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The Week.
fortnight , and ivere just in time to assist at her Majesty ' s concert , to which a party of 360 ivere invited . On Thursday there Avas another court , at which was much kissing of bauds and doing of homage ou entering office . Her Majesty held a levee on Saturday afternoon at St . James ' s Palace , ivhich was numerously attended . A great many presentations took place , and several gentlemen had the honour of knighthood conferred upon tbem . The Prince of Wales landed at Portsmouth on Saturday morning from his continental tourand hi the course of the clay arrived
, at Buckingham Palace . In the evening the Queen and Prince Consort , accompanied by the King of the Belgians and the Prince of Wales , went to the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden . The Queen , accompanied by the Prince of Wales , visited the Duchess of Kent at Erogmore on Monday morning . Tbe Duke of Oporto arrived at Buckingham Palace , on a visit to her Majesty , in the afternoon . There was a dinner party at the palace in the evening . The news from the seat of war in Italis importantthough imperfect afc resentSome encounters took
y very , p . place on Thursday . The Sardinians advanced from Lonato in the direction of Peschiera , and had an affair ivith Austrian outposts . Tho French , after sonic fighting , passed the Chiese at Montechiaro , ivith great force , and pushed a reconnaissance as far as Goita , in the direction of Mantua . These encounters wore evidently but insignificant , though the report from Turin , which is , as yet , the only one which ive have received , tries to make the most of them . The loss of life on this occasion happily seems to havo been very small indeed . the Mincioat
On Friday a most important general actiou took place on , a place called Solferino . The results aro not yet perfectly known , but in the telegrams received by the empress , the Emperor Napoleon claims a magnificent victory , and says : " The whole Austrian army formed the lino of battle , which extended five leagues in length . We have taken all their positions , and captured many camion , flags , and prisoners . The battle lasted from four in the morning till eight o ' clock in the evening . The enemy Avithdrew in the night . I have passed the night in the room occupied on the morning of the battle by the Emperor of Austria .
General Kiel has been appointed marshal of France . " The Palric alleges that tbe victorious army crossed the Mincio iu pursuit of the Austrians . Tlie Prcsse put . ; down the Austrian loss at the enormous number of 35 , 000 hors de combat , and 15 , 000 taken prisoners , together with sixteen flags , and seventy-five pieces ol cannon captured . A message from Turin , however , gives a much more moderate estimate . It says : — " The allies took thirty cannon , 6 , 000 prisoners , ancl several flags . All the fortified positions of the enemy ivere taken . " In order that no embelthe iu French
lishments may be Avantiug to this great event , AVO find following a journal : — " The emperor ivas constantly in the hottest fire . General Larrey , who accompanied the emperor , had his horse killed , two horses of the escort of the Cent Gardes were also killed . Tho dangers which the emperor ran increased still more the enthusiasm and daring of our soldiers . " The enthusiasm excited among all classes in the French capital by the news of the victory Avas of immense The city ivas illuminated in a splendid manner ,
course . ivhile the houses Avere covered with flags . The Faubourg Sfc . Antoine was particularly remarkable for the manner in which ifc celebrated , the occasion . This portion of Paris is inhabited exclusively by the Avorking classes , AVIIO , with their wives anil children , promenaded the streets and gave vent to their joy by singing patriotic songs . The despotic acts of the Emperor , and all tho transportations and executions of political prisoners are no doubt forgotten and having succeeded in reaping a harvest of " glory" for fche French people , Louis Napoleon may rest easy the bill
as to criticisms upon his peculiar mode of government . Perhaps war , when it has to be paid by the already enormously taxed people of France , may be found a slight inconvenience .- The following very significant telegram has arrived from Vienna , dated Monday : " The Emperor will soon return to Vienna on account of important government business . The command-in-chief of the army , which is preparing for a new battle , is given to General Hess . " An attack by the French upon Venice is daily expected . A French squadron , Avith 15 , 000 fighting men on board , has quitted Toulon , ancl it is suspected that the expedition is directed to the Tagliamonto , a river lo tho east of Venice . We are in a comfortable state here , truly , " says a letter from Venice j—" a French fleet outside—
