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London, England, 1867-08-19 00:00:00

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OSBORNE, Aug. 18.

The Ring of the Greeks visited the Queen yes-
terday, and after taking luncheon with her Majesty
and the royal family returned to London.
his Majesty crossed over from Southampton in
the royal yacht Alberta, Captain his Serene High-
ness the Prince of Leinigen, and was received on his
arrival by the Queen and the royal family in tho
entrance hall.

In attendance upon his Majesty were Count
Braila (the Prime Minister to the King), Count
Radostamos, Major Metaxa, and Lieut. Funck.
Mr. Herbert Fisher (Private Secretary to the Prince
of Wales) was also in attendance on his Majesty.
Colonel the Hon. Charles Lindsay and Major-
General F. 11. Seymour, the Groom and Equerry
in Waiting, attended his ➢lajesty from and to the
landing place in Osborne Bay.
Previous to the King's departure the Ladies and
Gentlemen in Waiting upon her Majesty had the
honour of being presented to the King, and the
gentlemen in attendance upon his Majesty had the
honour of being presented to the Queen.
Har Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family,
attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting,
were present at Divine service this morning at
Osborne. The service was performed by the Very
Rev. the Dean of Westminster.

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH Al RIO

JANEIRO.

Ilis Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh ar-
rived at Rio, in the steam frigate Galatea, on the
15th of July. The following account of his arrival
and reception is abridged from the Anglo-Brazilian
limes :

" Monday, the 15th inst., brought to the Eng-
lish residents of Rio de Janeiro a realisation of a
much-anticipated pleasure, when the Galatea, in
command of one of Britain's Princes, entered
the beautiful harbour of Rio, and anchored
near the fortified little, but story-famed, isle
of Villegaignon, while the thunderings of the
forts and the armed ships of the various nations
resting within the hospitable precincts of the
bay hailed the illustrious voyager who for the Se-
cond time visited its waters. Hardly had the vessel
dropped her anchor, when his Highness the Cotnte
d'Eu and Conselheiro Dr. Albuquerque, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, accompanied by the Veador
Siqueira, climbed the gangway stairs to offer to
Prince Alfred Brazil's welcome to her shores, and
to bear him off to lend his presence to the social
party which the Comte d'Eu had prepared to beguile
him after the wearing monotony of the voyage.
Next morning, also, brought his Highness the Comte
d'Eu on board the Galatea, and the two Princes
landing at the Arsenal of Marine drove to Sao
Christovao to the Palace of Boa Vista, to pay the
due respect to their Imperial Majesties the Emperor
and Empress, who were waiting to receive England's
Prince and give their welcome to him. At one
o'clock p.m. the Duke returned to Rio, there in the
City Palace to receive a deputation from the British
residents, with an address of loyalty and congra-
tulation."

THE COST OF METROPOLITAN PAVING.

A report from the Highways, Sewers, and Public
Works Committee of the parish of St. Pancras has
just been printed for the consideration of the vestry,
showing the enormous cost entailed upon the rate-
payers for paving purposes, as well as tho addi-
tional sum thrown upon the parish by the abolition
of tolls, by which that vast monopoly, the London
General Omnibus Company, has derived such enor-
mous advantages without affording the public any
adequate benefit. The report sets out by stating that
for 18G6 the rates levied for paving purposes were

insufficient by £4,600 to meet paving require-
ments, whilst at the same time extraordinary expenses
had to be incurred out of the general rate, includ-
ing expenses of cholera committee £1,631, excess of
labour in sanitary precautions £154, extra cost of
water carts £6OO, cartage of snow £B2l, repairs,

It is announced, says Galignani, that the Que

of vestry hall £256, and compensation for ac-
cidents £ll3—making a total under this head of
£2,975. The cost of works in relaying footways
and paving intersecting portions of adjacent roads
in connection with paving certain of the late turn-
pike roads had been £6,976. The total cost of
paving these roadways amounted to £49,661, for
defraying the cost of which £50,000 had been
borrowed by the vestry, the balance of which, £339,
the finance committee had appropriated towards
the paving expenses adjacent to the turnpike roads,
leaving a balance of £6,643, the whole of which was
charged to the rates during the year under consi-
deration. To meet this sum £2,801 was estimated
by the assessment committee as a liability to
Michaelmas, 1866, leaving the balance of £3,842
unprovided for. Iu consequence of works executed
there was a large quantity of surplus material in the
depot, which being available for other streets re-
quiring repair might be regarded as an asset to
the value of £1,500. Amongst the estimates for
1866 was au item for repairing the carriage way
and footways of Tottenham-court-road at a cost
of £8,288, but seeing that Tottenham-court-
road is a most important thoroughfare, and that the
then existing paving had been laid down about
twenty years ago, and also that the paving
could be advantageously dressed for other thorough-
fares of lesser traffic, if not allowed to be still
further depreciated, the committee, taking into con-
sideration the dangerous condition of Tottenham-
court-road, directed the chief surveyor to carry
out the repaving, which swelled the amount of coit
to £11,147. After referring to the payment of great
-works on roads, such as Gray's-inn-road and others,
out of the general rate to the extent of £13,000,
which they' considered a great mistake, the com-
mittee report that the cost of maintaining the roads
thrown upon the parish by the abolition of tolls was
£ll,OOO per annum, but the vestry having bor-
rowed £50,000 referred to, and paved with granite
those portions of the old turnpike roads that wero
subjected to the heaviest traffic, had reduced the
cost of maintenance, including the payment of
the instalment of loan and interest, to £8,400 per
annum, which was equal to a rate of 21d. in the
pound. The appendix to the report thus shows that
the amount required for paving work in the parish
of St. Pancras in 1864, the year in which tolls wore
taken off and turnpike roads thrown on the parish,
had been—March £18,097, Sept. £17,710 ; in 1866,
March £18,517, Sept. £21,607 ; in 1866, march,
£18,791; September, £21,710 ; in 1867, March,
£2l,Bl2—total, £138,277, the amount for all put-
poses required under the general rate for the saole
-riod being £170,156.

of Spain is again in an interesting situation.
THE DUKE OF NORTIIUMBERLAND.—The Celle;
rable Duke of Northumberland is extremely ill at Alnivic
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Castle, and in consequence of his great ago his illness
causing much anxiety to his family. The Earl and 0000:
tess Percy, Lady Louisa Percy, and other members of
al'
Percy family are staying at Alnwiek Castle with the
vOc..
rable duke. The marriage of the lion. Mr. Littletoo
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eldest son of Lord and Lady ilathertun, and Miss itomlc° illY
4.i
is postponed in consequence of the illness of the P ~
Northumberland. The marriage had been appointed 1'
take place on Thursday last. According to a telegraia
received from Alnwiek Castle the Duke was considered it'
shade better. Ile is, however, not out of danger.
TILE FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES IN ME:CIO."'
The Official Gazette of Florence publishes a report from t
oethe
Italian Charge d'Affaires at Mexico announcing thaci
the 9th of July an agent of the Corps Diplomatique pi'
informed General. Porfirio Diaz of the intention oil roe
foreign representatives to quit Mexico. The General Co";
plied that the affair would bo regulated on the arrival of
Juarez. The representatives intended to await at
Wash
iugton the instructions of their respective Governments.
STAMP DUTIES.--The new Act on stamp
just issued provides that all letters of allotment ill a
ecru,
puny or proposed company must now bear a penny st3TP;
as also all scrip and scrip certificates. Auy person 51be013;
or issuing any document chargeable with the duty', feloi
the same i 6. duly stamped, is to be liable to a Penalty-
£2Q. duties