The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-02 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, April 1.

The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness
the Princess Louis of Hesse, walked and drove in
the grounds this morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by
Major Cowell and Dr. Armstrong, arrived at the
Castle last evening shortly after seven o'clock.
Her Majesty the Qaeen, accompanied by Prin-
cess Helena, Prince Leopold, and Prince Louis of
Hesse, met the Prince at the station of the SJuth-
Western Railway.
Lord de Tabley and Lieutenant-Colonel Kings-
cote have succeeded Lord Rivers and the Hon.
Sackville West as Lord and Groom in Waiting.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has
given instructions that the wedding presents to be
exhibited at the South Kensington Museum are to comprise
not merely the jewellery, but almost all the presents which
have been accepted. The day for the public exhibition will
be announced as soon as the arrangements are sufficiently
completed,

The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale and
the Ladies Hay have left Hill-street for East Stoke Park,
Wilts.

Viscountess Downe has arrived at the Pavilion
Hotel, Folkebtone.

DEATH OF LORD WATERPARK.—This noble-
man, who had attained his 70th year, expired on
Tuesday last. He was the son of the first baron (created
1792), and married, in 1837, the youngest daughter of the
first Viscount Anson and sister of the Earl of Lichfield.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR JOHN Louis.—We
have to announce the death of this officer, who ex-

pired at his residence, 61, Eaton-place, on Tuesday last.
Sir J. Louis entered the navy zn 1795, as first-class voluu-

teer, on board the Minotaur, 74 ; and when lieutenant of the

Naiad he assisted at the cutting out of a French war-
schooner, near Brest. He commanded the Aigle,in 1814,and
became captain in 180, rear-admiral in 1838, vice-admiral

in 1849,and admiral of the white in 1815. Sir John received

the good-service pension in 1860. He was superintendent
of the Malta dockyard from 1838 to 1843, and superinten-
dent at Devonport from 1846 to 1850. He was also naval

aide-de-camp to William IV. During his command of the
Aigle, Sir John Louis earned a very high character, and
was particularly praised for the manner in wbioh he placed

his ship, and the precision of her fire when engaged in

cap uring and destroying a French convoy under ihe guns

of Port Maurice. In 1807 he married the eldest daughter

of Lieut.-Col. Kirkpatrio, of the Bth Bengal Native Infan-
try. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by hii grandson.
DEATH of VIOE-ADMIRAL W. G. COURTENAY.-
This officer died on Tuesd.ty, at his residence in the
Albany, aged 67. He entered the navy in 1805 (under the
auspices of Earl St. Vincent), and first served on board th•
Amason, 38, commanded by the then Captain (afterwards
Sir William) Parker. During the six years he remained
with this vessel he ,aw much active service, and assisted,

in company of the London, 98, at the capture, in 1806, after
a long running fight, of the French 80 gun ship the Ma-
rengo, and the famed Belle Fouls frigate. He next joined
the Victory and Bellerophon, and, on obtaining his lieute•

nancy in 1813, he served in the Crescent, 38, the San Josef,
and several other vessels, In 1822 Mr. Courtenay com-
manded the boats of the CI rene, `.G, and displayed great

courage and judgment at the destruction of some slave fac •
tories in the Gallinas River on the African coast. Being

promoted in 1823 to the Bann: 20, he became for some
months senior officer on the African station, after which he
held temporary command of the Owen Glendower, 36, dur-
ing the Ashantee war. He afier wards returned to the Bann,
and in that vessel captured two Brazilian slavers, with 728
slaves on board. He was made pst captain in 1828 in the
Magnificent, receiving ship at Jamaica. In the following
year he assumed command of the Mersey, 26, when he
returned to England, and was paid off in 1831. He ob-
tained rank as Vice-Admiral of the Blue by seniority in

