The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

PASSING EVENTS. THE visit of the Queen to the City of London was certainly an event of considerable importance, and all due honour was, with one sole exception, paid to her. True, the civic authorities looked somewhat foolish in their robes, and it is said that her Majesty was pleased to smile at the eccentric figure cut by the Lord Mayor, as he retreated from the Royal carriage to seek his own cumbersome vehicle; but all within the boundaries passed off well. The crowd, though fashionable, did not act so rudely as fashionable crowds are wont to do-they are generally the worst —and cheer after cheer rent the air as her Majesty gracefully bowed to the multitudes on either side. But once on her homeward route, she did not fare quite so well. Just before she emerged from the new Holborn Circus the crowd overpowered the police, though all was quiet when she passed; but a little higher up a portion of the people, perceiving the much-abused John Brown, the Queen's gillie, in the rumble of her carriage, cried out aloud, There's John Brown Pull him out! Turn him out! The police were able to restrain the people, but the cry was heard at least near, if not in, the Queen's carriage; for the Life Guards, either intentionally or by accident, closed up to the carriage in a somewhat singular manner. Happily nothing was attempted, and it is evident that the discontent was shared by but comparatively few, since the event is not chronicled in any of the accounts of the Royal pro. gross; and it would certainly have been a great scandal had the cry assumed a practical shape. Whatever may be the opinion of some people, the visit of the Queen on Saturday was assuredly not the time to show anything but loyalty, devotion, and sincerity. WHAT a glorious chance is now being held out for unknown and unread dramatists How they must rejoice at their possible happiness, for, under all circumstances, they will be able at least to have the pleasure of knowing for certain that their tragic' comic, melodramatic farces, or whatever other in- congruous compound they may chance to be, will be read, even if they be afterwards rejected. In short the Gaiety Gazette of last week contains a sug. gestion, indeed an off-er, that for the sum of one guinea the proprietors will receive and read they guarantee this any dramatic composi. tion that may be sent them; and, should the examinatioa prove sufficiently satisfactory, the author may mak e arrangements with a dramatic company to perform the piece at the Gaiety Theatre, which Mr. Hollingshead has placed at the disposal of the editor of the Gaiety Gazette on any morning the author may choose. Already rumour reports that several would-be authors have paid the necessary guinea, and have sent their productions to the ex- aminer. We cordially wish all concerned joy of their bargain, and anticipate considerable amusement in the event of a morning performance. But should not some arrangements be made for the wife and family of the examiner? for it will in time be almost a matter of certainty that be will be driven mad by the constant study of murders, suicides, and elope- ments. Besides, example is contagious. THE Emperor of the French has achieved a moral victory, the effect of which cannot be overrated Rochefort, the irreconcilable, the Opposition candi* date, whom many French constituencies wish to have the honour-if it'be one-of electing, has passed over from the safe asylum of Belgium, and, crossing the frontier, found himself on Friday in the hands of the French police. Here was a victory. Here was an opportunity of for ever extinguishing the lamben t flame of La Lanterne, and vindicating the rights Of law and order in Paris. It was an opportunity for which in olden times many monarchs would have paid dearly. To have one of their bitterest foes underflock and key meant speedy execution; but the Emperor, or M. Buonaparte, as Rochefort delights to call the ruler of France, was wiser than many gave him credit for. Rochefort was in his hands; but apart from the question of the trouble that his im. prisonment would cause, and the probable discontent of the followers of Raspail, it would be an act of mercy-so to say—on the part of the Emperor to release the turbulent man; and so he did: and not only that, but granted him a safe conduct during the elections. Howhe made use of it can be judged by the fact thatatameetingin Paris he declared that he would take the oath of allegiance simply to overturn the Govern- ment and establish a Republic. However, many things are said at an election meeting that are not meant, and therefore let us hope that M. Rochefort, when he becomes Rochefort the Deputy, may be easily amen. able to reason and justice. As it is, the Emperor has, as we have said before, achieved a great moral victory, and has added another illustration of the fact that in France liberty too often means license.

