The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, July 25.—The tone of the market is
much firmer. Transactions took place on yester-
day's closing prices. The Mexican Loan is better,
and is now quoted 46k. No advance, as some ex-
pected, in the rate of discount of the Bank of Eng-
land has been announced. Consols remain unvaried
at 90. A little after two o'clock a great demand
took place for Stocks and Shares, in consequence of
the reported success of the City of Paris Loan,
which opened to-day. The whole amount of 250
millions having been already subscribed, the Old
Obligations (1855-1860) continue in great demand
at 420 f. The closing prices of the other securities
are as follows :-
4} per Cents 97 50
Do. end month
3 per Cents. 67 70
Do. end month 67 65
Credit Mobilier 750
Do. end month 743 75
Bank Shares 3590
Credit Fonder 1255
Italian Loan 65
Do. end month 64 97
RAILWAYS.
Cash.

Ditto Threes —
Mexican Loan 46 50
Do. Bonds —
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
_

Deferred
Roman —

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

Acct.
831 25
... 1042. 50
... 846 25
... 562 50
... 538 75
... 517 50
~. 277 50
412 50
480 -
197 50
325

- - ... 220

THE LATE JOHN STANYAN BIGG, Author of
" Night and the Soul," and other Poems—an accom-
plished writer, who recently died so very prema-
turely at the age of thirty-six, leaving a young wife
and three children of tender years wholly unpro-
vided for, has—in the mere remembrance of him,
of his fate, and of his gifts—awakened much
sympathy of late in behalf of his bereaved
family. A generous advocacy of the claims of
that family has but just now been put forth in
the columns of the Courier de l'Europe—wo trust and
we will believe not ineffectually—by the Chevalier de
Chatelain, who recalls to remembrance the fact that during
the late Stanyan Bigg's lifetime his,claims for a pension as
an ingenious but impoverished writer, were, as far back as
1858, supported by the then Lotd Chancellor (Napier) and
Attorney-General (Whiteside) of Ireland, by Sir Bulwer
ge Crampton, George Gilfillan, and other per-
Lytton, Judge
sons of great intellectual distinction.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT n THE EXETER HOTEL.
—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Langham held an in-
quest in the board-room of Charing-cross Hospital on the
body of George Henry Feudall, aged 21, who lost his
life by the falling of a portion of the oanamental work
on the cornice of the Exeter Hotel, in the Strand. Mr.
Henry Pym said that he was an architect and surveyor.
On Friday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, he was in the
Strand on the same side as Exeter Hall, going towards
the City, when he saw a reflection as of something
coming down from the top of the building. The de-
ceased was on the pavement, and he was coming towards
him. He was thrown down, and he heard a heavy sub-
stance fall. Thinking that the parapet was falling, in-
stead of proceeding towards the deceased he ran on one
side. Ho noticed a number of people rush to the man,
and he beckoned to them to get out of the way. The
guttor of the roof was almost horizontal, and he noticed
a man thereon with a large pineapple ornamental figure,
and the man was swinging to and fro, so that he held
up his arms for him to get back. He saw the ornament
fall to the ground, striking in its descent the head of
the deceased. Andrew O'Connell, of 15, Blandk4-mews,
labourer, said that on Friday last he was employed on
the top of the Exeter-hall hotel repairing the roof. The
ornaments had been there for some time, and were being
repaired, as a portion of the bottom had been worn away.
Ho was at work in the gutter. He could not work in-
side, and wanting to pass the party wall he passed out-
side, and took hold of a man named Morrissy. As he
was coming back the vase gave way and fell into the
street. Another part fell upon his breast, and then rolled
upon his thighs. --The passing behind the vase was the
cause of the figure falling. Mr. Warner was foreman clerk
of the works, and when he wont on the job he did not ap-
prehend any danger. The accident was owing entirely to
his trying the second time to pass the figure. He was at
the time of the accident outside the parapet. He did not
know that by going round and getting through the win-
dow of one room, and getting out of another, the accident
might have been avoided. He used cement to repair the
ornaments. The base of the vase still remained in the
guttor ; none of the foundation had given way. The weight
of the part which had fallen, he should say; was about
121bs. Mr. Willis, solicitor, of 4, New Inn, Strand, who
attended on behalf of the mother and relatives, cross-ex-
amined the witnesses, but nothing material was elicited
Mr. Travers, the resident house surgeon of Charing-cross
Hospital, proved that the injuries Fendall had received to
the skull were the cause of death. Henry Ambrogi, of
Drury-lane, said that the figures on the top of the hotel
were made of Portland cement. When he affixed the figures
he had to pass out of one window and enter another. They
were never intended for the weight of a man to swing upon
them. Mr. Jonathan Warner, the foreman of the works,
said he was sent to examine the figures by the request of
Mr. Haxell, and he reported them to be secure. He should
have considered the vases were quite secure, even if a storm
or hurricane had been raging. The figures had stood in
theft positions for fifteen years, and he never apprehended
the least danger ; in fact, there would have been none bad
it not boeu for the man pressing himself between the party
wall and the figure, the distance between the two being 16
inches. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
Mr. Isaacson, solicitor, informed the Court that Mr. Haxell,
without any recommendation of the jury, intended, for
the safety of the public, to remove the whole of the
figures.

