The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1864.

Is. 5,654.]

DEV ITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE
of PACK ET SHIP.—For SYDNEY Mod (to WI from
u. rtt, r • a the 25th September, calling at Plyraooth an the let
tier t.i embark pamengers,. the well-Emma frigate-beat ship
; %M:1 ti A A 1 13 years, re&ter 1,037 tots, MALCOLM GREEN,
oursesiler bin( la the US India Docks. This Sae ehip has
Jl, to itoop catioln• vacant. end. 1.111 carry as nperleooal WI-
-, .11 A fee intermediates an be taken at 1 each.—lfor
t, ems ;if freight or passage apply to OELLATLY, NANKIN,
-Pt' ELL. ?7, 1.411-street : into DEVITT and 11005 E,
wlliteritreet.

DEVITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE
of PACKET SHIP.— Yor SYDNEY Direct (to sail pane-
s ,slly the 28th October, last shipping day hind October), the
• . ,otitul clipper ship LWYD RAYNE', A 1 It years, 1,004
register, J. POLLOCK, Commander; East India Dacha
n, vessel, built under special surrey in ISIM, is noted foe
r hit ...iliac qualities, and is a preferable opportunity for flue
_ lion flrst.rate accommodation for cabin passengers. and
~,!I earn a surgeon If required.—Por terms of freight or pas-
a4. apply to Meseta. LISTON, VoUNO, and Co., 28. Cannon-
.tr,t or to DEVITT and MOORE. 9, BUliteretrest.

DEVITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE
of PACKET SHIP.—For HOBART TOWN Direct (to WI
oinctimily on the Bth October, last shipping day 6th October,
well-known clipper ship HAREORBY, A 1, 615 tons
twister, ILLIAM STORM, Commander; loading In the Eaat
India Docks. This regular trader bee tint-rate acoommodatiois
tar chief cabin palmier', and being noted for her quick pas
Agee, she offers a dedrable opportunity to ehlpperaFor freight
peasace apply to DEVITP and MOORE. 9. &DWr4lreet

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of I.IOE ET SHIP.—For LAC NCEBTON Direct (to follow
the leusitite with ell possible despatch , the seen-known clipper
hip InA PELIA BROWN, A 1. 358 tons register. J. GAL-
..AG HA N. Commander; lying to the London Docks. Thin smart
ctseel ha, a poop, with first-rate accommodation for chief cabin
paseenin end being noted for her iinlck passages, offers a
pii .rtnnity to shippers —For terms of freight or pas.
mite arid) to DEVITT and MOORE. 0, Billiteretreet.

ThEVI TT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE
t,f I K IfT SHIP.—Yor A DELAIDit Direct (to rail punt-
tu.db 11. e sth October, last shipping day 14 October:, the
Litman clipper barque ST. )t NsTAN, A 1 10 years,
Hl lons t. osier. S. TOOVIEY, Commander; Iyln In the London
Docks. 71,13 regular trader Is noted for eeanal dellreey of cargo,
ottvr, a •lostrablo opportunity to shippers of One and seams
:he will be punctually despatched.—/for terms of
treurht or passage apply to DXVITT and 1100112, 131111tar-
4reet.

TIEVITT and MOORE'S AUSTRALIAN LINE
of PACKET SHIP.—For ADELAIDE Direct ;to sail punc•
~I 1) on the llth October, last shi• pine day Seth October:,
ib, be.oallul new clipper ship FORT REGENT, ♦ 1 to years,
bbs repstcr, D. M. LE OEVT. Commander, lying in the
t.. 1.111 Docks. Thls fine vessel. built In lent. under special
,Irtn, on the most approved clipper lines, offers a very destr-
,ble opportunity for shipper. of fine and season , as she
.111 be punctually despatched.—Yor terms of t or passage
ypply to DEVITT and MOORE, 9, ItWiter•etreet.

BLACK BALL PASSENGER LINE of
eLIPPER PACKEI for Ar.?TRALIA from Loadoo direct.

Porgy. Nap.

Tonnage. Dodo. , To Sail.

Nir'Lonnie. .. Forest Rights 2,0,0 E. India
Melbourne... Penults 2lOO X India
Sydney
ntneY Sydney Deere. 2;700 E. India

yurrnaland
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Golden City ..
Flying Cloud..

