The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

119 CIVIL SERVICE.—Mr. Tom TayloK, of the Inner
'tl-e1,1)le, barrister-at-law, Las been appointed Secretary of
Velir Board of Health, 4214000 per annum.
der
I+AL CH TINHEION, K.H., has received
0:1111'Itr Majesty the pension for distinguished services
Be4j, array—an honour of which no officer•is more de-
Globe.
§ati,l4-itTURE OP THE COURT Ton OSBORtiq..— On
leylfer afternoon, after the prorogation of parliament,
'Oast 11, je4ty arrived at Buckingham Palace at five minutes
laoen"urtee e'elock. About half-past four the same after-
Liae Queen and Prince Albert, attended 'by their
c; ""t•-the palace for Osborne, Isle of Wight.
IfornxlNG.—The Court has gone into mourn-
-4r three weeks for the late King of Saxony.
beet. RiLmots.z.—Orders have
meats roceived in Edinburgh to prepare the Royal apart-
the
-la Holyrood. Palace for the use of Her Majesty an
tobrYal Prmily on their journey to Balmoral. They are
-
Dr'earlY for the ilegining of September.
Tbes '4I3.EEN embarked from the Isle of Wight on
nh„ -aY morning on board the royal yacht, and proceeded
eun a •
Bort "Inge to the 'Channel Islands. The Prince Con-
rovoal',(l elder children accompanied Her Majesty. The
C--` steam squadron consisted of the Victoria and Albert,
Dasherthe Rob. Joseph Denman (commander-in-chief ;)
rena, Capt. Le Febvre (as pilot ;) Fairy, Master-Corn-
kasier 'Welch ; and Admiralty yacht Black Fagle,
ale, er-Comniander Petley. The squadron sailed at
Where e
aand at six in the evening- reached Alderney,
insrrince Albert and the Prince of Wales landed and
foliPected the new harbour-works and breakwater. On the
of g morning Her Majesty landed, and went on a tour
tiDoisits to the chief objects of interest in the island.
laikt n re-embarking the royal party continued their cruise,
04 returned towards the Isle of Wight in the evening.
OsholliursclaY morning the Queen had safely returned to
ri,-tte-house, which, however, she again quitted early on
WZY morning, and proceeded to London by the South
hefi",ern, Railway. On Friday afternoon Her Majesty
royal-rrivY Council at Buckingham Palace, when the
raitfale,eeh upon the prorogation of Parliament was sub-
') '; Ler her approbation by the Prime Minister.
of OP THE KING OP SA.XONY.—The intelligence
e death of this king is communicated in a telegraphic
ti--sage from Munich, under date of Thursday, His
unatle4tY's death appears to have been the result of an
oph?"'llnate accident while travelling from Munich to his
totTe tonal of Dresden. The carriage in which the King
kai..448, by some mismanagement, overturned, and his
th---Y falling among the horses, received.from one of
a kick, which terminated fatally almost immediately
ittarvards.
„, The deceased Monarch was a son of Duke
11-Znil"au (who was born in 1759, and died in 1838).
eee4de-riesty was born on the 18th of May, 1798, and sue-
of m June, 1836, by virtue of the act of renunciation
father, to his uncle, King Anthony, having been
fs7gent from the 30th of Septemer, 1830, to the period
hr,,Bteession. The King of Saxony visited England. in
of 6;18,14., and was a guest of Her Majesty at the period
The'e -ranperor of Russia's unexpected arrival in London.
a,s% Monarchs met at Buckingham Palace and Wind-
Meetin e, and were together present at the Ascot race
has left that
bar.Ye The King, although twice married
eeeded by his yeither consort. His Majesty is sue-,
Josephwho I brother, the Duke John Nepomucene Marie
in 1822 the Duchess Amalie Augustine,
inter of the
rebitaster of late
nl‘Presentetiulenegn Maximilianageof Joseph of
whomvar
Ver. a tamily of eight children, The prcsiut Sing is
ruicli devoted to literature.