The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

Curious Charge of Perjury.

Yesterday the Brighton borough magistrates, consisting
of Mr Brigden (mayor), Mr A. Bigge (stipendiary), Idr
Montagu Scott, Mr Cordy Barrows, and Mr Hollis, were
engaged the whole day in investigating a curious charge of
perjury preferred against a tradesman. The party charged
is Mr Henry Mowbray, auctioneer and estate agent, on the
Grand Parade, and also agent to the Railway Passengers
Insurance Company. The prosecutor is Mr Samuel
Thorncrofr, assistant overseer of Brighton, and registrar
of births, marriages, and deaths for St. Peter's district in
that town. It appeared that on the 20. h August Mr
Mowbray called on Mr Thorncroft, at the parochial office,
at the b Atom of Church-street, and asked Mr Thorn-
croft to insure with him, and that a conversation ensued,
which resulted in Mr Thorncroft agreeing to insure for £2e.:o
the expense of whichiwould be £l. In payment Mr Thorncroft
drew a cheque on the London and Caunty Bank, and took
from Mr Mowbray a receipt for £l. A few days afterwards,
on looking at the counterfoil in his cheque-book, he found a
memorandum that the corresponding cheque was £5, and
this he immediately corrected to £l, but when he received
his bank book at the end of the month he found that he
was debited £5 in the name of Mowbray. Finding that he
had thus inadvertently drawn a cheque for £5 instead of
£l, he sent for Mr mowbray, and asked:for the restoration
of the LI. Mr Mowbray replied that when Mr Thorncroft,
paid him the £t he said he never drew cheques for so small
an amount as £l, and that be consequently drew a cheque
for £5, receiving from him (Ur Mowbray) the £4 balance.
This Mr Thorncroft denied. He declared that he never
received the £4, and that he said nothing whatever as to
net drawing small cheques. In fact, the very next cheque
that he drew was for £l. The parties being unable to
agree upon the facts, Mr Thorncroft sued in the county
court for the Li a fortnight since, when both parties
swore to what is mentioned above, Mr Thorncroft support-
ing his version of the transaction by the evidence of Mr
Underwood, the deputy assistant cverseer, and a clerk
named Carpenter, both of whom denied that any coin passed
on the occasion in question. The judge of the county court
(Mr Furrier) gave a verdict for the plaintiff, Mr Thorn-
croft, ordering the immediate restoration of the by Mr
Mowbray. Since that time Mr:Mowbray had is conversa-
tion charged Mr Thorncroft with perjury; and Mr Thorn-
croft replied by summoning him before the magistrates
and charging the perjury on the other side. Mr A. T.
Mills, of Brighton, conducted the prosecution; Mr J. G.
Langham, of Uckfield, was engaged for the defence. Mr
Ewen Evershed, the registrar of the Bounty court, and Mr
Woo iham, the usher of the court, produced the record of
the case, and gave evidence of the defendant having sworn
that he handed the four sovereigns to Mr Thorncroft.
Mr Thorncroft himself was examined, and having
detailed all the circumstances of the case reiterated his
averment that no money passed. He was cleverly cross-
examined by Mr Langham. Mr Underwood and the boy
Carpenter gave evidence in corroboration. They did not
see Mr Mowbray give Mr Thorncroft the four sovereigns,
although they were in a position to see that took place.
Mr Langham, in a powerful address, urged that it was far
more probable that Mr Thorncroft's memory failed, than
that Mr Mowbray had committed deliberate and wilful per-
jury. Mr Mowbray came from Leicester, where he had
been guardian and vice-chairman of the board of guardians;
and when he left Leicester his townsmen presented him
with a pica of plate. He proposed to ca 1125 witnesses, who
would give him the highest pc ssible character. The magi-
strates, after a sitting of six hours, decided on committing
Mr Mowbray for trial, but admitted him to bail, himself in
£lOO, and two sureties in £5O each.

