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To day a grand hunting expedition was urgaeen'
by the 'Royal family, who started, with most of the
distinguished guests now staying with them on a
visit, frnm the Castle of Fredensborg at the early
hour of half-past 9 a.m. Tho circular court yard in
front of the Chateau of Fredensborg presented a
very animated appearates, the farmers resident in
the rbighbourhood having eaimed the right of lure
nishing vehicles ace ;rding to the usage which ob.,
teins Ca such occasions. lo eld times it form-d pin
of the royal preceptive the the inhabitants of the
district through which the Sovereign passed should
supply whatever vehicles they possessed for the use
of the Royal retinue, and assist iu dreggieg them
ever the villanous roads ss hich then existed. Ia
more modern times the oppressive portion of this
prerogative has been abandoned, and the f:,rmers,
grateful for this concessien, have voluet trily con-
tinued to furnish the requisite means of transport
whenever a battue is contemplated. Necessarily the
vehicles are of a very elementary description, but
the practice is indicative of good feeling between
Sovereign and subject, and, as such, importance is
rightly attached to its maintenance. Of the care
riages, all ordinary chars a bane of the country,
nearly 20 were required to convey the members of
the Royal party— English, Russian, and Danish—
to their destination, and while these were assent.
biing the principal personages included in the circle
at Fredensborg amused themselves by forming
groups on the castle steps for the purpose of being
photographed. High over head, through the open
door leading to the entrance hall, the pale uniforms
of the Royal Horse Guards were dimly discernible
in the shade within, their cuirasses now and then
gleaming like sparks of fire as chance movements of
the wearers brought them within the influence of a
ray of light. Upon the level of the courtyard the
band of the regiment was stationed, and performed
appropriate musical selections. The shooting party
consisted of his Majesty the King of Denmark, his
Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales, all the prin-
cipal officers of the Danish and English households,
and the following nobles and gentlemen in the
suite of the Russian Grand Duke :—Prince Benie.
tinski, Count Woronzow, Gen. Richter, Dr Chestiff,
and Capt. Bosley. With few exceptions the party
were dressed in light shooting costume, some wear.
ing knickerbockers, and others long hunting boots.
The most conspicuous exception from the prevalent
shade of gray was probably Col. Keppel, who apa
peered in a suit of dark velvet. His Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales wore his favourite round
hat and plain shooting coat, the facsimile of those
which may be seen in the Sandringham portraits.
The Crown Prince of Denmark and the Russian
Grand Duke were not of the party. Her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales came as far as the
door of the Palace to wish success to the expedition
—and the Queen of Denmark with the younger
members of her family descended nearly to the bot-
tom of the outer staircase, and appeared to interest
herself very much in all the arrangements. The
cortege having been marshalled in order left the
Polace yard under a salute from the foot guards on
duty, preceded by two forest rangers for the dis-
trict, whose experience no doubt proved very vain'
able during the day, though their costume was of
the strangest. In their stiff brown hats, somewhat
of the high wide• awake pattern, these rangers car-
ried feathers, having in the centre an iris, similar
to that visible ou the tail of a peacock. What would
otherwise have been very suggestive of a livery coat
acquired a certain dignity from the addition of a
hunting knife to topboots already worn by the
bearer. In the second carriage, immediately fol•
lowing these rangers, the King and the Prince of
Wales rode, and, in common with the rest of the
hunt, was guided by the country driver of horses,
furnished in the manner :already described. The
cortege proceeded in the direction of Elsinore, and
became so much interested in the sport that,
although the dinner had been ordered for 7 o'clock,
it was nearly 8 before they were able to reach the
Palace on their return. • The game in the Danish
forests is limited pretty much to deer, hares, and.
foxes. Of these the gross return at the end of the
day showed that 10 foxes, 6 hares, and 17 stags had
