... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... to eholera, such as I read in the “ lead- ing journal ” of this very day, and headed “ Health of London during the week,” and “ Statistics of mortality in Paris,” &c. There is no doubt, Sir, that “when the breath is out a man will die.” And a wiser than the Bard of Avon has told us that “there is a time to be born and a time to die.” But al- thongh I firmly believe in the aphorisms above ...

... is to have the honour of receiving to-day (Thursday) the ex-Queen of the French and the other members of the French royal fa- mily resident in England. Her ladyship is to be accompa to London by the Lord Provost, on special invitation from the Lord Mayor, to meet the ex-King and a select party. Tue Lorp Mavor or have been shown the diploma conferring the freedom of the city of Edinburgh on Sir ...

... MM AL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Star of July 2.) Calcutta, July 2. Since the date of our last we have been placed in the receipt of no further intelligence from home. The Bombay express with London dates up to the 7th of May came in during the night ofthe 10th ult. The commercial advices received by the above opportunity were of a more cheerful and encourag- ing complexion than those we ...

... EITH Soppen Deata.—Mr William Robertson, principal of the old and respectable firm ot David Robertson and Son, herring curers, died suddenly on Friday morning, from, it is believed, an affection of the heart. Mr was out as usual be- fore breakfast in perfect health, shortly after the morning meal he fell down and expired. Not much past middle life, Mr Robertson has died universally lamented ; ...

... Hamburgh letters of the 21st instant contain advices from which it appears that the remaining differences between the Government of and the Prossian and Danis Commissioners are on the eve of being settled by the energetic interference of the English Commissioner, Colonel Hodges. The of prisoners was to take place on the 19th, and on the principle laid down by General Prittwitz that the natives ...

... Captain James, in the summer of 1837, she waS known by the name of Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. The circam- stances under which she subsequently assumed the title of “Lola Montes” have not yet been very clearly explained ; but it appears that she occasionally called “ Marie Parris y Montes.” It is under this name that she figurés in the Let- ters Patent by which the late King of Bavaria created her ...