vessel after another was successively captured. The
signal to "proceed to the nearest port " was hoisted
about four o'clock on board the Duke of Wellington,
and a retrograde movement towards Spithead
was commenced in generally admirable order.
The day's proceedings terminated with a combined
attack by the boats of the fleet on the Magicienne and
Conflict steam ships. The Royal yacht took up a
position most favourable to a view of this evolution,
namely, off Southsea Castle. The boats opened with a
heavy cannonade, which was returned in vigorous style
by the two steam ships, which resisted with great guns
and small arms. The boats, in two divisions, after 10
rounds of firing, gave three cheers, and the victory was
supposed to remain to them. Her Majesty then steamed
from the fleet for Osborne, another general royal salute
being fired at her departure. The review lasted from ten
in the morning till eight in the evening, and at its close
the ships attending on the fleet returned into harbour, the
fleet anchoring at Spithead. This splendid spectacle was
witnessed by thousands upon thousands of people, not
only on board innumerable vessels of all kinds which
covered the sea, but all along the shore and on the
neighbouring hills wherever the ships were visible. At
night the streets of Southampton were crowded with
respectable people wandering about in search of beds
which they were unable to find.

The Camp at Chobham has been broken up. The last
field-day took place on Wednesday, the 17th, when there
was another mock-fight, on a large scale. On the
following day a series of games and athletic exercises, got
up among the Guards, closed the whole proceedings.
Lord Hardinge and Lord Seaton formally signified to
the troops the approbation of the Queen, and their own
separate approval of the conduct both of the officers and
the men. Lord Seaton said that only one instance of
serious misconduct on the part of the troops had been
reported.

PERSONAL NARRATIVE.

The Queen and Prince Albert gave their annual
fête at Osborne, to celebrate His Royal Highness's
birthday on the 20th. A dinner was given to the
labourers employed at Osborne, the crews of the royal
yachts, the detachment of military, the Trinity House
men, and coast guard, amounting in all to about five
hundred persons. After the dinner, dancing and rustic
games, carried on with great spirit, were witnessed by
the Queen and royal family.

The Archbishop of Dublin, Mr. Blackburne, and
Baron Greene, have resigned their seats at the Board of
National Education.

The Grand Duchess of Olga, daughter of the Emperor
of Russia, and her husband, the Crown Prince of
Wurtemberg, arrived in London on the 3rd instant, on
a visit to the Queen.

The Head Mastership of the Durham Cathedral
School, vacated by the removal of Dr. Elder to Charterhouse,
has been filled up by the election of the Reverend
Henry Holden, M.A., of Balliol College, Oxford, and
Head Master of Uppingham Grammar School.

The prize of £300 founded by the late Sir Astley
Cooper, has been awarded by the surgeons of Guy's
Hospital to Mr. H. Gray, F.R.S., of Wilton Street, for
his essay on the "Structure and Functions of the
Human Spleen."

The portrait of Mr. Pitt, by Hoppner, bought at
Sotheby and Wilkinson's a few months back by Mr.
Moffat, M.P., has been presented by that gentleman to
the National Gallery.

Baron Richards, one of the commissioners in the
Encumbered Estates Court, has fallen into a weak state
of health, arising from intense application to his duties:
under medical advice, he has left Ireland for the
Pyrenees.

The King of Prussia has granted the great gold medal
for science to M. Leoni Levi, for his work on the
Commercial Law of the World.

The Emperor of the French has bestowed the Grand
Cross of the Legion of Honour on M. Drouyn de Lhuys
for his late eminent diplomatic services.

Dr. Higgin, Bishop of Limerick, is appointed to the
National Board of Education, in the place of the
Archbishop of Dublin.

The Hon. F. Bruce, now Chargé d' Affaires, and
Consul-General to the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay
(Monte Video), is appointed her Majesty's agent and
Consul-General in Egypt.

Mr. Edmond O'Flaherty has been appointed,
conjointly with Mr. Godley, Commissioner of Income-tax
in Ireland.

Obituary of Notable Persons

SIR JAMES STUART, Chief Justice of Canada, died at Quebec
on the 10th July.

LORD RUTHVEN died on the 27th ult. at Freeland, Perthshire,
in the 75th year of his age.

The COUNTESS OF MINTO died at Nervi, in Piedmont, on the
22nd ult.

The EARL OF SEAFIELD died on the 30th ult., at Cullen
House, Banffshire, in the 75th year of his age.

The EARL OF WARWICK died at Warwick Castle on the 10th
Inst, in his 75th year.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL HAWKER died on the 7th inst., in the
67th year of his age, at his residence in Dorset-place. Few
men ever enjoyed a higher reputation in the sporting world
than this veteran, who, after serving in the Peninsular war
with the utmost distinction, on his return to this country
produced his well-known work entitled "Instructions to
Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting."
This book had prodigious success, the tenth edition being
nearly ready for the press at the time of his decease.

GENERAL DE MONTHOLON the Well known memorialist of
Napoleon, and his companion at St. Helena, has just died in
Paris.

LADY SALE, wife of the celebrated Sir Robert Sale, died at
Cape Town on the 6th July. She had arrived only a few days
before from India, intending to recruit her health at the
Cape.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL LORD SALTOUN died on the 18th inst.
at his shooting seat near Rothes, in his 69th year.

ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE COCKBURN died on the 18th inst. at
the age of 82.

SIR FREDERICK ADAM, Colonel of the 21st Fusileers, died
suddenly on the 17th. He had been on a visit to his brother.
Admiral Charles Adam, at Greenwich, and expired at the
railway station when about to leave that place.

Mr. BRANSBY COOPER, the eminent surgeon, elder brother
of Sir Astley Cooper, died suddenly on the 18th, at the
Athenæum Clubhouse.

COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

The London Gazette of the 16th inst., contains a
despatch from Lord Dalhousie, giving the latest intelligence
from India. This document narrates the course
of the negotiations and events in Burmah to the
termination of hostilities. It appears that after the King of
Ava was dethroned, messengers bore the submission of
his successor, the Mengdoon Prince, to the British camp,
and begged for peace. The only objection raised by
the envoy was, that the frontier should be at Meaday.
Upon this the concession of Meaday was offered; when
the Burmese envoy refused to sign the treaty, and
withdrew. As a consequence, the British frontier was
finally fixed to the north-west of Meaday and Tounghoo.
The King of Ava did not sustain his envoy; but, still
desiring peace, he ordered the Burmese troops not to
attack Meaday and Tounghoo; set at liberty British
subjects imprisoned in Ava, and expressed his wish
that "the merchants and people of both countries
should be allowed, in accordance with former friendship,
to pass up and down the river for the purpose of
trading." The response was not less amicable. "The
Governor-General in council is willing to accept these
pacific declarations and acts of the King as substantial
proof of his acquiescence in the proposed conditions of
peace, although a formal treaty has not been concluded.
Wherefore the Governor-General in council permits the