The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM. (From the Court Newsman.) Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ire land) by command of the Queen, held a Drawing room on behalf of her Majesty on Saturday after noon in St. James's Palace. Two hundred and fifty ladies had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness; the pre sentations by her Majesty's pleasure being con sidered as equivalent to presentations to the Queen. In addition to the presentations about 500 ladies attended the reception. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, with their wives and daughters, the Ladies in 'Waiting, Maids of Honour, and Women of the Bedchamber of the Queen's Household, and Ministers and Offi- cers of State, and the principal officers of the Royal Household were also present at the Drawing-room. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, accom panied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'clock, and was received at St. James's Palace by the Great Officers of State, who conducted their royal highnesses to the Royal Closet. His Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales arrived, attended by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Lord in Waiting, Hon. Robert Henry Meade, Groom in Waiting, and Major Teesdale, Equerry in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (at tended by the Hon. James Macdonald), his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Prince F. of Holstein, and his Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh (attended by Col. Oliphant) were present. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse arrived from Buckingham Palace, attended by Baron Westerweller. The Royal Body Guard of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the State salo3ns, under the command of the lieutenant. Captain Philips, the sub-officer, was on duty with the corps. The Yeomen of the Guard were under the com mand of Captain Parker Rickford, the Exon in Waiting. Seats for the accommodation of the ladies were provided in Queen Anne's-room, the Banquet-room, th© Portrait Gallery, the Presence Chamber, the two guard-rooms, and also in the corridors. The Crown Princess of Prussia entered the Throne room, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Helena, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Louis of Hesse, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Prince of Holstein, and the Maharajah Duleep Singh. In attendance were the Duchess of Wel lington, Mistress of the Robes ; the Countess of Cale don (in waiting), the Duchess of Athole, Lady Churchill, and the Marchioness of Ely, Ladies of the Bedchamber; Hon. Lucy Kerr (in waiting), Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley (in waiting), Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Harriet L. Phipps, Hon. Horatia Stopford, Hon. Emily Cathcart, Hon. Flora Macdonald and Hon. Beatrice Byng, Maids of Honour; Lady Caroline Barrington (in waiting), Lady Charlotte Copley, Lady Sarah Lindsay, Hon. Mrs, G. Campbell and the Hon. Mrs. A. Gordon, Women of the Bedchamber to the Queen ; the Earl of St. Germans, G.C.B, Lord Steward ; Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Ailes bury, Master of the Horse to her Majesty ; Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stole to the Prince of Wales; Viscount Bury, Treasurer of the Queen's Household ; Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Chamber lain ; Lord Proby, Comptroller of the Household ; Lord Methane, Lord in Waiting; Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, Groom in Waiting; Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting; the Pages of Honour in Waiting ; Countess Pourtales, Countess Hohenthal, Countess Bruhl, and Count Furstentein, in Waiting on the Crown Princess. The diplomatic corps was introduced, and the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were received in the order of their diplomatic precedence. The following presentations to her Royal Highness took place in the circle : By her Excellency Madame Musurus—Madame Messond Bey By her Excellency Madame de Brunnow—Madame de Longuinoff nee Princess Looff By Mrs Adams—Miss Adams, daughter of the United States' Minister ; Miss Anne Chapman, of Boston, Mass., U.S. By the Countess Russell—Madame la Marquise de Cadore; Countess Henrietta Danneskiold ; Countess Amy Dan neskiold By his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador—Colonel Mes soud Bey By the Hanoverian Envoy—Lieutenant Sprengel, of the Hanoverian army By the Danish Envoy—His Excellency Count Christian Danneskiold By the Honduras Envoy—Senor Don Lorenzo Montufar, Charge d'Affaires to the Swiss Confederation ; Senor Don Jose F Quiros, Attache to the Salvador Legation By the Spanish Envoy—Brigadier-General Ramos Izqnierdo. The diplomatic circle was attended by— The Turkish Autbassadorand Madame Musurus, Khaleb Effendy, First Secretary of the Embassy, Etienne Musurus Bey, Second Secretary, Paul Musurus Bey, First Attache — the Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, Count Wimpffen, Conseiller, Count Kalnoky, Secretary, Prince Ysenburg, !Attache, Baron Dornberg—the Russian Am bassador and Baroness de Brunno w, Mr. D. Longuinoff, Chambollan l'Empereur and Conseiller of the Embassy— the Prussian Ambassador and Countess de Bernstorff, M. Frederic de Katte, First Secretary of the Embassy—Baron Gros, French Ambassador, Marquis de Comment la Force, Count de Couronnel, and Captain Pigeard, Naval Attache —Madame Van de Weyer, wife of the Belgian Minister, Mr Maurice del Fosse, Conseiller of Legation, M Octave Delepierre, Secretary, and Mr Van de Velde, Secretary— the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto—Count Kiel mansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, Marquis d'Azeglio, Italian Minister, Count Maffei, First Secretary, Count Zannini, Attache, Baron F Marochetti, Lieutenant in the Italian Navy—Baron Bentinck, Netherlands Minister — Baron Donald Mackay, Gentleman of the Cham ber of the King of the Netherlands and At tache to the Legation Count de Lavradjo, Por tuguese Minister, and Chevalier d'Oliveira, Conseiller of Legation—Commandeer de Carvalho Moreira, Brazilian Minister, Vicomte de Carvalho et M and Chevalier C Sar mento, Attaches --..Count Vitzthum, Saxon Minister, Mr de Bill, Danish Minister, and Mr Gosch, Attache to the Le gation—Hon Charles Francis Adams, United States Mini. stet, and Mrs Adams, Mr Charles L Wilson, Secretary of Legation, Mr Benjamin Moran, Second Secretary, Mr Henry Brooks Adams—M Carlos Gutierrez, Honduras Minister, Count Wachtmeister, Minister for Sweden and Norway, Baron Beck Frus, Secretary to the Legation—Don Antonio Gonzales, Spanish Minister, the Duke of Granada, Attache to the Legation—Mr R Guardamino, Attache—m M J Sanz, Peruvian Minister, Mr J B Valdivia, Secretary of Legation, Captain M Roman, Aide-de-Camp of the Vice- President of Peru—Mohammet Khan, Persian Minister, F Jeanty, Charge d'Affaires of Haiti ad interim—M Charilaus Tricoupi, Greek Charge d'Affaires, and Captain Nicolaidy, Attache Militaire to the Greek Legation—Earl Russell, K G, the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Countess Russell, and Lieutenant- General the Hon Sir Edward Cust, K C 11, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The diplomatic corps having paid their respects, the ladies present at the Drawing-room were intro duced, and were announced to her royal highness by the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household. The general circle was attended by— Count Gleichen, Captain Royal Navy—Earl Granville, Lord , _ P res id ent—Viscount P a l mers t on , Fi rs t L or d o f th e Newcastle Ri g ht Hon Sir George Grey—the Duke of easue—s ir George Lewis, Secretary of State for War—Sir Ch a rles Wood—the Chancellor of the Exche quer—the Duke of Somerset—the Right Honourable