been killed, 2 hares and a stag falling to the gun
of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the
.....,* being i ...1....a b.ly vr .11 a is> r:i hn fna nnionz the
retinue. Gen. Knoliys was among the most euccesse
ful of the individual shots.
In the course of the afternoon, and while the
hunting party was absent in one direction, a second
circle of notabilities issued from Fredensborg, with
the object of paying a visit to the Castle of Fredes
ricksborg, which lies at the distance of about 6
miles from there. Among those occupying seats in
the Royal carriages were the Queen of Denmark,
and her father, the Landegrave of Hesse, her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales, the Russian Grand
Duke and his fiancee the Princess Dagmar, the
Crown Prince of Denmark, 8:c. The drive to Fredea
ricksborg lies through charming scenery ; at every
turn of the road distinct views are commanded of
the lovely Essom Lake, which can be reached in a
very few minutes from the Palace, and affords in
itsel opportunities of enjoyment almost boundless
to pleasure seekers. The Palace of Fredericksborg
shoots up from the midst of a miniature lake, or
sheet of ornamental water, and, though the archia
tecture is very simple, the effect produced upon the
spectators of the fairy-like structure that seems to
rise out of the water is exceedingly striking. The
quaint outline of the building is familiar to many
who have never been in Denmark through the draw-
ing of its proportions made by Mr Reichardt, one of
the best of the Danish modern artists—a drawing
which is so accurate in detail and in proportions
that it has served as the basis for all the designs in
cut glass and china into which this historic Frede-
ricksborg Slot has been imported. The Royal
party spent more than an hour in examining the
castle and in walking about the grounds adjoining,
returning to Fredensborg in time for dinner. Inter-
nally there is little now to be seen at Fredericks-
borg, the palace having been gutted by fire in 1859,
and its valuable picture gallery, renowned through.
out Europe, in a great measure destroyed. Its boasts,
however, a church probably unique in the richness
and peculiarity of its decorations, the restoration of
which, exactly as first constructed in 1619, was com-
pleted in the course of the year 1863. Upon a pane
of glass in one of the windows in the gallery
may be seen the names of the King, Queen, and
younger members of the Royal family of Denmark,
and likewise those of the Prince and Princess of
Wales, inscribed there on one of the days last month
that the Royal party drove across privately to view
the edifice, before the visit to Sweden was under-
taken. The excursion today was altogether of a
family nature. Oa the part of the few spectators
who witnessed their arrival no attempt was made to
interfere with its privacy. Any curiosity which was
exhibited had reference to the Russian Grand
Duke, the future husband of the Princess Dagmar,
who is a young man of slight and rather delicate
frame—taller, probably, than the Prince of Wales,
but wanting the breadth of chest and shoulder
which distinguishes his Royal Highness. Like the
majority of his countrymen the Russian Prince is
an excellent linguist, conversing fluently, when he
does sustain a conversation, in English, French, or
German. Yesterday he was dressed with brown
hat, light walking trousers, and loose overcoat,
and while en route drove with the Princess Dagmar
and other members of the Danish Royal family in a
light wagonette. The Crown Prince of Denmark, as
usual, drove his own phaeton, having Leside him
the Princess of Wales, who, to all appearance, had
recovered from the fatigue of her late journey, and
jacket, hand-,
m
looked charmingly. Her Royal 'Highness wore a
Bhoat white feather, e
a dress.clo Tartan formedth
ewlyit braided, a wh
and a mauve
a conspicuous element in the dress of her younger
sister, the Princess Thyra, and also of the little
Prince Waldemar, who in any station of life would
be accounted a remarkably fine boy, and, with all
a boy's partiality for horses, would manifestly rather
have stayed with the equipages than made acquaints
ante with the glories and art treasures of the
Fredericksborg Chapel.
The understanding at present is that the Russian
Grand Duke will leave Denmark on Tuesday next,
on which day also another Prince, the infant son
of their Royal Highnesses the_Prince and Princess
of Wales, is to begin his homeward journey. ~,.

