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    • POSTSCRIPT. Saturday, August 31
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      Postscript. Saturday, August 31

      POSTSCRIPT . Saturday , August 31 .

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      The papers of this morning contain full reports of the arrival of the Queen at Edinburgh on Thursday evening . The enthusiasm of the population of ' * Auld Reekie" at the sight of their Sovereign appears to have been far beyond anything -we ever see in England . The Daily News gives the following graphic account of the brilliant affair : — The royal party arrived at Edinburgh at the Meadowbank station , at five minutes past five o ' clock , having traversed the whole dis ' tance from Castle Howard in something less than seven hours , including stoppages . The preparations made for her Majesty ' s reception here were elegant and tasteful , but as the royal visit was understood to be of a private character they were not upon a very extensive scale . The landing platform was covered with crimson cloth , as were the

      steps leading up from the railway to the road , the latter having an additional covering of the Stewart tartan for her Majesty to walk upon . The walls were hung with pink and white drapery and decorated 1 with bunches of heather . The gateway whence the Queen emerged to the royal carriage was spanned by a graceful arch , decorated with bay leaves and flowers . It was surmounted by a floral crown , with an anchor suspended , and displayed on each side the initials " V . A . " in flowers . Opposite the station , on the outside , a gallery was . erected , and similarly adorned , for the accommodation of the judges and other high dignitaries , and their ladies . There was a guard of honour in attendance at the station , consisting of one captain , two subalterns , and fifty men of the Ninety-third Highlanders . The cavalry escort consisted of one officer and twenty men of the Thirteenth Light Dragoons .

      "The station at Meadowbank had no doubt been selected as the point of debarcaiion from the rail on account of its proximity to Holy rood , from which it is scarcely more than a quarter of a mile distant ; but bad the objeci been only to allow the good folk of Edinburgh en masse the opportunity of seeing her Majesty and welcoming her , it could not have been more happily chosen . It is situated at the base of that magnificent range of hills known as Arthur ' s Seat , by which the city on its eastern side is overshadowed , and whose verdant sides forma natural amphitheatre , extending along the park the whole way the procession would have to go . Covering the slopes and crags of those hills thousands of spectators were

      waiting , their gay dresses—for many of them were ladies , and the tarian was exhibited extensively—contrasting pleasingly with the sombre green of the mountain . As her Majesty and family emerged from the station and entered ( he carriage in waiting to convey them to the palace of the Scottish Kings , a shout arose from this mass of human beings which must have astonished as much as it gratified the Sovereign . The enthusiasm of the people apparently knew no bounds . Gentry and commons , stalwart men , gentle ladies , and children not a few , rushed , as the carriages proceeded , down the road , cheering at the top of their voices , and waving huts and bonnets , surrounding the royal party , and following on with them , rendering it a matter of no small uiriiculty to preserve the line of proceesion . Her Maiestv appeared heartily to enioy the scene , and as

      the carriage moved slowly along she continued bowing to the crowd , and answering by her smiles these exuberant clemonstiutions of loyal affection on the part of her Scottish subjects . At this lime the scene presented was one ot the finest and most striking that can be imagined . The royal carriages , with the scarlet and gold liveries of their attendants ; the gentlemen of the Royal Archer Guard in their picturesque green uniforms ; the Is'inetythird Highlanders in full Highland costume , their bayonets glittering in the sun ; the cavalry and the mounted staff with their brilliant appointments—the whole flanked on either hand by a moving wall of people — extending on the one side across the park and on the other iar up the hills , presented a couji d'ceil at . once grand and imposing . It was impossible not to be caught by the enthusiasm which everywhere prevailed . "

      In the evening the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch , the Duke of lioxburghe , the Earl of Morton , the Honourable C . Murray , General ltiddell , the Lord Provost of Edinburgh , and the Sheriff of the county dined with her Majesty . On Fiiday morning the Queen left Holy rood Palace , privately , ft nine o ' clock , and ascended to the summit of Arthur ' s Scat . The ceremony of laying ti . e lirst stone of the National Gallery took place in the forenoon , and passed < . ff with great eclat . In the afternoon her Majesty drove through the city , and visited several public institutions . This morning the Royal Family were to leave for Balmoral . ' The Post states that the Queen will reside at Holyrood for ten days on her return to the south .

