The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-28 00:00:00

The Queen's Visit to Germany.

ROSENAU, COBURG, Aug. 24.
The Duchess of Holstein Augustenburg, niece to
her Majesty, arrived at the Calienberg, on Sunday,
on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg,
accompanied by her brother-in-law, Prince Christian
of Holstein.

The Duchess and Prince Christian visited the
Queen at the Rosenau, on Monday, and remained
to luncheon with her Majesty.
The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, as well
as the Duchess of Holstein-Augustenburg and
Prince Christian, dined with her Majesty in the
evening.

Her Majesty continues to drive out every day.
His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by
Major Elphinstone, arrived yesterday from Eng-
land.

The Duke of Hamilton arrived at Hamilton
House, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, from France, on his
way to Hamilton Palace and Brodick Castle, Scotland, for
shooting.

The Duchess of Hamilton (née Princess Mary of
Baden) has arrived at Baden-Baden from Paris. Tho Duko
and Lady Mary have accompanied the Duchess.

The Earl Grosvenor, M.P., and Lady Constance
Grosvenor have arrived at Dunrobin Castle, N. 8., on a
visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, from the
south.

Lord and Lady Farnham have arrived at
Claridge's Hotel on their return from the Continent.

. The Right Hon. William F. Cowper, M.P., and
Mrs. Cowper have gone on a visit to Viscount and Vis-
countess Palmerston at Brockett Hall, Herts.

Viscount and Viscountess Sudley have arrived
at Brockett Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Palmerston,
from their residence at Kew.

Viscount. Jocelyn and the Hon. Miss Jocelyn
have arrived at Tullymore Park, county Down, the seat of
the Earl of Roden.

The Hon. Frederick A. Stanley, M.P., and Lady
Constance Stanley left Knowsley Park a few days ago for
Ballykisteen, Tipperary, which seat, we understand, Lord
Stanley, 'M.P., has given up to his brother.

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in
town on Friday.

DEATH OF SIR G. BROWN.—General Sir George
Brown, of Crimean fame, died at Linkwood, noar Elgin,
yesterday morning. He had been in poor health for
twelve months.

M. FECHTER is preparing a version of " The
Bride of Lammermoor" for his coming campaign.

THE ALOE, OR AGAVE AMERICANA.—A. very fine
specimen of this plant may be seen in great beauty in the
gardens of the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond-hill. The
flower spiko is already loft. in height, and carries upon it
2,000 flowers. It is supposed to be nearly 100 years old.
TUPPER'S JOKE ABOUT VITUPPERATION.--In a
good-humoured letter addressed to the Athenxwn and
dated Albury House, near Guildford, Aug. 22, 1865, the
author of "Proverbial Philosophy" says, "I for one re-
turn humble thanks to dear old Punch, and his younger
brother Fun, for many forms of (here's a new joke for
them) vitupperation ; Pin used to it, and take it as good-
nature, though perhaps not always so intended."

