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London, England, 1865-06-13 00:00:00

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The Princess of Wales.
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The following bulletin was issued on yesterday :
" Marlborough House, June 12, 9.30 a.m•
" The convalescence of her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales is steadily proceeding.
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"The infant prince continues perfectly well.
" Her Royal Highness's recovery being so far
advanced, it is considered unnecessary to issue any
further bulletins.

" ARTHUR FARRE,
" E. H. SIEVEKING,
" G. T. CREAM, M.D."

The Prince of Wales.
The Prince of 'Wales drove to Twickenham, and
dined with the Count and Countess de Paris at
York House.
Mr. Moffatt had the honour of showing a remark'
able horse, from South Africa, to the Prince of
Wales at Marlborough-house.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Gerald's
Somerset and Colonel Home Purves, left town yesterday
afternoon for Dover, on their way to Rumpenheim, the
Duchess's cheateau, near Frankfort.. The royal bighT,
nesses on their arrival at Dover were received by a guar'
of honour of the 37th Regiment. Their royal highnesses'
after having partaken of dinner at the Lord Warden Hotel,
embarked for Calais.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton will entertain
a distinguished party during Ascot races, his lordsiliP
having taken a residence in the neighbourhood for the race
week.
The Earl and Countess of Haddingtori and Lady
Frances Hamilton have arrived at the Palace Hotel, Buck-
ingham-gate, from their seat in Scotland.
Lord and Lady Stuart de Decies have arrived
the Palace Hotel, Buckingham-gate, from their seat in the
North.
A SOLICITOR SENT TO PRISON.--At the Maryle-
bone Police-court this day Charles Baldwin Lever, a soli-
citor in practice at 11, Bedford-row, and who resides at 26,
Norfolk crescent, Paddington, was sent to prison for seveil,
days for assaulting a police constable in the execution of

his duty.
The Earl of Sefton left town yesterday for ASCOt,
for the races.

