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It has been announced on " authority " that the Queen will hold drawingrooms at St. James's Palace on Saturday the 6th and on Tuesday the 23d of June, and a levee on Thursday the 18th of June.

The following gentlemen have been appointed to act as_judges of the designs for Public Offices now exhibiting in Westminster Hall—

The Duke of Buccleuch, as a Member of the House of Peers ; Mr. Stirling, of Keir, as a Member of the House of Commons ; Viscount Eversley, late Speaker; Earl Stanhope, President of the Society of Antiquaries of London ; Sfr. David Roberts, member of the Royal Academy ; Mr. Burn, member of the Institute of British Architects ; and Mr. Brunel, member of the Institute of Civil Engineers.

Mr. Chichester Forteseue has been selected to succeed Mr. John Ball as political Under-Secretary-for the Colonies.

The Earl of Elgin arrived at Alexandria on the 5th, and left that city for Cairo on the 8th instant. After crossing the Isthmus of Suez, he was to embark in the Ava and steam for Singapore ; where, it is stated, he would await the arrival of Baron Gros, the French Commissioner,— a statement, we should imagine, scarcely likely to be correct.

The cattle-plague continuos to attract more than the common professional attention. Mr. Gilbert publishes an anonymous pamphlet on the "Murrain in Cattle," suggesting "an improved mode of treatment." The writer gives a very clear account of the symptoms ; he traces the disease to a low mode of life in respect of diet and atmosphere ; and he bases his medical treatment principally on depletion, with sudden and rapid bleeding in the earlier stages. The assumption that the disease is identical with cattle-plagues—noticed from the earliest ages—is perhaps a fallacy ; but the essay is a symptom of the disposition recently awakened to extend and methodize inquiries into the pathology of animals; and from that inquiry we shall probably obtain, by degrees, a demand for more comitetent professional treatment.

The health of the Metropolis remains in an almost stationary state. The number of deaths last week was 1064—a slight increase on the total of the preceding week, which was 1038. The deaths are still 80 below the corrected average.

Vice-Admiral Lord Radstock, an officer distinguished in early life by his services in the Navy, and in later life by his charities, died on Monday, as at his house in London. He w engaged in distributing prizes at Kin s College on the previous Friday. The late Lord Radstock was born in 1786. He is succeeded in the title by his only son, Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, born in 1833.

The journals of Monday recorded the death of Mr. Coulton, founder of the Britannia newspaper, and for the last three years editor of the Press. It is supposed that the recent death of his brother seriously shook his system. Re died at Brighton, at the end of last week, after three weeks' illness.

The Prince of Wales is now on a tour in the Lake district, accompanied by Mr. Gibbs.

The Duke and Duchess D'Aumale, who have been staying at Palermo, gave a farewell ball on the 7th. They have won golden opinions by their demeanour during their sojourn in Sicily.

The Pope left Rome for Loretto on the 4th : he performed mass at the grand altar in St. Peter's before his departure, at an early hour of the morning.

The King Consort of Spain has fallen into such contempt with the public that the audience at the Italian Opera no longer pay him the compliment of rising when he enters. Malicious stories are circulated with great eagerness that the King and Queen not only quarrel but proceed to blows.

The Hungarians hit upon an ingenious device to place the national colours before the Imperial pair on their visit to Pesth :"svhen the Court went to the theatre on the 7th, there were exhibited in front of the seats of the Emperor and Empress three immense bills of the play, of red, white, and green silk.

Mr. Dallas and Baron Damier the Hayden Minister were at the opening of the Manchester Exhibition. While Mr. Dallas was conversing with the Belgian Ambassador on the dais, Baron Damicr approached. The Black Ambassador came up the steps, and his Belgian Excellency, with the politeness of a Frenchman, rose and shook him by the hand. The Haythin glanced at Citizen Dallas, as if he expected a similar greeting ; but a wave of the hand, directing him to pass by was all that the representative of that Republic which declares that all men are equal could give to his Black brother. The sight caused many smiles and curt remarks unfavourable to our American cousins.— Warrington Guardian.