2,500 E. India
2,000 B. India

Sept. PO
Oct. 2.5
Oct. 10
Nov. 10
Sept. 04
To follow

This celebrated Dm of packets have, by their punctuality and
lipid paaaagcs, earned a world.tuoun reputation, and their pas-
senger ac.oinmodatlon is unsarpaa,c4 by any vessel' afloat.—Fur
all particulars respecting &eight or patinae to Australia apply' to
Jaileg 'LUNE% and Co Liverpool all Agents for the Black
Ball floe and T. IL IIACRAI and Co., 1, LsadezhalletraeL
Leaden. LC.

aThAll FROM LIVERPOOL OR QUEENSTOWN TO
NEW YORE.

TEIE LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, and
PMLAMELPHIA STEAM-SHIP 001EPANE tbteal de‘-
pstelds g ttetr tan-powered Clyde-tent Iran Strew Steam-Ships
aarrytap the ratted States
FROM LIVERPOOL ter NEW YORE.
ETNA. The Day. September 21.
EDINBURGH. Wednesday, September MI.
ADS every Wednesday and every alternate Saturday.
Cabta passage by the ma.ll steamers galling every Wednesday
I 6 17. abd 21 sdmas weeding to the ameamodatlon.
raXl.O) the s steamers, 13 chines'. Forward psmage
ese, Including ali provlslnal cooked. Passentrai toe
Canay the ratted Mies, and PMtieb Columbia, booked throat:l
on vary advantageous terms.—Yoe further remittals:l apply IC
WILLIAM INMAN te War4drevt. Liverpool • or
sod MACIY. IS. Zing W Wl.m-st+eet City.

CIINARD LINE.—BRITISH and NORTH
AMERICAN ROYAL MALL STP.A.3I43IIIIPS, appointed by
the Adinirshy to tail between LIVERPOOL and NEW YORE
and betwwit, LIVERPOOL and BOSTON, the Roston ships calling
at Halifax to had and receive peasemeets and male. The fol-
lowing or other resaels are appointed to sell from Liverpool,
mellow nt Core to receive thv wails

Ch _
for NEW YORK. saturday, Sept. 24.
• Taking passengers and goods for NIPIall and Havannah, to
be transferred at New York 'subject to the permission of the
[maul states authorities on hoard the fill S.s. eorolce.
I.UROPA, for BOSTON. Saturday, Oct. 1.
sCOTIA. for NEW YORK, Saturday, Oct. S
Passage mooey mclndlng otoward's fee and provisions, but
without wines or liquors :—Yo Rallis: and Boston, elle( calla,
se second cabin. Ale. To New York, chief cabin. Aid
second cabin, Al& Freight to Halite; Poston, and New York, a'.3
per tm, and 6 per cent. primare.—Apply to J. B. Foord. 6.1, Old
&egtietreet, London ; J. M. Currie, Idarre, and 11, P:we de is
house, Para G. and J. Barns, Ructanarteitreet Glasgow i.
ate: C. Mtv leer. Quesoatown ; or D. and C. Roarer, S, water-
*sst

Y 1 LLI PPS, GRAVES, P ILLIPPS, and
.a. co despatch the undermentioned dritcleas element :
Pr RO7TERDILII, the BATAVIER, every Sunday morning,
from Hermitage Tier, at 10 am., calling at Blackwell for pas-
erasers at 11 am. Tama 12 M., Al 10a., and I7a. . and the
IYCNtxIBD every 'Mona; morning cart nom off the Tower.
Two £l.

N, neatest vessels, under Russian dog, the A DLIB.,
m!W F, or stIiWALBS. every 712nre'lly morning ;weather per-
elittuis , at toad, trots Horsetydowo, and from Blackwell at
It n.. 4, Fares. LI. LI, and 10a.
?Or OTROIRITRO, the LONDON. Os or about Sept. !A from
down. Fares. 5.3 M. and £2 N. To be followed by the
cr,rAt w.gok

1.. r r rr!•E HAGEN and STOCKHOLM, the YIEWSIIIr, from
Aldertmatip Tier, to a few days. FILM. s.l Y. and EA fa.
frt lea, passage, etc., apply at Chapilua Universal Moe.
W. , or to PHILLIPTS, 6LYLY, PEILLIPPO,
and t, 11. itood-lane, LC.

