The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-03 00:00:00

previous to this point of the day's proceedings tha

a fatal accident occurred, casting a gloom upon all
who knew the circumstances. One of the crew
of the Osborne told off to assist in bringing
the ladder up the ship's side, missed his footing and
fell into the water. The Osborne at the moment
had still way upon her, and so the sailor drifted
astern. A life buoy was dropped almost over his
Lead, but either the man could not swim and be-
came confused, or possibly he had received some
injury in the fall, for though the buoy was within
three feet of him in the water, and he kept himself
up for a little time, he was quite unable to grasp
the safety which lay will; his reach. The yachts
Ead not met at the time he felt overboard, and the
Princess of Wales was the first in the English ship
to see the accident. As soon as it was perceived
that the man could not reach the buoy a rush was
made from opposite sides—from the Osborne by a
boat hastily pulled by his shipmates, and from the
Vslkyrien in the little tug steamer, Prince Oscar
himself hastening and dirccOlg the ciflrt. Both
boats simultaneously reached the spot, where a tenth
of a second before the poor fellow was struggling
for lite. A hat still marked the place where he
hadabn, and a few feet below it tome cried out
that they could see a dark mass settling down like a
stone, A hasty thrust of a boathook was made, but
it fell short some
to the
feet of the mark, and the
body now:
ea the surface again. The Sala-
mis remained behindrecov for the purpose of continuing
the exertions to
ne, for at that point but the task is a difficultone, o thei recover it,
is from 30 to 40
feet deep. An incidentf
otherwise
a character natu-
rally disarranged what
the course of events. The
princess
would have beer,
seeees retired to her
deck f
cabin, and did not appear onsome time, It
of was fortunate, perhfipß, that a pointlittllrt
had set its
for-
mality, upon which the Swedish e
heart, turned the thoughts of the party into
a
ff-:rent channel. H;3 Royal Highness; adhering di-
tfo
the rule which he has acted upon throughout his

present journey of appearing as Baron Renfrew, and
not as Prince of Wales, contemplated an entry into
Stockholm in equally simple morning costume to
that in which he landed at Elsinore. And to that
wish so much reapect was paid that the members of
the British Legation went to meet his Royal High.
nese in plain clothes. Prince Oscar, however, who
himself was in full uniform, caused it to be known
that a strong desire existed at Court to obtain that
one concession, and eventually the Prince of Wales
gave way, and with the members of his suite affected
a change of dress in the interval of time remaining
before the capital was reached.

