The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-11 00:00:00

Foreign Courts.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2. d
At one o'clock to day a salvo of 101 guns) gree
from the ramparts of the fortress, announced to th
inhabitants of the capital that the Hereditarys
Grand Duke would bluffly be united to the Price°
Dagmar. At the same time the subjoined notified'
tion was posted on the walls :
" In conformity with a despatch received fr°l3i,
his Majesty the Emperor, the Governor. General eh
St. Petersburg informs the inhabitants of the caPI.
tal that hia Imperial Highness the Hereditary
Grand Duke Cesarewitch has been affianced to the
Princess Dagmar of Denmark. In giving the oral
to announce this happy event to the population °
the capital by a salvo of 101 guns, his Majesty aide
that he is persuaded that all his faithful subjecto
will partake his joy, and with him will implore the
Divine benediction on the august young couple.,
BERLIN, Oct. 8.
The King is expected to return from Baden °a
the 14th inst.

According to the testamentary dispositions drill
up by the late King Frederic William 111..)
body was to be deposited in a vault before the sitar
at the Friedenskirche, in Potsdam. Hitherto these
instructions could not be carried out, and in the
meantime the coffia has remained in the sacristi I
the church on the left of the altar, near a ses
arranged for the Queen Dowager, who 86verao
times a week has visited the church, and has
offered up her silent prayers. The injunctions °t
the late King will now be obeyed, and his preset%
Majesty has appointed Oct. 15, the birthday of blO
brother, as the day on which the mortal ren3sis
shall be transferred to their last resting-place.
It is announced that Prince Frederi3 of Scliles:,
wig-Holstein-Noer will, on the 18th instant, Warr'
the daughter of a rich North American gentleman'
BRUSSELS, Oct. 9' 0
On the sth instant his Majesty the King of
Belgians arrived at Darmstadt, on hie way to
Heidelberg. His Majesty was met at Mayenne by
Prince Louis, and at the railway station the rein
cess Louis (Princess Ali3e) was in waiting to receive
the venerable King. After dining at the paiiiseA
his Majesty continued his journey. He reached
Baden on the next day, accompanied by the Grasd'
Duchess Marie of Russia, and Princess Eugenie °
Leuchtenberg. His Majesty proposed to stay at
Baden for some days.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince°
of Wales are expected to arrive in England from the Cell'
tinent on or about the 28th inst.
PRINCE ALFRED.—We (Scotsman) understanda
that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred is expected
to arrive at Floors Castle, near li.‘also, on the 17th instant
on a visit to their Graces the Duke and Duchess Of I/°-'
burghe. It is as yet uncertain whether he will be lirc'd
sent at the Kelso races, which take place on the 1914 tt,
i
20th, although it is very likely that he will be; but the
main object of his visit is to enjoy the sport of sellll°o
angling for a day or two in the Floors water. riTOl
his success last autumn on two different occasions illhe
same water, coupled with his practice along with the Di 1,50
of Roxburghe in Norway during this past summer, tv`a
Prince may be regarded now as a successful, as he is. II
keen, angler; and'it is to be hoped that the Tweed,
r„, a very 1°
state, and rather unsuitable for angling, will be by 1. 116
time of his visit in such a condition as will ensure nw
Royal Highness some satisfactory sport.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
arrived at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, on Saturday hot, fr°l'l
visiting the Earl of Scarborough at Sandbeck Park, near
Tickhill, Yorkshire, and Lord and Lady Foley at Wollis4
Manor, Notts.
The Earl and Countess de Grey arrived '
Wisnaw castle, ocutialia, 4-

