We learn from the best authority that the Queen and
Prince Consort, according to present arrangements, intend to remain at Laggan Lodge till the 18th instant; on which day her Majesty and the members of the Royal Family quit Ardverikie for Fort William, to embark on board the Royal yacht. It is now positively fixed that the Royal squadron will return by the same way to Osborne, and not by the North-eastern coast, as was at one time contemplated.—Morning Post.
Wynyard Park is the scene of some brilliant festivities, in which are combined the celebration of the marriage of Lady Alexandrine, Vane to the Earl of Portar- lington with that of the return of Lord Seaham as Member for the Northern Division of Durham county. The marriage was solemnized on Tuesday evening The ceremony was followed by a banquet; and a grand ball was given last night Mr. Henry James Prescott is the gentleman recommended by the Court of Directors of the Bank of England to fill the vacancy of Deputy-Governor, occa- sioned by the recent election of Mr. Morris as Governor.
Sir Erskine Perry, the senior Puisne Judge at Bombay, has been elevated to the Chief Justiceship of the Bombay Bench, vacant by the death of Sir David Pollock.
It is understood that Captain Williams, the Inspector of Prisons for the Mid- land District, will succeed to the Inspectorship of the Home District, vacated by the death of Mr. Russell. Captain O'Brien will move from the Scotch District to the Midland; and the Inspector appointed for the Scotch District is Captain Kincaid, who has for many years been the Governor of Bridewell prison.—Ttmes
Great numbers of Irish poor, sent from various parts of the country in virtue of the provisions of the act of last session, are arriving daily.at Dublin, Cork, and Belfast. On board the Datehes:s of Kent steamer, one of the paupers had died during i the passage from Liverpool; and loud complaints were made at the feeble condition n which the authorities had allowed many of the people to depart.
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