1861.
STATE OF PAUPERISM.—The Poor Law Board
have issued their annual return of the number of
paupers relieved on the let of July in England and Wales,
with the exception of the few parishes still under the 43d
of Elizabeth, or under Gilbert's Act. In July, 1861, the
number of paupers relieved was 8b1,574; in July, 1862,
925,310 an increase of 8 7 per cent.; but the increase among
the adult ablebodied paupers was 16.6 per cent., following
an increase of 8.6 per cent. in the previous year. The pro-
portion of the paupers relive d in July, 1862, was 1 iu 21,
or 4.7 per eent, on the pnpulati enumerated in April,
1861; in July, 1861, the proportion, on the same popula-
tion, was 1 in 23, or 4.3 per cent.
A PENNY SERIAL ROMANCE.—Rather tantalizing
close of a new instalment :—At length, maddened
by the thoughts which whirled successively through his
brain, scorching and b istering it with the images they con-
veyed, he turned round, and advanced upon her with
glaring eyes, and foaming at the mouth like a tiger.
" Woman !" he said, as the white froth bubbled on his lips;
" when I first saw you, I believed that your—that your—
past history —" She turned upon him like lightning,
and, with her finger pointed menacingly at him, she ex-
claimed, in a clear, firm, determined voice—" To be con-
tinued next week."
THE GREAT TRIBULATION OF POLAND.—By far
the greatest of Poland's misfortunes is nut that she
is oppressed, but that she is partitioned. Whenever a writer
or speaker begins to compare the Prussian with the Aus,rian,
or the Austrian with the RUssian mode of persecuting the
Poles, and ends, as most pet sons do by according the pre-
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and it is for the West of Europe to ceoose wheth r it will
help the Poles against Russia, or whether, sooner or later,
the Poles shall be forced to obtain Russian assistance against
Prussia and Austria.—Cornhill Magazine.
A TIPS JUROR.—At Chester, on Monday, the
Assize Court was somewhat startled by the gesticu-
lations and loud tones of a gentleman who had been sum-
moned as a juryman. He loudly demanded how long he was
to be kept there ?—The Judge (looking up surprised)—
Bring that person here. The juryman was accordingly
forthwith seized and led before his lordship, exhibiting at
the same time time unmistakeable symptoms of having been
indulging in deep potations during the day.—The Judge,
addressing the juryman, said—What do you mean, sir, by
disturbing the court in this way f—The juryman—l was
brought to attend upon your lordship on the jury; I
have left four children, without a mo'her this ten years.—
The Judge—You aro very unfit to be a jury man.—The
juryman (who coreinued to speak with a strong Milesian
accent—l am very teethe your lordship; lam the biggest
robber from here to London. (Loud laughter.) The Judge
—Well, put him in the dock on his own statement. The
juryman—Put me where you like. lam the , iggest rob-
ber, and Judge Harden will tell you the same thing. The
juryman was then placed in the dock, where he shed co-
pious tears, and gave utterance to various unintelligible re-
marks. The Judge—Keep him in custody until he gets
sober, and then let him be discharged. The fuddled jury..
man was then led into the castle, saying, "God bless you,
my lord ; may you live for a hundred years; may I see you
in heaven. (Laughter.) God bless—(the voice, in ventrilo-
quial style, died away in the distance)."
TRADE OF GLASGOW.—The number of sailing and
steam vt siels which arrived at Glasgow in 1831 was
but 11,512, with total tonnage of 732,327 ; while last year
the number had increased to 15,864, with an aggregate
t .nnage of 1,530,642. In 1831 no larger ve,isel than 3uo
tons arrived ; in 1841, three vessels got up to Glasgow of
between 600 and 700 tons; ten years later four vessels of
1,000 tons rrrived ; and in 1861 not less than 29 vessels of
1,000 tons and upwards came up to the Broomieiaw. Last
year there were floating in the harbour 96 vessels of from
700 to 1,000 tons, and 48 of 1,000 tons and upwards. In
1862 there were 69 vessels in the harbour having a draught
of 18ft, 45 of 19ft, 18 of 20tt, and lof 2 tit The Clyde was
the very cradle of steam navigation. It was on the Forth
and Clyde Canal that the application of steam power to yes.
eels was first attempted, though it was not successfully ac-
complished till several years after, in the beginning of this
century. It was on the Forth and Clyde Canal that Ful-
ton, whom cur Am( rican friends claim as the first to apply
the steam-engine to maritime purposes, witnessed these
early experiments, and from there carried them to the other
side of the Atlantic ; and, profiting by what he had seen,
established the first steamboat on the Hudson to run be-
tween New York and Albany. Scotland not only gave the
idea of the first steamboat to Americans, but it led the way
to the adoption of this class of vessels generally in Europe.
Half a century since the waters of the Clyde were first
ploughed by the paddles of the Comet, a tiny vessel of
some three horse power, with 40 feet keel and 10i feet
beam. Two years elapsei, and the Elizabeth of e:gbt
horse power, and the Clyde of 14 horse power, are found
competing with the pioneer of steam ships for traffic on the
riYer.