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Public Amusements.
The doors of the Palace will be opened at nine o'clock , and frequent trains will run from London Bridge , Victoria , and intermediate stations . As however , on Boxing Day in 1859 , 34 , 364 persons visited the Crystal Palace , and as the special attractions this year are of such an unusual and extensive character , it would not be surprising to find a larger number present than on any former occasion . Intending visitors , therefore , by rail or road , will do ivell to start early .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Prince Consort died about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night . For the last week or tAvo it AA-as known that he was labouring under indisposition ; but the appearance of a bulletin for the first time on AVeduesday Avas the first shock to the national security , but even then we were assured there AA-as no danger . The bulletin of Friday Avas of an alarming tenor , and from that time a universal anxiety was felt as to the issue of the disease . On Saturday morning , and in the course of the forenoonthe
, physicians were again hopeful ; but in the course of the afternoon symptoms of typhoid fever superi'ened , and his already overweakened frame sank under the attack . His Royal Highness died surrounded by the greater portion of his children . An extraordinary supplement of the London Gazette gives orders for the Court to go into mourning for his late . Royal Highness . It also directs a general mourning of all persons to commence forthwith .
Her Majesty ' s health still continues unaffected , and , though deeply grieved , the last bulletin states her to be calm , and she proceeded to Osborne on Thursday . Prince Ernest , of Hesse , arrived at the Castle on Monday . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The one absorbing topic has been the demise of the Prince Consort . In the metropolis the shops of most tradesmen have been partially closed ; the ships in the river had their flags hoisted half mast hi gh , and this token of respect was joined in by the ships of all nations . The Eoyal parishes , as they are called—those in which the different residences of the
Sovereign are situated—displayed the Eoyal Standard from their steeples in the same position . The judges met in consultation early on Mbnday morning to consider whether they ought not to adjourn on the melancholy occasion , but considering the delay aud the expense that would thereby accrue both to suitors and Avitnesses they concluded that it ivould be acting more in accordance with her Majesty's wish if they did not suspend the adminstration of justice . The Common Council of the City of London AA'as summoned to
meet on some ordinary municipal business , but on their assembling the Lord Mayor suggested that in face of the present great calamity that had befallen her Majesty , it would be more respectful for the Court to adjourn the consideration of these matters . This Avas unanimously agreed to , and a vote of condolence with her Majesty on the terrible bloiv that had fallen upon her , as well as recording the many virtues , public and private , of his late Eoyal
Highness , AIMS niOA * ed by Mr . Deputy Hawtrey , seconded by Dr . Abraham , unanimously agreed to , and ordered to be transmitted to the Home Secretary , to be laid before her Majesty . Similar expressions of feeling hai'e also taken place in the provinces . Parliament has been formally prorogued till the 7 th of January next . It is understood that Parliament will meet for the despatch of business on the 14 th or 16 th of that month . On Friday , the 13 th , the Australasian left the Mersey , for Canada ,
with upAVarcls ol a thousand troops on board , and on Saturday the regular mail steamer took out among her passengers a number of military officers ' ( including General Rumley ) , and a small detachment of non-commissioned officers and privates . On Monday the Persia sailed from Lii-erpool with a considerable body of men and a large quantity of military stores of all kinds . In the course of the Aveek other transports have sailed from Southampton , including the Parana and AdriaticAA'hich take out the two battalions of
, Guards : It is stated that Admiral Dacre has been appointed second in command on the North American station . The directors oftlie Peninsular and Oriental Company have , it is announced , declared that it is their intention to call upon the officers in their service to join the naval reserve , an example Avhich , it is expected , will be folloAA'ed by the other companies enjoying a Government subsidy . Commander Williams , Avho had charge of the mails on board the
Trent at the time of the seizure of Messrs . Slidell and Mason , has been entertained at a complimentary dinner by the members of the Royal Western Yacht Club . In acknowledging the toast of his health the gallant officer corrected what he stated to be the erroneous accounts given of the circumstances of the seizure , and solemnly repeats the statement that the Federal marines rushed upon Miss Slidell Avith fixed bayonets . At the Warwick Assizes , J . P . Farquhar , charged ivith the murder of Elizabeth Brookes , at