MADLLE. LINAs 31ART0NELLE.--This distin-
guished Spanish soprano (who achieved great
success, together with her sista, Madlle. Emma, at the
concerts of the nobility in London &alai; the last season
and also a` Barcelona in the spring) is likely, it is said, to
be amongst (he debutatitcs at. the Italian opera in Paris next
seam,

SECOND EDITION.

UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocri,

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA.
(Via Crookhaven.)
NEW YORK, SEPr. 24, Morning,
Sheridan pursued Early beyond Strastarg, ar.d
again routed him at Fisher's Hill, cApturing 16
guns. The pu7suit continw[s.
No fighting has taken piece et Petenburg.
The C)nfederate 7irptes on Ll.ke Erie have been
captured.

S FORTING ILUEL LIGE NO E. —This Days

CITY BE UTlNCl.—nuts DAY.

CESAREIVITCFr.
6to 1 agst Gratitude (taken)
7to 1 agst Mail Train (taken)
9to 1 agst Tiaalestris (taken)
10 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken)
16 to 1 apt Lady Hylda (taken)
22 to 1 agst B3atrix (taken)
25 to 1 agst Planet (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Suspicion (taken)
23 to 1 agst Lady Francis (taken)
35 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken)
40 to 1 agst Brewer (taken)
40 to 1 agst Cathearal (taken)

CA.NiBRIDGESHIRE.
18 to 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken)
20 to 1 agat Tattoo (offered)
20 to 1 agat Muezzin (offered)
22 to 1 agat Stockingor (taken)
33 to 1 agst Bayard (taken and offered)

SHIPPING-THIS DAY,

LONDON, Oct. 6.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; strong breeze and fine weather.

PLYMOUTH, Oc'. s.—Wind S.B.—Arrived—Esther and
Sophie, from Bahia for hamburg—Rommala, from Suliria
for Kirkaldy.

PILL, Sept. 4.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—ltalia, for
Akyv b.

CLYDE, Sept. s.—Wiad E.—Sailed—Caledonia, ecrew
steamer, for New York.

NEWPORT, Oat. 4.—Wind &E.—Arrived—Filo, from
Belfast, for St. Thomas. Sailed—Albion, for St. Thomas
—Premier, for Zimaga.

SWANSEA, Oct, 4.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—lienry Bath,
from Caldera.

(BY 31AGYETIC TELEGRAPH)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Oct. 6—Margareta, from Gothenburg—John
Muers, from Cronstadt.
Sailed, Oct. 6—Wild Duck, for Wellington—Faith, fur
Guernary—Concordia, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

No arrivals.
Sailed—St. Colombo, for tho eastward—and Victoria, for
London.

Mr Cliarles Jerom Mureb, of the Western Circuit
has been app-,izted Recorder of BlrnEtaple and Bideford
in the place of Mr James Arthur Yonge, deceased.

" The Franciscan Order" (says the Monde) which
has been so happily re-established in France, and which
increases in number every year, now reckons 200,000 men
and 300,000 sisters, including the Tertiares. It pos-
sesses 251 provinc.s and 26,000 convents, of which five
are in Palestine and 30 in Turkey. It has given
to the Church seven Popes and 3,000 bishops. More than
80 Emperors and Empresses, Kings and Queens have been
admitted into the Order, which has moreover the glory cf
having furnished 3,000 saints or beautified persons, among
whom were 1,700 martyrs."

MUTINY IN THE MERSEY.—Yesterday an Ame-
rican packet, the City el Brooklyn, commanded by Captain
Gaon COII3CIIS, which lest the Mersey the same morning,
put back into the river and signalled for the pelice. An
inspector and four men went aboari, and the captain then
gave 12 of the crew of 29 into custody, charged with refusing
to obey orders. One of their number, Andrew Petersen, a
Dane, was also charged with having stabbed the third mate,
Jas. Johnson, in the thigh with a pocket knife. It appeared
that Petersen refused to obey an order of the second mate,
and on the third mate enforcing it Petersen threw
down cud stabbed him. The men were all new hands,
ankno,vn to the cffieers.

