The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-22 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Moniteur publishes the following note :—" A
great number of persons pretending to have claims
to the succession of a General Genin, reported to
have recently died in Brazil leaving a considerable
fortune, have claimed the intervention of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, in order to obtain
information respecting the said succession. From
information transmitted by the French legation at
Rio Janeiro it appears that no heritage of that name
is known in Brazil, and that the oldest functionaries
of the country, when interrogated on the subject,
declare that they have never heard any one
speak of a General Genin."
Several Imperial decrees, issued at the instance of
the Minister of War, make twelve promotions to
the rank of Officer in the Legion of Honour, and
twenty-four nominations as Knights. Other
decrees confer the military medal on fifty-nine non-
commissioned officers and privates_as an acknow-
ledgment of long and gallant services, or for dis-
tinguished conduct during the prevalence of the
cholera.

The collection of paintings, drawings, and curio-
sities belonging to the late Marquis de Villette, who
so long had the custody- of Voltaire's heart, was
lately sold by auction at his chateau near Pont St.
Mayence (Oise). 'The historical curiosities excited
great competition. A crown of gilt paper presented
to Voltaire at the Theatre-Frangais was knocked
down at 440 fr. ; a satin waistcoat belonging to him
fetched 490 fr. ; his robe de chambre, 990 fr. ; his
arm-chair, 2,000 fr. ; and a portrait of him at the
age of 35, by Largilliere, 6,200 fr. Voltaire gave
this picture to Mlle. de Livry, but afterwards ex-
pressed a wish that Mme. de Villette should have it.
Mlle. de Livry, who had become Mme. de Gouver-
net, consented, and Voltaire himself carried it to
Mme. de Villette, in whose family it has since
remained.

The Imperial Court of Lyons has just heard an
appeal from a judgment of the Correctional Tribunal
under the following circumstances :—ln August last,
a stone-cutter named Lauras, a medium who pre-
tended to be in communication with St. James the
Less, and M. Bidreman, an officier de sante, were
charged, the former as principal and the latter as
accomplice, in committing frauds on several sick
persons, by pretending to give them infallible
remedies. Lauras was condemned to a month's im-
prisonment, and Bidreman to six days of the same
punishment, and also to 15fr. fine for infringing the
laws concerning his profession by not getting his
diploma duly signed on establishing himself in
Lyons. Bidreman now appealed against that deci-
sion, and as it appeared that he fully believed in
the virtues of magnetism and in the results obtained
by the remedies recommended by Lauras, the Court
decided that he had not been guilty of swindling
within the meaning of the law, and accordingly an-
nulled the condemnation to imprisonment, but
maintained the fine for infringing the regulations
with regard to his diploma.
The Courrier de Bretagne states that the Em-
peror, before leaving Paris for Compiegne, gave
orders for the examination of a plan for draining
and fertilising the lands of Brittany. The mode to
be adopted will be the same as that already em-
ployed in the country between Bordeaux and Bay-
onne.

