The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-19 00:00:00

FLORIAN'S TRIALS.

" Whether you love me or not," he continued, " is not
the question at issue. If the plea of not loving me exists
now, it must have existed at the time of our engagognent ;
and as it was not mentioned then as a barrier, it ought not to
be mentioned as a barrier now. If you urge this plea, I
will not accept it; it would be folly, and not justice, to do
so. Perhaps you have formed some attachment ; perhaps
it is the old trick of being off with the old love before being
on with the new. But I will not consider that plea as ad-
missible either. Justice demands that you should only be
my wife. I will never abandon my claim on you; I will
not be the victim, neither will I let you be the victim, of a
eaprice or a folly ; if you are fickle and whimsical, I will
not let your fickleness and whimsicality injure yourself or
me. Do you comprehend what I have said, Florian? and
what inference do you draw from it ?"
There was a moment's silence, and my heart beat loudly;
for my fate, as well as Philip's, hung upon her reply.
" What inference do you draw, Florian ?" repeated
Philip.
" That you will show me no mercy in my bitter trial,"
said she.

" What mercy do you seek, Florian ?" said he.
"Freedom I" she exclaimed, clasping her hands like a
captive or a slave.

"And what will you do with it?'' asked he, bitterly.
"Marry, and give it to another, I suppose ? No I that
mercy to you would be none to myself. My heart is suffer-
ing unendurable pangs in consequence of our fickleness. No,
Florian, it is impossible; you pray in vain to me; I cannot
give you up."
" You will not give me ?" cried she ; " say it again."
" I will say it a thousand times I" exclaimed he ; " while
lam a man• I'll say ic; while I live I'll say it ! I have
strong passions. I have accustomed myself to sweet, deli-
cious dreams, which you alone can realise. The love which
I feel for you is not only a passion, but a long, inveterate
habit, which I cannot throwiaway or live without. I tell
you, Florian Ryder, that you must be my wife. Ido not
coerce you, but I keep you to a promise. You dare not
break this vow of yours, for my heart is bound to it, and
you will trample on both in trampling on one. You dare
not."
" What if I am forced to dare it ?" she exclaimed.
Many further passages we might give, but both
author and readers will prefer that we should leave
the mystery unrevealed, and the secret unspoken.

Census of the British Empire, 1861. Part I.
England and Wales. Pp. 115. Harrison.
Within these few pages (no more than 115 in all)
how wonderful a condensation ! A statistical
microcosm. The work, in order to complete it, will
run to three parts altogether. Here, in the first,
we have the pick of the choicest particulars in regard
to England and Wales—the pick, that is, of the
choicest of those particulars which were collected
two years ago in such astounding abundance, and
with such perfectly reliable accuracy, in the carrying
out of the last census, the Census of 1861. Under
the comprehensive head, "England and Wales," we
learn here at a g:ance all about the Anglo-Saxon
Race in that kingdom and principality—about the
population of cities, boroughs, and towns—about
the comparison of health, the epochs of life, the
procreation of mankind, the disposing of the dead, the
growth of London, the complication of its com-
missariat, and the multiplication of its inhabitants.
Altogether a wonderful little repertory of vitally
important and deeply interesting information. As
giving us the cream of the last Census, the publica-
tion here noticed is in its way really invaluable.

FUNERAL OF A RUSSIAN OFFICER.—Dr. Alexis
Georghesky, chief surgeon of his Imperial Rus-
sian Majesty's screw steam frigate Olega, 51 guns, now
in the Sound, died on Wednesday morning, on board
rather suddenly. He joined at Cronstadt, September
15th, and had been suffering laterly from an affection of
the throat. The remains of the deceased officer were
yesterday interred at the Plymouth Cemetery. The
principal part of the burial service was performed on
board the ship. The corpse was then taken an board
the steamer Contractor, which was lying alongside.
Captain Andreef and the ship's chaplain, as well as a large
number of officers, sailors, and marines, also came ashore.
They were landed at Millbay pier shortly before three o'clock
!n the afternoon. The body was then put into a hearse,
and. carriages having been provided for the officers, the
fuuere.l cortege proceeded to the cemetery. On arriving
at the gales the party alighted, and formed a procession,
and a small party of the ship's crew acting as choristers
commenced :,ha sting. This was continued while the
procession advance ,:l to the grave, which was dug in front
of the chapel. The sl` ip's chaplain then performed the
customary offices, and the lid of the coffin was removed,
disclosing the body of the di ceased, who was habited in
his full uniform. A censer containing incense was waved
repeatedly over the body, filling the air wit.h perfume. The
coffin was afterwards closed, and a handful of earth was
thrown upon it by the priest. The coffin was then lowered
into the grave, and a partyof marines, about 30 in number,
fired three volleys over the grave. The ceremony being
concluded, the procession left the ground. The deceased
was much respected on board his vessel and in the fleet.
A Greek cross is to bo erected over his grave. The ship
is expected to sail this evening for the Mediterranean.—
Western Horning News.
MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL PROM
AMERICA,—The following mail steamers are due at Liver-
pool this week from America and Canada, viz. :—The
Bohemian, with dates from Quebec to the 10th instant, may
be looked for at Londonderry in the course of to-morrow
(Tuesday) ; the City of Manchester from New York, also
on the 10th inst., will no doubt reach Queenstown on Wed-
nesday next ; and the Cunard steamer Europa, from Boston
on the 14th, and Halifax early on the morning of the 16th,
may be looked for at Queenstown on Saturday next.

