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party, who did not alight from the carriages or from 1
on horseback, round the gravelled walks of the 1
garden, and that ceremonial having been gone
through, her Majesty drove off to the Viceregal
Lodge, attended as she had arrived.
VISIT OF HER. MAJESTY TO THE PUBLIC
ESTABLISHMENTS.
The rain, which commenced during the illumina-
tions, continued this morning, falling very lightly,
however ; but the weather is not at all broken, and
will probably clear up during the forenoon.
I have learned that her Majesty intends this day
to visit some of the public establishments, including
the Bank of Ireland and the National Board of Edu-
cation, where arrangements are in progress for her
reception. At the Bank of Ireland business will not
be commenced until one o'clock, after her Majesty's
departure, but the office hours will be extended until
four o'clock.
The royal review in the Phoenix-park will take
place on Thursday, commencing at ten o'clock, A.M.
Enormous prices have been given to secure carriages,
and no vehicle of any kind is now disengaged.
The levee takes place to-morrow (Wednesday) and
the drawing-room on Thursday night.
DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.—Yester-
day was kept as a holiday, and no business was trans-
acted at the Stock Exchange, nor, indeed, at any
public or private establishments.

THE LANDING AT KINGSTOWN.
KINGSTOWN, MONDAY MORNING.
Shortly after ten o'clock this morning her Ma-
jesty left the royal yacht, and amid the acclamations
of the swarming crowds which lined the pier, and the
thunder of heavy guns, set foot for the first time in
the seaport of the capital of her Irish dominions.
From grey dawn the pier of Kingstown had its
hundreds of eager and excited occupants, and the sun
was not far above the horizon when the hundreds had
increased to thousands. Every train from Dublin on
the one hand, and Dalkey on the other, poured sight-
seers into Kingstown, while gigs, cars, and carts of
all descriptions came gingling and rattling down to
the great centre of attraction.
The morning was beautiful, and the harbour as
gay as swarming vessels, innumerable boats, and rain-
bows of coloured bunting could snake it.
I have said that a gay and flag crowned pavilion
extended from the wharf to the railway •stati?n.
It was lined with scarlet-covered platforms, occupied
by a brilliantly dressed company. Pots of sweet
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the harbour.
The scene now momentarily increased in gaiety.
Steamer after steamer, weighed down by the living
freights and fluttering with bunting, shot into the
harbour. A squadron of artillery rattled down the
Southern sea-wall to reply to the guns of the Pigeon
House Fort.
Between nine and ten o'clock her Majesty made
her appearance on the deck of the royal yacht. She
was not at first generally recognised. The fact is,
that Lady Jocelyn, who wore a brighter eolourtd
costume, was, for that reason, I suspect, very gene-
rally taken for the Queen. On the quarter -deck of
the royal yacht, amid the group which surrounded her
Majesty, I recognised, along with Sir George Grey,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, and Earl Fortescue.
On the pier close to the yacht, and keeping the
necessary room cleared, was drawn up a party of the
Ist and 2d Regiments, of the 71st Cameronian High-
landers, and of the Rifles. Their different uniforms—
the tartan, the bright red, and the dark green,
contrasted prettily.
Shortly after ten the squadron manned their yards,
and her Majesty being immediately after recognised
beyond mistake on the deck, a hearty cheer was
raised upon the pier.
Soon afterwards her Majesty received several de-
putations, the names and particulars connected with
which I shall describe more particularly in my even•
ing's letter. I write this in a wherry just astern of
the royal yacht, rocking on the surge of passing
steamers, and jostled and squeezed by a flotilla of
pushing, rolling boats.
For the edification of the ladies, I may mention that
a competent judge in the next boat assures me that
the following is a correct and mantua-maker like
description of her Majesty's dress :
She wore, then, a fancy white straw bonnet, lined
with white satin, and trimmed with a white feather, a
light green Josephine, trimmed with white lace, and
a fancy muslin dress.'
The royal children wore green silk visites.
A very few minutes after twelve o'clock her Ma-
jesty, the Prince, the children, and the immediate at-
tendants prepared to land.
As the royal standard was lowered from the main
topmast head of the Victoria and Albert, it arose on
the principal flagstaff on the pier. Immediately a
loud and echoing cheer burst forth, taken up from
ship to ship and wharf to wharf—and then, amid
thousands of waving hats and handkerchiefs, the
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland stepped on shore,
and in a few moments was hurrying in the gorgeously
fitted up carriage prepared for her, to the Sands -
mount station.
I have made arrangements by which my next
packet will contain ample accounts of the whole pro-
cession.
The royal squadron passed the night before last in
the Waterford river. No popular demonstration
whatever took place. Prince Albert only landed with
the children for a stroll.
The weather is glorious, and the reception in
Dublin promises to be most gratifying. Of the press,
I think the Freeman's Journal only has the bad taste
to try to sneer down the royal visit. But even the
Freeman feels, in its own circulation, the general
impulse given to trade, and grumbles, half sulkily,
half complacently, like a dog pelted with marrow-
bones.

