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room , by several excellent songs , and by some beautiful glees , which were sung with excellent effect by Christy ' s Minstrels . The Chairman , towards the close of the evening , proposed , in most eulogistic terms , the health of the minstrels , a toast which was received with the Jmost tumultuous enthusiasm ; and the proceedings were brought to a close with the usual formalities . The arrangements throughout were admirably conducted , and the Brethren separated , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
The Week
THE WEEK
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort visited Aldershott last week ; the whole of the troops were paraded for the Queen ' s Inspection . The royal family are in good health . The court left Windsor for Osborne on Monday . The Prince of Wales is expected from Berlin . The Prince Consort visited the cattle show at Baker-street on Monday . ——There is a report in Paris that the Emperor of Russia is to visit that city next spring , and that he will afterwards go to London . At Vinoennes General Ardent , at a trial of guns , was struck on the head by a
projectile , and killed on the spot . The minister of war , Marshal Vaillant , was standing near him at the moment , but escaped unhurt . The Emperor , in consequence of the anniversary of the 2 nd of December , relieved M . de Montalembert from the penalties of the sentence passed upon him . Notwithstanding this pardon , M .- de Montalembert , accompanied by MM . Berryer and Dufaure , lodged an appeal against the sentence pronounced upon hirn . To the editor of the M < oniteur he writes , " Condemned on the 24 th of November , I have appealed , within the term allowed by the law , against the sentence pronounced against me . No
government in France has had , up to the present , the right to remit a penalty which is not definitive . I am of those who still believe in right , and who do not accept a pardon . " The following changes in the French ministry are spoken of : M . de Royer , minister of justice , retires , and will be replaced by M . Delangle ; M . de Persigny will be minister of the interior , and M . Pietri , the former prefect of police , will be created minister of police , with very extended powers . The Queen of Spain , at the opening of the cortes , expressed satisfaction with her reception during her late progress , and said that she had instructed her minister at Rome to
settle pending questions ; that her relations with foreign powers were cordial and intimate : that hopes were entertain eel that the difficulties with Mexico would be shortly solved ; and that the internal condition of Spain was satisfactory . The bridges and embankments of the Seville and Cordova railway have suffered great damage by the late storms and inundations . The ill-feeling Octween France and Portugal continues . A letter announces that the King Dom Pedro , who hau been indisposed , was better , and that his recovery had filled his people with joy . The results of the elections in Prussia are even more favourable than was
announced . The majority of the constitutionalists is overwhelming . In the prayer for the royal family , offered up in the established church of that country , a passage has been inserted imploring divine assistance for the happy confinement of the Princess Frederick William . The Prince of Wales was little seen in tho streets and theatres of the capital . Austria is working with strained energy to
arm herself with naval protection on the seaboard of her Italian dependencies ; and eveiy day her relations with France are becoming less amicable . At Milan we have the Italian population almost in arms against their hated Austrian rulers . The story of the march of some thousands of Croats to Italy is , however , said to bo an idle invention , for Austria has already quite as many troops in the Lombardo-Veaetian kingdom aw are considered requisite . We learn from Milan that a medal ,
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room , by several excellent songs , and by some beautiful glees , which were sung with excellent effect by Christy ' s Minstrels . The Chairman , towards the close of the evening , proposed , in most eulogistic terms , the health of the minstrels , a toast which was received with the Jmost tumultuous enthusiasm ; and the proceedings were brought to a close with the usual formalities . The arrangements throughout were admirably conducted , and the Brethren separated , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
The Week
THE WEEK
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort visited Aldershott last week ; the whole of the troops were paraded for the Queen ' s Inspection . The royal family are in good health . The court left Windsor for Osborne on Monday . The Prince of Wales is expected from Berlin . The Prince Consort visited the cattle show at Baker-street on Monday . ——There is a report in Paris that the Emperor of Russia is to visit that city next spring , and that he will afterwards go to London . At Vinoennes General Ardent , at a trial of guns , was struck on the head by a
projectile , and killed on the spot . The minister of war , Marshal Vaillant , was standing near him at the moment , but escaped unhurt . The Emperor , in consequence of the anniversary of the 2 nd of December , relieved M . de Montalembert from the penalties of the sentence passed upon him . Notwithstanding this pardon , M .- de Montalembert , accompanied by MM . Berryer and Dufaure , lodged an appeal against the sentence pronounced upon hirn . To the editor of the M < oniteur he writes , " Condemned on the 24 th of November , I have appealed , within the term allowed by the law , against the sentence pronounced against me . No
government in France has had , up to the present , the right to remit a penalty which is not definitive . I am of those who still believe in right , and who do not accept a pardon . " The following changes in the French ministry are spoken of : M . de Royer , minister of justice , retires , and will be replaced by M . Delangle ; M . de Persigny will be minister of the interior , and M . Pietri , the former prefect of police , will be created minister of police , with very extended powers . The Queen of Spain , at the opening of the cortes , expressed satisfaction with her reception during her late progress , and said that she had instructed her minister at Rome to
settle pending questions ; that her relations with foreign powers were cordial and intimate : that hopes were entertain eel that the difficulties with Mexico would be shortly solved ; and that the internal condition of Spain was satisfactory . The bridges and embankments of the Seville and Cordova railway have suffered great damage by the late storms and inundations . The ill-feeling Octween France and Portugal continues . A letter announces that the King Dom Pedro , who hau been indisposed , was better , and that his recovery had filled his people with joy . The results of the elections in Prussia are even more favourable than was
announced . The majority of the constitutionalists is overwhelming . In the prayer for the royal family , offered up in the established church of that country , a passage has been inserted imploring divine assistance for the happy confinement of the Princess Frederick William . The Prince of Wales was little seen in tho streets and theatres of the capital . Austria is working with strained energy to
arm herself with naval protection on the seaboard of her Italian dependencies ; and eveiy day her relations with France are becoming less amicable . At Milan we have the Italian population almost in arms against their hated Austrian rulers . The story of the march of some thousands of Croats to Italy is , however , said to bo an idle invention , for Austria has already quite as many troops in the Lombardo-Veaetian kingdom aw are considered requisite . We learn from Milan that a medal ,