The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

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No. 22,480.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1864.

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The New Danish Policy.

The Independance Beige of Sunday evening says
" The resolution suddenly formed by King earls-
tian IX. to engage in direct negotiations for peace
with the hostile courts, in consequence of the disas-
ter of Alsen, sufficiently indicated that the pressure
of the war party at Copenhagen was beginning to
weaken: The addresses of the Chambers, approving
of the absolute abandonment of the Duchies in ex-
change for the complete emancipation of Denmark
from all Germanic influence, afford the best proof
of it. The Conservative journals first, and in their
wake the Dagblacl, which is known to be the organ
of the party of the Eider, had shown without dis-
guise the desperate situation of Denmark, and pro•
claimed the necessity of taking a definitive part. It
was under these circumstances that King Christian
decided to send his young brother to Germany to
offer peace, and to dismiss the Monrad Ministry,
which was too much compromised for its continu-
ance in power not to be an obstacle to the success
of the negotiations which are going to be opened.
The despatch which brings us this news adds that
the King has charged Count Moltke, who was for-
merly part of the Bluhme Ministry, with the
formation of a new cabinet. The necessity of
making peace, even at the price of great sacrifices,
being once recognised by Denmark, the German
powers probably will not refuse to treat on this
basis, and it is to be presumed that negotiations
will proceed rapidly. Among the rumours which
the brusque determination of the King of Denmark
has given rise to, one has been circulated at Paris,
according to which King Christian offered to the
allied courts to enter with the whole Danish mo-
narchy into the German Confederation on conside-
ration that the personal union of the duchies with
the crown of Denmark should be preserved. We
do not see what great advantage Germany would
find in such a combination, and we are certain that
it would please neither the Danish people nor the
European powers. We regard it simply as a con-
jecture."
The Temps of yesterday says that the entering
of Denmark into the Germanic Confederation would
be tolerated neither by France, England, nor Rus-
sia. It would perhaps tempt the German popula-
tion, by the prospect of supremacy in the Baltic,
but it would raise the liveliest resistance in the
Danish nation, the war party still preserving a
marked preponderance in the Rigsraad. " The
more we consider this Danish question as affected
by eventsA:the more," says the Temps, "we are
convinced that there is but one radical solution for
the difficulties of the present and the threats of the
future, and that is the Scandinavian union. Apart
from that there is nothing but the insufficient pal-
liations and convulsions of a government at bay."

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metal rammer. This is Re first time this has
occulr.:.d.with Mr Whitworth's guo ; but on .-,E:teral
occasions there has been great difficulty in gettivg
home the shot of the shunt gun, which hat; only
been accomplished after continued blows. All thc,.e
hitches may, in a great measure, e said to arise
from the trials being condueed with dry gur.2—that
is, no wet sponging alloyed to remove the fouling.
Considering that those guns :Ire intended entirely
for the naval service, where, as a matter of course,
ri bucizet of water can always bEe got on shipho...ad,
and where, as a fact, wet. sponges aro always used,

it seems curious that the ordnance at Shoebury
should not all be worked with wet sponges. How-
ever, it is indisputable that a gun which works well
dry wi►? work still easier wet, and so far, fliel-cfore,
it is not en unfair condition c.f trial and, fair or un-
fair, it• is applied with the mast rigozGus in pzr,
to all.

During nil this -werk trials will go on with the
70 pounders for rsngo and accuracy. Tho ii .Id
guns have now tired nearly. 2,600 rounds cacti. Im
Fusions taken of their bores last week chow no
perceptible wear—in fact, for war purposes they
areoallinesfpod as the day they came from proof at
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The Prince and Princess of Wales at
Clothworkers'-hall,