E Cardwell—Right Honourable C P Villiers, M P—Lord Foley, the Captain of the Hon Corps of the Gentlemen at Arms—Earl of Dude, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard —Earl of Bessborough, Master of the Buckhounds—Bisho p of London, D ean of Cha p els Royal—Lord Edw. Howard, P Deputy Earl Marshall—Right Bell William Hutt, M P, Paymaster-General —Sir Rutherford Aicock.HM's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan Mr Edward Thornton, C B, H M'sMinisterPlenipotenti ar y t o the Argentine Republic—Vice- Ch an cellor Sir William page Wood, Vice-Chancel lor Sir John Stuart, the Right R on T E Headlam, M P, Judge Advocate -General—Hon to her Mor timerMa Sackville West, Gro om in Waiting to the je Q aty— Lieut-Colonel Cavendish, G room in Waiting B, room uee ju n —Lieut General Sir Henry B entinck, K C Waiting to the Queen--Sir Charles Young, Garter—Lieut- Colonelf the Hon Si r Willi am Topham, the Lieutenant o Corps of Gentl emen a t Arms—Major-General F itzwaurice, Lieutenant of the Yeoman of the Guard—Sir William Alex ander, Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales—the Lord Mayor—Colonel Bagot, H M's Assistant-Master of the Ceremonies—Lord Stanley of Alderley—Colonel Lord Chas L Fitzroy, Equerry to the Queen—Lieut-Colonel the Hon Dudley de Ros, Extra Equerry to the Queen—Lieut-Colo nel Keppel, Equerry to the Prince of Wales—Hon Spencer Lyttelton, her Majesty's Marshal of the Ceremonies—Vis count E versley, Lord Burghley, M P, Colonel Adair, Colo no! M`Mardo, C B, Colonel Sir Thee Troubridge, Bart, C B, Colonel Edwin W o dehouae, R A, Col onel the Hon Percy Herbert, Colonel Le Coutenr, Colonel Charles Reid, C B, Colonel Orr, CB, RA, Colonel Holloway, CB, Colonel Priaulx, Colonel J A E wart, C B, and Colonel J Gordon, C B, Aides-de-Camp to the Queen—Captain the Hon Jas Drummond, C B, Capt Harry Edgell, C B, and Capt Edwd S Sotheby, C B, Naval Aides-de-Camp to her Majesty—Sir Wm Martins, Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State—the Hon Spencer Ponsonby, Comptroller of the Lord Chamber• lain's Department—Major Harmar, Standard Bearer of the Hon Corps of Gentleman at Arms—Lieut-Colonel Cooke, Ensign of the Royal Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard—Lieut-Colonelßaillie, Royal Horse Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting—Colonel Michael Bruce, Grenadier Guards, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting—Captain the Hon Frederick Stanley, Grenadier Guards, Adjutant in Brigade Waiting—Lieut-Colonel Fletcher, Captain of the Queen's Guard, the Clerk of the Cheque, :and Adjutant of the Hon Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms—Colonel Maude, C B, Crown Equerry—Captain Philips, Sub-Officer Hon Corps of Gentlemen-at•Arms—Mr Henry Greville, Gen tleman Usher in Waiting :on her Majesty—Lieut-General Sir Frederic Smith, KH, MP, Gentleman Usher to the Privy Chamber—Mr Charles Heneage, Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber in Waiting—Mr Wilbraham Tay lor, Gentleman Usher to the Queen—Colonel Howard Vyse, 2d Life Guards, Gentleman Usher to the Queen — Colonel Home Purvey, Groom of the Privy Chamber in Waiting to her Majesty—Mr Alfred Montgomery, Gentle man Usher to the Queen—Mr Edward Hamilton Anson, Gentleman Usher to her Majesty—Commanding Charles G Nelsou, R N, Gentleman Usher—Captain Green, Extra Gentleman Usher to the Queen. The following presentations took place, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office and submitted for her Majesty's approval : Miss Adderley, by her mother, the Hon Mrs Adderley Lady Alcock, by the Countess Russell Miss Wilfred Allen, by her mother, Lady Henrietta Allen Miss Jessie Allen, by Mrs Edward Bagot Mrs F Beilby Alton, on her marriage, by the Countess of Derby Lady Anstruther, of Balcaskie, by Lady Elcho Miss Anstruther, by her mother, Lady Anstruther, of Bal- caskie Lady Mary Arkwright, by the Countess of Strafford Miss Gertrude Arbuthnot, by her mother, the Hon Mrs. Arbuthnot Mies Mary Arbuthnot, by Lady Taylor Mrs Richard Baggallay, by Lady Turner Mrs Duncan Baillie, on her marriage, by Mrs Henry Baillie Mrs James Baillie, by the Hon Mrs Hardinge Miss Balfour, by Lady Blanche Balfour Mrs Alexander Barclay, by Lady Colvile Miss Harriet Barclay, by Lady Colvile Mrs James Pratt Barlow, by Lady Cranworth Miss Alice Barlow, by her mother,Mrs James Pratt Barlow Miss Margaret Louisa Bateman, by her mother, Mrs Bate- man Mrs W H Baynes, by Mrs Robinson Miss Huddle Bazeley, by Lady Login Mies Bell, by her mother, Mrs Bell Mrs W Baring de Lotbiniere Bingham, on her marriage, by Lady Young Miss Bingham, by her mother, Mrs Chas Bingham Mrs Bishopp, by Mrs Benson Hon Mrs de Blaquiere, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Townshend Miss Brand, by her mother, the Hon Mrs Brand Miss Mabel Brand, by her mother, the Hon Mrs Brand Lady Braybrooke, on succeeding to the title, by the Mar chioness of Aberoorn Mrs Brewer, by the Marchioness of Ailesbury Miss Brewer, by the Marchioness of Ailesbury The Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, by Lady Anna Gore Langton Miss Augusta Bulkeley, by the Hon Mrs T Myddleton. Biddulph Lady Burrell, by the Marchioness of Salisbury Hon Mrs Alfred Bury, by Mrs Win Russell Hon Francis Sarah Butler, by her mother, the Viscountess Mountgarrett Lady Victoria Brixton, by her mother, the Countess of Gainsborough Mrs P G Vander Byl, by Mrs Halkett Le Couteur Hon Miss Cadogan, by Lady Adelaide Cadogan Miss Call, by her mother, Lady Call Miss Blanche . Call, by her mother, Lady Call Hon Mrs Somerset Calthorpe, by Lady Calthorpe Mrs Archibald Calvert, by Mrs G A Maude The Countess of Castlestuart, by Lady Hamilton Mrs Francis Carey, by Mrs Lynedoch Gardiner Mrs Thos Chambers, by Lady Palmerston Mrs Arthur G Chapman, by the Countess of Bessborough Miss Chetwynd, by her aunt, Lady Mary Hood Viscountess Clifden, on her marriage, by Lady Begot Lady Cooper, by Mrs Bourne Miss Mary Cole, by the Countess of Darnley Miss Compton, by Lady Wm Compton Mrs W Anthony Collins, on her marriage, by Mrs Spencer Walpole mre me.. Loot.r Copland, by her mother, Mrs R Ronald Miss Evelyn Cotes, by her mother, Lady Louisa Cotes Lady Beatrice Craven, by the Countess of Craven Miss Margaret A Crawford, by the Viscountess Palmerston Miss Caroline Crawford, by the Viscountess Palmerston Hon Mrs E Cropper, by her sister-in-law, Lady Denman Mrs Charles Cratchley, by Lady Burrell Lady Alice Cuffe, by the Countess of Desert Miss Currie, by her mother, Lady Currie Miss Susan Mary Currie, by her mother, Lady Currie Lady Dacres, by Lady Sydney Lady Darling, by Lady Vere Cameron Lady Dashwood, by the Marchioness of Ely Miss Louisa Davis, by Mrs Chambers Mrs Erskine Scott Dawson, by her mother, Lady Michael Seymour Mrs Dennehy, by Lady Logan Mrs Digby, on her marriage, by her aunt, Lady Harriet B Hamilton Hon Leonora Digby, by her aunt, Lady Caroline Kerrison Hon Mrs Constantine Dillon, by Lady Stanley of Alderley Mies Constance Dillon, by her mother, Hon. Mrs C Dillon Miss Dillwyn, by her mother, Mrs Dillwyn Mrs A M Dowleans, by Mrs Jones of Pantglas Miss Buncombe, by her mother, Lady Caroline Duncombe Miss Mary Buncombe, by her mother, Hon Mrs Arthur Buncombe Miss Blanche Buncombe, by her mother, Lady Caroline Buncombe Miss Dundas, by Lady Lovaine Miss Catherine Dyke, by Lady Dyke 1; Miss Sybella Dyke, y Lady Dyke Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe, by the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe Mrs Elliot, by the Hon Mrs James Drummond Miss Elliot, by her mother, Mrs Elliot Mrs Robert Eyston, by the Hon Mrs Scott Murray Mrs Salisbury Ewart, by the Hon Mrs T M Biddulph Mrs Andrew Fairbairn, by the Countess de Grey and Ripon Mrs Fenwick, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Ron burghe Mrs Ferguson, by the Duchess of Roxburgh° Lady Fisher, on her marriage, by Lady Prior Mrs