England is to be represented at Cherbourg by a respectable

fleet. Or- ders have been promulgated by the Lords of the Admiralty, on the come wand of the Queen, for the assemblinob of a squadron forthwith at Portsmouth to attend her Majesty to Cherbourg on her forthcoming visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French at that great naval rendez- vous. This squadron will consist of six sail of the line, six frigates, and a flotilla of the Queen's and the Admiralty's steam-yachts, comprising the following, the whole under the command of Admiral Lord Lyons, with Rear-Admiral Sir C. H. Fremantle as second in command— Royal Albert, 121, Captain the Honourable Francis Egerton, flag of Vice- Admiral of the White the Right Honourable Edmund Lord Lyons, Com- mander-in-chief; Hannibal, 91, Captain Ii. Chads, flag of Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Howe Fremantle ; Brunswick, 81, Captain Ounnanney ; Orion, 91, Captain D'Eyncourt ; Renown, 91, Captain Forbes; Cower, 91, Captain Frederick ; the Euryalus, 51, Captain 'larleton, CR. ; the Arro- gant, 47, Captain Heath, C.B. ; the Diadem, 32, Captain Moorsom, C.B. ; the Curacoa, 31, Captain T. M. Mason ; the Racoon, 22, Captain Payuter ; the Terrible, 21, Captain Glasse, C.B. ; the Valorous, 16, Captain Aldham ; the Victoria and Albert, Captain the Honourable J. Denman ; the Fairy Royal tender, Mr. D. N. Welch, Master, R.N. ; the Elfin Royal tender, Mr. A. Balliston, Master, R.N. ; the Osborne Admiralty yacht, Mr. G. H. K. Bower, Master, R.N. ; the Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Mr. J. E. Tetley, Master, R.N. ; the Fire Queen Admiralty yacht, Mr. W. F. Paul, Master, R.N. ; the Sprightly steam eem tender, Mr. George Allen, Acting Master, R.N.

It is by her Majesty's express wish and command that Admiral Lord Lyons commands in chief this squadron of honour.

The ships intended to form the Channel fleet are to be forthwith com- missioned. Sir John Pakington has selected Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Howe Freemantle to command it, and that officer has hoisted his flag on board the Duke of Wellington. He is in his fifty-eighth year.

It has been determined to raise four regiments of European light cavalry, each to consist of 870 officers and men, for service in Bengal.

Dr. Andrew Smith, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Army, is to be made a Knight-Commander of the Bath. It is understood that he will retire into private life. The new work to be done certainly requires new and strong hands.

It seems that he will be succeeded by Mr. Alefumder, a medical officer who distinguished himself by fitness and power' of endurance in the Crimea, and who has since been an active member of tie famoua Military Medical Commission. This is admitted to be an exdl Rent ap- pointment.

The offices of Dean of the Arches and Official Principal of the Arches' Court have been conferred by the Archbishop of Canlewbury on the Right Honourable Dr. Lushington. The functions of the Dean of the Arches are now merely nominal, but the Official Principal of the Arches' Court is the Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Province of Canterbury. It is reported that Dr. Travers Twigs will succeed Dr. Luehington se Chancellor of the Diocese of London.

Lady Edward Lytton, the wife of the Colonial Secretary, was, a short time since, arrested in London and carried to a lunatic asylum. She had lived at Taunton, and the people there, according to the Somerset Gazette of July 10, held a meeting and passed strong resolu- tions condemning this proceeding. Much indignation was expressed in many quarters, a commission de lunatic° was talked of, and matters looked serious. But on Wednesday the morning journals were "re- quested to state, upon the best authority, that all matters in reference to this lady, about whom certain statements have appeared in some of the public journals,' are in process of being amicably settled by family arrangements to the satisfaction of all parties concerned."

The Times is authorized to state that the law-officers of the Crown having expressed an opinion that it is not advisable to take any further steps in the prosecution against Thomas Allsop, her Majesty's Govern- ment have consequently determined to put an end to the proceedings against him, and to withdraw the offer of a reward for his apprehension.

It is now said in political circles that—subject, of course to the state of the public business—Parliament will be prorogued on the 31st July, and that the Speaker will give his customary entertainment to the Sergeant-at- Arms and other principal officers of the House of Commons on Wednesday, the 28th July. The Ministerial whitebait dinner is appointed for Saturday, the 24th July.—Morning Post.

The Plymouth Mail believes that Sir John Yarde Buller has consented to accept a peerage, and will take the title of Earl of Churaton Ferrers. The second title will probably be Viscount Lupton.

There has been much gaiety in the fashionable world this week. Grand balls have been given by the Duchess of Wellington and the Baroness Brunnow. The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge', and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg Strelitz, have visited these parties. The fête at the Russian embassy was the first since 1864. The Austrian ambassador has given an entertainment in honour of the Duke of Cambridge. Lord and Lady Rokeby have received the same royal guests. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Oldenburg„ with their family, arrived at Hanover on the 5th July, on a visit to the King.

General Gortschakoff, Governor of Poland, has arrived at Cannstadt, in Wurtemberg, where he intends to make a lengthened stay.

Mr. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert left town on Monday for a tour in Germane for a few months.