CLERICAL PEERS.—The following clergymen have
seats in the House of Lords as lay peers :—The
Rev. A. E. Hobart, Earl of Buckingham shire ; Rev. W.
G. Howard, Earl of Carlise ; Very Rev. W. J. Brodrick,
Viscount Midleton ; Rev. W. Nevill, Earl of Abergavenny ;
Rev. F. T. Wykeham Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele ; Right
Rev. J. R. Eden, Lord Auckland ; Rev. H. W. Powlett,
Lord Bayning ; Right Rev. T. Plunket, Lord Plunket ;
and the Rev. A. Curzon, Lord Scarsdale. In the Scottish
peerage there is not one clergyman. In the Irish peerage
there are only two clergymen, besides Lord Auckland
who is an Irish as well as English baron, viz., the Very
Rev. H. de Montmorency, Viscount Montmorres ; and the
Rev. J. Beresford, Marquis of Waterford. The heir pre-
sumptive to the title of Lord Arundell of Wardour is his
brother, a Jesuit priest. The heir presumptive to the Irish
barony of Ffrench is also in Roman Catholic orders. The
heirs to the titles of Sherard, Stuart de Decies, Buckhurst
Barberton, and Hastings, are also clergymen.—Guardian.
MONUMENT TO SIR D UNCAN MACDOUGALL—The
ceremony of unveiling this statue took place on Fri-
day in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral. Last year many
of the friends and admirers of the late Sir Duncan Mac-
Dougall, in consideration of his distinguished military
achievements, as well as his private character, proposed to
raise a monument to his memory. A subscription list was
opened, and eventually £3OO was collected. Among the
subscribers were the Duke of Buccleuch, General Sir De
Lacy Evans, General Maunsell, Colonel William Napier,
Major Manners, Captain Claxton, R.N., Dr. M'Lachlin,
&c. The joint secretaries were Captain W. G. Furnival,
Adjutant of the 3d Middlesex Volunteers, and the Rev. G.
Mathias, of Chelsea Hospital, London. A considerable
number of the friends of the late Colonel wore present. The
bust and tablet memorial were executed by Mr. George G .
Adams, of Sloane-street. A white freestone slab supports
a moulded marble base, on the plain part of which a sword
and musket are carved in relief, and united in the centre
by a wreath of bay. Above this base there is a block of
pure white marble. On this is the inscription relating the
leading events of the long and varied life of the deceased,
and over this, upon a plain plinth, with a cannon in bas-
relief, is placed the bust of Sir Duncan MacDougall. The
work is in every way highly creditable to the sculptor.
The friends of the late Sir Duncan pronounce the likeness
to be perfect. The subject was a good one. The General
had a lofty forehead, well-cut features, and a fine white
beard ;he had sat to Mr. Adams in his lifetime. The
monument is placed on the right side of the entrance to
the Nelson and Wellington tombs. On the left there is a
marble tablet, by the same artist, to the memory of Cap-
tain Langhorn Thompson, one of the defenders of Kars,
to which the Emperor of the French had contributed.
We copy the inscription in the " display," as it is tech-
nically called, of which great good taste is apparent :
" Erected to the memory of Col. Sir Duncan MacDougall,
K.O. S.F., of Sorada, Argyleshire, by those friends and
comrades to whom his public services and private
worth were known. He served with the 83d and
85th Regiments, at the Cape, in the Peninsula, and
in Franco; at the siege of Badajoz, Burgos, and St. Sebas-
tian, and at the battle of Salamanca, where, though
wounded, he gallantly saved the colours of his regiment.
In America, ho was at the battles of Bladensburg, Balti-
more, New Orleans, and at the capture of Washington. Ho
finally commanded the 79th Highlanders until he retired
from the British army to join the Auxiliary Legion in Spain,
under his friend Sir De Lacy Evans, and received the Order
of St. Ferdinand from Isabella 11. In his latter years he
raised the Lancashire Artillery Militia, and was among the
first to promote the Volunteers. He was a chivalrous sol-
dier and a warm -hearted friend. He died on the 10th of
December, 1862, in the 76th year of his age." Capt. Clax-
ton, R.N., who had served with the gallant officer at Bla-
densburg and in other American battles, was among those
present. _ _

THE LADY'S MILE.—YOU recollect, gentle reader,
the first time you saw, in your earliest visit to the
great metropolis, that beautiful expanse of land, which is
part of the ancient manor of Hida, once belonging to the
monastery of St. Peter at Westminster, and which, with
most other church lands, became in the eighth Henry's reign
the property of the Crown: yes, you recollect, with as much
pleasure as you recollect your first visit to the theatre, or
your first trip to the seaside, your earliest visit to Hyde
Park. Truly, a noble place, with its gentle and varied
diversity of surface, and its umbrageous shades ; with those
great old trees, not manufactured to order, but dignified
oven where decay has begun, and proving itself to be
park of some noble house in the old, old days. Trulya noble
place—a place that no other city in the world can show, with
its beautiful women, splendid equipages, and fine horses ;
and as you saunter along the Serpentine—that fine sheet
of water which Queen Caroline made a hundred and
30 years ago—and feel the heat of the summer's day tem-
pered by the refreshing breeze from the largest lake many a
Cockney aver saw, you bless the memories of the monks of
St. Peter and good Queen Caroline, for their gifts of Hyde-
park and the Serpentine. You recollect, specially too,
that beautiful carriage drive on the northern bank
of the Serpentine, called " The Lady's Mile ;" and'
thinking of its singular beauty, you will be glad to know
that the accomplished novelist, Miss Braddon, who is 36
clever as she is indefatigable, has chosen the name, "The
Lady's Mile," for the name of her new novel, whose ar
pearance thousands upon thousands of readers look for-
ward to with right pleasurable anxiety. And whe!'e,
ask you, is this new novel to appear ? Well, 14136
Braddon always selects a good vehicle communication
with her readers ; and she now selects that excellent
periodical, the St. James's Magazine, in the September nlO3, -
ber of which, following her beautiful and very successll,3:
tale, " Only a Clod," appears the first instalment of " d
Lady's Mile." Likest thou not this bit of new goo
reader ?—Paisley Herald.
LABOURERS' STRIKE.—The strike among the 1111:
skilled workmen employed by Messrs. Trollope and
Messrs. Smith and Taylor, and Mr. Freake is but a partei,_.
one. It is only the men on a few jobs who have strii.,"c
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