Immense efforts are being made, particularly by
the middle classes, to make the reception a splendid,
indeed an historical event. Instances have come to
my knowledge of families owning " encumbered
estates," perhaps, pledging their plate, in order to
enable them to make a befitting appearance at the
royal solemnities which will take place during the
week !
The great review comes off to-morrow.

COURT CIRCULAR.
PASSAGE, NEAR. WATERFORD, AUG. 4.
Shortly after the royal yacht Victoria and Albert had
anchored, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accom-
panied by the* Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales
and Prince Alfred, and attended by the Earl of For-
tescue, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Mr. Birch, embarked
in the Fairy and proceeded to Waterford. His Royal
Highness was rowed in a barge through the bridge, and
returned to the Victoria and Albert, off Passage, at
about seven o'clock.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
office from the Governors of the North American co
lonies.
The Duke and Duchess of Baccleuch left town yes.
terday for their seat in Dumfriesshire.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the
Queen Adelaide's box at her Majesty's Theatre was yes-
terday evening occupied by his Serene Highness Prince
Edward of Saxe- Weimar, the Hon. William Ashley, Miss
Ramsbotham, Mrs. Wilbraham, Mr. Taylor, and party.
Amongst the visitors were—His Grace the Dake of
Wellington, the Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Bristol,
the Marquis of Donegal, the Marchioness Dowager of
Sligo and the Ladies Browne, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Salisbury, his Excellency the Russian
Minister, his Excellency the Sweedish Minister, his.
Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van
der Weyer, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and
Madame la Marques de Lisboa, his Excellency
the Neapolitan Ambassador, his Excellency the
Minister from the Argentine Republic, the Earl of
Falmouth, the Earl Bruce, the Earl of Aboyne,
the Viscount Somerton, the Viscount Enfield, the
Viscount Emlyn, Lord Francis Gordon, Lord Sandys,
Lord Saltoun, Lord William Gordon Lennox, Lady
Vincent, Lady M. Milbanke, Lady Gordon, Lady Lis-
ford, Lady Forbes, Lady M. Bentinck, Lady Flower,
General the Hon. H. Cavendish, General the Hon. Ar-
thur Upton, Sir Thos. Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady
Barrett Lennard, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., and
Lady Howard, Lieut.-General Sir Alexander Woodford,
Bart., Lady, and the Misses Woodford, Admiral Sir
Andrew Green, Bart., and Lady Green, Admiral Sir
Edward Codrington, Bart., Lady, and the Misses Cod-
rington, Sir George Carroll, the Comte and Countesse
Cod-
do Miremont, Le Chevalier Drouet, Captain Hopwood,
Mr. M. D. Longdon, Mr. Drummond, Mr. Crombie, Mr.
Sturt, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. George
Dodd, M.P., Mrs. Dodd and Miss Saunders, Lieutenant
Colonel Ellis, Colonel L. Harvey and Miss Harvey, Miss
Webb, Mr. Fordo, Colonel Wildman, Major Buckley,
Captain Smith, Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Parnther, Mr. H.
Broadley, M.P.. &c.
TIIE NEW isToVEL, " THE FORTUNES OF WOMAN."
—The present season has been remarkably productive
Piquant history
in capital novels. We have had Mrs. Trollope's " Lot-
tery of Marriage," Captain Alarr •at's " Valerie," the
the heroine, like
story of " 1.1..-elt.
ing Work of jallthgiall"
of " Lady Alice," jand the charming
but commend us to the crown-
Item
that
ta kind of female Gil Blas, in which
a satire on the homage
TUNES Cal Wolixv, which has just appeared—" THE Full-
al appearat
history,univer:a whichiluniversals
,lapaid
appearst etob renowned
mactere
respectability, no so
co of wealthy
display have been OW the means to make thy
display
exhibits acquired,considerable The tale (says thc)
be no dispute as to the talentoriginal ability,
and there cante
Observer, speaking of the same it displays The
narrative " to possess an abundance of
,work, pronounces.
the
no small share of the highest description of and
of instruction;
and though its dominant feature is cynicism,
is fill the homage paid to the beauty of still there
loveliness of virtue."—"Ostensibly writtenby a truth, and the
bears all the impress of a man's hand, and isaswvigorou"nan':it
s,
as powerful, and as spirit stirring a novel as ever pro.
ceedodfrora any modern pen."—Britannia.