TUE MISSING YOUNG CHOMSTER BELONGING TO
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—Upon instituting in-
quiries yesterday morning at the Vicar's Choral of St. Paul's
Cathedral, we were informed, notwithstanding the informa-
tion given to all the inspectors of the metropolitan police
of the disappearance of young King, one of the youthful
choristers, and the offer by the Dean and Chapter of St.
Paul's of a reward of £lO for any information as to
what may have become of him, not the slightest clue had
been obtained up to 11 o'clock. It appears he was present
at the morning service on Saturday last. since which time
neither h's family nor his friends have heard anything of
him, Many rumours are abet as to his supposed abduc%
tion, and as ho was a lad of great talent and promise in his
profession, it is conjectuted that he has been induced to
leave London by other than disinterested parties. The
occurrence has occasioned great glut on the part of hie
friends and. the authorities connected with the Cathedral.

HOUNDS IN THE 17TH CE?.iTURY.—One or the
earliest packs of foxhounds on record was that kept by the
then Lord Arundel! of Wardour, between the years 1690
and 1700; and the family are in possession of memo-
randa proving that they occasionally hutted them from
Wardour Castle, in Wiltshire, and at Braemore, near
Salisbury, now the scat of Sir Edward Hulse, but then the
occasional residence of Lcrd Arundell. These hounds were
kept by the Arundeils until about the year 1745, when the
sixth Lord Arundell died. After his decease they were kept
by his nephew, the Earl of Castlehaven, by whom end his
success= they were hunted until the death of the last Ear
of that name, about the year 1782. The paCk was thou sold
to the celebrated Mr Hugo Moyne'', of Qaorncdon-hal,
Leicestershire; and it is probable that they contributed
largely to the establishment of that gentleman's foxhunting
fame, and have been the progenitors of some of the Quern
hounds of the present day.— Once a Week,.
I:LOP/7.31EN T.—ln the neighbocrhccd t
Great Heath of Maryhorough lived a rCi-to-uo

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farmer, named Mr O'K—. The beauty of his daughtr,
Miss L. O'K--, was, we believe, an object of much ad-
miration, especially to those who, conjecturing tho capabi-
lities of her father's purse, knew that all her recommencla-
tions_were not comprised in the mere transitory attractions
of personal charms. Au individual, whose business it was
to teach the young idea how to shoot, was himself shot by
Cupid. Carried away by the loveliness cf the fair Mis
O'K—, he resolved in turn to carry her away, which re-
solution he put into acacia on the night of Friday, the 23d
ult., when both of them took French leave of the Heath,
and subsequently the train from Portarlington. Their
whereabouts at present we do not know. —Ltinster Express.

ANOTHER GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AND Holt.
BIBLE DEATII.----An inquest was held on Saturday
at the White Hart Inn, Catsfield, by Mr Kell, coroner, re-
specting the death of IVm. Wait, through an explosion at
Messrs Lawrence and Sons' gunpowder mills, Battle, Sus-
sex, which occurred on the previous Thursday. The de-
ceased had been is the employ of the firm 30 years, and on
29th of September was engaged with another man tamed
John Chapman in putting down some flooring in one
of tde press-houses. Orders had been given that the
building should be well watered, so that any stray gun-
powder which might have escaped in the manufacture
should he rendered unieflammable ; but this necessary
precaution appears only to have been partially carried
out. Chapman in pressing up one of the joists used a
cross steal matlock, instead of as he should have done
a wooden lever, which was the cause of the explosion,
as the instrument came in contact with a nail or some-
thing else, causing a spark and igniting the gun-
powder underneath the flooring which escaped through the
crevices. Chapman was blown on to the Brooks, a distance
of three or four rods, receiving extensive injuries, and is
still lingering. The poor man Watt was hurled on to the
bank of the river, and was severely burnt on the surface,
and injured in nearly every part of his body, and notwith-
standing the treatment of Mr Cruickshank, the surgeon,
expired on the following night. The jury returned a verdict
of -"
Accidental death."
It transpired yesterday afternoon that Mr Aaron
Salomons, warehouseman, of Old Change, had
suspended business, owing to the discovery of con-
siderable forgeries committed by his confidential
clerk, cashier, and manager, named Thornely, The
aggregate sum embuzled is stated at £40,000, and
as the delinquent has gone to America, and has lost
nearly the whole amount by speculation in mining
shares, &a,,a,, ve.ry little of it is likely to be recovered.
The bankers of the firm eared every assistance, but
Mr Salomons not knowing hie position; very pru-
dently resolved to stay his operations at once and
ascertain his real position. Subjoined is the cir-
cular issued to the creditors

