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" logs" of the NArioul officers are in their reirigt•
tir• recesses on the book-shelves. The portmanteau
containing the officers' greatcoats is thrown li'eed=
lessly on a chair. On the wall hangs the picture of '
a ballet-girl pirouetting—still for ever pirouetting --
on the tips of her toes—and, ha if in mockery efN-
domestic comfort, a little kettle that should he
singing songs "full of family glee," does nothing
of the kind, but sits upon a firelees stove as cold as
a stone and as silent.

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[ PRICE 4D. STAMPED 6E.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
Princess Alice, left Osborne at a quarter past ten
o'clock, and drove to the ship in an open carriage
drawn by four grey ponies.
The Resolute, dressed in her colours, was lashed
alongside of the Royal embarkation place at Trinity
wharf. The English and American flags were -
flying at the peak, and as soon as the Queen set
her foot on the deck the Royal standard was hoisted
at the main. The Retribution fired a salute, the
boats' crews "tossed" their oars, and the ship's
company, standing on the rail, received Her
Majesty with three rounds of cheers.
Captain Hartstein received the Royal party at
the gangway, and the officers, in full uniforms
were grouped on either side. They were Lieut.
C. H. Wells, Lieut. E. E. Stone, Lieut. Hunter
Davidson, Dr. R. T. Macown and Dr. Otis, Acting
Secretary.
The following gentlemen were also present :
Mr. Croskey, Consul for the United States ; Che-
valier Vincent Pappalardo, Vice-Consul ; Mr.
Harling, Vice-Consul for the United States at
Cowes ; Capt. Higgins, commander of the United
States mailship, Hermann ; and Mr. Cornelius
Grinnell, son of Mr. Henry Grinnell, of New York,
the projector of the American Arctic expedition.
All were presented to the Queen by Capt. Hart-
stein, who then addressed her Majesty in tile fol-
lowing words :—" Allow me to welcome your
Majesty on board the Resolute, and, in obedience
to the will of my countrymen and of the President
of the United States, to restore her to you, not
only as an evidence of a friendly feeling to your
sovereignty, but as a token of love, admiration,
and respect to your Majesty personally."
The Queen seemed touched by the manly simpli-
city of this frank and sailor-like address, and replied
with a gracious smile, " I thank you, sir."
The Royal party then went over the ship and
examined her with manifest interest. Captain
Hartstein traced her course on a map, aid indicated
the most important discoveries of the American
Arctic expeditions. In the course of conversation
Prince Albert observed that Lady Franklin was
very anxious for another expedition, to which
Captain Hartstein replied that he was not surprised
that she should be so, for he thought it very pos-
sible that Franklin or some of his comrades might
still be alive among the Esquimaux.
After completing the inspection of the ship the
Royal party retired amid the enthusiastic acclama-
tions of the spectators.

' Vaughan,. Principal of the Lancashire Independent Col-
lege, the Revs. T. B: Tidmar, S. Front, Mr.
oiney, Dr.
Brock,' Dr. Conquest. Err. Archer, and J. Stoughton,
It; Cantiffe, and Mr. Bateman, Some of the mem-
bers of the Baptist, Wesleyan, and Scotch Missionary
Societips also joined in this.exp!ession of welelme to the
'distinguished traveller and missionary. On the removal
of the cloth,
The Csarastax proposed "The Health of Dr. Living-
ston" as the toast of the evening, and in doing FO eulo-
gised the import:int services he had rendered to humanity,
civilisation, and commerce by the courage he had dig-
played and the privations he had endured in traversing
the central portion' of the African continent from west to
east, which had never before been trodden by any
Europsan.
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, and
Da. LIVWGSTON, in responding to it, gave an interest-
ing account of some of the principal incidents in his
travels, :of the habits and customs of_ the people among
whom he sojourned, and'of the physical peculiarities of
the country and its production's, and in doing so neces-
sarily repeated many of the statements made by him at
the meeting of the. Royal Geographical Society on the
preceding evening, of which a brief summary was Oren
in our impression of yesterday, and again at the meeting
held at the Ft eemasons' Tavern yesterday, reported above.
He also
.explained the extent to which the Bechuana
mission, carried on under the auspices of the London
Missionary Society, had been successful, and the mode in
which it might be made still more so. He expressed his
gratification at the cordial weloome afforded him on his
temporary return to his native country, but, with cha-
racteristic modesty, stated that he was not without ap-
prehension that their kindness might spoil him, and that.,
after a short stay in England, he meant again to return
to the scene of his former pursuits in the unexplored
parts of Central Africa, where as yet he had only played
the part of a pioneer. He expressed his conviction that
the regions he had traversed would ultimately be of the
highest importance to England in furnishing supplies of
raw material of various useful and valuable kinds. He
also adverted to the humanity of the English Govern-
ment in their endeavours to put down the African slave
trade, and expressed a hope that they would now turn
their attention to the development of the resources of
the country. The meeting was also a'ldressed in the
course of the evening, by Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P. ; Dr.
Tidnian, one of the secretaries of the London Missionary
Society ; Mr. Bateman, the Rev. Mr. Trestrail, the
Rev. George Osborne, Dr. Archer, and other gentlemen.
Additional interest was given to the festival by the ap-
pearance of Mrs. Livingston in the room, after the
removal of the cloth. She is a daughter of the Rev.
Robert Moffatt, who, like her husband, has long been
an eminent African traveller and missionary.

