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Preparations for the Queen's departure have increased in activity throughout the week. The yacht Victoria and Albert arrived at Woolwich from Portsmouth on Wednesday, and the stowage of furniture and other things for the use of the

voyagers at once began. Among the furniture, a fine pianoforte was shipped on Thursday. The yacht will be accompanied by its tender, the Fairy, and by the

steamers Black Eagle and Lightning. The Porcupine and Monkey steamers are to precede it, with carriages and other things for the convenience of the party while going up the rivers or on shore. Our last intelligence from London informs us that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert will not arrive here, [Saxe-Coburg,] before the 18th or 20th August' Already, however, there are no more apartments to be had; and even the Ducal Court has been obliged to hire the best private lodgings in the town and adjacent villages of Katschendorf and Fullbach, for the accommodation of its guests. The number of foreigners of high rank who are announced, and who are desirous of being presented at Court, is almost incredible. Not less than sixty-one personages belonging to imperial, royal, and princely families, are expected. The smallest dwellings are let upon truly English terms. One English family are paying Si. per day for three small rooms. Her Majesty has expressed a desire to stay at Bosenau, where Prince Albert was born. A programme of the festivities, &c., dur- ing the week the august visiters will remain here, will be shortly published. Three

operas will be played during that time; one of which, by order; of the Queen, will be the II uguenots, the part of Raoul by Tichatschek. The new opera of Adele de Foix will be also performed. A good portion of the first tier of boxes and of the pit will be reserved for the Court and its guests. It is already difficult to procure cards of admission. Our august visiters will pass the night at Bamberg previously to arriving here.—Franconian Mercury, Aug. 1.

Ministers ate their annual white-bait dinner, at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, in Greenwich, on Wednesday. Sir James Graham presided, and most of his col- leagues were present; but not the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, nor Lord Stanley. Among the guests not now strictly connected with the Government were the Earl of St. Germains and Captain Boldero.

Captain Boldero's constituents of Clappenham have presented him with an al. dress in reference to the South-eastern Railway petition, declaring their unabated confidence in his honour and integrity.

At Mr. George bloffutes house, in Eaton Square, on Saturday, a number of mer- chants and traders of the City of London assembled to present a piece of plate to Mr. Hawes, 31.P., to mark their sense of the great services which he had con- ferred on the commercial interests. Mr. Hawes and the whole party, including the members of the Committee, several Members of Parliament, and other gentle men, were entertained at dinner by Mr. Moffatt.

In reporting a case in the Nisi Prius Court at Monmouth, over which Mr. Justice Patteson presided, the Times remarks—" The increasing deafness of the

learned Judge who tried the last case is very much to be lamented. The high esteem and veneration we feel for his Lordship causes a delicacy in mentioning the subject; but it is clear, from the conduct of the spectators, that the infirmity an question detracts much from the solemnity and awe which should be attendant upon the administration of justice."

Sir George Hayter, who has been suffering from concussion of the brain and wounds in the head and legs, occasioned by the accident on the Dover Railroad on the 28th July, is recovering; although it is expected to be many days before he be able to walk, or even stand with ease.

An announcement having been sent forth that the Right Honourable Lord Teynham would preach at Castle Street Chapel, Swansea, on Wednesday even- ing last, the meetinghouse was literally crammed at seven o'clock, the hour ap-

pomted for holding. the service. His Lordship selected for his text the 51st Psalm, 4th verse, "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned," &c.; and preached for

about an hour. It appears that his Lordship has practised preaching from an early age, and, previous to succeeding to the Peerage, laboured in connexion with the Home Missionary Society; which so displeased his father, the late Lord, that in his will be deprived him of everything with the exception of the entailed es- tate. A portion of the property has, however, since reverted to him by the death of two of his brothers. His Lordship was on his way to Ireland; he preached on Thursday, evening at Lhuielly, and will preach this evening (Tua&y) at Car-

matthan.—Csabriaa. The testament of the late Sir William Follett has been proved. The teatator devises his real estates to his executors in trust for his eldest son, George, and on failure of issue to his other sons and their issue male; bequeaths to Lady Follett 2,5001. a year, and a legacy of 1,0001. for immediate use; to his sister Mrs. Synge, 2001. a year, and a legacy of 5001-; to his sister Mrs. Bright, 3,0001. for her own use; to her husband, Dr. Bright, 5001.; to the four sisters of his wife 1,0001. each; with legacies to his nephews and a year's wages to his servants. He leaves his law-books to his brother, Brent Spencer Follett, his brother Robert Bayly Follett first making a selection for his own use; and he leaves to his brother LibeRobert the watch he usual] wore. He devises to his brother John the messuage, &c, at Topsham; and ueaths to each of his three brothers a legacy of 1,5001. To Lady Follett he bequeaths the. carriages horses, and all the house- hold furniture, &c. for her life, but expressing a wish that she should give to his son inheriting the i'val estate such of theplate as was received by him as presents. The residue of his personal estate (the whole of which was sworn under 160,0001) he leaves to be divided among all his children.

