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      ^^ iSfc hm& ? i » u > irlol £ i ^ A s *^ 9 M &-: . ' . .:, . , " JftuftA ^ Mfrttught willjbe jemaricsble iit > ihe « mt « l «> of tWe wign MaWikttiKm w the night whea her M »* ^^ i ^« dt'tfe'IVeAch Arabe * wdo » in his fcooiev da . f ' r ^ rH ^ diite ^ ohpitatitT . Great * ere tfte prepar ^ Mrf ^ tA W ^ ' ^ tc , formerly the aoraiMfe -6 T Mr . fflj ^^ flK ^^^ ' ^ bbdd' p ^ Coaut ^ afe ^ iJlci : %% ! w > K % » ' # tjhe etoranOQrWaa a gigfefftfc ' . fttV T ^ iittt ^ T-theieUcri , ^ Vi A . ^ qaaa ^ aide ^ and «^ J . ( ttfUift other . In the interior Emperor Naooleon III .. joae

      ^ i-XV-.-. iw ^ L .- ' fcf-M- ^ - » .-- *« 3- * W- »« . ' J- * ' .. lm-WiS * .. * -- -I .- ; -- . ~ * -.. » -.. . -- - .-. , - ,. * -vr - . , _ --in pink ; a ^ Prince , AJLfrer * - ^ oce a military uaifotia . The Qu ^ en e ntered , fha . oall-gKHMa Leaning , on the ann OJf CfeUnt"W ^ lewAi ; a * adr beLag seated , the company < tef } led ,, and dani ^ eajw ^ iveliesr , Ms ^ es ^ v Aftec : & « r aetj quadrilles had been , 4 anti ^ d ,. * he . Queen , vren ^ jthri > ugh qiiadriHes , pae Qjm ^ ^ apcins wi ^ H . Cjp ^ ai ifai ^ wskL , a seepr » a ^ iih £ h ^ JDuie x > f Ha ^ aiiton , /» third with JEarl (^ aji ^ iil ^ t An 4 * h >» beipg , rover , ih © ^ rAftl e ^ riy be ^ oojj ; taemselyes to aupj ^ er , ^ ad so Wf tu ^ d ; uj » th ^ f ^ sfivlty * . 7 , ¦¦' . ' -. IPaece wfl ^? , of course * a crowd ontside all the evening . ' tines wer ^ dravn acrp ^ a the-- road ? andthe 4 ^? pf JEn ^ an ^ , R ^ nt ^ , 3 parfcey , aad America ) floated lovingly ; togie | her- It was oertaapLy a jneooocahle eTeolok . . .. ' ¦ ' . . , ' ' , . .... .-,, ';

      loiwedl 0 a ^ fi ^ H > in ( place , Queen Victoria , ircwi ilhllMii ^ Jand Napoteott L . ia a- thirti . In thelMik 1 IH « 1 « ittNKd (»|^ up ^ lUiis « ratlng the * unity © f ^ nglandt ^^^^ fe ^ BH « ai » oia sunding to her aachor at *} ^ rtrtnpIn ^ tht f'H ^ ht hand »( > f prance , onwhMe heitd gleamed the Imperial eagle . The hall rtws foil of the ik « afraa » teiof > Tdiie 9 ' « laidi vi <) let »; gold and white eo-Wrfett tbe > WiHto'j '' light * glittered high up ; mid-crirartWf'fcfoth'coVtJrtW-the floor . Her Majiwtj and Prioce Albert ttrrfved tCbdut tea o ' clock , escorted by Lffe Ouitrrls . Shorter after dancing commenced . It was a ( i ^ taaie ball ; but , of coilrpe , neither the Queen , t&e Prince , uaeir' suite , tior the ' ambassador , appeased

      in character * The other gue ' ats , except : Cabinet MinMtep ^ 4 r « se < deekted out ia suc h fashion as suiied theme three huiiea , for insfeance , as Day , Hight > and Twilight ; Iiady Moles worth as Charlotte > of Sfttoyj Lady Palmerston as Elizabeth of Austria ; one yea » g lady as a Vivandier ©; another aa a Hoikijdai * e of oiwown time ; the Duchess of Somerset ia a oostunte blending the arias Di" J ^ mnee and JBogiandj XAdy Constance OrosTenor as Blanche of Oaetille ? B * fon Mavocttetti as Henry of Navarre ; Str fio 4 e ~ ritfk Murchison as a natur »! 4 « t of the eighteenth cetktnry ; the Lord Mayor of London as Sir Thomas Gresham , and so on . The Qaeen was dressed cliiefl /

