The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ,EVENING, MAY 17, 1855

LINES I,KASED \T FIXED RENTALS.

' three present very different aspects—Mary, the
eldest, was married to Prince William of Orange,
who died in his twenty-fifth year. After ten years
of struggle and difficulty, she herself closed her
career at the art() of twenty-nitie. Her sister, Eli-
zabeth, died at Carisbrook Castle, nearly broken-
hearted by grief for her father's death. The visi-
tors to the Royal Academy of this year will re-
member the picture of her death. Henrietta
became the wife of Philip of Orleans, brother of
Louis XIV., and, • after shining as one of the
brightest ornaments. of that brilliant .court, she
died very suddenly, rat the age 13f twenty-six,
with strong . suspicions of poison. • Thus, though
their destinies were so different—one being left a
rating ,over-a. turbulent' court and- nation
--7theother‘leading a g.?,,y_and brilliant life amid the
dissipations of Versailles—the third, early closing
her career in silence and solitude in the walls of a,
castle prison—the mournful destin,v of their race
seemed still to pursue them. With their lives the
records of the English Princesses closes. Charles
II.• had no .children. . The two daughters of James
H. were not only Princesses, but Queensof England,
and, as such, aree-chronicled in. Miss Strickland's
pages. The brief life of their younger sister,
Princess Louise, who was bbrn in France after his
abdication, is also related in the: biography of
Mary. of Modena. Thus the writer has reached
the limit she originally fixed—the period of the
lidnoverian. dynasty. She. has acquitted herself
very ably, and her, series of lives show us some
very interesting portions in the lives of the chief
countries of Europe.

Leasing
Compans

Closing Prices
yesterlay.

Busty ess
this day.

PRINCE ALBERT'S EXAMPLE.

(From Punch.)

A cankerworm was gnawing at the heart of England's Oak,
And palsy threatened its great arms that braved the thun-
derstroke ;
Its glorious crown was fading, and our foes began to hoot,
" Behold the Oak is rotting and the axe is at its root !"
Aristocratic vermin did offices infest,
Not the Best men, but such men as lackeys call the Best,
Men with the very richest kind of fluid in their veins,
But men whose little heads enclosed exceedingly poor
brains.
We drew the sword for Freedom : the battle-flag unfurled
Against barbarians marching to overrun the world ;
The sword was bravely wielded, the flag was nobly borne,
But by unready Rulers were our arms of glory shorn.
Then rose a cry among us for a Government of worth,
We said, "Away with empty Rank, and down with stupid
Birth ;
Incompetent Nobility shall us no longer rule,
Born with a spoon of silver in its mouth ; born, sometimes,
fool."
These tidings heard Prince Albert at Windsor where he
lay,
And walked upon the Slopes and lunched at half-past two
each day,
And with a grand piano made the grander pile to ring,
So as beseemeth him whose son hereafter shall be King.
"That cry," said he, "is just ;;t is a shame and a dis-
grace
That any but a proper man should be in any place ;
An end must to this wrong be put ; there is no doubt of
that ;
Some one the movement must begin—myself shall bell the
cat."
Field-Marshal the Prince Albert then did Order and de-
cree,
That in Hyde Park a Grand Review straightway should
holden be;
And thither he betook himself in sight of all the land,
His charger prancing under him ; his baton in his hand.
Before the troops assembled, in all the people's view,
On the altar of his country the good Prince that baton
threw ;
And thus he spoke, " 0 public and soldiers ! I resign
The title with the token that ought not to be mine.
" Lie there, thou idle symbol of victories not won,
Reward of warlike services which I have never done;
And let that soldier win thee that shall have done the most
In this our war with Muscovy of all the British lost."
Then all the people shouted, and said "Long live the
Prince,
What truthfulness, what manliness, what greatness to
evince !"
" Hooray for good Prince Albert !" was the universal, roar:
They cheered him thrice, and after that they gave him
one cheer more.
Then every Lord incapable, and every booby Duke,
Accepted at their Prince's hands a lesson and rebuke ;
They cast away their offices; their p!aces up they threw,
And England's Oak revived again and England throve
ALLOW.

THE SECONDARY STATES OF CONTI-
NENTAL EUROPE.

( From the Journal des Debats of yesterday.)
Whilst attention is generally and almost exclusively
directed to the question of peace or war, which has so
long occupied all the chanceries, and has been discussed
with varied chances of success in the Conferences at
Vienna, the policy proper to each of the States of Europe
has been following its course ; and facts which are not
without importance have been accomplished. The
session of the Legislative Chambers was closed at
Berlin on the 7th inst. ; this was the last of the Legis-
lature, and people were already intent on the general
ielection to take place at an early period. The King, re-
tained by an indisposition, which happily was of short
duration, caused himself to be replaced by M. de Man-
teuffel, president of the cabinet, who gave the custo-
mary allocution on the occasion. Through the co-ope-
ration of the legislature many useful reforms ha,l been
effected in different branches of legislation ; the object of
the first of which was judicial proceedings ; the second
was the amelioration and multiplication of the ways of
communication. The Chamber-, for example, had granted
to the government the subsidies necessary for the
construction of a bridge at Cologne over the Rhine,
which would twain contr,bute to lessen the distance be-
tween Paris and Berlin. ' Other laws had developed the
principle.of commercial freedom. The budget of the
State- had been subjected to a careful control, and
nevertheless it had not undergone any reduction;
this was because the finaucial administration of Prus-
sia is recommendable by its habits of order and eco-
nomy, and is applied .to maintain the equilibrium be-
tween the revenue and expenditure. • Towards the close
of the session, the Government requested of. the Cham-
bers the authorisation requisite for employing in 1855
what remained of the loan of more than 100 millions of
francs voted in 1854. This sum had been placed at the
disposal of Government, so that it might be prepared for
the expenses which war would demand, if war became
necessary. The Government having avoided war,
has been able to reserve in the treasury the largest
portion of the sum borrowed ; but war is always possi-
ble, and this is why it is proper the ministry should
be enabled in case of used to dispose of this resource.