The personal estate of the late Mr. Edward Coode, of St. Austell in Cornwall, has been sworn under 120,0001.

The anticipations of the harvest are becoming. very gloomy. The week opened with signs at improvement in the weather; the air was warmer, and the sun made its appearance. But the sunshine has been fitful, and interrupted by heavy squalls of ram, frequent and long. The accounts from all parts of Great Britam—Tng- land, Wales, and Scotland—are nearly the same: the harvest promised a few weeks back to be abundant, heavy, and excellent beyond precedent; but now it is certain that it must be late, and therefore not of the best; the rich golden colour of the finest quality does not come; in parts where the harvest had begun last year, the wheat is still as green as grass; in many places it has been extensively laid by the heavy rain, and it will need a decided change in the weather to save anything like an average crop. Much of the hay is still out, and spoiled by the wet. The potato crop looks well. The most favourable accounts are from Ire- land; where, they say, no serious mischief has yet been done to the wheat.

" The excitement in the corn-markets," says the circular of Mr. MHenry, the Liverpool dealer, " has been intense, and prices of all descriptions of bread-stuffs are quite unsettled. Bonded Western Canal flour has been sold at 248., the highest price reached for years."

The crops in France and Germany are reported as anything but promising; and the stock of corn in the Baltic ports is understood to be unusually small.

A very minute inquiry has been instituted among the grocers and retail dealers throughout the Metropolis and adjoining districts, the result of which is both curious and interesting. In the wealthier quarters the increase in the con- sumption of sugar varies from ten to twenty per cent, but in the Eastern parts of the town and poorer suburbs it actually ranges from thirty to sixty per cent.— Globe.

A fresh instalment of the Chinese ransom-money, which was brought to Eng- land by the Cambrian, arrived in London on Monday. The whole of the ransom, consisting of 2,000,000 dollars, which was deposited in 500 boxes and weighed about 62 hundredweight, was conveyed by the South.western Railway, under a military guard. On its arrival it was placed in ten waggons, each drawn by four horses, and taken to the Mint. There is another portion of Sycee silver ex- pected, which will be the last of the ransom.

A meeting was held in Birmingham on Friday for the relief of the sufferers by the fires at Quebec; and a sum of 5001. was realized for that object.

The profession and the public will be pleased to hear that a very important subject, the removal of the Law-Courts, is again under serious consideration. The public are, by the plan proposed, likely to obtain commodious courts for the administration of justice in the most convenient part of the Metropolis. To carry out the design it will be necessary to clear away a large mass of property of the very worst description. Thus a grand Metropolitan improvement will be effected, and a great public advantage will be secured. The proposed site will be con tig,uous to the Temples and Lincoln's Inn, and central to the City, West-end, and other parts of London; thus combining all the benefits of a fire-proof depository for many unprotected documents connected with proceedings in Chancery, relating to fifty millions sterling in value. The special and immediate attention of Government and the profession is now highly necessary to render sufficient accommodation and well-ventilated offices for those who are unfortunately involved in litigation. Nothing can be worse than several of the present courts' which cause great injury to health by the limited space which they. occupy, and are by no means equal to many of the local courts. By the adoption ot the proposed plan, a noble edifice can be formed to include all the Law-Courts, surrounded by the Law-Offices and Inns of Court, with the chambers of the profession; also extensive accommodation to the larger portion of the members of the bar, and a splendid ornament to the Metropolis. The change would only interfere with a few leading barristers who are engaged before Parliamentary Committees. We trust, there- fore, that the convenience of a few leading members of the profession will not prevail against the general benefit, but that these will withdraw their opposition and submit to a trifling inconvenience for the benefit of the public interests.—Globs

Aqueducts seem likely to become familiar in England. A company has been formed at Blackburn and the neighbouring towns, called the "Lancashire Water- works Company," to convey water to the numerous towns and places mentioned, by means of a conduit or channel of flag-stone, or other suitable material, along the inclines of the Blackburn, Darwin, and Bolton Railway, and its intended branches. It is shown that an abundant supply of the purest water can be secured for the company.

In a letter to the Times, M. Charles Castellain, whose letter is dated "Belgian Consulate, August 2" says of the Ministry newly formed at Brussels—" It 19 in- correct to state that M. Dechamps, the late Minister of Public Works, is Prime Minister: there is, officially, no such post in Belgium; but the position of chief of the Cabinet is held by M. Van der Weyer, who has accepted office as Minister of the Interior; and, as the leading member of the Government, has countersigned the Royal ordonnances appointing the other Ministers, including M. Descluunps as Minister of Foreign Affairs."

