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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 210, 7 September 1867, Page 2

EUROPEAN NEWS, via PANAMA. It is now said that it is the intention of her Majesty next year to hold Drawing Rooms and also to give some " breakfasts" in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The thirtieth anniversary of the coronatioD of the Queen was celebrated on the 28th June in the usual manner. By command of the Queen a State Ball was given on the 25th at Buckingham Palace, which a party of upwards of 1700 was invited. The Sultan will arrive in London on the 13th#f July and; Buckingham Pulace is being splendidly prepared for his reception. A conservatory isibefog -built and two tents will be erected in the garden which is receiving large quantities* of plants from Kew Gardens. The apartments prepared for the Sultan's occupation look out upon the pleasure-ground of the palace. The government have determined that the Sultan shall be entertained at an official fete and have delegated the discharge of this duty to the Secretary, of State for India and the Indian Council. A telegram from Borne announces that at the ceremony of the canonization nearly 100,000 foreigners were present. A shocking railway accident is reported from Walton Junction, near Warrington. Owing to some blunder with the points a train was passed on to the Chester line, where it ran into a stationary coal train. Five passengers were killed and 30 others injured, some of them seriously. The report that the Cabinet of Berlin is about to make up for the loss of Luxemburg by the building of a formidable fortress at Tralach on the Moselle, is causing no little irritation. The Journal de Paris points out that the contemplated fortress would be nearer the French frontier than Luxemburg, and would be far more threatening to France. The Emperor of Russia has caused a delicate souvenir to be transmitted to Madame Laborie, who was slightly wounded in the attempt on June 6tb, being an emerald in the shape of a heart surrounded with brilliants. The affair of the attempt on the Czar* life wili be tried by the Court d' Assises of the Seine on the 12th of next July. The Moniteur contains the first official intimatipn of Prince Napoleon's return to Court favor after the disgrace which followed his Corsican speech. He is appointed President of the Conference for effecting, if possible, inter-national uniformity of monies, weights, and measures., ,