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      « ib <* , « ad tw 0 ^ y - « u 6 W -paa ^ er . gaafi .,,-i ) tt , ^« oddla dc « k wilLbe , s » s 8-injcU '• gunsi And tbirft 3 ^ -pwmderp . 0 n { h » main deck ; thp-tgr ^ ight ^ 2 t © oimdet& . arid on ' tl »_ j ^ M « r de « k twenty 32-potinaers ; On ' tfce ferec ^ Ip ^ em lwffK « 6 ( 8-i < cnrtider ^ li ^ thoiintoa b * a ^( tit y &tld this last Wifile dir ^ of "the tttoUt tbrtriidabfe of till . Th ^^ tm 'wnt veirfi ifive tcfite , and wffl t * roir ' a solia irftn-shotrof 66 & . ireigtiv ' a rlist&nee'Of : £ bree miles . - - '> ¦ ¦' .,.,

      , yard st ^ ttwiibj ^ the- % ' ^ cra » l |« fj w ^ rftoam * folly : anwr ' : naaDaged >; a ^ d ^ j ^ # Wj ^ BWV # eaHBM 8 y « ttd aJl jkji ^ js ^ ofoisft wotu ^ t ^ eir tl ^ wu andk to , iiie . » B lGl ^ v 0 a& , and .-cmspKa 0 usly > ! 'MSi 38 ^ N ( ltt ^^| ; iranxovcitsu witoBpectatoTs . aim ail ar at ? . « ae © i 'awiitiBg ; tbe ^ ooaoiagiof ith ^ Qiww . ' us Qpta « Ae' ) tli ^ 4 tenw ^ jOft ^ jhtoijBtaiA > a «^« f / vti ^

      i : §® fe ?^ S ^ l ! in % ' 5 S . ^ r ^ S ^^ rS * ^ ^ gtms ^ POTHnus iCyat ; wiliitel - A .. bc ^ y or xiruineers e « corted 7 vuv royal carnage , ana s gnsra or nouOuTre'ceiyeti xitc " vjciEen . i Sh » * a « « obdlic »« to 'tSe plafi « nn b > - Sir James < inibntii , ¦ Conm « kU ^ £ b « pb <^; ^^ * o ( flkjJjas ^ l « B » d B « o « n 3 i « TOrti-l ^* tooel 4 Albert |« iitt ; FriHCBJfif ; W * l «» ii PrimceesjBoyal ^ an 4 Krificc ; fAiisrA-: lAfter iomfi 'bri ^> ' ^ tta »« J ^ M ? r Jam ^ c ^ rah * B | f ( 4 MS (^| ajflBtgr 5 tdyajioed to ^ the bow aad ^^ l ^ bo ) ller . 4 pclBB ! 4 p ^ w ^ Bfcjniti ) n 4 aw « , * nd :

      ^ Ht-lFlM *? Jw ^ i lwa e , > er *« n , TOas better , * i thecryslaV si % g ^ 4 , tte mSb'j ^ tM ' over 7 ' tK ^ sE ; ^ e < i o * eri criet ; Ak'it f ¦¦ atia ¦¦ ¦¦ '' ¦ iit ilLv >«^»« ' ^ a j t . ' ii it i ^^ j ^ v P ^ p ' A-ki ) . f- _ Ti ^ i * J ^\ " ! ' nV ? jur ) vucir ruar im uruvfucu ik xne cb>stp . tne peopio . atia tno floitni ^ ftrtreiia *« scirnAfeten * ai - © tiee arndre'the'QaeM ' Tetarrt ^» k ^ i <> Ui * bo <* b : pmp « i ^ &rfterove rlo « kiDgtWri ^ V aodiaUnMB ^ acpsiiiatkm . i ^ ittriBomtstitBe ^ Jandt . aaachbdMi ^ ^ tl wwuwwj » , m « yCT -af ^« lit } iaraiwJ 4 ' ^^ w ; erral , ) b )» enagBr » ^ a « #¥ ^*« WW % * ia «|^ liW / 1 aiHj « B ^ jb ^ l >^^ "pWWg ^ iP . Wcwd ^^ eaB ^ the st 4 adiq ^ M , , tbe msj ^^ ,, SftJF ^ Swffi ^^^ iT OwSFW ^ 'W - Tharn ^ . Again tht raina . firea ,. a ^ l ; again r the cr owd ,

