The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-08 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1853.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

We subjoin a translation of the note addressed
to the Four Powers by Turkey :
" Translation of an Official Note, addressed by his Excel-
lency Redschid Pacha, to the Representatives of Austria,
France, Great Britain, and Prussia, dated August 19,

" The project of a note which had been recently drawn
up at Vienna and remitted to the Sublime Porte has been
read and examined by the Council of Ministers. That
which had been recently drawn up at Constantinople and
sent to the great powers, in a form such as was expected
to cause the differences which existed between the Sublime
Porte and Russia to disappear, created the hope of a satis-
factory result; but the government of his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan is much pained to see that this project has not
been taken into consideration. Although the project of
the note formerly drawn up by the Sublime Porte in order
to be remitted to Prince Menschikoff had been taken as its
basis, as far as regards the paragraph of the project re-
ceived from Vienna concerning the religious privileges, the
question has not been confined within this circle. Certa'n
paragraphs, superfluous and incompatible with the sacred
rights of the government of his Majesty the Sultan having
been introduced into it, the Sublime Porte finds itself
under the obligation of making observations upon this
subject. The Imperial Government has been long accus-
tomed to receive proofs of friendship from the great powers,
its august allies. It is particularly grateful for the many
benevolent efforts which they have not ceased to make
since the commencement of the present differences. It is
then evident it is unwilling, in consideration of its private
feelings towards these powers, to hesitate upon a point
which has received their common approbation ; but the
government of his Majesty the Sultan, which declared at
the commencement of this affair that it was the sole co.--
potent judge of its rights and its independence, not having
been, unfortunately, consulted in the drawing up of the
new project, is placed in a difficult position.
" It may be said that neither was the Government of
Russia consulted on the drawing up cf the project, but the
rights which are sorght to be_slaended are those of the
Porte, and it is she who ought to sign the note which will
be agreed to upon in this affair. It belorgs to the great
powers to judge of their acknowledged equity, and it is
just to treat the two parties on an equal footing touching
this point. It, has been, consequently, not considered con-
venient to enter into d3tails on this matter.
" The first of the points which caused the Sublime Porte
to hesitate is the following paragraph :
" If at all times the Emperors of Russia have evinced
their active solicitude for the maintenance of the immuni-
ties and privileges of the orthodox Greek Church in the
Ottoman empke, the Sultans have never refused to conse-
crate them anew by solemn acts'
" That the Emperors of Russia should evince their soli-
citude for the prosperity of the Church and of -their reli-
gion which they profess is natural., and nothing can be
said against it ; but according to the above paragraph it
is understood that the privileged of tha Greek Church in
the states of the Sublime Porte have bean maintained
solely by the active solicitude of the Emperors of Russia.
" It is remarked, moreove; that no Net of putting in
a note to be adopted by tl:1, Porte the above paragraph,
such as it appears in the project, respecting religions privi-
leges which have been from the re,ga of the Sultan Mah-
moud the Conqueror, of glorious memory, until this day,
granted and maintained without any participation what-
ever, would cause embarrassment, and offer pretexts to
the Russian Government to attempt to interfere in such
matters. - _ . .