- A GOOD EXAMPLE.—An interesting meeting was
held at Dundee a few days ago for the purpose of
presenting a testimonial to Mr. W. D. Latto, editor of the
Dundee People's Journal, in acknowledgment of his zealous
and valuable co-operation in assisting to collect upwards
of £BOO, through the medium of that newspaper, to defray
the cost of two life-boats to be stationed on the Scotch
coast. The testimonial presented to Mr. Latto by the
National Life-boat Institution consisted of a beautiful
model of the People's Journal life-boat No. 1, about to be
stationed at Peterhead, N. 8., a beautiful silver tablet bear-
ing a suitable inscription, the thanks of the institution,
illuminated on vellum, and enclosed in a gilt frame, and a
fine large photograph, also in a gilt frame, and suitably in-
scribed, of a life-boat with its crew proceeding through a
stormy sea to rescue the crew of a wrecked vessel seen in
the distance. Mr. Francis Molison presided on the occa-
sion, and he was supported by some of the principal resi-
dents IA Dundee.

The Liberal Banquet at Cologne.
-46.- -
(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
COLOGNE, July 24.

After the excitement of the day before yesterday,
and a portion of succeeding night, every effort was
made by the guests invited to the Liberal banquet
to carry out the programme originally laid down at
some less objectionable spot. While a portion of
their number began the progress on the Rhine at
4 a.m. for Oberlahnstein in a couple of gaily-deco-
rated steam-boats, the majority left yesterday for
the same destination by the trains departing at six
and nine o'clock. A band accompanied the latter
train, and played patriotic airs during the journey.
At Bonn and several other stations the travellers
were greeted with loud cheers by spectators waiting
on the platforms.
Upon reaching Oberlahnstein, in the Duchy of
Nassau, the guests, preceded by their band, re-
paired through streets lined with flags to the Hotel
Lahneck. Those who had arrived by the earlier
train and the two steamers, among whom were
some 40 deputies, had dispersed among the various
refreshment-houses for lack of room. The recep-
tion given to their visitors by the inhabitants of
Oberlahnstein was of the most enthusiastic kind ;
handkerchiefs were waved from the windows as the
procession passed by, and the words of hearty wel-
come shouted to them were cheerfully responded to
by the guests. On reaching the Hotel Lahneck,
Dr. Becker warned the company against expressing
too much enthusiasm, as calculated to bring about
interruption, and prove a sorry return for the hos-
pitality of the Lahnsteiners, for whom he proposed
three cheers--a motion eagerly and instantly re-
sponded to.