No. 16, King-street, Cheapside, London,
Oot. 5, 1801.
Gentlemen,—Mr A. Salomons, of Old Change, ware-
houseman, having this day discovered that his confidentiA
clerk and cashier has forged bills to a considerable amount,
and also abstracted moneye from the house, is advised by
his principal creditors at once to have his affairs investi-
gated; and we beg to inform you that the books have been
placed in our hands for that purpose.
A general meeting of the creditors will bo convened at the
earliest possible moment, and in the meantime your ineuf-
gence is craved.;—We are, gentlemen, your obedienl Fir-
vants, LAPDVItY, Comasox, and Vnir.Y.

The Prince and Princess of Wales in
Sweden.

(From eke limes' Special Correspondent.)
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 30.

By far the most enjoyable of the fetes held
hitherto in honour of the visit of the Prince and
Princess of Wales to Sweden was the excursion
yesterday to Gripsholm Castle, situated on the Mae-
lar Lake, somewhat over 40 miles from Stockholm.
On their way from Copenhagen their Royal Highs
neeses had enjoyed the opportunity of becoming
acquainted with the beautiful natural panorama
that unfolds itself all the way from the mouth of
the bay to the capital, and now they were to follow
the chain of water communication inland, and to
pass through a succession of lake scenery, only
needicg a loftier background to render
.it equal to
anything of a similar nature in the world. The
Royal party embarked shcrtly before one o'clock at
the port or quay of Ridderholm on board the
steamer Arboga No. 1, a vessel employed in the or-
dinary passenger navigation of the Swedish lakes,
though from her great speed and the freshness and
elegance of her internal fittings she might have
been taken for a small yacht or despatch vessel in
the King's srrvice. In all these Northern steamers
nothing is more remarkable than the taste with
which the saloon is arranged. Even where no
greater attempt at decoration is made, there is sure
to be a plant of ivy or some other evergreen trained
to wind its leaves round the mast, giving, with the
aid of flowers freshly gathered, wonderful freshness
to the apartment. On board the Arboga there was
an awning over the poop-deck, arranged in such a
manner that this could be completely enclosed at
night or in case of bad weather, so that with the
addition of chairs and couches and carpets this part
of the vessel was converted into a drawing-room.
To witness the ceremony of embarkation a very
large crowd assembled, composed not only of the
more respectable inhabitants of Stockholm, but in-
cluding many of the peasants in their picturesque
Dalecariian costumes of sheepskin jackets and
woollen petticoats, or with black silk handkerchiefs
fastened over their heads, and their black dresses,

edged and striped with red or green. In addition

to those members of the Royal party who have been
staying at the Castle of Stockholm and their suites
respectively, the company on board included the
whole of the Corps Diplomatique. Among these
was Mr. Jerningham, the English representative,
just returned from leave of absence, who was warmly
greeted by his colleagues, and also the newly accre.
dited representative from the empire of Mexico. As
" the vessel moved off from the pier a cordial cheer
was raised by the lookers-on, which the King first,
and afterwards the Pi ince of Wales, acknowledged,
and the waving of handkerchiefs continued as long
as those upon deck could be distinguished from the
shore. An admirable view was gained as the steamer
sped along of the suburbs of Stockholm, and espe-
cially of the principal Gavernment establishments
and hospitals, which are situated upon rising
ground at the edge of the lake. The route, also,
could be plainly distinguished which the connecting

