The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-09 00:00:00

TH E ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA IN LONDON. We were enabled in The Sun. of Saturday to publish an account of the magnificent reception of her Royal Highness from Gravesend to the Pad dington Station. We now give the concluding part of the days proceedings. THE GREAT WESTERN TERMINUS. The reception of the Royal party at this point was, if possible, more enthusiastic than that given to it at the Bricklayers' Aims Station of the South. Eastern Company. The peculiar structure of the station does not admit of any thing like an extensive display of loyalty such as could be manifested at the London and North-Western, the Great Northern, the Eastern Counties, or at the London-bridge terminus, and the only external decorations were slips of pink and white cloth pendant from the series of angular coots of the covered way in front of the down entrance of the line. The inability, however, of the Great Western authori ties to elaborate any outward ornamentation was amply compensated for by the admirable preparation they had made on their splendid and spacious station, both for the reception of the Royal travellers and the accommodation of the very large numbers of their loyal friends who were for tunate enough to receive tickets for the numerous and ex tensive galleries which had been erected for them. At an early hour a very large number of persons had as sembled in the neighbourhood of the station, the whole of the railed frontage in Eastbourne-terrace being densely crowded; and a more orderly assemblage, considering that they kept their ground for several hours, we do not recol lect having seen on a similar occasion. They understood that the Royal personages would arrive abo ut half Test 4 o'clock, and they waited like loyal citizens with good tempered patience for their appearance. The large and fashionable party within the station had an exciting and pleasurable advantage over the outsiders, as telegraphic communications were received and communicated with re spect to the progress of the procession at various points of the route. The Great Western authorities have a high character for their diplomacy in railway matters, and the policy they carried out yesterday will not in any degree lessen the admiration which has been so frequently expressed at the able manner in which they carry out everything they desire to accomplish. The Great Western has been designated the Royal Railway, from the frequency of the journeys of her Majesty and the deeply lamented Prince Consort over it, and certainly on Saturday the reception was such as to entitle the line to such a name, and for this the directors deserve a large amount of credit. The desire of the board was to let the portion of the public in attendance see as much of the royal party as could be reasonably expected, and in order to effect this the ordinary mode of dispatching a down train was departed from. From the royal reception room, which leads to the down platform, a temporary bridge was thrown across the down rails, and another from the up platform across the up line; and the consequence was that the railway authorities were enabled to erect galleries on each side of the Royal reception-room and on each side of the up and down lines of rails. The Royal train was stationed on the up line, so that the illustrious party had to cross both the down and up lines of rails and turn to the north-west and walk down the up platform and enter the carriages on the arrival side, and, therefore, the whole of the spectators had an excellent view of all that took place. When we state that the platform, which is an exceedingly wide one, was covered, not with the common drugget which is usually put down on Royal visits to railway stations, but with rich figured Brussels carpet, it will be readily under. stood that the company were not niggardly in their expen diture. The entrance to the Royal reception room was one mass of evergreens and flowers, and pendant was the Eng lish Union Jack with the Danish colours. _ _ The guard of honour consisted of two companies'of Gre nadier Guards, under the command of Sir R. Russell. They were stationed on the down side of the platform, and were accompanied by their splendid band, which played some soul -stirring marches and other excellent pieces of music, including " Quick March on Danish airs," the "Wedding >larch," by Mendelssohn, the "Danish Quadrille," &c. A few minutes after 5 o'clock the Home Secretary (Sir G. Grey), with a distinguished party, came on the platform, and almost immediately afterwards the cheering outside the sta tion intimated that the Royal party was approaching the spot, It was expected that the arrival would take place about 40 minutes past four, but it was at ten minutes past five by the station clock that the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra appeared on the platform from the reception room, and such an enthusiastic burst of cheers was given as will, we venture to say, never be forgotten by the Royal bride and bridegroom. The band of the Grenadier Guards struck up the National Anthem, the ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and as the Prince and Princess passed over the two lines of rail and down the up platform the manifestation of feeling was of a character that can be described only by saying that it came from loyal English hearts throbbing with intense pleasure at the exalted future which it is to be fervently hoped both Prince and Princess will realise. The Prince and Princess were evidently much gratified with the reception, and as they walked arm in arm to the train the Prince, who was uncovered, frequently bowed his acknowledgments with a smile which no one could misunderstand—he felt what it is to have the good opinion of a great nation, and the high honour which the citizens of London desired to confer upon him and the Princess. We should observe that the Royal party were received by the Hon. Spencer Percival, the chairman of the Great Western Railway Company; Lord Barrington, the deputy chairman ; the Hon. Mr. Pon ~onby, Sir W. Hayter, Mr. Dillwyn, M.P., and other L:irectors of the company. In a few minutes the Royal party entered the carriage, when the Grenadier band struck up the Danish National Anthem, and at the quarter of the hour the Lord of the Isles engine, decorated with flags, and which the Earl of Caithness undertook to drive, assisted by 3lr. Daniel Gooch, the locomotive superintendent, sent forth its shrill whistle, and the train left the terminus amidst enthusiastic cheering, which was pzolonged as long as the carriages could be seen. The chairman, deputy chairman, the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, and Dlr. C. A. Saunders, the sec retary of the company, accompanied the train to Slough. JOURNEY TO WINDSOR. The journey from Paddingtpn to Slough was' accom plished in about thirty minutes, the same manifestations of ,sympathy and loyalty being observable on the western as on the eastern side of the metropolis. At Hanwell the inmates of the asylum were out in full force with their band and banners—made happy by participation in the joy of the clay. It was nearly five o'clock when the train reached Slough, when, to the surprise of all, it was found that rain had been falling heavily for some hours. Here Lord Carington, as Lord Lieutenant of the county of Buckingham, was in waiting to receive the Prince and Princess, who graciously acknowledged his presence. The Crown Prince, with ,Frince Louis of Hesse, and the Princes Arthur and Leo pold, had come over from Winds or, some time previously to meet the Royal party. Their Royal Highnesses having exchanged salutations very cerdially, the illustrious party entered the Queen's pony carriages and drove off to Windsor Castle amid the acclamations of a great crowd of spectators. The guard of 'honour at the station WM formed by a de tachment of the Coldstream Guards, with band and co tours, under Captain Bateson, and the ground was kept the 2d Bucks Rifle Volunteers. ARRIVAL AT WINDSOR CASTLE. :For more than a fortnight past the inhabitants of the lyal and ancient borough have been in a continued state of t vccitement in making the necessary preparations to do all h o nour to the Princess Alexandra on her arrival in Wind or, and to celebrate the greater event which is to fel low it in their town to-morrow. A fortnight ago a special meetin g of the town council was summoned to consider what pr,+,blic steps should be taken duly to carry out the desires o f the inhabitants, and this was followed by a public m eeting, at which a comm ittee was appointed with plenary powers to ,decorate the town in welcome to the adventred of the young :Princess who was about to take up her . deuce amongst them. If London was to be made gaudy, gay, and grand for the occasion, it was felt that Windsor, with its surrounding locality, should be brilliant, beautiful, and bright. The metropolis, in its spontaneous