Meanwhile, preparations had been going forward
energetically in Stockholm to receive the Royal
visitors with becoming respect. The wishes of his
Royal Highness were complied with as to all that
could give a public character to the arrival ; but,
privately, the Swedish Court felt itself at liberty to
take carte blanche, and did,everything that was
possible to render the reception of their illustrious
guests magnificent. The principal apartments in
the Palace were to a great extent refitted. This is
a building for which we have no equal in England,
and those who have never seen it must throw their
minds back to the giant structures of Assyria and
Babylon, if they would attain a proper conception
of its dimensions. Stockholm has been called " the
Venice of the North," and the name has a certain
appropriateness, for the capital is in a great measure
built upon islands and intersected by side channels ;
some of its streets have also much of the irregu-
larity of Edinburgh. But there are points of dif-
ference between Stockholm and both of these cities,
which gin) to the former a marked degree of in-
dividual interest—and in no respect is the origis
nality of the chief city of Sweden better seen
than in its Palace. Built on the highest part of the
central island, its walls tower above all the neigh,•
bearing houses, and a mere approach, known as the
Lion's Staircase, is a marvel of architectural b6ldness
and success. This site is far finer than our own Trite
falgarasquare, and it has been turned to far better
account. All the grandest apartments are on the
highest story, from which magnificent views are
obtainable over the lakes surrounding or forming
thoroughfares in Stockholm. Almost every room
placed at the disposal of the Peirce or Princess of
Wales has its separate historic interest, and upon
the decorations, either now or at some recent period,
an amount of wealth must have been lavished which
England, wealthy ss she is, is seldom in the humour
to expend upon her palaces. In front of the building
is an extensive terrace laid out as a garden, and
overlooking the quay and harbour. The landing-
place for the royal party was immediately under
this terrace, and from an early hour all the points
of view were occupied from which it was supposed
that the Osborne could best be seen when she drew
up beside the quay. A long platform extend-
ing for a couple of hundred feet and covered
w ith blue cloth was laid down from the carriage
way to the water's edge, and protecting barriers at
either side were similarly covered with the cloth,
ornamented with the yellow crown, showing that
the space was reserved for Royal purposes. This
privileged promenade from the point of debarka-
tion to the nearest point where carriages could draw
up was kept by a double line of police in neat
shakos of a new shape, and a number of gendarmes
with silvered batons of more pretending appearance.
These gendarmes were moulded somewhat after the
French model, but equipped with better taste. In
fact, it may be said of all such regular forces as
Sweden possesses that they are, for the most part,
exceedingly well dressed. Some infantry helmets
and naval uniforms mingled with the gathering,
but the great bulk of the attendance was composed
exclusively of the people. Immediately under
the castle wall a body of men on horseback waited
with the royal carriages the arrival of the yacht,
and the appearance of these troopers formed a very
characteristic item in the ecene. They were the
Swedish Life Gaards, and until recently the regie
ment wore a uniform somewhat resembling that used
in other countries for the especial service for which
household troops are intended. The present King,
however, conceived the idea of reviving the uniform
of Charles Xll.'e favourite cavalry. The straight-
cocked hat and equare-cut coat appear now upon the
occasion of all state ceremonies. Functionaries clad
in uniforms radiant with decorations began to appear
towards 6 o'clock, and, among others, the Come
me.ndan tof the City, the Commander-in. Chief of the
Swedish forces, the chief and second in command of
the police, &c. About the same time it began to be
evident that the royal party unless they arrived very
soon would be unable to see any of the arrangements
made for the reception, ES the evening was fast
closing in. Half-past 6, and ultimately 7, o'clock
came and no Prince and Princess of Wales. The
rows of expectant faces and flower vases along
the castle terrace first became invisible, then the
Palace itself grew into a dull gloomy shadow.
Finally night settled down upon the scene, with no
moon or stars to be seen. Here was a disappoint-
ment, for all the arrangements had been made for
a landing in daylight. The Swedish officials, how-
ever, apparently know how to adapt themselves to
circumstances, for in five or ten minutes the police
were provided with lighted torches, Lights also
began to burn cheerily and with a welcome gleam in
many of the rooms in the Palace, and on the water
level the interest was sustained by watching the little
steam gondolas, which holding 12 or 15 persons each,
and all with their red or blue light, like so many
glow-worms darted within and without regardless of
the darkness. After several false alarms, the guns of
the battery a short distance below Stockholm an.
nounced that the yacht might be expected to arrive
in 15 or 20 minutes. Then the guns of the Aurora
answered the salute, and this was an additional
gauge of the safe arrival of the party. The reports
neither from the fort nor the Aurora could be heard,
but the successive flashes had in the distance ex-
actly the effect of sheet lightning, illumining for
a secord one whole quarter of the sky, and then
dying away into shadow as complete as bafore.
For a time, though cheering could be heard rolling
loudly along the banks of the stream, it was impas-
sible to make out anything of the Osborne. At
last a range of blue lights held along the vessel's
side revealed clearly what was taking place. The
largest pinnace had been lowered and manned, and
into this their Royal Highnesses and Prince Oscar,
with the members of their respective suites, Eng-
lish and Danish, had already descended and taken
their places, and were now being rowed towards
the shore. The delight occasioned by this discovery
and by the really beautiful spectacle that burst on
the crowd was very great. And no picture could
well have been more charming than that revealed
in the blue glare. A capacious ship's boat with
flags, fore and aft, holding a co•_npany of some 40,
consisting partly of ladies and partly of officers in
full uniform, was making its way with the aid of
all but noiseless oars through deep shadow into the
welcome glare of th© torches. These reached and
foot set on terra firma, it was bat a step to the
carriages, and as the members successively
of the
Royal family took their places in them, running
footmen with flambeaux dashed to the front, the
quaintly-costumed horsemen galloped at their side,
the coaches themselves tore off at speed, and a
spectacle exciting and in the highest degree pleasing
was presented.
The members of the Royal circle and suife assem-
bled with as little delay as possible after their arrival
at dinner in the castle. The latter was set in two