PRICE
STAMPED ....sd.

Davenport Brothers,

TO TUE EDITOR OF THE SVN.
Srn,—A seance by the Brothers DAvenpott and Mr W.
Fay took place iu my house yesterday, in presence of Lord
Bury, Sir Charles Nicholson, Sir John Gardiner, Sir C.
Lennox Wyke, Rev. E. 11. Newenham, Rev. W. Ellis,
Cap'. E. A. Ingle&ld, Messrs Chas. Reade, Jas. Matthews,
Algernon Borthwick, I, Willes, H, E. Ormerod, J. W.
Kaye, J. A. Bostock, W. J. Ridout, Robert Bell, J. N.
Mangles, H. M. Dunphy, W. Tyler Smith, M.D., E. Tyler
Smith, T.L. Coward, John Brown, M D., Robt. Chambers,
and Dion Boucicault.

Tho room in which the meeting was held i 1 a large draw-
ing-room, from which all the furniture had been previously
removed, excepting the carpet, a chandelier, a small table, a
sofa, a pedestal, and 26 cane bottomed chairs.

At 2 o'clock six of the above party arrived, and the room
was subjected to careful scrutiny. It was suggested that a
cabinet, to be used by the Brothers Davenport, but then
erected in an adjacent room, should ba removed into the
front room and placed in a spot selected by ourselves. This
was done by our party, but in the process we displaced a
portion of this piece of furniture, thus enabling us to exa-
mine its material and structure before we mended it. At 3
o'clock our party was fully assembled and continued the
scrutiny. We sent..to a neighbouring musicseller for six
guitars and two tambourines, so that the implements to be
used should not be those with which the operators NS ero
familiar. At half past three the Brothers Davenport and
Mr Fay arrived and found that we had altered their ar-
rangemants, by changing the room which they had previ-
ously selected for their manifestations. The seance then
began by an examination of the dress and persons of the
Brothers Davenport, and it was certified that no apparatus
or other contrivance was concealed on or about their per-
sons. They entered the' cabinet and sat facing each
other. Captain Inglefield then, with a new rope provided
by ourselves, tied Mr W. Davenport hand and foot, with
his hands behind his back, and then bound him firmly
to the seat where he sat. Lord Bury, in like manner, se-
cured Mr. I. Davenport. The knots on these ligatures
were then fastened with sealing wax and a seal was affixed.
A guitar, violin, tambourine, two bells, and a brass trumpet,
were placed on the floor of the cabinet. The doors were then
closed, and a sufficient light was permitted in the room to
enable us to see what followed. I shall omit any detailed
account of the Babel of sounds which arose in the cabinet,
and the violence with which the doors were repeatedly
burst open and the instruments expelled ; the hands ap-
pearing, as usual, at a lozenge-shaped orifice in the centre
door of the cabinet. The following incidents seem to us
particularly worthy of note :—While Lord Bury was stoop-
ing inside the cabinet, the door being open, and the two
operators seen there sealed and bound, a detached hand was
clearly observed to descend upon him, and he started back,
remarking that a hand had struck him. Again, in the full
light of the gas chandelier, and during an interval in the
seance, the doors of the cabinet being open, and while the
ligatures of the Brothers Davenport were being examined,
a very white, thin, female hand and wrist quivered for
several seconds in the air above. This appearance drew a
general exclamation from all the party. Sir Charles Wyke
now entered the cabinet and sat between the two young
men, his hands being right and left on each, and secured
to them. The doors were then closed and tha Babel of
sound recommenced. Several hands appeared at the orifice,
among them the hands of a child. After a space Sir Charles
returned amongst us and stated that while he held the two
brothers several hands touched his face and pulled his
hair ; the instruments at his feet crept up, played round his
body and over his head, one of them lodging eventually on
his shoulders. During the foregoing incidents the hands
which appeared were touched and grasped by Captain
Inglefield, and he stated that to the touch they were ap-
parently human hands, though they passed away from his