AT THE LEIGH POLICE-EOTRAT a beer-seller has been charged with .permitting drunkenness and dis- orderly conduct in his house,, and the charge being made out to the satisfaction of the magistrates, he was fined 40a. and costs. It is provided in the recent Beer-house Act that all convictions shall be recorded on the lioence, and the defendant was asked to pro- 'duce the document in order that tha entry might be made upon it. He, however, had omitted to take it with him, and for that omission he was fined .£5. KOSSETTER'S HAIE RESTOMDeiimQe only, preparation which can be confidently relied upon tor lestoring^jrey haie to its original colour. It assists mtJAseda supplying the colour- ing properties which may have become .dafieifiiU th £ i £ syjh age or disease. Price 3d. 6d. per iwtUe,

BURIBB A-LIVE I The question of premature 'burial continues to cite much interest in Franee. So many cases of < persons being buried alive or only narrowly escaping that fate, have occurred within the last few months, that several writers hvebegun an earnest crusade against the existing laws. M. Ramboson has just published a very elaborate-treatise on the subject, and, if the data he furnishes are correct, there can be no doubt that the present obligatory interment 24 hours after officially. promounced deceased involves a very serious risk of being buried alive. According to medical men who have made the subject their special study, there is no imfallible sign of death but incipient decomposition, which does not necessarily manifest itself before the third day. The case of the dead-room at Frankfort, which is often quoted to show that when persons are declared to be dead they always are so de facto, because no one ever returned to life in that ante- chamber of the grave, really proves next to nothing, for the reason that only 125 corpses on an average are deposited there annually, giving a total since the institution has existed of 2,500, instead of 60,000, as was erroneously stated some months ago at the Academie des Sciences. The author adds a fearful catalogue of well-authenticated instances of these fatal mistakes. Some are extremely curious; for instance, the case of the German whose epitaph records that he was thrice pronounced dead before his final interment, and was buried alive at last; and that of the Abbe Prevost, the author of Manon Lescaut," who was revived and killed by the knife of the surgeon who was dissecting him. To non-travelling English- men the subject presents little personal interest, but it seriously affects those who travel in lands where precipitate interment is the rule.

INDIAN FINANCE. "A Calcutta Merchant," descanting in the Times upon the mysterious intricasies of Indian finance, raises a cry for another real Chancellor of the Ex- chequer for India, such as was Mr. James Wilson. Sir Richard Temple's bungling has probably con- vinced the most exclusive members of the Civil Service that a training in Indian administration is not the best preparation for the delicate art of budget- making. But it is easier to ask England for a Minister of Finance than to find one. We have not too many financiers at home, and cannot easily spare those we have. Moreover, there seem to be elements of difficulty in Indian finance growing greater in place of decreasing. The opium traffic, for instance, which however "immoral," was the mainstay of an Indian budget, is not "fluctuating," accordiugto the "Calcutta Merchant," but actually dwindling. "It is no more likely that the Chinese will give up the luxury of smoking opium than we shall give up smoking tobacco and drinking wines and spirits;" but then the Chinese are beginning to grow the noxious but seductive drug on a large scale for themselves, and though they cannot produce it equal in strength and flavour to "fine Malwa," they can make a profit of it at one-third the price of the Indian narcotic. What can the greatest financial genius that we could send out to Calcutta do to repair the decline of revenue from this cause ? Nothing, says the "Calcutta Merchant," but put on a heavy income-tax; and that we are afraid is about the only thing Hindus will not tolerate.—Echo.

TWO SIMPLETONS: A SINGULAR CASE OF BREACH OF PROMISE. At the Court of Exchequer ÐU Wednesday a breach of promise case, Payne v. Smith, was heard. The plaintiff, a woman 55 years of age, but who was said to be 59, who had been a general servant and is now a charwoman, sued the defendant, an old man 77 years of age, who formerly was a blacksmith and now farmed 16 acres of land, for breach of his promise to marry her. This, we believe, is the first case under the new statute which enables a plaintiff in an action of breach of promise to give evidence, the statute requiring that corroborative testimony of the promise should also be given. The plaintiff and defendant had been acquainted for many years, and, as the plaintijf. swore, the defendant 19 years ago asked her if she would have him, and she told him she would, and the reason for the ceremony not being performed at once arose from the defendant declaring that he could not marry till his brother and his brother's wife were dead. From time to time the defendant made the plaintiff presents of sums of money, and occasionally gave her a fowl or some eggs. Years passed on, and at last the plaintiff, who had been out of a situation for 14 years, living with her mother, asked the defendant why he did not fulfil his promise. The defendant replied that he was too old to be married, and, besides, he had got a housekeeper who treated him very well, and did not wish to change. A sister of the plailltiff was called to prove that she heard the defendant promise to marry her sister and a Mrs. Dickinson stated that she was acquainted with the plaintiff and her friends, and had herself gone down to the defendant's house at Hemel Hempstead and served him with the writ in the action. The defendant, who had his left arm supported in a. sling and his hand covered in wash-leather, was helped into the witness-box, and seemed to be suffer- ing torture from gout, denied that he had ever promised to marry the plaintiff", and said the presents he had made were given out of consideration for her position, as she worked hard and was very poor. Other witnesses were called on the defen- dant's side, and all they proved was that the defendant was comfortably off, his farm being his own, and that he had besides X2,000 in money. After the case had been fought out and the learned Baron had summed up, the jury found for the plain-, tiff—damages .£50.

