The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

EL TOUSSON AND EL MONASTIR.

The first exploit of these two vessels of war,
which have now almost arrived at completion in
Mr. Laird's building yard, will be to run the home
blockade of legal difficulties before they are allowed
to proceed on their destined career, whatever that
may be. Whether they can successfully navigate
the channel beset with shoals and rocks through
which the Alexandra was steered, remains to be
seen. There is now, we believe, little dcubt that,
under the terms of the Foreign Enlistment Act,
they are to be detained by Government. The alle-
gation against them is that they are fitted out for
the purpose of carrying on hostilities against the
United States. On the other hand, it is contended
that they were built by order of a French house
for the late Pasha of Egypt, who gave the firm a
commission for the coinage of a large sum of money
in France, and for the construction of two steam.
rams in England. The money was duly coined
and received in Egypt. The vessels were in course
of construction when the Pasha died, and his suc-
cessor repudiated that part of the contract. What
the French house intends to do with them is not
known. The accusation is that they are destined
for war with a friendly Power. They will, conse-
quently, be detained, and a court of law will deter-
mine whether, under the terms of the Foreign En-
listment Act, the detention is legal, or whether the
owners can recover them from the hands of the
Government.—Post.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This Day.

(Before Mr. Sergeant Gazelee.)

Henry Conderot was indicted for stealing goods to the
value of £6O, the property of his employer, M. Alphonse,
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Sleigh, the counsel for the prosecutor, said, as the
prisoner's conduct had been eulogised for honesty, he had
to inform the Court that he had been sentenced in France
to five years' imprisonment for forgery, he being at the time
a corporal in the 7th regiment of the line, and also for 12
months for swindling.
The learned judge sentenced him to 10 years' penal ser-
vitude.

(Before Mr. Payne.)

Edward Welsh was indicted for stealing a watch.
Sergeant Thompson, of the detective force, said he was
on duty one night at the latter end of last month, in Hol-
born, and his attention was attracted to the movements
of the prisoner. He saw him mix in the crowd
of persons who were just leaving one of the places
of amusement, and suspecting his object was robbery he
followed him, but before he got up to him he had succeeded
in taking a watch from the pocket of a gentleman, who had
been fortunate enough to seize him before he could detach
the watch from the Albert chain. Ho then took the prisoner
into custody, but the gentleman said he could not appear
aga nst him as he had to leave town on the following
morning. He, however, took the prisoner before the ma•
gistrate at Bow-street, who, as he was a well-known thief,
committed him for trial.
Other witnesses having been examined,
Thejury found the prisoner guilty.
Police-constable A ckrill, of the F division of police, said
he had known the prisoner for years as one of the worst
thieves in Seven-dials. He had also known him to take
children out for the purpose of committing robbery. He
had been frequently in prison for three and six
months, and altnough ho had had every chance of getting
an honest living he had always told him (witness) when
he cautioned him about the life he was leading that he
should go "gunning" whenever he felt disposed.
Judge Payne said it appeared that short terms of im-
prisonment had no effect upon the prisoner, as ha found he
had undergone various terms of three and six months. He
had had a very narrow escape of being sentenced to penal
servitude for a long period. On the present indictment he
could not inflict that punishment, but the most severe
punishment he could inflict he would sentence the prisoner
to undergo, and that was that he be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for two years.
George Dixon was indicted for robbery. The offence
was committed in King's-road, Chelsea, and a number of
witnesses satisfactorily proved the case.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
On the judge asking whether anything was known of the
prisoner,

A police constable said he was present some time ago
when he was sentenced to eight months imprisonment.

Pi isoner—Thank'ee.

He was sentenced to 12 months' imrrisonment and hard
labour.

Mr. GEORGE PEABODY'S last generous act is re-
ported to be the endowment of Yale College with a new
geological cabinet, at a cost of £25,000.