HER MAJESTY'S TIIEA.TRE.
Madlle. ALIIONI.
Last Night but One of the Season.
The Nobility-, patrons of th e Opera, and the Public are respect-
fully informed that a GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT will take place
TO-MORROW EVENING
When will be presented, for the last time,
DON P ASQUALE.

Don Pasquale, Signor Lablane ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Belletti ;
Ernesto, Signor Calzolari; and Norina, Madlle. Alboni.

To conclude with
LES PLAISIRS DE L'EIIVER.

Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as
usual, price 10s, 6d. each.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
MADAME VIARDOT GARCIA.
The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera have the pleasure to
announce to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, that Ma-
dame ♦IARDOT GARCIA will appear
TO-MORROW EVENING,
When will be performed Meyerbeer's opera of
I. E PROPHETE,
Which has been for some tines in active preparation, with NeW
Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations.
This Opera, the exclusive right of representation of which has been
secured -to the Royal Italian Opera, will be produced with all the
resources of this Establishment, under the superintendence of Mr.
Costa.

TILEATItE ROYAL, lIAYMARKEA
Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
THIS EVENIN(,,

Will be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN
BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ;
Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge,
Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert,
Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Miss E. Chaplin ; Nelly O'Neil, Miss
Woolgar.
To be followed by a novelty in the shape of A MOST UNWAR
RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright
to the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford.
To conclude with THE DANCING BARBER.

ASTLEY'd ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
tinder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal mghness
Prince Albert, &c.
M. Jean Blare In his extraordinary periormances on Le Globe
Roulant.
The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female
equestrian talent ever engaged in this cr any other establishment at
one time :
Mdlles. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane
Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite
Jeanette.
In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc-
ng that he has engaged that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte,
whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac-
mired for her the appellationS EVENING of the Equestrian Enchantress.
TIII,
The performance will commence ,
e wintitledth a Grand Military Equestrian
Spectacle
MOOLTAN and GOOJEKAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs.
To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TUE
CIRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first
Equestrian talent of the day.
To conclude with a favourite Melodrama.
Box-office open trom Eleven till Four.
-face Manager, Mr. W. West.

ItOYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.
. . .

Under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, hor Majesty the
Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c.
The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of
Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition.
Celebrated German Band and Chorus.
Engagement of Mr. Roberts, the celebrated Welsh Harper.
Last Week of Miss E. Rowland and Mr. G. Tedder.

The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed
:hat this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND
FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public
opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever
presented—Splendid Menagerie—German Band and Chorus—Vo-
cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and
Ballads by Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder—
Solos by Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violoncello by
Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at-
tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of
Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard-
ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach oy real troops
—and final tableaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fighto."
REFRESHAIENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long
complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only
could be procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct
portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had
of the first quality, and at the usual Prices.
Doors open at Nine u'Clock, s.at. ; feeding of the animals at Five ;
Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five; Concert at Six; Storming
of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling.