line of railway is to take, so as to interfere as little
as possible with the beauty of the capital ; and,
looking back upon the city, the mammoth palace,
the house of the nobles, and the coronation-hall and
butial-place of the Swedish kings could all be com-
passed in a single glance. Had the season been
the earliest summer, instead of verging on the close
of autumn, the weather could not have proved more
favourable. It was one of those rare but lovely
exceptions to-a cold season called in the Mediter-
ranean" St. Martin's summer." Up on this good for-
tune felicitations were universally exchanged, be-
cause from the prevalence of pine trees in the
northern landscapes, the mere absence of sunlight
is sufficient to throw upon them a shade of gloomi-
ness. As it was, the shores of the lake looked
almost Swiss in their richness and verdancy. They
wanted, of course, the towering Alps behind ;
but the absence of hills was to some extent
balanced by the banks of white clouds which
rolled themselves into fantastic shapes, and
formed no inapt representatives of the region of
perpetual snow. Towards the mouth of the bay
below Stockholm, the islands for the moat part are
bare, vegetation being prevented or cut down by
the sweeping blasts of winter.
.In the milder
cimate of Lake Maelar they are covered with trees,
and as the boat advances further inland fertile
val'et's are frequently encountered. On its way to
Gripsholm the Arboga was obliged to make some-
what of a detour to call at Drottningholm for the
Queen D ragger, but the prolongation of the jour-
ney afforded pleasure to all on board, and more-
over, enabled them to admire by daylight the pro-
portions of the palace which by torchlight the
previous evening had presented such a grand ap-
pearance. The Qunn Draager, with one of the
ladies of her Court and the marshal of her household,
was upon the jetty immediately in front of the
castle, waiting the arrival of the steamer ; the spec.
Wars, to the number of some hundreds, standing
ba :k a few paces, seeing everything that passed, but
at the same time not encroaching upon her move-
ments. A 3 soon as the vessel had been made fast,
and before the gangway was quite in its place, the
King landed, and, after a short conversation, him-
self conducted the Queen Mother on board, where
she was received and welcomed by Prince Oscar,
and afterwards by all the other members of the
Royal party. From Drottningholm to Gripsholm
the passage was made without further incident, save
that a Swedish gentleman of fortune caused a salute
to be fired from pieces of ordnance in the grounds
of his chateau, which lies in the vicinity of Grips•
holm, but upon the opposite shore of the lake.
Country seats abound in this locality, but they are
only occupied for two or three months each year,
during the short continuance of a northern summer,
and the residents, almost without exception, have
now returned to their town residences. The view of
Gripsholm Castle, with its strong red towers and
black-capped roofs, as seen from the lake, is very
striking. It stands on a jutting piece of rock, with
its base concealed from view by a fringe of birch
till one is actually on the point of entering the gate-
way. A little way to the right lies the little town
of Mariefred, bearing a strong family resemblance to
most of the Swedish villages—that is to say, it con-
sists of red wooden houses, with windows picked
out in white, surrounded and mixed up with gar-
dens and lime trees, while from a slight elevation
the church spire towers above the colony. This
Castle of Gripsholm is of wonderful antiquity, and
its walls, at the present day, are not more thickly
covered with p7ctures than they would be with his-
torical memories couli they but find voice to utter
them. About the year 1380 the building was ori.
ginally founded by a chieftain with the suggestive
name of Grip, who at that time is said to have held
the third part of Sweden in his clutches. In 1537
- it was restored or rebuilt by Gustavus Vasa, the
towers, with the exception of the roofs, which were
then somewhat different in shape, being erected as
they now stand. In the eight-sided courtyard, built
anyhow into the walls, may still be seen the armo-
rial bearings of Vasa, " Lo Jonsson Grip," and
others, which the late King of Sweden ordered to
be regilt at the time he was renovating the castle,
and introducing by the way some square modern
windows, against which the architects have ever
since protested, besides painting and pointing the
fine old brickwork. In the outer courtyard are two
gigantic pieces of ordnance, not unlike one of those
in St. James's Park, but of greater size, which an
inscription in ancient Slavonic declares to have been
Captured from the Rassians by La G arclie in the 16th
Century. They are each 18ft long, and made appa-
rently of bell metal, 3ft of the end nearest to the
mouth of the piece being fashioned in imitation of
the head of a wolf—a name which the inscription
referred to declars that they were actually known
by. They are pitted with shot marks, and the pea-
sants, generations qz a, gave them the uncomplimen-
tary titles of " the Boar and the Sow." The melan-
choly associations connected with the Castle of
Gripsholm prevent its being more than an occasional
residence of royalty during the summer, but for the
visitor every room full of interest. Tense naturally
which a stranger most desires to see are the apart.
meats in which the royal brothers successively kept
each other close prisoners for long and weary terms
of years. John's appears to have been as comfortable
a place of captivity as the ideas of the time contem.
plated. The room is circular, lighted by three win.