In the course of the afternoon toasts were pro-
posed to Herr Classen-Kapplemann, to whom also
a telegraphic message of greeting was despatched.
The healths of all holding similar opinions with the
guests throughout Germany were drunk ; Herr
Emil Rittershaus, the poet, made a terse, but feel-
ing speech ; and a prologue by Karl Siebel, of
Barmen, was read in the author's absence.

Towards six o'clock, shortly before the train
left for Cologne, the troops specially summoned by
the Duke from Wiesbaden made their appearance,
and proceeded to clear the hotel. Several arrests
are reported to have been made. The six o'clock
train, mostly carrying returning guests, consisted
of 24 carriages. At its departure, as well as at
that of the steamers, loud cheers were interchanged
between the passengers and the inhabitants of the
town. During the entire return voyage the
steamers were greeted with enthusiastic hurrahs,
waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and firing of
guns from the various villages and single
houses upon the banks. At quieter moments
toasts in prose and verse mingled with the strains
of the band. Chief among the healths drunk was
that of Herr Grabow, president of the Chamber of
Deputies, prevented from being present by the
serious illness of a child. Thirteen telegraphic
greetings from various places were received during
the day. The steamers stopped at Porz, where the
greater part of the guests disembarked to go on
afoot to Deutz, while the remainder took boats for
Cologne, where they landed amidst the hearty
cheers of the assembled crowds.

In Cologne itself nothing of material importance
took place from noon to evening. Unusual excite-
ment was, however, visibly displayed in larger
assemblages in the streets, loud conversation, and
expression of much dissatisfaction. The steamers
intended to participate/in the festal progress were
occupied until late in the evening by pioneers, who
were relieved every three hours. The reinforce-
ments at the main guard were withdrawn at noon,
and no further military arrangements were noticed
in the course of the day. Crowds assembled towards
evening upon the banks of the Rhine, awaiting the
return of the expected steamers. Large numbers of
persons also collected in front of the central railway
station, to meet the train. from Oberlahnstein. The
guests arriving by both methods were received with
tremendous cheers and shouts of applause, most of
them being accompanied by numbers of enthusias-
tic admirers to their respective homes.

SUDDEN DEATH OF TIIE PRESIDENT OF THE
MERCANTILE MARINE ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday a
large circle of persons interested in the welfare of the mer-
cantile marine was thrown into gloom by the announce-
ment of the sudden death, from apoplexy, of Captain Ben-
jamin Sproule, President of the Mercantile Marine Service
Association, member of the Liverpool Local Marine Board,
one of the committee of the school frigate Conway, and
senior partner of the firm of Sproule and Ponsonby, ship-
store dealers. The deceased had been with the pilotage
committee on their excursion on Saturday, and on Monday
he was present at a meeting of the association of which he
was president, and had been oneof the principal promoters.
Later in the day he returned to his home, Rose-mount,
Oxton, and upon going upstairs about one o'clock in the
morning, with the intention of going to bed, he fell in a fit
of apoplexy, and after lingering about an hour he died.
Mrs. Sproule and her daughter were from home. The
event will prove a severe practical loss to the institutions
with which Captain Sproule was connected.

WONDERFUL, IF TRUE.—A few days ago as
Maidman, gamekeeper to Admiral Sir Phipps
flornby, of Little Green, near Petersfield, was lying in
wait for an alleged aerial poacher which had committed
several unwarrantable depredations on young game upon
the estate, and was known to the locality under the cogno-
men of "Old Margery," he ebsorved her taking her even-
ing's zigzag flight. At this instant she took a sudden
downward dart, and after being a short time upon the
ground rose to return, when the fatal shot was fired, and
"Margery" fell to the ground. Upon going to the spot
the keeper found, to his great surprise, a fine weasel firmly
fixed to her talons, oth dead, and a short distance off a
hawk fluttering with a broken wing, which, from some
unaccountable cause, got into the line of fire, and fell from
the same shot. Upon being secured, the strange triad were
bagged, and they are now in the hands of Mr. Barnes for
preservation. The weasel in the talons of the ow], and
the hawk alongside, present a rare combination of birds of
prey, and with• the destructive weasel are sufficiently in-
teresting, under the circumstances related above, to arrest
the attention of the lovers of natural history.—Surrey
Standard.

