... board the Albert and Victoria yacht, and posted in Greenock, has been received by a gentleman who was thrown a good deal into the company of the Prince. In that letter the Prince makes very liberal gratuities to be given to various parties by whom he was entertained. There is a gift of money named to be given to the band of the Prince’s Theatre, Glasgow ; and a sum, equal in amount, to be ...

... Caledonian EDINBURGH. MONDAY. AUGUST 6, 1849. The latest intelligence we have received as to the pro- gress of her Majesty, announces the arrivaj of the royal squadron in the Cove of Cork at 10 on Thursday evening, probably the quickest passage that was ever made from the Land’s End to the Irish coast. As usual, her has taken her loyal subjects by surprise, the citizens of Cork having been ...

... PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE (From eur Special Correspondent.) Loxspox, Eveninc Anything that I could offer of the Queen’s movements would be stale news to the readers of the Mercury, as while I write her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the junior branches of the royal family, are enjoying the en- livening scene consequent upon their the loyal and devoted Scottish subjects of the Monarch in the ...

... intfelltacnce. Portsmouth, Aug. i3. Sir T, Capel, Port Admiral, returned yesterday in Fire Queen from his official visit to the Channel Islands, and has resumed command of the port. Letters from Reynard steam vessel, on the coast of Africa, have been received, and speak in the highest terms of Mr Grant's apparatus for converting salt water into fresh. Reynard daily provides 169 gallons more ...

... Hk ADELPH We perceive by the daily bills, that Mr Murray has engaged the celebrated Negro serenaders, Pell, Briggs, and Juba, from the St James’s Theatre, London. They are to appear on Mon- day next. Respecting Juba, we quote the following remarks from the Morning Chronicle :— “The celebrated Juba, the American dancer, whose extra- ordinary powers Mr Dickens, in his ‘ American Notes,’ so gra- ...

... Hong Kong, June 24. The transactions during the month in the staple articles of import have been almost entirely confined to supply imme- diate wants, and, although money is obtainable by the steady dealers on easy terms, there seems to be little or no spirit of speculation among them. Cotton has declined, and we quote Bombay T's, 5.2 to 5.6 —Bengal T’s, 6.7 to 7.4—Madras T’s, 6.6 to 7.2. The ...

... . DESPATCH OF A GOVERNMENT STEAMER AFTER THE SUPPOSED MURDERERS. Southampton, Monday, Eleven p.m. A general belief existing that the fugitives are on board the Victoria, bound for New York, two London detective officers, who had come down last Saturday, went out early this morn- ing to signalise the Victoria, which hove in sight at seven o’- clock a.m. but shortly returned, stating that the ...

... HE L POOL MURDERS. The trial of John ‘Gleeson Wilson (shortly noticed in our last) for the murder of Mrs Henrichson and her family, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, took place on Wednesday at Liverpool, before Mr Justice Patteson. There were four indictments against the prisoner. The first indictment charged him with having, at Liverpool, wilfully murdered Ann Hen- richson ; the ...

... EDINB GAZETTE James M‘Brar, tavern keeper and spirit dealer, Auld Robin Gray Tavern, 73, Nelson Street, Glasgow—Creditors meet in the Globe Hotel, George Square there, 6th and 28th August, twelve M‘Grivray, baker in Paisley—Creditors meet in the Commercial Inn, Moss Street there, Sth and 29th August, one o'clock. Jonn CrawForD, sometime a tailor and clothier, and dealer in shares in Edinburgh, ...

... ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA—“LE PROPHETE.” (From our Correspondent.) The great event of the season now drawing to a close, that to which the lovers of all that is high in musical art have looked forward to, uamely the production of Meyerbeer’s new opera “Le Prophite,” took place at Covent Garden, on Tuesday evening the 24th ultimo, in the presence of one of the largest and most fashionable andiences ...

... Hipptna tntelltaence We are sorry to have to record the loss of the beautiful new screw steamer Kestrel, lately built by Messrs R. Steele & Co. of Greenock. The steamer Caledonia, soon after leaving Halifax en the homeward passage, spoke the brig Argo, which simply an- nounced the occurrence. We are not in possession of the par- ticulars, whether the accident happened in her passage to or from ...

... the n “ae TOM the 14th ewly elected Prince of Wallachia, and Ghika, Prince via, had had an audience ot the Sultan, and were received great honours. The Sultan congratulated them upon the high dignity of Hospodar, conferred upon them by his subjects in those two ; and he doubted not, from their well known loyalty to his Person and Government, that they would do all they could to Promote the ...