The royal family left Buckingham Palace for
Osborne on the 3d inst.

The Anniversary of the Queen's coronation, on the
28th of June, was celebrated at Southampton by a
general holiday: thousands of people went on excursions
to London, to the New Forest, and to the Isle of Wight;
there were matches at cricket and shooting; five hundred
persons came on a visit from Dorchester; and a large
number of "Foresters," a widely ramified benefit
society, walked in procession, and then dined together,
the mayor and the members for the town being among
their guests.

The Princess Gauromma, the daughter of Prince
Vere Rajunder, late Rajah of Coorg, was Baptised by
the Archbishop of Canterbury in the private Chapel of
Buckingham Palace on the 30th of June. Her
Majesty stood sponsor for the young princess, and has
accepted the responsibility of her christian education in
this country.

Bishops Selwyn and Tyrrell have had a marvellous
escape from murder in New Zealand. It appears that
the two prelates were on a visit to one of the Polynesian
islands, when they were set upon by the natives, and,
becoming separated, were in the greatest possible
danger. They and their crews were surrounded by the
natives, who were full of ferocity and who were
eventually subdued by moral resolution rather than by
physical strength.

Dr. Paul Cullen was installed in the dignity of
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin on the 29th of
June. No fewer than sixteen Roman Catholic prelates,
including Dr. M'Hale, assisted at the ceremony.

Mr. Gladstone, who has accepted the pastorate of a
Free Episcopal Chapel at St. Mary's Torquay, has
been prevented from preaching there by a monition
from the ecclesiastical court.

Kossuth has arrived in England from the United
States. He had taken berths in the Africa steamer
from New York, for himself and Madame Kossuth,
under the name of A. Smith and lady. He threw off
his incognito before the passage had been completed.
He was accompanied by Count Colonel Blethen and
Colonel Ihaz, who also secured passages in assumed
names.

The Benchers of Lincoln's Inn have appointed
William L. Birkbeck, Esq., late Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge, to the Readership in Equity
instituted under the new arrangements for legal
education.

Obituary of Notable Persons

Lord Abercromby died suddenly at Airthrey Chase, on the
25th ult. He was born in 1800, and succeeded his father, the
late Lord Abercromby, in 1843.

COUNT MENSDORFF-POUILLY died at Vienna on the evening of
the 28th ult., in his 76th year. Count Mensdorff had married
the eldest sister of the late Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the
Duchess of Kent, and the King of the Belgians, and was
consequently a maternal uncle of her Majesty and paternal uncle
to Prince Albert.

LADY DENMAN died at Parslawes, Essex, on the 28th of June
aged 79.

HENRY CLAY, the celebrated American statesman, died on the
29th ult., in his 75th year.

MARSHALL EXCELMANS died on the 21st inst., in consequence of
a fall from his horse on the Sevres road, in the neighbourhood
of Paris.

MR. THOMAS GISBORNE  died at his residence, Yoxhall Lodge,
in Staffordshire, on the 20th inst.

BARON DE LANGSDORFF, the celebrated botanist, died at
Frieherg in the Grand Duchy of Baden, in his 78th year.

W. SCROPE, Esq., author of "Days of Deer Stalking," and
"Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing," died on Tuesday last.
at his house in Belgrave-square, in the 81st year of his age.

MR. JOHN DUNCUFT, who had just been returned for Oldham,
died there on the 27th ult.

COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

The Overland Mail has brought advices from Madras
to the 10th of June. The accounts from Rangoon are
to the 26th of May. On the 17th of May, four of our
war-steamers started from Rangoon for Bassein, the
chief port on the westernmost branch of the Irawaddy,
to capture that place. A force of 400 of the Queen's
51st Regiment, 300 of the 9th Native Madras Infantry,
60 Sappers and Miners, and a number of Marines, was
landed at Bassein on the 19th. The place was defended
by 4000 Burmese troops and 2000 armed men of Bassein,
fighting behind stockades well mounted with artillery.
After a brief parley, the place was tremendously
battered by the guns of the steamers and then taken by
storm. The defence was bravely made. We lost three
men killed, and had seven officers and 24 men wounded.
The officers wounded were—Captain Rice, very severely;
Lieutenants George Rice, Carter, and Ansley, severely;
and Major Errington, Captain Darrock, and Lieutenant
John Elliott, slightly. The enemy lost 800 killed. It
is said that "a fair-faced dark-whiskered man" was
plainly seen on the works directing the artillery; but
whether he was an European or Armenian could not be
discerned. The health of the troops was greatly
improved.

The advices from the West Indies come down to the end
of last month. Almost all the islands have been suffering
from long-continued drought. Antigua, St. Kitts,
St. Lucia, Anguilla, and Curaçoa, have suffered from the
want of water. In Antigua the drought continues in all
its severity, and great distress has begun to be felt for
want of water for domestic purposes. The crops are
suffering greatly from the drought, and the cattle on
many estates are dying for want of water.

In St. Kitts the want of water for domestic purposes
had begun to be felt in the town of Basseterre and at
Sandy Point. Every cistern in the town, with the
exception of one in the jail, was dry.

In Saint Lucia the drought continued very severe.
The sugar crop, which is being manufactured, has not
suffered much from this protracted drought, though
the want of water is felt in several districts to retard
the operations of the mills; but it is feared that
the consequences will be much to the prejudice of the
next crop.

In Anguilla the drought which had prevailed for
several months had reduced the poorer classes of the
inhabitants to a state of absolute destitution and
misery. The people were absolutely dying from want.
A boat-load or more of flour and corn-meal had been
forwarded from St. Christopher's for their relief.

A fearful conflagration occurred at Montreal on the
9th instant. The flames raged for two days, and
destroyed about 1200 houses. The loss is estimated at
one million sterling. The provincial government has
placed the sum of £2500 at the disposal of the
relief committee for the immediate relief of the
sufferers, and private subscriptions in their aid had
commenced.

The advices from the Cape of Good Hope bring
intelligence from the war frontier to the end of May.
General Cathcart had removed his head-quarters from
King William's Town to Fort Beaufort, towards a
line connecting the Waterkloof and Amatola mountains;
and he was so arranging his forces as to form a connected
chain of columns across the whole territory, which he
had announced his intention to clear of the enemy by
driving the Caffres beyond the Kei, and banishing them
from the colony for ever. This scheme, however,
appeared difficult to carry out; for the Caffres had
slipped through the links of the chain in several places,
and in one instance had been discovered in alarming
numbers camped in the Kowie bush close to Graham's
Town. In several places single herdsmen, and even
small weak parties, had been cut off, or attacked and
roughly handled by the Caffres. Governor Cathcart
had not, however, completely organised his plans. He
was endeavouring to levy a force of Burghers to act as