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Poetry.
Then home I hied , like pilgrim to the Saviour ' s holy shrine . I dream'd of perfect bliss , Ah ! who could dream of this ? Dead , dead ! my love ! my only love ! my soul ' s beloved Catherine ! I asked for thee . In gloom They led me to thy tomb , AVhere lilies rear'd their fair ancl gentle faces above thine .
I shriek'd for death to come , For death to take me home , That in heaven at least I might possess my Catherine . Edinburgh , 1 SG 6 . —Axutoxv OXEAE HATE .
Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending Nov. 17th, 1866.
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV . 17 TH , 1866 .
Monday , Nov . 12 tli . —TJOY . VL GEOGR . VEV . ICAI , SOCIETY , Burlington House , at S . 30 p . m .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen , accompanied by Princess Louise , and attendee ! by the Hon . Emily Cafchcart , went ou the 31 sfc ult . to the Boys' Parish School , and afterwards called at the Manse to inquire after the Rev . Mr . Anderson , who is confined to the house by serious illness . Tho Queen drove out in the afternoon , accompanied by Princess Beatrice , and attended by
the Hon . Emily Cathcart , Her Majesty the Queen , with their Boyal Highnesses the Prince ancl Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Prince Leopold , and Princess Beatrice , left Balmoral on the 1 st inst . at five minutes before one o ' clock , and arrived at Windsor Castle on the 2 nd inst . at a quarter before nine . The Queen , accompanied by Princess Christian , drove in the grounds
in the afternoon , and her Majesty drove with Princess Louise on the 3 rd inst . Thy Queen inspected at Windsor Castle the testimonial which was presented through the Earl of Bessborough to the late Mr . Charles Davis , who was for upwards of forty years Koyal Huntsman , from noblemen , gentlemen , and farmers frequenting the Royal Hunt . This testimonial was
specially bequeathed to her Majesty by Mr . Davis . Her Majesty the Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise , and Princess Beatrice , drove in tho Home Park in the afternoon . The Queen , their Royal Highnesses the Duke
ot Edinburgh , Prince and Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Prince Leopold , and Princess Beatrice , and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting , attended Divine service in the private chapel . The Hon . and Very Rev . the Dean of Windsor officiated . The Queen , ivith Princess Christian , drove iu the grounds on the morning of the utli inst . The Queen , ivith Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice , trove in the Home Park iu the afternoon . Prince and Princess Christian went out driving also . Her Majesty , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , drove in the grounds on tho morning of the 6 th inst . Tlie Queen walked and drove in the grounds in the afternoon , and went out on the morning of the 7 th inst ., accompanied by her
Royal Highness Princess Louise . GEXEBAL HOJIE NEAVS . —The Registrar-General ' s weekly return of the births and deaths in the metropolis , records 73 deaths from cholera and 2 S from diarrhoea . Bronchitis , phthisis , and pneumonia appear io have been unusually filial ; the deaths having been from each respectively 1 G 1 , 157 , and 113 . The
annual rates of mortality for the week ending Oet . 22 nd , were per 1 . 000—Birmingham and Hull 20 , Bristol 21 , London 24 , Salford 2 G , Glasgow 28 , Sheffield 30 , Leeds 31 , Edinburgh 3 G , Liverpool 37 , Dublin , Manchester , and Newcastle-on-Tyne , 38 .
The deaths in Liverpool declined last week very considerably The retirement of Lord Kingsdown from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has afforded an opportunity for the return of Lord Westbury to public life . According to a contemporary , who speaks with some authority in the matter , Chancery business will entirely engross the time of Sir Hugh
Cairns , ancl his services therefore cannot be made available in tho higher court . Lord Westbury , however , has offered to preside over the deliberations of the Judicial Committee , ancl his proposal has been accepted . The sudden death of Mr . Thomas Phiiui , formerly member for Bath , and Secretary to the Admiralty , is announced . He was arranging to pay
a visit to Lord Clarence Paget , iu the Mediterranean , when he expired from disease of the heart . The Lord Mayor , in the course of the sitting of the Court of Common Council on the 1 st inst . took occasion to refer to the approaching termination of his year of office . After thanking the members of the Corporation generally for the assistance they had
afforded him in the discharge of his duties , his Lordship defended the character of the Corporation against those ivho decry it and say that it is useless . He declared that those v-bo said so knew nothing about the matter . He regarded the Corporation as a mostancient ancl honourable institution , and one which had ever been foremost in upholding civil and religious freedom
aucl the rights of the people . There was a frightful colliery explosion near Newcusfcle-on- Pyne a few days since . A large number of men descended into the Pelton pit about two o ' clock in the morning , and about half-past five there was an awful explosion in one part of it . In this part about forty men were afc work , rind of these twenty-four or twenty-five ivere killed . The explosion is supposed fco have been caused by blasting , as no lights , save in locked safety lamps , were allowed in the pit .
