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      APPEL AUX A 2 TG&AIS .

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      MISCELLANEOUS .

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      The Court . —On Saturday her Majesty held a drawing-room , which was pretty well attended considering the elections and other causes for the absence of fashionable folks from town . The Queen and the Prince Consort visited the Royal Academy Exhibition on Tuesday . On Thursday her Majesty ' s levee was attended by about two hundred and thirty gentlemen . On Tuesday the Queen and Prince Consort , with the Princesses Alice and Helena , honoured the Princess ' s Theatre with their presence . The Queen has had two grand dinner parties this week . This day ( Saturday ) the Queen will visit her troops at Aldershott . Her Majesty will be accompanied by the Prince Consort and the Princess Alice . The royal party will sleep in the Koyal Pavilion on Saturday night and Sunday night , and return to Buckingham Palace on Monday afternoon . There will be a grand review of the whole of the troops on Monday .

      The Prince ov Waxes . —JHis Royal Highness has left Borne for Spain and Gibraltar . A Roman correspondent speaks thus of . him : — " Among all classes of people there is a word of praise for ' ' Prince , His manners are amiable , and his intelligence quick . ¦ During his residence in Rome he has visited everything worth seeing ; and , observing most strictly hia incognito , he has surrounded himself by those who were most distinguished in their various callings and professions . Among those who have had the honour of being invited to the royal table I may mention Gibson , our sculptor : Lefrbnaim and Leighton , painters in oils ; Motley , the American historian ; Pentland , well known here for his accurate knowledge of everything connected with Italian antiquities and art ; not to mention many others . Indeed , the object has been to surround his Royal Highness with those from whom he could acquire ideas . With regard to his Protestantism , of which some old ladies had great fears , I may observe that it is as immaculate as themselves . * I shall go to our church on Easter Sunday , ' said his Royal Highness ; when English people are in Rome , they ought , I think , to show what they are . ' This flrmnoas of principle is con-. nested , at the same time , with great liberality and kindness , of feeling , " ScoTon ; Representative Peerage .- —The election of sixteen peers , to represent the peers of Scotland ,

      ( Civil ); the Right Hon . Sir Joha Young ' Hut ( Civil ); Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings fCWm and Colonel Joshua Jebb ( Civil ) . The fblloS were made Companions of the Order : ~ Lieutennnf Colonel Richard Herbert Gall , 14 th Light d £ KS ? Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Steele , 83 rd ^ Fbofv Major James Robert . Gibbon , Royal Artfllow * Colonel Thomas William Hicks , Bombay ArtUlerv ' Lieutenant-Colonel George Henry Robertson 25 tb Regiment Bombay Native Light Infantry : Jfaior Thomas Fourness Wilson , 13 th Bengal Native Infantry ; and Major John Dobree Woollcombe Bombay Artillery . ' ' :

      Napoleonic Claptrap . —The iron folding bedstead used by Napoleon I . in his campaigns , formed . part of the tent equipage forwarded to Marseilles this weekj and sundry particulars of the imperial outfit are known , an immense stud of chargers being the most prominent feature . The camp goblet knife , and fork of the great uncle are no longer in the Napoleon room at the LoUvre , but are gone to play an active part in the campaign . To sober Englishmen this looks puerile , but such " dramatic properties" are not without effect on FFench soldiers . — Globe .

      Virtue Rewarded ;—A letter in the Mercure de Suabe acquaints the public with the highly royal and sensible act of Bavaria ' s Sovereign , who " has sent a hofrath to the editor of . the Munich Punch , to convey his Majesty ' s deep sense of the zeal shown in that print against Buonapartism . " A similar compliment may be on its way to the poet " T ., " of the Times .

      Public HEAtTH .- ^ -The return of the Registrar-General for last week presents a more favourable view of the public health than that of the previous week , the deaths having declined from 1 , 207 to 1 , 108 , being fifty-eight less than the average number . The mortality from small-pox is increasing , and that from scarlatina and diphtheria still maintains a high rate . The births during the week numbered 1 , 903 . The mortality returns for the City give the number of deaths as forty-five during the week ; the average for the corresponding week of the last three yearswas fifty .

