The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-13 00:00:00

The Accouchement of the Princess of Wales.
We learn that her Royal Highness the Princess
of \Vales continues to progress in a very satisfac-
tory manner, and that the young Prince is healthy
and thriving.
The bulletin displayed yesterday at Marlborough
House, where the inquiries were again very nume-
rous, was as follows :
" Frogmore, Jan, 12, 10.30 a.m.
" Her Royal Highness the Princess of VTales has
passed another good night, and is progressing as
favourably as possible. The infant Prince eon-
tinues quite well.
(Signed) " ARTHUR FAURE, M.D.
" E. El. SIEVEKING, M.D."
The Queen again visited the Princess and her
infant son at Frogmore yesterday afternoon, and
stayed till a late hoar, after which. her Majesty
returned to the Castle.
His Royal Highness Prince Arthur arrived at
the Windsor Station of the Great Western Railway
at 1.45 p.m., having left Paddington by the one
o'clock train.
A copy of the above bulletin was also sent by
Lieutenant-General Knollys to the Mayor of
Windsor, who caused it to be posted at the Town-
hall for the information of the inhabitants.
The congratulatory visits to Frogmore House
were continued yesterday, though the calls were
not quite so numerous as on Monday, being con-
fined principally to persons resident in the imme-
diate locality.
Preparations have been made at the Castle for
the return of her Majesty to Osborne this day. Her
Majesty, since her return to Windsor, has been con-
stant in her visits to Frogmore, and, with the Prin-
cesses Helena and Beatrice, displays the warmest
interest in the welfare of her infant grandson.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal
Highness the Princess Mary honoured the performance of
W. C. Levey's popular operetta " Fanchette" with their
presence last evening. The royal visitors remained for the
grand pantomime.
The Duke of Devonshire is entertaining a select
party at Holkar Hall, near,Milnthorpe, Lancashire.
The Marquis of Hartington has arrived at Devon-
shire House from a tour of visits.

The Earl Granville, the Lord President of the
Council ; the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. §ir George
Grey, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., and the Earl
De Grey are among the members of the Cabinet who hava
already arrived in town for the meeting of Parliament.
Lord Wodehouse, the Minister Extraordinary on
a special mission to his Majesty the King of Denmark, is
expected to return to London to-day, accompanied by Mr.
Currie, the Hon. Henry Wodehouse, and Mr. Sanderson.
Lord Huntingfield has left the St. George's
Hotel. _ _

The Earl of Cawdor is expected in South Audley-
street this day from Stacpole Court, Pembrokeshire, in
order to be present to-morrow at the marriage of his lord-
ship's niece, Lady Alice Cuffe, with the Hon. Major Hen-
niker. We understand' that the Countess of Cawdor has
quite recovered from the effrcts of the accident on the ice
last week.

The Countess of Elgin is expected to arrive in
this country early in February from India. The Earl of
Durham has left England m meet his lordship's sister on
her way homewards.
The Countess of Dunmore and the Ladies Mur-
ray have arrived on Carltoa House-terrace from Dunmore
Castle, N.B,
Viscount Palmerston is still suffering from gout
in the left arm, and was, inconsequence, absent from the
Cabinet Council yesterday. According to present arrange-
ments the noble Premier anl Lady Palmerston are not ex-
pected to return to Cambridge House until the 20th inst.
VISCOUNT COMBERMERE is in the enjoyment of
his usual good health at Clifton.
THE MARRIAGE OF MISS VINCENT, daughter of
H. W. Vincent, Esq., of Thornwood Lodge, Campden-hill,
and Captain Lane, will be celebrated shortly.
THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY has been gazetted
Honorary Colonel of the Tower Hamlets Ist Administrative
Battalion.

