bad of

CIIMILES LEWIS GRITNEISEN, Secretary.
London, England, 1854-07-17

ALGERIA.

The French Government has received a long re-
port from the Governor-General of Algeria, giving
m
an account of an attack ade upon the Beni-
Hidgers, a powerful tribe,efths affairhavingill2oo muskets,
stooe
naturewto f a
hm e e
groundthr
and who had with them in
tribes. The
Tehaend Frenchwere,
framtroops
hmet hdesperate
occupied by the enemy, obliged to act with great
caution • but they are stated to have been success-
ful, and to have killed 80 of the enemy. The loss
on the French side in killed was 5 soldiers, and 53
were wounded, among whom were three officers.
In a subsequent affair the Kabyles wore defeated,
but the French had a captain and three men killed
and 40 wounded. After these two actions several
of the tribes offered their submission.
London, England, 1854-07-17

BIBTIIS.

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William Ring Workm
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the wife of Mr. Robert White Thrupp.

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On the 13th inst., at St. George's, lianoversq jet'
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George Warrender, Esq., only son of Sir John Warriictf33•
of Lochend, Bart., to Helen, only child of Sir Hugh '—
Campbell, of Marchmont, Bart.

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On the 14th inst., Helen Le Keux, wife of John )"'"
Le Keux of 10, Belgrave-street, New-road, in her
year. of
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Crosby-upon-Eden, Cumberland, the Rev. Thomas
plugh Hervey, ILA., aged 4J.
On the 11th inst , at 2, Drummond-street, Ediurt- tog'
Mr. William Dunnett,' M.A classical master,
Heriot's Hospital. mot
On the 13th inst. at Little Strawberry-hill, °ph°
Lydia, (laughter of the late Hon. and Rev. Edward
Turnour.

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FREIGHTS.
To London £4los to £4 15s per ton.
To Liverpool £4 2s Gd to £4 5s per ton.
To Calcutta nominal, per rasa.
To China Rs. 18 to 19 per candy.

THE CEYLON MARKETS.
'Prom the Colombo Export Price Current, June 3.)

ARRACK.-1255. per lei. of 126 imp. gallons, 20 under
proof.
CARDAMOMS.—CeyIon, 9d to 10d per lb.
ClNNAMON.—Plantation, 6d to is per lb, nominal.
COCOA-NUTS--50s. per 1000.
COFFEE. —Native, picked and dried, 325. ; plantation,
packed for shipment, 453 to 483 per cwt.
Coin.—Rope, 40s. to 60s. per candy ; fibre, 355. to
50s. ; junk, 30s. to 40s. ; fine yarn, 403. to 1203. per
candy of 5451 b
COTTON.—Tinnevelly, rs. 58 per candy of 5001 b,
nominal.
COPPERAS.-551 to 751 per 5601b5.
HORNS.—Deer, 165 to 170 s per candy of 5551b5.
OlL.—Cocoa-nut, 141 to 141 lOs per leaguer of 125
imperial gallons ; cinnamon, is 6d to 33 ; citronella, 3d
to is ; lemon grass, 3d to 5d per oz.
PLUMBAGO.-30 to 96s per ton.
SUGAR.-18 to 20s per cwt.
COWRlES.—Maldive, unwashed, 43s 6d to 44s per cwt.
WOODS.—Ebony, 163 to 18s ; Satin, 123 to 15s per
candy of 5001bs (nothing doing) ; sapan, 32s to 33s per
candy of 5601bs (none).
AREKA NUTS.-18s per 24,000.
FREIGHTS TO LONDON.—No available tonnage in the
roads. Coffee, in bags, 41 per ton ; ditto, in casks, 61
5s to 61 10s ; cocoa nut oil, 61 5s to 61 lOs ; junk and
.
yarn, in rolls, 3/ ; cinnamon, nominal ; plumb:lgo, o,
deer horns, ; ebony, 3/ ; cotton front Totocoreen, 4/
5s : 50 cubit feet, nominal. Engagements are said to
have been made on a ve4iel to arrive at 8/ for coffee and
oii.

ENTHRONEMENT OF THE BISHOP OF BATH AND
WELLS.— On Friday morning the Right Rei. Robert
Lord Auckland, who has recently been translated to the
Bishopric of Bath and Wells, was enthroned in Wells
Cathedral. His lordship, attended by his chaplains,
was met by the receiver of the see, and put in possession
of the temporalities of the bishopric. A chapter was
held, when the bishop delivered the mandateofthe
Archbishop of Canterbury, and assumed the episcopal
robes. The oaths were administered to his lordship by
the Very Rev. G. H. Sacheverell Johnson, M.A, , Dean
of Wells, and he was then formally inducted into his
stall; In virtue of his bishopric Lord Auckland has
ecclesiastical patronage at his disposal worth 15,0001.
THE GROUSE.—The favourable reports which I sent
you some time ago from the northern moors are not sup-
ported by those from Ayrshire, where it is said that
many grouse have been found dead, and the birds seem
far from numerous. Black game, however, is reported
to be very plentiful—more so than for many years.—
Edinburgh Correspondent,
London, England, 1854-07-17

.AIIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Roofs,
(Lessee, Cass. C. LACMENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road),
The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR. THE SEASON.
and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S
CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka,
Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H.
Laurent , the following Waltzes —La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi-
kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8.
Dr a Ang to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11.
London, England, 1854-07-17

SPAIN.

