The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-29 00:00:00

Accouchement of the Queen of Portugal.

Her Majesty the Queen of Portugal gave birth
o a prince yesterday at 1.35 p.m. By the last tele-
gram received her Majesty and infant were pro-
gressing favourably.
The evert was announced by a salute of 101 guns
from the castle.

The news of the happy event was transmitted to
the Queen and the royal family at Balmoral soon
after the intelligence reached London from Lisbon.

Towards 'the latter end of October her Majesty
will return from Scotland and remain at Windsor Castle a
short time, and then proceed to Osborne. The Queen will
return to Windsor Castle previous to the 13th of December,
where it is expected her Majesty will remain to spend the
Christmas, at which time the festivitias of the season will
be resumed.—four! Journal.

His Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon, wits a
numerous suite, has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel.
The Duke of Somerset arrived at his official resi-
dence at the Admiralty yesterday evening, from Maiden
Bradley, Wilts.
The Duke of Leinster has left town for Worksop
Manor, Notts, on a visit to Lord and Lady Foley.

The Marquis of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey
have arrived at Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmunds,
from a tour in Germany.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath have left
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, on a visit to the Earl
and Countess of Chesterfield, at Gedling Lodge, Notts.
The Countess (Dowager) of Tankerville has
arrived in town from a tour of visits in Scotland.

The Countess (Dowager) of Westmoreland and
Lady Rose Fane have arrived in town from Scotland.

The Earl of Chesterfield left town yesterday
afternoon for Newmarket.

The Earl Brownlow and Lady Marian Alford,
who are at present at Ashbridge Park, Herts, are not ex-
pected to leave for Madeira until on or about the 7th of
November.

Lord and Lady Wenloek have returned to
Escrick Park, Yorkshire, from visiting the Duke and
Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle, Northum-
berland.

Lord and Lady Raglan have arrived in town from
the Earl Beauchamp's seat in Worcestershire, for the

season.

Baroness de Clifford has arrived at Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent.

Colonel Sowerby has arrived at Thomas's Hotel,
Berkeley-square, from Putteridge, Bury, Beds,

CARDINAL WISEMAN.—We regret to state that
Cardinal Wiseman has been unable to leave his bed since
Wednesday last. As soon as he can be moved it will be
necessary for him to leave town for a change of air.

ALEX. DUMAS has another novel in hand, which
will shortly appear in the Presse. The subject is borrowed
from the bloodiest periods of Neapolitan history. Yet it
will be called by the name of a saint—" La San Felice."
THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
will hold their 20th annual meeting at Leeds, during the
week from the 12th to the 19th of October. Lord Houghton
(Monckton Milnes) is the President.
A LITERARY THIEF has carried off from the
Atnbrosian Library at Milan the whole of the autograph
correspondence of the Mecici with the Dukes of Milan,
from 1496 to 1510. This treasure was stolen from the study
of Dr. Gatti, the conservator.
" VON BOCKUM-DOLFFS's KAT" 5.8 the title ap-

plied to the newest-shaped cylinders now to be seen in. the
shop windows of the Berlin hatters.

ENGLISH AUTHORSHIP IN CiERIIIANY.—Amm Tat
other translations from English into German which are to be
in readiness for the approaching Leipzig Fair, are Charles
Lever's " Davenport Dunn," Miss Yonge's " Hopes and
Fears, or Scenes from the Life of an Old Maid," and three
volumes of Mr. Spurgeon's Sermons.
MORE LITERARY PIRAC Y.—The Ba►on Tauchnit z
has just added to his Collection of British Authors
"Eleanor's Victory," by Miss Braddon, two vols.

DR. ALEXANDER HENDERSON, author Of the
" History of Ancient and Modern Wines," published in
quarto in 1824, and of several other works, died at C askie-
ben, Aberdeenshire, on Wednesday last, aged 83.
ALDGATE WARD.—Mr. ex-Sheriff Lusk will, it
is understood, become a candidate for the va ;quit
aldermanic gown of this ward, in the room of the late
Alderman Humphery. Mr. Lusk has been a member of
the Court of Common Council for a considerable period and
a resident in the ward for many years—there is, there fore,
every prospect of his attainment of the honourable and xtow
much coveted appointment.
MR. MASON.—The announcement which has
appeared in some of our contemporaries of the
arrival in Paris of Mr Mason, the diplomatic re-
presentative of the Southern States, is premature.
Mr. Mason is still in London, and, according to pres ant
arrangements, cannot leave for France before The
day next. In all probability arrangements will y sr-
mit him to leave on that day; but, till then, his friends will
continue to communicate with him in Upper Seym
street.