The Governor-General of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom has made himself ridiculous in the eyes of the people of Milan by the excessive display of liveries—very grotesque—by the extraordinary equipages, and the prodigal hospitality that reigns in his palace : taste is wanting in his profusion.

A telegraphic wire, corresponding with the electric telegraph from Paris to St. Petersburg, has been placed in the Palace of the Tuileries, and the apparatus is arranged in the very apartment of the Grand Duke Constantine, who is thus enabled at any moment to communicate with his brother the Emperor Alexander.

The Postmaster-General notifies to the public, that on and after the 1st June, the postage to and from England and the Cape of Good Hope will be reduced to a combined British-Colonial rate : for letters not exceeding halfan-ounce. 64. ; above one-half and under one ounce, 18. ; and a shilling for every additional ounce. The postage may be paid, or not, in advance.

Captain Charlewood and Commander Robertson were appointed by the Board of Trade to inquire into the cause of the running-down of the Curlew. They have presented their report. They ascribe the disaster to

neglect on the part of the master of the Curlew contrary to regulations, no light was exhibited while she was anchored at night at the 'ore. So small a vessel as the revenue-cutter could not be seen till the Baron Osy was close upon her ; and the people of the steamer are acquitted of all blame.

Mr. G. F. Leslie has been elected Deputy-Governor of the Australian Agricultural Company.

The "Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company "—capital 120,000s. —have obtained a guarantee of 6 per cent from the English Government for twenty-five years. The object is to carry the line, which has already been laid to Sardinia, to Malta and Corfu, where a communication will ultimately be effected with the Euphrates line to India. Its length will be about 700 nautical miles, and a contract has been made for its completion by October next, the manufacturers taking all the risk of laying it down. The tariff rates will be fixed with the consent of the Government, and are not to be liable to reduction except when the profits of the company shall exceed 12 per cent., The "West of Ireland Mining Company "—capital 50,11001.—has been projected to work a mineral district in the county of Mayo, which contains lead, marble, and elate.

It is itaM that the cause of complaint of the French Government against that of China is not only the execution of a French missionary, named Chapdeline, but that the Mandarin who committed that act of barbarity caused the treaty signed between France and the Celestial Empire to be solemnly burnt on a pile of wood.

It appears that the last party of Filibusters who set out to join Walker have met with the greatest misfortunes. When their steamer blew up they -were forced to appeal to Captain Erskine, commanding our naval forces at Greytown, to take pity on them and convoy them in his man-of-war to Aspinwall. Captain Erskine complied with their piteous prayer' disarmed them ; took them on board his ships ; landed them at Aspinwall, and saw the greater part shipped off for New York.

Naples is now entirely garrisoned by Swiss troops, the regiments of Neapolitan soldiers having been quartered in towns where they never before had been stationed.

The Times Vienna correspondent says that travelling in Austria, formerly a pain, is now a pleasure. ' During my journey to Pesth and back again, my passport was not once asked for.

The genial weather which has at length set in cheers the French with a hope of abundance of corn and wine, while the mulberry-trees on which the silk-crop depends are recovering from the effects of the cold winds. The price of grain, after a sudden rise, has given way again.

Chinese silk-worms have been introduced, into the French department of the Garth These worms east their skin in half the time of the French and Italian breed and as the silk-worm suffers peculiarly from disease at that stage, the Chinese species have a manifest advantage.

It would seem that something more than a "Saturday half-holiday" has been established at Melbourne, for the banks and insurance-offices now close as early as twelve o'clock on thaf day, in accordance with the request of the mercantile community.

Some people find a coincidence in everything. Thus, the Ipstckh ,Toer nal A lady has called our attention to the remarkable coincidence that the flint letters of the surnames of the four last Bishops of Norwich correspond with the consecutive consonants in the word • Bishop,' namely, Bathurst, Stanley, Hinds, and-Pelham."

A most fearful thunder-storm broke over Reading and the vicinity on Monday afternoon, inflicting much damage.

Vesuvius is in a state of active eruption, and the spectacle by night is very grand,