The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

Prince Humbert of Italy.

Yesterday morning Prince Humbert, accent'
panied by his Excellency the Italian Minister, and
attended by General Revel and the noblemen and
gentlemen in his suite, left town shortly before 11
o'clock, for Windsor. Colonel Du Plat, 'equerry to
the Queen, also attended his royal highness. Three
of the Queen's carriages awaited the party at the
station, and in these they immediately proceeded
to Old Windsor, in order that his royal highneeg
might inspect the establishment of Mr Dailey, who
has a hunting and steeplechase there. The Crowo
Prince also visited Fregmore and the royal farts,
and then drove to the Castle, alighting in the
grand quadrangle, where he was received by cif
Seabrook, her Majesty's inspector, in the Lord
Chamberlain's department, and by Mr Miles, by
whom he was conducted through the privet 6
apartments of the royal family. The visitors were
afterwards taken to the Chapel Royal, and shoWt
the varicua objects of interest in thesacred building
Oa quitting the chapel, lunch was partaken of el
the White Hart Hotel; and at a quarter-past thre
the prince and his suite entered two of the roya
carriages, each drawn by four bays, ridden by peg
tilions, and drove through the Long-walk en(

Windsor Forest to Cumberland Lodge, for the per
pose of visiting the hunting.stables of the Prince
Wales, whose harriers are kept here. His rota
highness afterwards returned to Windsor, ant
passed through the town and Eton en route fol
Slough, whence the party returned to London b:
the Great Western Railway, His Excellency th
Marquis d'Azeglio gave a grand dinner of a cirel
of 20 in the evening. In addition to the prince so'
his suite and the members of the legation, th
Marquis de Cadore (the French Chargé d'Affaires,
the Duchess of Montrose, the Marchioness St
Germans, the Countess of Jersey, Mr and TAad
Violet Greville, Mr Odo Russell, and Captail
Lumley, were present.

His Royal Highness the Prince de Soinvill
arrived at Vienna from Kustendje on the 9th inst.

Their Royal Highnesses the Maharajah an
Maharanee Dhuleep Singh have arrived south from
highness's shooting quarters in Scotland,
The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the
miralty, has arrived at Paris, accompanied by Admir
Drummond, and by several members of the Board '
Admiralty. After spending a few days in the Frenc
capital his grace, and the officers and gentlemen by who
he is accompanied, will embark at Marseilles for Malts
whence they will proceed to Gibraltar,
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have in
the Clarendon Hotel for Floors Castle.
The Earl of Shrewsbury and Lady Adelail
Talbot, 1.,-,rd Richard Grosvenor, and Mr Erskine ha
been staying with the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland
Dunrobin Castle, N.B.

The Earl and Countess of Scarborough's part
at Sandbeck Perk, near Doncaster, last week, inclu ed t
Marchioness Maria of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countre
of Chesterfield, Viscount Canterbury, Lady Georgia'
Milner and Miss Milner, Colonel the Honourable Ja►n
Macdonald, Colonel the Honourable IL Forester, Mr Ce
Drummond, &o.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Bros
lands, Rants, yesterday, for Wilton House, near Salisbt
on a short visit to Lady Herbert of Lea. The noble Fr
mier has promised to award the prizes to the success
competitors of the 1 cal rifle volunteers.

Lord and Lady Wharncliffe have been enterta'
ing Lord Loughborough, Lady Gertrude Talbot,
Egremont and Mrs Lascelles, Hon. Colonel and Mrs C
zon, Hon. Captain Talbot, Mr Darner, and a select pal
at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield.