King Otho is travelling in Italy, while his strong-minded spouse queens it in Greece.

Lord Brougham has gone to Brougham Hall for the autumn. He will remain in the North until after his birthday, and will then repair to Cannes.

The Countess of Cardigan, who had for some time resided in Italy, re-' turned home, improved in health, in the spring. Six weeks ago she had a relapse, and on Thursday she died at her house in South Street, Park Lane. She was the daughter of Admiral Tollemache, and sixty-one years of age: Her first husband was Mr. C. F. Johnstone, but her marriage with him was dissolved in 1826. A few months afterwards she married Lord Brudenell,:

now Earl of Cardigan. . • • .

The City of London has lost its Chamberlain, Sir John Key. 'Ile died at Streatham, on Thursday, from an attack of gout. Elected Alderman in 1823, Sir'John became Lord Mayor in 1830, and, being a Reformer, he was again elected, contrary to custom, in 1831. In 1853 he was chosen Cham- berlain over two competitors. The office, now vacant, is worth 25001. per annum.

Mrs. Loudon, so well known as the author of several works on gardens and gardening, died in her house at Bayswater on the 13th July. Mr. Loudon died in 1843. A pension of 1001. lapses to the Crown.

Six iron guns, the first and only production of the Royal Standard Foundry erected at Woolwich duringthe Russian war, were on Monday fired at the proof butt. It is stated that they stood the test to the "perfect sa- tisfaction " of the officials.

A new quarterly review, backed by a powerful political party, is an- nounced to appear in the course of the autumn, and is, we hear, to be pub- lished by Mr. Bentley, of New Burlington Street.--Mornitag Post.

The Government have conferred a pension of 1001. upon the widow of John Hogan, the sculptor.

The Queen has granted a pension of 50/. per annum to Mr. John Bolton Rogerson, of Manchester, author of " Rhyme, Romance, and Reverie," and other works. The Manchester Guardian says—" For some time past Mr. Rogerson has partially lost the use of his limbs from rheumatism; so that he is quite incapacitated from the pursuits of active industry."

The Criminal tribunal at Rome has found the Marquis Campana guilty of the peculation and abuse of power attributed to him in his administration of the Monte di Pieti, and condemned him in consequence to the galleys—that is to say, imprisonment with hard work for twenty years. It is not gene- rally believed that this sentence will be carried out in all its rigour. His advocate has been suspended for three months from the exercise of his-Pre- feseion because he spruikled his defence of his noble client with too much repartee ! Rome and Naples are allied in attacking the bar. The Indipendente of Turin of July 8, states that Signor Demers, the advocate who courageously pleaded for the owners of the Cagliari before the Court of Salerno, has been banished to Procida by the.high police. The Gazetta Militare of Turnin mentions a rumour to the effect that the Neapolitan Government has, through the intervention of the British Am.; bassador, offered Messrs. Rubattino and Co., of Genoa, an indemnity of 100,000 francs, for the detention of the Cagliari and her crew, and that the said Company has refused the sum as being insufficient. According to the Tempo of Casale Count Cavour will apply the legacy of the late M. Cernazzai, of Udine, to the endowment of the military and naval schools of Turin, in favour of non-Piedmontese Italians desirous of follow- ing either of those careers..

The Sultan has granted to the Frenoh Government the ruins of the Church of St. Anne, at f ercsalem, with authority to rebuild it. The plane have been approved by the French Commission of Public Works; the build- ing will be commenced forthwith, as a sum of 140,000 francs has been given by the Government towards that object, That splendid plant, the water-lily of the Ganges, or sacred bean of India, will shortly produce its very beautiful flowers in the tropical aquarium of Sew Gardena. Models of this gorgeous exotic and the Victoria Beg* are in the Museum.

The Shakspeare autograph, in the British Museum lies on velvet, in .a sloping mahogany case, with a plate-ghuis before it, and curtains of blue silk to protect it from too strong a light.

A photographic artist has succe.d in photographing a mortar-shell in its ascending flight, sufficiently intense to print from it. He calls particu- lar attention to the fact that " the likeness of the human head dominates in the smoke." The new bridge at Westminster, a larger and handsomer structure than the old one, is now rapidly approaching completion.

The mortality of London increased last week. The number of deaths. 1191, was 117 in excess of the corrected average. Had the rate of mortality been the same as that of the healthiest parts of England, the deaths would have been 799. There were three cases of cholera.

The proceeds of the Cremorne fête, 8001., have been equally divided among several charitable institutions, and four police offices, giving a sum of 501. each. Speculation in St. Petersburg seems to have reached fever height. The shares of a new fire-insurance company were literally fought for recently, and thousands were disappointed of obtaining them. Dirty boxes are not to be despised. On the 27th April, according to a letter from Lucknow in Allen's Indian Mail, "in a small corner was dis- covered a dirty box, after an hour's digging, and when opened behold a col- lection of rubies, diamonds, pearls, &c., of the value of 100,000 rupees. The soil of Lucknow is a mint of money." A manufacturer in the South of France advertises a preparation which he calls "Eau de Noblesse" ; and declares that "it makes the hair always preserve an honourable direction, and gives to the person who uses it an air of distinction and supremacy" !