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

Course of Exchange,—Yesterday.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 25 12 3
Antwerp — 25 774 25 825
Brussels — 25 774 25 825
Hamburg — 13 91 13 105
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Paris ..g
Short. 25 30 25 40
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 774 25 825
Frankfort on Maine — 1215 1215
Vienna .. — 12 10 12 20
Trieste
Petersburgh — 285 281
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa ..
Naples ....

47 471
47 474
25 95 26 0
25 92} 26 0
25 95 26 0
25 95 26 0

A NEW ARM OF WAR.—Let me inform the
Admiralty of a new arm which in extremity—for
otherwite it would be the sacrifice of too many combatants
—may be used in naval warfare. But perhaps Lord C.
Paget may find some difficulty in securing its adoption. A.
small privateer with 40 or 50 men, having on board some
hives full of bees, was pursued by a Turkish galley manned
by 600 seamen and soldiers. As soon as the latter came
alongside the crew of the privateer mounted the rigging
with their hives and hurled them down on the deck of the
galley. The Turks, astonished at this novel mode of war-
tare, and unable to defend themselves from the stings of the
enraged bees, became so terrified that they thought of no-
thing but how to escape their fury, while the crew of the
small vessel, defended by masks and gloves, flew upon their
enemies sword in hand, and captured the vessel almost
without resistance. But, as many of my correspondents are
clergymen, I can recommend to the ministers of Belfast an
admirable prescription for the extreme case of a Belfast
mob sacking their rectories and manses. The Mayor of
Belfast also might take it into his grave consideration,
should the citzens, instead of trying to convert each other
by arguments or Scripture, have recourse to those fashion-
able weapons which they lately wielded with so much
effect. During the confusion occasioned by a time of war
a mob of peasants, assembling in llohnstein, in Thuringia,
attempted to pillage the house of the parish minister,
who, having in vain employed all his eloquence to dissuade
them from their design, ordered his domestics to fetch his
beehives, and threw them in the middle of the furious mob.
The effect was what might be expected—they were imme-
diately put to flight, and happy to escape unstung.—
Beekeeping, by the 'limes "Beemaster."
THE KING OF DAHOME'S SFOIJSES.—A throng
of unarmed women, the royal spouses, sat in a
semicircle behind the King under the same thatch, the
warrioresses being on stools, or at squat outside, and through
the open entrance slave girls peeped at the proceeding. I
regret to say that not a pretty face appeared. Must of the
" fair sex" had sooty skins, and the few browns showed
negro features. They atoned for this homeliness by an ex-
treme devotion to their lord and master. Woman's position
on earth, say Etsterns, is to look up to somebody, and these
certainly do, so far, their duty. It is no wonder that the
Ting of Dahome's soul, like my "Lord Keeper's," lodges
If perspiration appears upon the royal brow it is in-
stantly with the softest cloth by the gentlest hands;
royal dm:3 be disarranged, it is at once adjusted ; if
plated spittoon, which Mr
gold, peld by one of the wives, is moved
Norris wrote, was
• - liiat distance rho king snot Z,2,13, all present
within (relive
ground with their fureileacls,if he drinks, every lip
ltlh et h e
royal lips D.:Yvet a
touch
tters
theen exclamation of blessing, he intense personal
utters
reminded me of the accounts of blahom Died the
apostle and of his followers lett by contemporary writers.
But without analysing too far, I suEpect that Dahome it
is rather the principle than the person that is respected,
the despotism mere than the despot, the tutban rather
than the wearer; that were the King to be succeeded on
the morrow, the same semi-idolatry would be heaped
upon his successor. However that may be, the Dahoman.
King must only condescend to live, all, save what must
necessarily is done for him. Such a life
appears
a b
rei s Bonoom e ; are unlike common men, and
wbbyutkings himself,
the ways of princos are mysteries to the multitude. To
this exceeding care only can be attributed the protracted
reigns of a dynasty
whose eight members have sat upon the
throne 252 years, thus rivalling the seven Romanmonarchs
whose rule ex' ended over nearly
caused them to ba held fabulous or typical,—Turtor s Mis-
sion to the King of Dahonte. the same period, and has

The Prince and Princess of Wales in

Sweden.

(From the Mimes' Special Correspondent.)