Yesterday the corporation of Clothworkers, 0110 of the
oldest and wealthiest of the ancient guilds of the city of
London, presented the freedom of their order to the Prince
of Wales, and afterwards entertained his Royal Highness
with the Princess of Wales and a select company at lun-
cheon in their hall in Mincing, lane. In February, 1863,
at a special meeting of the Court of Assistants, as the
governing body is designated, his Royal Highness was
unanimously elected a freeman of the company, on the
motion of Mr Justice Willes, seconded by Alderman Sir
John Musgrove, the Court desiring thereby to manifest its
loyalty and attachment to the Throne and its esteem for his
Royal Highness. The resolution electing him to the freedom
recorded the fact that his illustrious and lamented father had
conferred upon their ancient and loyal corporation the honour
of accepting a similar compliment at their hands, and also
of becoming a liveryman. The Clothworkers were incorpo-
rated by Royal Charter in 1430, in the reign of Edward IV.,
and the guild at different periods of its history has enrolled
kings, princes, statesmen,'and other distinguished persons
among its members. In 1667, during the mayoralty of Sir
John Watts, himself a Clothworker, James I. was admitted
to the brotherhood and entertained at'a grand banquet in
the hall, in consideration of which his Majesty was pleased
" of his princely bounty" to order that two brace of bucks be
presented to the company yearly for ever—a behest which
is observed to this day. Again, in 1662, Sir John Robinson,
then Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Lord Mayor,
entertained in the hall of the company Charles 11. and his
Queen, the Queen Mother, and their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of York. On the 25th of March, 1814,
the Dukes of Kent and Sussex honoured the company with
their presence at a banquet, as did also in 1844 the then
Premier, Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Majesty's
Ministers ; and in 1860 his Royal Highness the late Prince
Consort. Secretary Pepys, the author of the famous Diary,
was a member of the company, and presented them with a
magnificent drinking cup of silver gilt, which they retain
to this day and are justly proud of exhibiting.
The ancient hall of the company, then upwards of 180
years old, was restored after the fire of London in 1666, but
having, nearly 200 years later, become dilapidated by time
and unsuited to the requirements of the corporation it was
taken down, and the present stately edifice was erected on
its site in 1859. A memoir of the company states that "the
associations of the old hall were venerated. Kings, Princes,
and nobles of the land had assembled there, and met men
eminent in every station of life. It was decorated with the
effigies and records of the bequests of the good and great,
and it had an aspect of comfort as well as of state." The
present hall is one of the most magnificent of the kind in
the city of London, though as yet but little known. Situated
in a crowded thoroughfare and among a class of modern
edifices, some of them more like palaces than places devoted
to trade and commerce, its exterior, handsome though it be,
is apt to escape notice. The most imposing feature of the
interior of the building is the banqueting hall, which is of
stately proportions and elaborately decorated. The roof,
divided into small compartments, is supported on pillars of
polished granite and splendidly embellished with gold. The
arms of the twelve principal civic companies are emblazoned
on the walls, and those of eminent past masters, in stained
glass, ornament the windows. The banqueting hall is ap-
proached by a spacious vestibule and a noble flight of stairs,
which is lighted by a lantern in the roof of elegant propor-
tions and design. A spacious court room, a reception room,
and two drawing rooms make up the rest of the interior of
the building.