outburst of enthusiastic welcome, must of necessity be confined to the adventitious aid of art for the expression of its uncontrol lable feeling—but the loyal denizens of the Royal borough were in possession of vast advantages over their metropo litan neighbours. They live amidst imperishable natu ral beauties. The locality would seem to be really glorified by nature herself. Even in this early spring iree, before the buds have burst their cells or the leaves yoeped forth, the hill and dale, the wood and plain, the very % vier and the sky, seem to unite harmoniously to produce a s 'cone around the Royal domain which is perhaps un equ tiled within the realm of merry England. Windsor, at Tightest, has already been its b. en h s e e r en h by the young Princess vs just arrived to makewho amongst us. er i She ha 4 see 7 'Windsor in all the brightness of thes _ when that venerable forest, which is its featureehief umm t a .m nd ao historically romantic in its reminiscences as it which is grand to the eye, appeared in all it s b r i g ht es t is rich and . spring time of th e y ear t o re t u rns to it in the robes, and s ht. s hi n e upon it h e rself, as we all hope, through a long life sunshine and of stormlesa summer. seas on of bright D ur ing all the ,nre p a rations that have been going on all over the town and in the Castle nature herself has seemed to smile with gratification. The giant trees in the great ark and the hedge-mw plants in the rural lanes have Bud odenly burst into leaf, e_ though impatient of that restraint which the cold of the doparting winter imposes upon them. The very heavens have :for ten days past been glorious with the brightest sunshine, and even the night time.-- cc o'er beauteous - Windsor's high and storied halls, Where Edward'e chiefs start from the glowing w alls," has ai'most seemed to ntirror day, for our satellite during as long' a space has shove each night with unclouded and unwonted brilliancy, while the air-temperature was such that we iteemed to have jumpe t : 4 into summer with the spring. For a whole fortnight not a cloud was seen over Windsor until Friday last, when a temporarj and most unpleasant change too tic ,place, and from that time to the close of the first act of the great national drama on Saturday SVening, Windsor, it a double sense, was clouded. Whe earl, morning of Saturday was cheery and hopeful, and gloomy forebodings gave place to hopeful aspirations. The town of Windsor presented a most picturesque appearance in the simple, pretty, and natural style of its ornamentation. The main streets, from one tnd of the town to the other, were festooned on each side with ever greens, stretched front fir poles placed at intervals of 20ft. From the fes!oons depended variegate I !amps, which will be lighted on the wedding day. This , a as part of the - arrangements made by the general committee previously re- ferred to: The chief features of their work, however, were a couple of gigantic triumphal arches—the one placed at the top of the Castle-hill, and the other at the bottom of Thames. street, near to the bridge. The arches were as different in character and style as it is possible to imagine. The one at the Castle-hill, although striking in appearance, was neither appropriate nor picturesque. It consisted of one large arch spanning the roadway, with a couple of smaller ones over the footpaths. The material of which they were built was wood, painted to represent Sienna marble. It was in the Italian style of architecture, which, of course, did not har monise with the mighty building to which for the time it formed the chief entrance. The columns were square, with out ornament, but the architrave was adorned with shields of the Prince of Wales and the Princess, surmounted by the Royal arms of England. Underneath, and at the sides, were allegorical representations of Justice and Wisdom, and Peace and Plenty, while stretching across the whole was the word " Welcome." The entire arch was pro fusely decorated with variegated lamps, numbering, it was said, 5,000. The work was designed by Messrs. Edging. ton and Tate, and it was executed by Messrs. - Wellman and Hollis. The other triumphal arch, at the bottom of Thames street, was far more appropriate, and was picturesque in the extreme, being iu strict keeping with the festoons which adorned the streets. In height it rose far above the sur rounding houses, and it was wholly composed of laurel and other evergreens with a brilliant transparency in the centre of the crown of the arch, surmounted by a plume of Prince of 'Wales's feathers springing from a cluster of flags. Crossing the bridge into Eton we found that the inhabi tants of the academical seat had been equally zealous and industrious with their neighbours in the Royal borough, and had adopted precisely the same style of ornamentation along the streets. The festoons and garlands from fir poles stretched along each side of the street from the bridge over the Thames at Windsor to the college at the other extre- mity. At the college a most appropriate arch had been erected—so appropriate, indeed, that at the first view it looked like a portion of that venerable pile to which it was attached. It was modelled from the clock-tower in the quadrangle of the college, from designs by Page and Mr. Samuel Evans, the drawing-masters of the college. It was painted to represent ancient stone, and was surmounted with the Royal arms of England and of Denmark, with the words stretching :across the whole of "God bless you." Over the columns were inscribed the college motto. "Esto Perpetua." There was another arch, similar to the one in Thames-street, in Windsor, which was placed near to the turn of the street at Barnspool Bridge. The former arch, the one at the college, was provided by a general subscrip tion of the authorities and the boys of Etoia College; the Other was provided by the provost, vice provost, fellows, and masters of the college, in conjunction with the inhabi- tants. Such were the general preparations which had been made by the authorities of the twin towns, but the inhabitants individually had been equally enthusiastic and industrious, for there was scarcely a house in the whole line of route from the college at Eton to the Castle-hill in Windsor that was not adorned with evergreens in keeping with the gar- lands which stretched fro)ai pole to pole in the festooned streets. For days previously all the young ladies of Eton . _ had been incessantly occupied in the construction of wreaths of artificial roses; and some idea of the quantity that were thus manufactured may be formed when we state that a largo unoccupied house was taken in which to store them for use and appropriation. In Eton there were no platforms or seats erected, but in Windsor such erections were in profusion. Inside the triumphal arch on the Castle-hill, on the right hand, oppo site to the entrance to the castle, were three platforms with seats, tickets for which were issued by the Lord Chamber lain. Under the castle walls, at the top of Thames-street, several lines of covered seats had been erected, admission to which was by payment of 2s. 6d.; and below the Curfew Tower, and between it and the hundred steps, standing room has been provided for Is. each. Whether these were private speculations, or to whom the proceeds went, we do not know. The expenses of the triumphal arches, the town decora tions, and the illuminations of the public buildings were provided partly by grants from the municipal funds and partly by general subscription. The cost of the triumphal arch at Eton College must have been very considerable, as each boy in the school contributed 10s. towards it. In the morning the two towns looked very pretty, and everybody seemed joyous and especially hopeful with regard to the weather. As the day wore on, however, unpleasant indications were observed in the western sky, and disagree able forebodings took the place of the hopes of the morning For some time the weather appeared to be in a state of in decision, for in the middle of the day it would mistily drizzle for a short:time:and then gloomily hold up fora brief space. About 3 o'clock the sun made what appeared to be a gallant effort to break through the murky mists that hung over the scene, but the struggle was vain—the black surcharged clouds came up in masses from the north •west, and at half past 3 the rain commenced to descend, and it continued to pour down in incessant torrents, in straight penetrating lines, until late in the night, and long after the ceremonial of the day had passed. The streets even before the rain came on had not been at all crowded, nor were the seats that had been provided very well filled. Indeed, we suspect that many of the ladies who had taken their places in the eovered seats on the Castle hill afterwards regretted that they had done so, for they must have been worse off even than those who were in the streets, inasmuch as they were compelled to keep their seats ; they could