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 4.
At the hour at which the Royal party returned
from the elk shooting expedition last night it was
not possible to do more than record the fact that its
mission had been accomplished—a result affording
an amount of satisfaction that it was difficult to
suppose a mere hutting party could yield. The
fact was that the Prince of Wales, ardently attached
to sporting pursuits, had fastened on the idea of
shooting an elk or seeing one shot as soon as it was
mentioned, while the Ring and people of Sweden
were as anxious to find one of these animals as his
Royal Highness could be to encounter it. With
becoming national prido they said, "The Prince
may be as warmly welcomed wherever he goes, but
it is not everywhere that he can shoot an elk."
The first attempt, in spite of excellent arrange-
ments and of the fact that an elk was actually seen
by Prince (hear, proved unsuccessful. Both the
Court and residents of Stockholm, though knowing
wall the difficulties of this chase, took the indispos
sition of the elks to be slaughtered almost as a re-
flection upon Swedish hospitality. The Prince was
urged not to leave till he had made one more trial.
Proprietors in various parts of the country sent in
haste to say that upon their land elks were known
to be, and that the country side should be turned
out if necessary, rather than allow the beasts to
escape. When the second expedition was actually
organised, though it was even more limited as to
numbers than the first, there seemed to be scarcely
a person in the capital who was not cogeizant of the
fact, and filled with good wishes for its success. The
King, an ardent follower of the chase, entered into
the matter with such energy, that in addition to the
beaters, whose duty it was to watch the outlets of
the forest, a foree of soldiers, several hundreds—
by some said to be a thousand—strong, was sent to
traverse the peninsula into which the animals had
retreated, and regularly to drive them towards the
point where it was agreed that the shooting party
should be posted. Elks, it must be borne in mind,
though they are protected in Sweden for 10
months out of 12, are, as specimens of their race,
which once was common in North America, the
North of Earope, and Northern Asia, becoming
rapidly extinct. In olden times they ranged the
forests of England, Ireland, and the isle of Man,
and giant remains are contained in many of our
museums, proving that in those days hunting must
have been truly a Royal sport. The elk of modern
times has been dwarfed by exposure to centuries of
r:goroua winters, but still

" The stag at bay 's a dangerous foe."

The male, with his ashy gray coat and flat*wide
horns, stands more than sft. high ; the doe, distill.
guished by hair of yellowish brown, in front white,
and the absence of horns, is probably a little shorter
in the fore legs. These are of great length, throwing
up the shoulder to such a pitch that along the back
there is a rapid slope towards the tail. This tapers
away so nearly to a point that it may be considered
the apex of a triangle, in which the antlers form the
base. Nevertheless, virtues are supposed to reside
in the elk. The feet are by many regarded as pre•
servatives against sickness, and Indians especially
like to dream about meeting herds of these animals,
regarding the omen as particularly favourable, and
one insuring health and long life to the sleeper. In
his own case the elk is certainly a skilful physician,
though his knowledge of medical treatment does
not extend beyond the old Ssngrado remedy. The
instant that il-Iness makes itself felt he scratches his
ear with his hind foot, and keeps on scraping till
the bloods flows freely, which, in ordinary cases,
instinct tells him will work a recovery. The Royal
party, which started yesterday morning with the ob-
ject of procuring one of these interesting specimens,
left Stockholm by a small steamer, or enlarged ferry-
boat, about half-past 6 o'clock a.m.

The greater number of those composing the expe-
dition, as on the former occasion, wore the costume
of the Societe de Chasse, and the Prince of Wales,
in recognition of the exertions made by the mem-
bers of this club for his amusement, wore a hat and
feather and hunting boots similar to theirs,
preserving in other respects the ordinary English
shooting dress. The course taken by the steamer
was along the Lake Mmlar, through Brockholm's
Sand, and round the promontory of Jangfrulund
as far as Hogtorp, where the King and Prince of
Wales were landed, the remainde=r of the party
being distributed somewhere lower down the same
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every direction. There were open spaces in suffi•
eient number to prevent this district from being
characterised as forest, and acclivities occurring
often enough to give a rolling outline to the ground
traversed, otherwise there was considerable same-
ness in the views offering themselves to the pedes-
trians; tracts of pine and birch trees inclosing and
alternating with grassy surfaces, strewn with boul-
ders or pierced from below by prominent strata,
jutting up into these fields like great white swel •
sings of stone. Cottages, or rather shooting-boxes,
were encountered at intervals, into which, when
members of the party strayed, they found that the
owners, at whose hands they sought nothing be-
yond the means of slaking thirst, had get scent of
the expedition, and prepared appetising little ban..
(pets in hopes that the King or his guests might
pass that way. The principal entertainer of the
Royal party, at whose home they breakfasted by
arrangement, was Mr. Strombom. About 11 o'clock
the day's proceedings may be said to have fairly
commenced. A cordon was thrown out, extending
in every direction that it was likely ac elk would
seek to escape; and posted in the bast positions and
at proper intervals, were the members of the hunt-
ing party, rifle in hand. All their weapons were
tried serviceable guns, but many of them looked
wonderful piecea of ordnance by the side of the
light modern Westley-Richards. When every one
was stationed came the interval during which ex-
pectation was strained to discover what saccess
attended, or was likely to attend, the arrangements.
All listened intent': for the bark of a dog, indicating
that the game was on foot, for the crack of a distant
rifle, announcing, at least, that something had been
Been, or, better still, for the rustle and crash of
leaves and boughs in the path of the elk himself,
when, having passed through his first stage of as-
tonished immobility, he lays his horns flit upon
his neck, and with head in air and outstretched nos•
tril he thunders along, only half seeing the obstacles
that he clears at a bound. But for hours and hours
not any of these welcome sounds gladdened the ears
of the watchers. The noonday sun declined, and
its shadow sank on the dial to 3, to 4, to 5 o'clock.
Still not a sight nor sound; nothing but the natural
stillness of the forest, intensified by the silence of all
these men. At last, at thelmoment when evening is
closing in, and a belief is spreading that there may
be points of resemblance between the elk and the
dodo, a rumble is heard as of thunder in the dis-
tance, then a crashing of boughs as if 50 wnrvirnpn
were at work, and, with a lightning rush, the ob

