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Notes On Literature, Science, Music, Drama, And The Fine Arts.
A new Conservative paper is about to be started at Leeds , the editor of Avhich , it is stated , will be Mr . T . E . Kebbel , a second class man of Oxford , Avho has been for some time connected with the Loudon press . _ An old dispute respecting the origin of "
Pickwick" between Mr . Charles Dickens and the family of Robert Seymour , the original artist- of " Pickwick /' has been revived . Mr . Dickens iu a letter to the Athenaeum says that Mr . Seymour never originated , suggested , or in any way had to do with , save as illustratoran incidenta character ( except the sporting
, , tastes of Mr .. Winkle ) , a name , a . phrase , or a word , to be found in the "Pickwick Papers . " Even the sketch of Pickwick himself was drawn by Seymour from a description given him by Mr . Chapman , the publisher , of a friend of his . Seymour ' s first sketch of Pickwick made him " a lone- thin man . "
Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending April 21st, 1866.
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 21 ST , 1866 .
Tuesday , April 17 th . —IXSTIIUIIOX OP CIVIL ENGINEERS , at 8 . Wednesday , April 18 th . —SOCIETY OP ARTS , at 8 . Thursday , April 19 th . —CHEMICAL SOCIETY , at 8 .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COTTET . —The Queen , accompanied by their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise , Avent to Aldershot Camp on the 5 th inst ., attended by Lady AVaterparl ; , the Hon . Mary Lascelles , Lieutenant-Qeneral Hon . C . Grey , and Major-General Hon . A . N . Hood , and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat ( Equerries-in-Waiting ) . Her Majesty travelled iu a carriage
and four , and was escorted by detachments of the Eoyal Horse Guards , tho Sth Hussars , and 17 th Lancers to the South Camp , where her Majesty was received by Lieut .-General the Hon . Sir James Yorke Scarlett , K . C . B ., and his staff . The Queen then drove to the Prince Consort ' s Library , and afterwards to the Gymnasium , and from thence to the Pavilion , where her
Majesty took luncheon . The Queen , accompanied by her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess Leiningeii , drove in the grounds on the 6 th inst . Their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Queen drove in the grounds on the 7 th inst ., accompanied by Princess Helena . It Avas the anniversary of the birthday of his Eoyal Highness
Prince Leopold .. His Eoyal Highness Prince Arthur , attended by Major Elphinstone , arrived at the Castle from Greenwich Park . Their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold drove in the grounds- , accompanied by His Eoyal Highness Prince Arthur on horseback . The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley had the honour of dining with the
Queen and the Eoyal family . Colonel Gambier , Eoyal Artillery , arrived at the Castle . The Queen , their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Prince Arthur , Prince Leopold , Princess Beatrice , and her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess Lcinincren , and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting , attended Divine service , on the Sth inst ., in the private chapel .
The Eev . D . Moore , Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen , preached the sermon . The Duke of Somerset had an audience of the Queen . The Queen , accompanied by Princess Helena , walked and drove in the grounds on the Oth inst . Princess Louise and Princess Leiningeii also went out driving . His Eoyal Highness Prince Arthur , attended by Major Elphinstone , left the Castle for Greenwich Park . Her Majesty held a Council at
one o ' clock , at which were present Earl Granville , the Duke of Argyll , and the Eight Hon . G . J . Goschcn . Mr . Helps was clerk of the Council . Lord Camoys and Major-General F . Seymour , C . B ., were the Lord and Groom in Waiting . Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen . The Mayor of Windsor , accompanied by the Town Clerk , had the honour of presenting to her Majesty an address of condolence from the Corporation
of Windsor on the recent decease of the King of the Belgians . The Lord and Groom in Waiting were in attendance . The Queen , accompanied by her Eoyal Highness Princess Helena , and her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Leiningeii , drove in the grounds on the 10 th inst . Her Majesty , with Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , Prince Leopold , and Princess
Leiningeii , left Windsor Castle at three o ' clock for Osborne . The suite consisted of the Countess of Caledon , Lady Augusta Stanley , the Hon . Caroline Cavendish , Lieut .-General Hon . C . Grey , Major-General Hon . A . N . Hood ( Equerry-in-Waiting ) , Lieut . Sterling , Mr . Sahl , and the Master of the Household . The Countess of Caledou has succeeded Lady AVaterpark as
Lady in Waiting , and the Hon . Caroline Cavendish succeeds as Maid of Honour . Her Majesty the Queen , with their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , and Prince Leopold , attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting , arrived at Osborne on the 10 th inst ., at a quarters before seven o'clock , from Windsor Castle , having crossed ovoj .