Herbert Fisher, on her marriage, by Mrs H Addington Miss Olivia Fitzpatrick, by Mrs Fitzpatrick Lady Mary Wentworth Fitzwilliam, by her mother, Countess Fitzwilliam Mrs John Fleming, by Mrs Robinson Hon Mrs Forester, by Lady Forester Miss Foster, by Lady Hobart Miss Gorges, by Mrs Gorges Mrs A Wentworth Gore, on her marriage, by Lady Edward Thynne Miss Ormsby Gore, by her mother, Mrs Ormsby Gore Hon Mrs Leveson Gower, on her marriage, by Hon Mrs Adderley Mrs Audley Gosling, by the Countess Russell Miss Harriet Worrell Gray, by her grandmother, Lady Pennefather Mrs "William Graham Green, by Mrs George Henry Grey MrsissSzmour Grenf e ll, by L a dy S ara h Lindsay Miss Agnes Darby a G rb ri y ra G at r o i n ffi , th b , y by h h er er m arm oth t e , r ?r t s h D e Darby Griffith tes of Lady Harrie t mi V sa erul Constance ani Guest, by her mother, Lady Charlotte Schreiber Mrs Ker Hamilton, by Lady Harriet Hamilton Mrs Frederick Hamilton, by the Duchess of Athole Mrs Arthur Hamilton , by the Viscountess G a l way Miss Hamilton, by Lady Claud Hamilton Lady Adele Hare, by Lady Proby Lady Eleanor Hare, by Lady Proby Miss Harrison. by Mrs Kinglake Hon Anne Helen Henniker -Major, by her mother, Lady Henniker Lady Augustus Hervey, on her marriage, by her sister-in law, Countess Jermyn li Mrs ss H E o t d h n e l e d t t r , e da by B h e e r r eB daughter, fordH op Hope, abdy y y L A a u d gu M s t u i l s d r H e d e r B v e e y r e s - 1% ford Hope Mrs Algernon de Horsey, by the Hon Lady Grey Mrs Holland, by Lady Holland Viscountess Holmesdale, on her marriage, by Countess Amherst Mrs Beaumont Hotham, by the Hon Mrs Upton Mrs Henry Hume, by the Hon Mrs Francis Stonor Mrs Clark Irving, by Mrs Pipon Miss James, by her mother, Lady James Countess Jermyn, by the Hon Mrs Curzon Mrs Jervis White-Jervis, by Mrs Edwin Wodehouse Hon Alice Jocelyn, by the Viscountess Jocelyn Hon Edith Jocelyn, by the Viscountess Jocelyn Miss F j excroft Jon e s, by the Hon Lady Airey Bones of Pantglas, by her mother, Mrs Jones of Pantglas Miss Louisa Jones of Pantglas, by her mother, Mrs Jones M i o s f s Pantglasmirabel Knollys, by her mother, Mrs. Knollys H o n Emily Labouehere, by Lady Taunton Lady Charlotte Legg, by the Countess of Dartmouth Hon Mrs Hanbury Kincaid Lennox, on her marriage, by Lady Bateman Miss Isabella Lewis, by Mrs Charles Lewis Miss Minnie Liddell, by her mother, Hon Mr's Augustus Liddell Mrs H B Loeb, on her marriage, by her mother, the Hon Mrs E Villiers rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1863. Miss Login, by her mother, Lady Login Miss Rosamond Longley, by Lady Elizabeth Cust Miss Low, by her mother, Lady Low Miss Selina Low, by her mother, Lady Low Lady Macarthur, by Mrs Hugh Seymour Lady Macgregor, by the Hon Mrs J Drummond Hon Mrs Wingfield Malcolm, of Poltalloch, on her mar. riage, by Lady Isabella Schuster Lady John Manners, on her marriage, by Viscountess Newport Mrs Mansel, by Lady Login Miss Alice Manning, by Lady Henniker Miss Marsh, by her mother, Mrs Matthew Marsh Mrs Frederic Marshall, on her marriage, by Lady Howard Mrs Marshman, by the Countess of Gainsborough Miss Emily Maude, by her mother, Mrs G Ashley Maude Lady Christian Mettle, on receiving rank as an earl's daughter, by the Countess of Airlie Hon Mrs Maynard, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Athole The Lady Mayoress, by Viscountess Palmerston Miss Alice Milbank, by her mother, Mrs Frederick Milbank Miss Edith Millett, by her sister, Mrs Barnard Miss Lucy Mildmay, by her mother, Mrs Humphrey St John Mildmay Miss Emily Mildmay, by her mother, Mrs Humphrey St. John Mildmay Mrs Mireheuse, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Ailesbury Miss Money, by Lady Heron Maxwell Mrs Francis Montgomery, by Laura Countess of Antrim Lady Eleanor Moreton, by the Countess of Ducie Lady Alice Moreton, by the Countess of Ducie Hon Mrs Mostyn, by the Countess of Lanesborough Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, by the Marchioness of Aber corn Mrs William Moxon, by Lady Laura Palmer Mrs Herbert Murray, by the Duchess of Athole Miss Murray, of Philiphaugh, by the Duchess of Roxburghe Dowager Lady Nepean, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Wellington Miss Helen Nugent, by the Hon Mrs Constantine Dillon Lady Oranmore and Broune, by Lady Stanley of Alderley Miss Edith Ogilvy, by her aunt, Lady Fanny Howard Mrs Henry Paull, on her marriage, by her mother, Mrs Willis Lady Pelham, on her marriage, by the Countess of Darnley Mrs Pender, by the Countess Russell Miss Maria Perceial, by Lady Frederick Fitzroy Hon Mrs Pereira, on her marriage, by her mother Lady Camoys Lady Phillimore, by Lady Charlotte Denison Miss Pipon, by her mother, Mrs Pipon Lady Augusta Pratt, by the Duchess of Athole Miss Ram, by Viscountess Forbes Lady Rawlinson, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Somerset Lady Rich, on coming to the title, by the Marchioness Townshend Lady, Riddell, by the Duchess of Athole Mrs Randolph Robinson, by Mrs Robinson Mrs Romaine, on her marriage, by her sister, Mrs Harvey Lady Elizabeth Rumilly, by her sister, the Countess Russell Miss Sophia Romilly, by her aunt, Lady Georgiana Romilly Lady Charlotte Russell, on her marriage, by Mrs William Russell Mrs Elliot Salter, by Mrs Edwin Wodehouse Mrs Sartoris, by Lady Stanley of Alderley Miss Sartoris, by her mother, Mrs Sartoris Mrs Scourfield, on change of name, by Lady Caroline Dun combo Lady Victoria A Scott, by the Duchess of Buccleuch Mrs Seymour, by Lady Emily Seymour Hon Lady Simeon, on her marriage, by Lady Colville Miss Simeon, by the Hon Lady Simeon Mrs John Hall Smyth, by Mrs Charles Brodrick Scott Miss Snow, by her sister, the Lady Mayoress Mrs Alfred Somerset, on her marriage, by Lady Raglan Hon Rosalind Stanley, by her mother,.Lady Stanley oi Alderley Lady Mary Stanhope, by her mother, the Countess Stan hope Mrs St G Herbert Stepney, on her marriage, by the Mar chioness of Salisbury. Mrs Agnes Stephenson, by Mrs Stephenson Mrs James Stopford, by the Duchess of Buccleuch Lady Ella Stuart, by her mother, the Countess of Castle- Stuart Hon Mrs John Gilbert Talbot, on her marriage, by Lady Emma Talbot Lady Taylor, by the Duchess of Roxburgh° Mrs Edward Taylor, on her marriage, by the Countess of Bective Mrs Thomson, by Lady Laura Palmer Miss Louisa Thornhill, by her mother, Mrs Thornhill Mrs Edward Thornton, by the Countess Russell Miss Tollemache, by the Duchess of Somerset Miss Matilda Tollemache, by the Duchess of Somerset Miss Emily Tottenham, by her aunt, Lady Braybrooke Miss Evelyn Towneley, by Mrs. John Towneley Lady A Townshend, by her mother, the Marchioness Townshend Mrs Treherne, by Lady Churchill Miss Emily Treherne, by her mother, Mrs Treherne Miss Florence Treherne, by her mother, Mrs Treherne Miss Florence Trelawny, by her mother, Lady Trelawny Miss Vaughan, by her mother, Viscountess Forbes Hon. Mrs Vivian, by the Countess of Kinnoul Mrs Miller Wallnutt, by Mrs Chambers Miss Walter, by Mrs Walter Mrs Lee Warner, on her marriage, by the Marchioness Townshend Lady Waugh, by Lady Pollock Mrs Webb, by Lady Foley Miss Frederica Wetherell, by Mrs Spencer Walpole Mrs Joseph Wigram, by Mrs James Wigram Miss Margaret Wigram, by her mother, Mrs Joseph Wigram Miss Constance Wildman, by her mother, Mrs Richard Wildman Mrs John Bennett Williams, by Mrs John Leslie Miss Emma Williams, by her mother, Mrs Williams Miss Jessie Williams. by her mother, Mrs Williams Mrs Wilmot, on her marriage, by Lady Elizabeth F. de Res Mrs George Witt, by Mrs Bourne Miss Wodehouse, by her mother, Mrs Herbert Wodehouse Lady Young, by the Countess of Strafford Trial of the Double Screw Steamship Kate. One of those events which gain for themselves by their acknowledged importance and success a dis tinct and prominent position in the history of the subject to which they belong took place on the Thames "on Saturday in _the trial