not move although the water was pour ing in as from a sieve above them. Some of the ladies were literally drenched, and Tally "a duck of a bonnet" became a duck that found itself at home in the water. Between three and four o'clock a company of the Berk shire Volunteers made their appearance and then their exit, being seen no more, for they marched down Thames-street and there vanished. They were followed by a cadet corps, who looked remarkably well, the boys apparently being about twelve years of age on the average, They had a band - , and they took up their station at the foot of the " Hundred Steps." They had to stand there in the drenching rain for upwards of three hours, their only solace being a supply of oranges. Amongst the previously made arrangements was one for placing some school chil dren at this spot, who were to greet the Royal procession when it appeared with the Danish National Anthem. When the rain had unmistakeably set in this arrangement was very judiciously abandoned. At about half-past four six Royal carriages, each with four grey horses, emerged from the castle, and took their way towards Slough. Shortly afterwards the mayor and corporation, in their robes of office, proceeded from the Town Hall to the triumphal arch near the bridge ; and we must say, although their office of course is a most dignified one, that they presented anything but an awe-inspiring appearance. The aldermen of the borough wore scarlet robes, and the members of the town council purple silk gowns, trimmed with fur. The recorder, of course, ap peared in his robes of office, the wig and gown. Now, when we say that each carried an umbrella, that they tucked the skirts of their robes under their arms, and that in this way they stalked through the mud and wet of the drenched street, it will be readily understood that their ap pearance did not present the idea of dignity which should be ever associated with such a body. Spite of the pouring rain, the people in the streets gallantly stood their ground, but their patience must have been sorely tried, for it had been stated that the procession would arrive not later than half-past five, and that its ad vent would be announced by a gun from the castle ramparts. When that time arrived, however, no gun boomed forth, and no movement was presented indicative of the approach of the Royal cortege. Th e p eo pl e , h owever , were res i gne d —their hopes of open carriages with smiling occupants were gone, and they knew that they were only awaiting the arrival of a strin g o f equ i pages closely shut up, and the windows of which would be streaming down with envious lines of rain. Some days ago it was proposed that when the proces sion reached Eton College the boys of the school should take out the horses from the Royal carriage, and then draw the carriage to the castle. This intention was communi cated to the Prince of Wales, who good-humouredly said he had no objection, provided the boys would promise not to "jib" as they went up the hill, On the project, however, being communicated to her Majesty, she expressed her de cided objection to it, and of course it was abandoned. The boys gave the Princess a hearty greeting instead, and they cheered her with those nine times nine cheers for which they have always been famous. It was past 6 o'clock before the welcome intimation was given that the Royal procession was approaching, and by that time nearly all the illuminations—and they were very general—were lighted up. Both the authorities at Eton and in Windsor had arranged to present addresses to the Princess on the arrival of the eortege. This intention also, we need scarcely add, was abandoned. To present an address under an umbrella would never do. The carriages, there fore, came on without stopping, and passed through Eton and into Windsor amidst the warmest expression of the en thusiasm of the crowds that lined each side of the route. The Princess, as far as we could discern through the closed window of the carriage, did not appear to be suffering from fatigue, for she continued all through the route to bow with much spirit in acknowledgment of the hearty greetings of the people. The occupants of the other car riages, seemed particularly interested in the illuminations, for by the ti me th e carriages reached Thames-street, in Windsor, the town was a bl aze of li g h t, w hi c h s h ut out the gloom which had pervaded the scene while the light of day enabled one to see as well as feel the rain. The Princess Alexandra arrived at Windsor Castle at about a quarter to seven, and immediately afterwards the streets of Windsor were nearly deserted by pedestrians, al though most of the houses were ta s t e f u ll y and many o f t h em profusely illuminated. The British Museum closed on Saturday, and will be on Tuesday, the 10th inst.—the reception day and marriage day of the Princeae Alexandra. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1863. in a swoon, his life being despaired of for awhile. There was mourning in all the saloons of Vicuna when the fatal news spread round, specially in that large mansion in which the splendid bal masque had taken piece on the eve of Ash Wednesday.— Spectator. THE SHOEBLACKS OF LONDON. To spend £6,228 is much easier than to earn that sum by honest labour. Yet this is the amount gained in pennies during the past year in the streets by the 374 boys of the London Shoeblack Brigades. But a far deeper interest is excited when such commer cial prosperity is seen to be only one phase of an effort to combine religious education with remunera tive employment, and to give this double benefit to homeless children, that they may hereafter work and behave and live as honest citizens of a Christian lend. The first shoeblack society was begun in March, 1851, in preparation for the Exhibition of t hat year. Seven other societies have since sprung up, and the movement is still expanding. All these societies are managed on precisely the same plan, though by distinct committees, and they are re stricted to certain districts by a sot t of" congress of shoeblacks," which gravely mapped out London, painting the frontiers with the red, blue, yellow, brown, and other colours of the various uniforms. Besides these there is a society for Roman Catholics, differently managed, and there are also the parish shoeblacks, not in allegiance to any society, undis ciplined, vagrant, and troublesome—the " free booters," as they may be called—who prefer the licence of the idler with small gains to the strict rule and larger earnings of the legalised system. The original Shoeblack Brigade has its head-quarters near Temple-bar, in a large house paid for by the boys themselves, with every other expense; for this societylhas been for several years entirely self-sup porting. About 1,300 young lads have been sent out and started in life by the agency of this one society, which employs at present 74 boys, who earned last year £1,824. These wear a red uniform, and are managed by then lawyers in the Temple and Lincoln's Inn, who, without a patron or a chairman, have carried on the work for 12 years in perfect harmony. They have regulated the sav ings and investments of all the earnings of their proteges, amounting to more than £17,000. The boys employed by this society are selected from 20 ragged-schools in the district, and each of them continues his attendance at the particular school every day after his work, as well as on Sundays, affording a good example to his schoolmates and an object of abiding interest to the teacher of his class. Before eight o'clock in the morning you will find all these happy little fellows, neat and clean, in the society's great room, where a hymn is sung, and a short prayer is offered. Fortified with hot coffee and other things for the " inner boy," they march to their stations, and, if it is a sunny day, they ply a busy trade. Nobody cares to have his boots cleaned while it rains, but fair weather e n c oura g es the suggestion, " Clean your boots, Sir ?" from a smart little lad, with one hand to his cap atad the other pointing to your dirty shoes. T he char g e for this operation is one penny, but there was a case in which a man with a wooden leg claimed and was allowed his legal right to co m p oun d b y paying a halfpenny. The society's officers visit every station frequently, and supply blacking to the industrious, or bestow reproof on the idle, until about six o'clock, when all the boys return with their earnings, and soon fill up a great bowl with copper money, among which are often found some foreign francs and cents. Part of what each boy brings in is paid to himself, part is laid by for him in his bank, and part is retained for the expenses of the society. It is thus that each lad is taught to earn, to spend, and to save money with honesty, care, and providence. Many of them keep adding to their store until £2O is hoarded, but from time to time they draw on their "bank," to help a mother's poverty or a sister's sickness, or