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUG. 8.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 62; Highest, 77; Noon, 78

BAROMETER, 29.97.
Wind S.W.—fine weather.

A heavy fall of rain between three and four in the
morning, with flashes of lightning.

illOki WATER AT LONDON 111cLDOE.

Tuts Day —limning, 22 min. after 4 ► Evening, 41 min. after 4
To-Moscow—Morning, I min. after 5 I Evoninr, 12 min. alter 5

and impropriety should be passed over as a subject of
indifference.

With a single Liberal candidate in the field, and
with a very moderate share of unanimity, it was abso-
lutely impossible any Conservative candidate, more
especially such a Conservative candidate as Mr.
STANFORD, could have come off victorious in an
enlightened borough like Reading. It was, however,
ordaiced otherwise. The Tory has passed the win-
wing post per saltum ; the struggle of yesterday
affording only one more illustration, in the circum-
stance of the superfluous candidate, of a truth as
old as the hills—ne quid nimis. So it has proved
with the large and influential body of electors re-
cently represented in the Lower House by Mr.
Justice (late Mr. Sergeant) TALFOURD. In
closing our remarks upon this unfortunate
consequence of a very fortunate and honourable
eseanonly express our disappointment
course adopted by the Liberal aapt appointment, nt
iimlieundti,ci w
injudicious
pos-
sessors of the franchise at Reading, while we cordially
reiterate our felicitations to the gifted dramati,t who
—wearing at once the bay garland and the ermine—
has now added to the charms of the bard and the
graces of the rhetorician the venerable and austere
dignity of the judicial character.

Another melancholy illustration of the " credit
system" at our English Universities has just been
brought prominently before the public. Another
victim has had the prospects of his future life blighted,
and the reasonable expectations of his family disap-
pointed, in consequence of the temptations to which
he was subjected in the very beginning of his career,
and the undue facilities afforded for running into
debt, before he had acquired strength of mind to resist
the indulgences placed within his reach, or experience
of the too probable results of the temporary extrava-
gance. A youth, just emancipated from school re-
strictions, proud of being looked upon as " a man of
honour and a gentleman," anxious to exhibit his
spirit and independence, and aware that the day of
reckoning may be postponed for an indefinite period,
that " five per cent. after two years" will be quite
acceptable to the accommodating tradesmen, plunges
into every sort of enjoyment, perfectly indifferent
as to the cost. The real objects of his
visit are forgotten. How can he, surrounded with
so many luxuries and amusements previously un-
known, be expected to submit to the drudgery of
study or the dry details of lectures. He drains the
cup of pleasure, and too late discovers how bitter are
the dregs that remain. It is not merely in the
neglect of his studies, or the abandonment of almost
every effort at improvement, that he deceives his con-
fiding friends. The allowance, made up with great
difficulty, and perhaps by acts of great self-denial on
the part of parents and friends, and which was in-
tended to cover every expense, for which purpose it
would be amply sufficient, is merely looked upon as
"pocket money," to be flung away with the most
profuse liberality. The civil tradesmen, ever obliging
and anxious to anticipate his wants, provide every
thing he can require or wish for. Hatter, hosier,
tailor, jeweller, perfumer, tobacconist, sadler, horse-
dealer, bookseller, chemist, upholsterer, fruiterer, and
wine merchant, vie with each other for the
honour of his custom, and assure him how unnecessary
it is to trouble himself about the " little accountt
They " were never known to press or annoy a gentle.
man ;" " the settlement can await his perfect conveni-
ence," &c. &c. &c. Debts are heedlessly incurred,
which must ultimately be provided for, and his friends
must submit to further sacrifices, and pay enormous
sums of money to the no longer accommodating
creditors, who insist on the full amount of their claims
to the last farthing, for Oxford tradesmen never
" accept compositions." The full extent of the mischief
seldom appears ; the evil is submitted to, in silence,
rather than damage the prospects of a child dear
and well-beloved, notwithstanding his indiscretions;
but many painful struggles must be endured, many
an anxious wish relinquished, to provide means for the
satisfaction of these demands, and to save the debtor
from the shame and exposure of the Insolvent Court.
The unfortunate young gentleman to whose case
we are now alluding, exhibited no extraordinary
expenditure. We believe the debts from which he
was compelled to solicit a release through the inter-
vention of the Insolvent Commissioner, did not exceed
the amount usually owing by those who at all enter
into amusements at the conclusion of their under
graduate course. But unfortunately his friends were
in another hemisphere ; they could not witness the
application of the screw ; they could not return a
prompt response when the choice of insolvency or
continual incarceration was placed before them. He,
therefore,: was forced into court ; his name has been
held up to the world as an unthinking spendthrift,
but there are hundreds of others every year who
are Owed under exactly similar circumstances,
who would be branded in like manner,
if none were at hand to shelter them.
from the painful consequences of their juvenile fol-
lies. Let it not be supposed that we are exaggerat-
ing in this respect, or calumniating the Alumni of
our universities, the future hope of the nation. We
have it on the testimony of Mr. RANDALL, the detain-
ing and opposing creditor, who has lived at Oxford
since his birth, who " has kept a shop there 25 years,
and found it a good business, having had a large share
of patronage," that " a large proportion of gentlemen
who come to Oxford have their bills paid after they
leave the university, instead of the money passing
through their hands, having only a certain sum al-
lowed them for necessary purposes." We also find on
the same evidence, that " the supply of goods was
such as an undergraduate in the insolvent's circum-
stances might fairly require ;" and, again, that " after
the first year he (the insolvent) got more sparing of
his orders, and only had what was necessary ;" and
this from his own sense of prudence, and not from
any check imposed on him, for Mr. RANDALL tells
us that "he never stopped any of the insolvent's
orders."