of the double screw steamship Kate. In November last the Flora, a vessel of 400 tons, was launched by the same firm that has constructed the Kate—Messrs. Dudgeonlßrothers, of Limehouse, and was the first instance of the double screw being successfully ap plied to a vessel of any size, each screw being worked by independent engines. So much impor tance was attached to the disposition of the pro pelling power of the Flora by the Admiralty, that Mr. John Dinnen, the inspecting officer to the Board in the steam department, was appointed spe cially to watch and report upon the ship's progress and outfit, and to attend the trial trip of the vessel and draw up a report of the results for the infor mation of their lordships. The trial proved to be a great success, for by the working of the two screws on each side of the dead wood a perfect steering power was obtained with the ship going either ahead or astern without any assistance from or use of the rudder, and by reversing the screws—that is, working them in opposite directions—the Flora turned round upon her centre as upon a pivot, after the manner of a turntable. She was also very fast under steam, with engines of little more than one-fourth horse power to tonnage, great capacity of hold, and light draught of water. It will at once been seen that here are properties the want of which constitutes the chief defects of our war ships under steam. The Warrior and Black Prince each requires from 8 to 12 minutes to com plete a circle when under full steam, and would therefore be unable to perform such an evolution in narrow waters, so that they are both to a great extent useless for inshore work in the mouth of an enemy's river or at the entrance to a port ; while a vessel of moderate draught of water, carrying a heavy armament, with large engine power and a power of turning upon her centre, would always be ready for any service in shore or out at sea, while more stately but unwieldy vessels with their single screw could but look on and admire, but could never hope to emulate the performance of their more agile sister. In addition to these advan tages, which the double screw offers to ships of war, there are others of an almost equally important character which a ship would possess fitted on the principle. No apertures are needed:as " screw wells" in the stern, which would therefore resume itb normal strength. There would be no outer stern posts to knock away, and thus depriving the ship at one blow of the services of both rudder and screw, and even if one screw should be disabled in action —a contingency not very likely to ensue from their peculiar position —one would still remain to propel the ship, and if the rudder itself was carried away, the ship's steering power would remain perfect in her screws. In fact, the whole question has such an important bearing, look at it in whatever light we may, whether as a power of steering ships of commerce under steam when threading tortuous rivers, or ships of war when engaged with the enemy's ships or forts, that the great interest which has been displayed by the Admiralty and many naval and scientific men in the trials of the two vessels, the Flora in November last, and the Kate on Saturday, is fully accounted for. The Kate is an iron vessel of 500 tons capacity of hold, and 80 tons capacity of coal bunkers. She is 165 feet in length between perpendiculars, 22 feet 6 inches in breadth, and 13 feet 6 inches depth of hold. Her estimated displacement is 500 tons. On Saturday she drew 7ft. 2in. aft and sft. 4in. forward, with an area of midship section in square feet, at her present draught of water, of 135 ft. She is perfectly fiat in her floor at the midship section and without keel. On deck she is fitted with a hurricane-house, 3-4ths of the deck's length affording ample cabin passenger accommoda tion. She carries two masts, lightly rigged, for fore and aft sails, each mast of wood, and fitting in an iron socket just above the level of the hurricane house and with parting joints. The funnel is also telescopic, so that the masts and funnel could be lowered on deck, and the Kate, if a war vessel, could lie in un der the land almost invisible in waiting for herprey. She is fitted wiih two engines with 26in. cylinders and a 21in. stroke, supplied with steam by two tubular boilers at 201 b. pressure, a blast pipe lead ing from the boilers to the funnel. Each engine works independently of the other, and drives a three-bladed screw of 7ft. 6in. diameter, and 14ft. 6in. pitch, the centres of the two shafts being Oft. 6in. apart. The Kate weighed her anchor off Gravesend a noon on Saturday, and came alongside Tilbury-pier to take in the officials and visitors for the trip, lying alongside the pier with her head up the river. Up wards of 60 gentlemen arrived by train from town, and went down the river in the ship to witness her capabilities. Mr. John Dinnen, inspecting officer to the Admiralty, attended by order of the Con troller of the Navy, to conduct the day's experi ments and report officially upon them. Among the visitors present were Rear-Admiral Sir E. Belcher, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Horatio T. Austin, C. 8., Capt. Marin H. Jansen, of the Dutch Royal Navy, and attached to the Ministry of Marine at Amsterdam. Captains Jasper Selwyn and Howes, RN., and Commander Symonds, R.N., Mr. Kinnear, C.E., superintendent of machinery to the Anglo-Chinese whose names are well known in their pro squadron, and a number of other officers and gen tlemenfession and in the scientific world. At a quarter past 12 the Kate started on her trip, in charge of Mr. Lee, Trinity pilot, and in leaving the pier strikingly demonstrated her power of turn ing by bringing her head round at once down the river in less than her own length from the pier, while at the same time another screw steamer off in the stream was taking up the entire width of the river in attempts to get her head down, and had not accomplished the feat until the Kate was a good mile on her way. A light easterly breeze prevailed with a good deal of fog hanging about the river, which rendered it for some considerable time doubt ful whether the intended experiments could be car ried out. As the ship neared the Nore Light Vessel however, the sun came out brighter, and parti ally dispersed the fog, so as to admit of the experiments, so far as related to maritime pur poses, being carried out in their entirety. The speed trial was, however, without any certain value, for the reason that no given mark could be seen to steer upon in the run to and from the Mouse and the Nore Lights, and the ship's course being there fore more serpentine than otherwise. The run back from the Mouse to the Nore, which was the fairest run of the two, occupied 35 minutes. The Kate is 100 tons larger than the Flora, but, although she has only the same engine power as the latter, there is no doubt but that she is nearly, if not quite, her equal in speed. The chief interest, however, lay in the capabilities of the ship in manoeuvring and rapidly shifting her position under steam, and the experiments under this head were carried out in the following order, the vessel being placed in a position for the purpose clear of the Mouse Light Vessel:- 1. Both engines going ahead at full speed, three circles were first made to port, the mean time of the ship completing each circle being 3 min. 46 sec., and the first half of the first circle being completed in 2 min. 40 sec. The diameter of the circle was about three times the ship's length. 2. With the starboard engines going ahead and the port engine stopped, the rudder was put over hard to starboard, and one circle completed in 3 min. 57 sec., and the second in 4 min., the diame ter of the circles being twice the ship's length. 