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The Prince and Princess of Wales.

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We are authorised to state that circumstances
have compelled the Prince of Wales to abandon his
intention of visiting Dunrobin Castle this year.—
in verness Advertiser.

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Foreign Courts.
BERLIN, Sept. 23.
The King returned to Berlin this evening from
Merseburg, accompanied by Count von Bismarck.
Soon after his Majesty's arrival he appeared at the
Opera. On Monday the King will go to Lauen-
burg by special train, and with his Majesty will be
several of the Prussian princes. Count von Bis-
marck and many court officials and military officers
of high rank will attend the King, who will return
on Wednesday.
The Queen of Prussia was present at the christen-
ing of the infant daughter of
.Prince and Princess
William of Baden, at Baden yesterday, and after-
wards received a visit from the Queen of the Nether-
lands.

BALL BY H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.—
On Friday evening a grand private ball took place
at Abergeldie Castle, on invitations issued by their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Dancing
commenced at about 10 o'clock-, and was continued till one
o'clock, their Royal Highnesses being present the most of
the time. Amongst those present were :—The distin-
tinguished party from Balmoral Castle—the Prince and
Princess Louis of Hesse, the Princess Helena, the Princess
Beatrice, the Princess Hilda of Anhalt, Sir Charles Phipps,
General Grey and Mrs. Grey, Lady Churchill, Col. Bruce,
Baron Schenck and Baron Ruibea, &c. ; the party from
Mar Lodge—the Earl of Fife, the Countess of Fife, Lord
Mac Duff, Lady Anne Duff ; Garden Campbell, Esq., of
Troup ; Burn Callender, Esq., of Preston Hall, &c. ; the
party from Invercauld House—Colonel Farquharson, Mrs.
Farquharson, Mr. John Athole Farquharson, Lord Holmes-
dale, Lady Holmesdale, Sir Edmund Filmer, Lady Filmer,
Millie Cochrane, M.P., and Miss Cochrane, Col. Marshall
and Mrs. Marshall, London, Hon. Mr. Edgerton and Mrs.
Edgerton, &c. ; the party from Aboyne Castle—the Mar-
quis of Huntly, Lady Mary Gordon, &c.; Capt. Stockwell
and party of the officers commanding the garrison batta-
lion at Ballater, &e.—Dundee Advertiser.

PRINCE AMADEUS.—His Royal Highness Prince
Amadeus of Italy arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning,
from Dublin, accompanied by his Excellency the Marquis
d'Azeglio and the officers attending in his suite. His royal
highness was met by the Italian Consul, who accompanied
him to his hotel. After visiting "the lions" of the city,
his royal highness took his departure for Glasgow, accom-
panied by the Italian Minister and attendants. We under-
stand his royal highness will remain about a week in Scot-
land, and on his return to the Italian Legation will give a
series of dinners before he returns to Italy.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
left town on a tour of visits. His royal highness is at
present staying at Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell's
seat in Yorkshire.

His Serene Highness Prince George of Solms
arrived yesterday at the Hanoverian Legation from a tour
of visits in Scotland.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol are
staying for tho present at his lordship's shooting lodge,
near Dingwall, North Scotland. The noble marquis and
marchioness are expected to return to Ickworth Park,
near Bury St. Edmunds, at the latter end of the ensuing
month.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are
entertaining a select party at Hatfield House, Herts.

The Earl of Derby, according to the accounts
received in town yesterday from Knowsley, was rather
better, but was still suffering from great weakness.
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We are authorised to state that a marriage has
been arranged between the Earl of Dudley and Miss
Moncrieffe, third daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa
Moncrieffe. The marriage will take place early in No-
vember.

Viscountess Jocelyn and Hon. Miss Jocelyn are
expected to join Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at
Brockott Hall, towards the end of the week, from Ireland.

Lord and Lady Clarence Paget have left his
lordship's official residence at the Admiralty for their seat
in Wales.

The Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and
Mrs. Cowper, left town on Saturday for Dublin, and will
make a tour of visits in Ireland before their return home.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have left Ashridge Castle for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to
Mr. 11. Russell, M.P., and Lady Elizabeth Russell.
The Marchioness of Londonderry is prolonging
her sojourn at Dieppe.

The Chinese Giant Chang.