The prospectus has appeared of the Phosphate'?!
Lime Company, which requires a capital of £300,000'
in shares of £25 each. The directors have mad!,
arrangements for the purchase of a valuable dePos'
of phosphate of lime in the island of Sombrero, on
a lease of 21 years granted by her Majesty's 6°-
vernment at a fixed rental of £l,OOO per annunl,
without royalties. Another large deposit has a l
been purchased at Lagrosan, in Estremadura,
both properties have been carefully examined by
engineers, who speak very favourably of the Pr°-
duce that can be obtained. The company has beet'
brought forward by the Agra and Mastermai3
Bank and the English Joint-stock Bank.
THE GUILD OF LITERATURE AND ART.-4:11:
report read at the meeting the other day was
,ra
satisfactory character. Three houses built out of the fur'
of the society upon land at Stevenage, generously
given by Sir E. B. Lytton, will in the course of two e.
three weeks be ready for occupation. There will still re-
main in the possession of the Guild, after payment ofthe
building expenses, a fund amounting, we believe, to £1160,,05
or thereabouts. The next step will be to elect meraher6 "-
residents.
A FRENCH CRITIC ON THE CHESTER ELECTIOS
MEETING.—A writer in the Avernir National of Park'
in describing the late election meeting in Chester, is ems'
dently much struck with the incidents of a scene so entire'l
different from anything that could be seen in France.
Aftehr
praising Mr. Gladstone for the tact and delicacy with whic;
he supported his son, and announced that he by no rsea%
presented the young man as sharing his own views 1-
every respect, the French journalist pursues his obor;
nations in these terms :—" There is a certain pleas°
in observing how men of eminent parts conduct thera
selves in an unaccustomed sphere. In the 11°11°
of Commons Mr. Gladstone is accustomed to ceisa';:
mend attention, and developes without interruption Pt
financial and political plans. Every one hears, with a el)r,
of religious silence, so authoritative a voice. At Cheet%
he found himself face to face with the numerous partiS3l3"
of his son's rivals. Ono was Mr. Fenton, a Liberal candi:
date, a gentleman of great consideration in the country'
other was a Tory, Mr. Raikes, who had his friends sls°
among the assemblage. But the partisans of those two Or
didates seemed agreed to disturb the speaker at one time 11
jests of questionable taste, at another by tediously Pir°:
longed vociferations. In the eyes of an English crowd
Minister has no exceptional character, and when he
their suffrages, either for himself or for another, he is treat:,
exactly the same as any other speaker. Imagine a Pls.
vincial assembly in France, before which M. Ronher or ,4
Baroche should come to deliver a speech, their eveo
word would be received with religious respect; and Po,
indignation could be too great for an audacious jester or
noisy interrupter. The English have no worshiP,f°r:lf,
official, and they go so far, if the occasion presents ile"00
as to hiss even Mr. Gladstone, though at the same i
they acknowledge his oratorical talent and his flanecii;f
ability. The Minister, on his side, is neither profoun
ris;
moved nor astonished by these uproarious interruPti°
and Mr. Gladstone had to submit tranquilly to tunleity
which would have thrown into utter confusion the 101°Iblio
of French speakers. It must be said thatt the British Pe 00
enjoys a certain pleasure in subjecting its statesmen t°.tisu
facetious outbursts of electoral saturnalia. And the 11r/410,
statesmen accept with a good grace a conflict in 'enrich itt
do not hesitate to adopt the tone of their adversariers
order to combat them with their own weapons. L°rdritist•
merstou is an acknowledged master in these popular 1-1 tit
ing bouts. Mr. Gladstone showed himself no less adr°,l
Chester. At the end of half an hour's agitation he haci'the
dued the crowd of interrupters ; he swayed with a'"for,
power of his talent the turbulent assembly, and was gi
wards listened to in a respectful silence, broken on `.7
intervals by irrepressible bursts of applause." n iS
A FAMILY OF SOLDIERS.—There is resica'6ol.
Chatham Barracks the descendant of a family C1,f0,111,
diers who have been serving their country uninterruP"
co.
and wearing the British uniform, for a period of 165 10 is
His great great grandfather served in the sth Dragliea'
the year 1701; he fought in the celebrated battle of
heim, in which action ho was killed. He left tw° "5,1c1
George and John; George joined the Guards in 17221j0bs
John became the land steward of Lord Fordyce•voor!-
Bertram (the steward), had two sons, John and '" soon
Robert joined the Royal Artillery in 1779, and 11.01114'
promoted to sergeant. John joined the Edinburgh,
‘,lciors,
teers, and with others, forming the 71st Iligl'7gte,
he went with this regiment to America in 1775• tioes
seven years' hard fighting and privations he risa‘iiiclecl;
with the regiment to Scotland, where it was &v.-0.. its'
In 1787 he entered the Royal Sappers and
° be
was appointed master blacksmith. During the s Dore
served in the American war he had a son, who w3,15c1i1l
on one of the fields of battle. This son, George, ice-41 vis'7
Royal Sappers in 1796. He was made sergeant an Die
attached to a company of Maltese Sappers. lds' afed
order among the noble body of Freemasons, he hecle,l,l/11
popular and was held in great esteem by the gal°at ties
b $1
were nearly all brothers. Ho fought in the
the Peninsula. After being discharged froM t:st Teals
Sappers and Miners, he entered the late HOn-
at 3factrato
Company's service as a sergeant-major, and died boo /0
in 1830. His sister, the mother of soldier.; Wa,,,a,0 glos`t
the Royal Sappers in 1787 ; she is still living. '-'0013,e)
is the mother's side. On the father's side, the gi.; otelrPci
of Mr. Bertram Browne (the subject of this hrievig, failar
was a sailor in the Royal Navy ; he entered ln780; us;
fought under Admirals Byron and Rodney in 1 DO 81
the latter Admiral he was wounded and obtain°l,o
charge. He had three sons, all of whom entered 'iris 0111
Sappers and Miners in 1794. The youngest
an., em
fed
16 years of age. He was discharged in I°-QlB ' 1.815;5 '
1848. He had three sons; the second, born !nue µ asv't
listed in the 46th Regiment in 1833, from whicli,,ergefte,o3
charged throughill-health,and was schoolnraste_r_7o, ealis!,o
1848. The youngest son, born at Chatham in to 7110
for the 41st Regiment in 1835, and was trans !,r4, is`,lo
46th Regiment in the same year. In Juno, 185 the, O'er
agsin transferred to the School of Musketryantris? 010$ !05
which establishment he was discharged as a been 6:
geant instructor in 1847. Since then he has be .05 of P „
coluPani 'll
librarian and scrgeant-major of the local _ ati
at
sioners in the Chatham district. His talents as 00.114
geant are conspicuous in the appearance and P: u_s eiterc,lo_o
in which the veteran soldiers perform the va c
t.
of the rifle when they are up for training, an
eapt-ler
individually under the instruction of the st-46 of gr. d
tram Thus,
B then,roi forßrowne
have ap e r
faithfullyi do f 65seyrverresd ththeef;:ns'tloYwareals.eirj..:oooo:
their country, and although every induce:
to their grandfather by the Americans to :le
owe
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nothing could make himbreak the allogiaon
_sr 0,0 -aooliogir•
Orb lety_
King. Thisfamily have still continued to we
oopfur
ittmhl ieev 800 rfi generations.tliisfhesfoulldliye rt leVallirtsrh.ooßUurttoawsantaiordin,eiwinoharodokio.ise,olliont:ciriiiiioatt:vtvee.:pioo.4s,
Clyde, that "Browne is a fine so 73d
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Browne's father-in-law joined the
4tu in -1 A
1.82•.•
19 eft
discharged as a corporal from the
,ineat 100
brothers-in-law, one joined the 85th liegi
t colour-S
; charged as sergeant-major in 184 .
a sowill-
t now serving in the 67th Regiment,
.aiuueun..
invalsBd4ilse;htahrgeeodtlfleormj
sergeant instructing in the 24th Begl
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