dows, commanding a view over Lake Maelar and the I
adjoining country; the walls are panelled after the
fashion of the day, the ceiling is painted in fresco,
and the woodwork carved wit'a buneacs of fruits
and flowers. The King, for such he was, had his
bed in one of the deep recesses of th « ndows, and
the Queen, refusing to leave his side, tl. ough offered
palaces and revenues if she would consent to do so,
gave birth here to her son Sigismund—a name that
figured in later years so prominently in the history
of Poland. In another and smaller recess, imme-
diately opposite the King's bed, the cot of the child
appears to have been prepared. When John obtained
his liberty, and Eric was in turn incarcerated in the
same building, his treatment was by no means as
lenient. In a higher story of the captives' tower this
unfortunate ex-King was placed in an inner chamber
of circular form, with a low roof, lighted by three
small apertures and secured by a double door, the
outer one of iron, the inner one of wood, with a
small triangular slit to pass his food. The three
apertures looked out into the open air, but into an
outer gallery, and round this the sentinel paced
incessantly to and fro. Watching for the sig-
nals with which his wife came to comfort him,
and waiting for the deliverance that never came, a
hole was worn in the bricks at one particular wins
dow by the elbows of the unhappy King, and a
spot in the flooring is shown that was hollowed by
his feet. This is the description, in his own words,
of the condition to which he was reduced, " No day
has passed without some insult or injury—suffering
from cold, hunger, stench, and drunkenness—fol-
lowed about with drawn swords, intruded upon
during the night," After a miserable imprison-
ment at Gripsholm and elsewhere for eight years,
his life was terminated by poisoning in the year
1577. Many nations would have levelled with the
ground the castle, or, at any rate, the tower con-
nected with which there are these deplorable asso.
ciations. Sweden, however, has such a glorious
past that she can afford to let the truth be known
with regard to this melancholy passage of her his.
tory. The pictures in this castle would require at
least a week to examine them carefully. They are
about 2,000 in number, the gems of the collection
being the likeness of Marie Antoinette and her
children, one of the only two undoubted portraits of
that unhappy Queen ; the life.size painting of Gus-
tavus 111. and his three brothers; and the picture
by Velasquez of Philip IV. on horseback, These
three are works of art of such undoubted merit that

t is contemplated and almost decided to remove
hem to the Museum at Stockholm. Two or three of

those Salles des contemporains of which the Swedish
monarchs were so fond are met with at this Palace.
The most interesting is the collection made in the
lifetime of Gustavus 111. His contemporaries in-
cluded, by a curious coincidence, George 111. of
England and Charles 111, of Spain, and in his time
also the two female Sovereigns who have written
their names so plainly on the page of history,
Maria Theresa of Austria and Catherine of
Russia, were in the plenitude of their power.
Among the pictures to which Swedish visitors
attach greatest interest, are those of Linnaeus, and
of an artist orator in the house of peasants, who is
represented in the costume which he wore habitu-
ally. English eyes will be attracted by some excel-
lent pictures illustative of their own history ; among
others, by likenesses of Cromwell and of Charles 1.,
in both of which there is probably greater cha-
racter than in any which have become established
favourites at home.