3. With one engine going ahead and the other astern at full speed, the rudder was put over to star board and two circles thus completed—one in 3 min. 44 sec., and the other in 3 min. 55 sec. In this experiment the ship revolved upon her own centre as the Flora did i n N ovem b er l as t ; an d if she had been a ship of war attacking an enemy's ship o r fort, could h ave di scharge d t h e guns on each broad side as they came to. bear in turn upon the object. While the ship was thus revolving a piece of wood thrown overboard remained alongside the ship until the conclusion of the experiment. 4. With the rudder fixed amidships, the fore going experiment with the screws working opposite ways, was repeated, the first circle being made in 7 minutes and 10 seconds, and the second in 6 minutes 40 seconds. The diameter of the circle was the same as the last, the ship revolving in a pre cisely similar manner. 5. With the redder over to port, and the screws still working opposite ways, the ship turned round in 4 minutes 17 seconds. In all other respects this experiment was precisely similar in its results to the last two. 6. The rudder was now fixed amidships and both screws set going astern, the object being to ascertain whether the ship could be steered stern first on any given object by the action of the screws alone. This was, perhaps, the most important experiment of the day, for, as it had already been proved that the Kate possessed every requisite power of steering in her two screws when going ahead, should she only be found to possess the same power when going astern there could be no possible position which a double screw ship might not take up or extricate herself from at her pleasure. The result in this instance was quite as satisfac tory as in the former experiments, and the ship was steered with the greatest ease and facility to the pilot's order by merely increasing or diminish ing the revolutions of the screws as required. It was now drawing towards 5 o'clock, and the vessel being 30:miles below Tilbury, the experiments were brought to a conclusion, and the ship's head laid homewards. The Kate arrived alongside Tilbury Pier at the conclusion of her day's work, about dusk, and the company on board returned to town by train, de lighted with their trip and the successful result of the day's proceedings. The machinery worked perfectly throughout, without hot bearings or other unpleasant accidents which so frequently happen when first setting new engines to work. The mean of the revolutions of the engine was 124 ; pressure of steam, 201 b. ; vacuum, 25. Hospital for Consumption, Brompton. A quarterly court of the governors of this charity was held on Thursday last, at the hospital. H. C. L. Bevan, Esq., occupied the chair; and there were present the following Governors:—The Rev. Sir H. Foulis, Bart.,V.P., Sir Peter Van Notten Pole, Bart., Lieut.-Gen. the Hoo.T. Ashburnham, C. 8., the Hon. JoscelineW. Percy, F. J. Augarde, Esq., T. P. Beck with, Esq., T. M. Bridge, Esq., Dr. Dickson, C. Few, Esq., Granville R. Ryder, Esq., Robt. Trotter, Esq., J. Holbert Wilson, Esq., C. E. K. Butler, Esq., Dr. Smith, &c. The quarterly report of the committee of manage ment, read by the secretary, stated that since the last meeting the accumulation of applicants had led the committee to resort to the same plan for the tem porary increase of the hospital accommodation dur ing the winter months, which they had felt called upon to adopt about 12 months ago, viz., that of putting an extra bed in each of the larger wards besides using the physician's room as a ward. The number of beds was thereby again increased to two hundred and ten. In thus alleviating a larger amount of human suf fering, additional expenses were necessarily in creased ; but the committee trusted that in stating this simple fact, and in appealing to the public for a larger measure of support, they would receive the help, which in this country is rarely withheld when required for a good purpose. The committee reminded the friends of the charity that the hospi tal was still without any endowment; and likewise that the payment of the mortgage debt (referred to in the lost report) had absorbed not only the whole of the small reserve fund, but also nearly all the cash balance at the bankers. The out-patients department equally maintained its character for extensive usefulness. •The committee, as well as many of the best friends of the charity, had long felt the importance of pre scribing and dispensing for the out-patients without detaining them longer than could be avoided. Some time ago certain alterations were therefore made for the purpose of reme d y i ng i n some d egree the evil• But at h the t eh subject ands had ofthe again committee m m received tteef m a nagement , and grave m n a g e considera tion e nt and of a sub-com m ittee a sp ec e o c r ia d l a l n y c a e p w po it i h nt t e h d e t r o ec d o e m a . l mendations contained in their report, further changes had been made, and others were in pro gress, which it was hoped and believed would have a beneficial effect. The committee reported with much regret a vacancy in the list of assistant phy sicians, con sequent upon Dr. Burdon S an d erson ' s el c e i c a t n io s n , to a similar appointment at another hospital. The vacant office would be filled up on the sth of March. The committee renewed their recommendation for the appointment of an honorary dentist to th e hospital. The following legacies had been announced since the last court Bedbur, £5 ; Miss Strang ways, X 55; and Miss Rosa F. Lewis, £lOO, duty free. The number of iu-patients admitted since Nov. 27, had been 227 ; died, 26 ; discharged, many greatly benefitted, 186 ; new out-patient cases, 1,493. The report was then adopted by the governors, and the proceedings terminated by a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SATURDAY REVIEW.—If there be a weak place in English institutions, it is our lamentable deficiency of public shows. The minute proportions of our military force cut us off from the splendid reviews with which the eyes of other populations are re galed. The spirit of our national religion is averse to public display ; and that there may be no mistake upon the subject, everything in the nature of a re ligious procession is forbidden by act of Parlia ment. The Londoner is forced to content himself with the annual glories of the Lord Mayor's Show, and the occasional splendour of the State-coach and Life Guards at the opening of Parliament. The discontent, therefore, that is so universally felt at the selection of the little borough of Windsor for the celebration of the Prince's marriage, is not unnatural. It seems hard that a sight which would have been a real pleasure to the whole population of London should be reserved for a handful of Court officials whose enjoyment of court magnificence pro bably approaches to satiety by this time, and for such of the Knights of the Garter as can be pre vailed upon to attend. If report speaks true, this latter class of spectators have sufficient reasons of their own for regarding their prospects of witness ing this spectacle with a limited enthusiasm. It is said—we know not with what truth—that the pres sure of sightseers in Windsor and the neighbour ing villages is so great that not a room or even a hole can be found for these elderly specimens of chivalry to dress in. Consequently they will have to go down on the morning of the marriage ready dressed from London. Full dress will, cf course, be imperative on the occasion ; and the full dress of the Order is, among other things, a blue velvet cloak and white satin tights. The Great Western station —a cold (perhaps damp) morning--some of that hopeless confusion of arrangements which always distinguishes an English railway on great occasions —and a dozen elderly gentlemen in blue velvet cloaks and white satin tights, running about the platform breathlessly asking for their seats—all these features combine to form a picture which will