from Gosport in the royal yacht Alberta . LATPEBIAI , PABXIATUENT . —The HOUSE or COJIJIOXS met on the 9 th inst . for the first time after the Easter recess . Happily the Speaker Avas sufficiently recovered from his late illness to take the chair ; He asked leave , however , to address the House sitting for a few days . Permission was of course given . The slaughter of election petitions has been going on during the
recess , to the gain of the Liberals . Thus the petitions against the returns for Lewes , King ' s Lynn , and Wexford , the seats of four Liberals being impeached , are withdrawn , while on the other hand the petition against the two Tory members for Beverley has been quietly settled . After two or three questions there was a short discussion raised by Mr . Hunt on the oyster
fisheries , after Avhich the House went into committee of supply on the Civil Service Estimates . There was an interesting discussion in reference to the National Gallery , and later some badinage between Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Horsman in reference to the seats in the House of Commons . Mr . Darby Griffith had made a suggestion for a rearrangement of the seats so as to
give distinctive places to the five parties which he counted in the House , These parties were Tories , Conservatives , Independents , Whigs , and Eadicals . Mr . Horsman rather endorsed the suggestion , and complained that he could not find a place for himself or for bis party . The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that the House would always gladly make a place for so
distinguished an orator as Mr . Horsman ; but it was not so easy to make a place for his party , which scarcely had any existence . To which Mr . Horsman replied , vaunting his own consistency , and accusing some of the members on the Treasury bench with many and frequent changes of opinion . —On the the 10 th inst . the Speaker was unable to take his seat , and Mr .
Dodson officiated in his stead . The preliminary questionings wore soon over , aud then Sir John Gray , in an exhaustive speech , introduced his motion declaring the Irish Church' to bo an injustice to the people of Ireland . The whole of the evening was taken up with the debate on the subject , which Ava finally adjourned . —On the 11 th inst . Mr . Darby Griffith moved the second reading of the Postmaster-General Bill , which provides that the occupant of this important office should be a member of the House of Commons . In the discussion which
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notes On Literature, Science, Music, Drama, And The Fine Arts.
A new Conservative paper is about to be started at Leeds , the editor of Avhich , it is stated , will be Mr . T . E . Kebbel , a second class man of Oxford , Avho has been for some time connected with the Loudon press . _ An old dispute respecting the origin of "
Pickwick" between Mr . Charles Dickens and the family of Robert Seymour , the original artist- of " Pickwick /' has been revived . Mr . Dickens iu a letter to the Athenaeum says that Mr . Seymour never originated , suggested , or in any way had to do with , save as illustratoran incidenta character ( except the sporting
, , tastes of Mr .. Winkle ) , a name , a . phrase , or a word , to be found in the "Pickwick Papers . " Even the sketch of Pickwick himself was drawn by Seymour from a description given him by Mr . Chapman , the publisher , of a friend of his . Seymour ' s first sketch of Pickwick made him " a lone- thin man . "
Meetings Of The Scientific And Learned Societies For The Week Ending April 21st, 1866.
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 21 ST , 1866 .
Tuesday , April 17 th . —IXSTIIUIIOX OP CIVIL ENGINEERS , at 8 . Wednesday , April 18 th . —SOCIETY OP ARTS , at 8 . Thursday , April 19 th . —CHEMICAL SOCIETY , at 8 .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COTTET . —The Queen , accompanied by their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Helena and Princess Louise , Avent to Aldershot Camp on the 5 th inst ., attended by Lady AVaterparl ; , the Hon . Mary Lascelles , Lieutenant-Qeneral Hon . C . Grey , and Major-General Hon . A . N . Hood , and Lieutenant-Colonel Du Plat ( Equerries-in-Waiting ) . Her Majesty travelled iu a carriage
and four , and was escorted by detachments of the Eoyal Horse Guards , tho Sth Hussars , and 17 th Lancers to the South Camp , where her Majesty was received by Lieut .-General the Hon . Sir James Yorke Scarlett , K . C . B ., and his staff . The Queen then drove to the Prince Consort ' s Library , and afterwards to the Gymnasium , and from thence to the Pavilion , where her
Majesty took luncheon . The Queen , accompanied by her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess Leiningeii , drove in the grounds on the 6 th inst . Their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold also went out driving . The Queen drove in the grounds on the 7 th inst ., accompanied by Princess Helena . It Avas the anniversary of the birthday of his Eoyal Highness
Prince Leopold .. His Eoyal Highness Prince Arthur , attended by Major Elphinstone , arrived at the Castle from Greenwich Park . Their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Louise and Prince Leopold drove in the grounds- , accompanied by His Eoyal Highness Prince Arthur on horseback . The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley had the honour of dining with the
Queen and the Eoyal family . Colonel Gambier , Eoyal Artillery , arrived at the Castle . The Queen , their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Prince Arthur , Prince Leopold , Princess Beatrice , and her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess Lcinincren , and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting , attended Divine service , on the Sth inst ., in the private chapel .