separate, but adjoining rooms. In the inner apart-
ment the King ;and Queen of Sweden, Prince and
Princess of Wales, Prices Okar and the queen
Dowager,Prince Augustus, and the Danish Minister
repreEenting the King of Denmark dined—a purely
Royal party—by themselves, In the outer room all
the members of the Royal suites, with the English
Chargé d'Affaires, dined.
About 10 o'clock the leading members of the
Court having in the meantime dressed for the pur-
pose, the Royal party paid a short visit to the
theatre, where they arrived in time to see the last
act of the Swedish version of "The Daughter of the
Regiment." The house is much larger and of a
more ornamental character than the Hof-Theatre at
Copenhagen. Five tiers of boxes rise one above the
other to the ceiling, the decorations being purely
white and gold ; and in the case of the stage boxes
there is a curious arrangement by which the size of
the aperture, being reduced to that of a large oval
I medallion, the occupant for the time being pres nte,

to the audience the appearance of being, not an in-
dividual, but a portrait set within this frame. The
audience rose immediately on the entrance of the
Royal party, and the orchestra performed the Na-
tional Anthem, which so closely resembles our own
as to be scarcely distinguishable. Etiquette, on
such occasions, is opposed to any other manifesta-
tions, The King led the Princess of Wales to a seat
at his right hand, the Prince of Wales in like man-
ner brought in the Queen Dowager, the Prince
Oscar conducting the Queen of Sweden to her seat.
The King wore the uniform of the Hussars of
Charles XV., of which regiment he is the proprietors
with the decorations of the Seraphim, of St. Olof,
and of the Freemasons.

The Prince of IN' ales wore a general's uniform,with
the riband of the Bath. The three ladies in the
Royal box wore simple wreaths of flowers, the
Queen and the Princess of Wales being dressed in
blue and white lace, the Queen Dowager in mauve
with white lace, having, moreover, mauve ribands

wined into her wreath. At the close of the Na-

tional Anthem there was a flourish of trumpets,
during which the King stood and bowed repeatedly.
The Royal family seemed much gratified with that
portion of the performances which they had the
opportunity of seeing. The Prince of Wales
manifested satisfaction in the English manner by
smiling and looking pleased. The King, on the
contrary, freely kept time to such passages of the
music as he most approved, directing the attention
of his visitors apparently to morceaux of special
excellence. Both on the way to and from the the•
atre the Royal party were loudly cheered in the
streets.

In the Omnibus—A Sketch.

The following charming little sketch (signed

" Sadie") is taken by us from The Queen of last
Saturday :
A mighty woman with a bundle, a cross woman
with a baby, an uncomfortable woman with a dog,
an old gentleman with an ear-trumpet, a beaming
young lady with an expansive crinoline, and the
usual complement of nothing.particular-people, in.
eluding mineself, John Hayes, gentlemen at large.
I would not have been inside if I could have helped
it; nor in an omnibus at all if I could have helped
it; and, judging from the surrounding faces, we
were all in the same plight. We were all hot, and
we all hated one another. When a fellow-creature
is visibly radiating the calorie one already has in
excess, hatred for him, or even her, follows in Iogi•
cal sequence, and we were waiting, absolutely wait-
ing, for more passengers.
" Are you going on, conductor P" said a gentle-
man near the door.

" Gent's of inquirin' turn o' mind," was the re■
ply, addressed to the lamppost. The meek man
was quenched, but the mighty woman, pointing
into the omnibus, said—" Look there, conductor,'
and he peered in. Her tone was so solemnly ex-
pressive that we were all conscience-stricken.
The uncomfortable woman covered her dog to the
verge of suffocation, the old gentleman put up his
ear-trumpet. as I have noticed deaf people generally
do if there is anything to be seen ; I, being con-
scious of an odour of half-burnt cigar about my
waistcoat pocket, tried to look Eau-de-Cologne.
The mighty woman repeated " Look there !" and
the conductor's eyes, as in a mesmeric sleep, fol-
lowed her finger up to the end and the roof of
the omnibus. Then he read aloud—" In case of
incivility." There he stopped, and grunted "Ugh!''
Bat that conductor was conquered; how delighted
we all were, and with what toadyism we looked
at the mighty woman, who tried to seem un-
conscious, and at last failed ignominiously by
breaking into a hearty laugh, and exclaiming,
" That did him, I thick ; but it was almost a
shame, poor fellow." We ceased to honour, and
began to love our champion afier this.
" Please help me in, blind." It was the tiniest,
sweetest voice ; we all turned to see a little girl lay
her hand confidently on the conductor's arm. 1
took her from him as fearfully as if she had been in
very truth -what she looked like—my pariah Clytie
—the same sweet face, with the delicate featu►es
ant drooping white eyelids; but the sadness of her
pallor was relieved by the vivid dark gold of her
hair, which fell in dark thick rolls into her neck.