THE BRITON IN PARIS. The Morning Post (says the Echo), has made a miraculous discovery, and our fashionable friend is clothed in notes of exclamation over a very simple fact relating to this journal. Discoursing upon the English press in Paris, the Post says: Most re- markable of all, the Echo is sold for two sous, or one penny, in the streets of Paris! Here, then, any one of the Anglo-Saxon race can purchase a London news- paper, with the telegrams and ordinary news of the day, given on good paper (better printed than the penny journals), for one penny in the streets of Paris. Only two years ago this would have been declared im- possible. The price of the Times sold on the Boule- vards is eight sous, or fourpence, and the London penny papers are charged five sous, or twopence half- penny." And then the Post indulges half regretful memories of old age, and recalls days long before the Echo was a possibility, "when the British abroad, and especially the British traveller, had to proceed to Galignani's reading-room, or the one or two French reading-rooms, or Meurice's Hotel, to learn in his native tongue what the world was doing."

A NEW WAY OF SPENDING MONEY. A new invention for making homes happy would deserve to be placed on the highest pinnacle of useful knowledge. Conceive the adjustments which would figure in the specification upon which a patent for such a precious invention would be based. But whilst we smile at the idea of such an invention, we may well sigh over the amount of ignorance which prevails in the art of making the home what it should be. There is nothing that touches us all more closely than the arrangements of our homes and an attempt, on a comprehensive scale, to set out accurately and in scientific order the laws which govern and the rules which should regulate that most necessary institution-the Household—is a matter of such importance to the public at large that it becomes the duty of the journalist to call special attention to it. Cassell's Household Guide is the title of the work in which the attempt will be made. The first instalment of it has now made its appearance in the form of a monthly serial, and the amount of information which it supplies is so exten- sive, as well-as so practical, that, in a brief notice of a work which takes so wide a range, we can only con- vey a faint indication of its merits. The question is not whether any one can afford to lay outsevenpence a month in the purchase of so valuable a guide, but whether he can afford to go without what & contem- porary has described as A treasure for housekeepers, -both young and old-everything of use and interest in a family being touched upon, and valuable receipts and instructions given for making home happy., and conducting its affairs economically."

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DEATH OF MR. PEABODY. We deeply regret to state that Mr. George Pea- • body died at halfipast eleven on Thursday night, at his house in Eaton-square. The deceased gentleman was born in the oily of Danvers, Masmehusetts, on, the 18th of February, 1795. The name is supposed to be a singular corruption of a French patronymic, but in reality the family is of English origin. George Peabody began his business life at the age of eleven, when he was entered as a junior clerk in a grocery store at Dangers. Four years later he became an apprentice to his elder brother. The war with Great Britain was at that time going on, and his uncle was a volunteer soldier and speedily a general. George left his brother and served under kim, and was en- gaged at Fort Warburton; but at the olose of the short war he returned to his original pursuits and became a merchant in the city of Baltimore, with branch houses at Philadelphia and New York. He succeeded well, and in the course of years he thought he could still further extend his business by coming to England. He first visited this country in 1837, and ultimately settled in London in 1843, as a merchant and money-broker. But business was not his only thought. When a mere youth he had made this solemn vow:—" If God spares my life, and prospers me in business, then the; property of which I may become possessed I will devote to His glory, in seeking the good of my fellow-men wherever their claims may seem most to rest upon me." That vow has been faithfully and nobly kept; and, unlike those who wait for their death to re-distribute the riches they can no longer enjoy, Mr. Peabody has benefited others with almost unparalleled munificence, while yet he could direct the streams of his bounty, and watch the effects of his splendid gifts. In 1851, while residing in England, he supplied, at his own cost, the arranging and garnishing of the United States department of the Great Exhibition. He contributed, in the following year, to the expense of the American expedition, fitted out under Dr. Kane, for inquiring into the fate of Sir John Franklin in the Iretic Seas. In the same year, he revisited his native city of Danvers, and founded there, at a coat of £ 30,000, an educational institution for the benefit