ELECTION AMENITIES. —Th 0 Western Morning
News publishes a letter addressed by Colonel Dawkins to
the late members for Totnes, by whom he was defeated
at the late election. He tells Mr. Pender that if he will
take his oath that none of the electors who signed the re-
quisition to himself (Colonel Dawkins) have received, or
will receive, any of Mr. Pender's money, he is prepared to
withdraw some statements which he made against Mr.
Pender. As to Mr. Seymour's charge that Col. Dawkins
is not a "fighting man," the Colonel replies—" I am pre-
pared to relieve him of his error as soon as he likes, at
Wormwood Scrubs or elsewhere, and thus probably relieve
Totnes:at once of a representative not of her choice."
EMIGRATION FIGURES.—The annexed figures
show the various directions taken by the 208,900
persons who emigrated last year :—United States, 147,042;
Central and South America, 2,963 ; Canada, 11,759 ; New
Brunswick, 396 ; Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 433; New-
foundland, 33 ; Prince Edward Island, 8 ; Vancouver's
Island, 92 ; Jamaica, 343 ; British Guiana, 220 ; Trinidad,
128 ; other West Indian settlements, 1,215 ; the East In-
dies, 1,267 ; China, 205 ; Japan, 4 ; the Mauritius, 23 ;
Western Africa, St. Helena, Madeira, Malta, &c., 364 ; the
Cape of Good Hope, 873 ; Natal, 527 ; Mexico, 43 the
Falkland Islands, 5 ; the Sandwich Islands, 15 ; New
South Wales, 4,689 ; Queensland, 7,183 ; Victoria, 13,909 ;
South Australia, 2,842 ; Western Australia, 299 ; Tasma-
nia, 50 ; New Zealand, 11,970. It is a remarkable fact that
seven out of every ten persons who !emigrate from the
United Kingdom thus proceed to the United States. The
emigration to the troubled territories of Brother Jonathan
was on a larger scale last year than it had been since 1854.
On the other hand, the emigration- to British North
America and the Australian colonies somewhat declined
last year.

ODD MARRIAGES.---In England, in the year 1863,
for which the marriage returns are now completed,
11 men were married who were neither bachelors nor
widowers, and nine women who were neither spinsters
nor widows. Half of these '2O marriages of divorced per-
sons took place in London. The returns state the exact
ages of nearly two-thirds of the couples married in the
year, and generally there is nothing remarkable in the
disclosure. More than three-fourths, both of the men and
the women, were under 30. But there are some entries
that certainly are rather remarkable. For instance, two
men above 80 married spinsters who were not 35 ; and a
girl of 16 was married to a man above 70. 228 girls were
married who were only 16 years old, and 30 without wait-
ing even until they were 16. Six youths of 16 must needs
take to them wives, all rather older than themselves. The
days of our years are threescore years and ten ; but this
return shows us 177 men and 42 women who had made
what is called a new start in life after they had passed that
boundary. Eight of these men were bachelors until, after
attaining the age of 70, they married, and three of the
women spinsters ; 14 of the men had seen 80 birthdays.
Among the whimsies may be noted a man of 92 marrying
a 17901613 of 81

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 25.

The Queen, Princess Louise, and Princess
Beatrice drove out yesterday afternoon, attended by
the Hon. Emma Lascellee.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
PLYMOUTH, July 25.