ACCION.—COCKS'S celebrated READING
C E. for Fiah, Game, Steaks, st ops, Gravies, Hot and
. and unrivalled for general sae, le sold by an re-
", t o.le ..eaten in 'armee. ft Is manufactured only by the
Lse.. the Sole Proprietor, CHARLES COCKS, ei, Duke-
stss. t P. ',lns. the Original Sauce Warehouae. AU others are
, hmationc

BARLOW'S PATENT CASK STAND, a new
invent:rm. so admirably contrirf.d that a toll butt, as
stet; u smaller maks, may be raised or tilted on it mkt:tont
te. or trouble. Its artioo Is so impalpable that the sediment
of thr most limpid fluid by no poesibtlity can be disturbed.
Pttre , Ise, to suit 4,9, and IS gallon casks.
BARLOW'S SELF-ACTING SYPHON TAP.
N o rent-peg reetdred. No room flat beer et sour wino,
hire 4, fd.: ditto, ted. A.—tpply direct to JA119.14
SARUM , patentee, 1 Williamet, Mansion.house.
See that hia name and addrem me en evert, article : all others are
IPuri°4° naltatioilm akirsvings gratis. Iffitabllalisd nee

WHITE arid SOUNDTEETH are indispensable
to fersonal Attraction. and to health and longevity by
It.- pr. i• r mastication of food RroWLA ODONTO, or
NIIFRIC7., compounded of Oriental ingredients. is
• f • •F0,...•1e value in preoenino and beautAfTloa the teeth.
the mune, sad In giving a pleasing fragrance to
i It erafficaFes tartar from the teeth, removes apoto
' I n•• o dccay, and polishes and preserves the enamel. to
:1•1 I arts a peari.like whitenma. Its invaluable pro-
m-on, obtained the patronage of royalty and the anstm
tam •' F •-f• re, and It to universally In high repute. Price
'• • ..t. mould M 90. Ilatton•garden, and by Chemists
.~A t•ri a ers. Ask for ''RowlaaniF•donto."

AFTER SEA BATHING use RIMMEL'S
UT of LIME JVICE anil GLYCERIN? to r.
r.. tto ii..orionseffeet of tea water on the Hair. Price I, 6d..
if amt le. Od. Rimmers Toilet Vinegar Is also Inshly re-
. amended for Its delicious aroma and sanitary Protwilles.
e awl _s.6l. Sold by all perfinuery dealers. EISGENE
ti fi 111 L. .d, Strand, and 24.

Fcelebrateti UNITED SERVICE SOAP
-I- an .I ed. each, 411 by all clan Iles and
rr. ....ion:bout the kinr•luin . t•-.t the public -haul win
f'" a.l a- that the name /. C. an.l I. FIELD le
•r • 1 • a kr. bok and tablet. Whali,ale awl for espartation
at W ).k.. ?PEI: MASH. LAM CIL LONDON I. rheas
ur I¢ ..:tine I their Price Medal !angina Qualls,.

DINNEFoIID'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA
h... em It, I win tweet)-fire >ears, emphats. dly .WIC
•121c111,11.1 profession. sr I universally ric,eptt.i by
" 1. ht... btst rented) h r sei.:.:y et the stows. b, -Art.
•. ,• wont, and Indl.;;,tlon and as a mtl.l ap..ri
' , it.- ...-iiirtitutPint, QM, C130'1314 for ladies chli•
It is ; ,par In a state of pence% purity and of utilorre
tr. IJOh. Ig PI NN and Co., 172. New Boodearect, Lon
by all respectable chemists threeghent the Paid.

.n. Corrcided d He limed, pod free 7d.: In cloth, I3d.
E TEETH : a Practical Treatise, with the
-a k-t M abi of Restoring them when Defective or Lost. By
••• I F,urreou Dentist, 18, Groivenorwtreet W. We
....or than recommend for general perusal Mr. Iskelrs
r. 1,1:b Is as itsefill as It is anwelendlag"—TeleTraPh.
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wood's's* sod Wide. MAY ZYZNINCA

DENMARK.

tram °us Brian

OOPENHAGF.N, Slay. 17.