According to advices from Madrid of the 12. th,
the column under the Minister of War had arrived
at Valdepenas, in hot pursuit of the insurgents,
who were retiring on Despenaperros. The division
from the north, under the command of General
Turon, had reached Madrid, and was to leave the
day after to join the Minister of War.
The insurgent forces consisted, it was said, of
3,000 foot, 2,000 horse, and 40 artillerymen.
The Three per Cents. were done at 36 ; the New
Three per Cents. at 18 95 ; the Debt of the First
Class at 9 40 ; and that of the Second at 4 75.
London, England, 1854-07-17

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms,
(Lessee, Cutts. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road),
The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S
CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka,
Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by IL
La:trent , the following Waltzes —La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi-
kiss and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8.
DIAL to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11.
London, England, 1854-07-17

CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 3.—Last night her Ma-
jesty's steam-frigate Retribution, Captain the Hon.
J. R. Drummond, came down from Varna, with his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on board,
who returns to Varna to-day at eleven o'clock. This
visit of his Royal Highness is for the purpose it is said
of entering into some arrangement with the Turkish
authorities for the supply of provisions for the Bri-
tish army. All the accounts of the commissariat
arrangements at Varna are most unfavourable :
indeed, a general outcry has been raised at their
insufficiency. The troops have begun their march
from Varna. There is much talk now of an expe-
dition against Sebastopol by sea and by land. It
may, however, only be a surmise. Something cer-
tainly must be done before winter to ensure the
command of theßlack Sea. The numerous trans-
ports at anchor in the Bosphorus are under
orders to keep themselves in readiness to start
at a moment's notice.
London, England, 1854-07-17

tion of the powder, which is at the mouth of the barrel
ready to be poured into it.

DEVONPORT, SUNDAY.
Calcutta, 84, Captain James J. Stopford, was taken to
her sailing moorings yesterday.
Meander, 44, Captain Thomas Baillie, is expected to be
ready for sea by the end of the month. - She proceeds from
this place to Falmouth, thence to Greenock, and from
thence to Lisbon.

Devon, lighter, sailed yesterday for Haulbowline ; and
the Quail, lighter, arrived.
COURT MARTIAL—A court-martial assembles to-morrow
on board the Impregnable guard ship, for the trial of Lieut.
Fred. G. Leigh, of the Meander, on a charge of drunken-
ness. Mr. John Beer, solicitor, appears as the professional
adviser of the prisoner, and it is said that the appearances
which led to the charge were from the effects of laudanum
administered medicinally by a chemist on shore, to whom
Lieut. Leigh was compelled to apply previous to his return
to the ship from leave. Rumour also says that the charge
has its origin in some predetermination that Lieut. Leigh
should leave the ship, and that evidence to this effect will
be produced. This plan of watching to " trip up the heels"
of an officer, whose appointment may not please a superior,
is far too prevalent in the service, and for the credit of the
service should receive some strong mark of Admiralty dis-
pleasure.
London, England, 1854-07-17

2 I Do. Pref.

3 Do. (Canal)
5 Do. 6p. et. pref
10 Lyons and Geneva
12 Lyons & Mediterrau.
13. Madras
33 Maria Antonia
all Do. do. New
2 Melbourne Dk. di Ry
all Namur & Liege (with
interest)
all Do. (ex interest)

all Nor-Chem of Friinco.
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bap.
all (fuly.B.&Ams.Slis ,
all NorwegiauTruukPrc:
10 Paris and Lyons
all Ditto Bonds

all Paris and Orleans
all Paris and Rouen
all Paris and Strasbourg
10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg.,
10i Quebec & Richmond
all Rouen and Havre—.
15 Royal Danish
2 Royal Swedish
all Sambre and Meuse
6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref ,
6 Southern of France„;
S St. Andrew's and,
Quebec (A) .
all West Flanders

all Do 5} per c. Pref ,
10 Western of France
7 West. of Switzerland
2 Wiesbaden
15 Zealand
London, England, 1854-07-17