SIR GEORGE BROWN, commanding the forces in
Ireland, has issued an order, directing that, for the future,
bands attending military funerals are not to play when re-
turning therefrom.
THE VENERABLE HERE FINTELMANN, the King
of Prussia's head gardener at Charlottenburg, died
on Christmas-day at the ago of ninety. Those who have
visited Berlin will recall bow he used to tell, with evident
pride, that in his boyhood, when he Was employed in the
gardens of Sans Souci, Frederick the Great was wont to
search out the largest and finest figs with his eyes, and,
pointing to them with his cane, make him mount the trees
and gather them for him. But, if ho spoke with pride of
this occupation of his boyhood connecting his memories
with the great king, he would tell with enthusiasm of the
culture of the first dahlias, which Humboldt had
brought over from America, and first introduced into
Prussia. To old Mr. Fintelmann the beautiful gardens on
Peacocks' Island, near Potsdam, the favourite resort of
King Frederick William the Third, owe their chief attrac-

tions.
GOVERNMENT XNDITU
Hankey, M.P., delivered a lecture to the Bank of
Exp P.E.—Last night Mr.
England Library and Literary Association in the Reading-
room of the institution. The chair was occupied by Mr.
Hodgson, M.P., Govertor of the Bank, who stated that
the lecturer had taken a leading part in founding the
Hankey chose for his subject " One Year of Government
Expenditure; or, how the money comes in, and goes out."
society, and had shown Peat interest in its progress. Mr.
He first dealt with the cash account of the Treasury from
the Ist of April, 1862, to the 31st of March, 1863, specify-
ing the amount expended by each department of the
Government, and explaining how the various items were
made out. The total ordinary expenditure for the year was
£69,302,007 19s. 2d. He then went through the items of
revenue in the same way, showing what the several de-
partments produced, with the cost of collection. The
ordinary income was £70,604,600 15s. 3d,, being £1,302,552
16s. ld. in excess of the expenditure. He pointed oat,
however, that in addition £1,050,000 had bete expended on
fortifications, reducing the excess of income over eltpentil -
ture to £252,552 16s. ld, Mr. Hankey concluded hig
tu which was listened to throughout with marked
attention,leere' by paying a high tribute to the honour and In-
tegrity which in the present, day characterised the public
servants. The proceedings terminated with a vote of
thanks to the lecturer and the chairman.

BLACK AND Wl:mt.—One William Still, in a
letter to the Philadelphia Press, dated the 11th ult.,
writes as follows :—" I had occasion to-day to come into
Philadelphia from Germantown, and Entered ono of the city
er cars,
and ford I that
Quickly the conductor ap-
proachedass eng
me, m the fare, but before he
took time to hand me the
change that was due to me, he
'lt is against the rules,' he added. ' Who
ptenpduerrepdose b. i
invited me 'to step out on the platform,' Why is this?'
I remarked.
objects ?' I inquired. It is the aristocrats,' he again added.
' Well, it is a cruel rule! and I believe this is the only city
oe
cannot
r inn()
et
te
bin e theelle
allowed
civilised
city passenger car.' I told
him that 1 paid taxes, 80., but of course it was all of no
ridewod Where a dectnt coloured man
in a
avail, Riding on the platform on a bitter cold day like this,
I need not say, is almost intolerable, but to compel persons
to pay the same as those who enjoy comfortable seats inside
by a good fire seems quite atrocious. Yet I fat, under the
circumstances, compelled to submit to the prong for the
ed to world
sake of arriving at my place of business dui
ice time. But
before I arrived at my destination it began to scow, which,
as I was already thoroughlY chilled with the cold, made the
platform utterly intolerable I hence I concluded to walk the
rest of the distance, and accordingly got off, feeling satisfied
that nowhere in Christendom could be found a b4ter illus-
tration of JO rt'
ge -anny's decision in the Dred Scott case, in
which he declaredthat black ton hate he rights which white
men are bound to respect, than are demonstrated by the rules
of the passenger cars of the City of Brotherly Love. A
venerable old minister of the Gospel, in going from Ore to
his home at Frankford, one dark, cold, and rainy nigit last
winter, while occupying the only place on the platform
assigned for coloured people, was killed. Who has for-
gotten this fact ? Ono evening' in going home frog' 4
lecture, two elegantly dressed young women stepped into a
car, and took seats. The conductor courageously brought
the rules forward, and one of them instantly stepped out,
while the other remained. The car was stopped, and the
conductor seized her, and actually, by physical force, thrust
her out of the car. The father of this young woman pays'
several hundred dollars taxes annually ; keeps his horse
and carriage, and lives its nicely as most respectable oitizens.
But the God-given hue of the skin of his daughter rendered
her obnoxious to the rules of the railway company, and she
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had to submit to the Rutrag°'