Letters from Bagdad recount a fatal misadventure which has occurred to the Persian Princes, Suleiman Mirza and Timour Mina, who were formerly in Eng- land, and to several of their relations. As they were hunting near Hansimam, they were attacked by a large body of wandering Arabs. A desperate conflict ensued, in which Suleiman Mirza was killed. Time= Mirza was pierced com- pletely through the body by a spear, and now lies in a very dangerous state. Four more of the young Princes were severely wounded. Suleiman and Timer Mirza fought with a courage worthy of their reputation; the latter killing three Arabs with his own hand after receiving his wound.

The Journal des Debate mentions, that in two days the Customhouse-officers had seized in Paris English smuggled manufactures to an enormous amount. In one tailor's shop alone, a seizure of" mackintoshes" to the amount of 20,000 francs was made.

At the Edinburgh High Court of Justiciary, last week, Paten, superintendent of locomotives on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Macnab, an engine- driver, were charged with culpable homicide, in having caused the death ot Mr. Cooley, who was killed by a p-assenger-train overtaking a special-train which he had engaged to take him to Edinburgh. Paten was accused of providing a de-

fentive engine to convey Cooley; and Idaenab of proceeding with such defective

engine, and of not dis eying a lamp in the rear. Jury having been empanelled, the Solicitor-Gene intimated that the Crown had found it necessary to desert she diet against the prisoners; the reasons for which he was proceeding to state, when the Court said it was unnecessary to snake any. explanation, as the Crown had a perfect right to exercise its discretion in deserting the diet. The prisoners were then discharged from the bar.

The eleven men, part of the crew of the John Hendrick Dutch East Indiamam which was wrecked on St. Paul's Island, near the Equator, in May last, and whom, in consequence of rough weather, the Captain of the Chance was unable to bring way, with nine of their companions, have happily been taken off the rock by another vessel. When the men beheld the Chance driven away by the weather, they endeavoured, under the guidance of the surgeon, to provide for extremities. They explored the rock, and found it to be half-a-mile in circumference. There was a plentiful supply of fowl, but no fresh water. They killed the fowls during the night, and gathered eggs by day: a little pork which they had they used as bait for fish; and, with bent nails for hooks, they succeeded in catching some. There were also crabs upon the rock, the claws of which quenched their thirst.. During the day, between eleven and three o'clock, on account of the extreme heat, they waded into the sea. In this situation they continued for eight days; when nearly the whole of them were seized with a swelling of the lips and tongue, and a vertigo that for two days rendered them almost insensible. This arose from the want of water. On the tenth day they had showers of rain•' and they contrived to catch some in a cask by means of a sail spread out with a hole in the centre. This greatly revived them. On the lath June, the Eliza, Captain Snell, belong- ing to Liverpool and trading to Sydney, hove in sight; a flag was waved, the slop observed it, boats were sent, and all the men were taken off the island. The rock on which the men were is supposed to be a volcanic eruption. The mate describes the composition of it to be iron, stone, and glass. There are three spires or pillars swirling out of it.

During a dreadful thunder-storm at West Ashton, the other day, an old man was struck dead by the lightning while standing under a tree, where he had sought shelter from the ram.

On the morning of Tuesday week, the surface of the country between Bangor and Bethesda, for an extent of three miles at least, was covered with snow to the depth of three inches and upwards.—Chester Chroxiele.

Some extraordinary atmospherical phsenomena have been observed abroad. On the 18th June, the brig Victoria e as suddenly becalmed in the Mediterranean; a gale followed, then a second calm, with a powerful stench of sulphur; and towards sunset, three luminous bodies emerged from the sea, remaining visible for ten minutes. Just about the same hour, a strange sight was descried in the heavens from Mount Lebanon. "A fiery meteor, composed of two luminous bodies, each presenting an appearance of being at least five times larger than the moon, with streamers or appendages from each, joining the two, and looking precisely like two huge flags, blown on by a gentle breeze, appeared in the West, remained visible for an hour, taking an Easterly course, and gradually faded to the view. The appendages appeared to shine from the reflected light of the main bodies, which it was painful to look at for any time. The moon had risen about half- am-hour before, and there was scarcely any wind at the time." At Erzerown, in Asia Minor, on the 21st June, the thermometer suddenly fell from about 21° to A°, then to 4°; a heavy snow-storm ensued, and lasted three days; and then the thermometer suddenly rose to 210. At Calcutta, on the 25th and 28th June, the thermometer stood at 87° under cover, and at 1300 in the sun: in the heat, articles of furniture cracked with a loud reports