The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-12 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, OCT. hied
Ths Queen walked in the grounds, acconVoll.4
by Princess Helena; and in the afternoon her N"
jesty went out, accompanied by Princess Louise.
Mr Gladstone left the Castle this morning. at,
The Hon. Mrs Bruce has been relieved by Ls
Augusta Stanley in attendanco on the Queen'
The Rev. Dr N. M'Leod arrived in the evcnalbaof
The Dean of Westminster had the honour
dining with the Queen and Royal family.
OcT. 9'
The Queen and Princess Helena, attended b!
Lai3y Augusta Stanley, attended Divine service 111
the afternoon at the parish church of Crathie.
Princess Helena and Prince Alfred, attended 1110
Lady Augusta Stanley, attended the service
in tb
morning. ty'S
The Rev. Dr N. M'Leod, one of her 'kJ-11.0es
chaplains, officiated on both occasions.
The Rev. Dr M'Leod had the honour of dilaivg
with the Queen and Royal family.

Foreign Courts.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 3'
It is stated that a commission has been formed
r
for the purpose of preparing the Princess 1)41/1.
for the reception of the rite of baptism acord,rll3;
letter
young the form in use in the Greek Church. 'ter
young princess has received a most touching o
from the Empress of Russia, The Emperor 11s6
presented her Royal Highness with a pearl Deala
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valued at £12,000, and the Empress has also Pre
sented a costly pair of diamond bracelets. The insr• t
riage will not be celebrated until the expiry of 4b°oll
18 months, when her Royal Highness will be ,a`b;
proaching the completion of her 19th year.
nAd ja
princess will pass the winter at Copenhageol a
the course of next summer will proceed to
Petersburg.

BERLIN, Oct. 9'
In reply to the congratulatory addresses presented
by the civic authorities of Berlin to the King !lily
the Crown Prince on the birth of his Royal /lig.,
ness's son, the following answers have been sat;
as
" Whilst I sincerely thank you for the congratt
lations addressed to me on the birth of my Ynavge 1
grandchild, the third eon of the Crown Prince' o
hope that it may please God to graciously bear ettio
prayers offered up to Him for the welfare of 'of
young Prince, ani to preserve him for the j°7
bis parents and for the welfare of the country.
" WILLIABL.

" Babelsberg Castle, Sept. 22, 1864."
1.11 the
"I return to the civic authorities of Berlin
of the Crown Princess, my consort, and ino'n
own, for the cordial wishes expressed towards us
the birth of our third son. In the joy over "ted
possession which Heaven has graciously gra° 0,
to our house we cannot forget the fathers and vir
there from whom the struggle of the present Yeas
has torn hopeful sons. Most conecientiouslY d° !di
feel the duty to educate this our youngest Eon vlla
his older brothers in devoted love and true dev°tl".
to the country. May God bless this our endeavou'..
" FREDERIC WILLIAM, Crown Fri"?'
"New Palace at Potsdam, Sept. 20, 1864."

qr
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, havil
completed his incognito visit to Denmark and Sweden,
return direct,to England. At some future time it is P°'s4
sible that his Royal Highness, as Piince of Wales, may Pay
a visit to the Emperor of the French.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
left town on Monday evening on a visit to Genera 11311'
at his seat near Newmarket. A shooting party has bee°
expressly invited to meet the royal duke.
His Excellency Prince de la Tour d'Auvergnes
French Ambassador at London, has arrived in Paris 111'91

Nancy.
The Prince and Princess Wiadimer Bariatineri
and family, attended by a numerous suite, have left C 13..
ridge's Hotel for Paris.
The Prince Labamoff and family have arrived
at Claridge's Hotel from Ryde, Isle of Wight.
The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham are
staying at Southsea.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury re'
turn to town in a few days from their seat in Yorkshire,
on their way to Savernake Lodge, Wilts.
The Earl and Countess Grey (not the Esrl and
t
Countess de Grey, as stated in error yesterday) arrived a
Wishaw Castle, Scotland, on Friday last.
The Earl of Bective, M.P., has left 24, Grafton 4
street, for Uaderley Hall, Westmoreland. left
The Countess (Dowager) of Longford has
Worthing for Brighton.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston return t°
Broadlands, Hants, to-morrow, or the following dal' sq
Viscountess Jocelyn will leave town to-motto
for Balmoral, to succeed the Marchioness of Ely, 93 La
in Waiting to the Queen. oVi
Lord and Lady Lindsay leave town to-morr
fur Italy. The noble lord and lady came to town at tat
close of the past week, and their family will reside
Brighton during the absence of his lordship Cu the c°jr.
tinent. en S
Lady Reddington has arrived at the Que
Hotel, Upper Norwood.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart"
had
left Falloden for Balmoral.
The Right Hon. Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer
staying at Brown's Hotel, Dover-street. for d,
Mr. Layard, M.P., Under Secretary ito
Foreign Department, after a tour in Italy and Switzer
has arrived in Paris on his way home.

