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

HER MAJESTY.

The Victoria and Albert, having on board the
Queen, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Prince
Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, left the Thames
early yesterday morning for Antwerp. The Royal
yacht was convoyed across the Channel by the
Vivid, the Osborne, and other vessels.

The Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia.

Although the denial has come by telegraph that
the Crown Prince or 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 ho
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 highnesses
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 an
Princess repeatedly acknowledged.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge le
Gloucester House, Piccadilly, last evening, for Gelman
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 lett town on a visit to the
Duke and Dushess of Richmond at Gordon Castle, near
Fochabers, 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 seat
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 Clanricardo,
the Hon. F. Calthorpe, M.P., and Mr. F. F. Courtenay
have left Port Eliot, the seat of the• Earl of St, Germans,
for Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady Molesworth.

The Marquis of Hastings has left Long's Hotel
for Scotland.

His Excellency Senator Hnet and Don Tose
d'Huet have left Edwards's Royal Cambridge 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 liopetoun has left Long's Hotel for
Scotland.

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

The Baron and Baroness Keilburg and family
have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, fir 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. Sir 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 izechenyi and suite have
left Long's Hotel for the Isle of Wight.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left London
yesterday for Warner 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 Vaughan 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 Catholics
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 Itobert Gerard presided, and the meeting was addressed
by Mr. Aspinall, Q.C., Recorder of Liverpool, Mr. W.
Blundell, Mr. R. Sheil, 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 closed
subscriptions to the extent of upwards of X7OO were received.
SHAKSPEARE'S COMMEMORATION.—A writer in
the 'Scotsman says :—" It is now son.e time since it
was determined in London that the 23d April, 1864, should
be seized as a fit occasion for a commemoration 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 Athena urn 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, bnt also many foreign litterateurB 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 are 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
England 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 not
have a committee for the commemoration, who would do
honour to themselves, to Scotland, and to the occasion ?"
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baked plum pudding, which he offered smoking hot. Ile
was a slim, active, middle-sized man, probably about forty
years old. lL 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,
surmounted by a spotless white cravat. He never wore
either hat or cap; hi4t hair, cropped very close, was plenti-
fully powdered ; and he was decorat.d with a delicate lawn
apron which hardly reai:hed to his knees. In his right hand
he held a small circular .tray or board, just large enough to
receive an appetite-provoAing pudding about three inches
' thick, which was divided 121 to twelve slices, which he sold
at a penny. a slice. A bread blunt spatula, brilliantly
bright, which he carried in h,'s left hand, enabled him to
dispense his Sweets without eves' touching them. his coun-
tenance was open and agreeable, expressive of intellect and
moral excellence. Precisely as St. Andrew's clock struck
twelve at noon, Peter Stokes turoed 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 Thavit s'inn) and across to
Field-lane, or from Hatton-garden to
de k leet-market, never
pausing longer than would enable him to del: iver a slice of pud.
ding to setae expectant customer, and shoutin,tswith
never
without pause,
side to side,
"Buy, buy, buy," adroitly darting fromlingering till the road was clear, but piloting his way be-
tween carts, waggons, and coaches, and proffering his
puddisg to all passers, with the not unmusical aceompani-
If any peripatetic piigrim felt
ment of " Buy, buy, buy."
his longing tor a slice overcome him, as Peter flaehed be-
tween a dray and a gentleman's carriage, his penny must
be ready and held up, or the man would be 100 yards elf in
a few seconds. His board was often cleared in a single run
between the Garden andii the Market, Thei rineinf;
syllables, 4, Buy, buy, buy, WKS ropealtd 1111QOPNiowilly
over a cl, an tray, and he would dl®O mad eight ter aiYeift
supply before you quite understood where he wee. On a
fine day he could dispose Of 60 nub of padiug bitlYo4
12 and 4 o'clock,