, 1862-04-28

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Tie Princess Royal has returned to Prussie,
she ought to be, Queen Victoriai is epparcntly
getting out Of the depths Of her grief, for she
rides ard drives out every day, transa3.s busi-
ut IS With her Ministers, and SO on. She con
times percmptory in her opinion, which is
fnmense granite obeiisk in Hyde Park, on On the be
site Of the Crystal Pa'ace Of 1851, is to be TIC
Memorial to Prince Albert. In the Island Of
Null, belonging to the Duke Of Argyle, is an
entire block Of stone which may be cut twelve
feet at the base and eight at the top, and the
wight would te LOCO tons. The expense Of
monohth would be immense. The Times eaYs
- perhaps, from first to last, nearly half rs
much as the cost Of an iron-plated frigate.''
The general impression,a as far as can be judged,
is decidedly against IN Egyptian monument to
an English prince
The statute Introduced into the House Of
Commons, q lew weeks ago, authorizing the
lssnc Of military and some other commissions
Without the Queens signature seems to have
been quietly withdrawn. Her Majesty has
commenced signing some, out Of the thous-
ands ofpubltc documents ttat want her holo-
f
aoccdotc that the first batch Of army commits
sions sent hy Sir George Lewis for her sigma
tarc was Indignantly returned to the War Of
nee, With sharp mcssage from her Majesty
tha1 she would not Eign any document unless
It was blackcned On the edges and margin, in
Pafmerston had some difficulty in puysuading
the Queen that it would occupy hundred
clerks during several months to FL up anew a
1rtsh lot Of commissions SO decorated with
the trappings and the signs Of woe
It is generally stated and believed that Vic
which Lord Russell sent to Lord Lyons. last
Deccmber, demanding the restoration Of
Mess1s. Mason and Slideu by the United
States She thought that the languaue vas
too Imperative, and materially softencd 1t. Il
Is also believed that the secession Of the Or
ieans Fflnces TO the Federal army was made
With flctoIlars full concurrence The Orleans
tamlly with whom she is connected by the
marriage OF her uncle Leopold to Louis Phil
nppe's eldest daughter, arc understood to take
no important step without consulting Queen
Leopold Of Belgium, besides the ai11nent Of
being serenty-two years old, Is laid up now
With painful, and, perhaps, fatal complaint.
he has been cut for the stone, and cannot be
sald to have yet recovered from the operation
There are renewed accounts Of the increas-
ipg intirnity Of the Rops i He is feeble, but
worse than that Of most men Of seventy who
have led ascetic lives. His death, no doubt,
will materially alter Napolcon's relations with
Italy. The new Pope, whoever he may be,
would probably have to get on as best he
could, without the protection Of French
army in Rome.
Lord Palmerston has lattcrly become mar
tyr to the gont it it be true that, so soon after
*fta recent attack, he has it again-this time in
tae hand DenoEthencs had quinsy, when
6e did not want to speak, and Pam may be
see*,,tt7st'y u, during Nj. Gladstane's speech
tain thai, two days alter the Globe so7owfuly
recorded his Illness, there was, at his house,
one Of the pretty little Cabinet dinners which
be is famous for, and the host, despite the
gent, was in the chair, as usual. Palmerston's
gout, however, is q casual, whereas Derby's is
. constant visitor. There is nearly sixteen
year5 between the rivals, 1854 against 179a, but
to all appearance, Palmerston, aged Is. is Us
strong as Derby, aged 63.
It has often been noticed that the members
Of the British peerage have wonderful lon
geTfy. The fact is, they have rural life dur
ing siI months IN the year, abundant wealth,
and little to trouble them. We have just had
an account Of the death Of Lord Torpichen, a
Scotch PEER, in his 95d year. He was born in
179o, inst when Lord George Germaine and
sir Pailip Francis were astonishing the world
with the Letters Of Junius, and be did not
ed to the title until 1915. What events
did this old man witness! the American Rev
oluiion, the partition Of Poland, the downfall
OF the French Monarchy, the Republic, the
Empire, the Restoration and Second Empire.
the expulsion Of the Bourbons, the rise and
fall Of Louis Philippe, the accession OF Napo-
leon III, the Crimean and italian Wars, and,
finally, The American Civil War. The death
Of Lord Torpichcn leaves Lord Lyndausst the
Oldest man in the British reerage. Born in
Boston, Massachusetts, in l77a, he will com
piete his ninetieth year on the 21st Of next
May. He was only two years old when his
father, The painter, brought him to England
from America. At this moment, when he
pleaees to make the effort, there is no more
effective orator in the House Of Lords, though
he is SO feeble, bodily, as to be unable to de-
iyer speech on his legs.
TIE great Exhibition, the roof Of which
leaks so much that manufacturers refuse to
seld in their finer wares until it is made wa
ter-proof, will be opened On the first Of Nav
By Royal Commission, but will then be fir
ftpm complete Napoleon and his wife will
probably attend the opening.