The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

THE SULTAN INCOG.

The Levant Herald of May 29 publishes the fol-
lowing amusing incident concerning the Sultan,
reminding one of Haroun Ali aschid's perambula-
tions :—" The Sultan was, two evenings back, the
hero of a small adventure, which, with the addition
of a few imaginative touches, might be made to read
like an episode of the ' Arabian Nights.' His
Majesty, dressed in the common uniform of a bim-
bashi, crossed quite alone from the Kassim Pasha to
the Fanar in a one-pair calque. He proceeded to a
casino called Kii-bournou, and, calling for a cup of
coffee, soon got into conversation with the Greeks
and Armenians at his own and the adjoining
tab'es. It was noticed that he spoke very freely.
and not ever reverently, of the Sultan and his
Ministers, inviting frank expression of opinion as to
both. His fellow-customers spoke out as freely as
the bimbashi himself, and uttered some doubtful com-
pliments of more than one holder of a portfolio,
but generally expressed their conviction that Fuad
and A'ali Pashas were ' the right men in the right
pla ce,' while the Sultan himself was universally ad-
mitted to be a 'capital fellow.' In the midst of all this
free criticism a certain well-known saraff sauntered
into the room and at a glance recognised the stranger.
The secret was soon common property, and the
change of manner towards the bimbashi was sur-
prising. His Majesty saw that he was discovered,
pretending ignorance, continued his questions; in
vain, however, for the answers now given were
lavish praise of everybody and everything from
Buyukdere to the Seven Towers. He then boldly
asked if the company knew him. Of course not ;
no one present had the ghost of a notion who the
Effendi was, though the general impression was
that he deserved not to be a mere bimbashi, but
Serdar Ekrem or Seraskier at least. He then
pulled out of his pocket a bad lithographic por-
trait of himself, and asked if it was like him.
Staferellala ! it was dirt, while he was an Adonis !
That was enough. His Majesty then rose to leave,
but forgot to pay for his coffee; the Lavejee, how-
ever, was so beside himself that he hardly knew
whether to insist on payment or to serve the
whole company gratis. It ended in the Sultan
setting out, accompanied by the cavejee and every
body else, to walk to the old bridge, where his
suite and a couple of the Palace caiques were
awaiting him. Before embarking his Majesty
turned to his late boon companions and thanked
them for their remarks on men and things, which
he assured them he would not forget."

Despatches were received on Saturday at the
Colonial Office from the Governor of Heligoland. De-
spatches were sent to the Governors of Canada, the Baha-
mas, and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands.

TOILETTES OF THE EMPRESS AND HER LADIES AT
THE GRAND PRIX DE PARIS--The Empress wore a
dress and vest of white poplin edged with bright green, and
ornamented with buttons and Brandenburgs of the same
colour; her bonnet was made of white tulle, on which was
placed a bouquet of green herbs and a white aigrette. Her
Majesty looked in extremely good health and spirits, and
was accompanied by the Princesses Mathilde and Murat.
The Duke of Brabant, the Prince of Orange, and King
Ferdinand of Portugal, father of the reigning King, were
in the Imperial tribune, and accompanied the Emperor,
when he quietly sauntered down in front to take a nearer
view of the competing horses. The Jockey Club flower
girl, Mdlle. Isabella, had been presented by the winner of
the French Derby (in accordance with an ancient custom)
with a costume of his colours, and now appeared in her new
uniform, composed of La Toucques' colours, plaid and
yellow. The dress consisted of a Scotch jacket with yellow
facings and steel buttons, a plaid scarf and skirt, yellow
petticoat and pouch for holding money; a Glengarry cap
and feathers, and handsomely hilted dirk, completed the
costume, which was jauntily worn, and had a very pretty
effect. The prettiest toilettes of the day were remarked to
be white, whether in taffetas, alpacca, or foulard. The
Princess de Sagan wore a white mohair dress and casaque,
with deep fringes made of yack wool, and a white drawn
bonnet, with a bouquet of white roses. Mme. de Pourtales,
a dress and vest of white taffetas, with a long and wide sash
of azuline• coloured taffetas, the bonnet white and blue to
correspond. Madame de Persigny, a gauze de Chamber'y
dress, white with delicate mauve-coloured, and stripe, a
tulle bonnet, with white and lilac trimmings. One very
pretty toilette worn by the Princess Poinatowaki, consisted
of a light grey taffeta dress, trimmed with bias bands of
violet silk, over which was worn a deep camail of black
guipure, and a capote of crease of two shades of violet,—
Queen.