The Prince and Princess of Wales landed at
Penzance on Monday. A loyal address was pre-
sented to them previously from the corporation on
board the yacht.
At the landing-place a battalion of the Duke of
Cornwall's Rifle Volunteers, over 800 strong, lined
the way, and festive demonstrations were made all
along the line the Royal party passed. The Prince
and Princess proceeded to the Land's End, return-
ing in the evening. To- day they are expected to
remain on board the yacht ; on Wednesday they
will visit Falmouth, Penryn, and Truro, but it is
not expected they will land at either place.

PENZANCE, July 24.

The Osborne, with the Prince and Princess of
Wales on board, left Fowey yesterday morning at
3 o'clock, and arrived, after a very favourable voy-
age, at 8 o'clock, in Mount's Bay. Tip coast at
this point forms an irregular amphitheatre, the two
extremes of which, the Lizard and the Land's-end,
are 20 miles apart. Towards its apex the Bay,
which runs far inland, becomes very considerably
narrowed, having at its north-western bend the
town of Penzance, and at its north-eastern the vil-
lage of Marazion, the distance between both being
about two-and-a-half miles. On all sides the land
slopes gradually down to the Bay, but then, at a dis-
tance of some three or four miles inland, it rises to
an elevation, which causes it to form a well-defined
back ground. For these three or four miles it is for
the most part gently undulating, and is upon the
whole well wooded, presenting from the Bay a pleas-
ingly diversified appearance. About 400 or 500 yards
outside Marazion is the singular conical rock, or
rather series of rocks, known as St. Michael's Mount,
from which the Bay takes its name. This rock, which
is about a mile in circumference, and which for six
hours out of every 12 is completely surrounded by
the sea, is one of the chief attractions of the place.
It was famous at a time at which, as in the case of
the common law of England, " the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary." But it is as pictur-
esque as it is famous. It stands proudly out of the
sea as if defying all that the billows can do against
it, and it has defied them for many a long day suc-
cessfully, looking little the worse, as far as one can
judge, for the contest. It is partially clothed with
verdure—that is to say, there are some green slopes
at its base, and the fern .finds its way among the
rocks, but these are only soft places in its stern
nature. Solid grey stone frowning upon the waters
and rugged acclivities form its characteristic features.
It is crowned at the top as with a diadem by an
old castle only less ancient than itself. When this
castle was built no one can tell ; but this much
is certain, that it was a building originally de-
dicated to religious purposes, and that it is pro-
bably coeval with the existence of Christianity in
Cornwall. In those early times the monks would
seem to have had an exquisite eye for the beautful,
and they could not have pitched upon many spots
at once so capable of gratifying their taste and so
secluded as this wild rock, a residence, on which,
however, it must be confessed, at the first blush, is
very suggestive of the history of St. Simon Stylites.
How it came to be called Mount St. Michael is not
very clear. There is a tradition that the monks en-
tertained the notion that the Archangel Michael
was wont to perch upon the spots which they had
chosen for their abode, generally selecting the most
steep and dangerous point on which to alight. If
he selected the particular spot known as St. Michael's
chair on the Cornish Mount (St. Michael's Mount
was not an uncommon designation for religious abodes
in those days), the choice was no doubt perfectly in
accordance with the principle on which he usually
acted, for it is a stone projecting from the summit
of the tower by which the Mount is topped, and
overhanging a not very inviting-looking mass of
rock below. It was the vulgarbelief that any woman
who was courageous enough to sit on this stone or
chair—for it assumes the form of one—would secure
to herself dominion over her husband for life, upon
the same principle, probably, that kissing the Blar-
ney stone in Ireland was supposed to result in the
possession of an unlimited power of persuasive elo-
quence. But be that as it may, the history of St.
Michael's Mount is very remarkable. As early as the
sth century St. Kryna, a holy virgin of British
Royal blood, is said to have taken refuge there.
Later there were many other eventful circumstances
connected with it. After the conquest, Robert, Earl
of Mortain, became its patron, but he attached it to
the Abbey of St. Michael, situated on a similar
mount on the coast of Normandy. When the alien
Priories were seized upon in the time of Edward 111.
it was again restored to its original independence,
but it soon after passed from under the rule of the
monks into secular hands, and was eventually sold
at the time of the restoration to Sir J. St. Aubyn,
by whose representatives it is now possessed.
The summit is still occupied by the ancient monastic
buildings, but they have, with a religious hand, how-
ever, been adapted to modern requirements. The
chapel is Gothic, and from it a narrow staircase
communicates with the tower, in which the whole
structure, natural and artificial combined, cul-
minates. A spacious apartment near the chapel,
now called the Chevy-chase room, constituted in
former times the refectory of the monastery. At
the upper end of the room are the Royal arms, with
the date 1644, and at the opposite end the arms of
the St. Aubyns. On the small piece of level ground
from which the Mount springs on the north side
there are several houses, containing about 200 in-
habitants, and just by them is a tiny churchyard,
in which is the burial-place of the St.Aubyn
To this side, also, there is a small artificial harbour
attached, with an entrance about 100 ft. wide ; and
into this harbour, while a Royal salute was being
fired from the St. Aubyn Battery, the Prince and
Princess, who had passed all the morning on board
the Osborne, were rowed yesterday, shortly after 2
o'clock, in a boat of Mr. St. Aubyn's, pulled by six
men, arrayed in scarlet coats turned up with orange,
having white petticoats underneath extending below
their knees, a large brass badge, with the St. Aubyn
arms, on their shoulders, and black leather jockey
shaped caps—the whole constituting a uniform which
is quaintly picturesque, and which has long been
used by the family as the livery of their boatmen.
The Prince and Princess landed just inside the
harbour at the same staircase—laid with crimson
cloth—at which her Majesty and the late Prince
Consort landed in 1846. At the top of the stair-
case a small brass plate, cut into the form of a shoe,
and having inscribed upon it the letters " V.R.,"
marks the spot where the Queen on that occasion
first set her foot. Accompanying the Prince and
Princess yesterday were the Earl of Mount-Edg-
cumbe, General Knollys, Lady de Grey, and the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, who reached
the Bay in the Undino shortly after the arrival
of the Osborne. The Royal party were con-
ducted by Mr. St. Aubyn up the steep way which
leads to the castle through an archway of ever-
greens with which the gateway was decorated.
Shortly after gaining the castle, the entrance to
which was tastefully ornamented with flowers and
some beautiful specimens of fern, their Royal High-
nesses partook of luncheon, and then ascended the
tower, where they stood for some time admiring the
magnificent prospect around. The, Princess simply
glanced at St. Michael's chair. The royal party
were then shown over the principal rooms of the
castle, in one of which there are some fine pieces of
ancient armour, ' breastplates, and helmets, of no
doubtful strength, thus pleasantly wandering about
the storied chambers and romantic crags of Mount
St. Michael, stopping at different points to gazeupon
the varied ,:and most lovely scenery in which it is
itself the foremost object.
The Prince and Princess were soon after 6 rowed
back to the Osborne in the same boat in which they