FALSE TAILS.—A mole killer of MontheY is tIID
Valais, in Switzerland, was recently brought be'-;
ci°
the correctional tribunal of that place on a charge of friv`:fi.
ling the authorities, which he effected in an ingenious 0110,•"2
ner, The destroyers of those animals receive a certain * 4,,
for each, but they are not bound to present the bodies Ti
order to obtain the reward, but only the tails. The man re
question delivered not less than 2,090, and received a 6-
of 300 f. Surprise was felt at the number, and oh ell,
examination a great many were found to be artificial, inaeo
lectured by gumming a strip of the animal's skin en 11_,A
of wire covered with paper. The tail-maker was condera
to three months' imprisonment.
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BIIOIIS6I.
HAM AND SOUTH WALES.—After months of urea,
pected delay the Aberdare branch of the Great Wester:
has been completed, and the narrow gauge communiestia,
is now complete from Swansea to Pontypool-road, uereforot
Worcester, and Birmingham. Passenger trains ran for ill
first time on Wednesday, direct from Birmingham an
Worcester to Swansea, and the saving of time as coraPar
with the old route, via Newport and Cardiff, was fall,' 4.°110
hour, the mileage being reduced by twenty miles. 13e'° 1.0
the opening of this route the principal difficulty in connate 5
with the through traffic from Birmingham to South Virsielo
was the break of gauge at Newport and Merthyr, but tn•
will no longer be the case, the laying of the narrow gall6°
, on the Vale of Neath having secured a uniform gauge fres!
Swansea to the Midland districts. It is expected that
very large through traffic, more especially in minerals, Wile
ultimately go over the new route.— Western Daily Tress.
FRIGHTFUL DOUBLE MURDER IN IREL2.‘lO•''.
Dublin, Tuesday Evening.—(By Electric Tele'.
graph).—A frightful double murder has been committed in
the c,unty of Dublin of two sisters, named Murphy, at„
respectively 25 and 35. It appears that the father of tm;
murdered women died some time ago and left there sour
s
property. On Monday their brother, Richard MurphYr
small farmer, living four miles from Balbriggan, with will
they resided, went to see a married sister, and he states tha
when he returned in the evening he found his eldest sister
lying dead in the house. He then sought for assistahne!
and accompanied by another man, searched for the youpge`
woman, who was found dead in a field about 30 yards r115,i
tent from the house. The skulls of both women aPPearc
to have been broken in with a pitchfork or some such tves:,
pon. No instrument was found with which the deed coil,"
have been committed. An inquest was held on Wednesdah
and a verdict of wilful murder returned against collie Per'
son or persons unknown. The brother is in custodY. lf
INCENDIARY FIRE ON THE WOLDS..—.A.bout " f
past 11 o'clock on Monday night the stack Yard °
Mr R. Thompson, of Ilarpmen, a village about fluids/14
between Burlington and Driffield, just at the foot of tj3:
Yorkshire Wold district, was found to be on fire. They *rle
contained several corn stacks, and on one side a large Pollg'
of straw, the produce of some days' thrashing. The !ill sit
of this straw, with a tare-straw stack and haystack,
completely burnt, but fortunately the wind was blowl
from the corn stacks, and they were saved. The damage
thought to be not very serious—perhaps £3OO. Assietaile
fire was
was procured from Driffield and Bridlington. The
eod
seen for many miles, The police are said to have
ground for suspecting a well-known person as the incendniJe
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in this case. It is confidently alleged that the act is oac
the
svengeanceixth fi
rfeo some
in a
t:wu pdpao)sse,dang rdieivnatchcee.heaor ft coof ut
hr see ,d
ibthetirci
ck
so fearfully visited last winter, the affair has spread Alar u*
far and wide,