• BOHN'S NEW EDITION OF " LOWNDES'S BIBLIO
GRAPHER'S MANUAL."—According to the Book-
' seller, the sale of this work has been as yet unremunerative.
' This, the Bookseller thinks, is a discreditable fact, and it
• recommends every one in the trade, not already provided
with a copy, to procure one. In this age of literary inquiry
there ought, we think, to have been a considerable demand
among scholars for such a standard work of reference, im-
proved as it has been so notably by the additions of its
present editor. Seven parts have been published, and two
or three more will complete the work.
THE NILE RISING! —lt seems as I,f Punch's
picture of the discovery of the sources of the Nile.
says the Reader, was what Zadkiel would call "The Hiero-
glyphic." Apparently offended with having had his privacy
invaded by Captains Speke and Grant, o.d Nile is swelling
with indignation. The Times correspondent, writing from
Alexandria on Aug. 19, says—" The Nile is rising so
rapidly as to excite great apprehension; it is already 14 feet
higher than last year at the same season, and it has yet
45 days to rise. The Government has despatched by rail
a large quantity of timber and piles to different points, to be
ready to dam the gaps in case the (likes give way; and the
men are employed in raising the banks along the river."
TAKING THE VElL—Miss Mary Frances Graham,
daughter of Col. Graham, of Cossington, Somerset,
has just taken the veil at Connington Nunnury,nearTaunton.
The ceremony was conducted with much
pomp, the chief
officiating pi iest being the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Clif-
ford, the Catholic Bishop of Clifton. The young lady was
dressed in pure;white, having over her Lead a long veil, sur-
mounted by orange blossoms. She declared, in answer to
a series of questions, that, of her own will, and with 0: e
consent of her parents, she consecrated herself for ever to
Almighty God. The ceremony was witnessed by about 50
persons, many of whom evinced much emotion.—Western
Daily Press.
WASHINGS IN THE RIVOLET.—JuIy 12th, 1833,
—What shall we have on this page le-day ? No-
thing has come but the
Song of the Grasshoppers." Let
us wait till evening. Evening at Twilight.--I write with
a cold hand, on my return from washing my gown in the
stream. It is pretty to wash and watch the passing by of
fish, of ripples, of grass-stalks, of leaves, of tallen blossoms
—to follow these, and I know not what besides, with the
current of the water. So many things come to the washer
who knows how to look into the course of this stream 1 It
is the bath of the birds, the mirror of the sky, the emblem
of life, a road tlow:ng on, the reservoir of baptism !
Eugenie de Guilin's Journal,

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HER MAJESTY.

ROSENAU, COBURG, Sept: 4.

His Imperial Majesty ,the Emperor of Austria
arrived at the Palace at Coburg at one o'clock
yesterday, where her Majesty the Queen, their
Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Louis of
Hesse, Prince Alfred, and Princess Helena had
proceeded previously.
The Emperor was met at the railway station by
the Duke of Saxe•Coburg, who drove with him to
the Pa!ace, and was received at the entrance to
Palace by the Duchess of Coburg, who conducted
the Emperor upstairs, where his Imperial Majesty
met the Queen.

There were also present, Prince and Princess
Augustus of Saxe Coburg, with their son and
daughters, and Prince Edward of Leiningen.
A dejeuner was prepared for the Queen and Em-
peror and the royal party, and another for the
ladies and gentlemen of the royal households.
The Queen was attended by the Mazchioness of
Ely, Lady Augusta Bruce, and the gentlemen in
waiting. Earl Granville was also present.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and
Princess Beatrice came to the Palace from the Re-
senau before the Emperor left.
Prince Alfred returned yesterday morning from
Hummelsheim.
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse took leave
of her Majesty this evening on their return to
Darmstadt. Princess Helena and Prince Leopold,
attended by the IVlarchtooess of Ely and Mr. Buff,
have been twice to the thez,ktre at Coburg.

The Queen was to leave the RosenAu yesterday
(Monday), on her return to England.
The perfect peace and repose enjoyed by her Ma-
jesty at a place endeared to her by so many tender
recollectione, and the respite (however short and
imperfect) from public business, have been most
soothing to her Majesty's feelings.
With the exception of passing visits from the
Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia, her
Majesty did not feel strong enough to accept those
kindly offered by other royal personages assembled
at Frankfort.

In order to avoid the heat of the sun, still very
great during the day, her Majesty will again travel
by night, but the fatigue of the journey will be
lessened by repose at Krauichstein, near Darmstadt,
where her Majesty intends to spend the whole of
Tuesday, on a strictly private visit to her daughter,
Princess Louis of HeEse.

Her Majesty will leave Krauichstein at 10 o'clock
on Tuesday evening, and expects to reach Antwerp,
and to embark at once on hoard the yacht, about
half•past eight o'clock on Wedziesday morning.
It is probable that the King of the Belgians will
pay her Majesty a parting Niiit on beard before her
Majesty leaves the port.

Weather permitting, her Majesty may probably
arrive at the Nore late on 'Wednesday evening, in
which case she will land at Woolwich in the course
of Thursday forenoon, and proceed immediately to
Windsor Castle.

King Ferdinand of Portugal arrived at Coburg
on Friday evening. His Majesty was received at
the railway station by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg
and by the Prince and Princess Augustus of Coburg,
who were attended by the Court Marshal M. Von
Wangenheim and Major Von Reuter.