Last evening Chang, the giant of Fychow ; his wife, the
Lady Chang King Foo ; Ching Mow, the Tartar Rebel
Dwarf ; and the members,of their suite, Ah Ying (Amah),
Woo Kwan Toon (compradore), and Sing Ah Look
(shroff), held their first public levee in the Dudley Gallery,
Egyptian Hall, which has been fitted up in the most ap-
proved Chinese fashion. After a brief introductory lecture
by Mr. Siddons, the great man was introduced to the
" pale faces of the Western Countries," and the surprise that
his appearance excited was intense. Chang stands in
height within an inch of eight feet, he of course wears the
peculiar costume of his native country, and is really a
handsome-looking personage. After saluting the company
he takes his seat on a kind of throne, and calmly surveys
the animated scene before him, keeping his little fan in
constant use. His wife, " The Golden Lily of the East," is
next presented, but beyond being a very good-tempered-
looking young lady, about an inch or so over five feet,
there is nothing remarkable about her, save of course her
tiny feet, and finger nails on the third and fourth
fingers of her right hand, which are fully three inches
long, and protected from injury by silver cases. The
peculiarity of the finger nails is to prove that the lady
never has been guilky of laborious work or menial occupa-
tion. When the Golden Lily was seated by her lord and
master the audience could not, at the contrast presented
by the happy pair, refrain from laughter, in which the lady
heartily joined, but on her fan being handed to her by her
attendant she hid her blushes from the public view. The
next introduction was the dwarf Chung Mow, who stands
2 feet 11 inches high, and is 30 years of age. This pigmy
specimen of humanity, althongh a comical little personage,
is by no means the most interesting of the party, because
his height is the effect of deformity; however, he is said
to be of a most martial spirit, as he was ono of the most
noted Tartar rebels. The rest of the party are ordinal"'
Chinese, such as we have seen frequently in London
before. After the virtues and amiable qualities of Chang
and his wife have been dilated upon by the lec-
turer, the groat man descends from his chair of state,
and, walking amidst the audience, goes through the labour
of shaking hands with the company with the greatest affa-
bility and politeness. The lady also follows the example
of her husband, but the long finger nails were very much
in the -way, as frequently she had to replace their silver
coverings, which had become loosened by the hearty con-
gratulations of the audience. The dwarf also was very
eager to join in the general hand-shaking ; and at the con-
clusion of the performance the fairer portion of the au-
dience were invited to inspect the tiny foot of Lady Chang.
A speech in Chinese, thanking the public for their kind
reception, concluded the proceedings of the levee.
The exhibition is a peculiarly novel and interesting one,
and, from the crowded state of the Gallery last evening, it
is fair to suppose that Chang's levees will become one of
the great attractions of London for many months to come•

NARROW ESCAPE.—Professor Ruggles, of Dart-
mouth College, had a narrow escape at Niagara
Falls recently. While walking on Goat Island with
party of ladies, one of them dropped her parasol, which
slid some 15 or 20 feet down the bank of the river. Mr.
Ruggles went down and picked it up, but on attempting
to return, the bank being steep and the ground hard, lost
his footing and fell down to the very brink of the precipice,
which at this point is 80 or 90 feet high ; here he caught
hold of the roots of an upturned tree, the trunk of which
hangs over the abyss. The shock caused the tree to shake
violently, and it appeared on the point of falling
over the
precipice. The ladies shrieked and called for help, but ne
assistance was at hand. A movement on the part of Mr'Ruggles, or a gust of Wind seemed sufficient to cause the tree
to fall. At this critical moment one of the ladies took off
her basquine and skirt, cut them into stripes, got shawls and
other articles of clothing front the rest of the party, tied
them together, fastened a stone to the rope thus formed, and
let it down to Mr. Ruggles, who, taking hold of it, walked
slowly up the bank. It was a moment of fearful suspense'
The rope was held firmly by the ladies above, but it might
untie or break, and a fall of a hundred feet upon the rocks
below must be the inevble result. When Mr. Ruggles
reached terra firma, hislirtir rescuer, who had shown such
remarkable presence of mind, fainted, and was taken home
in an unconscious state.—New York Tribune.
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THE EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE AT .DlirE
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Last evening Mr. W. Carter, coroner
forij, on the
held an inquest at the Adelaide Inn, 21 and
bodies of Louis Hill and William Horscraft, eg
ho were
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26 years respectively, the two unfortunateion in the " press
killed on Saturday by the dreadful elm
pic7vder manufactory
house" of Messrs. Sharp and Co.'sguni'sderable length, but
at Ewell. The evidence was
of ci3w
how the explosion
nothing was elicited tending to
shy°erdiet of "Accidental
was caused. The jury returned a Kingston-reed
death."