of his fellow-townsmen. In 1857, he built and endowed in Baltimore an institution mainly devoted to science, and including a free library, which several years ago had already cost him more than £ 100,000. Magnifi- cent, however, as were these acts, they were [ quite cast into the shade by that which he afterwards did for the London poor. On retiring from business in 1862, he presented the City ef London with the sum of £ 150,000, to be applied to the benefit of the working classes by the erection of comfortable and convenient lodging- houses and this sum was doubled in February, 1866, by the gift of another Y,150,000. The freedom of London and other cities was conferred on Mr. Peabody, and her Majesty (learning that that was the only form of acknowledgment he would accept) addressed to him a letter, accompanying a miniature of herself, expressing her sense of the grandeur of his gift. Shortly after his second magnificent gift, Mr. Peabody left England for his native country, where he resided' some time, and where he presented to Harvard University 150,000 dollars to establish a museum and professorship of American archaeology and ethnology. The United States Congress, in March 1867, passed a vote of thanks to him for his gifts to the people but the highest reward of such a man is in the consciousness of great gifts gloriously used, and great riches converted into mighty and prolific blessings.

THAMES v. TYNE. On Friday the great boat-race, far X400, between the Tyne and the Thames crews, was rowed. Both crews were in good condition, and the Tyne men were the favourites in the betting. The choice of stations was won by the Thames men, and they took the Middlesex; the two starting boats being moored about 170 yards above the Aqueduct, and a good distance apart from one another. There was no fiddling for the start. From the very start the Tyne began to lead, and though keeping a course dead in the mid stream they gave the point a wide berth. They so far got away that in two minutes from the start they were clear, and the Thames cox- swain performing some erratic movements, they were leading in the Shoot by a clear length; here, again, the Thames boy worked the rudder, and a serpentine course, varied by an abrupt sheer at the Soap Works from left to right, gave the Tyne an additional length; the Tyne boy, however, was not blameless, as he made detours hitherto un- recognised on the river, but they were done gradually. Hammersmith-bridge was reached in 8 min. 48 sees. from the start. The steering of the Tyne boat was now good all up along the Eyot, and as to the finish the race had resolved itself into a procession, the Thames coxswain had nothing to do but to follow in the wake of the Tyne crew. The top of Chiswick Eyot was passed in 13 min. 5 sec. Up Corney Reach, Renforth kept to a steady 38, while Hammerton never faltered below 40. At Barnes-bridge, 17 min. 35 sec., the Thames men were four clear lengths be- hind, and as if to chronicle the fact Renforth and his crew waved their hands to friends on shore. On near- ing the brewery Renforth put it on, and they finished with 41 a good five lengths clear of the Thames. The crews were:— TYNE. st. lb. THAMES. st. lb. 1. J. Taylor 10 3 1. J. Sadler 11 1 2. T. Winship 10 12 2. H. Kelley 10 12 3. J.Martin 11 8 3. W. Messenger .11-6 4. J. Renforth 11 10 4. G. Hammerton 10 g J. Wilson (cox.) 3 12 G. Hammerton (cox.) 3 g The stake on this oocasion won by the Tyne is X400, and on the 19th they again meet a Thames crew on their own river for the same amount. We believe that the articles specify one man only in each crew as binding, so that Hammerton, if he is so minded, can make a sweeping change in his men, and if he is going to call the crew a representative Thames one he had better do so at once. Renforth showed himself as skilful as stroke as he is as a sculler.

SUICIDE BY A CLERGYMAN. The other day an inquest was held to inquire into the cause of death of the Rev. Gilbert Proctor. It appears the deceased was in the enjoyment of a con- siderable living, near Ulverstone. He was a near relative of Mrs. Gregg, and was on a visit to that lady's husband. On Monday night he retired to rest, as was supposed, at the usual hour. When next seen alive it was by Mrs. Gregg. This was half-past five o'clock on Tuesday morning. At half-past eight o'clock Mrs. Gregg had occasion to enter the bath- room. Here she found the rev. gentleman lying upon the floor with two deep gashes in his throat, and a wound on each arm. A razor lay beside him. Mrs. Gregg, horrified by the spectacle, screamed and gave the alarm, when a doctor was at once sent for, but of course the deceased was beyond the reach of medical skill. He was 48 years of age, married, and he leaves a grown-up son. For some time he has been engaged in a Chancery suit, involving a question of serious moment to himself and several other gentlemen, and it is supposed that the issue preyed upon his mind to such an extent as to cause him to commit the act from which he died. The jury re- turned a verdict of Temporary insanity. ,-Eoho.

THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES for the repre- sentation of the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities took place on Tuesday at Glasgow. The candidates proposed were Mr. Archibald Smith and Mr. Edward Stratheran Gordon. The show of hands was in favour of the latter gentleman, and a poll being demanded it will take place on the 15th instant. 0 ONE OF THE BOYS ON BOARD the training ship Warspite, off Charlton, has committed suicide by hang- ing himself in a fit of temper. The lad, who was named George Dodson, aged 15, was admitted by the Marine Society on the 18th ult., and was placed in solitary confinement for misconduct, and half an hour after- wards was found hanging by his comforter, quite dead. THE OTHER DAY a large number of beautiful brilliant ornaments and fine loose stones, the pro- perty 0..£ a deceased gentleman, were disposed of under the hammer. The following were the more con- spicuous objects:—A matchless brilliant and pearl bracelet, X,Oo; a pair of lustrous brilliant earrings, of the purest water, £ 157; a splendid large single- stone brilliant ring, > £ 78; a cluster brilliant brooch and,pair of top and drop earrings en suite, £ 72; f brilliant royal presentation ring, £ 30; a 9-ston ? cluster tbrilliant ring, < £ 22; a beautiful large pea> shaped brilliant, £ 91; a ditto, £ 34 a large emerald £ 22 10s. and about fifty lets of loose brilliants an rose diamonds, sold at various prices per carat, th. total atacxant ieing £ 00 gaineas. 1, shaped brilliant, £ 91; a ditto, £ 34 a large emerald £22 10s. and about fifty lets of loose brilliants an rose diamonds, sold at various prices per carat, th. total atacxant ieing £ 00 gaineas. 1,

THB,(ZUEEYS VIBITTO THE OITY. It is 1-8 years since her Majesty paid a State visit to the Oity, and it is not surprising that the announce- ment of her intention to do so was received with the liveliest satisfaction. In mo capital could warmer demonstrations of loyalty have been exhibited than London witnessed on Saturday morning. The metro- polis-in the widest sense of the word—West-end and City alike—had given itself a holiday. The decorations in the streets were a good deal marred by the wind and rain of Friday, but it is long since the metropolitan thoroughfares have presented so gay an appearance. New Bridge-street presented a scene of great magnificence; amongst the most prominent decorations were those at the different insurance offices and Messrs. Spiers and Pond's establishment. A number of the inhabitants had combined to exhibit the following motto, which required many yards of frontage for its display:— Welcome Victoria Thy life is dear; For all that life can rate worth name of life In thee hath estimate. At the bridge the principal part of the day's cere- monial took place. Here her Majesty entered on the City jurisdiction, here she received the Sword of State, and here the address of the corporation was presented, but not read. The pavilion erected was handsomely decorated in white and gold. To the south it presented three divisions-those on either side hung with scarlet and white curtains of light material; that in the centre closed by a handsome heavy drapery of maroon-coloured cloth richly orna- mented with Greek key-pattern gold lace. As soon as her Majesty approached the pavilion the centre curtain spoken of was drawn up by men stationed at the corners, and the roadway of the bridge opened before the Royal party. Within the pavilion-which was 80 feet in length, by 60 in breadth, and 40 in height-the decoration was exceedingly simple. The scarlet and white striped lining was enriched by "swags" of brilliant scarlet cloth, relieved with fringes and tassels of the same colours the support- ing pillars were white, and the auditorium was laid and divided off from the roadway with dark crimson cloth. At the viaduct the pavilion was larger than that on the .bridge, seating 600 spectators (the other was supposed to accommodate 500), and it was much more elaborately adorned without. The Royal arms, in rich gilding, surmounted the main entrance, supported on either hand by the City arms, above the side divisions. Four female figures, bearing golden baskets of fruit, were placed against the richly gilt mouldings dividing the centre from the sides, and between each pair of basket-bearers stood a larger statue, selected from among the best copies of works in the Crystal Palace. Gilded griffins and numerous banners completed the adornment of the end of the pavilion. Within, tm the right hand, was a crimson dais and three large bronzed gas lustres hung from the roof. The bronze statues of Agriculture, Com- merce, Science, and