It was originally intended to request her Ma-
jesty to take luncheon on board, but the idea was
subsequently abandoned througli a diffidence as to
whether the proceeding would ba quite scion les
regles. Btit after the withdrawal of the Royal party
there was an elegant dejeuner in the wardroom, at
which the following toasts and sentiments were
given among others :—" The Queen and the Royal
Family," " The President of the United States,"
" The Union Jack and the Star-spangled Banner,"
" The Health of Mr. Cornelius Grinnell," " The
future success of the Resolute, and may she ba
again employed in prosecuting t'ie search for Sir
John Franklin and his comrades." This last sen-
timent was proposed by Captain Higgins, seconded
by Mr. Grinnell, and evoked c3rdial applause.
Captain Hartstein was invited by the Queen to
dine and to spend the night at Osborne, and all
the officers were invited to visit it the grounds at
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HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE

RESOLUTE.

Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert
inspected the discovery-bark Resolute, which is
now lying off Cowes in the Medina water ; but be-
fore narrating the circumstances of the Royal visit
it may not be inappropriate, as this is peculiarly
the age of " antecedents," to glance at the past
history of that remarkable craft, and to present in
a consecutive form some facts respecting her which
are not generally known, and others which, though
they have already been published, are too interest-
ing to suffer by repetition.
Her Majesty's bark Resolute formed one of Sir
Edward Belcher's squadron of discovery, and in
May, 1853, was sent, under the command of Capt.
Kellett, R.N., to the Polar Seas in search of Sir
John Franklin and for scientific purposes. She
was—or, since her deliverance enables us to speak
of her as of a ship restored to life, let us rather
say she is—a stout square-built vessel of 500 tows
She is double decked and double planked through-
out, in order to withstand the pressure of ice, and
she carries two brass guns—six-pounders. Her buil-
ders, havingregard to the comfort of her officers and
crew in the Arctic Seas, fitted her with an inge-
nious heating apparatus, the furnace of which is in-
serted in the mainhold, while stoampipes, running
fore and aft through the body of the vessel, main-
tained an agreeable temperature even when the
thermometer had fallen much below zero. When
she left the Government dockyard she was liberally
provided with everything requisite for her perilous
voyage, and, both as regards structure and equip-
ment, was admirably adapted for the service in
which she was to be engaged. Owing to her pecu-
liar build she is necessarily a dull sailer, but she
is a very strong ship, and what the Americans call
" a good safe seaboat." Notwithstanding, how-
ever, the care bestowed on her construction, she
was not fated to fulfil the purposes for which she
was designed. She was frozen in among the ice-
bergs in latitude 77 deg. N., and in the month of
May, 1854, her officers and crew finally abandoned
her, leaving their effects on board. She had re-
mained in the icebergs 16 months, when a large
portion of the ice in which she was embedded be
coming detached from the mass by a thaw, it floated
off with her, leaving her at the mercy of wind and
wave, and hurrying her out to remote seas, where,
in latitude 66 deg. 30 min., and longitude 64 deg.,
she was found in the month of September, 1855, by
the American whaler George Henry, commanded
by Captain Buddington. She had then drifted over
the wilderness of waters about 1,200 miles from
the spot where she was abandoned. Captain Bud-
clington and a part of his crew approached her over
the ice and took up their quarters within her. They
found a " death-like silence and a dread repose,"
for, except themselves, there was not a living
creature on board. In the words of Dr. Macown,
the surgeon of the ship, who has written a pretty