SHIPPING IN7'ELLiGENGA

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 15.
ENTERED INWARDS. —The Marie, from Ufflea ; Nereide,
Jamaica ; Fenix, Russian prize of war ; Terseita, Matan-
zas ; Lucy Sharp, Penang ; Twee Systra, Hilkea ; Jo-
hanna, Marstrand ; Dolphin, Sletehann ; Natalie, Leg-
horn ; Alexander, Pernambuco ; Esperanza, Punta
Arenas ; Niette Margrettie, Hudikswall ; Traude Sods-
kende, Kramfors ; Neptumus, Umea ; Mary Lyon, Cadiz;
Ann L. Rosetta, Caen ; Maria, Stralsund; Nouvelle
Union, Bordeaux; Urania, Callao; Frithjof, Sundawall ;
Active, Gefle ; Oscar, Stockholm ; Spark of the Ocean,
St. Stephen's, N.B. ; Arthur Leery, St. John's, N.B. ;
Minnos, Gefle ; John Henry, Cienfueous ; Anna Maria,
Grossensiel; Catherine Ferdinancie, Daazic ; Wilhelmine,
Konigsburg ; Elwine Fredderike, Stettin; Maria, Memel;
Ann Mackay, Caen ; Maria, Gothenburg ; Ellida, Dram ;
Freya, ditto ; Stetta, Oporto ; Samuel Barnard, Caen ;
Enchanter, Geelong ; Roman Empress, Havanna.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Pring Fre-
derick, for Stettin; Queen, Bremen • Venus, Altona ;
Margareta Alida, Stettin ; Aberfoyle, Geelong ; J. J. Hat-
horn, Philadelphia ; Wm. Conyuges, Malta ; Ceres, Sierre
Leone ; Bonne Mere, Rouen ; Mathilda, Trinidad; Neeride,
Jamaica; Clara, Leghorn.

VESSELS SPOKEN ITH.
The Charles (schooner), lat. 41 N., lon Wg. S W.
The Burn, from Liverpool for Lima, May 14, lat. 7 S.,
long. 24 W.
The Three Friends, from Iquique fur Falmouth, Juno
15. lat. 31 N., long. 38 W.
The Ocean Child, from Rio Janeiro for Gibraltar, Juno
16, lat. 32 N., long. 39 W.
The Janet and Mary, from Mauritius for London;June 16.
The Sir Charles .otapier, from Coquimbo for Swansea,
June 19.
The William and Elizabeth, from Shields for Newfound-
land, June 30, lat. 42 N, long. 29 W.
The Ivy Green, of Liverpool, from Marseilles for Boston/
June 23, off Gibraltar.
The Princeza, from Liverpool for Port Natal, June 30,
lat. 30 N, long. 16 W.
Dutch barque, showing R. No. 368, outward bound,
July 8, lat. 46 N, long. 9 W.
The Harlington, off Cape St. Mary, June 27.

COUNTRY MARK

TS.

HADDINOTON CORN MARKET—JULY 14.
WIIIAT. I BARLAT OATS. mcANB
First 763 Od 39s Od 1 38s 6d 52s al
Second 67s 7d 1 36a ld 1 325 8,1 50s 2d
Third s6s Od I 28s Od 1 28s Od 48s 0a
Total quantity of wheat in market, 365 qrs., 322 soil
barley „ 103 qrs., 7 7 sous
-
oats „ 248 qrs., 214 sold
beans
~, 37 qrs., 21 Nola
AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
Wheat, I/. 7 7 0-12ths 1 Barley, _V. 16 1 4-12thS
Oats, ... 11. 12 8 11-I2ths 1 Beans, .....21. 10 2 44211 l

PP PP

PP PP

DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JULY 13.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
309 Wheat 73s 6d 00s 0(1
205 Oats 36s 01 oos Od .... ..... 00s 0
4
514 Barley 37s 9d oos Od
20 Peas & beans 53, Od oos Od
Average of wheat, 3/. 4s. sd.

DUBLIN, JULY 11.
White wheat, Ocl. 40s to 443 Od ; red ditto, 39s to 42s
barley, 16s 6d to 22s ; oats, 15s 6d to 17s 9d ; rapeseed
00s Od to 00s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 18s ocl ; baker!
flour, 22s Od to 27a Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 39s Od to 4381 a
per 1301bs.
London, England, 1854-07-17

CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 3.—Last night her Ma-
jesty's steam-frigate Retribution, Captain-the Hon.
J. R. Drummond, came clown from Varna, with his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on board,
who returns to Varna to-day at eleven o'clock. This
visit of his Royal Highness is for the purpose it is said
of entering into some arrangement with the Turkish
authorities for the supply of provisions for;the.Bri-
tish army. All the accounts of the commissariat
arrangements at Varna are most unfavourable-:
indeed, a general outcry has been raised at their
insufficiency. The troops have begun their march
from Varna. There is much talk now of an expe-
dition against Sebastopol by se. a and by land. It
may, however, only be a surmise. Something cer-
tainly must be done before winter to ensure the
command of theßlack Sea. The numerous trans-
ports at anchor in the Bosphorus are under
orders to keep themselves in readiness to start
at a moment's notice.
London, England, 1854-07-17

SPAIN.