A melancholy affair is reported from the Hammersmith Police-court . A carpenter named George Stone was sent to prison for twenty-one days for assaulting a county court bailiff . Stone ' s wife was near to her confinement , and the neivs of fche committal of her husband threw her into convulsions . Attempts were made to procure the man's release , but they failed . Mrs .
Stone became worse , and is since dead , leaving six children tmciircd for . Representations are being made to Mr . Walpole with a view of obtaining the release of the husband . Tlie law courts vc-opencil on the 2 nd inst . after the long vacation There was more than usual interest attaching to the event , in consequence of the changes which have taken place in the
judicial bench since the court last sat . In tho Lords Justices ' Court Sir Hugh Cairns ivas greatly cheered by those in court .. The Lord Mayor elect , Mr . Alderman Gabriel , was , in accordance with ancient custom , presented to the Lord Chancellor . The Recorder introduced Mr . Alderman Gabriel , and briefly sketched his career . The Lord Chancellor formally signified
Her Majesty ' s approval of the choice which the citizens had made of a Lord Mayor . In the evening , the Lord Mayor elect entertained a brilliant company to dinner at the Albion tavern . The death of Mr . G . Lort Phillips , M . P ., has created a vacancy in the representation of Pembrokeshire . He Avas a Conservative in politics , and the seat is likely to be contested by
the Liberal party . A Commandevship of the Bath is to be conferred on Staff-Commander Moriarty , R . N ., whose services in navigating tlie Great ' Eastern and in discovering the position of the olcl cable were , for a time insufficiently recognised . An Anthropological Society has been organised at Manchester . Those who are acquainted with the society of the same name in
London can easily imagine what the tendency of this body is likely to be . One thing is certain : that it will emulate the parent society in its hatred of the negro and in its contempt for
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
Then home I hied , like pilgrim to the Saviour ' s holy shrine . I dream'd of perfect bliss , Ah ! who could dream of this ? Dead , dead ! my love ! my only love ! my soul ' s beloved Catherine ! I asked for thee . In gloom They led me to thy tomb , AVhere lilies rear'd their fair ancl gentle faces above thine .
I shriek'd for death to come , For death to take me home , That in heaven at least I might possess my Catherine . Edinburgh , 1 SG 6 . —Axutoxv OXEAE HATE .
Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending Nov. 17th, 1866.
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV . 17 TH , 1866 .
Monday , Nov . 12 tli . —TJOY . VL GEOGR . VEV . ICAI , SOCIETY , Burlington House , at S . 30 p . m .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen , accompanied by Princess Louise , and attendee ! by the Hon . Emily Cafchcart , went ou the 31 sfc ult . to the Boys' Parish School , and afterwards called at the Manse to inquire after the Rev . Mr . Anderson , who is confined to the house by serious illness . Tho Queen drove out in the afternoon , accompanied by Princess Beatrice , and attended by
the Hon . Emily Cathcart , Her Majesty the Queen , with their Boyal Highnesses the Prince ancl Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Prince Leopold , and Princess Beatrice , left Balmoral on the 1 st inst . at five minutes before one o ' clock , and arrived at Windsor Castle on the 2 nd inst . at a quarter before nine . The Queen , accompanied by Princess Christian , drove in the grounds
in the afternoon , and her Majesty drove with Princess Louise on the 3 rd inst . Thy Queen inspected at Windsor Castle the testimonial which was presented through the Earl of Bessborough to the late Mr . Charles Davis , who was for upwards of forty years Koyal Huntsman , from noblemen , gentlemen , and farmers frequenting the Royal Hunt . This testimonial was
specially bequeathed to her Majesty by Mr . Davis . Her Majesty the Queen , accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise , and Princess Beatrice , drove in tho Home Park in the afternoon . The Queen , their Royal Highnesses the Duke
ot Edinburgh , Prince and Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Prince Leopold , and Princess Beatrice , and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting , attended Divine service in the private chapel . The Hon . and Very Rev . the Dean of Windsor officiated . The Queen , ivith Princess Christian , drove iu the grounds on the morning of the utli inst . The Queen , ivith Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice , trove in the Home Park iu the afternoon . Prince and Princess Christian went out driving also . Her Majesty , accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Christian , drove in the grounds on tho morning of the 6 th inst . Tlie Queen walked and drove in the grounds in the afternoon , and went out on the morning of the 7 th inst ., accompanied by her
Royal Highness Princess Louise . GEXEBAL HOJIE NEAVS . —The Registrar-General ' s weekly return of the births and deaths in the metropolis , records 73 deaths from cholera and 2 S from diarrhoea . Bronchitis , phthisis , and pneumonia appear io have been unusually filial ; the deaths having been from each respectively 1 G 1 , 157 , and 113 . The
annual rates of mortality for the week ending Oet . 22 nd , were per 1 . 000—Birmingham and Hull 20 , Bristol 21 , London 24 , Salford 2 G , Glasgow 28 , Sheffield 30 , Leeds 31 , Edinburgh 3 G , Liverpool 37 , Dublin , Manchester , and Newcastle-on-Tyne , 38 .