to sport the vanity of a " bran new waistcoat with blue-glass buttons." The sights and sounds that encompass these shoeblacks, stationed all day in the most pro minent outposts of 'our streets, and keenly on the look-out and listening all the time, supply plenty of gossip for their meeting again at nightovhich is always a merry meeting. Down they go to a lava tory, where, at a dozen basins, amidst great fun and frolic, they wash the " outer boy," in prepara tion for a hungry attack on the supper table. They have pictures and periodicals, draughts and dominoes placed on the table for their amusement, as they talk and eat and play ; and then they all hie off to even ing school. A visit to the depot of one of these socie ties enables us to judge of the cheerful character of the boy-life of the shoeblacks; but the annual treat, when all the societies assemble in new bright, uniforms, is quite an hilarious scene. The Free masons'-hall was filled last week with their tea party. They mustered in their several colours. Each society waved its banner as proudly as a city guild, and the crest of the "old reds" was a black ing-bottle borne on high. Two of the boys' bands drummed and fifed the regiments into line of battle, for a grand charge of the mounds of cake ; and the number of drummers in the bands of the Guards who have been imported from these societies indi cates that their music is by no means only fit for playtime. Such are the occasional festivities of the London Shoeblaek Brigade. One of the speakers at this meeting—Lord Charles Russell—began by telling the boys, "I was once a shoeblack myself, bat there was this difference between my shoe blacking at Westminster School and yours,—that you'always get a penny for your work, whereas often I had only a kick for my pains, and that too from the very boot I had polished." It must be very dull heart that could be present on an occasion like this without rejoicing that to so many children, who else would be running wild, or perhaps be driven along the broad path to crime and misery, a new path is open to industry and happiness, and that now it may be truly said, "No boys with hands to work need starve in an English town." It is evident that a shoeblack's occupation is only a temporary means of subsistence, by which he may live while he learns, and may acquire habits of in dustry and earn a character thatfits him for regular work lay life. Hundreds of these boys are thus every year enabled to enter the army and navy, and to become domestic servants or errand boys, or to emigrate to wider fielas of labour in the colonies. Many of them write t . o the society from all parts of the world, remembering with gratitude the share it has had in saving them from ruin, the kind ? n e s s of the lantern the country excursions, committee, the pleasant evenings magic-lantern, the th e schooling . and discipline, the rewards— nay,a the puni shments of their aboeblack da y s —and more than all, the gentle influence of their Sunday-school. Failures there are, no doubt, both numerous and grave, but in what effort of social reform can we bay there are not? Year by year, however, the success of this system of ma naging the street boy!' has increased, and the ma nagers, who claim a right to speak from experience, assure as of the fact that the London shoeblacks are a signal instance of the happy fruits of that prac tical Christian benevo:ence which gives work, and food, and learning, and home to the outcast, whit' it cheers the desolate heart with the love of a friend to the friendless.—London Review. THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A DUEL AT VIENNA, The capital of Austria has the reputation of being one of the gayest cities of Europe, but it seldom was so gay as during the carnival just passed. For the period of more than a month, all existence seemed drowned in one perpetual round of dancing, singing, eating and drinking, the whole population getting almost frantic in its thirst for pleasure. Distin- rushed among the many rich and noble families who delighted in hospitality during this season was the house of Baron Falkenstein, a gentleman of large private fortune in the service of the Imperial Go vernment. It formed the centre of attraction to the most brilliant members of the Hungarian and Bohe mian aristocracy and to numerous foreigners belong ing to the elite of the diplomatic corps of the capi tal. Among the most assiduous visitors of the latter class were two young secretaries of legation, Don Emilio de Muruaga Vildosola, of the Spanish Em bassy, and Count Rechteren van Rosande, of that of the Netherlands. Scarcely a night passed that those two diplomatists were not seen at the Baron's mansi3n, and rumour asserted, and it was generally believed, that both were in love with the mistress of the house—a young Hungarian lady of surpassing beauty, only recently married to her somewhat older husband. The spectators watched with much curi- osity, hidden under a due veil of courtly etiquette, the behaviour of the two foreign noblemen. The contrast between them was striking. Count Rech teren, a tall, fair-haired, and blue-eyed young man of about 26 years of age, flitted around the beautiful Baroness in unceasing movement, evidently lost in admiration, but scarcely daring to approach so far as to touch the hem of her garment. Less timid than the Count was his friend and rival, the Spanish Secretary of Legation, Don Emilio de Muruaga, a handsome dark-complexioned man of between 30 and 40. He entirely monopolised the society of the lady as far as consistent with propriety, whis- pering sweet speeches in the softest French accent. The customs and habits of Viennese society allow great latitude in this respect, which however, did not tempt the Baroness to encourage in the least de gree the visible attentions of the foreign gentleman.' The winning smiles of the young mistress of the house were distributed with fair impartiality among all her visitors, and the most careful of observers could detect nothing either in her speech or manners that tended in the least to show even her conscious ness of the feelings she inspired in two of her guests. Only some more than usually sharp elderly ladies thought they could see a slight preference given to the pale and timid young Count from the Nether lands. At Vienna, as elsewhere, the climax of the carnival is the Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday. On the evening of this day a splendid bal masque finished the festivities of the season, as in many other houses of the Austrian capital so in that of Baron Falkenstein. The crowd here was immense, completely filling all the reception rooms of the large mansion and scarcely allowing free circulation in some apartments. As the chief pleasure in these carnival assemblies consists in making the disguise of the ballroom as perfect as possible, and keeping it a strict secret, even to inti mate friends, so nothing was known to tell the pre sence of the mistress of the house and her two sup posed admirers of the diplomatic service, except the general supposition that the lady, as well as the two gentlemen, would not fail to appear. The company, however, were too much interested in their own amusements to speculate much upon the matter, and would, probably, not have thought of it at all had not a curious scene towards midnight arrested atten tion. A black domino was seen following a lady dressed as a shepherdess in all directions, and with a pertinacity greatly passing the license of carnival diversions. It was clear to all observers of the incident that the shepherdess was displeased by the attentions of the black domino, for she evi dently tried to evade him as much as possible, and at times made some more or less unsuc cessful attempts to elude his vigilance and to escape from him altogether. The spectacle be came exciting, when at last, in a sudden movement of the crowd, the fair fugitive was pressed into a corner, and her hand thereupon was immediately seized by the :pursuing figure in black. A faint shriek was heard, followed in an instant by a scene of extraordinary tumult. The black domino saw himself attacked from behind by a mask in steel armour, representing a crusader of the 11th century. There was a short struggle, and before the bystanders had time to interfere the police hurried up to the spot, and the two gentlemen who had committed the grave breach of the peace were laid hold of and carried to prison. The masks were made to fall from the faces of the black domino and the knight in armour, and the assembled company be held with astonishment the well-known features of the two secretaries of legation, Don Emilio de Muruaga and Count Rechteren. The shepherdess had vanished and was nowhere to be seen. Close to the banks of the Danube, a little beyond the southern suburb of Vienna called the Leopold-town, lies the Brigittenau, one of the most lovely spots in the environs of the Austrian capital. Beautiful walks interchange with wood