There is also a painting of Queen Eliz tbeth, sent
by herself to the Swedish Court in one of her mo-
ments of tenderness, as to the authenticity of which
no doabt can be entertained, for the correspon-
dence to which it gave rise was instrumental in
discovering that the Swedish monarch had two
strings to his bow. The Swedish version of Anna
Boleyn's features is so opposed to all preconceived
ideas that it must be received with a considerab.e
amount of caution, In addition to the collection
of pictures, some of which connect themselves with
the very earliest times of Swedish history, the State
apartments are filled with objects of traditional in-
terest—chests in which the dowry of Queens has
found its way to Sweden, tapestries whose colours
call to mind some of the tints of Rubens, The very
sconces open the stairs are of repousse silver, The
Royal party which reached Gripsholm at 4 o'clock,
spent two hours and a half in going over the
building, and shortly before 7 proceeded to the
dinner-room, a floe antique apartment, with walls
and ceiling of pine, without other ornaments than
the pictures on the walls, and a few gilt crowns
dotted in here and there to lighten what would
otherwise have been the sombre off-et of the wood-
work. Oa the way to the dinner-room, in ac-
cordance with the Swedish custom, trays con-
taining bread, butter, caviare, and other provoca-

tives to appetite ware handed round with the in-
dispensable accompaniment of little glasses of
brandy. All Swedish dinners commence after this
fashion ; at the hotels even, side tables are laid out
and cartes drawn up with a view to these prelirni.
caries, and it would have been an offence to the
genius loci to omit such an observance at Gripsholm.
After dinner the Prince and Princess of Wales pro•
seeded to apartments prepared for their accommo-
dation, where, with the members of the Royal
family whose guests they were, they held a species
of friendly reception, and shortly before 9 o'clock
the whole party re-embarked in the Arboga with
a view of returning to Stockholm. Red lights had
been fixed to the walls of the Castle, which showed
the outlines of the towers wonderfully well, and, as
the surrounding darkness was intensified by this

illumination, blue lights were burnt to paint out the
way on board the vessel. In compliment to the

illustrious excursionists two or three of the largest
chateaux on the edge of Lake Maelar were bril-
liantly lighted by their proprietors about thR time
at which it was known that tho steamer would re-
turn. This facility in handling torches is charac.

teristic of the Northern people, and appears to run
through all their important proceedings. After
dusk, whenever the King or Prince Oscar drives
abroad, a horseman with a flaming brand rides in
advance of the cortege, and it would be difficult for
one who has not actually seen the effect produced
by this simple arrangement to form to himself a
just conception of the dignity and authority implied
in the display.

The Royal party reached Stockholm shortly after
halt past 11 o'clock p.m., and driving straight to the
Palace, the King of Sweden, Prince Oscar, and his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with the gen.
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more than an hour, to the railway station, where a
special train was in readiness to convey them to one
of the northern forests, where, it is hoped, they will
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must undergo in the forest, the Royal party no doubt
will again gladly avail themselves of these couches
on their way back. They are looked for again in
Stockholm on to-morrow (Saturday) morning, upon
which day a review may possibly take place, to be
followed by a dinner at the Chateau of Haga, the
residence of the Prince Augustus and the Princess
Theresa. Ia the evening there is to be a grand
representation of Faust at the theatre, and after the
conclusion of the opera, which their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will honour
with a visit, they will be present for a short tine
at a soiree given by the Count de Scheel-Plessen,
Minister for Denmark, and the Countess Plessen,
Sunday will be passed in the family circle, and early
on Monday morning their Royal Highnesses will
leave for Gottenbarg by special train and embark on
board the Oeb)rne for Denmark the same evening.
Prince Oscar of Sweden will accompany the Prince
and Princess of Wales as far as Gottenburg, and
before their final departure from
Fredensborg it is
expected that be will join their family circle in
Denmark for a few days.
members Yesterday while the Royal party and the
of the diplomatic corps were enjoying themselves in
one direction at Gripsholna, the heads of the Swedish
Naval Department went on board the Aurora to
invite the officers of the British fleet to en ex.
eursion to the Djergard, or Deer-park, one of the
great objects of
.attraction at Stockholm, They

were received with the full honours of a salu'e and
yards manned, and their invitation, it is needless to
add, was gratefully accepted. It is said, and no
doubt with truth, that no other capital in Europe
possesses a park so highly picturesque as this, and
the excursion being organised with the same ad.
mirable foresight that has characterised all the fetes
given during the stay ef the Prince and Princess it
naturally afforded the most perfect satisfaction to
all those who were privileged to share in it.