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY.—An official notifica-
tion having been received at Woolwich to the effect
that her Majesty and suite will disembark at the Royal
Arsenal on Thursday next, a number of workmen were
yesterday employed in placing an awning over the pier,
and making similar arrangements as at the recent royal
embarkation. The steam vessel Fairy, Staff Coromandel'
Welch, tender to the Victoria and Albert, royal steam yacht,
is under orders to convey her• Majesty and suite from the
royal yacht at the Nore to W oolwich.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have
entertained a distinguished party at Aiwick Castle,
their princely seat in Northtmberland. The gu-sts of the
noble duke and duchess have included Lord Ravensworth,
Lord and Lady Lovaine, Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir Wm.
Armstrong, Dr. Wilson (Toronto), Dr. Bruce, Dr. Benco
Jones, the Mayor of Newcastle, Professor Owen, Professor
Tyndall, Mr. Gould (the naturalist), Dr. end Mrs. Lee, Sir
Edward Belcher, Colonel and Lady Florence Cast, Mr. and
Mrs. Michell, Mr. Hodgson, M.P., and Mt's. Hodgson,
Captain Grant (of the Nilo source), Mr. and Mrs. Bell.
Several of the visitors left on Saturday last. The duke has
been in the enjoyment of excellent health since his arrival
at the castle.

The Doke and Duchess of Beaufort are expected
to arrive in town to-morrow from Badminton, Gloucester-
shire.

His Excellency the Netherlands Minister has left
London for the Continent on leave of absence. Chevalier
Mazel will act as charge d'affaires during Baron Bentinck's
absence.

Earl Granville, President of the Council, has
left Coburg on his way to England.
The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam will entertain
a large party at IVentworth House during tho approaching
laces at Doncaster.

The Earl and Countess of Tankerville are enter
taining a select party at Chillington Park, Northumber-
land.

The Countess of Glengall, who has been detained
iu town by illness, is much better, according to the medical
report yesterday. _

The marriage of Lord Londesborough and Lady
Edith Somerset, youngest daughter of the late Duke of
Beaufort, is fixed to take place on Thursday next, instead
of Monday, the 14th, as originally intended.
Sir Henry and Lady Sophia Des Vceux are
expected to arrive in town to-morrow from Draklow, Derby'
shire.

THE GHOST CLUB.-Yesterday we announced is
a brief paragraph, the recent organisation of a Ghost
Club in the metropolis. In reference to this eccentric freak
of the time, the Court Journal has the following :--Among
the oddities of the day is the establishment of a ghost club
—not, as might be supposed, a club for the assemblage 01
genial spirits, but an institution for the organised research
into the possibility of a traveller returning from those
bournes to which we all look forward with interest. The
club is in downright earnest, as may be gathered from the
fact that the committee advertise for a " Haunted House,"
one whose reputation is well authenticated. Doubtless the
answers will be numerous; and if, after minute research,
the committee of the ghost club succeeded in re-establishing
the responsibility of the hitherto supposed haunted man-
sions, by proving the charge nnfounded, their labours will be
largely uset-til,as the number of to-called haunted houses that;
are closed and have gone to decay is and about town, under
this mouldering and blighting reputation is ridiculously
celebrated
b y
large. We know of half-a-dozen such. The reader wishing a
andpleasant
just
driveb e t
or e out
the o f thecorner
ob
fu rtbhsemraoya
d choosem Finchley:d.g
the halt of the Woman in White—namely, that diverging
to Frognal and to West Hampstead—they will see a stately
ruin imbedded in trees, quite in the ghostly style. This
place, we believe, bears the reputation of being the habi-
tation of a ghost, and is, doubtless, at the service of the
club, though the old keeper, who receives the gratuity of
the credulous inspector, pooh-poohs the idea, if not the
profit it raises. It has, however, its bit of real romance,
well vouched for by this cicerone—namely, the walling in
of a wife for two years, without her seeing a ray of 1101
from heaven er the aspect of her fellow-beings. This is
the story the person tells, and gives very minute particulars
of many other matters high:y interesting to the gobemouchs
with the name of the Bluebeard, which is one not new to
fortune and to fame.

CAI3IIIPEDENCLHOOTHUSEES.—AiTtefTerrirEinicKtIoTCthHiEsNpoDinOtOiRn---toh:
late trial, the Examiner pertinently asks:—" For what
purpose are we to suppose the clothes were at the kitchen
door, assu •
assuming the hypothesis of guilt ? The counsel for
the defence laid great stress on the circumstance, and
harped upon the purpose. but without stating the purpo6e•
If Woolley was guilty it was a part of the comedy, or rather
the tragedy as it might have proved as regards the Temples,
that ho should appear as having fled for his lite in his shit
t
alone ; but having so to figure in a stormy wintry night,
it
would have made little difference, in point of discomfort,
whether ho left his clothes behind him in his bedroom or
stripped at the kitchen door; but to avoid all chance of dis-
covery, the former was the more natural course. And hero
we must observe, that not least amongst the improbabilities
is the intentional exposure to weather in a winter night.
Bulwer says that nothing will tempt an Englishman to
risk catching cold, and certainly few would stand out in a
cold stormy March night, with no covering but a shirt, for
the chance of succeeding in a fraud not very gainful, and a
chance also of dying of influenza or rheumatic fever before
the booty could be realised."
TILE BARON DE BAZANCOIJET'S second volume of
French military history of the Crimean expedition has just
left the press.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM will be re-opened on.
Thursday, the 10th, after the usual autumnal cleaning.

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