hymn Veni Creator Spiritus was then sung in majestic style by the choir, and during its progress the consecrating prelate anointed with the "chrism" the head and hands of the Archbishop elect. He then delivered to him, with the exhortations prescribed in the Consecration Service, the crozier, or more properly the pastoral staff, and the "Book of the Gospels," which the consecrating bishop removed from his shoulders. The Archbishop elect then rose, and took his seat in front of the altar. Bishop Amherst ascended the pulpit, the same from which only a few weeks since Archbishop Manning pronounced the funeral oration over his deceased friend and predecessor, and delivered a sermon from the words, "The Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole earth, and that which containeth all things containeth knowledge of the voice," taken from the 7th verse of the 1st chapter of the Book of Wisdom. The scene during the sermon was very striking; the Archbishop, bishops, and others in their rich attire forming a splendid tableau, while the sun poured down upon them through the beautiful eastern window. At the offertory which followed the sermon, the Archbishop presented to the Consecrator the accustomed offerings of two large candles, two loaves, and two barrels of wine, the whole gilt and silvered, and bearing the arms both of Bishop Ullathorne and Archbishop Manning. The Archbishop received from the Consecrator the mitre and the episcopal gloves, and then came the imposing ceremony of enthronization. His Grace was led to the throne by the attendant bishops, and the mitre having been placed on his head, the choir sang the Te Deum with magnificent effect. After this, the Archbishop, descending from the throne, proceeded along the church, accompanied by the assistant bishops, and gave his benediction to all present, the congregation for the most part kneeling. The final gospel (St. John i. 6), "In principiis erat Verbum," was then read, and the procession having been re-formed, returned to the sacristy, where Archbishop Manning received the congratulations of the foreign ambassadors and other distinguished members of his Church. The music was that of Palestrina. 10. VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO THE LANGHAM HOTEL. -The opening of this magnificent structure to the public was distinguished by a visit with which His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured the Directors. The Prince was accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland, and attended by Colonel Keppel. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who resides immediately opposite the hotel, together with the Earl of Shrewsbury, chairman; Sir James Carmichael, Bart.; Mr. W. Edgcombe Rendle, Mr. Capel Hoare, and other directors of the company, assisted in the honours of the reception. The directors having been presented by the Earl of Shrewsbury to the Prince, His Royal Highness was conducted through the hotel, commencing with the basement, and ascending to the summit of the building, subsequently returning to what are described as the ambassadors' apartments, where an elegant déjeûner was provided for the royal party. The Prince informed the Earl of Shrewsbury that he greatly admired the building, and that its admirable arrangements reminded him of the Avenue Hotel in New York. He complimented the Messrs. Graham on the elegance of the furniture and on the luxurious and original style in which they had carried out Mr. Owen Jones's designs for the decorations adopted throughout the building; and on taking leave, after having congratulated the directors upon the successful completion of their labours, His Royal Highness, addressing Mr. Schuman, the manager, in good German, wished the hotel all possible success. The admission of the general company took place at three p.m., and from that time until six, Langham-place and Portland-place were thronged with the carriages of the nobility and gentry. 15. THE CUP DAY AT ASCOT.-This race, one of the most interesting competitions of the season, was decided, in presence, as usual, of a brilliant assembly. The weather was most favourable; the gathering included all the elements that give to the Ascot meetings their peculiar charm; and to add to the attractions of the scene, the international emulation kindled by the French success at Epsom was heightened by the fact that French horses competed here for all the principal prizes. The foreigners present, of whom there were many, naturally expressed good wishes for the owner of Gladiateur. But the great majority of the visitors were most heartily national in their aspirations. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived about halfpast one o'clock. Three carriages formed the Royal cortége, in the first of which were seated His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Brabant. The second and third carriages contained the members of the Prince's household usually in attendance on such occasions. His Royal Highness was received with every manifestation of respect and cordiality. After some less interesting contests had been decided, the great event of the day took place as follows:: The GOLD CUP, value 300 sovs., given from the fund, and added to a subscription of twenty sovs. each; the owner of the second horse to receive fifty sovs. out of the stakes; for three-yr.-olds and upwards. Weight for age. About two miles and a half. Thirtyseven subs. Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Ely, by Kingston, 4 yrs., 1 Lord Glasgow's General Peel, 4 yrs., 8st. 10lb. (Fordham) 2 Baron Rothschild's Zephyr, 3 yrs., 7st. 5lb. (J. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Mackenzie's Oppressor, 3 yrs., 7st. 5lb. (H. Count F. de Lagrange's Fille de l'Air, 4 yrs., 8st. Mr. G. Hodgman's Victorious, 3 yrs., 7st. 5lb. 4 5 6 Betting.-7 to 4 agst. General Peel, 2 to 1 agst. Fille de l'Air, 6 to 1 agst. Ely, 8 to 1 agst. Zephyr, and 100 to 8 agst. Victorious. Oppressor jumped away immediately the flag was lowered, and came on with a clear lead, Victorious lying second, Ely third, and General Peel next, Fille de l'Air, who followed next, being a couple of lengths in their rear, close up with whom came Zephyr. These positions were retained past the Stand, where Covey sent Oppressor along and speedily placed a dozen lengths between him and his followers. Rounding the top turn, Fille de l'Air, overpulling Grimshaw, ran into the third place, and when fairly off the hill she headed Victorious and became second, but on reaching the bottom she was pulled back, and her place was taken by Ely, closely attended by the French representative, and Victorious. The latter, however, beat a retreat on passing the Limekilns, and became the absolute last. The General at the same time moved nearer his horses, followed by Zephyr, the lot, with the exception of the leader, running in a body to the bend into the straight.. Here the lead of Oppressor began to diminish, and half-way up he dropped away, leaving Ely next the rails in front, Zephyr, who came up on his left, heading the General, followed by Fille de l'Air. The Baron's filly for a brief period held out flattering hopes to her supporters, but these faded away as they neared the distance, where she and Fille de l'Air appeared in difficulties, and were headed by General Peel, who caught Ely at the Queen's Stand, and after an exciting and punishing set-to finished with a dead heat. The fiat of the judge, which was waited for in solemn silence, was received with deafening acclamations by the excited multitude. Zephyr finished a bad third, Oppressor fourth, and Fille de l'Air fifth. Deciding heat.