The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia.

Although the denial has come by telegraph that
the Crown Prince of Prussia has been summoned to.
Gastein by the King, his father, for the purpose of •
"proceeding on a mission to the Congress of German
princes, to be held at Frankfort," there is no doubt
that his Royal Highness is at Gastein, and that he
has gone there in obedience to a wish expressed by
the King. The Crown Prince left Berlin, for the
place mentioned on Saturday evening, and was accom-
panied to the railway station by the Crown Princess,
who returned to Potsdam. It is considered that the
stay of the prince at Gastein will be exceedingly
brief.

Towards the close of the stay of their royal high-
nesses on the Island of Rugen, an excursion was
made with the Prince and Princess Putbus to a
hunting villa, possessed by the latter. On Mon-
day week the Crown Prince and Crown Princess
paid a visit to Prince Adalbert, who was at anchor
a short distance off in the Prussian war steamer
Niobe. On Wednesday their royal big:inesses
left the island after a residence there of five weeks,
and on their departure the Prussian national hymn
was played, and the inhabitants cheered most
heartily, at the same time waiving hats and hand-
kerchiefs, a demonstration which the Prince on
Princess repeatedly clinowledged.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambriilge le
Gloucester House, Piccadilly, last evening, for G.lnian
to pass a few weeks.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duche
d'Aumale have left Orleans House, Twickenham, for Pen-
carrow, Cornwall, the seat of Lady Molesworth.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar have left town on a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Gordon Castle, near
Fochabere, N.B. •
the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and family

have left Badminton, Gloucestershire, fer Troy House,
Monmouthshire, and afterwards go to the other family beat
in Wales, Llangattock Park.

His Excellency Baron Gros, the French Ambas-
sador, will leave the Embassy to-day for Paris on a short
leave of absence.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Clan ricarde,
the Hon. F. Calthorpe, M.P., and Mr. F. F. Courtcnay
have left Port Eliot, the seat of the Earl of St, Germans,
fur Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady Molesworth.
The Marquis of Hastings has left Long's Hotel
for Scotland.

His Excellency senator Hat and Do❑ Jose
d'Huk have left Edwards's Royal Cr.mbridge Hotel,
George-street, on their way to Madrid.
The Earl and Countess Howe are entertaining a
select circle at Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire.

The Earl of Hopetoun has left Long's Hotel for
Scotland.

Tne Countess (Dowager) of Lichfield and Lady
Gwendolena Anson have left town for Switzerland. The
countess and dauguter will return for the marriage of
Major the Hon. Augustus H. Anson, Y.C., and Miss
Clauglaton, niece of the Earl of Dudley.

The Baron and Baroness Keilburg and family
have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, fpr Paris, on their
way to Switzerland.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bert., M.P.,
left town on Tuesday last to join Lady Emily Peel at their
villa at Geneva.

The Right Hon. SiL Alexander Cockburn, the
Lord Chief Justice of England, left town yesterday to spend
a few weeks in Germany.
Baron Charles de Rothschild has arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Frankfort.
Count and Countess 3zechenyi Gnd suite have
left Long's Hotel for the Isle of Wight.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left London
yesterday for Weimer Castle, Kent.

Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby will enter-
tain a succession of guests at Drummond Castle, Perth-
shire, during the shooting season.

Lord and Lady Vaugha❑ have arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Beechgrove,
Aberystwith.

A marriage is about to take place between Lord
Londesborough and the Lady Edith Somerset, youngest
daughter of the late Duke of Beaufort.