According to advices from Madrid of the 12. th,
the column under the Minister of War had arrived
at Valdepenas, in hot pursuit of the insurgents,
who were retiring on Despenaperros. The division
from the north, under the command of General
Turon, had reached Madrid, and was to leave the
day after to join the Minister of War.
The insurgent forces consisted, it was said, of
3,000 foot, 2,000 horse, and 40 artillerymen.
The Three per Cents, were done at 36 ; the New
Three per Cents, at 18 95 ; the Debt of the First
Class at 9 40 ; and that of the Second at 4 75.
London, England, 1854-07-17

THE CHOLER A!!!1
Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia.
CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col-
lege of Physicians. The Cheapest and Strongest CHLORIDE o
ZINC. Quirts, 25., Pints, is., lialf-pins, 6d. Sold by all Chemists,
Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end,
London.
N.B.—CREWS'S CHLORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and
finer preparation.—Medical Circular.

HE C-HOLER A!!!!
Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia.
CREWS'S DISINFECTING• FLUID, recommended by the Col-
lege of Physicians. The Cheapest and Strongest CHLORIDE of
ZINC. Quarts, 25., Pints, Is., Half-pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists,
Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end,
London.
N.B.—CREWS'S CHLORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and
finer preparation.—Medical Circular.
London, England, 1854-07-17

BOILER EXPLOSION AT .ROCHDALE.

A frightful accident of this character, involving a
fearful loss of life and a large destruction of property,
took place at an early hour on Saturday morning, at
Bridge-fold-mill, Rochdale. The buildings destroyed
by the explosion belonged to Mr. John Lord, solicitor,
and were situated on the banks of the Roach. They
consisted of a two-storied house occupied by Mr. Wil-
liamson, a cottage occupied by Mr. Howarth and his
wife (who were troth killed), Howarth's father and two
children. Adjacent to these were the extensive works,
employing in one room 76 looms, in another 64 looms.
The hands went to work as usual at six o'clock to the
number of between 60 and 70, and they were waiting
for the starting of the engine. There was a delay,
owing to the absence of the engineer, whose duty was
taken by Howarth and one William Taylor, both
overlookers, and inexperienced men ; and most likely
their ignorance caused the- explosion. On sudden a
loud report was beard, followed by a terrible explosion,
which made an entire wreck of the property around. Some
masons at work on a church upon a hill near, observed
the buildings, as it were, raised in a mass, • and the
people who escaped running wildly away from them.
In a short time a body of police were on the spot, with
several medical men, and an examination of the pre-
mises was at once proceeded with. The first object dis-
covered was the headless body of a young female, the
head of which had been forced through a window of a
house across the road. The body was subsequently
identified to be that of Ann Nicholls, a weaver, aged 21.
At the end of four or five hours it was discovered that
no more bodies 'were in the debris. The following
frightful list of casualties was then mada_nut::—
London, England, 1854-07-17

THE HOOD MONUMENT.

To-morrow, Tuesday, the 18th of July, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, the Hood Monument is
to be publicly uncovered over the poet's grave in
Kensal-green Cemetery. We cannot but again
direct public attention to the announcement of
the hour and the day, now that we are on the eve
of this most interesting ceremony of inauguration.
Besides the prospect of seeing the exquisite struc-
ture designed by Matthew Noble to commemorate
the Bard and Humorist, while an appropriate ad-
dress is being delivered on the occasion by Monck-
ton Milnes, the honourable member for Pontefract
—the public have the additional prospect for to-
morrow evening of a large attendance on the spot
of the admirers of Thomas Hood, variously dis-
tinguished in Art and Literature. A considerable
number of general sympathisers in the same cause,
we doubt not, will avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity by attending, punctual to the time appointed,
for the purpose of witnessing what is in this coun-
try a most unusual, and what must in any country
be a most attractive and impressive ceremonial.

IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS AND BOATS.

The experimental schooner yacht Incline Plane,
75 tons, constructed upon Lipscombe's new prin-
ciple, was launched on the 15th instant from Mr.
Cunningham's yard, Southampton. Great expec-
tations have been formed with regard to this
schooner. She will be fitted out as rapidly as pos-
sible, and it is expected that in about three weeks
she will be publicly tried at Southampton. A
jolly-row-boat, thirteen feet long, by three and a•
half feet wide, lately built upon the same principle,
has astonished every one by the excellent qualities
exhibited by her. As a row-boat she is remarkably
easy to pull, is very stiff and buoyant, and when
propelled by canvas alone, sails twice as fast as any
other boat of her own size, and has easily outsailed
an eight-ton yacht, hitherto considered fast, that
was expressly tried against her.
London, England, 1854-07-17

THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS.

TO TUE EDITOR OR THE SUN.

SIR, —I cordially sympathise with the " Old Gordon
Highlander" who deplores the almost dismemberment
of the gallant 92d or Gordon Highlanders, by wholesale
volunteering into the other Scotch regiments serving in
the East. His consolation, however, must be the
Highlanders' thirst for meeting the enemies of their
country in combat. To remedy the evil he justly la-
ments, I would suggest that a similar expedient be now
resorted to in recruiting in Scotland as was adopted
when the 92d was raised, namely, the offer of a shilling
in the Queen's name, and a kiss from the Duchess of
Gordon. Only this done, and the Gordon Highlanders
will rise instantaneously, like giants refreshed.