      snooted , it was as perttct arid successfal a Jatmck > a 3 , eyer jt ^ jiik ^^ Ti ^ ^ l ^' Tfch ^ ^ e ' it ^ oS ^^ tm ^ M aBtrifcr pg 6 CBtiewasreteal Pafaiia the piled tip tnafes ofhnmanbemgs ollarodtid'weht stt ^ etalr resndmjd 5 Wible ; wb ilefit 3 ie % rt « t ' hb 4 i ) bors < lf exhibfled . ^ irti tf Abated ttWay , a broa ^ . bliwk , and hviog bottler on . her upper idedr ; ' Aft 'soon aaisbe ^ wss iairiy lafloat ^ ie Que en departed , followed by the nm ^ tlde «( . i , \ ¦ . ; " .. ¦ . ; , ¦ ' / . . . ¦ - : - - .. /; ( . . , : The RojalA ^ ber ^ wa » Resigned , by , tb © W Oliver Lang , and her teei laid doyu . ^ n the 26 th . Aug ^ str ISiShrrKruice Albert ' s ! birthday . . Spe Va 4 intended for ^ sailuig ^ a ^ p ^ but lengthcp ^ d in I 8 o % for the sere * . ' jfter extreme length i * 276 feet , bhe ^ therefore 30- feet longer ttijltt ihe BEk& ' . ' d *! WeHmgtpi ) ,: atfa ' hBr extfeme breadfli % l ' feet j h « x , bardei sj 3760 tolls , find tn « WtHtrttt tit hf , r Wr / mrisMw nf rrwtal Wttn ^ t

      than fotir rimes Obat of the Victory , an # ; mftre thawdtmble tb ^ t'Of t |) a G akdooi &j i « r . obae ppo n 48001 b 5 . The mere vreighfc of timber and ir » ii ; in bBrthtill alone U 300 O tbnB f and when , f horcraghjy fittei and equipped . " the weig h * ift mi less thw -5600 tons ,,, Thetn ^ agazip ^ Bj placed in the 2 ore | aod ^ after part of the hold , are approached by passages aiul . g $ a ? 4 gd > by strong : doors , \ yh . ic ^ a re never Q . Reoed . until every ore , and % W ; * in Hhp ship ( except tt ' e Arganctlamp , Vhuft . aghis the mhj ^ zai& j and wbidb hil ^ its sociie t surrounded \ fy water ) , is oxtmguis tied . Attadie 6 to the magazine is a pipe fconflectfed ' With a cistern of water , so that in case of tire rt maybein a minute or two inundated . But in the event of the magazine being flooded , the anrniunitionivperfeotlysafe—the cartridges are in hermetically scaled zinc cases , « o that by means of another stopcock the water can be turned off . and ih « ammn .

      mtion ia again fit for us « . wjiile these puecautions are taken with regard to the . safety of the shi p , her machinery is aJso equally we'll protected . The coals are stowed &w » y in bunkers td a thickness of twelve feet on each side of Iier engineroom ,, so as to render it impervious to shot . TJbo sorewuself Wffl wejgji about ten tons , Independentl y of the shaft , a beam of wrought iron of a wei g ht and dimensions almost incredible , if we did , not take into account the tremendous power required to impel k floating mass of some five or six thousand tone , at a speed of twelve or thirteen miles an hour through the water . The screw oan be readily detached and hoisted on deck in a Few minutes , while being so deeply auhmcrged when in its propor position it ia out of the range of abot . It ia estironte-a that the speed of the Prince Albert will bo fully thirteen mile's an hour , and at this speed , with her tremendous weight and power , sbe would cutau ordinary man-of-war to tho water ' s edge without firing a shot . Her armament will l > o arrau ^ d aa follows : —On tho lower deck there will be ten 8 > uich cum > ior filing sheila or hollow

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      , po , ger *^ % 6 peiri ^ g /* w ^ S & ^ , ' i •' > Great ¦ nb 1 ^^^ en ^^ 6 ^ t ^ # ^' ^ V % ^' IK ^ iis trndcTLnde « h 8 YB'nevernii *»^^ tb ' ftKe-pHbtnd **»^ the rwreons are oWioOs . ririt , « he ¥ ; at ^ % epafa * eefrt > te the main body by th « Tiv ?* , a «* if' tfcey Vetrturetffbtth w « uH be cntxa uiecco ; sira % Xne tJOjwe tji 1 tHCQicCtlpart-iofr iniflr turec ^ ^ A ^ . > ' It wus nWem »« d'to » ec « re thfr'IiUer Btnui ^ tfiat has b ^ a ^ Ciit ^ r ^^ t f- ^^ rwff ^ T ^ br »*! r « h a Wjfil * ' tHe nwna Katerw arby " oj * ra ^ I ort hfa c ^ trer - 'tltat fcfta failed . And , rbirdtr , W 3 * & probabfr intcnaed tf » twiege -Sifcstrfe " oft ^ tM ^ ai « C ^ fafci faQ «^ al ^ Srt General Liifiers fe'itttigiHi'ih ' * fr ^ f feiti ^ he ^^ tily : beijefit g ^ e « 4 » -i ! b *^ tfiii k ! e ^ nU 8 ^ ^ t ^ i ^ ffiik ffr Hirsbva . - ' / Bit ^ # a « th * ll ^ fali 4 ; farel& ^ fte 5 ^ maBelmP I ^ tthemedicalfiM ^ pwideatof ^ litfVftnaa'We ^ W

