The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-17 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Sept. 15.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at the
Castle yesterday from Norway, having disembarked
from her Majesty's ship Racoon at Bruntisland,
is the Frith of Forth, proceeding by railway to
Aberdeen and Aboyne. His Royal Highness Was
attended by Major Cowell.
The Queen went out yesterday afternoon, SC'
companied by Prince Alfred and the Hon. Harriet
Phipps.
The Hon. Sir Frederick Bruce arrived at the
Castle yesterday.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge
and Princess Mary were t 3 have arrived at Paris yesterdaY
from visiting their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and,
Grand Duchess of Alecklenburg-Strelitz, the King of
Hanover, and other relatives in Germany. The royal duke
and princess are expected to arrive in town this evening
from the Continent.
The Duke of Roxburghe arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel, from Copenhagen, yesterday morning; the duchess
arrived the previous evening from Floors Castle.
The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland left SW'
ford House, St, James's, yesterday, on a visit to the Earl of
Carlisle, at Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton left Lora
Willoughby de Eresby's seat in Perthshire some days since
for Granton, near Edinburgh. The countess proceeded to
Heaton Hall by land ; the noble earl went round in his
yacht..
The Countess Russell and family, on leaviog
Lockwood, on the borders of the Windermere, on Wediles•
day last, proceeded to North Berwick, near Edinburgh.
Count Neeseirode has arrived at Maurigy's hotel
from Paris,
His Excellency Conde do Farrobo Joaquim hee
left Maurigy's Hotel on a visit to Earl Brownlow at Belt°
House, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Viscount and Viscountess Grey do Wiiton have
been among the visitors at Doncaster during the week, and
to-day they proceed on a visit to Sir George and Lady Juba
Wombwell at their seat in Yorkshire.
Viscount Balsamo has left Maurigy's Hatel for

Lisbon.
Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham have arrived la
town from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Richmond oi
Gordon Castle, N.B.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have arrived at the
Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.
Colonel Taylor, M.P., has arrived at Mauriell
Hotel from Balbriggan Castle, Ireland.
Cardinal Wiseman is at present sojourning 9t
Eastbourne, in the neighbourhood of which his property
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situate, His eminence has taken a house in Cavendish
place.
DEATH OF VISCOUNTESS HARDINGE.—The

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ligence of the death, so prematurely, of Viscountess Wit'
dingo will be learnt with regret by a large circle. 11e
lamented lady died on Thursday at South Park,
Penshure
Kent, having been confined on the Ist inst. This anliabl!,
and charitable lady, who was born in 1835, was the sent
and youngest daughter of George, Earl of Lucan, by fowl(
Anne Brudenell, third daughter of Robert, sixth Earl 0-
Cardigan. She married 10th April, 1856. By her marriage
with the present Viscount she leaves a numerous faraill'
The Countess of Luean, her mother, was present at Iler
dissolution,
A Choral Festival of 5,000 voices will be boa
at the Crystal Palace on Saturday next, the 24th
inst., under the direction of Mr G. W. Martin, The Hest
part of the programme will consist of choruses. anthen3l
and chord's- —the second part of madrigals, national pall
songs, &c same of which are in four treble parte, and gill
be sung by 1,000 treble voices to a part. Her Majest9 ban
graciously accorded to Mr Martin permission to include
the programe e chorale composed by the late laments
Prince Consort. In order that all classes may have 803
opportunity of being present, the charge of admission
been reduced to one shilling, being the only shilling Satlll.4l
day in the year. Excursion parties are now being organise_
from various parts of the country ; Saturday afternooao
being a general holiday, large employers of labour Will 11
doubt arrange for the visit to the Palace of their employes.'
the training colleges and other educational institutions
be largely represented, and altogether it is anticipated
that
this will be, in every sense of the word, a people's chore