The deaths in Liverpool declined last week very considerably The retirement of Lord Kingsdown from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has afforded an opportunity for the return of Lord Westbury to public life . According to a contemporary , who speaks with some authority in the matter , Chancery business will entirely engross the time of Sir Hugh
Cairns , ancl his services therefore cannot be made available in tho higher court . Lord Westbury , however , has offered to preside over the deliberations of the Judicial Committee , ancl his proposal has been accepted . The sudden death of Mr . Thomas Phiiui , formerly member for Bath , and Secretary to the Admiralty , is announced . He was arranging to pay
a visit to Lord Clarence Paget , iu the Mediterranean , when he expired from disease of the heart . The Lord Mayor , in the course of the sitting of the Court of Common Council on the 1 st inst . took occasion to refer to the approaching termination of his year of office . After thanking the members of the Corporation generally for the assistance they had
afforded him in the discharge of his duties , his Lordship defended the character of the Corporation against those ivho decry it and say that it is useless . He declared that those v-bo said so knew nothing about the matter . He regarded the Corporation as a mostancient ancl honourable institution , and one which had ever been foremost in upholding civil and religious freedom
aucl the rights of the people . There was a frightful colliery explosion near Newcusfcle-on- Pyne a few days since . A large number of men descended into the Pelton pit about two o ' clock in the morning , and about half-past five there was an awful explosion in one part of it . In this part about forty men were afc work , rind of these twenty-four or twenty-five ivere killed . The explosion is supposed fco have been caused by blasting , as no lights , save in locked safety lamps , were allowed in the pit .
A melancholy affair is reported from the Hammersmith Police-court . A carpenter named George Stone was sent to prison for twenty-one days for assaulting a county court bailiff . Stone ' s wife was near to her confinement , and the neivs of fche committal of her husband threw her into convulsions . Attempts were made to procure the man's release , but they failed . Mrs .
Stone became worse , and is since dead , leaving six children tmciircd for . Representations are being made to Mr . Walpole with a view of obtaining the release of the husband . Tlie law courts vc-opencil on the 2 nd inst . after the long vacation There was more than usual interest attaching to the event , in consequence of the changes which have taken place in the
judicial bench since the court last sat . In tho Lords Justices ' Court Sir Hugh Cairns ivas greatly cheered by those in court .. The Lord Mayor elect , Mr . Alderman Gabriel , was , in accordance with ancient custom , presented to the Lord Chancellor . The Recorder introduced Mr . Alderman Gabriel , and briefly sketched his career . The Lord Chancellor formally signified
Her Majesty ' s approval of the choice which the citizens had made of a Lord Mayor . In the evening , the Lord Mayor elect entertained a brilliant company to dinner at the Albion tavern . The death of Mr . G . Lort Phillips , M . P ., has created a vacancy in the representation of Pembrokeshire . He Avas a Conservative in politics , and the seat is likely to be contested by
the Liberal party . A Commandevship of the Bath is to be conferred on Staff-Commander Moriarty , R . N ., whose services in navigating tlie Great ' Eastern and in discovering the position of the olcl cable were , for a time insufficiently recognised . An Anthropological Society has been organised at Manchester . Those who are acquainted with the society of the same name in
London can easily imagine what the tendency of this body is likely to be . One thing is certain : that it will emulate the parent society in its hatred of the negro and in its contempt for