ject of all this expectation is in the midst of a circle
of courtiers. Unfortunately it is at a point remote
from the King and Prince of Wales, but there are
plenty of otter eyes and hands keen and quick
enough to prevent his getting away. The fital shot

is fired by Count V/►ede, one of the King's cham

berlains, a nobleman who follows the chase with a
v.:st not infeiLir to that of Swedish royalty itself.
The elk is struck somewhere in the region of the
heart, but his strength impels him for a distance of
100 yards further, and when he drops at last, the
shadows of the forest are so deep that he is sought
in vain for fully half an hour. During this interval
the members of the hunt flock in from every quar-
ter, the Prince of Wales in his eagerne.es running
half a mile, and ultimately in one of the glades or
Open EPaO,l3 already described, the great chief of the
forest is found. The p!ace is semicircul in form,
d strangely suggestive of an amphitheatre. Lumps
of stone dot thzencicsure, between ant around which
is a tangled growth of fern forest grass; groves of
birch and larch are the nearest trees, beyond these
is a rising brkgronnd of rocks crowned with the
dark and pointed fir trees. In the centre lies the
prize, large as an or, and with outstretched limbs
already staff, that kings and princes have come
noble beast, with a pedigree
there to slay—a
more
famous then any of theirs, extending back

to prehistoric times, and written even in the
stone tables of the antediluvian era. To look upon
an elk newly killed is a privilege that in these days
is given to very few. And preceded as the spectacle
had been by days of preparation, travelling, ardent
toil on the part of all who now were ,Taaered at the
spot, it was a natural impulse that made them
cluster round the body and signalise their triumph
by a succession of cheers that the astonished rocks
and forests gave back again, not clearly knowing
what to do with. For any one looking upon that
group itself, and carrying in his glance historic
memories, there were reflections not less striking or
exceptional than those occurring to the spectators
making up the circle. Here, in one of the sombre
woods of Northern Europe, was the heir to the throne
of England enjoying a spectacle, one only among
many items in the brilliant reception accorded by
the Court of Sweden, and while, to all appearance,
pursuing only his individual gratification, in reality
strengthening the alliance and promoting the inter-
course between the two nations. At his side stood a
Prince, brother of another King, to whose country
we are bound by strong international ties of mar-
riage and of sympathy. In the present day England
feels delighted when royal marriages are as free from
State fetters as those of private citizens; and any
opportunity of cultivating good relations with the
Scandinavian race is equally adopted. But what a
contrast to the stay-at-home days of George lll—of
hatred to Napoleon's marshals, and of battles of the
Baltic ! The reflections might be pushed even fur.
then into the former relations of Sweden and of Den-
mark. But in these late times of trouble the sym-
pathies of one have been so heartily and cordially
given to the other that old rivalries must be well
nigh extinct, and tears " wiped away from off all
faces." Much time was spent in discussing the size
and weight of the prize, which was eventually taken
on board the steamer and carried to Stockholm, the
Prince expressing his intention of having the head
cut off and preserved as a memento of a day so
highly remarkable.
The party did net reach Stockholm till 9 o'clock,
but his Royal Highness, far from feeling fatigued
by the day's sport, changed his dress and proceeded
to Ulriksdal, where a large party had assembled on
the occasion of the farewell dinner given by the
Queen of Sweden, returning again to the Palace at
Stockholm the same night.
This morning the visit to the King of Sweden
came to an end, and, as the special train left at ten
o'clock, the Royal party were astir betimes. T_here
was no public ceremonial of departure, but the King
and Queen accompanied their Royal Highnesses to
the railway terminus, and there, as well as all along
the thoroughfares, they were met by cordial mani-
festations of popular opinion. The parting between
the Royal families was, one might even say, affec-
tionate, the members respectively during the inters
val covered by the visit having been thrown so
constantly together that they learnt to esteem and
appreciate each other even more than at the outset
they might have been prepared to do. Prince
Oscar, with several Swedish officers in his suite,
accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales to
Gottenburg in the special train.
GOTTENBURG, Tuesday Night.
The shades of evening had fallen before the special
train conveying their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales and Prince Oscar of Sweden
from Stockholm to Gottenburg reached its destina-
tion. The full enjoyment of the exquisite scenery
in the vicinity of Gottenburg was consequently
diminished to some extent; enough, however, was
