The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

TIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1864.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CRUEL TREATMENT OF A WlFE,—Thomas Marshall, a
tall rough-looking fellow, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt
with assaulting and threatening his wife.
The wife—l am the mother of nine children. My husband
threw a pail of water over me in front of Mr Squire's shop,
in the Tottenham-court-road, where I have stood with a
stall for years, and he also told Mr Squires that I had
stolen some meat from his shop. He has illuaed ma before
and in consequence of his illusage I had to undergo the
operation cf having one of my breasts cut off, and was in
the hospital for some weeks, and received a little assistance
from the court.

Mr ryrwhitt—Have you any children ?
Wife—l have, and work hard to support them, and am
willing to do so as long as ho does not annoy or kick me.
Mr Tyrwbitt—You are not obliged to live with such a
savage fellow.

State Portraits of their Royal Highnesses,

PAINTED BY THE DORE JENSEN.

Now ON VIEW AT M‘LEA.N'S, IN THE HAYMARKET.
The catalogue of the Portraits already taken of
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales must, even now, we should imagine, be very
considerable. Any one who sauntered into this last
season's exhibition of paintings at the Royal Aca-
demy, will have recognised more than one notable
addition to the number of those Portraits. But con-
spicuous among those latest attestations at once to
the popularity and to the comelinees of the Heir
to the Crown and his Fair young Bride, were the
two remarkable pictures nor on view at Mr.
111'1,ean's well-known studio in the Heymarket.
They are incomparably to our mind the very finest
among all the numerous portraits of their Ro;a1
Highnesses that have been yet produced. And
they are so—they take thus (in oar estimation) prece-
dence among all other contemporary portaitures of
the Prince and Princess of Wales—at once as works
of art and as likenesses, as" counterfeit presentments"
of the illustrious originals. They are the works,
these two noble pictures, of a Danish artist, emi-
nent, doubtless, long since, in his native land,
by right of his unquestiotabJe powers, new
we migtt say inevitably, to
we can see them in a
batter
a more reasonable th ug
ourselves. though
his
light,
w and
d is,
thatr
ot n
dis-
tance than when we first saw teem—high up, at any
rate,
Jensen'ss, for Pr
hose
"--in the Royal Academy
Exhibition,
more distinctly than we
we "above the
recognisel ine,
were enabled to do then the manifold excel-
lence
hn ofe s Theodoreses crtraits of their Royal
ig
reasons (namely,
the better light in which and the lesser altitude
Highnesses—portraits,
at which they are here at length displayed to
view)—portraits for these reasons, really and truly
as we may say now for the fist time exhibited, cer.
tainly for the first time satisfeztorily exhibited, at
Mr. M'Cleaa's in the Hayman et. The Prince's por-
trait, as here given, is the first that has ever been
painted not only of himself but of any illustrious
personage whatever, arrayed in the magnificent
robes of a knight of the:Order of the Star of India !
The delicate, exquisitely pale blue (almost whitish
blue) silk robe of the last created order of knight-
hood, depending from H.R.H.'s shoulders and trail-
ing along the dais upon whica he stands forth to
view in the easiest of natural attitude. Otherwise
than in this distinguishing peculiarity of his cos-
tume, the Prince is arrayed, according to his
favourite wont, in the full uniform of a British
general officer—i.e. in scarlet end gold, with other
soldierly and princely appurtenances. En-
circling the neck and pendatt upon the bosom,
the star and collar of the glorious order of
Indian Knighthood already particularised.
In the companion picture, the beautiful young
Princess Alexandra, now Princess of Wales

to herself and her destined (if life be but spared
royal husband) to become Queen Consort of Eng-
land—in this companion picture of our already
queenly-looking young Princess, H,R.11. is robed in
a sumptuous velvet dress " deeply,darkly, beautifully
blue," that is, in other words, of the true Denmark
blue in colour, the velvet texture of the robe and
the dark richness of the colotring, being en-

hanced or set off by a wonderful rendering—
thanks to the skill of the artist's magical brush—
a really wonderful rendering, in all its fairy
webwork of clouds of gorgeous lace—lace

here touched into the semblance of reality in all
the nines of its gossamer-like embroidery. Added
to this, among the mere accessories to this sump-
tuous portraiture of the Princess, the artist has de-
picted some amongst the many marvellous treasures,
in the shape of jewellery lavished at the time of her
bridal upon the lovely young P:ineess—presents
from her Majesty, from his Royal Highness the
Bridegroom, from one and anotherof the august per-
sonages in the two Royal families then about