      The Police a > t > tiie Hawkers . —An edict has been issued by the Commissioner of City Police , which instructs constables that street hawkers cannot be permitted to remain in the crowded streets , and thus the thousands of poor people who obtain a living by an honest retail of their wares may , at one stroke , be cut off from the means of obtaining their daily bread . nauouui tuaiumc

      The Greek Jcvilt . — xn . e uus by no means fallen into disuse at Athens ; the King always wears it , and leads the fashion . The kilt , or fustianella , has , however , undergone a metamorphosis at the hands of many of the smartest young men of the day , and from hanging limp and close to the figure , now stands out starched and quilted like the crinoline , investing the gallants or Athens with a most ladylike appearance .

      TntE Emperor ' s Departure . — A Pans letter describes the enthusiasm of the populace as follows : —The Emperor was seated iii an open carnage vitn the Empress—the usual escort of Cent . Gardes . following and preceding . As it moved out of the gates of the Carrousel there . was v . roar of' vo ce * hats were tossed aloft in the air , J" ^^* were waved , and women cried . ; lieJP * looked surprised at the unusual warmth of »«« wption , and well ho might . There was no d > pl a > ° f troops . By the time the corttyeJiad w ^ oa f tjj Hotel de Vllle , this continued and uncxpeotcOovat on had produced the effect which such an «> WgjJJ festation must produce upon the most n lftaiwj . The Emperor ordered his guards to move out of the way , and the carriage was instantly J »^« w ™ J by the enthusiast o crowds . I am toId by ^ n jjj witness that the storn , unbending f ^*™^^ Napoleon were quivering with emotion ; winiou » Empress was weeping without ay attempt at con , cealment . Ho put his hands out of the ean ijgo , « J ^ it was a sight fndoed to see tlioso rougl »^' ' £ - thoso barricade makers of the » uo bt . Antoine bonding over and kissing thorn , and shout ing n VEmpcreurF When the cortege resumed its maro a band of workmen stood , botwoen J mjor ' ss ^ ffis- ssas ^ SSSSii

      ia the House of I ^ rdsj took place on Tuesday m Hoiyrood Palace . The following peers were chosen Marquisof Tweeddale , Earl of Morton ^ Earl ofCaithness , Earl of Home , Earl of Strathmore , Earl of Haddingtoh , Earl of Airlie , Earl of Leven and Melville , Earl of Selkirk , Earl of Orkney , Viscount Strathallan , Lord Saltoun , Lord Gray , Lord Blantyre . Lord Colville of Culross , and Lord Polwarth , Thirteen of these were re-elected , and the Earls of Morton and Haddihgton and Lord Saltoun were chosen for the first time , in room of the Earl of Seafield and Lord Elphinstone , created British peers , and Lord Sinclair , resigned

      French Military Ttpes . — A letter from Turin gives the following sketch of the French troops there : —* ¦ The Imperial Guard was encamped hard by . One saw nothing but uniforms of all arms and corps ; the Grenadiers , with their cumbersome costume of huge bearskins and very long surtouts . ' Is it possible , ' said a French oflicer of the Line in my hearing , * to dress soldiers in a more absurd manner ? They were dressed so under the First Empire , sir , and we of the Second are unwilling to depart from its traditions . ' But here are the Chasseurs , to whose service-like and excellent dress you will hardly find an objection . And here the Zouaves , of most picturesque and truculent aspect , with bearded chins and shaven heads , and tightly-rolled white turbans , and with vigour and activity in every muscle of their frames and movement of their limbs . I doubt if any regiment in the world comprises so many strikingly martial and characteristic physiognomies , so many admirable models for a Charlet or a Vernet , as the Zouaves of the Guard . Not far behind them in this respect , but presenting the African instead of the European type , are the Indigenes , or Turcos , as they are familiarly called , whose costume differs from that of the Zouaves only in its colours , and who , as I have been assured by--French officers , are as good soldiers , as clean , and as . skilful in-manoeuvring , as any of the French themselves . I regret to say that their morality does not stand quite so high as their soldiership ; and , if their discipline at any time got relaxed , they ¦ would / be likely to prove exceedingly unpleasant customers on the line of march in an enemy ' s or-even in a friendly country . The Foreign Legion , too , are good soldiers , comprising a great many Germans and a tolerable sprinkling of English . An oflicer told me that just as one of the regiments was embarking to leave Algeria , great surprise was excited by the sudden arrest , noib by . military authorities , but by the police , of two English non-commissioned officers , whose offence no one could even conjecture . At the same time the oaptain of their company , who bore an English name , although considered to be a Frenchman , was ordered to remain in Africa instead of embarking for France .