"Isn't there a dog here ?" she said presently.
" Yes, darling," and the dog's owner, us she
handed it to the child, looked uncomfortable no
longer, the blind face turned to her's seemed to charm
away its nervousness. •
" What a dear fellow," said Clytie, and the rough
terrier grew popular.
"Do they let you go far alone" said the cross
woman.

" Oh, yes." The little one gave a low glad laugh
of triamph. " I've been to the blind school ; I can
do everything for myself now.''
"Would you mind saying that again, my dear 1'
I'm very deaf," said the old gentleman. She re-
peated her sentence, adding, with an old womanly
pity, "It must be so sad to be deaf."

I said involuntarily, " You don't look as though
you were ever sad."
" I ? Oh no, I never am now Emy is well."
"Who is Emy
"Why, little sister ;° oh ! such a little darling,
but she was ill for a long time, so long,"
Clytie's voice faltered, as though she were living
over again a great sorrow.
" Bat she is well now ?" I said.
" Oh yes, quite strong, and it is so nice."
"Hive you many sisters and brothor ?" asked
the young lady."
" No, only Emy, and one brother, baby Tom ;
he's such a great fat fellow, and he laughs, you can't
think how he laughs." If it was anything like
the musical rill his sister sent rippling through the
air, I should like to have heard that baby.
what does he laugh at ?" said the cross woman,
" Oh, everything; at Emy and me, when we play
Punch and Judy; and at dinner, when there's dump-
lings, and sometimes he lays on the floor, and laughs
at himself, and we laugh too, it's so funny." The
tf i o
theus,
wroearallof the deaf
joined in,
lwitittlhe one'svarimirth wasula innfsecoous
tio
gentleman, who could'nt stop himself, and set us off
again, little Clytie clapping her soft gloved hands,
mod
till she made the dog bark, and the conductor looked
in to say, " Well, if ever I see such a row."
" Easton-road, please," said Clytie, turning into
a business woman all at once.

The unwelcome place seemed to come directly;
as I turned from helping the child out, I saw the
cross woman's face breaking up into tears.
" It's queer," she said, " but I feel like to cry to
see Ler so merry."

I was unpleasantly conscious of what my dear
mother used to call the apple in my throat, so I was
grateful to the deaf gentleman for saying "Eh 1"
and saving the effort of replying. We all fell into
quietness, but it was curious to notice how forbear-
ing we grew to one another; the child's great loss,
worn like a flowemrown on the heal of some pic-
tured saint, made our petty discomforts all melt
away. The young lady began to play with the
baby, the old gentleman with the dog, and I, who
object to all gratuities on the principle of never
having any money to spare, was absolutely pleased,
when the mighty woman handed back her change
to her vanquished foe, saying—
" Never mind the penny, conductor."
Even the cross woman grew quite interesting over
a reminiscence of a youth she had known when she
was a girl, who had recovered his sight after being
blind for a year.
I think if, instead of being a plucked civil service
candidate, I could be a woman with a mission, I
would chose that of my unconscious little Cly tie.

ACCIDENT TO A CATTLE DEALER.—A very serious
accident occurred on Friday afternoon last to Mr.
Benjamin Greaves, of Worksop, an extensive cattlo dealer,
who, having been at Lincoln market, called at Gainaboro'
on his way home, having some cattle grazing at that place.
lla was turning away from inspecting a cow, when it

rushed upon him, knocked him down, and gored him with
its horns most fearfully. On his attempting to rise the
beast again attacked him, breaking his collar-bone, and
bruising him all over his body. Assistance was rendered
as soon as possible by two boatmen who were on the river
bank, and owing to their aid Mr Greaves' life was saved.
He was afterwards conveyed to his home at Worksop, and
the assistance of Mr li. N. Hett, surgeon, called in, under
whose treatment hopes are entertained of his recovery,—
Stamford fferceery.