poem on the subject—
" Her wooden walls were tenantless,
No more the busy throng
Chaered the lone decks through Arctic nights
With music and with song.
The bold and gallant crew had fled
That once she gladly bore,
In search of Franklin and his men
From Albion's happy shore."
The ship was found not to have sustained any very
material damage. The ropes, indeed, were hard,
and inflexible as chains ; the rigging was stiff, and
crackled at the touch ; the tanks in the hold had
burst, the iron work was rusted, the paint was
discoloured with bilge-water,, and the topmast and
topgallantmast were shattered, but the hull had
escaped unscathed, and the ship was not hurt in
any vital part. There were three or four feet of
water in the hold, but she had not sprung a leak.
The cordage was coiled in neat little circles on the
deck, after the fashion of English seamen, and the
sails were frozen to such stiffness as to resemble
sheets of tin. Several thousand pounds of gun-
powder were found on board, somewhat deteriorated
in quality, yet good enough for such purposes as
firing salutes. Some of the scientific instruments
were injured by exposure and rust; but others
were in excellent condition. For a year and four
months no human foot had trod the deck of that
phantom ship, yet, amid those savage solitudes,
whore man there was none, and might never be,
the pilot's wheel made a stern proclamation, for
around it were inscribed in letters of brass the im-
mortal words " England expects that every man
will do his duty." If for " man" had been printed
the word " seal" or " whale," the sentiment might
have had a mere practical significance. Capt. Bud-
dington remained on board till the thaw set in, and
then, when the ice began to soften, he shaped his
course to New London, Connecticut, where he
arrived in Dec., 1855. The Resolute was removed
without delay to New York, and what follows is
so honourable to the American Government, and
speaks so highly for their courtesy towards this
country, that, though it has been often published,
it may well be repeated, for it should be univer-
sally known throughout England. A sum of
$40,000 was appropriated, with the concurrence of
the Senate and Congress, for the purpose of
pur-
chasing
the Resolute from the whalers, the Eng_
lish Government having waived all claim to her ;
and it was determined that she should be repaired
and re-fitted with the utmost care, with the de-
e
sign of restoring her to the Queen in as le as
good a condition as she was at the time when the
exigencies of their situation compelled her crew
to abandon her. With such completeness and at-
tention to detail has this work beenperformed
that not only has everything found on board
been preserved, even to the books in the captain's
library, the pictures in his cabin, and some musical
Binrsittriushmflenagtss
hbaevl oenbgeienng
mtaonuoftaheetrur:d in thebßutronoekw-
oessers,
lyn navy yard, to take the place
had rotted during the long timewas without a
living soul on board. Fromshe
stem to stern she has
been repainted ; her sails and much of her rigging
are entirely new ; the muskets swords, telescopes,
-
nautical instruments, &c., which she carried have
been cleaned and put in order. Nothing
has been overlooked or neglected that was neces-
sary to her complete and thorough renovation ;
yet, everything that has been cleaned or re-
paired has with excellent taste on the part of those
who superintended the regulations, been restored
to its original position. As regards the arrange-
ment of the furniture and the situation of each
particular article, the Queen saw the captain's
cabin yesterday in the precise state in which it was
when the crew forsook the ship. In fact the ship
is—so to express it—a floating Pompeii, and every-
thing comes to light just as it was left. Captain
Kellett's epaulettes are lying in a tin-box on the
table. Lieutenant Pin's musical-box occupies its
old place on the top of a " what-not." The