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
" Between Sunday and Monday the barometer fell
about 10 millimetres in the North Sea. At the
Helder on Sunday it was 764, and this morning it
has fallen to 754. This decline is also extending to
all the coasts of the Channel and to the greater part
of France. The atmospheric pressure has become
weaker by 5 millimetres at Brest, and by 4 at Bil-
bao. With this fall of the barometer corresponds a
return of winds from the S.W., and this morning
the sky was overcast over the greater part of the
coasts in the west and north-west of France ; rain
fell at Bilbao, Napoleon-Vendee, Lorient, and
Havre. The wind is in general moderate, neverthe-
less a despatch from Boulogne signalises a very
strong gale from the S.W. In the Adriatic the
calm which was momentarily disturbed was re-esta-
blished • this morning." In Paris yesterday the
atmosphere was humid and the temperature mild.
At three the thermometer marked 12 Centigrade
(53k Fahrenheit.)
The Imperial Court of Paris has just heard an
appeal from a judgment of the Civil Tribunal of
the Seine in an action brought by M. Frezier,
horse-dealer, of Paris, against the Duke of Saxe-
Coburg Gotha, to recover the sum of 8,100 fr., the
price of four horses bought for the duke, but of
which he had refused to accept delivery. It appeared
from the statement of counsel that the duke went
purchasing
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then said that he was going to the fair of Guibray,
and would there buy the horses required, which,
according to his statement, were four Anglo-Nor-
man post-horses, but the duke maintained that he
only ordered two horses for a sporting carriage. On
the 15th August, 1863, four horses were sent off to
Germany under the care of a man named Wouters,
who received 1,350 f. for travelling expenses from M.
Antoine Kcenigswarter, banker, brotheito the Saxe-
Coburg charge d'affaires at Paris. Theduke refused
the horses on the ground that there were four in-
stead of two, that they were Percherons, not Nor-
man, as he wished, and that the price was above
2,000 fr. each, whereas he had fixed his maximum
price at 1,600 fr. each. He, however, expressed his
willingness to pay the travelling expenses. The
horses were in consequence brought back to Paris
and placed at livery, as M. Frezier refused to receive
them. The latter maintained that the duke had
authorised M. Kcenigswarter to select the horses,
and that they had transferred the duty to Wouters,
who received from them his travelling expenses,
and the money to buy four sets of harness. The
Duke was therefore bound to take the horses. The
Tribunal, however, considered that the plaintiff had
not established the fact that the horses had been ac-
cepted by a person duly authorised by the Duke,
and accordingly rejected his demand. Against this
judgment M. Frezier now appealed, but as he failed
to satisfy the court that the horses had been duly
accepted, it confirmed the decision of the Civil
Tribunal. _ _

One of the theatrical journals, in announcing that
M. Sardou dined on Friday at the Emperor's table,
remarks that such was not the case when another
piece of his, " Les Ganaches," was represented under
similar circumstances and before the same illustrious
audience. The difference in question," says the same
journal, " is not attributable to the cool reception
of the former production as compared with the pre-
sent one, but to the fact that M. Sardou has since
then received the Cross of the Legion of Honour.
It appears to be decided that writers in the latter
position may dine at the Imperial table, whilst
those not so decorated are assigned places at
the table of the Commandant of the Palace with the
performers playing in the piece."—ln the " Famille
Benoiton," M. Sardou makes Mlle. Fargueil, who
plays one of the ladies, exclaim :
" Ah ! simple attire of my early youth, what is now be-
come of you ? Ten yards of muslin, three of ribbon, and
a flower in the hair? and with thai 15 years of age, a
brilliant complexion, and the delight of a first ball ! What
worn-out pleasure-seeker would not feel a thrill of emo7
tion at the sight of a dress so simple and a joy so naive ?
Ah ! muslin, white muslin ; the ungrateful mothers who
were indebted to you for their husbands now deny you to
their daughters l 0 sacred muslin,
Virgin of the toilet,

save our young girls who are drowning themselves in
floods of lace !"

As a comment on the above it may be mentioned
that the toilettes of the four ladies who play in the
" Famille Benoiton" cost not less than 80,000 fr. ;
and that Mlle. Fargueil pronounces this eulogy of
white muslin in a dress valued at 7,000 fr.
BOURSE, Nov. 21.—Two o'Clock.—The market
is inanimate, with a fractional advance on certain
Securities, and a similar decline on others. Three
per Cent. Rentes are quoted 68f. 52z1c. Italian
Fives are doing at 64f. 95c. French and Spanish
Mobiliers show a slight decline. Comptoir d'Es-
compte have receded 2f. 50c., and Lombard and
Austrian Shares are quoted lf. 25c. lower. In the
Railway Market North of Spain have an advance of
2f. 50c., and Southern If. 25c. Northern and
Lyons are unvaried. TI
has left off at the followin

4} per Cents 97

15e: end month —

3 per Cents. 6B 50
_ _ _

DO. end month 6B 55

Credit Mobilier 875
Do. end month 876 25
Bank Shares 3730
Credit Foncier 1330
Italian Loan 64 85
Do. end month 65

Lree o'clock.—The market
g quotations:—

Ditto Threes —
Roman 74
Mexican Loan 49 25
Do. Bonds 327 50
Russian -
Austrian
Spanish Threes 42 50
Home Debt —
Deferred

RAILWAYS.
Cash.

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian .
Austrian

Acut.
822 50
1098 75

Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- - ... 825 -
- - ... 568 75
- - ... 533 75
- - ... 518 75
- - ... 207 50
- - ... 408 75
- - ... 383 75
- - ... 176 25
- - ... 211 25

... 158 75

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
(Per City of Boston.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (Noon).

