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S LONDON, OCT. 21.

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S LONDON, OCT. 21. 4 rf^HE Paris papers to Thursday last have reached 1 Town. If we are to believe the Courrier Francais the French Ministry seem rather anxious about the forthcoming session, and are preparing in time to meet I the Chambers. Although the period, it savs, for as- sembling the Chambers is still nearly two months distant, the Minister has already anticipated it, and has taken measures which prove his anxiety for the future. It is thus the unprecedented premature appearance at Paris of a number of Ministerial deputies is explained." A Commission has been appointed to inquire into the condition of the five mili'ary harbours of France, in connection with the construction and armament of steam-ships and orders have been issued for en- larging ihe port of Toulon. The new build>ngs will include barracks for 2000 men, numerous provision r, stores, docks, and warehouses, a magazine for ballast, an anchor store, depots for pea coal for the use of steam-ships, and a machine for the demolition of con- demned vessel.—The ISfoniteur publishes a Royal or- dinance establishing a Professorship of Chinese in the school of the living Eastern languages, and M. Baxin has been appointed to fill the chair.—Count Pahlen arrived in Paris oil Wednesday, and took up his i-esi- flence at the Russian embassy. Madrid journals of the 19th have been received, and if credit be attached to certain stateine. in -i.osc of I the Opposition, an attempt will be made in the ensuing session to destroy municipal liberty, by annulling the present law of corporations, and substituting that which Queen Christina promulgated shortly before she re- signed the Regency and quitted Spain. Unless, how- ever, Narvaez and his party are determined to rule by the sword, it is not likeiv they will again propose a measure which excited opposition in every town in Spain, and led the way to the elevation of Lspartero to the high office ot Regent.-It was resolved at a Grand Council held on the 18th, that the majority of the Queen should be the object of special communication to the Corres One of the members proposed that the ma- jority should be declared without any discussion but 'he proposition was rejected.-Mie creditors of the state and capitalists of Madrid have approved the peti- tion aouinst the Salamanca contract drawn up by 1\1 Escorial.—The accounts from the provinces are on the whole favourable. It was said that the Carlists and Fuerisrs had a large majority in the Basque elections, and that the question offueros would be again agitated in the Cortes.. New York papers to the 9th inst. have been received. The news contained in them is generally unimportant. On the 6th inst. the New York Stock-market was struck with a complete panic, for which no adequate reason could be assigned; the excitement continued during the two following days, and caused the failure of several small speculating houses.— 1 he Canadian Parliament Was opened by the Governor-General, Sir Charles Metcalfe, on the 29th ult. By the Montrose steamer, arrived at Southampton, letters have been received from Lisbon of the 19th inst. The attempts at revolution during the absence of the Queen and her Ministers in Alemtejo, have entirely failed, although the Municipal Chamber of Evora has most unexpectedly addressed her Majesty, praying her to dismiss her Ministers. There is every prospect of profound tranquillity in Portugal, and the Queen s pro- Kress has been marked by extraordinary and enthusi- astic rejoicing. A letter from Bologna of the 15th inst. states that fresh disturbances have taken place in ihat city. On the evening of the 3d the populace attacked the Car- bineers and Swiss in the streets, when four soldiers and a workman were dangerously wounded. The Swiss liaving given way, a troop of dragoons was immediately sent to the assistance of the Carbineers, and order was speedily restored. On the 8th several military posts were attacked in the lower city, and similar outbreaks are said to have occurred in other parts of the province. Cardinal Spinola was so much alarmed at the hostile dispositions evinced by the Bolognese, that he applied for leave of absence, and quitted the city. Advices from the Cape of Good Hope, under date August 12, state that life frontier is s'ill very much dis- turbed. The Boers are said to be collecting a force at Pietermauritzbcrg to repel the British, all attempts at arrangement on the part of M. Cloete, the Government Commissioner, have failed. THE ROYAL VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE.—The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Suite, paid a visit to the University of Cambridge, on Wednesday last. The Royal cortege arrived at the Paddington station at half-past eight o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert left directly afterwards in a chaiiot and four, preceded by ontiiders in scarlet liveries, and weie received in the various towns and villages tliroush which they passed with the most unbounded marks of loyalty and regard. At Royston, where the coun- ties of Hertford and Cambridge meet, a portion of that town being in the latter county, the Royal party were met by the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, the Earl of Hard- wicke, and the High Sheriff, E. H.Greene,Esq.,of Hinxton Hall, together with a troop of the VVhittlesea Yeomanry Cavalr., under the command of Captain Smith, and a nu- merous body of gentry and yeomen of the county, to the number of upwards of 1000, by whom liei Majesty was escorted to Melbourne, and thence to Cambridg-e.