Osborne, a privilege of which they availed them-

at 3 O'clock.-
The Resolute returns to Portsmouth this morn-
ing at half-past 10 o'clock, and goes into dock.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(Prom the Report of the Registrar-General.)
The total number of deaths registered in the week that
ended last Saturday is 1,243, and exhibits a decrease on
the number for the preceding week, which was 1,318.
The mean temperature, which had been 41 deg. in Nov.,
fell to nearly 35 deg. in the first week of this month,
and rose again last week to 51.3 deg.
In the ten weeks corresponding with the last week of
the years 846-55 the average number of deaths was
1,289. To admit of comparison with the deaths of last
week, which occurred in an increased population, the
average should be raised by a tenth part, and in this case
it becomes 1;418. A difference of 175 is thus obtained in
favour of the pi esent return ; but it should be observed
that the soles of weeks from which the average is derived
embraces a week in 1847 when the mortality was more
than doubled by influenza.
Of the 1,243 persons whose deaths were registered last
week,num 6r6osow9erheadmnaolets,csomnplweeter fe
de
theiruae
ll2so.t.nOyf who
le
number, andole
of
these 241 died under one year, 177 died at the age 20-40
years, 203 in the period 4-0-60, 238 at 60.80 and 56 at a
more advanced age, of whom 8 were nonagenarians.
The oldest was a widow of 97 years, who was burnt
by her clothes taking fire, and died at the London
Hospital.
The deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs,
which in the previous week were 368, declined last week
to 287. The deaths from bronchitis declined in the
two weeks from 194 to 159 ; those by pneumonia from
125 to 88. In the same period phtbisis or consumption
was fatal in 164 and 130 eases. In each of the last three
weeks the number of children who died from hooping•
cpooux. gh
has' been just 41. There were 5 deaths from small-
pox. This has not averaged more than 5
deaths in a week during the last two mouths ; and in
the greater part of the present year there has been un-
usual immunity from its attacks, or at least from their
fatal consequences. _ _

Last week the births of 890 boys and 821 girls, in all
1,711 children, were registered in Lowlen. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 184G•55 the average
number was 1,4G1.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.219 in. The
lowest reading occurred at noon on Saturday, and was
28.73 in. ; and the highest was 29.98 in., on the even-
ing of the same day. The mean temperature of the week
was 51.3 deg., which is 10.6 deg. above the average of
the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). Tfr. mean daily temperature was above the
average on every day. On Sunday it was 56 deg., which
is 15 deg. above the average. It was nearly as much
above the average on the two following days, and on
Wednesday the excess was 11.3 deg. Tee highest tem.
perature in the week occurred on Sunday, and was 5.89
deg. ; the lowest was 41.6 deg., and occurred ou Satur.
day. The mean dew-point temperature was 46.2 deg.,
and the difference between this and the mean air tempe-
rature was 5.1 deg. The mean temperature of the water
of the Thames was 47 deg. The temperature of the
h .
water continued to increase almost to the end of the
week. The wind blew almost invariably from the south-
west
amount,
tillThereSaturdaynf nearly
r ywl)a
salt afternoon,rain
ofwhich
hionc every a
fell on Friday,
was 0.78 when it changed to north-
west.—ay, and the total
in. Squalls of wind and rain were frequent.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 13.
Zymetie Diseases 217
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 51
Tubercular Diseases
.............. 165
Diseases of the Brain, Ne;ve; . anti Senses llB
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 5O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Dißserspeisraotti Respiration .... . .
other Stomach Liver and
Organs
26847
of Digestion
......
17
Diseases of the Kidneys, &e.
8
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and' Muscles .. 6
1
Diseases of the Skin, &e. .................... ........ ... 4
Xlalformations
Premature Birth and Debility 33
Atrophy .. 36
62
Old Age
.. 12
udden
2
Violence,
not specified
Cold, and Intemperance Bl
Causes

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,248
Population Deaths In corm- Deaths
Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. of 1855. Week.
West Districts ...... 376,427
North Districts...... 490,396
Central Districts..... 393,256
East Districts ........ 485,522
South Districts ...... 616,635 —.... 283 .., 309

Totals ......... 2,362,236
Males
Fomales ... 577
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK

1,099

1,243

Males
Females

890
821

Total --.—
......... 1,711

CAMBRIDGE PRIZES. -- The Vice-Chancellor of as
University of Cambridge has given notice that the gold
medal offered by his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
Chancellor of the University, will be given this year to
such resident undergraduates as shall compose the best
poem on slavery.

- _
A TRANSACTION ON THE P.Thrs BOURSE.—Tbe inou-
nal de Commerce decided a case on Monday, in which
M. Cauchois, a courtier Marron, or unlicensed Stock
Exchange interloper, who had sued 0110 of his employers,
M. Perigny, for a balance of 14,000 f. of less upon the
bargains which Cauchois had made on the other's account,
not only was condemned to lose his seit, on the ground
that he could not be legally recognised as a stockbroker,
but was also fined a sum amounting to one twelfth of the
heavy caution-money exacted from the regular agents do
change, as a
without a legal title to de
punishment for practising in that capacity