I am, Sir,
ONE WHO SAW THE LATE DUCHESS OF GORDON,
DECORATED IN THE GORDON TARTAN, RE•
CRUITING TO RAISE THE 92D HIGHLANDERS.
London, July 15, 1854.
London, England, 1854-07-17

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

It is impossible to doubt that deliberations of the
gravest and most anxious character occupy the attention
of Ministers at those protracted sittings of the Cabinet
which we are now so frequently called on to record.
They are such as to demand the constant reference from
the Cabinet to the Sovereign. Last week we recorded
the fact of the Minister of War leaving his assembled
colleagues to have an audience of her Majesty, returning
from the Royal presence to the council, and remaining
for hours in consultation with those colleagues.
On Saturday the incidents of the Cabinet Council
were hardly less remarkable. The Cabinet Council was
summoned for two o'clock. Ministers did not assemble
until three ; they then met with one exception, that of
the Foreign Secretary, who was detained by an audience
with the Queen. Lord Clarendon joined his colleagues
at four. Their deliberations then lasted until half-past
six, and immediately on the breaking up of the council
Lord Aberdeen proceeded to the Palace to her Majesty.
We may add to these indications the fact that her Ma-
esty's stay in London has been already protracted some
days beyond the time at which it was expected the
Court would have departed for the Isle of Wight.
A meeting of his supporters in the House of Commons
is convened by Lord John Russell at the official resi-
dence of the Premier. It is just possible that he is
about to take Mr. Disraeli's hint, and suggest to some
of those supporters the propriety of testing the opinions
of the House of Commons by proposing a vote of confi-
dence.

To-night the vote is to be taken on the estimate of the
new Minister of War. It is impossible to say what may
be the result of the discussions to which the estimate is
sure to give rise.
To these perplexities we must add the near approach
of that result of our Austrian alliance for which we have
been for some time preparing our readers.—. Morning
Herald.
London, England, 1854-07-17

A LONG GUN.

A new carriage and cannon of peculiar formation
as regards the bore have been sent to Sheerness
from the Ordnance department for shipment on
board the Vulture, to the Edinburgh, Rear-Ad-
miral D. Cha.ds. It is intended for the use of the
long range projectile. It weighs 94 cwt. 3 qrs.,
and is calculated to throw a projectile nine inches
by eight inches. The carriage is of new construc-
tion, and adequate to carry a long 95 cwt. gun for
shot or shell. All ships in the Baltic capable of
carrying these guns are to have them put on board
immediately.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour,
has honoured this institution by a visit, for
the purpose of witnessing the experiments in optics
with the electric light, by M. Dubosq, who exhibited
his discoveries to the public for the first time at the cbn-
versazione on Thursday evening: His Royal-Highness
was conducted through the building by Mr. J. H. Pep-
per, the resident director, and Mr. Wynn, the secretary ;
and although he had no opportunity of seeing the ex-
periments in question, owing to the fact that he had not
previously intimated his intention to visit the Institution,
he expressed himself greatly delighted with the nunie-
TOUS r imp • ovements which have been made in the esta-
blishment.
DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE.—(THIS
DAY.)—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accom•
panied by their illustrious family, and attended by the
Royal suite, left Buckingham Palace this morning, and
proceeded by special train to Gosport, where the Fairy,
Royal steam-yacht, Captain the Honourable Joseph
Denman, will convey the illustrious party to Cowes en
route to her Majesty's marine retreat, Osborne. The
Queen will remain, it is understood, in the Isle of Wight
until a day or two before the prorogation. The Countess
of Desart attended the Queen as Lady in Waiting, her
ladyship having succeeded the Countess of Gains-
borough.
Viscount Palmerston left Carlton-gardens after the
hcoeurnlacdilyoshnipSawtuilrldhaoyldfoarnßarsoscekmetbl.Elyall, Herts. His lord-
ship will have a large dinner party on Saturday, and
a balloonFA vEusfue Al
in a
tobacco
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field,u t
belonging
o'clock o
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Edwardrday
nightß lastiax .
land, of Doddington, near this place. It was without
and with nothing
nearly'
exhausted,
jhaacoksette,da,
which was the cause of its descent ; the grappling irons,
too., were gone, which raises a question whether the
aeronauts who ascended have --not met an untimely
death. The balloon was secured, and is now in the pos-
session of Mr, Blailand. It is 90 feet in height.
London, England, 1854-07-17

DEAD.

Ann Scott, weaver, aged 22.
Ann Nicholls, weaver, aged-21, head blown off.
Joseph Greenwood, a young man, a jobber.
Thomas Howarth, overlooker, aged 37. He was in
charge of the engine.
Sarah Howarth, his wife, 35, killed in the house ;
leaves two children.

William Taylor, overlooker, 40. He was acting as
fireman. He was married, and leaves a wife and two
children.