RAILWAY READING.—Railway reading is a prac'
tice almost peculiar to the Anglo-Saxon nature'
If, in travelling on the Continent, you see a fellow pae6ell-
- reading a book, you may give considerable odds that lie,
is a countryman of your own. The Germans are said, and
we believe with truth, to read more than any people ill
the world; but they hardly ever read in a railway carriage'
You may go through the whole length and breadth of 01
Fatherland without seeing a bookstall at any station creel;
those which are especially frequented by English touristg;
It is only at a few of the German metropolitan termini ail,
you can ever get newspapers. We remember, at the Oa
burst of the Schleswig-Holstein war, at a time when6„,.g
Germany was in a state of passionate excitement for ne%
of the expected attack on the Dannewerke, traVelliOb
for a long weary day's journey from Cologne to
Hamburg, and not being able to .meet with
single roadside newspaper. There was no demand, w°
pose, and therefore no supply. In Denmark, Sweden, Ile;1;
Russia, and Switzerland, railway reading, in our Bufgh's
sense of the word, is utterly unknown. In France el°ll°
and French Belgium is there anything at all approacil
to our system. On the main French lines newspaper rears
ing is very common, and at all the great stations there lib%
bookstalls. Of course there must be people who buy 0r
books, or else they would not be offered for sale. But ;81
own experience—a pretty considerable one in contiati
travelling—would lead us to suppose that the sale was Tekro
small compared with the number of travellers. The betjti
bought are purchased, wo fancy, by travellers to this
at home—not to read on the journey; and !Dia
impression is corroborated by the fact that, °'
railway bookstall in France, you see exactly the 617-.0
books that 3ou find in any respectable iibra:o
in the towns. In North America, on the other hand, 1:0
see in railway literature, as in most other things, en al
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exact counterpart of our English system, carried °u try
usual, with somewhat more go-aheadness. Almost eve to
railway traveller in the Northern States has sornethiog r
read with him. Throughout the whole length of ale
ney the newsboys pass constantly through the cars, ca and
ing, besides the papers, an assortment of cheap novels. 134
magazines. If you are not disposed to buy at first ergi
you are tempted to do so by an ingenious device. I:4°
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lays down by your side two or three of his books, and l&
them there for half an hour or so. You are welconie
take them and turn over the leaves, and return them vlllB6
called for, without paying a cent. But the hope is that the
will grow interested in the story, and purchase it wise-,„1.•
boy comes raund again ; and this hope is very often
filled.—The Reader.

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SINGULAR STORY.—A boy giving the - i
Henry Goodwin recently made application ll
to "-,
Briggs Ironworks, Lanesborough, for work, and, althati'
they were not in need,of help, he pleaded so hard that
ployment was finally given him. His superior intelligetlei
modesty, and freedom from p 11
rofanity and coarseness, 1'11.6
his great industry all conspired to win the favour of ,1,,
employers, who spoke of it to several gentlemen of the VI,
lage,who also became interested in his appearance. Short));
after commencing work he was taken ill, and repaired
Munson's Hotel, where in order to be apart from the otbali
boarders, he had a bed in the garret. The care he reeelle
was not the best, and the patient grew rapidly worse, Wilfa
a physician was finally sent for, who wished to ext0334;0
him, but, Henry objecting, the doctor did not insist,
next day the doctor found him insensible, and the ~c"):$
hopeless, and on examination discovered that his Pari"eio...
was a woman. During the night the patient continue- .0•
sensible or deranged, and died in the morning. An 4113- 0
quest was held, at which it was ascertained that at
deceased had worked for a Mr. Barton, in Dalton+ 00
farming, then came to Pittsfield and worked for /1"1136ile
Shepardson, farming, at 1 del. 50e, a day, but left, 89
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could not do haying. She then applied for work or•
ironworks in Lanesborough, and with the sad result °Ol3O
rated above. The Pittsfield auk says that everywheryod
conducted herself with extreme modesty and propfietY Dee
showed great industry. From letters found among
effects, she appears to have been the wife of 14;A
Underhill, a soldier or officer in Battery D, Ist Wrkec' near
Heavy Artillery, lately stationed at Fort Jacksolbioa
New (Means. The letters are addressed "Dear ber
and Children." The first ones speak of having aeu'aitly
money,with some doubt in one case whether it was nal':00.
delivered. The late ones speak of want, not having :00
paid, sickness, &c., and at least intimate a request for
at
money. She sent money away at two different tirocPlia,
least—probably to her husband, and perhaps to herAcuer
dren—and there seems little doubt that she asstnoe' and
disguise in order to procure more remunerative POI,' vile
died from over, exertion for those she loved. A- finV°ecta,
knife, ground very sharp, wan found among her ruit!
and was doubtless intended for defence against in
Boston (American) Journal.
THE REPORTED NEW CONFEDERATE --1 t
We are able to state positively that the project of d'erate
loan, based on cotton, to be offered to the Collie base
States, as suggested in certain advertisements whlell.,,e or
recently appeared, is started without the knowleipro.,
countenance of the Confederate Government. Sever'titted,
jects of new loans have at different times been sub a',.09.
and the Congress,has invariably declined to entertain
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It is extremely improbable that this policy will be
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during the continuance of the war,-27 e index,