An important interview took place, on the 9th
inst., between President Johnson and a delegation
of the members of the North Carolina State Con-
vention. The delegates urged upon the President
the anxiety of the people of their state to effect a
full restoration of their former relations with the
National Government. He requested also that the
test oath prescribed for Congressional Members
should be repealed. Mr. Johnson, in reply, con-
gratulated the gentlemen upon the progress made
by their state towards reconstruction, and com-
plimented the spirit evinced by the people.
He, however, said that it was absolutely neces-
sary, in his judgment, that the Legislature of North
Carolina should adopt the slavery prohibition
amendment of the national Constitution. He also
informed the delegates that Provisional Governor
Holden will be instructed to continue to act as State
Executive until he shall be relieved by express
orders.

Southern advices are unusually meagre. Governor
Humphreys, of Mississippi, has issued a proclama-
tion calling upon citizens to maintain law and order,
and to avoid oppressing the negroes in any manner.

Texas advices state that the freedmen in that state
generally refuse to work, and that the agricultural
interests there are suffering greatly in consequence.
Colonel Thomas, Assistant Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Mississippi, announces that
the Legislature of the State manifests, through the
action of the Committee on Freedmen, a disposition
to deal fairly and generously with the negroes,
several bills for their protection having already been
framed.

The n egroes in Louisiana are said to be regarded
by the white population with increasing aversion.
Secretary Seward recently telegraphed Provi-
sional Governor Perry, of South Carolina, instruct-
ing him, in the name of the President, to continue
to exercise the duties of his office until further in-
structions are received. The telegrams adds :
" The President observes with regret that neither
the Convention nor the Legislature of South Caro-
lina has repudiated the debts and obligations in-
curred by the State in aid of the rebellion. He
also regrets that the State seems to decline the
constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. The
President directs me to inform you that an early
adoption of that amendment is deemed peculiarly
important, and especially desirable with reference to
the general situation of the Union."
Captain Henry Wirz was hung in the yard of the
old Capitol prison, in Washington, at 11 o'clock
.yesterday morning, all efforts of his counsel to
secure a commutation of his sentence having proved
unavailing. A strong military guard was present,
and no disturbance whatever occurred. Wirz met
his fate with remarkable calmness and fortitude,
and earnestly protested his innocence to the last.
During his last interview with his spiritual advisers
he declared that he was the victim of vile perjury,
but would meet his death like a man. He
entreated his friends to spare no efforts after his
death to vindicate his character. It is said that his
wife, during a recent interview with him in gaol,
attempted to supply him with the means of self-
destruction, by passing into his mouth from her
own while kissing him a bolus of strychnine, but
General Baker sprang upon him and choked him
until he forced the pill from his mouth. Another
story in general circulation is that Capt. Wirz was
informed on Wednesday that if he would confess
that Jefferson Davis was concerned in the Ander-
sonville conspiracy, he might obtain a commutation
of his sentence, but that he rejected the offer, de-
claring that be knew nothing of Mr. Davis in such
connection. Mr. Schade, one of Wirz's counsel,
and Father Boyle, his spiritual adviser, state that
they received information to this effect, purporting
to come from " a member of the Cabinet."
The recent elections have resulted in a decided
Republican victory. In New York, Slocum, de-
mocrat, was defeated for State Secretary by Barlow
by about 27,000 majority. In New Jersey, Marcus
L. Ward, Republican, was elected Governor by a
majority of 2,000, while in Massachusetts, Bullock,
Republican, was elected Governor by 76,000 ma-
jority, General Conch, his opponent, receiving but
25,000 votes. The elections in the Western States
also show large Republican gains.
It is semi-officially stated that the United States
army now numbers 180,000 men of all arms.
The following is published by the New York
papers :

" A Toronto despatch announces that the Cana-
dians have at last discovered the Fenian plot to
rob their banks, for which they have been for some
time most assiduously watching. Two men, who,
it is said, have made a confession of the conspiracy
and disclosed its plans, have been committed to jail
in Toronto, and the financial community of that
place is much agitated over the affair. The Fenian
bonds are selling in Quebec and Montreal. Our
Ottawa correspondence informs us that meetings of
the Executive Council have been held both there
and in Montreal, at which plans for placing on the
frontier an armed force of six or eight thousand
men were considered."