      Orders have been issued for the Court's going into mourning on Sunday ( to-morrow ) for his late Mujesty Xing Louis Philippe ; and on Wednesday , the 11 th of September next , the Court to go out of mourning . We are happy to learn that the operation Lord Lyndhurst found it necessary to undergo for the recovery of his sight has proved most successful . —Morning Post . We announce with deep regret the deceat-e of Mdllc . Olga At * L < chner , in her 25 th jear . This amiable and accomplished young lady died at Ashburnham-house on the night of Tuesday , the 27 th instant , of seailer fever . Mdlle . Olga deLechiur was the daughter of the Baroness Iiruunow , by a former marriage , and was born atOur&sa . The iirbt attack of the insidious and fatal malady , which took place on the Thursday previous to her death , was not of a nature to excite the alarm of

      her family ; and when , at the close of last week , the Baron Brunnow departed from this country on leave of absence , no apprehensions were entertained respecting the issue of what then appeared only a slight and passing indisposition . But early in the present week the disease assumed a virulent form , and the utmost exertions of medical skill were unavailing to arrest the rapidity of its progress . Notwithstanding the dangerously contagious character which marked its later stages , the last moments of the lamented sufferer were cheered by the presence and the unremitting and anxious attention of her afflicted mother , who could not be induced to leave for a single moment the death-bed of her beloved daughter . — Morning Chronicle .

      _ _ The marriage of his Grace the Duke of Manchester with Miss Harriet Sydney Dobba , daughter of Mr . Conway R . Dobbs , of Castle Dobbs , county of Antrim , was solemnized on Wednesday , in the parish church ot Temple-corran . The event was celebrated by a dJJeuner at Castle Dobbs , at which were present upwards of a hundred of the gentry of the neighbourhood . The noble bridegroom and his fair bride proceeded to Tandragee Castle , previous to their leaving Ireland for his trace ' s seat , Kimbolton Castle , Huntingdonshire . — Morning Post .

      Mr . Cowling , of Albemarle-streer , has offered himself as a candidate , upon Conservative principles , for the representation of Cambridge University , the seat being vacant by the . decease of Mr . Law . Every night during the present week very serious conflicts have taken place between the soldiers of the Fiftieth Regiment in Portsmouth garrison , and the men of the Fox frigate . On Thursday evening the rioting had become so alarming that Mr . Jones , a magistrate , found it necessary to read the Riot Act , and to call in the aid of the military power .

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      The only subject of interest in the Paris journals is the opening of the session of several of the councils general , all of whom have passed resolutions recommending the revision of the constitution . The President returned to Paris on Thursday evening , a little before nine o'clock . If one is to measure the truth of the official accounts of the President ' s reception in the provinces by the accuracy of the reports given from the same source of his welcome back to Paris , the inventive faculties have been rarely taxed to a greater extent than in the composition of telegraphic despatches and authorized bulletins . An immense crowd was gathered on the whole line of road between the terminus of the

      Strasbourg railway and the Ely see , from whom there burst a cry of * ' Vive la Republique , et lien que la Republique ! " which overpowered the feeble efforts of isolated groups to make their Napoleonist cheers heard . On the whole , the we » l-dressed citizens abstained from all manifestation of political feeling , and were silent and indifferent spectators , while the clamorous victory was left to be disputed between the blouses of socialism and the fee'd bawlers of the Dix Decembte . The Republique gives the following account of the reception of the President : —

      " The rumour of the anival of M . Louis Napoleon Bonaparte at Paris attracted last evening an unaccustomed crowd of promenaders on the Boulevards , amongst whom at each step were officiers de paix and sergens de ville . Compact groups occupied the entrance of the Rues Hauteville and the Faubourg Poissonniere , the cortege having to come from the Strasbourg Railway station . The Society of the Dix De ' cembre took its measures well ; for , more than an hour before the arrival of the President , its members filled the Rue Chabrol , and uttered unconstitutional cries . Lost trouble , however ! At half-past eight , as soon an the first dragoons of the escort appeared ,

      M . Carlier , prefect of police , on horseback , at their head , an immense cry of * Vive la Rfipublique ! ' was heard on the Boulevard , and went from distance to distance in formidable echoes . Some men who had climbed to the top of cabs cried Vive Napoleon ! ' but this cry was immediately covered by a democratic acclamation which lasted for more than a quarter of an hour . And let the journals of the Ely * ee not say that last evening the men who uttered enthusiastic shouts for the Republic were paid—the ciowd was too numerous , the cries too unanimous . At the doors of the public establishments and the principal cafes , there was not an habitue" who did not shout * Vive la Republique ' "

      According to the last accounts received from Buenos Ayres the treaty of peace between France and the Argentine Confederation , which had been negotiated by Admiral Le Predour , was on the point of being signed . This treaty will restore peace to the countries bordering on the Rio de la Plata , and will put an end to the unfortunate state of things which has now ( or nearly five years interrupted the commercial intercourse between Europe and that part of South America . —Post . General Haynau left Frankfort on the 25 th instant for Brussels , on his way tc England .