Birmingham , was found guilty of manslaughter , and sentenced to penal servitude for life ; and John Thompson , indicted for the murder of Anne Walker , AA-as found guilty , and . sentenced to death . At the Middlesex Sessions , Mary Newell , the domestic servant AA'ho , while living at Bessborough Gardens , ran away with some of her master ' s property , and Avas found at Great Yarmouth disguised as a young gentlemanwas tried for the felony . The defence set up was that
, the girl had an absurd craving for the romantic , and committed the offence while labouring under a delusion . The jury , however , found her guilty , and Mr . Bodkin sentenced her to eighteen months ' hard labour . The examination of the directors of the Bant of Deposit in the Court of Chancery before the Master of the Rolls has commenced . Lord Keane , the chairman of the com « pany , stated that when he became connected with the company
they advanced him £ 300 , which he immediately invested in stock . He AA'as examined by Mr . Selwyn with reference to the advances Avhich Avere made to other directors , and the company ' s transactions with the Imperial Insurance , the State Fire , the Agri « cultural Cattle Insurance , and other companies . His lordship declared he left everything to Mr . Morrison , the manager . It was announced that the assets were sufficient to pay 3 s . in the pound . —
The naval Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean has lost no time in complying with the instructions of the Admiralty to send doAvn to Gibraltar a number of ships , to be in readiness , if their services should be required , to dash across the Atlantic . According to advices of the 10 th instant , from Malta , the Algiers , 89 , the Queen , 80 , the Fireband , 6 , and a gunboat , had already left for the Straits , \ A-hither they were to be immediately followed
by tivo liners , tAvo frigates , and a second gunboat . It was also believed that sei'eral of the ships on the coast of Syria Avould be ordered to make their way with all speed to Gibraltar . Bro . Cox , is again member Finsbury , liaving had a majority , at the close of the poll , of 42 . The Registrar General ' s return of the . ' state of mortality in the metropolis again SIIOAA-S an unusually healthy condition of the population . The deaths AA'ould be 1384 according to the average ; they are really only 1283 . In the City the returns are equally IOAV . The cause is , of course , the remarkable mildness of the season .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The news of the death of the Prince Consort of England awakened the deepest sympathy amongst all classes of the Prussian people , and plunged the Eoyal family into the deepest grief . The King and Queen hastened to condole with the Princess Royol on her sad bereavement . In Paris also the mournful intelligence AA'as received Avith feelings of great sorrow , and all the papers unite in offering their tribute of sympathy
for the loss , not only that our beloved Queen , but the nation experienced . The Emperor goes with morning for the nation fifteen days . AA ednesdays Moniteur contains a full has report , occupying some fourteen columns , of the adress of M . Troplong , President of the French Senate , on the proposed changes in the financial system . The report of the commission , in bringing up AA'hich M . Troplong delivered his address , approves of
and recommends , with very slight alterations , the new * system initiated by the Emperor and M . Fould . M . Troplong devoted the conclusion of his address to a vindication of the policy under which the present floating debt was incurred . He contended that in the amount of the debt there was nothing alarming , and that , considering Avhat had been done , it was comparatively less than in 1848 . He asked if the triumphs of disinterested Avar , the immense AA-orks accomplished at homethe impulse given to commerceindustry
, , , and agriculture , ivere not worth the sums expended ? and declared that the money spent in Avar , and that consumed in works of peace , alike carried with them " a splendid justification . " " If these were faults , " " he asked AVIIO would AA'ish they had not been committed ? If these are faults , a monarch less modest than the Emperor mio-ht haA'e said , 'Let us ascend the Capitol and return thanks to the Gods !'" The address was received Avith much applause . The
Austrian Council of Empire has appointed a committee of nine members to consider the budget submitted to the Chamber . The decision of the Emperor , communicated by Baron Schmerling , makes the vote of the Council , as at present constituted , sufficient to bind all the parts of the empire ( save Hungary ) which have refused to send deputies . Crotia , Istria , Venetia , & c , will therefore enjoy the full blessings of taxation without representation , by virtue
of the simple declaration of the sovereign upon a question of constitutional right , which eA'en in Vienna is pronounced to be one of exceeding difficulty . The recent step taken by Austria in sending troops to demolish the insurgent batteries in the Suttorina has not been accomplished Avithout exciting some serious animadversion . The Journal of St . Petersburg publishes an energetic protest against the interference of Austria . The article in question declares that any special or exclusive right of interference which Austria might once have possessed in regard to thc military road was lvholly abolished by the Paris Conference
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Public Amusements.