to be allied. A very cynosure among coronets
glittering rosplendenty in its pm-eminence among
all these treasures Pre%:ious stones of the costliest
value, and these disposed in ti' most elaborate and ex-
quisitely tasteful settings—arot►ndthe neck, upon the
bosom, pendant from the shoulderknots, encircling
the delicate fingers, twinkling at the waist
and about the stomacher ! Altogether, apart

from these mere surroundings, adjuncts, or acces-
sories to2the interest and splendour of these
two noble portraits of their Royal Highnesses as
painted by the hand of Theodore Jensen—these
portraits, viewed simply and solely as portraits,
command at once our interest and our lasting admi-
ration for themselves. Simply as portraits, we repeat,
they are the very best that have yet been pro-
duced. Recognising which—as who can fail to
recognise tho fact, who looks upon them
with a previous knowledge of the originals
they are designed to represent it cannot
be a matter of surprise to learn that
the list of subscribers to the engravings of these
two pictures, engravings now in active prepara-
tion, is a list that grows from day to day with
unaccustomed rapidity, even in the instance of
State Portraits of the highest personages in the
realm under the Sovereign.

"ON MODERN COSTUME."—Such is the title given
to a brochure recently issued by E. Moses & Son, of
the Minories. The great object of its gratuitous publica-
tion will at once suggest itself to the mind, but the author
has so ingeniously blended the literary element with his
commendations of the firm and its manufactures, that if it
may not be pronounced to rank among the "literary curto-
sities of the age, at all events it is an advertising curio-
sity," even in the year '64. One thing is also certain, that
the information conveyed in its pages—which aro elegantly
written, and well interspersed with lively anecdote—cannot
be had at any shop gratis. The essay commences with a
notice of the national costumes of the Greeks, Romans,
of course, be seen in the
Mincriee. Egyptians, &c.,
following brief extracts will convey an idea
of the style and scope of
verytime; ens of which may,
the pamphlet:--" Our modern
fashions always run into extremes. At the beginning of
this century an amorous swain was delighted to see the
and now the waist of a young on a level with her shoulders ;
lady of 18 is as long as that
The vast bonnet once pro-
jected so far in front that it Was like peeping down a lane
wartihsterefghr his ladyt.gi.aili:vneltaal:loas,tB.
if you tried to see the face. Then came the little bonnet,
like a small cap, on the back of the head, threatening to fly
away at the first puff of wind, Now the bonnet is brought
more forward, loaded with ornaments, t and raised like a
helmet with a sharp peak.
The fashions changed just as
before some trivial incident,
sii: i obstinately
a wi d ow:
idnevpee
nn
tdeean independent
the
ef
rapidly with our ancestors as they do with us." Again.
o Kings "Sometimeschanges
a n d
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112
at
ana
Queens
fashionmoment
m gei
nv
aetsi
itywnhhdaayeyt r s 0
me sudden impulse of dis-
llow starched ruff; but as she had a hand in the murder
of Sir Thomas Overbury, And Went to the gallows with a
yellow' ruff round her neck, the fashion died with the in-
ventress. )31ack satin was once in vogue; but, as Mrs
yellow
dis-
gust. Mrs Turner,
oManningt
in woreec. it on the gallows, no lady of fashion has
w
~ 4( On what apparent trifles the whole cha-
racter of a costume—nay, the very character of the wearer
—may depend, when good taste is wholly departed from !
Fashion is regarded as the sole test of propriety, If a coat-
collar be the eighth of an inch too broad or too narrow for
the latest mode, or the two waist buttons on the back of
the coat be too neighbourly or too distant, or if the coat be
too swallow-tailed, or have too broad a termination, we
laugh incontinently at the wearer. That which to-day is
heroproprietyistoemorrow purely ludicrous.
becomes a
pitiful' Guy,'—a figure
for a pantomime,—if hie dress be out of fashion. How neces-
eery it is, then, to be careful in the choice of one's tailor I"
Several apt
anecdotes are given of Gentleman George IV.
Thetheperfection
greatest
ao f
eo
o r
the following and
and Brummeli, g from Lady Morgan—
vet, don't know which to admire the most, the cutting sar-
casm of the lady or the use to which it has now been put:—
Lord Anglemea was once ris great a toilet-model to the
Princellegent (afterwards George IV,), as Beau Brummell.
Lady Morgan records an amusing
conversation with his
lordship. "Lord A.ngleeett,' said her ladyship, " some ad-
mire you as Lord Lieutenant, some for .our heroism ; but
Lord A.—
I admire you for--" " For viehat, Lady Mor-
-. for the cut o
gan ? ' Lady M. f pour coat. Who i.e your
tailor I" In these days this question put to any remark-
ably well-dressed man is pretty sureto be met with Lett one
answer-Ish y ich we leave to the sagacity
of the reader, A
Very pleasant half .hour, however, may be spent in the
perusal of this brochure from the Mineries ,
ACCIDENT AT A RAILWAY STATION.—.A fatal
accident occurred at the Chelmsford station of the Great
Eastern Railway yesterday morning. Mr. Frank Snell
was walking aloug the line towards the station on the
'down side, with a small hamper in his hand, and when he
was a short distance from the station he was knocked down
by the mail train from London, which is due at 10.15 a.m.
The train passed over his body, mangling it in a shocking
manner. The driver. on seeing Mr. Snell, blew his
whistle, but tbo deceased, who was rather deaf, probably
did not hear it. He was highly respected in the neigh-
bourhood.