THE RUMOURED DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH
MINISTER FROM WASHINGTON.--The excitement
consequent upon the telegram in a Halifax paper of the
9th instant to the effect that the French Minister at Wash-
ington had demanded his credentials has entirely abated
in Liverpool. Yesterday the news by the City of Boston
so effectually contradicted the report and restored confi-
dence that the Halifax telegram is now believed to have
been got up at the last momant for stock-jobbing purposes,
and that it had not the remotest foundation upon which
the truth of the statement could rest.

THE GOVERNMENT AND REFO RM.—There is reason
to conclude that the Government have already
commenced the discussion of a measure for Parliamentary
reform, to be introduced by them early in the ensuing ses-
sion of Parliament. Applications are being received from
the Government by the clerks of the various poor-law
unions throughout the kingdom for a return of the number
of the dwelling-houses of the poor, classified according to
the respective rates paid.
DROWNED IN A TUNNEL.—SPECIAL RECOM-
MENDATION OF TEE JURY.—On Monday an inquest was
held at the Marylebone Workhouse on the body of Wm.
Moore, a boatman, who was drowned in the tunnel of the
Regent's Canal between Blomfield-road, Maida-hill, and
Lisson-grove, on Friday last. The jury returned a verdict
of Accidental Death, but added a resolution recommending
the Canal Company to light the tunnel, or employ a team
tug to take the barges through.

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Tuesday.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High-
nesses the Crown Prince and Princess Prussia,
drove in the grounds this morning.

Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Princess Beatrice went out driving.
To-day was the anniversary of the birth of her
Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia
(Princess Royal).
At seven o'clock in the morning the choir of St.
George's Chapel, under the direction of Dr. Elvey,
performed a serenade under her royal highness's
indows.

The Prussian Ambassador and Countess Bern-
storff arrived at the Castle.

Lord Methuen and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville
West have succeeded Viscount Torrington and
Major-General F. Seymour, C. 8., as lord and
groom in waiting.

The Prince and Princess of Wales in
Suffolk.