Art, and the lions and griffins that crown the masonry on which the arches of the viaduct rest, which here came into view, were un- obscured by any temporary devices. From this point the roadway was again lined with stands for spectators. The proceedings at Blackfriars-bridge and the Hol- born Viaduct were carried out according to the official programme as follows:—Her Majesty left the Great Western Railway-station, Paddington, in state, and proceeded by way of the parks, Constitution-hill, the Horse-guards, Westminster-bridge, and Stamford- street, arriving at Blackfriars-bridge, Surrey side, at twelve o'clock. Her approach was announced by trumpeters. The Foot Guards formed a guard of honour. Upon her Majesty's arrival the band of the Guards played the National Anthem. Her Majesty was received on the Surrey side of the bridge by the Lord Mayor, the Right Honourable James Clarke Lawrence, M.P. (attended by the Swordbearer and Macebearer); the Sheriffs, Joseph Causton, Esq., Alderman, and James Vallentin, Esq.; the Chair- man of the Bridge-house Estates Committee, John Paterson, Esq.; and a deputation of two aldermen and six commoners on the committee. The Lord Mayor then delivered to her Majesty the Sword of State, according to usual custom. The address of the corporation was pre- sented to her Majesty by the Lord Mayor. Mr. John Paterson, chairman of the Bridge-house Estates Committee, the mover of the address, and Mr. Joseph Cubitt, the engineer, were presented to her Majesty by the Lord Mayor, and the chairman offered for her Majesty's gracious acceptance an illuminated book containing a short account of Blackfriars-bridge. The ceremony at this point was concluded by her Majesty being graciously pleased to declare tho bridge open for public traffic. The regiment of the 49th Middlesex (Post-office) Volunteers was stationed on the City side of Blackfriars-bridge, and the band of the Coldstream Guards on the bridge. The procession from Blackfriars-bridge was formed and passed over Blac'kfria,rs-bridge,along Bridge- street and Farringdon- street, under the Viaduct-bridge, and up Farringdon- road, turning to the right, up Charter-house-street, past the New Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market, and along Giltspur-street, entering upon the Holborn Viaduct at its eastern end. Her Majesty's approach to this point was announced by trumpeters the guards forming a guard of honour, and upon her Ma- jesty's arrival the band of the Guards played the National Anthem. At the Pavilion on the Viaduct her Majesty was received by the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Chairman of the Improvement Committee (Thomas Henry Fry, Esq., Deputy), and a deputation of two aldermen and six commoners on the com- mittee. The Lord Mayor then presented to her Ma jesty Thomas Henry Fry, Esq., deputy, the chairman of the Impvovement Committee and seconder of the address, and William Haywood, Esq., the engineer; and the chairman offered for her Majesty's gracious acceptance an illuminated book, containing a short account of the Holborn Valley Improvements. 1 he ceremony at this point concluded by her Majesty being graciously pleased to declare the Viaduct open for public traffic. The precession then passed over the Viaduct to the western end, at which point is the site for the eques- trian statue of the late Prince Consort, now in course of execution. The several carriages in the procession turned to the right, down Charterhouse-street, leav- ing the roadway up Holborn clear for the Royal car- riages, by which route her Majesty left the City. The First City of London Rifle Volunteer Brigade was stationed at the eastern end of the Viaduct; the First City Engineers and the First London Artillery on the Viaduct at the four angles of the bridge the Second and Third London Rifle Volunteers at the western end of the Viaduct; and the band of the Life Guards (Blue) at the eastern end of the pavilion on the Viaduct. After the Queen, who was accompanied by the Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold, had .fulfilled her share of the above programme, passed out of the hoarding surrounding the viaduct, her Majesty proceeded up Holborn and Oxford-street to the Great Western terminus, whence she started for Windsor, arriving there at two o'clock. Her reception at all points of the route was most enthusi- astic, and the assembled multitude gave vent to the expression of the greatest loyalty. The whole cere- mony was one of the utmost importance, and the 6th of November will long live in the memories of the citizens of London as one of the most important in the history of London.