and meadow, and the eye sweeps far over the expanse of the mighty river, the waters of which connect Western Europe with the Orient: The Brigittenau is famous as a rendez vous for lovers; more famous still as the place where the great German patriot, Robert Blum, was exe cuted, or rather assassinated, by order of General Windischgratz, on Nov. 9,1848. It is a noted place also for the termination of " affairs of honour," the feudal abridgment of the slow process of judge and jury. At the break of dawa on Sunday, the 22d ult., another of these tragedies, likely to obtain last ing celebrity in the Viennese realms of romance, came off on the spot. The sun was still hidden be hind the low range of hills north of the Danube, when some carriages drove up to the spot. Half a dozen gentlemen in black iseued in an instant, and the vehicles having been sent back they began to look over the ground. A piece of meadow in the lower part of the Brigittenau was chosen as the place of duel, and the pistols having been carefully examined the combatants were placed in their al lotted positions. By this time the sun had risen above the hills, lighting up in vivid colours the lugubrious scene. Separated into several groups,the actors stood there quiet and almost motionless; on the one side the young Dutch nobleman, visibly affected, his face pale as death; on the other, at a distance of 50 paces, the Spanish Secretary of Lega tion, as it is said, with his old smile, and almost an air of triumph. A little aside were the seconds, and further in the background a surgeon, called up by the party on the road through the Leopold-stadt, and still with the slumber in his eyes. There was a slight pause amid deep silence, interrupted only by the singing of the birds in the woods. Then came the command of the leading second, " Tout est pret," Count Rechteren lifted up his pistol; his hand trembled ; it seemed as if he had never fired a revolver in his life. A minute elapsed ; then a pull at the trigger, and the ball flew high over the bead of the Spanish nobleman. The latter, raising hie piatol with the air of a man confident in his own s tw k i i et l h l C o a ou n ut d nutw uttering rais taking n steady aim at his oppe nen t, fired . at the e n d o f a f ew secon d s,an d i n th e same i ns tant h ga seen down sou fa ud lli . ng All tho b y s upon bystanders d h e i r s n f ace hur ried forward, and the surgeon was called up to do his duty. The latter opened the waistcoat of the Count, laid his hand upon the heart of the young E be r e z n 'st t p o r d o t n ! onc " man, ahnaddexnco sooner laimed," pronounced de w a n d e ). n i t ' h h e e word actors and participators in the drama fled in all directions, leaving the corpse on the ground. The surgeon hesitated for a moment, but a vague fear of Austrian police, prison, and scaffold creeping over him, he too made off, never resting till he had reached his dwelling. Two hours later, one of the parkkeepers, on making his accustomed round,came upon the body, lying on the grass, with the pistol aside. The man's cries soon brought assistance,the body was examined, an address found in a pocket book, and a letter directed to Baron von Heckeren, Ambassador of the Netherlands. Not long after a low cart,with a few bundles of straw at the bottom, stopped at the embassy, into the hall of which the corpse was carried without further ceremony by the parkkeepers. When Baron von Heckeren received the sudden announcement that his young friend and Lrelative, the only son of one of the richest families of Holland was lying dead in the house,he sank down SPIRIT OF SPECTATOR.—No one who reads through the papers presented to Parliament can help feeling that the Government of Brazil has been remiss in its duty, not from any malicious purpose, but be cause the Government of Brazil is not equal to its duty. The Prince of Wales was wrecked on the coast of Brazil, in the district of Albardao, which belongs to the province of Rio Grande do Sul, on the 6th or 7th June, 1861. There was admitted delay in the proceedings of the provincial officers on the spot. The inspector did not communicate the fact of the wreck, as the Brazilian Government admits, for two days after he might, and ought to have done so, to the Sub-delegate of the pro vince. Again, the Sub-delegate was accused of acts so questionable that the Brazilian Government, though denying that there was any evidence at all of his guilt, thought it necessary to dismiss him, on the ground that by these unfounded accusations "he had lost the prestige necessary to the fulfilment of his duties. Finally, Senhor Bento Soares, a magistrate of the district of Albardao, whose house immedi ately adjoined the scene of the wreck, was impli cated in the suspicion of plunder by the discovery of property from the wreck (unitjured by immer sion in the sea) in his house. Yet t his man's bro ther-in-law was one of those employed to hold the inquest over the bodies of the dead Englishmen. These are the principal circumstances wh'ch, taken with a number of others of minor importance, bat all tending in the same direction, go to show cul pable neglect on the part of the Brazilian officials. And thus much is admitted, we must remember, by the Brazilian Foreign Minister himself. He says, the Brazilian Minister "ascertained that the In spector had been negligent, delaying one or two days the communication of the event (the wreck) to the competent authority ; and that the Sub-Delegate, from accusations (unfounded), had lost the prestige necessary to the fulfilment of his duties. Consequently both were dismissed, not for culpable neglect, which would have had to be punished by legal means, but the first for wilful negligence of the short delay in announcing the event, from which neglect no prejudice or harm arose to the action of justice; and the second, for not possessing moral strength enough for his charge. Thus there was no culpable neglect; and as to the Justice of the Peace (Senhor Bento ,Snares), the fact of his not having been convicted of the conni vance attributed to him by Mr. Vereker ought necessarily to exempt him from all and every cen sure." It is obvious that these admissions go a long way towards proving that our wrecked sailors, or (if they were really drowned) their property, had not the earliest and fullest protection which the Brazilian law could have given them ; and, as we have said, many of the minor and incidental evidences elicited, confirm this into a moral cer tainty. There can, then, be little doubt that our Government had a legal claim on that of Brazil for compensation for any additional loss suffered in consequence of this negligence (whether culpable or not, and, of course. all such negligence is culpable) in the Brazilian officials. The only question that really arises is as to whether this loss was fairly es timated; and next, whether our claim was decently or indecently enforced. As to the first point, Mr. Christie was duly instructed that if the Brazilian Government admitted the principle of compensation " Her Majesty's Government are prepared to ac cept a fair arbitration on the question as to the actual amount of compensation to be made," —and though, therefore, the estimate was cer tainly rather calculated as if Brazil were wholly responsible both for the sea's destrue• tiveness and for the plundering of the wreck— no reproach arises on this head. As to the second point,—the mode in which our claim was enforced, —we cannot but think that it was unnecessarily arbitrary and humiliating. The claim for com pensation was made by Mr. Christi. , on Lord Rus sell's instructions, on the 6th December last; and The British Government did not, it seems, give time even to receive and consider the answer of Brazil before enforcing the demand. Lord Russell's de spatch of October Bth, directing the claim to be ,trade, was followed very quickly by his despatch of No vember 4t n, directing reprisals to be made by Ad miral Warren, in case the Brazilian Government should refuse. Accordingly, when Mr. Christie first asked for compensation, on the sth December, he was already authorized to compel it, and before the la-t day of the month Admiral Warren had, in fact, made the reprisals agreed upon. Now we submit that this is rather insolent diplo macy. It may be true that the Brazilian Govern ment had shown but languid interest in the vindication of its own proceedings. The affair had been hanging on for a year and a half before the final demand. Still, the demand for compensation was not made till the end of that period, and it was scarcely decent to make this demand for a some what doubtful claim and enforce it without leaving space for a discussion, almost in the same breath. There is no analogy between such a case as this and that of the Trent. Here, at lelst, there was no question of an insult to the British flag. The Bra zilian Ministry had taken many steps to bring the offenders to justice, and had disgraced two officials for their inadequate or unsatisfactory conduct. The claim for compensation was, we think, good, and doubtless it would have been essential firmly to en force it, if only to make the Brazilian Government morekcareful in future for the lives and property of English ships. But the manner of the proceeding, for a case of mere pecuniary claims, was more than imperious, and has, we think, overleaped itself. LONDON REVIEW.