no doubt be realised on the morning of March 10th, but the probability of which the hardest heart can not contemplate unmoved. However, we will con sole ourselves with the hope that these anticipations are over gloomy. It is very possible that, after all, the Knights may procure at least one dressing-room among them somewhere in Windsor, so that only a moderate public exposure of white satin legs will be extracted from them. In spite of the march of intellect, the philosopher must confess with regret that the people, both high and low, are still pas sionately fond of shows. They prove it by tokens which it is impossible to overlook. There is some thing almost pathetic in the eagerness with which they are preparingfor so very moderate a specimen of pageantry as is involved in the drive of six carriages with mourning liveries from one railway station to another. But, according to present appearances, there seems to be a strong probability that all their efforts to witness even this humble show will be in vain. The arrangements for the purpose of pre venting anybody from seeing anything seem to have been made with a skill that leaves nothing to be desired. On the night preceding the day upon which the Londoners imagine that they will see her, the unfortunate Princess is, they say, to sleep at the Nore. No doubt it is judged necessary that, before marrying the future King of a maritime nation, she ought to become inured to sea-sickness. Having made this experience of the advantages of an insular residence, she will come up the river to Gravesend in the morning. The Prince is to leave the shore, for the purpose of bringing her off, pre cisely at one o'clock. The sun sets on that day at half-past five; and for sight-seeing purposes, in the thick London atmosphere, it may be assumed to set half an hour sooner. In those four hours, even assuming no unpunctuality, a very formidable amount of representation will have to be done. The Prince will go on board the Danish frigate, and will go through the ceremonial—whatever it is— which is correct in the case of English Princes coming in contact with Danish captains. He will then return to the shore with his bride. Her night's lodging at the Nore will have probably obviated the necessity for luncheon, and they will be able to start at once for the train. But first it will beobli gatory on them to receive a loyal address from the Mayor and Corporation of Gravesend, and to return a gracious answer. We gather, however, from the Lazes, that this ceremony is to be shortened by a novel but judicious contrivance. The Mayor's ad dress will be taken as read, and the Prince's reply will be taken as spoken. They will both be reported in the newspapers as though they had been orally delivered at length ; but, as a matter of fact,the actual ceremonial will be confined to the Mayor handing an envelope to the Prince, and the Prince handing an other envelope back to the Mayor. If the Mayor and Corporation are on the alert, it may not even be necessary to stop the carriage for so simple an operation. Every one knows by experience with what dexterity a turnpike man can thrust a ticket into the hands of a hurried traveller. But, with all these labour-saving contrivances, a considerable amouat of time must be wasted before the Royal party can be fairly seated in the train. Then, there is an hour's rail to the Bricklayers' Arms ; and then there is the address of the Lord Mayor and Alder men to receive. They can hardly be subjected to the new contrivance for abating the loquacity of mayors. In deference to the susceptibility of the City London—already somewhat wounded—it will be necessary to allow time for a little decent speechi fication. In fact, unless some balm is applied to their irritated dignity, there appears to be a good chance of their leaving Sir Geo. Grey to rejoice by himself. When all this is happily concluded, the general opinion seems to be that one or two courses will be open to the Prince. He may go at a hand - gallop through the City, followed, at the same pace, by the Lord Mayor, the Corporation, and the escort of five hundred gentlemen—in which case the pro cession will be a vivid representation of a " skedad dle," and will forcibly bring home to the spectators the appearance of the Federal cavalry when they are executing a " strategic movement ." This is the arrangement which Sir George Grey appears to contemplate. Or the Prince may prefer to go at a sober pace—in which case he will not reach the Western portion of his route before dusk. In fairness to his future subjects, it is to be hoped that he will contrive to pass Temple Bar before it is quite dark; for another address is to meet him here, and any little centretenzps would be very lamentable. It would be very depressing if the loyal citizens were to make a false start in the dark, and begin their dutiful address to a stray hansom or accidental omnibus by mistake. It is hoped, however, that, if reasonable despatch is used, there will still remain twilight enough to save the loyalty of Temple Bar from any severe mishap. Beyond that venex able barrier, the course is clear from deputations and addresses. All along their further progress, the Royal pair will be received with enthusiastic cheer ing ; but that species of homage can be quite as effectively rendered in the dark. If the street-boys do cheer the ladies-in-waiti n g by mistake, no great harm will be don e . Th e fine ladies and gentlemen who are to be suspended upon an extemporised balcony from the fronts of the club-houses, will find their chief recompense in the novel sensation of sit ting out after sunset on a March evening under the soft and balmy skies of Pall-mall. Of the proces sion they will only see such fitful glimpses as may be furnished them by the beams of each successive gas-lamp. To the Volunteers who are to be assem• ble in Hyde•park the occasion will be more profit able. It will furnish them with some experience both of a winter's bivouac and of tt;te perils of noc turnal manoeuvring. If they do not get run over by the Royal carriages, they may expect to derive many ,aluable lessons from the;mishaps of the day. Sir G. Grey and the Lord Chamberlain appear to divide between them the honour of having contrived these admirable arrangements for exhibiting the Princess to her adopted people. Of the Lord Cham berlain's administrative powers the public have had no opportunity of judging. Sir G. Grey's capacity in that respect is sufficiently familiar to all who have followed the controversy touching garotters and se cordary punishments. It would not seem to he any great achievement of administrative dexterity to bring a Princess into a metropolis sufficiently early to avoid the necessity of either exhibiting her in the dark or converting her progress through the streets into a race. If he cou,d not manage such an undertaking with more skill than he has shown, he had better have renounced the idea of a metro- politan progress altogether, and taken the Princ( ss to Windsor by the 'cross country lan's's. SPECTATOR.