LONG MELFORD, Tuesday Evening.
This afternoon their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales paid a visit to Lord and Lady
Alfred Paget at Melford Hall, near this town. Mel-
ford is a long, straggling village, so long that it has
come to rejoice in the name of Long Melford. Yes-
terday its one great street was alive with visitors
from the surrounding country side, and banners and
devices without end adorned the houses, while three
triumphal arches weie erected at various points.
The first of these arches—which were wreathed with
evergreens, while they were hung with lamps, by
which they were illuminated at night—bore the word
" Welcome," surmounted by a crown ; the second, a
little farther on, had the somewhat lengthier senti-
'ment, " God bless the Prince and Princess of Wales,"
in brilliant silver-gilt letters surmounted by the Prince
of Wales's feathers and a bust of the Princess ; the
third had for its motto the venerable sentiment,
" God bless the Queen," with the letters "V. R."
on one sub-arch, and "A. A." on another. This
arch was at no great distance from Melford Hall,
the goal of the royalvisitors' journey. To attempt to
recapitulate all the mottos and banners which the
loyalty of Melfordians led them to produce would be
an endless task ; but we may select a few which
will serve to express the general feeling which ruled
the hour :---" England's Hope and Denmark's
Pride," " Long live England's future King," " Long
live our future King and Queen," " May they live
long to reign over us," " Welcome to this loyal and
ancient village," " Long life and happiness to Eng-
land's Hope and Denmark's Flower," &c. Although
the display was on the whole an imposing one, it
was carried out under no ordinary difficulty, as from
the inclement state of the weather up to this morn-
ing every one had to go to work well at the last mo-
ment. The general result was, however, very good.
At the railway station also great preparations had
been made. The platform and offices were carpeted,
and the waiting-room and office were provided with
seats, to which a favoured few were admitted by
ticket for the purpose of witnessing the arrival of the
Prince and Princess and their suite, who were due
by train from Cambridge via Haverhill, at 3.42
p.m. The railway station, it should be added, was
also gaily decorated with evergreens, &c.
At Melford Hall a gas device was erected over the
principal entrance, representing the Prince's plumes,
with the letters " A. A." on one side, and " A. E."
on the other. This entrance led almost immediately
into the ball-room, a beautiful apartment 42ft. by.
28ft„ and lofty in proportion. The room was bril-
liantly lighted, and was hung with flags, and some
fine old tapestry, while antlers, savage implements
from the South seas, and blooming plants, were
tastefully grouped about. When the last finishing
touches had been given to the decorations, and
when the room was lighted as the shades of even-
ing fell, the general effect was very fine. The bed
provided for the Prince and Princess was a very old
carved oak affair, in which tradition states-- although
not very positively—that Queen Elizabeth reposed
when, she visited Melford nearly three centuries
since. Be this as it may, the Prince's dressing-room
was actually occupied as a sleeping apartment by
the great Tudor Queen, who seems to have been
rather fond of visiting her loving provincials.
Among the party staying at the hall and invited
to meet the Prince and Princess were Lord and Lady
Proby, Lord and Lady Suffield, Viscount Hinchin-
brook, Major-Gen. Lord Geo. Paget, Lord Berkeley
Paget, Mr. Wm. and Lady Parker, Major Teesdale,
and the Hon. Mrs. Coke (Lady in waiting to the
Princess). A party of 16 sat down to dinner on the
arrival of the Royal visitors, and a corresponding
number will form the- dinner party to-morrow
(Wednesday).
The guests bidden to the ball which followed the
dinner this evening numbered about 120, ani, com-
prised Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol, Lord and
Lady Aug. Hervey, Lord and Lady Alfred Hervey,
Sir C. and Lady Rowley, Lord and Lady Henniker
Mr. and Lady Florence Barnardiston, Lord Thur-
low, Sir C. and Lady Callum, Mr. J. Gurdon Re-
bow, M.P., and Lady Georgiana Rebow, and repre-
sentatives of other county families.
Dancing commenced at ten p.m., to the music of
Winterbin's band, from Colchester.
The visit of the Prince and Princess being of a
strictly private character, an address which the
Mayor and Corporation of Sudbury proposed to pre-
sent was declined with thanks by the Royal visitors,
Lord Alfred Paget undertaking, however, to ex-
press the loyal feelings of the burgesses to their
Royal Highnesses.
To-morrow (Wednesday) the Prince of Wales
proposes to shoot in Spelthorne Wood, and if time
permit also in Lineage Wood. There is a good
supply of game, among which a considerable
amount of destruction will probably be dealt.
Spelthorne Wood is some 70 or 80 acres in extent,
and Lineage Wood comprises 150 acres.
The noblemen and gentlemen who are expected
to shoot with the Prince are Lord Proby, Major-
Gen. Lord George Paget, Lord Berkeley Paget,
Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Suffield, Viscount Hinchin-
brook, Major Teesdale, and Major Barnardiston.

As before stated, the Prince and Princess of
Wales arrived to-day by the ordinary train from
Cambridge, due at Melford at 3.42 p.m. They were
received at the railway station by the Sudbury
Volunteers (under the command of Capt. Sir J. W.
Parker), who served as a guard of honour for the
occasion. The Long Melford squadron of yeomanry
cavalry discharged the duties of a mounted escort as
the Royal visitors made their way through Mel-
ford's crowded street to Lord and Lady Alfred
Paget's hospitable mansion. The cavalry troop, a
brilliant little corps, was under the command of
Major Barnardiston—the other officers of the corps
being Captain Ord, Captain Paley, Lieut. Burke,
Lieut. Majendie, and Cornet Blake. The Loyal
Protector and Loyal Benevolent lodges of Odd
Fellows, as well as the two Foresters' courts at Sud-
bury, also joined in the universal demonstration of
loyalty, and accompanied by bands of music and
displaying their insignia, passed through the street
—we cannot say the streets, seeing that Melford has
but one great thoroughfare.
The railway station, to which Mr. Rose, resident
engineer of the Great Eastern Railway Company,
gave his personal attention, presented quite the ap-
pearance of a conservatory, so great was the display
of shrubs and flowers which were arranged under the
care of Mr. Barrett, of Bury St. Edmunds ; while
the drapery, &c., in the waiting room, were laid
down and draped under the direction of Mr. Wheeler,
of Sudbury.
The train bearing the royal visitors arrived with
very commendable punctuality, and the Prince and
Princess were received by Lord Alfred Paget, Lord
Suffield, &c., and were escorted at once to a carriage
drawn by four handsome greys, which was in wait-
ing to convey them to the hall. The cavalcade at
once started, and amid the cheers of the populace
who lined the street the Prince and Princess passed
rapidly on to the hall, where they arrived soon after
4 p.m. The Prince and Princess must have been

highly gratified by the cordial and hearty greetings
with which they were received on every side.
Mr. Robertson, general superintendent, accom-
panied the royal train from Cambridge ; and Mr.
Kitson was on the engine throughout from Wolfer-
ton to Melford.