      Sir John Lawrence . —The Observer thus describes the personal appearance of this statesman : — Sir John has a square , stalwart figure , somewhat over five feet ten in height—in the full , elastic vigour of mature manhood . His firm tread and easy gait might belong to a man of thirty-five , and yet he must be twenty years older . His hair is dark grey , and has originally been brown , from the traces of that colour which is still visible among it , and he has still plenty of it . The countenance has a resolute and determined look—the eyes are deep set , the complexion is dark and bronzed ; on the left cheek appears to be the traces of a deep scar or , seam , and the whole appearance of the head is square and massive , though the features themselves are small . Sir John wears the moustache , which , like his hair , is grey .

      The Hpp Dutt . — On Monday a deputation from the hop planters of Kent and Sussex waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the purpose of urging upon him the , desirableness of an entire remission of the instalment of the duty payable in May , and the reduction of the war duty , with the 5 per cent , upon it , Mr . Deedes , M . P ., introduced the deputation , and read a memorial which fully set forth the grievances under which hop planters labour in consequence of the present high rate of duty , and assured the right hon . gentleman that unless their requests wero acceded to , many of them ¦ vv oUld be utterly ruined . The Chancellor of the Exchequer having asked a few questions , said he must leave the meeting , as he had made an engagement for an interview between himself , the Earl of Derby , and the Duke of Cambridge , on matters of urgent importance . Ha would leave the matter in the hands of Sir Stafford Northcote , and he would give . an answer to the deputation within three days . The Order of the Bath . —On Thursday , Her Majesty hold a chapter of the Order at Buckingham Palace , at which she conferred the Grand Cross upon Sir John Laird Malr Lawrence , Bart . The dignity of Knight-Commander was received by Major-General Thomas HarteFranks ; Colonel John Jones , 60 th Rifles j Rear-Admiral Alexander Milne

      Austrian anp Sardinian FxNANOK . —lt "my interesting just now to state a few particu JJ » " ^ trative of the financial resources ot Austm , n Sardinia . The latest returns published offlotoX this country do not extend beyond 1856 , ¦ wu £ tlfi , pears that in 1853 , 1864 , 1855 , and 1850 , aus

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      Braves Anglais , je vous salue , Gens aucceur fort , aux bras de fer , Et , de pitiemon ame emue , Vous invoque , reds de la mer ! Ne croyez pas que notre France ' Jalouse votre . fier . trident : Chaque peuple a son importance , Chaque race son element . Non ; la France , noble amazone , En vous ne voit que des amis ; Nous sommes enfans de Bellone , De Neptune yousetes fils . U nis , sui * un champ de bataille , Nous serons toujours sans egaux ; Sous les eclats de la mitraille , Einules , mais non plus rivaux . Abjurant une absurde haine , Vidons un stfirile proeds ; Du passe que la lourde chame Se soude a celle du Progres . Par nous seuls , une paix feconde Est garantie a 1 ' univers . Expulsons les tyrans du monde ; Des esclaves brisons les fers ! ¦ Oui , sans bruler meme une amorce , Faisant acte de souverain , Au brutal abus de la force Oppbsons un veto d ' airain . En fian 9 ant la Lombardie A L'Autriche par des traites , Qui done la voulait avilie , Pleurant sur ses fils maltraites ? Anglo-Fran 9 ais , sechons ses larmes ; Notre bon accord suffira . Mais , s'il le faut , melons nos armes , Et l ' oppresseur requiem ! F . G . Sailt-Sard . [ From the Daily News . ~ \ .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 14, 1859, page 628, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2294/page/24/