--The Americans are on the verge of discovering a chemical test for ghosts, and have dis covered a chemical means of identifying them. While Sir G. Grey is feebly explaining that he sees no mode of making ticket-of-leave men known to the county police, Mr. W. H. Mumler, of Boston, U.S., with that sort of vigilant energy which will but too soon discontent us with the dilatory charac ter of our English aristocracy, has discovered a mode of photographing what, having regard to the very unspiritual nature of their occupations, we fear we ought to call the tickets-of-leave of the other world. It is discovered that ghosts, under certain supplementary magnetic conditions, affect nitrate of silver, even when they are insensible to the human eye. We have before us English pho tographic copies of these first products of Mr. Mum ler's spiritual art—the photographs of three ghosts, and must proceed to acquaint our readers with the antecedents of this very striking discovery. Mr. Mumler is a powerful medium, being a rich reser voir of Od force. Lat.:: last year he was taking a photograph of himself—a very good one now be fore us—when, to his great astonishment, on deve loping the picture he perceived in the chair on which his hand had been leaning another figure not visibly with him before. He recognised her as a deceased relative of his own, who died at about 12 or 14 years of age, which age she still appears to retain. The picture is faint and hazy, just like that of chil dren who move during the process, dressed in ordi nary English costume, the hair carefully parted and well brushed, the left arm transparent, so that the chair shows through, while a circular sort of halo encompasses the ghost. When the news transpired that a ghost had sat (gratuitously, of course) there was a rush to Mr. Mumler. It is found that most persons ponrtrayed by this powerful medium had a ghost at their side, generally of a deceased relative or friend. One old gentleman now before us, Mr. Luther Parks, of Boston, has at his side, but float ing in the air on a level with his shoulder, a wreath of vapour, something resembling a female figure, with a garland of flowers slightly raised above her head. She stretches forth a vapoury arm towards Mr. Lut her Parks ; but the curtain is visible through her at every point, it is said, in the original; the London copy makes the vapour more substantial. In the portrait of Mr Alvin Adams, " the great express agent of America," the figure by his side is a" good likeness" of a nephew who died a few years ago. The ghost is sitting not on a chair, but beside it— probably not needing the support and sitting only dramatically, he had missed his aim—and is reading a book open in his hands. A lengthy communica tion from a very dull departed spirit in another page of the Spiritual Magazine informs us that he has access to a library in the spiritual world, which it must be very cheering to Messrs. Longman and Murray to know; unfortunately, he gives us no idea of the catalogue. Of course, Mr. Mumler is be sieged not merely by sitters, but unfortunately also, by " investigators." " Ever since I have commenced taking these pictures," he writes, " I have been con stantly dogged forward and backward from my camera to my closet by investigators, till I have be come sick of the name." He has, however, given a few photographers leave to inquire carefully, and we have a certain photographic artist, Mr. Wil liam Guay, who was deputed to inquire by Messrs. Da vis, the proprietors of the Herald of Progress, and a certain Dr. H. T. Child, of Philadelphia (evidently a strong spiritualist originally), reporting strongly in favour of the ghost portraits. The American Photographic Society, meeting in New York, had resolved, indeed, that " the spiritual likenesses are a fraud and a gross deception," and the Evening Post had expressed the same opinion —still, as this was the opinion of prejudgment, not of inquiry, Dr. Child and Mr. Gluey attach no value to it, and be lieve. One of the ghosts thus protographed is the statesman Daniel Webster, and bears " a close re semblance to portraits painted in the latter portion of his lifetime, the sunken cheeks particularly. The top of the head is bald, with the hair combed up from each side—the expression of the features is very grave and solemn. The dress is not distinct, but so far as it can be perceived, is unlike any thing in the painted or engraved portraits, but slightly resembles the costume on the Washington status in the State House." The sitters appear sometimes to determine their own ghost, some times to be disappointed by getting one they don't want. A gentleman from Illinois gave a broad hint : he insisted on sitting with his right hand held up as if holding some thing. Mr. Mumler expostulated at the awk wardness of the attitude. "No matter," he said, " take it so." When the plate was developed a child appeared sitting on the arm, with its head against the sitter's shoulder. Finally, it is stated that two other " Mediumistic " photographers have developed the same power,—one an orthodox Rox burgh artist, who, when he heard they were called spirit-pictures, " refused to have any more pictures made that bore the second figure,"—which seems to imply that the artist controls the ghosts, and warns trespassers peremptorily off the nitrate of diver. But a young man in his employ, who had seen them made, appears curiously enough to have had (or learned ?) the mediumistic secret, and has photographed Dr. Child and Mr. Robert Dale Owen on the sly, each with a ghost to himself beside him. It is only necessary to add that Miss Coggswell, five years ago, "in the very room where Mr. Mumler now ope rates, had the following appear on her arm In five years spirit pictures will be made in this room.'" Dr. Child says :—" My guardians told me two years since, in a communication to Mr. Robert Dale Owen, that spirit photographs would be taken just as they are at this day." And by a large number of mediums, far and near, the same thing has been foretold. It is clear, therefore, that spiritual prompters have paved the way for this discovery. Mr. Mumler was bound to fulfil the prophecy. LONDON REVIEW.—FouI weather seems to be gathering in the Continental sky. Th e F re n c h nation gives signs of awakened i n t er e s t in the tra gedy which is passing in Poland. A panic has fallen on the Bourse; for, from the various Parisian journals of the day, the loud but well-known roll en the war-drum is beginning to be heard. M. de La Guerroniere mutters about the mission of France and the autonomy of Poland in a tone that reminds us of his ill-boding cry four years ago when the mission of France and the autonomy of Lombardy were in question. Nor can we wonder et the stir. A gallant, excitable, and overbearing people might have brought themselves to hold their breath so long as it was merely a matter of Russian abso lutism in Poland. It has been reserved for a sense less Prussian Ministry to revive before the eyes of eager France the hateful recollections of a Holy Alliance, and to kindle her indignation with the sight of a monarchy, ridiculous at home, trampling on the prostrate Polish race abroad. The name of Prussia is a name which awakens no pleasant or friendly feelings in the heart s o f th e F renc h mas ses. In stretching her arms towards the Rhine, the French Empire would at any time have gratified not merely an acquisitive instinct, but a national and deep-seated animosity. The friendship between England and Prussia has been till lately an insuperable obstacle to a move in that direction. The Prussian Premier has at last succeeded in placing his country in the one position where she can hope for no self restraint on the part of the French nation, and no sympathy on the part of England. Europe at this moment—the symptoms are unmistakable—is drifting towards a desperate political complication. The resignation of M. Bis mark Schonhausen may mitigate, but it cannot altogether undo the harm that that feeble and in efficient statesman has done. By this time a note has doubtless been despatched to St. Petersburg, which, whatever its courtesy and frankness, still must wear, to a jealous northern eye, the semblance if not of a menace, at least of an intervention. What will be the result, it is impossible to say. But there can be little doubt that the French Empire is act ing wisely in heading the movement of indignation that agitates the whole of the Liberals of the Con tinent. To tear still further the treaties of 1815 — to complete the restoration of oppressed nationa lities which he has begun —to distract the minds of the revolutionists of Europe from the Roman ques tion—to make Fran ce f orge t Mexico —to unite compactly