The ceremony of yesterday took place in the court room.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess arrived
at the hall at half-past 1 o'clock, and were received at the
entrance with every mark of consideration and respect by
the Master and Wardens, accompanied by their clerk, Mr
R. B. Towse, all of whom wore their robes of office. A
detachment of the Hon. the Artillery Company, of which
his Royal Highness is Captain General and Colonel, formed
a guard of honour on the occasion, under the command of
Capt. Ritherdon. On alighting the Prince and Princess
were loudly cheered by the people who had assembled out-
side, and the band played the National Anthem. From the
entrance their Royal Highnesses were escorted to the re-
ception room, where the Wardens and members of the
Court of Assistants had the honour of being formally pre-
sented to them. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by
the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Earl Spencer, Lieut.-Gen.
Knollys, and Capt. Grey. The Prince wore the blue
riband of the Order of the Garter on the occasion, Their
Royal Highnesses were then conducted to the court room,
attended by the members of their suite and household men-
tioned, and the Masters, Wardens, and Assistants being
constituted a Ccnrt, the ceremony began. The Duke of
Manchester, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait, and Miss
Burdett Coutts were also present among others. The Master
having requested the Prince and Princess to be seated, the
clerk of the company (Mr Towse) read the resolution of the
Court inviting his Royal Highness to assume the freedom.
This done, the MASTER (the Rev. Edward John Ward,
A.M.), addressing the Prince, who rose as he did so, said
the pleasing duty devolved upon him of requesting his Royal
Highness to accept the freedom and liv,ry of the Com-
pany of Clothworkers, and of expressing, on the part of the
governing body, their sense of the honour his Royal High-
ness had conferred upon them by condescending to become
a member of their ancient guild. He hoped that might not
be the last occasion on which they would be honoured by
the presence of his Royal Highness. They esteemed it a
high privilege to enrol the name of his much-lamented
father on the list of their brotherhood, and they trusted
that hereafter, as in times past, there would be a continuous
association between them and the Royal family of this king.
.dom. - The Master then handed to the Prince the gold box
enclosing the document relating to the freedom, and re-
marking that it was set in a table of chestnut wood, part of
a beam of the ancient hall of the company, on the site of
which the present building was erected.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS, turning to the Master, Wardens,
and Assistants, assured them that it was a great source of
gratification to him to receive the freedom of their company
and to be enrolled among its members, and he thanked the
Master for the kind words he had been pleased to address to
him on the occasion.

The Clerk then tendered to the Prince the accustomed
oath, which he took and subscribed. It pledged his Royal
Highness substantially as a freeman to be good and true to
oar Sovereign Lady Queeia Victoria ; to observe, maintain,
and keep the laws and ordinances for the government of
"the fellowship of the art or mystery of clothworkers," and
for its common profit; to be obedient at all times and in all
lawful matters to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and
to attend before them at all times upon a lawful summons
either of clerk or beadle, having no lawful or reasonable
excuse to the contrary.
On the motion of Alderman Sir J. MUSGROVE, soonded_
twhe:
Bishop of London
by Mr Alderman RosE, M.P., the seal of the comPanYwas
affixed to the deed of enrolment, and with
thatto
luncheon,'
which ban.
cere-
mony terminated.
The Prince and Princess were then condactteol
queting hall, where their Royal Highnesses took
of
Man. . The Master
which was served with befitting eplenuear
presided at the entertainment, the Princess sat on his
right hand, and the Prince on hisefet,th"d 011
the right
and left of their elvir
aldo,yaltheHghtenthesesnes,
of the Master,. the Marquis
and Marchioness of Carmar
and Mrs Tait, Ea:l Spencer, Lieut.- General Knollys, and
The
dneddishtlle Wardens and Assistants and
Mies Burdett Coutetosrapany
7 Mrs Thwaytes, and
Captain Grey,
families and friends. The hall was taste-
fully s about 150
iLnienuutm,
membersCbeorol
,of nat
their
led i
zi.C3
included
decorated with the banners of the company, and be-
hind the chair of the Master there was a grand display of
their ancient plate.
The MASTER gave the toast of " The Queen," which
was drunk with ever
proposed, in co every mark of respect. He afterwards
complimentary terms, " The Prince and Prin•
cess of Wales,"

His Royal Righness the PRINCE, responding to the
compliment, said,—Master, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentle-
men,—) beg to tender my warmest thanks for the very
kind words in which the Master has proposed my health
and that of the Princess, and for the way in which the
toast has been received by every person in this hall. I need
hardly assure you that it has been a source of sincere gra-
tqlcation to me to-day to be enrolled as a member of this
ancient corporation. I feel proud to think that I follow in
that respect in the footsteps of those Kings, my ancestors
and relations, and of my beloved and lamented father, who
received a similar compliment at the hands of the company:
In my turn I beg to propose a toast, which I am sure
will be well received in this hall. It is " Prosperity to
the Clothworkers' Company, coupled with the Master and
Wardens."
The MASTER having acknowledged the honour which
his Royal Highness had paid them, the Prince and Prin-
cess took their departure, attended as before. Their
Royal Highnesses were escorted to their carriage by the
Master and Wardens, and as they left the hall the crowd
, outside raised an
-enthusiastic cheers