This evening a large bonfire will be lighted on
Melford-green, the blaze of which will be visible for
miles round. Melford will also be more or less illu-
minated. These hurried details will show that in no
part of England have the Prince and Princess re-
ceived a more cordial welcome than has been accorded
to them in the good old county of Suffolk.

Birthday of the Princess Royal.
A PRINCESS'S SERENADE AT WINDSOR.

Yesterday morning, while the greater proportion
of the inhabitants of the royal borough were yet
slumbering in their beds, the rejoicings on the occa-
sion of the 25th birthday anniversary of her Royal
Highness Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa
(Princess Royal and Crown Princess of Prussia),
who was born on Nov. 21st, 1840, were commenced
at Windsor Castle. At about 20 minutes to 7 o'clock
the choir of the Chapel Royal of St. George's assem-
bled in the Horse-shoe Cloisters, whence they pro-
ceeded to the Castle by special command of her Ma-
jesty, in order to serenade the Princess Victoria. The
morning was yet dark, and the rain fell in torrents,
when the band of choristers took up a position be-
neath the Lancaster Tower, which contains the
suite of apartments occupied by the Crown Prince
and Princess of Prussia. The last echoes of the
Castle clock striking the hour of seven had scarcely
died away when the Cathedral choir commenced
singing, under the direction of Dr. Elvey, the orga-
nist of St. George's, beneath the windows of their
royal highness's sleeping apartment, the selection of
music being as follows :

Hail, Smiling Morn
The Dawn of Day Reay.
Up, up, ye Dames Macfarren.
Foresters Sound the Cheerful Horn ~ Bishop.

Behold the Woods
The Waits

National Anthem.

Mendelssohn.
Saville.

The voices of the choir sounded very sweetly in the
still morning, but if the Princess was awakened by
the tuneful notes beneath her window, she must
have been grossly deceived by the opening piece, the
" morn" being far from smiling, and the weather
intensely disagreeable, as evidenced by the array of
umbrellas beneath which the choristers took shelter.
The various songs were, however, executed with that
brilliancy for which the choir of St. George's is now
famous, and the serenade was brought to a close
about half-past seven o'clock. An hour afterwards
the bells of the Chapel Royal and parish churchrang
out merry peals, and flags and banners were dis-
played from the houses and shops of the principal
residents in the town, while the usual birthday
salutes were fired.

Marriage of the Earl of Dudley.

The marriage of the Earl of Dudley and Miss
Georgiana Moncrieffe, third daughter of Sir Thomas
and Lady Louisa Moncrieffe, took place yesterday
morning at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. The
church was crowded to excess, and a great number
of persons had assembled outside. The noble earl,
attended by the Hon. Chas. Lyttelton as grooms-
man, arrived at half-past eleven. The bride, ac-
companied by her father, who gave her away, ar-
rived shortly before twelve, and was attended to the
altar by twelve bridesmaids.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Thomas
Claughton, vicar of Kidderminster, assisted by the
Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell.

Among the relatives and friends present to witness
the ceremony we observed—the Marquis of Queens-
berry, the Marchioness of Ely, and Lady Marion
Loftus, the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland,
the Dowager Countess of Lichfield, the Countess of
Kinnoul, Viscount Newport, Lord Vivian, Lady
Panmure, Lady Annealy and Miss White, Lady
Mary Clive, Sir Rolfe and Lady Howard, Sir Chas.
and Lady Forbes, Lady Ward, Mr. and Lady Char-
lotte Russell, Hon. Geo. Hay, Sir Chas. and Lady
Rowley, Sir Fred. and Lady Elizabeth Arthur, &c.
At the conclusion of the marriage, the wedding
party adjourned to the Countess of Kinnoul's resi-
dence in Belgrave-square, to partake of a sumptuous
dejeuner. In the afternoon the noble earl and his
bride left town for Albury-park, the seat of the Earl
Percy, near Guildford, Surrey, to pass the honey-
moon.