SALMON FISHERY IN WALES.—Owing to the efforts
which have been so strenuously made by the various
societies to preserve and improve the different fisheries
and salmon streams in the principality, this year the
sport promises to be exceedingly good. It is now as-
serted that the breed of fish in the best rivers is increas-
ing every year by thousands. The artificial mode of pro-
pagation has been introduced with marked success, and
young fish will soon be sent afloat in large numbers.
THE BRONTE FAMlLY.—Curinus particulars respecting
the Bronte family, of which " Currer Bell" was the lite-
rary chief, ara given in the Belfast Mercury. "They
were natives," says our authority, " of the county Down.
The father of the authoress was Mr. Patrick Prunty, of
the parish of Ahaderg, near Lnughbrickland. His parents
were of humble origin, but their large family were re-
markable for physical strength and personal beauty. The
natural quickness and intelligence of Patrick Prunty at-
tracted the attention of the Rev. Mr. Tighe, rector of
Drumgooland parish, who gave him a good education in
England, and finally procured him a euraey in Wa'es. In
his new sphere he was not unmindful of his family claims,
for he settled 201. per annum on his mother. Prunty
was the name which the family bore in their own
neighbourhood of the county Down. The patron of
Mr. Patrick Prunty, disliking the name, requested him
to take that of Bronte, from the fanciful idea that the
Greek word Bronte would appositely signify the singular
quickness and intelligence of his intellect. After Mr,
Bronte had assumed the duties of his clerical office, he
married, and the issue of that marriage were the three
gifted women who delighted the reading world under
the titles of Currer, Acton, and Ellis Bell. Of this
triad, Currer was the ' bright particular star,' and her
fictitious title of Currer Bell was not less revered by her
readers than was her real name of Charlotte Bronte by
her aged relatives in the county Down, to whom she
presented very lately the sum of 120/., with copies of
her works."

ST. PAUL'S ScaooL.—Yesterday the annual apposi-
tion of the scholars of St. Paul's School took place, in
the presence of the Rev. Dr. Kynaston, the head master,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Llandaff,
the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Winchester,
the Chief Baron, some of the governors of the school,
and a large assemblage of the friends of the students.
The commemoration address in praise of Dean Colet,
the founder. of the school, was spoken by Mr. Blyth,
the Captain, who obtained the Truro prize and medal,
and also the Milton prize. The other prizes were thus
awarded : a governor's prize and the S!eath prize to
Mr. Miller ; a governor's prize and a second Truro
prize to Mr. Matthew. The following subjects were
selected for delivery this year, and the roles thus dis-
tributed : Shakspeare, King John, act 3, sc. 3 ; act 4,
se. 2 King John, Monkhouse ; Hubert, Lawrence ;
Pembroke, Whalley ; Salisbury, Steel ; Falconbri,ige,
F. Williams. Terentii Eunuehus, act 3, sc. I—TLll,,ria)osuo,,
Little ; Gnatho, Griffin. Shakspeare,
Lost, act 1, se. 2 —Army 10, Graham ; P.LigoAev.eiSl'iseur-e;etinif,...
Aristopliahis Equites, 1151-1262—C1con,Earlipi
(ii,,
Islip.
San-
sage Seller, A t.vell ; Demos,
polytus, 905-1105
G .r tilhoinine, act 1,
HippolNy\-rttiliisi,luhalley ; Thesin:,
Flii.t,ff. M,libre, Le Bouraeoisi ,
sec. 1, 2—M. Jourdain, M4at,thiin,..,33:l;:. Loerahna,init;ropic.l:
musique, Antwell ; Le maitrend
laquais, Whalley ; La
tnier laquais, Sweeting• ;
Lseecomaitre d'arines, Thompson;
musicienne, l'ilonkhou _.
y_ey.
1 The stulents went
Le maitre 'de philosophic, Wia
with the usual ability and
l parts
through their several
mark the Apposition day of St. Paul's
correctness which . ,
t. mc care and labour
correc
to the conscien 1, .
School, and testify
the training of their alumni. The
of the professors in .
l - been a 'rnorcectu choisi
Mol ibre has a a ays
scene from
ladapted for a paradigm of a scho-
lastic is admirably . .
humour
here.
histrionism, and
the hands of the young gentlemen
con-
fided yesterday, as was evident,
the au it lost nothing of Ai in
to whom it was
from the hilt.rity of
atthe dience. The headmaster
ad-
dressed a few words to the students.