The Death of General Morgan.

(From the Abingdon Virginian.)

On the 3d September, accompanied by the brigades of
Giltner, Hodges, and Smith, a detachment of Vaughan's,
with four pieces of artillery, Gen. Morgan and his staff
approached the town of Greenville, Tennessee. Scouts
had brought the information that the enemy were not
nearer than Bull's Gap, 16 miles distant, and, in addi-
tion, a guard had been sent into the village to recon-
noitre. Upon the report of the entire absence of the
enemy, Cassel's battalion, commanded by Captain I. M.
Clarke, together with four guns, were posted some 300 or
400 yards from the Courthouse, when General Morgan and
his staff entered and established their headquarters at the
residence of Mrs Williams, near the centre of the town.
Shortly after the advent of the guard in town, young Mrs
Williams, daughter of the lady at whose house General
Morgan had his headquarters, disappeared—a scout was
sent for, but could not find her, and as she returned with
the enemy next morning, it app ears she had ridden
all the way to Bull's Gap, and had given information of
Morgan's whereabouts, and the strength of the guard.
After visiting the camps and seeing that pickets had been
duly posted, General Morgan and his staff, at a late hour
of the night, retired to rest. They were startled from their
slumbers about 6 o'clock on Sunday morning by the elder
Mrs. Williams, who informed them that the Yankees had
surrounded the house. The General and his staff at once
sprang from their beds, armed themselves, and rushed out
at the opposite door to that at which the Yankees were
thundering. On the side of the house where they escaped
there is a very large yard and garden, with a great deal Of
foliage and a vineyard. These, together with the basement
of the oli hotel at the south-western extremity of the
grounds, enabled them to conceal themselves for a time ;
but the Yankees by this time began to appear so thick and
fast around them that concealment became hopeless, and
they rushed out to attempt to fight their way through, in
the hope of succour and assistance from the battalion so
near at hand. The officers with General Morgan were
Major Gassett, and Capts. Withers, Rogers, and Clay, and
a young gentleman named Johnson, a clerk in the office of
the Adjutant General. At this time they were all, except
Withers and Clay, in the basement of the old hotel, occu-
pied by Mrs. Fry, who was all the time calling to the Yan-
kees, informing them of the hiding place of the "rebels."
Seeing escape almost hopeless, General Morgan directed
Major Gassett to examine and see if there was any chance
of escape from the front of the basement into the street.
Major Gassett looked, and replied that there was a chance,
but it was a desperate one, which Gen. Morgan did not hear,
as at that instant the Yankees charged up to the fence
separating the hotel from Mrs. Williams's ground, when
the General, with Major Gassett, Captain Rogers, and Mr
Johnson, sprang out in the direction of the vineyard, when
the two latter were captured and the General killed. The

latter had just fired his pistol, and was in the act of firing
again when he fell. Capts. Withers and Clay had not been
able to get out of the house, and concealed themselves in or
near it. Major Gassett, in the meantime,sought shelter in the
basement and vineyard alternately, but could not elude the
vigilance of Mrs Fry, who was all the time directing
attention to his whereabouts. Being the only rebel left—
Withers and Clay having been discovered and betrayed by
a negro—Major Gassett's ingenuity was put to work to
avoid capture. Mrs Fry knew he was in the basement, and
the Yankees were as thick around him as snakes in harvest.
After passing to and fro several times between the basement
and the garden, all the time under fire, he finally took shelter
in the former, and at an auspicious moment sprang into
the street, gave, Mrs Fry a parting blessing in his exit,
mounted a horse hitched mar by, and made his escape. A
great many shots were fired by tho Yankees, but the only
one which took effect was that which killed Gen. Morgan,
piercing his right breast, and ranging through diagonally.

Withers, Rogers, Clay, and Johnson are now, we presume,
in a Yankee prison, and Major Gassett is again on duty
with his command. The general was determined never to
surrender, and told members of his staff they must not give
up. He was heard to say, " They have got me sure," when
he drew his pistol and commence i firing. After General
Morgan had been killed, the unfeeling brutes threw his
lifeless body across a horse, and paraded it through the
streets.