"ONLY KISSED HER." At Clerkenwell, Charles Pezzala was lately sum. moned for assaulting Jane Pearson, on the 17th of October last. 'The complainant stated that on Sunday, the 17th of October, she was in a neighbour s house, in Charles- street, Hatton-garden, partaking of tea, when the defendant came in and sat himself on her lap. She pushed him away, and he caught hold of her round the neck and bit her in the cheek, and made it bleed. She pushed him away, and he struck her a blow in the face which made her nose bleed. In cross-examination by the defendant she said she had been keeping company with him f°r sorue time, and had sent him a letter asking him to meet her. The defendant: I only kissed her; I never bite letter asking him to meet her. The defendant: I only kissed her; I never bite her. Mr. Barker I never heard of checks being made to bleed with a kiss (laughter). The defendant said he had kept company with the complainant for some time, and when he went into he house where phe was having some tea, they asked vhat he was going to stand. He sent for some gin, ond said he must go, as he had got a young woman o meet, whereupon the complainant struck him in he mouth because she was jealous of him. He 'triWk her back and made her nose bleed, but he did tot tite her, he onaiy kissed her. Mr. Barku, axliouzned the case.

CONTINENTAL ON DITS. —♦— ONE day last week Figaro published a pretended proclamation of the Emperor, for which it was seized; to this it added an advertisement of a company— La France "-which was being formed to regenerate France by the application of modern industry to social policy, the "directors" being Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte and son, the Archbishop of Paris, the Marquis de la SeigHkre (of the Theatre Frangais), &c. AMONG the "incidents" of the 26th of October may be mentioned the refusal of Patti to sing on that evening at the opera. She was afraid she would not be able to regain her marble halls. The" Reds, however, would not have touched a hair of her head.. Possibly the person who most benefited on this day of dupes number two, was a charlatan, who sold for- a sou a receipt to prevent one from being killed during a riot. On opening the letter, a slip informed you, to stay at home." A PIQUANT anecdote is related with reference to the -interview between the Empress Eugenie and King Victor Emmanuel. The Emperor had expressed > a wish that the Italian monarch should be received^ with great cordiality, and the Empress faithfully executed his wishes. Victor Emmanuel begged per- mission to kiss the hand of her Majesty, which she graciously permitted. As the King retired, he, observed, with a smile, Do you know, madame, that you have received the kiss of one who is excom- municated ?" This pleasantry of the King caused the Empress considerable emotion. THE King of Prussia is indefatigable, considering his age (72). He has had the courage to visit the theatre at Carlsruhe and listen to the whole of one of Wagner's operas. After this terrible operation he presided at a grand dinner party. DURING the last few days the police in Rome have seized a number of umbrellas enclosing a dagger in the handle. THE Pontifical army has been reinforced in the, course of the present month by 400 recruits. THE Pope, who is enjoying excellent health (writes a correspondent from Rome), is very uneasy about the aged bisheps who are on their way to Rome, the weather here being frightful. Deluges of rain are interrupted only by violent storms of BBOW and hail, while the sea rages round the coast; and the other day a Pontifical barque was wrecked at Ci-vita Vecchia. THE Pope is said to have received a letter frqm-the Empress Eugenie, regretting that she cannot, as she intended, pay him a visit on her return from the East, and stating cogent reasons for the omission THE great criminal Tropmann has received notice to prepare for his trial. He has not yet selected his advocate; but, as such will be provided for him by the State, he has plenty of talent to choose from. A ST. PETERSBURG telegram states that the Emperor of Russia has received the son of the Emir of Bokhara and the other members of the Bokhara mission. His Majesty said he hoped that henceforth friendly relations would be maintained and increased between Russia and Bokhara, and added that Russia had not been the cause of the rupture between the two countries. Two more duels are reported, between M. Bigot, a journalist, and M. Gustave Fould, the son of the late Minister, who is also a member of the Chamber—M. Fould was slightly wounded—and between two gentlemen whose names have not been as yet before the public, MM. de la Motterie and de Fertiville. One of them sustained a wound as trifling as the cause of the quarrel-a few hot words at play. HIS MAJESTY the King of Prussia has lately re- prieved the notorious murderer Wittmann, who was sentenced to death, and commuted his punishment to imprisonment with hard labour for life.. The