The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-18 00:00:00

lh SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1863.

GREECE.

A letter from Athens, dated the 6th November,
says:—

"The festivities of the reception of the King have
lasted for three days without the slightest disturb-
ance of public order; no guns were fired off in the
interior of the city. In a moral point of view this
is certainly a great victory which the people have
achieved over themselves, and upon which they
must be congratulated. On the evening before and
on the evening after the festivities his INlajesty
visited various parts or the town in an open car-
raige and on foot, accompanied only by his two
officers in attendance, and was loudly cheered
wherever he appeared.
" The ceremony of taking the Royal oath took
place within 24 hours after the Sovereign's arrival.
On Saturday, precisely at noon, a salvo of 21 guns
announced the arrival of the King at the National
Assembly. The President of that Assembly, at the
head of a deputation of 20 representatives, received
his Majesty at the great gate outside the enclosure,
and conducted him into the Hall of Assembly,
" Having taken his place on the estrade of the
President, made use of for the occasion, and having
on his left the President Moraitinis, the King
bowed to the representatives and requested them to
be seated, he himself remaining standing and un-
covered, a position which he maintained throughout
the whole sitting. After short allocutions from
the Metropolitan Bishop and from the President of
the Assembly, one of the secretaries of the bureau
handed the text of the oath to his Majesty, who
advanced to the table in front of him, placed his
right hand upon the Gospel, and in a sonorous voice
took the oath in Greek as follows :
" In the name of the consubstantial and indi-
visible Trinity I swear to protect the dominant reli-
gion of the Greeks, to maintain and to defend the
independence, the autonomy, and the integrity of
the Greek State, and to observe its laws.'
"A salvo of 101 guns announced to the people
that the solemn engagement had been contracted
by the King of the Hellenes, and was the signal
for a regular outburst of enthusiasm, in the midst
of which the King returned to his Palace. Oa this
occasion, as when he landed, the King wore the
uniform of a Greek Admiral and the Grand Cordon
of the Order of the Saviour,

" On the Monday following the King, in the uni-
form of a General of Infantry, accompanied by the
Minister of IVar, Major-General Hahn, and a supe-
rior officer from each branch of the service, proceeded
to the Polygon, where he passed i❑ review the
University phalanx, the National Guard and garri-
son of Athens. The immense affluence of spectators
and the total absence of all police
,or gendar-
merie to keep order naturally spoilt the ensemble
of the spectacle in some degree, causing some con-
fusion and impeding the manoeuvring of the troops.
" In an order of the day the King has expressed
his satisfactio❑ to the different troops, the follow-
ing passage in which has give❑ great satisfaction—
" The King wishes to inform all superior and
subaltern officers that it is his firm resolution to
maintain order and discipline in all the corps, and
that he counts upon the sincere, constant, and en-
lightened support of the officers to attain that end.'

" Various measures already indicate the mo-
desty of character and simplicity of habits of
King George I. Thus he has ordered the sump-
tuous dais which had been erected for him in the
Cathedral to be removed, saying to the Minister
of Public Worship that '
In the temple of the Lord
all men were equal, and a simple stall would suffice
for Lim in future.'

" His Majesty has not brought a private chap-
lain with him. On Sunday he proceeded to church
on foot, and listened to Divine Service in deep de-
votion. His Maje,,ty makes numerous excursions
on foot and horseback,sometimes in a small phaeton,
which he drives himself generally, only accom-
panied by two officers on duty."

" LORD DUNDREARY" AND THE BARBER'S BOY.

—The Bath Chronicle tells a curious story. Mr.
Sothern (Lord Dundreary) went to the shop of a fashion-
able hairdresser, where he was attended to by an assistant,
who opened a lively conversation on the merits of the great
actor who was announced to appear that evening, The
assistant, of course, was not aware that he was dressing the
head of Lord Dandreary himself. Ho told the astonished
actor that Sothern was an amazingly clever fellow—inimi-
able, in point of tact ; " but, sir, he is a great scamp—a
great scamp, sir. He ran away from home, ruined his
parents by his extravagance, turned his family out of
doors, and brought his father's grey hairs with sot row to
the grave," Mr. Sothern's son, an intelligent youth of
nine or ten, listened with considerable astonishment to the
assistant's garrulous scandal, and smiling asked his father
whether he had ever seen this naughty actor. Mr, Sothern
replied that he certainly had seen him in America, but had
never heard so extraordinary a story about him before.
GENERAL LEWCHINE is 1130 first modiste general
we have read of who issues books of fashions. The
order of the day for the Polish ladies runs thus—" The
bonnet must be worn of mixed colours, or, if black, must be
set off with flowers and ribbons, but not white ribbons.
White or black feathers in black hats are forbidden, Black
cloaks may be worn if lined with any colour but black or
white. Black gloves, veils black or black and white, Um-
brellas, shawls, handkerchiefs, or burnous, are strictly pro-
hibited.—By order, Lewchine." He might as well have
added the costume of the hangman and gaoler, and told ue
how long blood-red dye will be the mode iu Poland.