The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-10
DAILY DISPATCH.

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CONFIRMING ras BarrisH oRpER or NuoR--Th"
acro-s Of yaior" was conferred by Queen Victoria
On tho ooth ult on tho British roi,liers who drt'n-
suished themselves 10 the Crimcan wat The eere.
monv came OF at Hyde Park, Londoh, ahd j. 'h"s
described by the Post;
xrnro a riding habit with d,rk blue skirt and scar
Let body or Jacket resembling military tunc, bu'
omen some distance from the throat ana goia en-,
bro;dorei sash the left shoulder, and like all
fhe members Of the royal party In military costume
her Majesty wore Grape ronnd the LEFT arm. A
black riding hat with gold band, and red and white
feathers, completed the costume OF the oneen.
LADY Churchill and the Hon, Miss Buteel wore
black habits. Tho Prince Consort wore the uni
form Of Field Marshal, and Prince Frederick vii.
liam that Of the Prussian Guards The Prince OF
Wales and Prince Alfred wore Highland tartans,
and rode on ponies After arriving al the pavilion
the whole oor2e rode down The front OF the lines,
and then returned to tie position In front of the
Queens stand.
All lsing In readiness, the ceremony of deelara-
tion commenced. The recipients advanced one by
one and were successfully introduced 10 her Majcs-
fy--the naval heroes nv Sir Charles Wood and the
military by Sir George Wetherall. Lord Panmurc
was In close attendance, and himself handed tho
crosses 30 her Majesty, who, still mounted slightly
stopped o. each recipient came up and affixed.
with gracious smile OF recognition, the highly
priced guerion on his breast. Her Majesty did not
address All ohservation to any one of the gallant
band Int her manner to each WAS especially re-
msrkahle for tina. condcscending grace and gentle
womaniy feeling which she invariably msnifests.
An amusing iufiicnt occurred recently IN regard
10 Powers Fisher Roy. gentleman who set 6
high value on his copy of this graceful work, be
fore starting TO Europe, had II carefully -hrouded
iu cotton and deposited in a box. gang Of iuyen
iie fS glars invaded his premises, broke open the
case, anal Thought from its weight, To find plate
Within Irt when the white visage Of the marble
sleeper Caught their eyes, by the dim light Of 4
lantern, thinkir they had disturbed corpse, they
OH md fled
without.s particle ~ spoil
brave veteran officer rerouuoiterug n battcr,
which II wss necessary 10 storm, iaconicaUy AN
swered the engineers, who wore endeaVoring t.
dissusde him from the a'trnlt-'f'rntl"m"n You
and think what yoIr phase. all know ~
that the American flag must be Dssttsi on tn" ram
parts tomorrow morning, for ! have the order in
my pocket"
The American tragcdian, James =. Murdoch,
Esp., was on tho 9th of June sGjourninG ncar the
Lake Of Como
Mr.. Samuel Y. Pace deputy Postmaster If pnr-
DIV Tenn aud tho son of tho Postmaster ar.
rested last week for robhing tn" mail
Young man, named Simon Myer, was drowned
ut Montgomery, Ala on Thursday last, while ba-
thing In tho river nj that place.
Quite number Of cattle hive died from IN" Bri
Marian, In Putnam county
.Jarratt's Hotel Petersburg, Va, war sold at auC-
ton, Wednesday, to John Jarrait. for $4,000
The inspections If -four in Fredericksburg, Va.
Tor the three months ending jury ISL f"athca IL 81
barrels.
Mrs Helen Huz7y late Of tho Richmond theatre,
j. making nm cAtrt To fit mp a theatre i'll Washing
ton city for the coming season.
Geo Peabody has given $4,000 in addition tn his
former gift Of 100000, to the city Of Baltimore
Hon VIM Ballard Preston, Of Virginia. waa IN
Baltimore, "Wednesday, rs also was Gen. Aiken, OF
sc.
The Cincinnati Times states that snow fell for 81
veral minutes ut CoynGtnn, Ky. oII,sit" that city
tho second Of Jnly.
Gov. Wise, Of Virginia. u in Washington city. al
Mrs. Wisc's, corner of New York avenue aud Ninth
street.