Betsey Brierly, weaver, aged 20.
Alice Ashworth, weaver, aged 22.
Jane Ashworth, 21 years of age, her sister, not dead
when found, but expired a few hours after.
Jane Halkyard, a young woman.
INJURED.

Selina Diggle, weaver, aged 21, compound and simple
fracture of right thigh ; not likely to recover.
Elizabeth Waddington, weaver, 15, both thighs and
one leg broken.
Robert Widdop, weaver, 33, two severe fractures of
the skull.

Absolom Collinge, weaver, 20, more or less bruised
and injured.
Jane Walker, weaver, 18, extensive fracture of the
base of the skill ; not likely to recover.
Margaret Nuttal, tenter ; Sarah Scholefield, weaver,
18 ; John Ashworth, 22, weaver, husband of Alice
Ashworth, one of those killed ; Alice Stsnsfiey,
28, married, ariirthree Children ; Jaines Pearson, wea-
ver, 8 ; Alice Collingwood, weaver, 15 ; Betty Collinge,
weaver, 26.
The inquest upon the bodies will be opened at the
Wellington Hotel, by Mr. Dearden, the coroner, this
(Monday) afternoon.
London, England, 1854-07-17

FOREIGN.

all Antwerp &Rotterdam
3 Belgian Eastn. June.
8 Beziers to Graissessac
2s. Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip
... Central of Italy
all Charleroi (SI Erquelin
all Demerara

14 (Dijon and Besancon,
9 Dutch Rhenish

all East Indian
2 Do. Extension
all Gt. Indian Peninsula
10 Gd. Janet. of France
10 Gad. Trunk of Canada
40 Do. Debentures

all Do. do
10 Gt. Central of Fran
all Gt. Western of Canada
Shares
Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7
all Hamilton & Toronto
all IDo. 6 per cent.

5 f Lake Cont.s & Basle
all I Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c.

pref
15 Luxembourg
10 Do. (Railway)._
London, England, 1854-07-17

WOOL.

'rho public sales of colonial wool have commenced
g„.fily. As yet the wh.le of the parcels 'offered have
cllaand Port Philip qualities have, in most.
instances, hands,es,a(l% advanced in most instances Icl per lb. The
value of other qualities have been well supported. The
following rates have been paid :—Sydney—Snow-white
sheep's, Is 8d to 2s 225 d ; handwashed, 104 to is 4d ;
clean sheep's, is 24d to ; clothing, is 7d to is
84d ; combing, is 74(1. Adelaide—Scoured sheep's, is
to Is Gd ; lambs', 1s Gd ; mixed, is 2.1 ; damaged, is
to Is 2d. Algea Bay—Clean sheep's, is 3d to is 5d ;
damaged, 10.1 to is ld • ls ; mixed 100 to
ls. Portland 11,y—dean sheep's, is 4,1 to is , ; grease,
10,1 to 114,1. Port Philip—Clothing, is 50 to is 9d
combing, 13 64(1 to I s 7,1 ; clean sheep's, is 6(1. to is 104 d ;
grease and locks, 104 d to is ; yearlings, is 5d to 2804(1 ;
lambs, 1 s 4d to is 1.04 d ; skin, 9d to is ; ditto washed,
Is 14,1; greasy, 9d ; slipo, is 0.1,d to is 4d ; skin, is ld to
to 114,1 ; pickings, is sd. Launceston—Cleau sheep's,
is 54(1 to Is 104 d; lambs', Is 6Ad to 2s • greasy, lld to 16-Bid;
hoggett combing, is 34(1 to is I'l4d ; ditto clothing,
is 114 d ; combing, is 10(1 to N' 34d ; clothing, is 1.0(1. to
is lid ; is 8,1 to is 104 d ; Leicester, 111; broken,
is per lb. The private market is dull,' yet prices are well
supported. Last week's imports wore only 94 bales from
Hamburgh, 66 from Callao, 9 from Rio, and 8 from Buenos
Ayres. The following are the quotations of English wool
South-down hoggets, is to is lid ; half-bred hoggets, lid
to is ; owes, clothing, lld to-rs ; Kent fleeces, is to l 01?;
_
combing skins, 10,1 to is ; flannel wool, 10d to is is 01d;
wool, 7d to ls ; and Leicester fleeces, lOd to la
per lb.

• SEEDS.
Tho demand for most kinds of seeds is still inactive
nevertheless, we have little change to notice in our quots
tions. Linseed and rape cakes move off slowly, and prioes
aro barely supported.
Turntp,White, per bush. 14s to 20?

Swede .. .• .. 24s 381
Mustard, lirown iOs 13.