came on shore ; a guard of honour, consisting of
35 of the Penzance and Falmouth division of the
Coastguard, under the command of Capt. Fellowes,
R.N., and Capt. G. Sullivan, and'a detachment of
the Royal Artillery Volunteers, of wMch Mr. J. St.
Aubyn is Colonel Commandant, but which were un-
der the immediate orders on this occasion of Lieut.
F. W. Field, having been posted, as on their arrival,
at the approach to the landing-place.
In the evening th6Prince and Princess entertained
at dinner, on board the Osborne, in addition to the
ladies and gentlemen of their suite, the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of St. Albans,
Lord and Lady Vivian, Mr. St. Aubyn, M.P., and
Lady E. St. Aubyn, Lady Audrey Townshend, the
High Sheriff of Cornwall and Mrs. Williams, Capt.
Fellowes, R.N., Capt. Sullivan, R.N., Mr. E. St.
Aubyn, and Capt. Darcy.
Happily the weather, which had been very fine
since the royal party reached the bay, is this morn-
ing all that could be desired, so that the Prince and
Princess will see, probably, Botallic, whither they
purpose going to-day, under more favourable aus-
pices than they saw the Fowey Consols Mine on
Saturday.
To-night the Prince proceeds in the Osborne to
Scilly, whence he is not expected to return before
to-morrow night or the following morning. The
Princess will meantime be the guest of Mr. St.
Aubyn, at Mount St. Michael's, where she, the
Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady de Grey and
Ripon, will sleep to-night. The Prince will be
accompanied on his trip by the Duke of Suther-
land, the Duke of St. Albans, and the gentlemen of
his suite.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge's Birthday.