around him the Catholic and the Liberal sections of the French people, and with all this to gratify French vanity with the wild hope of some happy windfall on the frontier of th e Rhine—is an opportunity which falls to few bu t the Na p oleons. Were the Emperor ten years younger, he would a probably not hesitate a week. But hearts g ro w less chivalrous as hairs grow grey. To push once more into the maze of European r e v ol u t io n requires cool brain and a confident hand. Ten years ago there might have been something to gain. To-day the em pire seems to be so secure th it there is nothing know left for it to win, Yet those who know France best, attitude that the empire must preserve a n Im p eril if it wishes to be entirely secure; I t will be difficult for Louis Napoleon to pretend te; be ind,'fferellit to the dying groans of Poland. Beside,' all this, there is another reason why - IA Napoleon is less likely than most mere of his years and station to shut his ears again& that sound. It is that with all his cold reserve,, w i t ;e. all his saturinne and ironical silence, with his diploioatic and Imperial airs of mystery, the French Einperier is at times a generous man and an enthusiast. It is cue ous and instructive to observe how, upon the mass of contemporary history, the like causes produce the like effects. A political position, which is caused by a permanent evil, re produces and repeats itself. A little cycle of sum mers passes by, and we have once more the came groups of figures in the same attitude and in the same inextricable difficulty. Only the actors change, or, rather, they do not change—they merely' change places. Russia to-day stands where Aus tria stood yesterday, and Austria crosses over to her rival's piece. It is the same problem, but those who have to work it out are different. The Polish nation of 1863 excites the same admiration and sympathy as the Italy of 1858 and 1859. Prussia- and Russia in Warsaw and in Pcsen are what Aus tria was at Milan and upon the Po. France again assumes the dazzling form of an avenging angel, destined, perhaps, to set the weary free from their oppressor. Nor is the position of this country dis similar to its position at that time. England is per fectly aware of the injustice of many of the ar rangements made at the great Congress, and the chronic dangers to which it gives rise in Europe. Yet she has a material interest in seeing that France does not swamp altogether the Conservative Powers of the Continent. Low TlMES.—Having had an opportunity of seeing the answer of Mrs. Roupell and the exami nation of Harwood, the attesting witness, to the disputed deed, we are enabled to give a more aces rate version of the story than that on which we com mented last week. The deed in question relates only to the Roupell-park estate, and the circum stances are different from those that affect the other properties. It is a deed of gift from the father and mother of Wm. Roupell, acknowledged by her and attested by one Alfred Douglas Harwood, a clerk of Mr. Rees, who was the solicitor to the elder Rou pell, and in whose office Win. Roupell was articled. This deed was drawn by counsel on Wm. Boupell's instructions, engrossed at Waterlow's, and aileged by the attesting witness to have been executed by Mr. and Mrs. Roupell at their house in his presence; Wm. Roupell asserts that the signature of his father was forged by him ; Mrs. Roupell in her answer admits that she executed the deeds, but states her belief that the signature of her h usband is a forgery. Harwood swears that both were genuine ; that the signatures both of husband end wife were affixed to the deed in his presence and in the presence of one another. Thus we have the ex traordinary conflict of testimony ; one of the parties dead ; another of the parties admit ting that her signature is genuine, but declaring her belief that the signature of the dead man is a forgery, and being joined in this by the son in whose favour the deed was made, who de clares that he had himself forged the signature of his father to the deed, and that the attesting witness did not see the signature by the donor. The ques tion is, of course, which is to be believed ? On the one side there is a convict accusing himself of atrocious crimes, and his mother, who has the strongest motive for invalidating the deed ; on the other there is the attesting witness, and who seems to have no motive for being a party to such a trans action. It appears that Harwood did not, as we had supposed, lie by during the first litigation, but that he has from the first protested the validity of the signature and his own integrity as attesting witness. It had also seemed strange that he had not been produced before. But the facts are, that the mortgagees of the Roupell-park estate, who claim under this deed, are in possession ; their title has not yet been litigated, and therefore no cppor iunity has been given to them to adduce the testi mony they have possessed from the beginning in support of their deed. The matter has been pub lished now in consequence of their having, for self . protection, instituted a suit for the perpetuation of the testimony of the witness Harwood. He has been subjected to the severest cross•examination at several sittings; the official report of it is before us, and we cannot find the slightest appearance of his evidence having been shaken upon any of the cir cumstances attending the transaction in question , although some doubts are thrown over his g eneral character. It is said that, in addition to this, it will be proved that the elder Roupell withdrew this estate from his accounts immediately after the period of the alleged execution of the deed, and that William Roupell dealt with it as his own, with the knowledge and consent of his father. The case is, indeed, another instance of the saying that " truth is stranger than fiction." COUNTRY MARKETS. ' NORTHAMPTON—SATURDAY. New wheat, 43s to 50s; old, 48s to 555. Barley, 29 to 42s per qr. New oats quoted at 22s to 27.. ; old, 28 , 44 i° to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 42 5; new , 32s 365. Peas, 34s to 40s per qr. NORWICH—SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, but the de" mend was still limited, and prices were in favour of the buyer. Barley in moderate show, and brought high rated. White wheat. 4s to 509 i Red wheat 4 2 s to 460 Malting barley ...37s to 40s 1 Chevalier barley 35, to 36s Distilling do 32s to 34s 1 Oats.. 2 4, to 284 Flour, 34s Od to —s Oct per sack from the miller. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. White wheat, from 44s to 62s ; red wheat, 44 s to 54,1E7, Barley—malting, 34s to 43s , grinding, 28 s to 30s. 04,,'s old, at 25s to 31s Od ; new, 22 s to 2 7 8 . Beans sold at 3" to 45s per qr, Flour, 33s to 435. YORK— BAzu RDAY. At to-day's corn market the supply of farmers' wheat Wie moderate, with a fair trade, at the prices of last week, is Wheat, red .42s to s i Oats . 2os to 24 White do .50s to 52s 1 Beans 36,3 to 42s Barley .28s to 35s j Peas to ~g Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 34 s per qr ; flour, 316 to 39s per sack. LE ICE STE R—SATURDAY. 36 Old white wheat, 52s to 60s ; new, 48s to 50g per Q , stone. Old red, 52s to 54s per 36 stone. Barley, inal b l new, 34s to 38s per qr.; g r indi ng , 27 s t o 30s ; old oa ; 27s to 30s; new oats, 2ls to 25s per 24 stone. Dean new, —s to —s ; old, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. Foreign Mail. Packet List. MAILS DUE. Auslndia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 2!. via Marseilles Mar. IR. brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6 , Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 3 ' China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 4 ., via Marseilles Ma.t. l'" Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. 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