seen to give to their Royal Highneeses, who in pros
ceeding to the capital made their way round by
long sea, an admirable notion of the character of
Swedish scenery. Internally, except when some of
the charming lakes are encountered, the country
exhibits few traits calling for special observation.
As the coast line is neared on either side, however,
the level rises rapidly, and a combination of lake
and bill scenery is obtained which is truly charm.
ing. The Royal party were as much favoured by
weather upon the return journey as they had been
exposed to its evil influences when en route to
stay at the Swedish Court. Then the weather
was so deplorable that at one time the
whole of Royalty's retinue was struck down,
the female attendants, who lay prostrate at
one end of the vessel, being balanced and
kept in countenance by a dozen men, who ought to
have been able seamen, at the other. Tosday, on
the contriry, there was bright sunshine lighting
up the landscape in every plrt, ;Ind bringing into
otany or toe pitlntar.rons coat nave pu; on tne lustre
of an American autumn. Shortly before 7 o'clock
the Gottenburg station was reached, and the safe
arrival of the train was hailed by a salute of 21
guns, fired by the Swedish artillery from some pieces
of cannon near the railway. Gottenburg is a town
possessing a considerable and very influential Eng-
lish population. The daughtersof some of theleading
English residents attended within the building to
welcome their Royal Highnesses, and contrived to
introduce into their attire a delicate compliment to
the Princess, being dressed uniformly in white
muslin with scarlet scarves of silk, together making
up the Danish colours. Many of the principal
houses in the town were also lighted up for the
occasion, that of Sir Robert Dixon, immediately
opposite the station, exhibiting a brilliant array of
wax lights from the very fine frontage of his house
extending across some eight or nine windows. Un-
fortunately, just before the arrival, an open door or
some simiiar cause drew the curtains on one of these
windows across the flame, and for a few moments it
seemed as if the house was likely to be enveloped i❑
fire. It was fortunately extinguished before much
mischief had been done; but during the remainder
of the evening those two windows, instead of being
radiant with light like the rest, became by contrast
suggestive of the residence of that sulky tenant
who on the occasion of a general illumination in- I
vites the destruction of his household property. A
guard of honour furnished by an Hussar regiment,
in which the picturesque sling jacket is still re-

tained and worn after the Russian fashion, from
shoulder to shoulder, was drawn up immediately
outside the terminus. The crowd there was so
numerous that the assistance of those troops was
advantageous, and indeed necessary, in clearing a
way for the carriages conveying the Royal party
to the steamers. Unfortunately, in executing this
duty, one poor man was knocked down and trampled
upon before he could be removed. When lifted up
he was able to walk, but with great difficulty and
evident suffering. In the general &biro to see the
Prince and Princess this occurrence attracted very
little attention. When their Royal Highnesses took
their seats in the carriage they were very warmly
cheered, and along the whole of their route to the
pier, which was thronged with spectators, they were
equally well received. The landing place in front
of the yacht Osborne was kept by a very strong
detachment of Swedish artillery, dressed exactly
like a regiment of Dragoons in the old time—that
is to 85y, with brass helmets, having a stiff rolled
black plume, with blue uniforms, sod yellow, or,
in the case of officers, gold shoulder belts, The
local authorities also erected stands with braziers
in them to show light to the approaching procession.
On its part the yacht contributed some very strik•
ing elements to this animated night scene. Two of
its beet looking seamen, mounted in the ship's boats
as they swung from the davits, burnt the lights
continuously, which made everything in their im,
mediate vicinity as bright as day, and threw over
the upturned faces on the quay, and on the forms
with which masts and rigging in all surrounding
directions were crowded as thickly as in pictures of
sinking ships, a blue glare from which the scarlet
uniforms of the narrow line of marines on the poop
deck shone oat all the more remarkably by contrast.
Every face could be distinctly seen as it passed up
theg, ang way, and when by and by the band advanced
to play on board during dinner lime, the glitter 01

the helmets and swords, added to the cocked hats

and uniform already upon deck, made up a very

pretty piece of ship Effect. The blue lights were
burning for nearly an hour, so that in the distance,

_ .
when one looked back upon the Osborne, she was

surrounded by a blue phosphoric blaze, giving to
her spare and rigging a most peculiar look, with
just a suspicion of the supernatural. The Prince

and Princess having gained the deck stood for some
time, outside the_round-house enjoying the scene,