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The Week.
Council at Buckingham Palace , at ivhieh she received the seals of office from the out-going ministers ; ancl their successors kissed hands upon their appointment . Her Majesty gave a grand dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday in honour of the christening of her grandson at Berlin . On Monday a chapter of the order of tho Thistle was held to invest the Marquis of Ailsa with the insignia of the order ; the Queen presided . Notwithstanding the personal determination to " 0 to war on some pretext or other which the Emperor of the French is known to
entertain , tho great , perhaps the greatest , chance for peace is in the decided disinclination for war which exists throughout Prance in all classes , except , perhaps , the army , aud there principally among the regimental officers , who naturally want promotion . Among the higher officers there is very little or no desire for war . The Constitution-net last week announced that the Emperor had ordered the immediate evacuation by his troops of the Pontifical City , and that tho French corps d ' armee had been forthwith withdrawn to Civita Vecohia , there to await the transport This statement imme
vessels which will convey the troops back to France . was - diately stated by tho Moniteur to be " premature . " The Moniteur of Saturday contains an article in which a denial is given to current statements of warlike intentions on the part of the Emperor . It states that no increase has taken place in the number of men , oral war materiel , beyond what was required to bring up the different departments of the service to their ordinary strength . Lord Cowley arrived at Vienna on Sunday week , and had an interview with the Emperor on Tuesiven at court in his honourHis
day ; tho next day a grand banquet was g . departure for Paris is announced to take place this day ( Wednesday ) . The Debats indicates that the object of Lord Cowley ' s mission to Vienna is to induce Austria to consent that , in lieu of her own treaties to maintain order in the smaller Italian states , there should be substituted an European guarantee . A telegram from Berlin in the Nonl , dated February the 27 th , states that the projected mission of Prince Frederick AVilliam of Prussia to A ieuua has been abandoned . The solemn baptism of the infant Prince took place on Saturday , at one o ' clock . Tho name of the young
Prince is Frederick AVilliam Victor Albert . A general illumination for the evening was prepared . A despatch from Turin says that a public subscription , to cover the loan , has been opened at the Bank . A large number ol persons have subscribed , and it is certain that the whole loan will be covered , if not exceeded . A letter from Naples , dated Feb . 22 nd , says , " Tho King still _ continues at Bari , and his health in a very uncertain ancl unsatisfactory state . His nervous system is so shattered that he weeps when spoken to . The Malta Times reports ordois received from landto put the island and the fortress of Yaletta in an immediate state
Eng , of defence ; these orders are now being acted on , and the market on the lower Baracca is now being removed . The speeches recently delivered in tho Hanoverian chambers were fiery aud energetic . Jlost of the orators evidently delighted in allusion to AVaterloo , ami the Hanoverian troops there fighting under the command of the Duke of AVelliugton . In tho Spanish Chamber of Deputies , on the 22 nd ult ., JL Rivoro strongly opposed the item of 3 , 000 , 000 reals for Queen Christina , on the ground that the allowance to Her Majesty , having been formally be renewedThe Chamberi division
suppressed in 1 Sol , could not legally . , > n a , voted the allowance by 190 votes to 11 . By the Madrid journals we learn that the new minister from the United States , Jlr . Preston , has arrived iu that country . At Lisbon the question of a concordat has been finally settled , and the right ol nomination has been vested in the Holy See . The Chamber of Deputies are diseussiii" - the railway contract . A violent speech has been made against Sir JI . Peto by oniTof the deputies . It is expected that Sir JI . Peto ' s proposals will be adopted . from ton that information had been received
X , despatch Washing announces by tho Government of the intention of England to carry out the provisions of the Clayton-BulwerTreaty in accordance with the American views of their requirements . On the 17 th February , a grand ball was given at AYashington in honour of Lord Napier , who was about to leave for England ; 1 , 200 persons were present . ¦ Lord Elg in returned to Shanghai on the 1 st inst ., after a successful expedition up the Vang-tze-kiang as far as Hankow , in Int . 30-39 N ., long . 114-13 E . At Nankin the expedition was fired upon by the Chinese rebels who occupied tho forts , and Lord El < dnhad a narrow escape from a round shot ; the forts were engaged and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