criminal had been proved guilty of making away with his four wives one after another and his two children from purely avaricious motives. EVER since the departure of the Empress the Prince Imperial has been admitted to his Majesty's table, and placed to the left of his august father. This constant mixture with the company invited to the chateau has greatly developed the young Prince's tone and manner, and given him that aplomb the absence of which was wont to be admired by the Em- press while deplored by the Emperor. When the re- past is over he again mixes with the guesta, who take coffee and cigars, and is no longer compelled to retire with the ladies to the drawing-room while the smoking is going on. A FEW days ago the Pope visited a tobacco manufactory, and was presented by the manager with, several thousands of the best cigars. The Holy Father is a great smoker, invariably taking a cigar after every meal. The Catholic world, though it in- cludes nearly all the smoking nations, never considers that cigars can be wanted at the Vatican; and, con* sequently, these requisites make a poor show in tha stream of presents which has poured in upon the Pope. THE widow of the unfortunate Maximilian occasion- ally has lucid intervals, but they are very rare. She resides habitually at the Chateau de Tervuereid." She is not permitted to take long walks in the park now, as on several occasions she attempted to escape from the persons who attend upon her. Recently she attempted to escape on the horse of a soldier who had brought despatches from Brussels, and this. recreation has therefore been denied her. IT is said the Pope's treasury is empty. Last week, so says the rumour, a demand was made upon it for 500,000 francs, but there was no response. A NEW dancing-place, with garden, has been opened at Paris, bearing the amusing name of Tivoli-Waux-Hall! THE ex-Queen of Spain is unhappy in her Parisian palace. Not only are the high officers in her house- hold leaving, but the "plush" also. Senor Jeames cannot live in exile, and has decided to take? the air on the Prado of Madrid. The relations' between the Emperor and Isabella are not cordial- It must not be forgotten Eugenie left for the Sweet Waters" without an adios to Her Most Catholic Majesty. SINCE it was semi-officially announced that Trop- mann's photograph did not exist—except one copy with the authorities—the town is flooded with the krict card of the aroh-scoundrel. Any young man aged 20 will do. THE PRICE OF DIPLo:MAcy.The post of French ambassador at St. Petersburg is the most important diplomatic appointment, if we may judge from the1 amount of salary attached. The following statement' exhibits the income of French ambassadors at the various courts :-St. Petersburg, 300 000fr. (X 12,000) London, 275,OOOfr. (- £ 11,000); Vienna, 200,OOOfr. ( £ 8,000); Madrid, < £ 150,OOOfr. ( £ 6,000); Constanti-' nople, 140,OOOfr. (.£5,600); Rome, 140,000fr. (, £ 5,600); Pekin, 320,000fr. ( £ 4,800); Berlin, 110 00 (, £ 5,600); Pekin, 320,000fr. ( £ 4,800); Berlin, 110,OOOfr. ( £ 4,460); Florence, 110,OOOfr. ( £ 4,400); Berne, 100,000fr. (, £ 4;000). French diplomatists are treated wltf, great liberality. The Minister a ccredited ° small Swiss Republic receives as much as- £ 4,000 per annum. TRE forthcoming (Ecumenical Council at Rome will be the twenty-first in the history oS the Roman Catholic Church. Subjoined is a list of the places where previous councils have been held, with the dates: — At Nicea, in 325 Constantinople, 381; Ephesus, 431; Chalcedonia, 451; Constantinople (second time), 553; Constantinople (third time), 680; Nicea (second time), 787; Constantinople (fourth time), 869; Rome, 1123; Roms (seconds time), 1139; Rome (third time), 11791;. Rome (fourth time), 1215; Lyons, 1245; Lyons (second5 time), 1274; Vienna, in Dauphiny, 1311; Pisa, 1409; Constance, 1414; Florence, 1429'; Bale, 1431; and Trent, 1545. PRINCE Lours MUEAT, who was supposed to hpva, slung his hammock before the mast, and who certainly joined the French navy as a common seamax^ enjoys certain privileges not accorded to tars 111 general;. he messes with his captain, has his own cabin, and. will, no doubt, be spared every unnecessary hard-- ship. A PROOF of the hatred which the Parisians entar"- tain towards foreigners is furnished by their daily manner of speaking. For them a usurer, is an Arab; a man that cheats at cards, is a Greek a paid ap- plauder at a theatre, is a Roman a vagabond, is a- Bohemian; a drunkard, ig a Pole. an ignorant, headstrong fellow, is what Voltaire called a Welch;. a suspicious person, is, an American; an impolite-, rude person, is a Savoyard; a creditor, is an English- man; a man whose Physiognomy leaves much t be desiredi is a Chinese; and a licentious man, ia a. Turk. THE Opinions publishes some interesting statistics- apropos of the Ministerial crisis now existing at Florence. It says that within the last seven years the Minister of the Interior has been changed four times.