THE ITALIAN ARMY is at present distributed, as
follows :-9 battalions at Geneva, 6 at Turin, 9 at Alestean-
dria, 12 in Tuscany, and 120 distributed in the valley of the
Po from Ancona to Milan, supported by 60 squadrons of
cavalry, and 250 pieces of artillery ; at Naples, 18 batta-
lions of the lines, 2of Marines, and 6 of Bersaglie ri, with.
32 squadrons of cavalry; in all, 82 battalions of irfantry,
in addition to 5 regiments of Carabineers, and detachit ants
of the Gard Modili. There are also 22 battalions in Si cily.

SIIAKSPERE'S FOREST OF ARDEN.—The Engli sh,
above all other people, are addicted to annual fl
tinge ; but we are almost tho only people, says the A
ntewn, affiliated to the tribe of Gad, who are given to visit
repeatedly well-known localities abroad, instead of explor-
ing the historical shrines, the woodland scenery, and the
natural beauties which abound at home. Loudon itse2l,
within a morning's ride by train, is girdled by scenes of
delight and storied mansions, the proprietors of which
generously throw them open to the public, who know
nothing of them. There are people who could thread the
Black Forest, and yet are ignorant of the whereabouts of
the Forest of Arden. Thanks to Mr. Hannett, That pl ea-
sant place is now laid open to them—in his recet tly
published "Topographical and Historical Account of the
District between and around Henley in Arden, and Tramp-
tan, in the County of Warwick." Accompanying him,
they may exclaim, with some sense of rejoicing, "Hex a) we
are in Arden 1" though no one will have reason to to
"The more fool II When I was at home I was in a
better place." We know no class of holiday maker's to
whom this exquisite district does not offer attractions. • AI
up at Bettws y Coed, where the various visitants are
divided into the "Turpentines," the "Paper Stainers," rthe
" Water Whippers," and the " Wanderers," so in Arden
the painters in oil colours may find the effects they ma >st
long for ; and the water colour artist, ladies as well as gel le
tlemen. may pitch their tents, and find picture wealth. be-
fore them ; and anglers need never throw fly in vain, nor
the tourists have once occasion to say, after an eight days'
exploration, from Henley to Elindon, that "all is barreat.""
As for the young ladies, to whom Bettws y Coed is dear for
various good causes, we can tell them that there are gr( en
lanes and wooded dells, and convenient brook sides in
Arden, where honest love may be as fairly dealt in as up et
the old Welsh station whose name signifies
"the Cht.peit in.
the Wood." The Forest of Arden is close to some of our
manufacturing districts, but it has preserved its old rth;tie
features. The forest is not there, any more than you could
now find one in the Forest of Soignies; but there are noble
mansions, quaint and stout old moated houses, dense and
shady woods, abundance of rich hedgerow timber, every'
where save in the mid portion of this Warwickshire dis-
trict; spreading prospects, su eeping undulations, beautiful
valleys, mossy lanes, secluded by-ways, purling brooks,
winding streams, aul a hearty and healthy folk to bid the
traveller welcome. And there is good fare in Arden, too ;
albeit Warwickshire ale is not known by its old signii leant
names of "Mad Dog," " Angel's Food,r' "Dragon's M ilk,
or " Many .go-down." And there are fine old traditie us to
talk of over your Warw:ckshire cups.
TUE MYSTERIOUS MAIL-BAG ROBBERY AT
HULL.—On Saturday morning the missing cheques
were received at the Beverley branch of tlie Yorkshire Bank
ing Company (their destination when posted in the letter
at South Cave). The envelope in which they have been
posted bears the Hull post mark, and it therefore ePP:7
probable that the person (Mr& Cooke) now in cu:,° Y
posted them at Hull prior to her attempt to got the X-b 4s.
cheque cashed at the Hull branch of the above company.
We are not aware that any one else has yet been taken into
custody on the charge of stealing the mail bag, butinvesti-
gations are being made by
the Post•oilice and police
upprehe of
utho-
neton
rhies which will probably lead to the
another party. It is said that the woman accounts for her
her
possession of the cheques by stating
that she came t
Hesse' to Hull on Thursday evening, and that some one
in the same train gave 14er thega.—
4fecis Atercury.