Carraway .• •. •• •• •• ..
Coriander •• -- .... ....
flempseed, per quarter
Linseed, Eug.iowing..
Crushing .. •.....
Baltic ..........
Odessa •• • • ••• ..
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—

42s 411 s
10s I.
4(. 44s
741 763
62s 64s
62$ 66s
641 €Bs

• _
White, n0w.....• lOs 144
Tares,Winter, new.... Os Od O 01
01d............ •• Os OdOs Od
Canary, per quarter • 47s 50s
Rye grass ••• .. • ... ii6s 30s
Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) --s
White ••• • .• s
Foreign Red.. •••• —s —e
Wliito• ••• —s —s
Trefoil, new.. •• • • ...• —3 —S
TALI
Since our hest report the al
tallow has not bean extensive,
advance. To-day P.Y.C. on
and for delivery during the
cwt. Town tallow, 65,
per Sibs.

English '4: . 101 Os 11 1011
Foreign, per ton 9! 51 111 5s
rtApe Cakes, pr tip 6! 15s 71011
Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 3310 s 401 CS

1850.

Stock this day .. .. • . 25,135
Price of Y. C. 3
~ ..t,,64.
tiOd
Delivery last week .. 1,3“
Ditto from June 1 ...• 7,951
Arrivals last week .. 203
Dittofrora June 1.... 7,712
Price of Town ...... 33e 02
London, England, 1854-07-17

Passages marked * are run direct.

Fore Cabin. Saloon.
To or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. ls. 2d.
„ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. 10d.
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd.
BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, si. Os. 3 Six Months, 3/. Os.;
Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
Fast and superior Packets to be Let for Excursions. Apply to
Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Company, Star .Office, Feilehureh•
street Terminus, Blackwall
July 1, 1814,
London, England, 1854-07-17

PATRON-B.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.

RE-OPENING of the ROYAL POLY-
TECEINIC INSTITUTION,

Under Entirely New Management.

Mr. J. 11. PEPPER, the Resident Director, begs leave to inform
the I'ubll3 that the Institution having undergone great Alterations
and Improvements is again open to Visitors. Among the most
pro r.inent of the New Facts in Science which will be Lectured on
by Mr. Pepper, are Mons. DITROsCZ'S splendid EXPERIMENTS
in OPTICS with the ELECTRIC LIGHT.
LECTURES by Dr. BACCIIIIOFFNER on the PT URALITY of
WORLDS, ibustrated by ASTRO.NONIICAL DIAGRAMS —Courses
of LECTI'R S are bring arranged for the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES,
who will be admitted on advantageous terms.—A PHOTOGRAPHIC
G ‘LLERY for taking PORTRAITS, and for TE lIING the ART,
is now open, under the direction of Mr. SCOTT. The CHEMICAL
LABORATORY is open for Pupils and Analyses. The OXY-HY-
D ROGEN MICROSCOPE and objects will be explained.
A new Serves of DISSOLVING VlEWS—after TURNER—illus-
trating the Scenery on the banks of the River Loire, In France. The
Views of the seat of War ill the BALTIC and the BLACK SEA
will also be shown. Demonstrations in Mechanics, and Explanations
of Models by Mr. Jonas. The Venti atlen and the Purification and
Combustion of the Gas have b, en perfected under Mr. LESLIE'S PA-
TENTS and his personal direction.

A Band of Music, conducted by Mr. Neon, of the Royal Italian
Opera. Stalls have been erected in the Theatres which may be re-
tained the whole day or evening.

Admission, ls. Stall., 2s. Schools and ChildreA under Ten years
of age half-price.

Open daily from 11 till 5, and every evening except Saturday, from
7 till 10 o'clock.
London, England, 1854-07-17

THE HOOD MONUMENT.

To-morrow, Tuesday, the 18th of July, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, the Hood Monument is
to be publicly uncovered over the poet's grave in
Kemal-green Cemetery. We cannot but again
direct public attention to the announcement of
the hour and the day, now that we are on the eve
of this most interesting ceremony of inauguration.
Besides the prospect of seeing the exquisite struc-
ture designed by Matthew Noble to commemorate
the Bard and Humorist, while an appropriate ad-
dress is being delivered on the occasion by Monck-
ton Milnes, the honourable member for Pontefract
—the public have the additional prospect for to-
morrow evening of a large attendance on the spot
of the admirers of Thomas Hood, variously dis-
tinguished in Art and Literature. A considerable
number of general sympathisers in the same cause,
we doubt not, will avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity by attending, punctual to the time appointed,
for the purpose of witnessing what is in this coun-
try a most unusual, and what must in any country
be a most attractive and impressive ceremonial.

IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS AND BOATS.

The experimental schooner yacht Incline plane,
75 tons, constructed upon Lipscombe's new prin-
ciple, was launched on the 15th instant from Mr.
Cunningham's yard, Southampton. Great expec-
tations have been formed with regard to this
schooner. She will be fitted out as rapidly as pos-
sible, and it is expected that in about three weeks
she will be publicly tried, at Southampton.. A
jolly-row-boat,- thirteen feet long, by three and a•
half feet wide; lately built Upon the same principle,
has astonislied."every one by-the excellent qualities
exhibited by her. As, a row=boat "she is remarkably
easy to pull, is very stiff and :buoyant, and when
propelled by canvas ition4, sails twice fast as any
other boat of her own size, and has 'easily !ontiailed
an !eight-ton "yacht, hitherto considered flist, that
I w.is expressly tried against her. .
London, England, 1854-07-17

AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA.