Yesterday being the 68th anniversary of the birth
of the Duchess of Cambridge, it was celebrated at
Kew by a public dinner, composed of the Royal
tradespeople from London, Kew, Richmond, &c.
The Royal ensign floated from the tower of the
old church.

In the evening a numerous party dined at the
Coach and Horses Inn. Nearly 40 persons sat
down to dinner. The chair was filled by Mr.
Costellow.

After the dinner, an excellent repast, had been
done justice to,
The Chairman proposed " The Health of the
Queen" and " Prince and Princess of Wales,"
which were received with honours.

The Chairman then rose and proposed the toast
of the evening, that of " Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambridge; and God bless her."
The toast was enthusiastically responded to.

Mr. Owen (the Duchess's house steward) said
that he was grateful for the kind manner in which
the health of his royal mistress had been welcomed.
He could only say that many of the residents of
Kew were well aware of her kindness and anxious
desire in every case to support any charitable pro-
ject which came before her notice. He concluded
by saying he was proud to belong to the household
of the Royal family, who " did good by stealth and
blushed to find it fame." He begged to say that in
consequence of what he had said he hoped Cain-
bridge Cottage would not be troubled with unde-
serving applications for charity. The duchess and
her daughter were so well known to the inhabitants
of Kew that it would be impertinent on his part to
speak a word in their favour beyond what had been
said.

Afterwards the Chairman proposed " The Health
of the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Mary."
The toasts were cordially responded to.
The company then resolved themselves into a
hilarious company, and they broke up shortly after
eleven o'clock, highly pleased with the arrange-
ments of the host and proprietor of the Coach and
Horses, Kew-green.

His Highness the Prince and her Royal Highness
Princess of Tour and Taxis have left Claridge's Hotel for
Brussels, on their return to Vienna.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are ex-
pected to arrive at Stafford-house, St. James's, to-morrow,
or on Friday next, from an excursion in their yacht to the
west of England with the Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster
and Lady Theodora Grosvenor will leave town in a few
days for Eaton Hall, Chester.

The Marchioness of Bath and infant daughter

are both progressing favourably.

The Marquis Carnovaro and Monsieur Gardilli
have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Paris.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr have left town .
for Eastbourne, in order to meet Sir Alexander and Lady
Arabella Bannerman.

Count F. de Lagrange and Viscount Paul Daru
have left the Clarendon Hotel for Brighton.

