The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF DON CARLOS IN
ENGLAND.

"Don Carlos, who on his journey through France has
been closely watched by the police, quitted that coun-
try on Saturday. So closely was he kept under sur-
veillance that not only were policemen stationed at the
gates of the Hotel du Nord during his stay at
Boulogne, but when he took a walk on Friday afternoon
up the Grande Rue, round the ramparts, and visited
the cathedral, he was accompanied by the Cornmissaire
Central de Police, who walked by his side. The same
precautions were observed on Saturday afternoon when
he embarked on board the South-Eastern Company's
steamer, Alexandra Captain Paul. A large crowd
witnessed his departure, but beyond the uncovering of
some heads and the waiving of a few handkerchiefs
there was no demonstration. The passage was very
rough, and Don Carlos suffered severely from sea-
sickness.
"Saturday happened to be the day fixed for inaugu-
rating the new Channel station at Folkestone, and de-
putations of the Municipality and Chamber of Com-
merce of Boulogne, headed by M. Achille Adam,
Deputy, and accompanied by some of the leading men
of that town, to the number of fourteen, crossed by
the Alexandra, and directly she came alongside a
salute was fired. The station was decked with flags,
a band was on the pier, and the crowds on the pier
cheered as the deputation landed. Don Carlos, who
came ashore at the same time, may naturally have
attributed this welcome to himself, and raised his hat
in adrnowledgment, which brought on a counter de-
monstration, and the cheers were rapidly drowned in a
chorus of groans and hisses. Don Carlos entered a
saloon carriage, the blinds of which were at once
drawn down, but as the train moved out of the station
the hissing recommenced. The Chevelier O'Clery was
am.ong the first to pay his respects to the Prince after
the steamer drew alongside the pier.
"At Tunbridge a number of persons met the train,
some cheering and others hissing, At Charing Cross a
crowd had assembled, who had cheered the Prince as
he was conducted to the carriage provided for him.
The greater portion of the assemblage had, however,
been kept away from the platform behind a barrier;
and when the carriage containing Don Carlos drove by
the crowd both groaned and hissed, those who cheeerd
or cried " Viva !" being in a very decided minority.
Don Carlos has taken up his quarters at Brown's
Hotel."—The Times.

The Daily News thus describes the personal appearance of
Don Carlos on his entrance into London :

A few minutes longer, and then just as the limp
cheering had subsided into utter silence, Don Carlos
stepped out of the train, and walked with rapid strides
towards his carriage—truly, a right Royal man to look
upon as he towered over his adherents—lay and clerical
—" every inch a king." If kingdoms and empires were
awarded to cubits of stature—to magnificent width of
shoulder and depth of chest—to regal port and imperial
mien —then indeed the King de ;ure of Spain would
possess a domain ample as that ruled over by Philip
11. Don Carlos is one who would have gladdened the
heart of our own Defender of the Faith who
" loved to look urlm a man." He would hardly
be recognised by his portraits which mostly represent
him as wearing merely a heavy moustache, while his
handsome face is now fringed by a short, black beard.
He was wrapped in one of those curious fur-trimmed
gaberdines in which foreign gentlemen delight, and
which have the curious property of making a tall man
appear gigantic-and of burying a " lightweight " alto-
gether. On, or rather off, his head as he bowed to the
greeting of the dozen and a half previous referred to,
was a kind of " pot " or " bowler " hat—very English
and intensely ugly.

The representative of the Morning Post, who interviewed
Don Carlos, describes his personal appearance as being essen-
tially that of a soldier

"He wore a brown overcoat edged with fur, high
military boots, and a black felt ' deerstalker ' hat.
Standing six feet two, or even a little more, he is
somewhat slightly built; perhaps his appearance will
be best understood by saying that it is of a 'wiry'
character. Although Don Carlos is by no means
broken down by the recent disastrous events, it is easy
enough to gather from his appearance and conversation
that he is greatly dispirited, and he spoke with emo-
tion of the sufferings and hardships endured so
gallantly by his faithful soldiers. Turning from what
was too palpably a painful subject, I ventured to ask
him if he had formed any plans for the future. Don
Carlos replied that he had not made up his mind as to
the exact period over which his stay in London would
extend; that, later on, it was possible that he might
visit Scotland; and that later still, he might perhaps
go to reside for a while in Austria. In reply .to my
inquiry after the Queen, his Majesty said Donna Marg-
herita was in a condition which rendered it impossible
for her to travel, and that she would rejoin him.
plus tard.' He reminded me that he had visited London
for a few days before the war which has just come to
a termination, and that he had then visited Hampton
Court, the Crystal Palace, and other places in the
vicinity of London, The impression my interview left
upon me was that Don Carlos is a very different kind
of personage to what I had expected to find him. He
has the high chivalrous bearing possessed by all
Spanish vntlemen ; combined with that characteristic
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instinctively to like and admire him,"

An Italian barque, bound from Italy for taltimore
in ballast, went ashore 20 miles north of Kitty Hawk Station,
Noah Carolina, on Wednesday night in last week, and went
to pieces on Thursday. The crew, 19 in number, were all
Jost but four. A life-saving crew attempted to board the
wreck, but every man was drowned.

During last week 6,202 births and 3,934 deaths were
registered in London and twenty-two other large towns of
the United Kingdom. The natural increase of population
was 2,268 The mortality from all causes was at the average
rate et 26 deaths annually in every 1,000 persons living. In
the metropolis itself 2,604 births and 1,544 deaths were re-
gistered, the former having been 27 above, and the latter
117 below, the average nambers. One person died from
small-pox, 67 from measles, 4.3 from soariet fever 7 from
diphtheria, 80 from whooping-oough, and lf from different
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