Yesterday was observed as a holiday in Dudley,
in honour of the noble earl's marriage. The ar-
rangements made by the committee comprised a dis-
tribution of meat and bread amongst the pox., a
grand display of fireworks, a dinner at the hotel,
and the presentation, on some day to be in future
named, of a bracelet to the first Countess of Dudley.
A deputation has been appointed to make the pre-
sentation in due course. The cost of the bracelet is
£550. The dinner took place last evening, at the
Dudley Arms Hotel. On Saturday last the members
of the committee were busy inquiring in the various
neighbourhoods for the most deserving poor to
whom to give tickets for the beef and bread which
are to be distributed. The town was divided for
this purpose into wards, from which sub-districts
were formed, and the aid of the clergy and ministers
engaged. There were 1,250 tickets distributed, and
the holders of each were entitled to 41b. of meat and
a4lb loaf, which were distributedyesterdaymorning.
In the evening the members of the Dudley Garrick
Club gave a dramatic performance at the public hall
of the Mechanics' Institution, admission to the greater
part of which was free. To-morrow evening a ball
will be given at the hotel, and this will conclude the
public rejoicings.

MISS BATEMAN AT MANCHESTER.—This lady
made her re-appearance last evening at Manchester, in her
famous character of Leah, and was more than once called
before the curtain to receive the popular welcome. Mr.
Jordan was the Rudolf, Miss Shirley Madalena, and Mr.
Warde the schoolmaster, Nathan. The performance we:3
a great success.

THE MURDERER SOUTHEY., ALIAS FORWARD.—
Thetrial of the man Ernest Southey alias Forward,
who murdered his wife and child at Ramsgate, after mur-
dering three children in a coffee-house in London, will take
place before the special commission which will commence
its sittings at Maidstone on Saturday, the 16th of Decem-
ber. Since his committal by the coroner and magistrates
at Ramsgate, Forward (which is his real name) has been
in the custody of the governor of Sandwich Gaol, and-has
maintained himself with the utmost composure, reading
occasionally, but being more generally engaged in writing.
He has produced some elaborate statements with regard to
the circumstances of his past life, all of them couched in a
pompous and vainglorious style, and has prepared a large
number of letters, many of which are addressed to persons
of high rank in the country. These he has often expressed
a wish should be forwarded to the persons for whom he
intended them, but his request has not of course been
complied with. .Be has been allowed to communicate with
his London solicitor, but is at present doubtful whether ho
will be defended by counsel on his trial, unless indeed the
court, at its sitting, should of its own motion assign to him
one of the gentlemen of the bar. The evidence against
him is so clear arid conclusive that there is hardly likely to
be a failure of justice, except it should arise out of the
well-known fact that in the neighbourhood of Maidstone a
strong objection exists to the infliction of capital punish-
ments, juries there having been known to declare that they
would never return a verdict which would render a man
liable to be hanged. Mr. Inspector Tanner, of the London
detective police force, holds a warrant for Forward's appre-
hension in connexion with the triple murder in London,
and should he escape at Maidstone he would on that war-
rant be brought to trial at the January sessions of the
Central Criminal Court.
LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION TO THE EX-M.P. FOR
BLACKBURN.—On the 30th inst. a public banquet is
to be given in the Town-hall, Blackburn, to Mr. James
Pilkington, who, for the last 18 years has faithfully and
assiduously served the borough in Parliament, but was
defeated at the late election. The demonstration will be
of local and national interest. Mr. Pilkington will be pre-
sented with an elegant silver epergne, representing justice,
commerce, and legislation, which has been privately sub-
scribed by a few of its political supporters, tho Ugh novf
that the testimonial has been got up there has been
strong desire on the part of some of the Conservatives to
make the demonstration more of a general character. The
promoters of the banquet declined the proposition, feeling
that it would interfere with the demonstration in a politic!!
sense. Sir John Bowling, Mr. John Bright, M.P., gr•
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Cheetham, M.P., Mr. Thomas Barnes, M.P., Mr. J. Pen
M.P., and other gentlemen, have signified their intention
to be present and take part in the proceedings.
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