The Nightingale Fund,

The committee of the Nightingale Fund met at
5, Clifford-street, on the 27th July, when the annual
accounts and reports for the year ending the 24th
June were presented.

It appeared that fifteen probationers were undek
training at St. Thomas's Hospital, fur permanent
hospital nurses. Eight had completed their proba-
tionary term during the past year, two had been
dismissed, and one had resigned. Altogether 34
probationera had left the school to take service in
various hospitals and infirmaries.

The demand for trained hospital nurses had in-
creased and was even greater than could be supplied,
but a sufficiency of well qualified candidates was
not always forthcoming. The committee had no
difficulty in finding situations for their trained
nurses at competent salaries.

At King's College Hospital, under the superin.
tenthoce of the authorities of the St. John's-house
Training Institution for Nurses, the school for
training midwifery nurses to be employed exclu-
sively among- the poor had made satisfactory
progress.

The women had completed their training during
the past year. These were employed nearly all in
country parishes with the sanction of the resident
clergy and medical men, and either under their
immediate direction or that of some resident lady.
In some cam individuals, and in others the Parochial
MissioeAssociatioe,had become responsible for their
maintenance.

The regulations for the admission of candidates
of both classes, and other information may be ob-
tained from the secretary, 11, Lombard-street, RC.

Course of Exchange,—Yesterday,

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 1
Antwerp - 25 70
Brussels — 25 70
Haniburgu
Paris Short. 25 20

11 19
12 E 2
12 2
25 75
25 75
13 101
25 30
25 77f
25 80
120/
11 87i,
11 90
311

Ditto
Marseilles — 25 70
Frankfort on Maine — 120$
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh 3l
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

48
48k
25 72i
25 75
25 75
25 72j
25 75
25 77i
51i
52

48k.
25 80
25 80
25 80
25 821
25 82±
25 821
52
62k

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the
Victoria (London) Dock Company was held to-day,
Mr. Charles Morrison in the chair. The report,
which was adopted, stated, that the bill for author-
ising the amalgamation of the London and St.

Katharine's Docks, which contains the requisite
powers for carrying into effect the agreement made
between the Victoria (London) Dock Company and
Messrs. Peto, Betts and Brassey, having receive d
the Royal Assent, it became unnecessary to prop
secute the bill , promoted by the Company
,for
that purpose, and it has accordingly been dropped.
By the agreement with Messrs Peto, Betts, and
Brassey, those gentlemen have the option of com-
pleting the purchase of the dock and other property
of the company, either in the month of August, or
on the Ist January next. They have informed the
Board that they elect to postpone the completion to
the latter date. On the Ist January therefore they
will pay for the company's stock at the rate of
£lO7 10s per cent., and for the company's shares
at the price of £1 103 premium, in addition
to the sum paid up or paid in advance of
calls on each share. The shareholders will
receive, .n addition, the usual half-yearly,divi-
dend at the rate of 54 par cent. per annum. The
lessees will have the option of giving, and the
shareholders of receiving, in lieu of payment in
cash, the 4 per cent. debenture stock of the Amal-
gamated London and St. Katharine's Dock Com-
panies, at such a price as may be agreed on, but
the acceptance of such stock in lieu of cash Will be
optional with each shareholder. The directors will
receive from the lessees any proposal which they
may think proper on this subject, and will com-
municate the same to the shareholders in time for
their decision before the Ist January.

The Hirnok of Pesth states that the mountaineers
of the district of Neidra, and particularly those of
Valeska and the neighbourhood, are reduced to such
misery from the bad harvest of last year and the
unfruitfulness of the present season, that they are
obliged to live on the leaves of trees and roots.
Subscriptions are being made for their relief.