Here, then, is an average case, and nothing more ;
indeed, after the first year, the unfortunate young
man " got sparing of his orders, and only had what
was absolutely necessary," and this although he was
at the time but nineteen years of age, that his father,
" whom he believed to be a wealthy man," was resi-
dent in Australia, and that his guardian, to whose
• care he had been confided, had died while he was
attending his first term at Oxford, and he was then
left wholly without control or superintendence.
A parent, then, who sends his child to Oxford must
make up his mind to pay some 7001. or 8001. when the
degree is obtained, however liberal may be the allow-
ance in the interval. Mr. TIIROSBY gave his son 2501
per annum, which he was informed was a fair and
moderate amount to cover every demand. But Mr.
RANDALL did not regard it in that light, or, indeed
think it necessary to make any inquiry what-
soever, for his views are quite in accordance with
the prevailing practice, under which " a large
proportion of the gentlemen have their bills paid after
they leave the university, instead of having the
money passing through their hands, having only a
certain sum allowed them for necessary purposes."
The 2501. per annum, which we believe is about the
sum usually given, is " the certain sum for neces-
sary purposes;' the 7501. debts, what " a large
proportion of gentlemen have paid (mark, not pay,
after they leave the university."
but have paid)
How long, we ask, is this system to be tolerated
and sanctioned by the heads of colleges and the
university authorities ? They, and they alone, can
interpose an adequate remedy. A resolution that
no credit should be given for more than six months
to any person in statu pupillari, without the assent
of his tutor, would at once abate the nuisance.
Indeed, it would be well if all accounts
relating to students, whether liquidated or not, should
be submitted periodically to the revison of some
officer of the University. It would then be ascer-
tained if the expenditure was suited to ,the position
and prospects of the :youth, and such as were fitting
for an undergraduate. Such a regulation might be
voted a bore by many a high-spirited lad, but it
would save him from many bitter pangs, and much
more serious annoyance at a future period. It
might reduce the enormous gains of the tradesmen,
who might not find their business quite as good, or
their patronage as extensive, but it would give them
a certainty of fair and reasonable profits, which would
be realised without having to work on the fear of
disappointed parents. It
might impose additional
trouble and responsibility on some of the college
authorities, but it would elevate the character of the
university; It would add to the acquirements of the

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