grasp.
I omit mentioning other phenomena ; an account of
which has already been rendered elsewhere.
The next part of the seance was performed in the dark.
One of the Messrs Davenport and Mr Fay seated themselves
amongst us. Two ropes were thrown at their feet, and in
two minutes and a half they were found tied hand and foot,
their hands behind their backs bound tightly to their chairs,
and their chairs bound to an adjacent table. While this
process was going on the guitar rose from the table, and
swung or fhated round the room and over the heads of the
party, and lightly touching some. Now a phosphoric light
shot from side to side over our heads; the laps and hands
and shoulders of several were simultaneously touched,
struck, or pawed by hands, the guitar meanwhile sailing
round ,he room, now near the ceiling, and then scuffing on
the head and shoulders of some luckless wight. The bells
whisked here and there, and a light thrumming was main-
tained on the violin. The two tambourines seemed to roll
hither and thither on the floor, now shaking it violently,
and now visiting the knees and hands of our circle—all
these t0reg01...5 beim?. simulta-
neous. Mr Rideout, holding a tambourins, requested it
might be plucked from his hand; it was almost simulta
neously taken from him. At the same time Lord Bury made
a similar request, and a forcible attempt to pluck a tam-
bourine from his grasp was made, which he resisted. Mr
Fay then asked that his coat should be removed. We heard
instantly a violent twitch; and here occurred the most re■
markable fact. A light was struck before the coat had quite
left Mr Fay's person, and it was seen quitting him, plucke3
off him upwards. It flew up to the chandelier, where it hung
for a moment,and then fell to the ground. Mr Fay was seen
meanwhile bound hand and foot as before. One of our party
now divested himself of his coat, and it was placed on the
table. The light was extinguished, and this coat was rushed
on to Mr Fay's back with equal rapidity. During the above
occurrences in the dark we placed a sheet of paper under the
feet of the two operators, and drew with a pencil an outline
around them, to the end that if they moved it might be
detected, They of their own accord offered to have their
hands filled with flour or any other similar substance, to
prove they made no use of them, but this precaution was
deemed unnecessary. We required them, however, to
count from one to twelve repeatedly, that their voices con-
stantly heard might certify to us that they were in the
places where they were tied. Each of our own party held
his neighbour firmly, so that no one could move without two
adjacent neighbours being aware of it.
At the termination of this seance a general conversation
took place on the subject of what we had heard and wit-
nessed. Lord Bury suggested that the general opinion
seemed to be that we should assure the Brothers Davenport
and Mr W. Fay that, after a very stringent trial and strict
scrutiny of the proceedings, the gentlemen present could
arrive at no other conclusion than that there was no trace of
trickery in any form, and certainly there were neither con-
federates nor machinery, and that all those who had wit-
nessed the result would freely state in the society in
which they moved that, so far as their investigations
enable them to form an opinion, the phenomena which had
taken place in their presence were not the product of
legerdemain, This suggestion was promptly acceded to by
all present.
Betore leaving this question, in which my name has
accidentally been mixed up, I may be permitted to ob-
serve that I have no belief in what is called spiritualism,
and nothing I have seen inclines me to believe in it ; indeed,
the puerility of some of the demonstrations would suffi-
ciently alienate such a theory; but I do believe that we
have not quite exploded the realms of natural philosophy—
that this enterprise of thought has of late years been con-
fined to useful inventions, and we are content at last to
think that the laws of nature are finite, ascertained, and
limited to the scope of our knowledge. A very great
number of worthy persons seeing such phenomena as I have
detailed ascribe them to supernatural agency; others
wander around the subject in doubt ; but as it engages
seriously the feeling and earnest thought of so large a
number in Europe and America, is it a subject which
scientific men are justified in treating with the neglect of
contempt ?
Some persons think that the requirement of ,darkness
seems to infer trickery. Is not a dark chamber essential.
in the process of photography ? And what would we reply
to him who should say, " I believe photography to be a
humbug ; do it all in the light, and I will believe ; not till
then." It is true that we know why darkness is necessary
to the production of the sun picture; and if scientific men
will subject these phenomena to analysis we shall find out
why darkness is essential to such siarlifestations.—Yours
obediently, DION DOIJCICAULT.
326, Regent-street, Oct. 12.

ELOPEMENT.—The Boulogne 7imes has the
following story of an elopement :—" It is very long
since the Flaneurs of Boulogne have been gratified by the
scandal of an elopement, and we regret that last week fur-
nished forth a case, which may provide some business for
Sir J. P. Wilde. A gallant son of Mars, Captain M—,
whose better half is in England, seems to have won the
affection of a young English demoiselle residing in the Rue
Royale, who had, however, another string to her bow,
whose attentions were very assiduous and somewhat in-
convenient to the captain and his fair inamorada. On
Thursday last the loving couple had, it is supposed, deter-
mined to enjoy a tour either to Paris or the interior, and
the last train in the evening was to bear them from hence.
A difficulty presented itself; the single gentleman suitor
intervened with a proposition to meet the lady fair; and
spend an agreeable evening with her. She was non-
plussed, and sought the captain's aid, who went to work
with stratagem. He invited the loving bachelor to gowith
him to the theatre and witness " Faust," sucessfully urg-
ing him to go. He was deservedly punished for preferring
the captain's society to the ladye fair. In the course of
to
'a
quarter of an hour the captain left his stall, promising
return in five minutes. Time passed, and he returned no
more, lie bad AMU."