-Betting-6 to 4 on General Peel, who waited upon Ely to the turn into the straight, where he drew up to the leader, but on reaching the enclosure he put down his ears, and shortly after gave in, swerving across the course, and defying all Fordham's efforts to keep him straight. He was beaten by a long distance. JULY. 1. ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN.-An alarming accident occurred to the down express train to Norwich on the Great Eastern Railway. The train, which was somewhat behind time, had approached within about two miles of Norwich, and had just passed under the Lakenham viaduct, when the driver felt the engine give a violent jerk. He had just previously shut off steam, but was running at from thirty to forty miles an hour. When he felt the jerk, he at once gave three whistles to the guard to apply his break, and the fireman proceeded to put in force the tender break. The leading wheels of the engine remained on the line, but the driving wheels tore up the permanent way, breaking the chairs and ploughing up the ballast. The train continued on the metal, and for a brief space nothing serious happened. After running about 120 yards, however, the train approached a long wooden bridge which carries the line over a shallow stream and some swampy ground on either side. On reaching the bridge all the wheels of the engine left the metals, and a scene of terrible confusion ensued. The locomotive plunged across the bridge; but although the rails were torn up and bent in the most surprising fashion-although the driving wheels ploughed and ground into the timbers, the engine was landed on the other side, where the ballast recommenced. Then it flung itself across the up-line, the wheels became embedded in the ballast, and its progress was at last stopped. The train had been dragged somehow across the bridge, notwithstanding the tearing up of the rails by the engine, and, marvellous to relate, not one of the carriages was thrown into the stream beneath. One of the carriages was, however, thrown a little on one side, and its occupants (among whom was Lord Stafford) had to scramble out through the windows as well as they could. The other passengers, among whom was Sir F. Crossley, M.P., were soon liberated from the carriages, and it was found, happily, that with the exception of a few bruises, no one was much the worse for what had happened. The driver and fireman held on to their engine till it reached the bridge, then the fireman jumped off into the river; the driver following his example when the engine had crossed the bridge, and blocked the up-line. The prompt measures which the driver had taken to reduce the speed after the first jerk no doubt materially mitigated the final disaster, and prevented a repetition of the Staplehurst catastrophe. The brave fellow at once ran on to the Trowse station to prevent any train coming upon the up-line, and the guard ran back in the contrary direction to stop a train expected on the down-line. The result of these timely measures was that no further mischief ensued. Intelligence of the accident was at once forwarded to Norwich, and Mr. Stevenson, the local superintendent, went down to the spot in a special train, with as little loss of time as possible, taking with him a number of men. He found, however, that the damage done was so great that the regular traffic must be suspended. The up mail train, which should have started from Norwich at 10 p.m., was accordingly delayed till daybreak, and on reaching the shattered bridge the passengers were transferred to another train brought on from Wymondham. As many as seventy men were set to work to remove the carriages which had become entangled in the wood-work of the bridge. 3. A BALLOON DISASTER.-The balloon ascent of Mr. Coxwell, the aeronaut, took place from the Royal Botanic Gardens. The weather was magnificent. The "Rescarch," the name given to the balloon, is the largest aerial machine ever constructed. It was purchased by public subscription, and presented to Mr. Coxwell by a committee of scientific gentlemen, in order that the science of aerial discovery which, in conjunction with Mr. Glaisher, he has pursued with such unwearied devotion, and which has already led to highly useful as well as interesting results, might not be interrupted. Probably from 10,000 to 12,000 people were in the gardens to view the ascent. It was nearly five o'clock before the balloon was completely inflated, and at a quarter to six the "Research" rose into the air, and bounded over the heads of the spectators in a north-westerly direction. The aerial voyage and its disastrous termination are thus narrated by Mr. Coxwell himself. He says the inflation and ascent of the balloon were in every respect satisfactory. At an altitude of about 3000 ft. the air did not appear to be near so strong as it was closer to the earth. The course of the balloon was vertically over the top of the Cave-hill, and the country beyond for about ten miles looked to him to be well suited for landing. However, at that distance, hills seemed to rise up in mountainous ranges, and Mr. Coxwell particularly inquired of the passengers whether they could give him any information respecting the nature of the country on the other side of the hills, and whether it was suitable for making a descent, because, if it were not, he would rather come down before approaching the hills. The gentlemen in the car were naturally anxious to extend their voyage as far as possible, without thinking of the suitableness of the ground on which they should descend. When the balloon was brought down, it was found that the country was worse than could have been expectedrugged and rocky-and, in fact, the most unsuitable place for a balloon descent that it is possible to conceive. The anchor, or grapnel, would not hold in the rocky soil-it broke away from every thing, and the consequence was a series of bumps and collisions of a most frightful character. Had there been any hedges or trees in the neighbourhood, the balloon would in all probability |