THE METRIC SYSTEM.—An Act of Parliament
has just been printed to render permissive the
metric system of weights and measures. It recites that for
the' promotion and extension of our interaal as well as our
foreign trade, and for the advancement of science, it is ex-
pedient to legalize the use of the metric system of weights
and measures. It enacts that, notwithstanding everything
contained in any Act of Parliament to the contrary, no
contract or dealing shall be deemed to be invalid or open to
objection on the ground that the weights or measures ex-
pressed or referred to in such contract or dealing are
weights and measures of the metric system, or on the
ground that decimal subdivisions of legal weights and
measures, whether metric or otherwise, are used in such
contract or dealing. In a schedule annexed to the act the
equivalents of metric weights and measures are set forth.
ST. DAVID'S CATHEDRAL.—There is every pros-
pect now that the restoration of this ancient cache.
dral, which has been in a dilapidated state for many a score
of years past, will be at once proceeded with. A meeting
of the Restoration Building Committee has been held, at
which four tenders were submitted for carrying out the four
divisions of the work, the totals being as follows :—G. Pol-
lard, £13,990; Hood and Son, £:5,813; T. Williams,
£16,639; James and Price, £17,384. The committee ac-
cepted the tender of Mr G. Pollard, and it was determined
that the first division, comprising the lower part of the tower
and the choir, and the fourth division, comprising the dry
areas and drains, should be first completed before commen-
o!ng the other two divisions. This will involve an expendi-
ture of £3,978. and it was reported at the meeting that the
subsciiptions already promised amounted to £8,309. St.
David's is the mother church of Wales, and the restoration
is looked upon with general favour throughout the princi-
pality. The hon. secretaries of the restoration fund are Mr
C. Allen, Tenby, and the Rev. Canon Thomas, Steynton,
Milford.
HAYES COMMON AGAIN ON FIRE.--On Sunday
considerable alarm was occasioned by what appeared
to be a very extensive fire, and which was visible over the
whole of the metropolis. Mr Henderson, of the London
Fire Brigade, and the conductors of the Prince of Wales'
Volunteer Fire Brigade, New-cross, with numerous parish
engines, started for the scene of the conflagration, on reach-
ing which it was ascertained that the furze on Hayes-com-
mon, near Bromley, was in flames. There was no water to
be obtained, and a stiff breeze prevailing, the flames spread
like wildfire. Efforts were made by the police and others
to extinguish the fire, but it was found impossible to do
anything but allow it to burn itself out, and about four
acres of furze were consequently destroyed. This is the
second time the common has been on fire within a few days.
LEAPING FROM A TRAIN.—On Saturday evening
Joseph Nixon, a lad between 12 and 13 years of
age, the son of Mr William Nixon, a master carter, residing
at Edge-hill, was killed at the Huyton station of the London
and North-Western Railway. It appears the poor boy was
sent to pay some club money for his brother, at the Queen's
Arms Inn, at Huyton, and that he was afterwards to remain
for some time at the house of his uncle, Mr Joseph
Watkin, builder, of that village. At Edge•hill he by
mistake got into the train which leaves Lime-street at 6 45,
and which does not stop at Huyton, instead of the one that
leaves at 7 o'clock. On reaching Huyton station he per-
ceived the error he had made, and, though the train was
dashing along at full speed, he unfortunately opened the
carriage door and jumped out just as the train had passed
the platform. He fell upon his head, and was picked up
insensible and bleeding profusely. He was taken into one
of the waiting-rooms, and Dr. Gorat sent for. That
gentleman was immediately in attendance, but medical aid
was of no avail, the little fellow's skull being fearfully
fractured. He died in less than an hour after the accident,
not having spoken or regained consciousness. The body
was conveyed to the Queen's Arms Inn, where it awaits a
coroner's inquest, and Mr Watkin then came to Liverpool
to bring the melancholy tidings of his nephew's death to his
parents. It seems that there were several persons—two of
them men—in the same compartment of the carriage with
tho boy, and, most extraordinary to relate, none of them
atteWpted to prevent him committing an act which was
almost certain to result in his destruction.—Liverpool

Mercury,
The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2i per mills pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On
comparing, these rates with Ulu English Mint price of £3
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
rather more than I.llth per cent. dearer in Paris than in
London.
By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mar
and the short exchanv on London is 13.51 per £1 sterlin:;.
Standard gold at the Disglish Mint price is, therefore, about