AN INDIAN FLOOD.—The Lahore Chronicle
ports an unusual eccentricity on the part of 1
river Chenab, which has caused considerable damage
Mooltan, if not to other stations in its neighbourhood.
some time its unusual shallowness had been remarked
the Lahore editor, and attributed by him to a landslip
glacier which had dammed up the river in some of the 0,
tudes of the Himalayas—when all at once it burst on INIc
tan with a fury it had never been remembered to exb
before. A correspondent from the latter city writes
" The water has flowed in so suddenly and with such VE
city, that we awoke this morning only to find ourselves
it were on an island, every direction as far as the eye
reach being a perfect sea. All communication between
city and cantonments has been completely cut off. r.
commissioner's house has three or four feet water mull(
The greater portion of the suburbs of the city, includ
Tola Khan and Emam Poro, have been submerged, and
market-place has shared the same fate. The stanning 01
have all been destroyed, whole villages washed down,
the panicatruck inhabitants know not whither to fly or
to escape from the deluge. Woodlands, the proport:
General Van Cortlandt, the favourite resort of the reside
of the station, is all but a wreck. Its fine walks, its 1
den, containing the choicest flowers, and its orchard so(
with the most delicious fruits, are all submerged.
around is desolation—the flood has extended for see
miles, as far as the railway line ; and the destructio:
property caused by it must be immense." Great exert
were made by the local engineers to divert the course of
flood, but to no purpose, the water toppling over the ht
almost immediately they were erected.—Hometvard

PROPOIJED ABOLITION OF TURNPIKE TOLL;
Yesterday an important meeting of the rateps:
of the parish of Lewisham was held, for the purpose of
ing into consideration the proposed abolition of the tol
the various gates on nearly 40 miles of roads, formilif
south-eastern outlet of the metropolis, and extending 1
St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark, to Dartford, Kent.
chair was occupied by Mr Atkins, churchwarden, salt
plained that the meeting had been convened in consort
of a letter received from Sir G. Grey, in which he 0
for an expression of the opinion of the ratepayers of
several parishes as to the desirableness of abolishill
continuing the present system of tolls, which,
less renewed by an act to be passed in the next sel
of Parliament, will cease to exist on and after the I
November, 1865, the expense of keeping the roads in r
to be borne by the parishes through which such roads
The present annual cost of maintaining the roads the
on which are proposed to be abolished is £12,780, d
buted as follows :—St. George the Martyr, Southwark
a mile, £1,600 Camberwell, 14 mile, £1,200—St.
Deptford, 21 miles, £1,700 Greenwich, 3/- miles, £2,'
Lewisham, 6 miles, £2,7oo—Brotnley, 4i mike, XI
Beckenham, 31 miles, £2oo—Lee, 1 mile, £4oo—Eltho
miles, £Boo—Footscray, 2i miles, £lBo—Charlton, 3
£4oB—Woolwich, It mile, £2so—Plumsteacl, 1 mile, £
Bexley, 41 miles, £27o—and Dartford, 1 mile, was
considerable discussion it was moved by Mr IN
seconded by Mr Saunders, and unanimously carrie
" That the extent of roads within the parish of Logi
being some seven or eight miles (an extent of nearl)
miles having been omitted in the above measurement)
cost of maintenance would be a great burden and bur
on the ratepayers, inasmuch as the said roads are 110
the ratepayers of surrounding parishes and the gE
public, while their proportion :of the road of the till'
trust if abolished would bo comparatively small.
meeting, therefore, expresses its opinion that if the VI
abolished the cost of maintaining the roads she°
equitably distributed over the whole area—and if
arrangement cannot be made, this meeting opposes
th
position to abolish the trusts." A vote of thanks
chairman closed the proceedings.
Zt SHOCKING ACCIDENT THROUGH PLAYING
FIRE,—On Monday evening Hannah Jac
whose parents reside in Apolle-court, Mile-end, 0°
alone in their room. Finding some firewood and I
matches she commenced, by way of amusement, Cr:
an imitation grotto. The flames from the light°,
communicated to her clothes, and when the netgt"
alarmed by her screams, rushed into the room, thoi
the poor little creature one mass of flame, and her /
frightfully burned all over, scarcely a feature betel
tinguishable,