The Times gives, by telegraph, the following
summary of an article which appears in the Aus-
trian Correspondence :—" The recent communi-
cation from St. Petersburg on the one hand but
incompletely answers the expectations of Austria ;
while Prussia, on the other hand, thinks it con-
tains materials which may possibly serve as a basis
for negotiations for peace. This must; however,
depend on the decision of the Western,:` Powers.
This language is, as usual, vague, but certainly
menacing for Russia."
The Morning Chronicle says the substance
of the article is, that as regards the present
phase of the Oriental question, and the
answer brought by Prince Gortschakoff, the
demands of Austria and Pru,sia are but fin-
perfectly satisfied, but there are some materials
which might possibly servo as the basis for peace
negotiations. These are left to the decision of the
Western Powers. Upon receipt of their answer,
Austria, acting upon her convention with Prussia
and with Turky, and upon a cordial understanding
with the Western Powers, will take all the
measures requisite for the re-establishment of the
balance of power in Europe, and of the integrity
of Turkey, and of general peace upon a safe basis.
The ~vriter of a letter from one of her Majesty's
ships in the Black Sea says :—The Vesuvius came
down yesterday from the Danube, bringing a
London, England, 1854-07-17

SWEABORG AND HELSINGFORSS.
Dedicated by permission to the Right Honbie. Sir James
Graham, Bart., M.P., and the Lords of the Admiralty. Messrs.
PAUL and DOMINIC COLNAGIII and Co., 13 and 14, Pall-mall
East, Fubl skiers to her Majesty, beg to announce an authentic
representation of the above place, from Sketches taken In the Bal is
by Mr. E. T. DOLBY, and various Official D,cuments, showing the
nature of the Island 3 forming the celebrated Fortifications of Swea-
borg, the construction of the Batteries, and the exact number of
Guns mounted upon them : Also, the whole of the picturesque city of
Helsingforss. Executed in double-tinted lithography by Mr. W.
SIMPSON, printed by Messrs. DAY and Sox, on the important scale of
the Views of Kronstadt by Mr. E. T. Dolby, and of Sevastopol by
Lieut. Montaffue O'Reilly. Size, 3216 inches by 15 inches. Price
7s. 6d. Coloured, 12s.
London, England, 1854-07-17

A LONG GUN.

A new carriage and cannon of peculiar formation
as regards the bore have been sent .to Sheerness
from the Ordnance department for shipment on
board the Vulture, to the Edinburgh, Rear-Ad-
miral D. Chads. It is- intended for the use of the
long range Rrojectile. It. weighs 94 cwt. 3 qrs.,
and is calculated to throw a projectile nine inches
by eight inches: The carriage is of new construc-
tion, and adequate to carry a long 95 cwt. gun for
shot or shell. All ships in the Baltic capable of
carrying -these guns are to have.them put on board
immediately.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, attended, by Colonel Seymour,
has honoured this institution by a visit, for
the purpose of witnessing the experiments in optics
with the electric light, by M. Dubosq, who exhibited
his discoveries to the public for the first time-at the con.
versazione on Thin-Bday evening. 'His Royal Highness
was conducted through the building by Mr. J. H. Pep-
per, the resident director, and Mr. Wynn, the secretary;
and although he had no opportunity of seeing the ex-
periments in question, owing to the fact that he had not
previously intimated his intention to visit the InstitUtion,
he expressed himself greatly delighted will the nume-
rous improvements which have been made in the esta-
blishment.
DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE.—cTHIS
DAY,)—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accom-
panied by their illustrious family, and attended by the
Royal suite, left Buckingham Palace this morning, and
proceeded by special train to Gosport, where the Fairy,
Royal steam-yacht, Captain the Honourable. Joseph
Denman, will convey, the illustrious party to Cowes en
route to her Majesty's marine retreat, Osborne. The
Queen will remain, it is understood, in the Isle of Wight
until a day or two before the prorogation. The Countess
of Desart attended the Queen as Lady in Waiting, her
her ladyship
ladyship having succeeded the Countess of Gains-
borough.
Viscount Palmerston left Carlton-gardens after the
council on Saturday for Brocket Hall, Herts. His lord-
, ann d ,
tobaccoof
occupant,Dbooxd daai nun
ship will have a large dinner party on Saturday, and
will hold an assembly.
gdPw2ndil.hrinerroal
PAVERSHAL—About 9 o'clock on Saturday night last
a balloon fell in a field belonging to Mr. Edward Blax-
pwltaahcsee.cnaeralrbtlyuwtaeasx
jhawaciuktshetote,dua,t
rtiehitnghgaissin
which was the cause of its descent ; the grappling irons,
too, were
gone, which raises a uestion whether the
aeronauts who ascended have notmet an untimely
death. The balloon
was secured, and is now in the pos-
session of Mr. Blaxland. It is 90 feet in height.