and Lady Belhaven.
A marriage has been arranged between the li°ll.
George Fitzwilliam and Miss E. Anson, youngest daughter
of the late Hon. General Anson.
Sir Coutts and Lady Lindsay have left Farrandts
Hotel for their town residence in Grosvenor-square.
The marriage of the Hon. and Rev. Walter
Berkeley Portman, youngest son of Lord Portman, 6..„
Rector of Corton Denham, to Alice, youngest daughter
the late Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., and sister to Sir Cherie:
Mordaunt, Bart., M.P. for South Warwickshire, Cherie:
solemnised in Walton Church, on Wednesday last, in t'a
prtsence of a select circle of distinguished guests. Ar3,°,313'
those who witnessed the ceremony were the Marquis '8",;
den and Lady Augusta Pratt, Lord and Lady Pottine-e°
Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lady Willoughby de 13°1;1
Hon. Miss Verney and Hon. Walter Verney, Sir John
Lady Pakington. Sir C. Mordaunt, Hon. Ellen and lieu':
Portman, Mr Gustavus Smith and Lady Mordaunt, Ije
Edward Portman, Hon. Maurice Portman, Scc. The mar
riage ceremony was performed by the Rev F. AltirL..;
assisted by the Rev E. Cadogan. After passing a few 71
at Lord Portman's rezidence at Prince's-gate, the neW'''
married pair left London for a tour on the continent. e.
On Saturday last, the Bth inst., Sir Clifirl,
Henry Coote, premier baronet of Ireland, of Ballyfin
Queen's County, expired at his town residence, 5, C(lty
naught-place. The deceased represented Queen's Cel/113
in Parliament for many years. He is succeeded by his °-
0

Charlca Henry, born at Ballyfia in 1815.
Tb' li•tl difficul 1)1 'h

Marquis of

le little Ailliculty ietween t.
Donegall and the freemasons has been settled.l3e
Grand Lodge of Ireland has received communications the fr°-
the noble marquis containing assurances, given gda
frankest manner, that in the observations which be 133-;61
on the occasion of his installation at Belfast as Frovice"
Grand Master he had no intention whatever of infringiljfre
fundamental rule of Masonry, and expressing his stDcbl
regret for having done so. The amende has been offere.,lo)
his lordship in terms so unreserved and emphatic thab;
e.,
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Grand Lodge have accepted it in a generous spirit, and
missed the subject. They have deemed it right, "" 1200,4
to address an admonition to the masonic body to avoid ¢ el
discussion calculated to produce disunion in assemblies 8,
Freemasons, and also impressing upon the brethren gei3to
rally the necessity of excluding all persons not belongil3°o
the order from meetings conveyed to carry out the huoi'l
of . ancient institution
Professor Anderson makes a very fair offer to thl
Davenport fraternity. He says :—" I offer them the Ilge
St, James's Hall, illuminated as it is during my own
formance, for any night they may select, if they can
and there perform—l care not by what means—the tri'-e
(I mean no offence in the word) they now do under of
cover of darkness, and, as I believe, with the assistance
confederates (else wherefore the darkness 2) I will not 00'4
acknowledge their right to take any name or assume L:1
attributes they think proper, but I will pay the 01113310.
£lOO into the hands of the Lord Mayor for charitable Poe
poses. 1 thus offer them an opportunity of satisfy
public that they do possess such attributes as warrant tip,
in assuming the supernatural agency they are lay inrig °Piot
to. Of course, should this challenge be acceptei, I lor
to myself the right of explaining any natural mauls e'
pliances by which the tricks are performed."
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A GIRL DASHED TO PIECES.—On Friday —8 ye,
inquest was held at Donington, before Mr Dial% of
on the body of a young woman named Jackson, 20 Yettr
dge
age. Deceased's father is chartermaster of a pit at I'°.tirs
Bank, and on Thursday had occasion to descend the
company with another man, leaving his daughter stni3,
the
on the bank. The men had arrived at the bottom
shaft in safety, and were turning to enter the svorlc-li
when they were alarmed by hearing the sound of ¢h, r•
falling behind them. On looking round Jackson. was hrfer
rorstruck at discovering the mangled body of his dace- 0
lying on the ground. Had the unfortunate girl fall
minute earlier both men must have been killed. It ahl3„l3etoP
that she was leaning against a chain which fences t'" a to
of the shalt, and this giving way, she was preciPitete
the bottom, a distance of 190 yards. The body was lit,eprotsi
daahed to pieces. The jury returned a verdict of saw"
death.
AN ORPHAN WANTED.—At the weekly rilMoB
of the St. Luke's board of guardians a letter city,
read from a gentleman in the neighbourhood of the if 01
road setting forth that he had been requested, on bel,l::,,tota
a lady of property, to ask if the Buard had "a co
orphan," with blue eyes and flaxen hair, not more
~„ to
two years of ago, and cf gentle manner, to be given .'0,,t0
be adopted, the lady agreeing to take such a child, 0,1'0,4
her as a lady should be edlicatcd, and finally to will add,
£3OO per annum. The letter was referred to the lions.ead,
Visiting committee, to see if there might bo a '41).14°
flaxen-haired, complete orphan!' iu the Union.