—It is not for the interest of Europe that the Polish nation should once more be crushed to the ground by the iron heel of Russia. The Cossack nightmare, which used so heavily to bestride the breasts of European statesmen, is becoming, it is true, a thing of the past. The Sheffield Foreign Affairs Com mittee and the coterie of wiseacres on whom Mr. Urquhart's mantle has descended, are left almost alone. Nobody believes that it is re served for some coming Czar to make a mouthful of modern civilization. But the future power of Rus sia must continue to be a source of disquieting spe culation to all English and continental politicians who are interested either in the politics of the East or in the general progress of freedom. Russia is now passing through a crisis. What will be the character or the tendency of the Russia of the future it is difficult to say. But one thing is cer tain, that the Russia of the future will be powerful; and that—unless it departs very widely from the traditions of the old Russian school—it will be, upon the whole, aggressive and pushing. Yet the bar rier which Europe has hitherto been content to raise against the Cossack is one that seems only half-suited to the age. Turkey, said Napoleon the Great, is a marsh which defends our right flank. It would be unwise to look upon the marsh as permanent, or to regard it as a satisfactory guarantee against all the chances and changes that may befall the world. It is a grave question how far the Turkish Empire is capable of reformation. Its very existence is threatened both from without and from within; and the day is perhaps not indefinitely distant when the public opinion of the Continent will refuse any longer to tolerate the maintenance for merely material purposes of a Power at once unchristian, semi-barbarous, and tyrannical. Great Britain in particular has already begun to excite the murmurs of foreign nations on account of her loyalty to the Lurks. She seems to jealous foreign eyes to care more for the high road to India and for the Sultan, than for the oppressed Maronites, or for the name of the Redeemer of mankind. The position is a false one for a great and generous nation. It brings us into continual conflict with the religious sentiment of Europe. It istrue that the Christians of the East are distinguished neither for their piety, their guile lessness, nor their honesty. If Religion is to be found on the side of the true believer, Justice some times takes up her abode with the Mahommedan. But only the imperative exigencies of policy can reconcile us to a state of things for the security of which it is necessary that Christianity should not advance too swiftly or suddenly in the East. The right of England and France to interfere be tween Russia and her victim rests upon indisputa ble ground ; it is only the expediency of interfer ence which can be questioned. For moral purposes the two great Powers of the West are the legally constituted protectors of the Polish race ; for it is idle to draw the fine disti nction that our original compacts authorise us to intervene, when w we wish, w ithout binding us to i n t e rfere when e ought. Powerful empires are bound by the clearest of moral obligations to use all lawful opportunities to suc cour the oppressed, and redress wrong ; nor to intervention is legitimate according to the strict letter of Euorpean treaties—is it anything but a Christian duty to intervene. Even if Poland stood to us in no nearer relation than any other suffering people, it would be possible to press the theory of non-intervention too tar. Non-intervention, rightly understood, is the only safe rule of political con duct. But non-intervention certainly does not mean a passive endurance of allspectacles, however re pulsive, provided they are are enac t e d w ithin the frontiers of a foreign State. All that we signify by the term is, that nations should be free to regu late their internal concerns, and to choose their own forms of government. It cannot be seriously main tained that we are bound to look on silently while hordes of Russian soldiery sweep over Poland with the announced programme of extermination, blood shed, and plunder; while they slaughter the inno cent, torture the guilty, and indiscriminately out rage the women. Non-intervention is a sacred principie, but it does not bid its adherents to acquiesce in sights at which humanity revolts. There is a limit to the patience of England and of France. The question is simply whether that limit has been RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of John Joseph Skilbeck, Esq., of High- bury-place, Middlesex, was proved in the London Court on the 12th ult., the personalty being sworn under £120,000. The executors appointed are John and William Skilbeck. Esqrs., the sons of the testator, and Alfred Hall, Esq. The will, which bears date March, 1862, is of considerable length, there being much freehold property described therein, His estates in Kent he leaves to his grandson, the only son of his (the testator's) late eldest son. His other freehold estates the testator has devised to his sons John and William, who are also appointed the residuary lega tees. Liberal legacies are bequeathed to his daugh ter, as well as to his grandchildren, and to some of his domestics and labourers the testator has left cot tage residences for their respective lives.—Tbe will and codicil of Peter Rackham, Esq., of Pelham crescent, Brourpton, was proved in London on the 11th ult., by the executors and trustees, namely, the testator's relict, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann • Rack ham, James Macgregor, Esq., of Sise - lane, solicitor, and William Frederick Cleveland, Esq., of Beaufoy-terrace, Maida-hill, surgeon. The personal property was sworn under £70,000. The testator died on the 18th of January last. To his relict he has bequeathed a life interest arising from the bulk of his property, the principal portion of which will, upon her decease, devolve to two ladies (Jane Elizabeth and Sarah Anne Ward) to whom immediate legacies of £5OO each are to be paid free of legacy duty.—illustrated News. The Emperor of the French has directed that portraits of the three painters of the Vernet family shall be deposited at Versailles. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—Weak Stomach -The wisest cannot enumerate one quarter of the distress we eat and drin y k symptoms arising from enfeebled digestion, all o which might be readily dispelled by these admirable Pills. i T t n o h g t e h y s a y r t emove all unpleasant taste from the mouth, flatu lency and constipation. Holloway's Pills rouse the sto mach, liver, and every other organ helping digestion, to these Pills are the surest strengtheners and the safest restoratives in nervousness wasting, and chronic debility. t t o o n t e h w e which enables it of fouutrlybtoodies. convertHenaclel Holloway's Pills are infallible remedies for impaired diges tion, eructations, and a multitude of other disagreeable symptoms Which render miserable the lives of thousands. The Pills are approvable by all classes. overstepped, whether or no it is expedient at this juncture to say so, and in what way a warning may be given to Russia without irritating the pride ' of a northern despot, and plunging the Conti nent into the horrors of a bloody European war. SATURDAY REVIEW.