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

COURT AND FASHION.

1854.

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t14,1t, CIVIL SERVIOE.—Mr. Tom Taylor, of the Inner
o,lia,e, b. • ter-at.law, has been appointed Secretary of
Board of Health, £l,OOO per annum.
,:„kti 11°4-GENERAL CHIITIEWTO,W, K.H., has received
Zthe-`,4 Majesty the pension for ,distinguished services
-vil'‘'tnlY—an honour of which :iso officer is more de-
,-1111RE OP THE CAOHRT TOIL OSBORNE. On
'let 41 afternoon, after the prorogation of parliament,
I)4t tbaaestY arrival at Buckingham Palace at five minutes
4%4 leo o'clock. About half-past four the same after-
he -Queen and Prince Albert,attended by their
Cneln":"-the palace for Osborne, Isle of ,Wight.
ing to"„ 1 1-tormrixo.—The Court has gone into mourn-
, RI; 'free weeks for the late King of Sszony. _
--AA4r.STY'S VISIT TO BAMMORAZ.—Orders have
in Edinburgh to prepare the Reyal apart-
`the
al Rolyroed Palace for the use of Her Majesty and
to be-o re Y
- on their journey to Balmoral. They are
Tn„
- .A
for the begining of September.
Toesdasr`zuntn. embarked from the Lle of Wig'
.oen.
upc„n 'Doming Au board the royal yacht, and frocegt
8014 4 cruise to the Channel Islands. The Prance on-
povmild elder children accompanied Her Majesty. The
ein-84.tea, m squadron coNsisted of the Victoria and Albert,
Dast; Lyle Hon. Joseph Denman (aommander-ia-chief manger Capt. Le Febvre -(as pilot;) Fairy, 31aster.Com-
MoZer, yeleh ;and Admiralty yacht Black. Fagle,
eleven Petley, The squadron sailed at
Where 4411., and at six in the evening reached Alderney.,
Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales landed and foiroevqed the new harbour.worlf.s and breakwater. On the
of Psi. lig morning Her Majesty landed, and
.went
isles a tour
um ts th the chief objects of interest in the d.
tut 11 etc embarking the royal party continued their cruise,
iprned towards the Isle of Wight in the evening.
%be nrsday morning the Queen had safely returned to
NNane-house, which, however, she again quitted early on
ti,,lll°rning, and proceeded to London by the South
4e1(1 ap .nailwaY. On Friday afternoon Her Majesty
~.I.°Yai "PIT, Council at Buckingham Palace, when the
eco upon the prorogation of Parliament as sub-
DpZor her approbation by the Prime Minister. .
of
see'L OP TRH KING OP SIXONY.—The Intelligence
k death of this king is communicated in telegraphy
kai:fe from Munich under date of Thursday. His
iinG,,,s'Y's death appears to have been the result of an
twa-"iinate accident while travelling from Munich to his
rod. caPital of Dresden. The carriage in which the
W' was, 3' some mismanagement, overturned, his
ng
the'lestY falling among the horses, received fromanopdeof
aft: a kick, which terminated fatally almost immediately
rhtds• The deceased Monarch was a son of Duke
Adis ci-,l4au (who was born in 1759, and died in 1838).
°edecilestY Was born on the 18th of May, 1798, and sne-
of 1, at June, 1836, by virtue of the act of renunciation
eO.father, to his uncle, King Anthony, having been
,11;irnt from the 30th of September, 1830, to the period
May,l4o,e?,ssain°dn•WasThae King of Saxony visited England in
the r guest of Her Majesty at the period
The ,_on_iperor of Russia's unexpected arrival in London.
sor 6aawtiponarchs met at Buckingham Palace and Wind-
in . and were together present at the Ascot rFe
ode
4of that far.y The King, although twice married
eed bn° !Ilsoe Yeiter conso4 His Majesty is sue')
laoissutegephhier
byYhhis brot.her. the Duke John Nepomucene Marie
of the lac irt 1822 the Duchess Anaelie Auguste,
King n Joseph of Bavaria
nf the present Q
Ire mily neon. Dowager of Saxony), by whoni
Taws v ot eight children. The present King is
oted to literature.