The King gave his subjects antoppo rtunity of
seeing our Prince and Princess last night at a
concert in Christianborg Palace. Everyone of
note, or who had the least oonnexion with the
visitors from England, was present. It was a
very brilliant assemblage, with nothing omitted
that could invest the scene with courtly pomp.
Cuirassed Life Guards upon the staircase, Grenadiers
with bearakins in red uniform in the'lobby, royal
servants with scarlet livery, some of them wearing
hats profusely decorated with dowers, were to be
seen in all directions. The diplomatic circle,
with stars and ribbon', was fully represent;(
bevy of fair ladies, dressed as if foils
displaying ostrich plumes nor trains,' ..dzialz-
stantial beauty to the decorated throng. There
was no lack of Danish statesmen and soldier,
wearing different gay-coloured costumes; of British

naval officers, with large epaulettes and glistening
medals ; of, in fact, each particle proper to such a
crowd, which, taken together mill lighted up in a
handsome suite of rooms, produced an effect that
was both picturesque and dazzling. Any careless
observer brought thither without previous
knowledge of Denmark's losses and dis-
asters might have fancied himself for a
moment in the palace of a victorious monarch,
whose dominions were respected by his greediest
neighbours. And yet there was grave anxiety on
many faces scarcely concealed by the smiles of loyal
welcome. Hospitable thoughts, the pleasure ofja
family re-union, and that outer mask of cheerful-
ness always required in great persona, did not, I
fancied, hide King Christian's inward sorrow and
regret. A hearty greeting to the young couple that
are visiting him, with a father's natural pride in
child and grandchild, have given momentary
brightness to the Danish court ; but serious goes-
' tions remain unsettled, peace is not definitively con-
cluded, there are earnest petitiouinga from North
Sleswig which cannot safely be answered, and
threats from Germany of what will follow if the
Danes hesitate to accept their conquerors' terms.
I must check this sober line of reflection, true
enough to make many faces grave amid last night's
festivity, but likely to disappoint your readers,who
having been conducted to a royal concert-room,may
wish for further details instead of gloomy reflec-
tions.

A murmur running through the groups that filled
the furthermost chamber, a wide-flung opening of
the doors, and a stir in the circle of diplomats, an-
nounced his Majesty's arrival. The Prince
and Princess of Wales, the Queen, and
other members of his family, accompanied
him. My power of describing such matters will not
enable me to do justice to the dresses that
were worn by her Majesty and the Princess of
Wales. I can only say that the Princess appeared
in mauve colour, with the simplestpossible coiffure,
and that the Queen wore very fine diamonds.
Princess Dagmar, whose engagement to the Czare-
witch has afforded so much ground for political
speculation, was dressed in white, looking extremely
pretty, as she always does. Our Prince had on a
Hussar uniform, with a light blue scarf of the
Order of the Elephant. Curiosity, quiet and polite,
though decidedly eager, mounted tiptoe when the
King brought his eon-in-law and the Queen her
daughter slowly round the room from opposite
sides, bowing and conversing on their way with the
front rank of spectators. I heard no more whispers
of " Which is M'Clintock !" "Which is the Arctic
explorer is' for attentionwas nowcoucentrated upon
the English Prince. People looked with affection
towards their own graceful Alexandra, but her
young husband excited immense interest amongst
the Danes. Had the baby been preseut he would
probably have cut out both Prince and Princess as
a popular favourite.
After passing round the furthermost room,
where stood chiefly ladies and diplomatists, the
royal party entered a hall that had rows of chairs
across it, with an orchestra at one end. Here King
Christian and his family were seated on the first
line of chairs, whilst dames and demoiselles anon
occupied the space behind. Gentlemen had to find
standing ground along the side, or to jostle each
other—like non-dancers at a ball—in the doorway.
Instrumental music was succeeded by national
songs ; the Bardesang of St. Olaf, "En Summer-
dag " and "Tycho Brahe's Farvel " were spiritedly
given, the programme concluding with a piece
addressed to the Princess of Wales, and a lullaby
to the infant Prince sung in chorus with great
effect. Then the band, that had once touched very
lightly upon the English anthem, wound up with a
fine rendering of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March ;"
"almost too loud," some critics remarked, "for
the size of the apartment." As a whole
this concert was good ; the company rose—l speak
of such as bad been able to find a seat—well pleased,
and followed his Majesty into the Christhuiborg
banquetting hall. Supper was laid upon long
tables on either hand, with a circular board in the
middle. Those who were not too busily at work in
the practical part of the business could move freely
about the tables and observe royalty, whether king
or prince, queen or princes, to their heart's content ;
could see who was introduced to this one or to that,
and could hear touch of what was said. The
O'Leary organizer of the Alexandra Guard was
kindly greeted by his Majesty, and was presented
to the Prince of Wales. Stout old soldiers and
hardy sailors were to be seen, having net only re-
freshment iu form of supper, but courteous recogni
tion from those for whom they fought. I encoun-
tered several military figures that had been familiar
to me during the war, albeit they were partially
disguised by gala uniform. De Meza was present
in the beginning of the evening, Gerlach and Stein-
mann remained until its close. Nor must these
names be considered as a complete summing up of
the leaders that were gathered in Clits,tianborg.
For a peaceful occasion I ought rather to have
chosen politicians to name especially, though you
at a distance will perhaps excuse me if I leave
the catalogue untold. The departure of the royal
family gave the signal for retiring to their guests.
Carriages were called, a distinguished crowd stum-
bled itself and caught cold on the staircase, or
breaking away as independent units walked home
[through a boisterous windy night.