—A bribery debate does not add to the credit of the House of Commons. No body believes the house to be in earnest, and long experience has fully satisfied the public that nothing will result from its sharp war of words and close divisions but a string of inoperative clauses. The truth is, that in such discussions the house feels it ) self in an embarrassing position. The elections of many who sit there are not reputed to have been quite pure from the offence; and many more have been at one time or another charged with it. To call upon them to affix new and' more stringent penalties to it is something more than asking them to kiss the rod. It is asking them to select the twigs that are to compose it, taking care that there shall be plenty of buds upon the ends of them. The result is much what might be expected if a similar commission were entrusted to a party of Eton boys. The members made a great parade of their anxiety in general to find the most elastic switches, and the most abundant crop of buds; but whe❑ any parti cular twig of a formidable appearance is offered for their acceptance, they always detect some fatal weakness or undue stiffness in some part of it, which absolutely precludes them, as a matter of conscience, from tying up so worthless a bit of wood into the rod. It is no matter for surprise, therefore, that bribery debates should resound with profes sions of rarity sublime enough to bring down an admiring and awe-struck nation upon its knees, but that the bribery acts which are the result of them should present a very attenuated and impal pable structure to the eye. There is another and a better reason why the House of Commons should wince visibly at the proposal to pass more rigorous enactments against bribery. They arenot only a ter ror to evil doers, but a fearful engine of oppression against unlucky partisans. A man's election may have been as pure as driven snow, but if an unscru pulous Parliamentary agent thinks fit to inflict on him the expense of a few hundred pounds he can do so by the simple process of presenting a sham peti tion against his election. As soon as the unlucky member has engaged his lawyers and marshalled his witnesses in his defence, the petition can be quietly withdrawn. The fate of those whose cases go on to trial is still less enviable. They are tried before a committee of five—composed of men every one of whom, if it were a criminal case, and they were jurymen, would be challenged as a hostile par tisan by one side or the other. This committee, so constituted, does not bind itself either in its inquiry or its judgment, by the rules of English law. It is fettered by no laws of evidence except such as the chairman pleases to enforce ; and in deciding upon the guilt of those whom it condemns it does not pro fess to require legal proof. Evidence of agency to which no court of law would listen—i. e., evidence that the candidate was cognisant of the bribes which his over zealous partisans had offered—is frequently accepted by committees. They merely require to be morally convinced of the fact. It is surprising how rapidly moral conviction can be accomplished when the majority of the committee differ in politics from the member who is being tried. It is an ideal representative Government where all interests are allowed to battle freely with each other, and their respective claims are ultimately adjusted according to the intrinsic importance of each. But it is idle to expect the elector in a small town to believe that his vote is a sacred trust, when this race of enlightened selfishness is being run be fore his eyes. A philosopher may draw a distinc tion between the pecuniary benefits which will re sult to you, as one of a class, from the adoption of a political measure, and the coarser form of pecuniary benefit. which results from the insertion of a fite pound note into your pocket. But the electors'oan not be expected to exercise so subtle a discrimina tion. He sees that others get a money value for their vote, and he asks why he should not do the same. He may possibly belong to a constituency too small to have any local interests to serve He can only make his vote pay by directly taking money for it. Small constituencies are generally more tainted with this practice than large on. s ; and art of the reason may be that they cannot be bribed in any other way. But the elector of Huddersfielo wil' never be induced to see anything disgraceful in accepting £5O a piece for his pigs. so long as be gees that the elector of Liverpool or Hull is allowed without rt-proach to use his political influence for the purpose of perpetuating 'he local dues on ship ping, and so lessening the borough rate he has to pay. If bribery is ineradicable, it is a consolation to reflect that the consequent loss to the constitu tion is not very great. it is a curious but not un common fallacy to suppose that an elector, when he has been prevented from taking a bribe, is straight way invested with the virtues of a patriotic politi cian. A Gloucester elector who is cut off from his customary gratification by a stringent bribery act no more becomes a patriot than a cat ceases to be carnivorous because the larder is locked up. It is quite certain that a man who would take payment ,or his vote if he could get it, can have, in default of it, no worthier motive to fall back upon. Our constituencies are disfigured by a certain number of persons who have no political opinions to out weigh the natural desire of gain. If by any Parliamen tary clairvoyance it were possible to discover these bacitsliding patriots their removal from the register would be a salutary reform. But so long as they remain there it is a matter of no vital moment to the working of the constitution whether they vote under the influence of bribes or not. It may be de sirable, in the interests of public decorum, that the scandal of their proceedings should if possible be abated ; but when that has been effected their votes will operate on the selection of candidates neither more nor less mischiev(,usly than they do now. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WORCESTER, March 7. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) MURDER. Timothy Grundy was indicted for the wilful mur der of Emily Jones at Newtown, in the parish of St. Martin, near Worcester, on the 29th of April last. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and appeared to pay great attention to the evidence. Mr. Powell conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Cooke defended the prisoner. The prisoner was to have been tried on this charge at the last summer assizes, but he was at that time confined in a lunatic asylum, from which he has E ince been discharged as cured. The circumstances under which the alleged crime w as committed left little doubt that the prisoner was the murderer, the only question being bs to his sanity at the time when the deed was done. It appeared from the evidence, which was very lengthy, that the prisoner had for some time been keeping company witb the deceased, who was the daughter of poor people in Worcester, and that he had been in an asylum in 1861. He was ratheraddicted to drinking, and had latterly been very unsteady and had threatened to poison himself ; he had for several days carried a bottle of laudanum in his pocket, and had on the 28th April been taken before the police magistrate at Worcester (Mr. Sidebotham), who had ordered the poison to be taken from him and the man to be set at liberty. His friends then persuaded him to go to Birmingham in search of work, and on the evening of the 28th April he went up to the railway station, and on his w , y met the deceased and her sister, and walked about with them for some time. The sister afterwards left them, and the deceased and the prisoner walked into the country and sat at a public-house until 10 o'clock, when they left. It seems they then wandered about until after mid night, when they went to a hut where a railway gauger was stationed, and remained with him until daylight, when they left. Th en were seen be tween six and eight o'clock in the morning walk ing about the fields, and the last that was s en of the deceased was at about a quarter to nine, when she was walking with t h e pr i soner a l o ng a certain field, in which was a7pool. They wire walking in the direction of the pool, and the man lost sight of them behind a hedge. Half-an-hour later the pri soner was seen burryiug across an adjoinirg field (in which there was no footpath), and he arrived at his mother's house in Worcester about ten o'clock when he said to an acquaintance, "I've done it; I've knocked her over." He was much excited, and his friends got a policeman to take charge of him while inquiries were made about the girl. At eleven o'clock the dead body of the girl was found in the pool near where she was last seen alive. There was a hedge stake lying near her in the pool, and she had received a heavy blow on her head. The jury found a verdict of acquittal on the ground of insanity. The Prisoner—What are the grounds of insanity ? lam an innocent man. Are you going to put me in a lunatic asylum, where there is no prospect. He was then removed. MAILS FOR SWEDEN.