The notorious New York Herald has surpassed
itself by glorying in a most disgusting manner over the
death of the great Stonewall Jackson, 'villifying his me-
mory in some disgraceful "Lines on a Dead Puppy I"

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, June 5.
The Queen drove out yesterday, accompanied by
Princess Louise.

Princess Helena went out riding.
Prince Alfred, attended by Major Cowell, left the
Castle yesterday for Edinburgh.

The Queen, accompanied by the Royal Family,
will leave the Castle this day at twelve o'clock for
Aboyne, where a special train will be in readiness to
convey her Majesty, the Royal Family, and suite
to indsor Castle.

WINDSOR CASTLE, June 6.

Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess
Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, left
Balmoral yesterday at half-pest twelve, and arrived
at Windsor Castle at nine o'clock this morning.
The suite in attendance consisted of the Lady
Augusta Bruce, Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey, Lord
Charles Fitzroy, Major Cowell, Mr. Buff, and Mr,
Ruland.

The Duchess of Athole attended her Majesty to
Perth.

The Duke of Argyll travelled with her Majesty,
and left for London.
The Prince and Princess of Wa!es visited her
Majesty.

Lord Talbot de Malahide and Col. the Hon. A.
Liddell are the Lord and Groom in waiting.
Major-Gen. the Hon. A. N. Hood, and Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros, are the Equerries to
her Majesty.
The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Duchess
of Athole as Lady in waiting.
The Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily
Cathcart have arrived as Maids of Honour in wait-
ing.

SUNDAY.
The Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales,
Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen
in waiting, attended Divine Service this morning in
the private chapel.
The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell officiated.

Her Majesty proposes to pay a visit to the Royal
Horticultural Gardens on Tuesday, to see Mr. Durham's
Memorial of the Great Exhibition and Statue of Albert the
Good. The visit will be private, the gardens being closed
to the public on that day, But the streets through which
she will pass are open, and the approaches to the garden
broad, so that of the many millions who will rejoice over
her partial reappearance among her people, some will be
able to obtain a glimpse of their Queen.—Athenceuni.
The Prince of Wales has been elected a member
of the United Service Club.

It is expected the French Court will remain at
Fontainebleau a month.

Reports are again about that the King of the
Belgians is very seriously ill.
The Duke of Argyll arrived in town on Saturday
from Scotland.

The Dowager Duchess of Norfolk has removed
from Hamilton•place to her new residence in Grosvenor-
square.

The Guild of Literature and Art.

A select committee of the Guild of Literature and
Art, consisting of Mr. Charles Dickens, Sir E. B.
Lytton, Messrs. R. Chambers, W. H. Wills, C.
Wordsworth, and F. Ouvry, has some time been
considering plans for remodelling that institution.
At length they have made a report to their clients,
in which they say ;—" We find that to make life
assurance a qualification of membership of the
Guild is attended with difficulty and hardship, in-
asmuch as a case has already occurred in which the
life of one of the original promoters of, and workers
for the Guild cannot be assured in any life office.
And we find that, for various reasons, pecuniary and
otherwise—the classes eligible as professional mem-
bers are not generally disposed thus to qualify
themselves. We find that the attempt to establish
a sickness fund as a qualification of membership has
failed, by reason of its small sphere of action. We
recommend therefore that the prosecution of these
two objects be discontinued, and that the quali-
fication of professional members shall, for the future,
consist in the payment of the funds of the Guild of
an annual sum of one guinea each, in addition to
the entrance fee of one guinea; such contribution
to cease on the part of any member who may (in
accordance with the recommendations we shall pre-
sently offer) be chosen as an occupant of one of the
Gulid's free dwelling-houses, or as the recipient of
one of the Guild's annuities. We recommend that
the funds of the Guild shall be, for the present,
wholly devoted to such purposes as are contemplated
by The Grand Institution. Towards this end Sir
Bulwer Lytton, present at our second meeting,
agreed to fulfil his generous promise to give the
Guild a piece of land, consisting of two acres, on
which to build dwelling houses, agreeable to the
recital in the preamble of the Act of Parliament.
We recommend that on such piece of land three free
dwelling-houses be forthwith erected, with all ne-
cessary fixtures and fittings, at a cost for the whole
not exceeding £1,500. The occupants of these free
dwelling-houses to be elected by the Council, and
not to be debarred from following their usual
avocations. We recommend that the income of
the Guill derivable from the remainder of its
funded capital, and from annual subscriptions or
other sources, be devoted to the granting of
annuities to professional members, either occu-
pants of the dwelling-houses or not, according t©
the discretion of the Council, after making due
provision for the current expenses of the Guild, in-
cluding the repairs of the residences to be erected,
power being reserved to the Council to accumulate
and invest income as they may think fit." These
recommendations have been adopted by the Guild.