-In Cam- bridge, banners and flags, and every loyal device and motto imaginable, were exhibited. On various parts of the line platforms had been erected, which enabled the occupieis of them to view the procession without subjecting themselves to the inconvenience of the crowd. In many places plat- forms were filled with ladies, most of them having bouquets iu their hands in other parts, where they fronted the col- leges, the platforms were occupied by students and their friends. Several triumphal arches were erected at intervals j'i the line of streets through which her Majesty passed. Precisely at two o'clock the Royal party entered the town, escorted by a troop of tlie Royal Horse Guards and tlie Yeomanry, and reigned in at the entrance of Trumpington- "ireet, where the Mayor and Corporation awaited her Ma- jesty. The Mayor approached the Royal carriage, and dropping on one knee, presented the corporation mace. The cortpge then moved on lowards Trinity College, amidst f<iud and "general acclamations, where her Majesty and the Piince we're received by the Vice-Chancellor, and the va- rious Collegp Dignitaries and Officers, and then proceeded to the apartments prepared for them. After paitaking of refreshment, her Majesty entered the hall of Trinity College, the doors of which were then thrown open, and the mem- bers of the University entered in their order of precedence. The Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar occupied the centre, and the Heads of Houses and Doctors formed a circle at some distance from her Majesty. The Vice-Chancellor in,mediately commenced reading the address, which being concluded, lie advanced to the foot of the throne, and, kneeling, handed it to her Majesty, who gave it to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the latter handed to the $ueen the reply, which her Majesty read The addiess to Prince Albert was afterwards read and his Royal High- "ess's reply was delivered very distinctly. The Lord Stew- ard, the Bishop of Ely, the Heads of Houses, and other dignitai ies, wei e then successively presented to her Majesty by the Registrar and this ceremony being ended, the im- mense body of gownsmen, yonng and old, bezan to move outwards. The Queen, taking the al n' of the Piince, re- tired, and entered the royal carriage to proceed to King's College Chapel. Her Majesty entered King's College by the grand gate, and proceeding across the first court, the royal carriage drew up at the west entrance, wheie her Majesty was received by the Rev. Provost, who, with the Esquire Bedels, preceded the Royal pair up the ante chapel, through a mid-way passage railed off for the occasion, and covered with crimson cloth. Passing through the screen, her JYlajesly was further conducted to Ihe east end, near the altar,in front of which was erected a dais, with a canopy- over Queen Elizabeth's chair. The organ now sent forth iis pealing notes, and tho service commenced. Her Majesty and the Prince seemed greatly pleased with the chaunting of the choir, and on enteiing and leaving (lie chapel ex_ pressed their admiration of the superb specimen of Gothic architecture which is presented in this heau I iful structure. The Royal cortege returned to Tr nity Lodge, and, after a short space, visited lite College Chapel, attended by four noble students bearing flambeaus, with the Doctors in their scarlet robe", the other Dignitaries, in their various aca- demic dresses, the Masters of Arts, Bachelors, and Under- graduates. The Coronation Anthem was played by Pro- fessor Walmislev, and lhe<tRoyal party retired; but on leaxing die chapel, it was perceived tha-t1 there was a short deficit in the carpeting that led to the Lodge, and quick as thought, a hundred gowns were off, and strewed three deep beneath her Majesty's path. His Royal Highness Prince Albe: t then iuspecled the magnificent libraiy of the Col. lege, aftei which dinner was served. At halt-past nine o'clock the Heads of Colleges, Masters of Arts, and all the Fellows of Trinity, were presented in succession to her Majesty, and the Queen then retired. The town was most brilliantly illuminated during the evening; and a display of magnificent fire-works took place in Carter's P,ece.- On Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, a flourish of trnoipets announced the Queen's approach to the Senate House. Her Majesty and Prince Albert having taken their seals on a throne constructed for the occasion, the nsual forms at- tending the ceremony of conferring a Doctor's degree were gone through. When the ceremony was concluded, a loud cheer was raised for Prince Albert, who was greeted by the. title of Doctor," just conferred on him. The degree of Doctor in Divinity was then conferred, by Royal mandate, upon the Rev. Mr. Phelps, Master of Sydney after which her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite, retired. From the Senate House her Majesty proceeded to the Geological Museum, the cutiosilies of which were explained by Pro- --=. fessor Sedgwi k, and thence to the University Library, which forms the west side of the square, and consists of the whole range of the story over the public schools. It is of stone, has a spacious piazza in front, and is finished by a handsome balustrade. Her Majesty was shown the various valuable relics of antiquity, the paintings, and other objects of interest with which the Library abounds, and appeared highly gratified with