—A notice from the Post master-General, just issued, states that the mail steam packets under contract with the Swedish Govern ment will recommence their voyages between Hull and Gothenburg this day, the 7th inst. Mails for conveyance by these packets will, therefore, be made up in London, and on the evening of every subsequent Friday until further notice. All letters and newspapers addressed to Gothenburg and Uddewalla will be forwarded by these packets unless directed to be otherwise; but letters and newspapers for other parts of Sweden intended to be trans mitted by these packets mus t be specially addressed ti By Swedish packet," Lord Hartington at a Washington Ball. The late affair in which a young English noble man was a leading character has produced quite a sensation in town. All sorts of reports are in cir culation, but the real facts nem to be these :—Tile Marquis of Hartington, who is a son of the Duke of Devonshire, was one of the invited guests at the party mentioned in our first account of the affair. On his arrival with his friend, Colonel Leslie, he was received by the host, and was then intro duced to many of the guests, none of whom noticed any badge of any sort on his breast or any part of his coat. During the evening, and while the ladies were still in domino, a lady then, and Still, unknown to him came up and pinned the badge on his coat, asking him to keep it there. He, looking upon It as an innocent jest, took her arm, and walked from the foot of the staircase across one room. There he was met by his friend Colonel Leslie, who, upon seeing the Secession badge upon his breast, asked him to take it off, as it was not comme it faut to wear it unless every one under-. stood how it came there. The Marquis immediately removed it, notwithstanding the entreaties of the fair joker to keep it there. She then left him, and, while walking with another lady, a gentleman who had seen the badge before on his coat and supposed it still to be there, pushed up against him, when thty exchanged a few words, and tnere the matter ended for the night. Tt.e next morning the matter was satisfactorily explained between the parties inte rested. It will appear from these facts that the in- ferences drawn from this occurrence in some of the public prints arc incorrect. It is shown that the Marquis did not wear the objectionable badge on his arrival, and that it had been removed atthe sug gestion of his own friend before the party whose patriotism exhibited itself on that occasion had taken upon himself to correct a supposed insult to the host.—New York Herald. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY. New wheat, 43s to 525; old, 50s to 565. Barley, 260 to 42s per qr. New oats quoted at 20s to 29, ; old, 280 to 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 39s to 42s ; new, 33s to 375. Peas, 34s to 44s per qr. NORWICH-SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, but the de mand was limited, and prices were is lower. For barley last week's prices were demanded, and by some given. Little passing in other grain. White wheat. 4 s to 50. I Red wheat 42s to 46s Malting barley ...37s to 40s I Chevalier barley 35s to 36s Distilling do 32s to 34s Oats.. 24 , to 284 Flour, 34s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. NOTTINGHAM-SATURDAY. White wheat, from 43s to 61s ; red wheat, 42s to 535. Barley—malting, 33s to 44s ; grinding, 28s to 30s. Oats old, at 25s to 31s Od; new, 22s to 275. Beans sold at 330 to 45s per qr. Flour, 338 to 435. YORK- SATURDAY. At to-day's corn market the supply of farmers' wheat was moderate, with a fair trade, at the prices of last week, Wheat, red 42s to 44s Vats..,. 2os to 24e White do ..46s to 50s Beans 36- to 42S Barley .29s to 36s Peas ..„—s to - - € 1 Malt, 64s to 66s per qr.; rye, 34s per qr ; flour, 37. 1 to 39s per sack. LEI CE ST E R-SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 56s to 58s ; new, 45s to 50s per 3 6 stone. Old red, 50s to 52s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, new, 34s to 39s per qr. ; grinding, 27s to 302 ; o!d eats, 27s to 30s ; new oats, 22s to 26s per 24 stone, Beaus, new, 35s to 38s ; old, /12s to 44s per 38 stone. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. We had a dull market to-day for every description 0 grain, at about former prices. e. d. a. d. Wheat, white 26 0 to 28 6 Do., red 23 0 to 26 0 Do., new 0 to 0I Barley Oats Do., black lO 0 to 12 () s. d. s. d. Beans.. . 24 0 to 27 Bere. l2 0 to 13 0 Rapeseed 0 to ° 0atmea1...... 13 6to 15 0 Bakers' flour .. 16 0 to 22 0 Indian corn .. 31 6 to 35 0 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAIL:, DUE. , ~ ,....raita and iauritius, via Southampton . . Mar. 21 via Marseilles Mar. 15. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 3. 'hina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mal 15 ' alkland Islands iibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 4. ndia Calcutta), and Ceylon, vii. Southampton Mar. 4 via Marseilles Mar. ndia (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13 via Marseilles Mar. 7. Portugal.... Mar. 6 aim, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mar. 7. Newfoundland .. Mar. 4 /port° and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Mar. 4' by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Mar. 6 ' Vi .C. of Africa, Madeira and Teneriffe Mar. 10. .ialiamas, via New York Nlexico A white marble statue, by Clesinger, representing a woman stung by a serpent, was sold yesterday at the pub . lid auction-rooms in the Rue Drouot for 19,900 fr. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—lt has been officially announced today that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of NV ales will pass this way to Osborn e on the afternoon of the royal marriage. A letter from Cie rt ' linollys to the Dock authorities, received this morning , communicated the intelligence, and stated that as at prese llt arranged the royal party will leave Windsor at half -past on Tuesday afternoon, and they may be expected here about 5 o'clock to embark from the docks. Another letter by the afternoon post, addressed to the mayor in reply to an appli cation on the subject, state their Royal Highnesses will be willing to receive an address from the mayor and corpora tion, and a meeting of that body is summoned for Saturday morning to prepare the address. The necessary preparations are in progress : and the Prince and Princess will have °, right royal reception on their arrival and embarcation, Al the large steamships now in dock belonging to the diff e rent mail companies, together with other vessels in the clod° and river, and several ships of war, will combine in f or ming i a nautical spectacle worthy of the occasion. The town vo ' be brilliantly illuminated at night, and fireworks and rn°ll - bonfires will close the festivities, which will be kept up from early morn till night. ROBBING THE DEAD.—An inquest was held by Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, deputy coroner, a t the Albion Tavern, High-street, Shadwell, on '1 hursdaY even.ing last, on the body of Mrs. Schmidt, aged thir t y -se l v -i e - Mr. Ham said that deceased was the landlady of the ' toria Coffee-house, in Shadwell, and she had consi ders property. In the beginning of the week he found that lie had died some days previously, and that the rings 14 °, been removed from her fingers, the house ranssekeT and a great deal of the property removed. Decease°, who was a Dutchwoman, had no relatives in this coulltri.; H e r husband was a ship's carpenter, and had sailed !, Hobart Town three months ago. Mrs. Watts, the wife u; a shopkeeper, residing next door to Mrs. Schmidt, said tb .° deceased had been ill for some tim e , an d witness attended t 0 „. her through kindness. Last Thursday witness sent forp e r , Rasche, but she died on Sunday. The landlord of tbeePr.,, mises told witness "to clear the things and burg h the Witness ordered a coffin, and intended to sell sans ° c ba things to pay for it, and keep the rest for her trouble' er i took three rings from the deceased's fingers. Cerl v Did you take them from the fingers of the corpse ? „„ o icet ness replied that she did. Deceased said she would "-Dr. me a handsome present, and she died and didn' t ' the Rasche deposed that deceased died from peritoniti s ' d e al house had been well furnished, and there was a gr eat of property. The coroner said that a more ircandsl°l6o te had nevermpttostr h ipn e a o rd of,and t only the house directed but tthaet thebody of er tta pro pfi he ver, the house should be protected. The jury returned 6 a a" diet of death from peritonitis, and expressed their in dig , ion at the conduct of Mrs. Watts. Births. t dg CARTWRIGHT.—On the sth inst , at 16, Green-stree ., Elizabeth Cartwright, of a son . . GRAHAM.—On the 6th inst ,at Sandford Lodge, Brie . : ton, the wife of Lieut.-Col'onel Gerald Graham, ftP of a so. lg * HAINES.n—On the 3di nst., at Dublin, the Hon. .l Haines, of a daughter. daughter of W' ~reo Marri the a s g e r nd obr DOUGLAS—MOORS. --011 the sth inst., Bath, Caroline itnni° , at Cbarlijavj Douglas, Esq., late Madras C.S., to C. Hinton I,l°- 3 R d ifl i e n s a . t., at Sain' , Ge° l ; re et: HA E R S E CI L g.'" Esq., of Ovington-square. a n t . Canadian d t i h a e n Hanover-square, Charles J. Hare, M.D , of Bi 001 -f I A ",. ok Grosvenor-square, to Catherine, youngest dauglll" of the I t L I r o A y Edward Westhertd, Deaths. go t BIRT.—On the 3 d inst., at Wandsworth, Miss gl ir Birt, of Ne thce wlan 4th , aged 72. CO M LE r. S. G - o or n os, i a n g s e t., 6 a 3 t . 8, Queen's-road, D9/431Cater: ,01$ 1 ' DixoN. e One the 6th inst d Lydia Ethel Blundell, f-460,511- daughter of E, Di xon , Esq., of elks field house, ampton. V q. FENNER.—On the 6th inst., Thomas Paris FellVecialsol of Broxbeurne, Herta, a nd Linden Lodg e, aged . KENDAL B L o .—Ott the sth inst., at 1, Spring •gftrdenSl wife of Henry Edward Kendall, Esq.. aged ,5. 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