"IVIMPicKLEs" is the title of a new humorous
and satirical weekly journal, to be started at Leipzic on the
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THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

BALMORAL, OCt. 16.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess
of Hesse and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday
to Loch Bulig.
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, attended by
Baroness Schenck and Captain Westerweller, dined
with the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia at
Abergeldie.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

SANDRINGHAM, Oct. 18.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the
Prince Christian, and Prince Frederick, with their
gentlemen in waiting, went out shooting yesterday,
and met with abundance of sport. _ .

This morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess
Christian, the Prince Frederick, and the Princess
Dagmar, attended by the Honourable Mrs. W.
Grey, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Captain Grey,
and Dr. Holtzman, attended Divine service at the
little church at Sandringham. The Rev. G. B.
Moron, rector, officiated, and preached a sermon ;
but few persons were present, and the utmost de-
corum was observed.

His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Denmark
leaves Sandringham to-morrow, en route for Oxford,
where the prince will resume his studies. The
royal party will be augmented by the arrival of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.

The Duke of Montrose has left town for Buch-
anan Castle, N.B.

The Earl of Powis, accompanied by the Countess
of Powis and Ladies Lucy and Harriet Herbert, left
Berkeley-square on Saturday for Powis Castle, Mont-
gomeryshire.

fhe Earl of Ellenborough, after attending the
funeral of Lord Lyndhurst, left town for Southam House,
his seat, near Cheltenham.
The Earl of Strafford arrived in town on Satur-
day from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes-
bury at Savernako Paik, near Marlborough.
The Earl and Countess of Jermyn are prolonging
their stay at his lordship's shooting box in Ross shire. They
are expected to join the Marquis of Bristol and family at
Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmonds, next month.
The Countess of Leicester has arrived at Farrance's
Hotel, from Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
The Countess Alexandre and Madlle. Kodrofskoy
have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris.
His Excellency M. Balcarce, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Re-
public to the Court of St. James's, has arrived at Maurigy's
Hotel from Paris.

The Count de Furstenstein, Chamberlain to the
Crown Princess of Prussia, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel
from Berlin.

His Excellency the Comte de Nesselrode has left
Maurigy's Hotel for St. Petersburg.
Lord Brougham has returned to Brougham Hall
from attending the Social Science Congress at Edinburgh.
The noble and learned lord, after a short rest at his country
seat, will come to London on his way to Cannes, where, as
usual, he intends to pats the winter months.

The Hon. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Maxwell have
arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, from Canada.

Advocate General Sydney Smith is staying at the
Brunswick Hotel for a short time before leaving for Madras.

Mr. and Mrs. Bischoffsheim and family have left
their residence in Grafton-street, Piccadilly, for Hyde
Hall, Hertfordshire, for the season.

ERNEST COUNT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, the
professed son of the first Emperor and the lately deceased
Countess Kielmansegge of Dresden, has written his me-
moirs—a stately volume of 400 folio pages—and is anxious
to find a publisher.
THE NATIONAL SIIAKSPEARE COMMITTEE has
added the following names to its already ample
catalogue :—Rev. Dr. Adler (Chief Rabbi), the Rev. W.
Brock, E. Chapman, Esq., C. L. Kenney, Esq., A. Mac.
raillan, Esq., Prof. Owen, and C. Whiting, Esq.—At the
last general meeting of the Committee it was unanimously
resolved that Mr. Macready should be invited to act as a
Vice-President, and that gentleman has accepted the invi-
tation. The movement is said to be making satisfactory
progress in Dublin and Edinburgh, Birmingham, Brighton,
Canterbury, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
and other places of leading importance.
THE KING OF POLAND'S TITLES.—The follow-
ing were the titles enjoyed by Frederick Augustus
King of Poland, in 1746 :—His Most High Excellency,
All-• Powerful Prince and Master, His H. E. R. R. R.
(whatever that may be) Frederick Augustus Kiag us
Poland, Grand Duke in Lithuania, of Reussen, Prussia)
Maiovia, Samogitia, Knovia, Volhynia, Podolia, Pod-
lachia, Lufland, Smolensko, Sereria, and Zschernichovia,
&c., Duke of Saxony, Julich, Cleves, and Berg, also of
Engern and Westphalia, High Marshal and Hereditary
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Landgraf in Thurin-
gen, Margraf of Meissen, also of Upper and Lower Lausitz,
Burggraf of Magdeburg, Princely Count of Henneberg,
Count of the Marck-Ravensberg, Barby, and Henan, Mas-
ter of Ravenstein, &c., &c.—Court Journal.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF AFRICA.—Young Mr.
Richard Thornton, of the Royal School of Mines, who
volunteered to accompany Dr. Livingstone as geologist and
topographer, died on the 21st of April, on the Shire, of
dysentery and fever.