The doors of the Palace will be opened at nine o'clock , and frequent trains will run from London Bridge , Victoria , and intermediate stations . As however , on Boxing Day in 1859 , 34 , 364 persons visited the Crystal Palace , and as the special attractions this year are of such an unusual and extensive character , it would not be surprising to find a larger number present than on any former occasion . Intending visitors , therefore , by rail or road , will do ivell to start early .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Prince Consort died about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night . For the last week or tAvo it AA-as known that he was labouring under indisposition ; but the appearance of a bulletin for the first time on AVeduesday Avas the first shock to the national security , but even then we were assured there AA-as no danger . The bulletin of Friday Avas of an alarming tenor , and from that time a universal anxiety was felt as to the issue of the disease . On Saturday morning , and in the course of the forenoonthe
, physicians were again hopeful ; but in the course of the afternoon symptoms of typhoid fever superi'ened , and his already overweakened frame sank under the attack . His Royal Highness died surrounded by the greater portion of his children . An extraordinary supplement of the London Gazette gives orders for the Court to go into mourning for his late . Royal Highness . It also directs a general mourning of all persons to commence forthwith .
Her Majesty ' s health still continues unaffected , and , though deeply grieved , the last bulletin states her to be calm , and she proceeded to Osborne on Thursday . Prince Ernest , of Hesse , arrived at the Castle on Monday . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The one absorbing topic has been the demise of the Prince Consort . In the metropolis the shops of most tradesmen have been partially closed ; the ships in the river had their flags hoisted half mast hi gh , and this token of respect was joined in by the ships of all nations . The Eoyal parishes , as they are called—those in which the different residences of the
Sovereign are situated—displayed the Eoyal Standard from their steeples in the same position . The judges met in consultation early on Mbnday morning to consider whether they ought not to adjourn on the melancholy occasion , but considering the delay aud the expense that would thereby accrue both to suitors and Avitnesses they concluded that it ivould be acting more in accordance with her Majesty's wish if they did not suspend the adminstration of justice . The Common Council of the City of London AA'as summoned to
meet on some ordinary municipal business , but on their assembling the Lord Mayor suggested that in face of the present great calamity that had befallen her Majesty , it would be more respectful for the Court to adjourn the consideration of these matters . This Avas unanimously agreed to , and a vote of condolence with her Majesty on the terrible bloiv that had fallen upon her , as well as recording the many virtues , public and private , of his late Eoyal
Highness , AIMS niOA * ed by Mr . Deputy Hawtrey , seconded by Dr . Abraham , unanimously agreed to , and ordered to be transmitted to the Home Secretary , to be laid before her Majesty . Similar expressions of feeling hai'e also taken place in the provinces . Parliament has been formally prorogued till the 7 th of January next . It is understood that Parliament will meet for the despatch of business on the 14 th or 16 th of that month . On Friday , the 13 th , the Australasian left the Mersey , for Canada ,
with upAVarcls ol a thousand troops on board , and on Saturday the regular mail steamer took out among her passengers a number of military officers ' ( including General Rumley ) , and a small detachment of non-commissioned officers and privates . On Monday the Persia sailed from Lii-erpool with a considerable body of men and a large quantity of military stores of all kinds . In the course of the Aveek other transports have sailed from Southampton , including the Parana and AdriaticAA'hich take out the two battalions of
, Guards : It is stated that Admiral Dacre has been appointed second in command on the North American station . The directors oftlie Peninsular and Oriental Company have , it is announced , declared that it is their intention to call upon the officers in their service to join the naval reserve , an example Avhich , it is expected , will be folloAA'ed by the other companies enjoying a Government subsidy . Commander Williams , Avho had charge of the mails on board the
Trent at the time of the seizure of Messrs . Slidell and Mason , has been entertained at a complimentary dinner by the members of the Royal Western Yacht Club . In acknowledging the toast of his health the gallant officer corrected what he stated to be the erroneous accounts given of the circumstances of the seizure , and solemnly repeats the statement that the Federal marines rushed upon Miss Slidell Avith fixed bayonets . At the Warwick Assizes , J . P . Farquhar , charged ivith the murder of Elizabeth Brookes , at