On the night of the ball at Drottingholm there
was no time to do more than allude to the gala
dinner which preceded it, given by her Majesty the
Queen• Mother. The entertainment was one of great
magnificence, and was given in the gallery of pictures
illustrative of the battles of Charles X. Covers were
laid for 60 persons. The king gave his arm to the
Princess of Wales, who had on her right the Prince
Oscar. The Queen-Mother was led to the dinner
table by the Prince of Wales. On the right of the
Qaeen Mother the Queen of Sweden was placed,
who was conducted to table by the Prince Augustus.
On the left of the King the Princess Theresa, wife
of Prince Augustus, was placed. She was led down
to dinner by the Prince John of Glucksburg. On
the right of Prince Oscar Lady Spencer was placed,
conducted to table by the Count Manderstrom. The
Hon. Mrs. Grey sat on the left of Prince Augustus)
having been brought down by Count Sparre, Grand
Marshal of the Kingdom of Sweden, To the left of
the Prince of Wales Countess Bonde, Grande Mai-
tresse of the Queen's Court, was placed, conducted
by Earl Spencer. To the left of Prince John of
Glucksburg Countess Skioldebrand, Grand Mai-
tresse of the Court of the Queen-Mother, was seated
conducted to table by General Knollys. During
the dinner the band of the 2d Regiment of Guards
played a selection of music.
The ball which took place the same evening com-
menced with a Polonaise. In the opening quadrille
the following personages of distinction took part :
The Queen with his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales danced vis-a vis to Commander Suttie, R N.,
and the Hon. Mrs Grey. The Princess of Wales
with Prince Oscar vis-a-vis to the Baron Bildt,
Governor of Stockholm, and his partner; Princess
Theresa and Colonel Keppel vis-a-vis to Baron
Ehrensborgh, Chamberlain to the Queen-Mother,
and Madame de Martino, wife of the secretary to
the Italian Embassy; the King of Sweden with
Lady Spencer visa-zis to M. Dutreil, secretary to
the French Embassy, and Mademoiselle der Wedel
Jarlsberg ; the Prince of Glucksburg and the Colin.
tess Frolich vis-a-vis to M. de Shunck, officer d'Etat
Major, and Mademoiselle de Fabraus.
In the course of the evening the Prince of Wales
also danced in quadrilles with Madame Fournier,
I'Ambaseadrice de France ; and the Countess Bonde,
nee Maryatt. His Royal Highness waltzed with
the Princess Theresa, Countess Frolich, and Coun-
tess Anna Hamilton ; took part in a cotillon with
the Countess of Scheel-Plessen, and in a polka with
Mademoiselle Augusta Bonde, whose mother before
her marriage was the Lady Augusta Fitzclarence.
Besides the opening quadrille her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales danced with the Prince
Augustus of Sweden and Baron Bildt ; waltzed
with the King, Count Conrad de Rosen, and M.
Fisherstrom, Ecuyer de Roi, and took part in a co-
tillon with M. Aminoff, Chamberlaine de Service to
the Queen-Mr.iher.

This evening (Friday) the Priucess of Wales,
with her ladies in waiting, dined at the Castle of
liirichsaal, with the Queen of Sweden, where the
Princess Theresa likewise spent the evening.
ELSINORE, Wednesday, 5 p,tn.
The Royal party landed here at 4 o'clock, luav-
ing Princa Oscar at Heloingborg, in Sweden.
The King and Crown Prince met them here.
They had an excellent reception.