them. From the Library her Majesty and the Prince proceeded to Ring's College, of which they inspected all the most interesting features, and subsequently visited St. John's College, where preparations had been made to receive the Royal visitors in a manner befitting their exalted rank. After inspecting the Hall, the Library, and the Chapel, the Royal party left the College by the gate of the east, or first court, and returned to Trinity Lodge to. luncheon. About halt-past one o'clock, Piince Albert pro- ceedcd to Christ College, with a view of seeing the mul- bery-tree in the garden, which was planted by Milton, while at the College. He was conducted to the spot, and evinced much interest in this relic of departed genius. The trunk of the tree is a good deal injured and shattered, but it is protected by sheet-lead. On showing^the Prince the tree, Dr. Graham, the Master, delivered a very short and neat address to his Royal Highness, explanatory of the circum- stances which rendered the tree an object of interest, and concluded by saying, that the visit and the name of the Prince would be associated with it in the minds of those connected with the College. From Christ's, his Royal Highness proceeded to Sydney Sussex, Magdalen, and Jesus Colleges, at all of which he was received with every possible 1 attention fly the authorities; and the Prince expr essed himself h!¡thhs,r.tifled with the many interesting relics of antiquity and other objects which he witnessed. From Jesus Cottege his Royal Highness returned to Trinity Lodge, and shortly afterwards her Majesty, accompanied by the Prince, again left the Lodge, and visited Corpus College, the Pitt Press, the Fitzwiiliam Museum, and, lastly, the Round" Church (the Church of the Holy Sepulchre), in Bridge-street. The Queen was followed to all these places by a concourse of persons, who cheered her Majesty from time to time most enthusiastically. From the Round Church her Majesty returned to Trinity College, to prepare for her departure for Wimpole; and at half-past four o'clock, the Queen's carriage left Trinity, escorted by the Scots Greys, and proceeded slowly through the town, along Trinity-street, Ring's-parade, Silver-street, and over the Queen's-bridge, through Newnham, and on by Ihe Barton-road towards Wimpole. On leaving the precincts of the town, the Scots Greys filed off and were replaced by the Cambridgeshire Yeomanry Clvalry. At a distance ot about two miles from Wimpole, and eight from Cambridge, a private road diverges from the main road np to the mansion. At the entrance- gate of this road, the Earl of Hardwicke was stationed to receive her Majesty and the Royal carriages, attended by their escort, passed through the gate, aiiti proceeded to the mansion. At seven o'clock in the evening, her Majesty dined, covers being laid for twenty-four guests. Her Ma- jesty retired to rest at an early hour in the evening. The Queen breakfasted at eight o'clock on Friday morning, and attended by the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the Duke of Rutland, and the Royal suite, walkell about the grounds of Wimpole, which in many parts are very beautiful. On returning from the grounds, her Majesty devoted some time to the examination of the contents of the galleries, with many of which she expressed herself very much gratified. At a few minutes after eleven o'clock, her Majesty again walked in the grounds, accompanied by the Prince, and attended by the Royal suite and several of the noble guests. Her Majesty and the royal party then re- turned to the mansion to luncheon. The royal horses were ordered shortly before two o'clock, and a few minutes after that hour, her Majesty drove ou to Bourne, the seal of Earl Delaware, which is distant from Wimpole about four miles. The Royal dinner-hour was fixed earlier than usual, in con- sequence of the preparations that were being made for the ball in the evening at Wimpole. Dancing commenced soon after ten o'clock. Her Majesty first oaticed with the Earl of Hardwicke and danced two other quadrilles, the first with the Earl of Cale.lon, and the second with Viscount Cannin" and the P.ince with Mrs. Henry Yorke and Mrs. Grantham Yorke. At twelve o'clock her Majesty retired from the ball-room, and accompanied by her immediate suite proceeded to the supper-room, which was brilliantly lit and elegantly arranged. After remaining a short time in the supper-room, her Majesty and the Prince retired to rest for the evening.—On Saturday morning, her Majesty breakfasted at eight o'clock, and shortly after that hour the royal cariiages, in the same order as in the downward pro- gress, drove out of the Park on the road towards Royston. An escort of the Whittlesea Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Captain Charles Smith, of the 60th Rifles, accompanied her Majesty on the way. The Earl of Hard- wicke, the Hon. Mr. Yorke, and several other Gentlemen attended her Majesty 011 horseback to Royston. All along the road to Paddington the same loyal and affectionate re- ception which her Majesty met with on her progress down was repeated. On alighting from the carriage, her Majesty and the Prince were received by the Lord Chamberlain and the principal officers of the Railway Company. The illus- trions party were immediately conducted to the train, and in a few seconds started for Slough. Her Majesty arrived at Slough at ten minutes before five o'clock, and was es- corted thence to Windsor by a detachment of the First Life Guards.

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