Birmingham , was found guilty of manslaughter , and sentenced to penal servitude for life ; and John Thompson , indicted for the murder of Anne Walker , AA-as found guilty , and . sentenced to death . At the Middlesex Sessions , Mary Newell , the domestic servant AA'ho , while living at Bessborough Gardens , ran away with some of her master ' s property , and Avas found at Great Yarmouth disguised as a young gentlemanwas tried for the felony . The defence set up was that
, the girl had an absurd craving for the romantic , and committed the offence while labouring under a delusion . The jury , however , found her guilty , and Mr . Bodkin sentenced her to eighteen months ' hard labour . The examination of the directors of the Bant of Deposit in the Court of Chancery before the Master of the Rolls has commenced . Lord Keane , the chairman of the com « pany , stated that when he became connected with the company
they advanced him £ 300 , which he immediately invested in stock . He AA'as examined by Mr . Selwyn with reference to the advances Avhich Avere made to other directors , and the company ' s transactions with the Imperial Insurance , the State Fire , the Agri « cultural Cattle Insurance , and other companies . His lordship declared he left everything to Mr . Morrison , the manager . It was announced that the assets were sufficient to pay 3 s . in the pound . —
The naval Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean has lost no time in complying with the instructions of the Admiralty to send doAvn to Gibraltar a number of ships , to be in readiness , if their services should be required , to dash across the Atlantic . According to advices of the 10 th instant , from Malta , the Algiers , 89 , the Queen , 80 , the Fireband , 6 , and a gunboat , had already left for the Straits , \ A-hither they were to be immediately followed
by tivo liners , tAvo frigates , and a second gunboat . It was also believed that sei'eral of the ships on the coast of Syria Avould be ordered to make their way with all speed to Gibraltar . Bro . Cox , is again member Finsbury , liaving had a majority , at the close of the poll , of 42 . The Registrar General ' s return of the . ' state of mortality in the metropolis again SIIOAA-S an unusually healthy condition of the population . The deaths AA'ould be 1384 according to the average ; they are really only 1283 . In the City the returns are equally IOAV . The cause is , of course , the remarkable mildness of the season .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The news of the death of the Prince Consort of England awakened the deepest sympathy amongst all classes of the Prussian people , and plunged the Eoyal family into the deepest grief . The King and Queen hastened to condole with the Princess Royol on her sad bereavement . In Paris also the mournful intelligence AA'as received Avith feelings of great sorrow , and all the papers unite in offering their tribute of sympathy
for the loss , not only that our beloved Queen , but the nation experienced . The Emperor goes with morning for the nation fifteen days . AA ednesdays Moniteur contains a full has report , occupying some fourteen columns , of the adress of M . Troplong , President of the French Senate , on the proposed changes in the financial system . The report of the commission , in bringing up AA'hich M . Troplong delivered his address , approves of
and recommends , with very slight alterations , the new * system initiated by the Emperor and M . Fould . M . Troplong devoted the conclusion of his address to a vindication of the policy under which the present floating debt was incurred . He contended that in the amount of the debt there was nothing alarming , and that , considering Avhat had been done , it was comparatively less than in 1848 . He asked if the triumphs of disinterested Avar , the immense AA-orks accomplished at homethe impulse given to commerceindustry
, , , and agriculture , ivere not worth the sums expended ? and declared that the money spent in Avar , and that consumed in works of peace , alike carried with them " a splendid justification . " " If these were faults , " " he asked AVIIO would AA'ish they had not been committed ? If these are faults , a monarch less modest than the Emperor mio-ht haA'e said , 'Let us ascend the Capitol and return thanks to the Gods !'" The address was received Avith much applause . The
Austrian Council of Empire has appointed a committee of nine members to consider the budget submitted to the Chamber . The decision of the Emperor , communicated by Baron Schmerling , makes the vote of the Council , as at present constituted , sufficient to bind all the parts of the empire ( save Hungary ) which have refused to send deputies . Crotia , Istria , Venetia , & c , will therefore enjoy the full blessings of taxation without representation , by virtue
of the simple declaration of the sovereign upon a question of constitutional right , which eA'en in Vienna is pronounced to be one of exceeding difficulty . The recent step taken by Austria in sending troops to demolish the insurgent batteries in the Suttorina has not been accomplished Avithout exciting some serious animadversion . The Journal of St . Petersburg publishes an energetic protest against the interference of Austria . The article in question declares that any special or exclusive right of interference which Austria might once have possessed in regard to thc military road was lvholly abolished by the Paris Conference