PROPOSED CATHOLIC REFORMATORY SHIP FOR
THE MERSEY.—A number of the leading Cush°lice
of Liverpool and its district met on Monday evening at the
Concert Hall, Lord Nelson•street, to consider the advisa-
bility of establishing a Catholic reformatory on the plan of
the present reformatory ship Akbar, moored in the Mersey'.
Sir Robert Gerard presided, and the meeting was addressed
by Mr. Aspinall, Q.C., Recorder of Liverpool, Mr. W.
Blundell, Mr. R. Shell, and others. Ultimately resolutions
were adopted to establish a reformatory, and also a yearly
fund to meet the expenses which would be involved beyond
the Government grant. The Chairman intimated that after
a man-of-war had been obtained, £l,OOO would be sufficient
to convert it into a reformatory. During the proceedings a
letter was read from Mr. T, S. Raffles, to the effect that the
establishment of a Catholic reformatory would relieve him
from a difficulty which he had often felt in dealing with
criminals of the Catholic faith. Before the meeting closet
subscriptions to the extent of upwards of £7OO were received.
SHAKSPEARE'S COMMEMORATION.—A writer in
the bcotsman says :—•' It is now 6on_e time since it
was determined in London that the 23d April, 1864, should
be seized as a fit occasion for a col:immolation worthy of
the name of Shakspeare. Shakspeare having been born on
the 23d April, 1564, this date would be the tri-centenary of
his birth. The leading literary papers have viewed the pro-
ject with great favour, and the 4tlteneeuet weekly contains
paragraphs announcing new distinguished names as mem-
bers of the committee for promoting the commemoration.
This committee now presents not only the names of most of
the distinguished living English writers and the Macenase
of English literature, bat also many foreign littercacurs of
eminence. Of course, Scotland now holds Shakspeare to be
almost as much her own as she holds Scott and Burns;
and no petty distinction of the nationalities of England and
Scotland aro suffered for a moment to injure the love and
honour with which Scotland cherishes the name of Shak-
speare. James VI of Scotland became indeed James I. of
England while Shakspere yet survived, and Scotland and
Eugland became one kingdom. It seems, then, somewhat
strange that Edinburgh, which not many years ago swayed
the literary sceptre of Great Britain, and yet, next to Lon-
don, bears the highest literary repute, should have made no
sign of seizing the occasion to honour the name of him
whom all the British Empire at least acknowledges to be
the greatest uninspired genius that ever lived. Can we nut
have a committee for the commemoration, who would do
honour to themselves, to Scotland, and to the occasion ?"
THE FLYING PIEMAN !—When I was a young-
ster (says Aleph, in his recent anecdotes about Old
London), the steep roadway from Hatton-garden to Fleet-
market was highly attractive to me on account of the Fly-
ing Plenum, though he did not vend pies, but a kind of
baked plum pleading, which he offered smoking hot. lie
was a slim, active, middle-sized man, probably about forty
years old. He always wore a black suit, scrupulously
brushed, dress coat and vest, knee breeches, stout black silk
stockings, and shoes with steel buckles—then rather fashion..
able. His shirt, remarkably well got up, had a wide frill,
ehaipetrhh surmountedoeenrldi powderedvshatiscomhr acbhlayal Pr;
circular
lrayenhsuprdi
Iselhatr he hair,eht wassresadyt whitet.rdooore ph c
bpoi
soer aade cravat,
knees.r. awyjut with
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hreedi
see wni
righti as7oet plenti-
fullyeru waht nae
receive an appetite-provoking pudding about three Lucius
thick, which was divided into twelve slices, which he sold
at a penny a slice. A broad blunt spatula, leithantly
bright, is Lich. he carried in his left hand, enabled him to
dispense his sweets without ever touching them. His coun-
tenance was open and agreeable, expressive of intellect and
moral excellence. Precisely as St. Andrew's cleck struck
twelve at noon, Peter Stokes turned out of Fetter-lane
with his tempting pastry, and from that moment up to four
o'clock he was incessantly occupied in a rapid transit from.
the lane to Ely-place, thence to Thavies-inn, and across to
Field-lane, or from Hatton-garden to Fleet enarket, never
pausing longer than would enable him to deliver a slice of pud-
ding to.sonae expectant customer, and shouting without pause,
"Buy, buy, buy," adroitly darting from side to side, never
lingering till the road was clear, but piloting his way be-
tween carts, waggons, and coaches, and profluing his
g to all passers, with the not unmusical accompani-
ment or t, Buy, buy, buy." If any peripatetic pilgrim felt
his longing for a slice overcome him, as Peter flashed be-
tween a dray and a goatleman's carriage, his penny must
be ready and held up, or the man would be 100 yards off in
a few seconds. His board was often cleared in a angle run
between the Garden and the Market. The ringing
syllables, Bay, buy, buy," were repeated unconsciously
ovand he would dive out of sight o. fresh
suquite understood where was. On a
finPeerpdlaya day he ehanle"e you
j could trays
0;3 ho o
f 0 rouild4, of pudding h.te-seet
12 and .1 o'clock. •