The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-04 00:00:00

THE FAMILY OF KINGS,

The following is a tabalar list of the thirty-
nine reigning sovereigns of Europe, divided
into three sections, namely, those of purely
German birth and education, those of German
descent, and those not German, but more or less
allied, to German families. The last, as the least
numerous, deserves precedence.

NON• GERMAN SOVEREIGNS.

Franc©
Italy

Portugal
Spain

id Norway.
'ERMAN DESCENT.

Sweden a
SOVEREIGNS OF
Great Britain
Netherlands
SOVEE,IGNS BORN AND
Anhalt
Austria
Baden
Bavaria
Belgium
Brunswick
Denmark
Greece
Hanover
Hesse-Cassel
„ Darmstadt
, Ho wburg
Lichtenstein'
Lippe-Detmold Waldeck
Mecalenburg-Schwerin Wurtemberg
It is a not uninteresting fact in connection with
this list, that, while the actual number of reigr.ing
European sovereigns has decreased by six withio
as many years, five of these sovereigns, of Modena,
Monaco, Naples, Parma, and Tuscany belonged to
the first of the above three classes. So that e ven
the Italian war of Independence has contributed t°
the comparative increase of pure Teutonic blood,
among the sovereign families of Europe.—S.pec.
tator.

Portugal
Russia
DUCATED IN GERMANY.
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Nassau
Old enburg
R cuss- Greiz
„ Schleiz
Saxe-Altenburg
„ Coburg-Gotha
„ Meiningen
„ Weimar
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OFFICIAL APPOINTALE N T S.—Mr. G. Bracken-
bury, her Majesty's Consul at Madrid, has been appointed
Consul at Charente. The consulship at Madrid will,not be
filled up. Mr. Ricketts has been appointed Consul at
Sarawak. The Rev. John Renwick is appointed assistant
and successor to the Rev. John Ramsay, minister oi' the
church and parish of Gladsmuir.—Observer.
LORD PALMERSTON.—We regret to state that
the noble Premier's non-attendance at the Cabinet Cot moil
on Saturday was owing to a somewbat sharp attack of
gout. His lordship remains at his seat, Broadlands, H. ants'
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in
London on Saturday afternoon, from Hawarden Castle,
Chester.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson arrived is
town on Saturday, from the seat of Viscount Palmer atoll,
Broadlands, Hants.

Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., C onr
mander-in -chief, and Major-General Lord Wm. Paula,
C. 8., commanding the south-western district, embarked osi
board the Fire Queen, steam-yacht, Staff-Commander Fault
on Saturday morning, and proceeded to Osborne, to yap
their respects to her Majesty.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have left Grosvenor-gate for Mentmore, Bucks, on a vitt°
to Baron and Baroness de Rothschild.
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE is ill, and rumoufS
that he will resign before the meeting of Parliament are
multiplying fast.
THE PALACE OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES
PRINCE AND PRINCESS LOUIS OF HESSE, DAR**
STADT.—A. palace is being built in Darmstadt, a descrir
tion of which cannot fail to be of interest to our readers,
as it is destined to become the home of a member of
the royal family. It is the palace of their Royal
nesses Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse. The hel
building will form a prominent feature in the town ,
Darmstadt by its size and position. The site (a large
garden of 350 ft. by 1,500 ft.) is the property (it tb°,
Crown ; it was formerly used for botanical purposeS
will now be laid out as a garden for the use of the pr hie°
and princess. The east end of the site faces the
minenplatz, a handsome square, with the Catholi°
church, a cupola-covered structure, designed by the late
esteemed architect Moller. To the west the garden gr
tends to another square, called Marienplatz, while tower (11/
the north and south it is bounded by two broad streeto
from which it is separated by rows of chestnut trees. Being'
moreover, situate in the highest part of the town, with I'
gentle slope from east to west, this garden combines all the
advantages of a site at once healthy and beautiful. 06,,
view from the first floor of the palace, over the garden fav
the wide valley of the Rhine towaras the hills of the Pale'
finale, the hills near Mayence, and the Taunus mountaiest
is truly charming. The building stands at a distance of 12°
feet from the east end of the garden. It consists of e.
principal or centre part, and two adjoining wings ; the bael‘
elevation, or garden front of the former, being enriched 1:1,,
a projecting rotunda, winged on both sides by terraces 01,'"
flights of steps leading to the garden. The principal front'
facing the Wilhelminen-square, has a projecting entrance°,,
porch, constructed for carriages to drive under it, that
visitors may alight under cover. this porch forms a sPgi
cious balcony, with a balustrade on the top. The walls e,
the building are constructed of brickwork. The rusticated
plinth, the columns, the archivolts, the architraves, and cot°
nicer aro of red sanestone from the quarries of the Ocleirt
wald and the banks of the Main, The decorative parts
the cornices, as dentils, &c., the capitals of the colurce°
and pilastres, the balustrades, the sculptured frieze, havil
medallions with trophies and other suitable emblems,
the festoons are executed in terracotta. Of the external
decorations, the rose, shamrock, and thistle, the Heesito
arms surrounded by the garter, awl the English arms, viiLl
form characteristic and ornamental parts. The style
Italian, and more purely carried out than is usually tl/8
case on the Continent. The building is being executed frel
the design and under the superintendence of the architect °
their Royal Highnesses, Mr. Conrad Kraus, of Mayelaee°
and will be finished in the autumn of 1864.-73W/der.
THE NATIONAL SHAKSPERE COMMITTEE.--J
Granville, Lord President of the Privy Council, slid
the Right Ron. the Lord Mayor of London have accePteo
office as Vice-Presidents. The following gentlemen bey
joined the Committee—The Rcv. Thomas Corser, of SO:
chester, James Spence, Esq., of Liverpool, HenrY 17:
Bright, Esq., of Liverpool, S. R. Solly, Esq., G. Vieit3e;
Esq., Princess's Theatre, James Anderson, Esq., Surr"
Theatre, G B, Martin, Esq , Exeter-hall, and J.
Alan d, M D.
M. GOUNOD'S " CECILIAN MASS" was perior.-
tit
at the Protestant Church cf St. Andrews, Wells-street,
a Midnight Service on. Christmas Eve!