The Eev . D . Moore , Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen , preached the sermon . The Duke of Somerset had an audience of the Queen . The Queen , accompanied by Princess Helena , walked and drove in the grounds on the Oth inst . Princess Louise and Princess Leiningeii also went out driving . His Eoyal Highness Prince Arthur , attended by Major Elphinstone , left the Castle for Greenwich Park . Her Majesty held a Council at
one o ' clock , at which were present Earl Granville , the Duke of Argyll , and the Eight Hon . G . J . Goschcn . Mr . Helps was clerk of the Council . Lord Camoys and Major-General F . Seymour , C . B ., were the Lord and Groom in Waiting . Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen . The Mayor of Windsor , accompanied by the Town Clerk , had the honour of presenting to her Majesty an address of condolence from the Corporation
of Windsor on the recent decease of the King of the Belgians . The Lord and Groom in Waiting were in attendance . The Queen , accompanied by her Eoyal Highness Princess Helena , and her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Leiningeii , drove in the grounds on the 10 th inst . Her Majesty , with Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , Prince Leopold , and Princess
Leiningeii , left Windsor Castle at three o ' clock for Osborne . The suite consisted of the Countess of Caledon , Lady Augusta Stanley , the Hon . Caroline Cavendish , Lieut .-General Hon . C . Grey , Major-General Hon . A . N . Hood ( Equerry-in-Waiting ) , Lieut . Sterling , Mr . Sahl , and the Master of the Household . The Countess of Caledou has succeeded Lady AVaterpark as
Lady in Waiting , and the Hon . Caroline Cavendish succeeds as Maid of Honour . Her Majesty the Queen , with their Eoyal Highnesses Princess Helena , Princess Louise , Princess Beatrice , and Prince Leopold , attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting , arrived at Osborne on the 10 th inst ., at a quarters before seven o'clock , from Windsor Castle , having crossed ovoj .
from Gosport in the royal yacht Alberta . LATPEBIAI , PABXIATUENT . —The HOUSE or COJIJIOXS met on the 9 th inst . for the first time after the Easter recess . Happily the Speaker Avas sufficiently recovered from his late illness to take the chair ; He asked leave , however , to address the House sitting for a few days . Permission was of course given . The slaughter of election petitions has been going on during the
recess , to the gain of the Liberals . Thus the petitions against the returns for Lewes , King ' s Lynn , and Wexford , the seats of four Liberals being impeached , are withdrawn , while on the other hand the petition against the two Tory members for Beverley has been quietly settled . After two or three questions there was a short discussion raised by Mr . Hunt on the oyster
fisheries , after Avhich the House went into committee of supply on the Civil Service Estimates . There was an interesting discussion in reference to the National Gallery , and later some badinage between Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Horsman in reference to the seats in the House of Commons . Mr . Darby Griffith had made a suggestion for a rearrangement of the seats so as to
give distinctive places to the five parties which he counted in the House , These parties were Tories , Conservatives , Independents , Whigs , and Eadicals . Mr . Horsman rather endorsed the suggestion , and complained that he could not find a place for himself or for bis party . The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that the House would always gladly make a place for so
distinguished an orator as Mr . Horsman ; but it was not so easy to make a place for his party , which scarcely had any existence . To which Mr . Horsman replied , vaunting his own consistency , and accusing some of the members on the Treasury bench with many and frequent changes of opinion . —On the the 10 th inst . the Speaker was unable to take his seat , and Mr .
Dodson officiated in his stead . The preliminary questionings wore soon over , aud then Sir John Gray , in an exhaustive speech , introduced his motion declaring the Irish Church' to bo an injustice to the people of Ireland . The whole of the evening was taken up with the debate on the subject , which Ava finally adjourned . —On the 11 th inst . Mr . Darby Griffith moved the second reading of the Postmaster-General Bill , which provides that the occupant of this important office should be a member of the House of Commons . In the discussion which