3 r. w.
There was to have been a review to-day on the
meadows beyond the North Gate. Regulars and
burgher train bands were under arms, sight-seers
were afoot, the public expected a treat in way of
marches and manceuvres ; but it became known
about an hour ago that no review would take
place ; the troops returned to their quarters, and
the sight-seers were disappointed. I trust that a
report that King Christian is ill has no foundation.
Less alarming rumours set forth the state of the
weather as reason for this cheap of plea.

HOLIDAY HARING ABROAD.

(nom •

00103. Barr. 15,
Call Donlan haipyi till he dies, and let no traveller
cool/m*lllM. hi - upon fine weather untiltheeod
of his journey. Should he be weak eno hto do so,
let him bear in mind the warning as to boosting on
the donning rather than the doffing of armour,
and beware accordingly. The clouds scarcely 1
bigger than a man's hand which were to be seen
bovenog about the summits of the Rigi and Mount
Pasties last Sunday afternoon were the heralds of
a downfall, and the forerunners of the first—if dili-
gence drivers are to be believed—heavy Alpine
snow-storm of the year. Half au hour changed
the aspect of Lucerne from a smiling paradise to a
moist, misty, and turbulent Inferno, wherein out-
door walking was impossible, and imprisonment in
your mu an inevitable necessity. Misanthropy
and despondency took the place of the jocund light-
heartedness of the afternoon, and the most vindic-
tively spiteful feelings were openly indulged in.
Our hopes for a fine day on the morrow were not
half so frequently dwelt upon as our snug self-
congratulations on being housed, and on several of
our friends being worse off than ourselves. The
fact of five gentlemen having left us to ascend and
behold sunset and sunrise from the summit of the
Rigi was constantly referred to with a smack bribe
lips, as if their soaking and disappointment
were a rich Epicurean treat. To say " Pleasant
for the gentlemen on the Rigi now, sir," or madam,
was a sufficient introduction to any English person
you met, for one touch of malignity made us all
kin, and the persistent, heavy, and furious rain was
fast washing out philanthropy and loving kindness
from our souls. Such people as bad concluded their
tour were ostentatiously grateful for the pleasures
they bad enjoyed and kindly soothed us with,
"Fell, I'm glad I'm homeward bound any bow,"
or "I'm afraid you'll have terrible weather over
St.Gotbard, sir," or, "It looks set in all round—
does it not I and the Lucerne people say this sort of
rain always lasts three daps" In vain did you
wander, escorted by an hotel servant holding over
you a gig-umbrella, from the Schweitzer Hoff to
the Schwann,and from the Schwann to the Hotel
d'An leterre. At each place the same story was
told your English brothers, as they moodily
stalk up and down the covered piazza of the
first house, or gloomily resigned themselves to
tobacco in the smoking rooms of the others. The
rain mournfully echoed all the dismal prognosti-
cations, and "starting home again" was furtively
whispered by more than one of the party, who had
been so openly exultant about the bright sky and
glorious sunshine of a few hours before.
On the next morning at four o'clock, some
seventy or eighty people sat down to breakfast
prior to starting by steamer to Fluelen, there to
take diligences and proceed to Bellinzona, over the
St. Gothard. The majority, but not all, of
these belonged to one party of excursionists, and
the competition for places was amusing enough.
The rain was as furious and the mist more dense
than on the night before, and the lake might have
been that of Lomond, or the city hit of the Thames
on a November day, for aught seen of its beauties
by unhappy travellers thereupon. A special order
had been sent on for conveyances, and ten of these,
duly horsed waited the arrival of the boat.
A coupd, after the first few minutes, could not be
had for love or money. There were no banquettes,
but a covered seat with the guard, or an un-
covered one by the driver, was speedily at a pre-
mium. The old infatuation about a box-seat
behind "spanking tits " was revived here, and
men, otherwise sane, deliberately exposed them-
selves to twenty hours' drenching in a mountain
torrent, because, as they placidly remarked, " it
was fresher than inside." Some six or seven dili-
gences ,and two or three omnibuses, without seats