Council at Buckingham Palace , at ivhieh she received the seals of office from the out-going ministers ; ancl their successors kissed hands upon their appointment . Her Majesty gave a grand dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday in honour of the christening of her grandson at Berlin . On Monday a chapter of the order of tho Thistle was held to invest the Marquis of Ailsa with the insignia of the order ; the Queen presided . Notwithstanding the personal determination to " 0 to war on some pretext or other which the Emperor of the French is known to
entertain , tho great , perhaps the greatest , chance for peace is in the decided disinclination for war which exists throughout Prance in all classes , except , perhaps , the army , aud there principally among the regimental officers , who naturally want promotion . Among the higher officers there is very little or no desire for war . The Constitution-net last week announced that the Emperor had ordered the immediate evacuation by his troops of the Pontifical City , and that tho French corps d ' armee had been forthwith withdrawn to Civita Vecohia , there to await the transport This statement imme
vessels which will convey the troops back to France . was - diately stated by tho Moniteur to be " premature . " The Moniteur of Saturday contains an article in which a denial is given to current statements of warlike intentions on the part of the Emperor . It states that no increase has taken place in the number of men , oral war materiel , beyond what was required to bring up the different departments of the service to their ordinary strength . Lord Cowley arrived at Vienna on Sunday week , and had an interview with the Emperor on Tuesiven at court in his honourHis
day ; tho next day a grand banquet was g . departure for Paris is announced to take place this day ( Wednesday ) . The Debats indicates that the object of Lord Cowley ' s mission to Vienna is to induce Austria to consent that , in lieu of her own treaties to maintain order in the smaller Italian states , there should be substituted an European guarantee . A telegram from Berlin in the Nonl , dated February the 27 th , states that the projected mission of Prince Frederick AVilliam of Prussia to A ieuua has been abandoned . The solemn baptism of the infant Prince took place on Saturday , at one o ' clock . Tho name of the young
Prince is Frederick AVilliam Victor Albert . A general illumination for the evening was prepared . A despatch from Turin says that a public subscription , to cover the loan , has been opened at the Bank . A large number ol persons have subscribed , and it is certain that the whole loan will be covered , if not exceeded . A letter from Naples , dated Feb . 22 nd , says , " Tho King still _ continues at Bari , and his health in a very uncertain ancl unsatisfactory state . His nervous system is so shattered that he weeps when spoken to . The Malta Times reports ordois received from landto put the island and the fortress of Yaletta in an immediate state
Eng , of defence ; these orders are now being acted on , and the market on the lower Baracca is now being removed . The speeches recently delivered in tho Hanoverian chambers were fiery aud energetic . Jlost of the orators evidently delighted in allusion to AVaterloo , ami the Hanoverian troops there fighting under the command of the Duke of AVelliugton . In tho Spanish Chamber of Deputies , on the 22 nd ult ., JL Rivoro strongly opposed the item of 3 , 000 , 000 reals for Queen Christina , on the ground that the allowance to Her Majesty , having been formally be renewedThe Chamberi division
suppressed in 1 Sol , could not legally . , > n a , voted the allowance by 190 votes to 11 . By the Madrid journals we learn that the new minister from the United States , Jlr . Preston , has arrived iu that country . At Lisbon the question of a concordat has been finally settled , and the right ol nomination has been vested in the Holy See . The Chamber of Deputies are diseussiii" - the railway contract . A violent speech has been made against Sir JI . Peto by oniTof the deputies . It is expected that Sir JI . Peto ' s proposals will be adopted . from ton that information had been received
X , despatch Washing announces by tho Government of the intention of England to carry out the provisions of the Clayton-BulwerTreaty in accordance with the American views of their requirements . On the 17 th February , a grand ball was given at AYashington in honour of Lord Napier , who was about to leave for England ; 1 , 200 persons were present . ¦ Lord Elg in returned to Shanghai on the 1 st inst ., after a successful expedition up the Vang-tze-kiang as far as Hankow , in Int . 30-39 N ., long . 114-13 E . At Nankin the expedition was fired upon by the Chinese rebels who occupied tho forts , and Lord El < dnhad a narrow escape from a round shot ; the forts were engaged and