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
fortnight , and ivere just in time to assist at her Majesty ' s concert , to which a party of 360 ivere invited . On Thursday there Avas another court , at which was much kissing of bauds and doing of homage ou entering office . Her Majesty held a levee on Saturday afternoon at St . James ' s Palace , ivhich was numerously attended . A great many presentations took place , and several gentlemen had the honour of knighthood conferred upon tbem . The Prince of Wales landed at Portsmouth on Saturday morning from his continental tourand hi the course of the clay arrived
, at Buckingham Palace . In the evening the Queen and Prince Consort , accompanied by the King of the Belgians and the Prince of Wales , went to the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden . The Queen , accompanied by the Prince of Wales , visited the Duchess of Kent at Erogmore on Monday morning . Tbe Duke of Oporto arrived at Buckingham Palace , on a visit to her Majesty , in the afternoon . There was a dinner party at the palace in the evening . The news from the seat of war in Italis importantthough imperfect afc resentSome encounters took
y very , p . place on Thursday . The Sardinians advanced from Lonato in the direction of Peschiera , and had an affair ivith Austrian outposts . Tho French , after sonic fighting , passed the Chiese at Montechiaro , ivith great force , and pushed a reconnaissance as far as Goita , in the direction of Mantua . These encounters wore evidently but insignificant , though the report from Turin , which is , as yet , the only one which ive have received , tries to make the most of them . The loss of life on this occasion happily seems to havo been very small indeed . the Mincioat
On Friday a most important general actiou took place on , a place called Solferino . The results aro not yet perfectly known , but in the telegrams received by the empress , the Emperor Napoleon claims a magnificent victory , and says : " The whole Austrian army formed the lino of battle , which extended five leagues in length . We have taken all their positions , and captured many camion , flags , and prisoners . The battle lasted from four in the morning till eight o ' clock in the evening . The enemy Avithdrew in the night . I have passed the night in the room occupied on the morning of the battle by the Emperor of Austria .
General Kiel has been appointed marshal of France . " The Palric alleges that tbe victorious army crossed the Mincio iu pursuit of the Austrians . Tlie Prcsse put . ; down the Austrian loss at the enormous number of 35 , 000 hors de combat , and 15 , 000 taken prisoners , together with sixteen flags , and seventy-five pieces ol cannon captured . A message from Turin , however , gives a much more moderate estimate . It says : — " The allies took thirty cannon , 6 , 000 prisoners , ancl several flags . All the fortified positions of the enemy ivere taken . " In order that no embelthe iu French
lishments may be Avantiug to this great event , AVO find following a journal : — " The emperor ivas constantly in the hottest fire . General Larrey , who accompanied the emperor , had his horse killed , two horses of the escort of the Cent Gardes were also killed . Tho dangers which the emperor ran increased still more the enthusiasm and daring of our soldiers . " The enthusiasm excited among all classes in the French capital by the news of the victory Avas of immense The city ivas illuminated in a splendid manner ,
course . ivhile the houses Avere covered with flags . The Faubourg Sfc . Antoine was particularly remarkable for the manner in which ifc celebrated , the occasion . This portion of Paris is inhabited exclusively by the Avorking classes , AVIIO , with their wives anil children , promenaded the streets and gave vent to their joy by singing patriotic songs . The despotic acts of the Emperor , and all tho transportations and executions of political prisoners are no doubt forgotten and having succeeded in reaping a harvest of " glory" for fche French people , Louis Napoleon may rest easy the bill
as to criticisms upon his peculiar mode of government . Perhaps war , when it has to be paid by the already enormously taxed people of France , may be found a slight inconvenience .- The following very significant telegram has arrived from Vienna , dated Monday : " The Emperor will soon return to Vienna on account of important government business . The command-in-chief of the army , which is preparing for a new battle , is given to General Hess . " An attack by the French upon Venice is daily expected . A French squadron , Avith 15 , 000 fighting men on board , has quitted Toulon , ancl it is suspected that the expedition is directed to the Tagliamonto , a river lo tho east of Venice . We are in a comfortable state here , truly , " says a letter from Venice j—" a French fleet outside—