on roof or in front, and looking like yellow
hearses, having been loaded, the dismal procession
was formed, and the journey began. This was the
largest party of tourists—again quoting the dili-
gence people—ever known to have crossed the Alpe
at one tune, and they assuredly had one of the
roughest days for doing it. Some travellers have a
theory that this mountain range cannot be properly
seeusave in stormy weather. If this be true, and eater
down the neck and intothe ears, blinding, whistling
angry gusts, beating upon your face ; a cold, raw,
biting atmosphere, chilling yourvery marrow, while
a fog, reaching half way down the mountains, pre-
vents your doing more than guess their height ;
if these amenities taken concurrently be a favour-
able phase of alpine experience, the tourists of
last Monday have every reason to be grateful.
Whatever disadvantages the hypercritical might
find in the conjunction of cold, wet, and obscurity,
were, however, more than compensated for by the
rich variety of character and abundance of incident
furnished forth during the trip. Ten stout men
tightly packed in each of the yellow hearses, like
mutes retired from business, three shivering Britons
on three box-seats, ladies, bundles, bags, old men,
young men, and boys, in and on the other vehicles,
made a motley caravan enough, and drew a
round of astonished cheers from the inhabitants
of Altorf, the first town at which we stopped.
" Very jolly, isn't it 1" from an occupant of the first
box-seat to his companion in misfortcne on box-seat
No. 2, who has dismounted and is futilely attempting
to look happy. " Remarkably," is the reply ; but
as it is followed by a precipitate retreat into the
yellow hearse, already sufficiently full, it must be
taken rather in au, ironically-sportive rather than a
literal or Mark Tapley spirit. The entire ride was
very like a chapter of Albert Smith. The old gentle-
man ticking off the various mountains and places in
his note-book, as if they were so many entries of
pepper or raisins, and repeating mechanically,
" Acusteg, Intsclo, Waren, ' as if verifying his
entries with an imaginary booking-clerk ; the lady
who had never travelled by an excursion before,
and whose present and future happiness depended
upon her not being recognised by the aristocratic
friends who, she implied, habitually promenaded
or pic-niced on the Alps in stormy weather ; the
licensed buffoon who thought it great fun to draw
cockney similes, to compare the Devil's Budge to
that of Westminster, and the distant snow to Gatti's
penny ices ; the butt and fool, on whom even the
most stupid and doltish felt bound even to sharpen
their dull wits ; the energetic linguist who, on the
strength of a pocket dialogue-book, addressed the
be-puzzled peasantry wherever we stopped ; the
romantic sentimentalists who gently upbraided
everyone evincing a preference for fine weather
wit'i " Nature (with a capital i.) is ever beautiful,
sir," as if the utterance of a truism would
act as an oil-skin cape and render you
impe:i ions to wet ; the sanguine people
whose " it's breaking a little " to the right or left
1 beeslio• insultin4 from the frequency of its itera-
tion .erns its astounding opposition to tact ; and the
dismal beings who combined anecdote with pro- 1
pbecy, and wound up their relation of alpine hard-
! ship and misadventure by prognosticating that we
1 should all have to take refuge in chalets for many
nights to come, and by cheerfully calculating which
among us would succumb first to a mixed diet of
snow-water and old boots—all these seemed like
familiar friends, from their faithful resemblance to
type+ previously drawn. Then there were the ex-
cruciatingly genteel people, who would never have
left Lucerne had they dreamt that a party of ex-
cursionists were crossing on that day, and who
plainly regarded the bad weather as a sort of pro-
! test made by the elements against cheap fares ; and
' lastly, there were the jolly tourists, to whom the
size of the party with whom they were unavoidably
mixed up was as complete a surprise as to the
others, but who wisely caught the spirit of the
hour, and dined, hob-nobbed, and made merry with
the rest. As the day rolled on the condition of the
rash people who were riding outside became more
and more pitiable. Those in the conductors' seats
' were well protected as to shoulders and head, but