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      ^ df € h % DanaW . The im > flla ^ t «^ l ^ dbffld ^ lta' 'tiff w ^ irti ^ cH-Mp ^ I tj that cdiwignntenrB'Af'i ** " afcfl ^ Woona ^ rrtttirt'b < 5 TrraiJet ^ iM ^ dfly ' lG ^ l ^^ those placeir ta th * Ifeft Ban * : of tlrt rfVw / ' ft i * 'ntterrj ittwbtefyte fo . fohn « tf lfe » of WeaiflS ^ l ^ 'f ^ hTinareds haV e ^ . toe ^ vv ^ ti ^ th % ^ t ^ C ; aaj'Jj -Wt inMtfe triTHtnv p ^ nffiops ^^ hfcfi tWej ^ dtt ^ nl , a ^ fl th ese' tmslftiea « W 'ttmrit&rie ^ " af ^ inrt * t » ver « i ; Testing , iinBineM qgJ ahi'fea . rJess ene ^ , i * s * oBe < re 8 ^ tyrtee is ^ hardasis'ilnesteeftheyhTOBt * IftllJJltBS of Hf ^ is so . trMBen- * dbiM- ^ thts dumber of ourf « iroaBWfd' » atf'tortSWnt 56 D < h < wM < % according , to tAe nsna l pn ^ rt ion thulrt ^ Vfrabont 3 O 00 dead ine 4 mtroraesi anatnatnm

      ana missing —^ oss Daggage , en mnsr ,, to jadgfr from the fresh BOppliw d « ifrattdte * . ai « ye f >©« n quiteas great . Terrible thi » tt ^ i th * fbregpiitg . n tm ^ beW mpf * p " pear . 'ftiey ar © butrtbocjweet . Ifot norfrot ^ >« 3 oiien « die , 6 » a-piecei of itoggy njeadoW'lafldj ^ ith an arete tof ii irfnHy ^ OOO feet , we lost 243 men and 71 Worses , ulthongh ttiis engHgeng ^ n ( ,, in comf wison withjtWvl ^ ber ^ . MW wjjpa «) rl * o ^ and e ^ ded . by tke . iretre ^ t of / tpie JtMSsia na . Thft XurlcS , ate far better acquainted with th * ' terrain 'aid th ^ way ^ j f | aking advantage of ic ^ han w ^ aia , and * then Oiey taye the habit of brutgjng their heaVy artillefry into play" only arTtfer The battler is werT Engaged , ** when fcheur gu , ns being ' nrardirOosrr well pornt » a , ' -they floor'rt'hole files of their opponent * . ¦ " 'Their artillery department is evidently better manngel

      than ours ^ for tli « y hiive many sm » II guns whteli oan be earned on pack horses . In consqooxce of this they often fight with siqierior weapons , and how they fight j » best seen , by the ncunper of killed , and the extremely sovece ^ wounds infliotcd on ovr troops . A single gua . * ehot wouad is , something rare ; tlie men hare generally two or three , and tho consequence ia that many die of sheer pain and loss of "blood before they reach the Infirmary . We -have recently had numerous cases of fractured legs from fSpIrstriti ana other phaces on the rirer . The mortality antong the woirnded has been thirty-one per cent , during the month of April . " Tlio aiikir at Czenutvoda , the moat sanguinary of all , and . the olmout daily recurring attacks on the Heldvrorks at

      Iia&sova and Silistriu , hava caused such a bustle on this part of tho Danube that the traces of citizen and peasant aro almost lost in the turmoil of war . Everything that is to be found belongs to the soldier alone ; he has not only house , bed , vehicle , horse , m « al , bread , hay , oats , wine , and schnapj > s , bat even the arms and legs ot the man ' in mufti , wlio muht work hard in fortifying and foraging . You will bo able to guess how we ore liked , if you ever ch-mced to inhabit a besieged town of which tho enemy w « s in possession . " Tho news from the higher parts ot tho Danube is of a most contradictory description . Tliis much , iowevor , we know to u certainty—Tlw best- informed officers in "Wallachia do not consider things aaiij , uud liave sent their wives ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), May 20, 1854, page 462, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2039/page/6/