DANIEL DE FOE'S SURNAME has, ly its Gallican
prefix, led to his being surmised by many people to
have been of French extraction. The fact, however, has
been established that he was the son of James Foe, a
butcher in the parish of Cripplegate. Whether the foreign
prefix to his name was adopted from a mere fancy of his
own, from the idea of enhancing his consequence or dis-
guising his identity—if not, as his enemies would have it,
from blind dislike to being thought an Englishman—it is
cert&z that no truer English heart and no truer word-
painter of English character has ever lived. His own
favourite designation—that of the " True-born English-
man"—befitted no man better.

THE KING OF THE GREEKS on Sunday week
attended a Greek Mass at the Greek Church in the
City. As a Lutheran he, of course, denied Transubstantia-
tion, but professed to believe in the procession of the Holy
Ghost from the Father and the Son; as a Greek he now
denies the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father
and the Son, but professes belief in Transubstantiation.
Which—it has been pertinently asked (his Majesty may
perhaps think impertinently)—which does he really believe,
or does he believe either?

CRICK ETTIN G.—ln addition to a quick eye,
calculation, agility, and courage, this game requires a great
self-control. It exercise the character and strength of mind,
those truly British virtues; for the first quality of a good
player is not to let himself be disturbed either by difficulties
or success.—Esquires' "English at Rome."
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.—About a twelve-
month since, when disaster every where overtook the
Union arms, a young lady scarce 19, just from an academy
in a sister state, conceived the idea that she was destined
by Providence to lead our armies to victory and our
nation through successful war. It was at first thought by
her parents—a highly respectable family—that her mind
was weakened simply by reading continual accounts of
reverses to our arms, and they treated her as they would
a sick child. This only had the effect of making her
more demonstrative, and her enthusiastic declaration and
apparent sincerity gave the family great anxiety. It was
finally resolved upon to take her to Michigan. An old
maiden aunt accompanied the fair enthusiast, and for
weeks Ann Arbor became their home. But travel had no
effect upon the girl. The stern command of her aunt
alone prevented her from making her way to Washington
to solicit an interview with the President, for the purpose
of getting command of the United States army. Finally,
the infatuated girl, finding no sympathy among her friends,
resolved to enter the army disguised as a dm:linter boy,
dreaming that her destiny would be worked out by such a
mode. She joined the drum corps of a Michigan regiment
at Detroit, her sex known only to herself, and succeeded
in getting with her regiment to the army of the Cumber-
land. How the poor girl survived the hardships of the
Kentucky campaign, where strong men fell in numbers.
must for ever remain a mystery. The regiment to which
she was attached had a place in the division of the galltuat
Tan Cleve, and during the bloody battle of last Sunday the
fair girl fell, pierced in the left side with a Minie ball, an d
when borne to the surgeon's tent her sex was discovered.
She was told by the surgeon that her wound was mortal,
and advised to give her name, that her family might be in-
formed of her fate. This she finally, though reluctantly,
consented to do.—Brooklyn (Neu, York) 'Yews.
THE GROWTH OF LIFE ASSURANCE.—From the
published balance-sheets of 40 life assurance com-
panies for the past financial year it appears that the aggre.•
gate of new business transacted is as follows New policies
issued, 31,670,
assuring £15,248,860, producing in new
premiums £445,055. As there are about 200 life assurance
companies in the United Kingdom doing good business
these figures may fairly be quadrupled,
when the following
appears as the accession of new business for the past year :
—New policies issued, 116,680 ; sums assured, £60,995,440;
yielding a new premium income of £1,780,220. We find.
that the 40 offices paid in claims during the 12 months the
large sum of £2,7'32,176; and if this amount is also quad-
rupled it gives nearly eleven millions curling as the tota
amount paid to the survivors of deceased policyholders in a
single year I—,lnsurance Record,