THE QUEER'S BIRTHDAY AT MELBOURNE.—The
anniversary of her Majesty's birthday has always
been celebrated with special enthusiasm by the colony
which bears her honoured name ; and, as year after year
passes, the, loyalty and affection of her antipodean sub-
jects become intensified with the lapse of time. The fes-
tival of yesterday has never been exceeded by any former
celebration of the event, as a spontaneous exhibition of
popular feeling, and perhaps on no other occasion did the
people of Victoria less require the stimulus of an official
intimation to enjoy it as a genuine holiday. From morning
till night the city presented quite a gala appearance—not
only the public offices, but nearly every private establish-
ment being closed, except those which are indispensable to
festivity ; flags and banners waved gaily in almost every
street throughout the day, and in the evening several of
our spirited fellow citizens testified their loyalty by illu-
minating their premises. Most of the vessels in the bay,
and at the various piers and wharves, were also decked in
holiday attire ; and not a few excursionists, more daring
than discreet, ventured down the bay in steamers, in utter
defialce of sea sickness or fog. Considering the late period
of the season, the day was so cheerful and exhilarating as
to remind us of those delicious days in the old land pro-
verbially designated as "the Queen's weather ;" and those
who hesitated to take part in more demonstrative kinds of
recreation gratified themselves to the top of their bent with
boating parties up to the Yarra, or pic-nic expeditions to
the picturesque scenery of Studley-park, Brighton, and St.
Kilda. Some idea of the extent to which the people of
Melbourne shook off the dust of the city may be inferred
from the fact that at the Melbourne and Hudson's Bay rail-
way station no less than 5,387 tickets were issued for Sand-
ridge, St. Kilda, and Emerald-hill, exclusive of more than
2,000 volunteers, who travelled free. The railway autho-
rities are entitled to some credit for the unexceptionable
arrangements made for this large amount of extra traffic-
The first noticeable event of the day was the review of the
volunteer force at Emerald-hill. The total number of vo-
lunteers present was 2,497, representing all the corps in the
colony; and it is no exaggeration to say that our citizen
soldiers presented an appearance which not only reflected
credit upon themselves, but imparted an agreeable sense of
security to those who regarded the occasion as something
more than a mere military pageant. Melbourne has seldom
presented a more animated appearance than after night-fall,
the gay dresses of the volunteers contrasting pleasantly
with the crowds of ordinary citizens lounging through the
streets ; and a stranger, suddenly arriving, might fancy
that our peaceful city had been taken possession of by some
of those invading hordes with which we have been threa-
tened, the perpetual din of exploding crackers by young
Australia helping to keep alive the illusion. 'Her Majesty
may well be gratified upon learning how her 46th birth-
day was celebrated in Australia Felix.—Melbourne Age,
May 27. . _

AN " ANIMATED DANGER SIGNAL."—A C ounti
Magistrate," in a letter to the Times, describes the right
way of making necessary repairs on railways. He was tra-
velling yesterday on the fast London and North-Wester°
train to London at a fair pace, " when, though broad day"
light, a fog signal exploded ; the train slackened, and soon
came up to a gang of workmen, one of .whom, himself a°
animated danger signal— a being clothed in red, a perfect
Zamiel—jumped on to the engine, and conducted us over the
line under repair, and then left us to pursue our way in pease
and safety. Why should not platelayers on other railways
use red clothing and fog signals."
DISTRESSING BOAT ACCIDENT AT CASTLE EDEN
—Two BROTHERS DROWNED.—A most melancholy
boat accident took place on Sunday morning, at the mouth
of Castle Eden Dene, whereby two brothers, sons of Air'
Ford, hind to Mr. B. Burden, of Castle Eden, occupying f'
ci
farm at Black-hill, near to where the casualty hapPene,
were drowned. They were aged respectively 14 and 'e
years, and had, about 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, gen
out to sea from the shore abutting their farm for a cruise
After pulling about for a shost time they attempted to nl
proach the shore, when they apparently were a littleo
fatigued. The boat got broadside to the waves, which-we:la
breaking heavily near the shore, owing to the rocks whic..o
were in the vicinity. Some parties on the share we'd
watching the young men, when the boat suddenly naPsi!e
and then the scene was most melancholy and heaxtrend°34
Those that were watching the struggles of the poorfelP, to
felt their situations more keenly owing to their inabilit)
render any assistance. The young men struggled for tiny
time for life, but neither appeared able to swim,and
gradually rose and struggled for intervals when they aid'
appeared. One of the bodies has been recoTered.