      The Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Copenhagen on the 23 rd mutant . He expressly prohibited all public demonstrations . He landed privately , and took up his residence with the Russian Ambassador . Report says that he brought a whole box full of Russian orders for the officers who distinguished themselves at the battle of ldstedt . King Otho arrived from Greece at Trieste on the 24 th instant . lie was to continue his journey by way of Sabzberg , and was expected to arrive at Munich on the 29 lh . He will proceed from the capital to Hohen Schwangau , and subsequently to Ayschuflenburg . His Majesty's stay is at present fixed for two months ,

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      L O UIS PHILIPPE . Madams de Genlis ' s greatest work is finished i with his own pen her pupil , Louis Philippe , has put the finis to his autobiography ; ending his earthly career and his memoirs simultaneously . After his kind he has tasted thoroughl y of life . The teacher made the most of her materials , and the versatile prince , who cut an equally respectable figure as pedagogue or potentate , thoroughly , realized her idea of a judicious epicurean , converting whatever turned up to . the best account . The life to which she imparted the spirit beats any episode in the Tales of the

      Castle-Louis Philippe had had quite enough of adversity to make him—so sensible a man , and so economical of resources—thoroughly relish the luxury of his more fortunate days . He had had quite enough of royal . splendour to be perchance some * what palled with it , and , finally , sank down at Claremont into the position of a distinguished exile with as much propriety as he had shown in any other post . He had traversed America and Had learned all about it ; he had seen enough of military life in the field to put on the soldier whenever had been member

      it was required for effect . He a of the middle class , of the nobility , and of the royal class . He had sailed about on adventures , and lived respectably as an emigre in England . He knew something of every sphere , he had found some means of comfort in every condition . Also , it would seem , much that was hollow and unreal j for , upon the whole , he may be said to have treated life as if it were a stratagem which cunning cleverness might considerably improve . Opportunity had courted him , and he not only learned to make the most of it , but also to eke it

      out with some theatrical pretensions . When young he saves a man drowning in the water , and in his journal records a candid and triumphant vaunt of the advantage in popularity which a not difficult act of humanity had procured for him . He had seen life in so many phases that he supposed himself to understand it thoroughly ; of course hot being cognizant of those defects in his own character which prevented him from thoroughly apprehending any one circumstance . His mind was

      active , but commonplace : he could only view things and events in their common aspect ; and could scarcely suppose that any man who had seen , less could be wiser than he was . He supposed himself to have the advantage of every man ; and , as his farthest insight into most things consisted in a perception of the falsehood or hypocrisy that lay beneath the surface , such insight into falsehood seemed to him the final wisdom . The

      corresponding spirit of his conduct was to adopt on all occasions a policy of cajolery . ^ His success was cor - responding— it was superficial . He had every opportunity of a revolutionary career , but went through it all onl y to settle down at last into the common run of Prince . A constitutional throne was offered to him ; but he reverted after all to the old fashions set by his predecessors . He was tried in every relation of life , and did not prove to be of any certain or signal use to his country : he was a repeated failure .

      The degree in which he mistook the true course of policy tor a man in his position is shown by his attempt to make alliances for strengthening the royal connections of his family , lie adopted that policy in spite of the important example for avoidance Bet by the greater Buonaparte . Napoleon thought to strengthen himself by an alliance with Austria ; but when it was tried in adversity , at the very time when it should have availed , the alliance was found wanting in every particular . Louis Philippe sought royal alliances for his sons in every court of Europe , and even in Brazil : when the day of trouble came , he and all his progeny , with their wives and children , were turned out . unsustainctHjy

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      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep thongs fixed when all the world is by the very law or its creation in its eternal progress . —Dk . Arnold .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 31, 1850, page 539, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1851/page/11/