The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-10 00:00:00

A FEEBLE REJOINDER,

Perhaps the feeblest rejoinder ever penned by
mortal man has just been written by the Rev. F. B.
Maurice, and published in last Saturday's Spectator.
It is evidently supposed to be an answer (!) to the

inimitable sarcasm given in this August number of
_Fraser by T. C., i,e., Thomas Carlyle, called (in
Latin) "The American Iliad in a Nutshell"---an epi-
gram at once quoted by us from Fraser into our own
columns. As a specimen of F. D. M.'s (that is, as
we have said, the Itsv. F. D. Maurice's) notion of
smartness in the shape of repartee, here is his very
amazing rejoinder copied bodily from the Spectator
of Saturday :
AN EPISODE IN THE " ILIAS (AMERICANA)

IN NIICE."

DIALOGUE.

H. (an English gentleman of great respectability, a mem-
ber of the Carlton)—My dear fellow, you know I wish per-
dition here and hereafter to all Yankees; but did you not
begin this infernal row?
S. (a Southern agent)—Of course we did. Everything
was at stake. A scoundrel of the old country scattered
books up and down the States against Gigmanity. He
preached the doctrine of the old Scotch ploughman, " A
man's a man for a' that." He canted about a judgment
of God which came upon the French nobles of the last cen-
tury for denying that doctrine. Certain fools at the North
fancied he was in earnest. They believed what he told them,
and said that they should act upon. Idiot parsons went
so far as to say that the words we use on Sunday about
a person who was put to death as a slave being the
corner-stone of the universe were true. Wbat could we
do? It was a matter of life and death. We raised the
shout for Gigmanity. We affirmed that slavery itself, not
the person who suffered the death of the slave, was the
corner-stone of the universe. These are our watchwords.
In this cause, and not, as seine foolish friends of ours re-
present, to vindicate our right to hire our aervat.ts for life,
we have drawn the sword and flung away the scabbard.
11. (much affected)—Erave and noble men! Champions
of our interests as well as your own 1 You have not been
exactly the friends of England. But we feel that we may
embrace you as ours, Let us join solemnly in drinking the
toast, "The Cause of Gigmrnity and Slavery, civil and re-
ligious, all the world over."
[flip, hip 1 hurrah I and exeunt.)
F. D.

Viscount Palmerston still lingers in town, though
it is understood the knotty political problem of the
day was solved, so far as our Government is concerned, at
the last Cabinet. Indeed our Foreign Secretary has already
taken his departure for his shooting-lodge in Scotland.
The Premier, the Home Secretary, the Duke of Somerset,
and one or two other Ministers still haunt the metropolis.
ARRIVAL OF A MELBOURNE ,SHlP.—Messrs.
Green's ship Lady Melville, 1,000 tons, Captain Gimblett,
from Melbourne, May 6, passed up channel off Plymouth
on Saturday night. She brings about 120 passengers,
10 oz, of gold on freight ; 374 bales wool, and a quantity of
tallow, hides, horns, copper ore, &o. Seven of her passen-
gas laAdad at ilymcuth by e pilot boat OJT satittday night,

that ((fru/Tar

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, August 7.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess
Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, at-
_ _ _

tended by Lady C. Barrington, Lieut.• General the
Hon. C. Grey, and 111ajor Cowell, embarked in the
Royal yacht Fairy to be present at the Cowes
Regatta.
Count and Countess Gleichen dined with her
Majesty in the evening.

AUG. 8

Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Louise, yesterday inspected the new
schools at Whippingham, no iv in course of erection
by her Majesty's command.
The Hon. Mrs. Bruce and Licut.-Colonel Du
Plat were in attendance.

AUG. 9,

The Queen, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold
attended Divine service this morning at Osborne.
The Rev. G. Prothero officiated.
The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting and the
Household were also present.
The christening of the infant Princess, daughter
of his Serene Highness and her Grand Ducal High-
ness Prince and Princess Leiningen, took place at
Osborne this afternoon.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W.
L. Onslow, chaplain and naval instructor of her
Majesty's ship Racoon.

The sponsors were her Majesty the Queen, her
Imperial Highness Prince William of Baden (re-
presenting her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess
of Baden), her Royal Highness Princess Helena
(representing her Royal Highness the Crown Prin-
cess of Prussia, Princess Royal), and his Grand
Ducal Highness Prince William of Baden (repre-
senting his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe
Coburg).

Her Majesty the Queen named the child Alberta
Victoria Sophie Marie Ernestine.
There were also present their Serene and Grand
Ducal Highnesses Prince and Princess Leiningen,
their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Prince
Alfred, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Prin-
cess Beatrice.

The following had the honour of being invited :
Count and Countess Gleichen, Lady C. Barrington,
the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Horatia Stopford,
Lieut.-General the Hon. C. Grey and 'Mrs. Grey,
Colonel Sir T. M. and Hon. Lady Biddulph, Lieut.-
Colonel and Mrs. Du Plat, Sir James Clark, the
Rev. G. Prothero, Major Cowell, Major Eiphin-
stone, Mr. Buff, Dr. Hoffmeister, Miss Hildyard,
Mademoiselle Bauer, Commander Simpson, Dr.
Minter, and Mr. Truscott (Royal) yacht.