" No person should consent to draw down upon himself
the blame of his contemporaries, as well as of posterAy,
in allowing a state of things as hurtful to the present as
to the future to be established.
"No servant of the august Imperial Ottoman family
would dare to put, nor could be capable of putting, in
wilting words which would tend to angst the glory of the
institutions which the Ottoman Emperors have founded
from a spontaneous movement of thcrr personal generosity
and their innate clemency.
" The second point to be objected to is the paragraph of
the note relative the treaty of Keit. ardji. As no one can
deny that this treaty exists, that it is confirmed by
that of Adrianople, it is capable of proof that its precise
stipulations will be :aithfully obse-.ved.
"If in insetting the paragraph above-mentioned, it WAS
intended to consider the religious privilegel as the natural
result and true spirit of tFe treaty of Kainardji, the real
and precise disposition of this treaty is limited to the sole
promise of the Sublime Porte hercelf to protect the Chris-
tian religion. The paragraphs which the Sublime Porte
would, in regard to in what respects the religious pri-
vileges, insert in the note which she would sign, as she has
at all times declared, not only by writing but verbally,
would be to express aasuranees of a nature to dissipate the
doubts put forward by the Russian Government, sad
which have formed the subject of these dissensions.
"But to fortify by new ties the religious ihntity exist-
ing between a great community of the subjects of the
Sublime Porte and a foreign power—to give to the Govern-
ment of Russia motives for pretending to exercise the right
of watching over and meddling with Bach matters—would
be in some sort to give to another a share in the sovereign
rights, and to place in danger the independence of the
empire. Thus it is altogether impossible for the Govern-
ment of his Majesty the Sultan to giye his consent to it
without being forced thereto.
" If, in short, the object is only to cause a renewal of
the engagements of the treaty of Baimardji, the Sublime
Porte could do this by s sepa-.•a;:e treaty.
" Now the Imperial Government attaches the greatest
importance to this ;—Eitl'er the paragraph of the project
sent relative to the treaty shall be suppressed ; or else, if
it is maintained, the promise to pro'oect contained in the
treaty of Kainardji and the question of the religious privi-
leges may be separated in an explicit manner, because it
will be seen at a glance that they are two different things.
" And the third point makes the Greek rites partake of
the advantages conceded to the other Christian rites. It
cannot be doubted that the Imperial Government would
not hesitate to grant to the Greek rites a participation,
not only in the advantages which of its own free will it
has granted to other communions of the Christian religion
professed by communities of its subjects but also those
which may be conceded in future. It is, then, super-
fluous to add that the Sublime Porte will be justified
if she cannot admit the employment of expressions so
equivocal as those of the convention, or particular dispo-
sitions in favour of the great community o: so many mil-
lions of subjects who profess the Greek rites.
" Such being the points which present difficulties to the
Sublime Porte, she cannot, notwithstanding her great
regard for the advice of the great powers her allies, and
her sincere desire to renew her relations with the Imperial
Government of Russia, her friend and neighbour—she
cannot, I say, do otherwise than confide to the equity and
justice of the great
.powers the considerations relative to
her rights of sovereignty and to her independence.
" If the last note proposed by the Sublime Porto be
accepted, or if the Vienna note receive the denirecl modi-
fications, the Ottoman Cabinet will not delay to sign one
or other of these two propositions, and to send imme-
diately an Ambassador Extrordinary upon the condition
of the evacuation of the Principalities.
" The government of the Sublime Porte also expects a
substantial guarantee on the part of the great powers
against all interference for the future, and all occupation
from time to time of the Principalities of Moldavia and
Wallachia. And the aim of the Ottoman government in
fortifying itself with precautions to this degree, consists
in the wish to shun everything which could bring about a
misunderstanding between the two empires after the Sub-
lime Porte shall have renewed relations with the Court of
Russia.
" The points of the project of Vienna relative to the
affair of the Holy Places, and the construction of a church
and an hospital at Jerusalem, have roc:Ave:l the complete
adhesion of the Sublime Porte.
_

A copy o 2 the rote o 7 Vienna, containing also som•
modifications which the Imperial Government ha.s:deemed
it n7oper to make, has been transmitted to your excellency.
" The Sublime Porte, with the intention of giving one
more proof of her particular regard for the powers signa-
taries of the treaty of 18.11—altho-3gh sbe world. natura►ly
prefer the project whien she herse:i previously drew up—
is ready to accept the Vienna note wish the modifications
which she has made in it ; and sbe hopes that the powers
who have not ceased to renegnise from the beginning of
this question the rights of the Imperial Government, and
to give evidences of their good wishes, appreciating these
modifications, will act accordingly.
" His Majesty the Sultan having ordered me to commu-
nicate the preceding to yorr excellency as well as to the
other representatives your colleagues, I acquit myself o:
this duty, praying your excellency to accept on this occa-
sion, &c. (Signed) "REDSCHID."

(From the Times.)

The .Note addressed by the Porte on the 19th
of August to the Conference at Vienna, in return-
ing with objections and alterations the dray ght
prepared for its acceptance, was already known to
the public in its principal conditions ; but we have
now laid the text of this document befo our
readers. It will be found to confirm our previous
statement, that, in addition to the required altera-
tions, the Turkish Government made its proposal
to send immediately an Ambassador to St. Peten
burg conditional upon the evacuation of the Pe.n-
cipalities, and that it also expect" a solid guaran-
tee from the Great Powers against future inter-
ference, and against the renewed occupation of the
Mo'do-Wallachian provinces. These additional
stipulations are, of course, highly important, but
they are addressed rather to the Conference than
to the Russian Government, and it appears to
have been thought at Vienna that the most pres-
sing matter for solution was the acceptance of the
terms of the drarght note.
On this part of the subject the Turkish answer
is feeble both in style and argument. The critics
in London, who have exercised their ingenuity
in picking holes in this compromise, have made out
a far better case for the Turks than they have
done for themselves ; and tne alterations in the
document appear to us more ingenious than the
arguments by which they are supported. The
first paragraph which they criticise they appear
to have misunderstood, for they complain that it
reads as if the privileges of the Greek Church in
the East were solely due to the active solicitude of
the Emperor of Russia ; whereas the truth is,
that the paragraph distinctly declares and recites,
that if th.eFarperors of Russia have shown their
active solicitude on behalf of those privileges, the
Sultans have been no less ready to secure them.
The Turkish Government is entitled to the full
credit of the concessions which have been made to
its Cldstian subjects "since the reign of Sultan
cg Mahmoud, the conqueror of glorious memory ;"
but it is notorious to all the world that these privi-
leges have been powerfully assisted by the "active
solic4.tude," not of Russia alone, but of all the
Christian Powers. For instance, ten years have
not elapsed since the influence of Lord Stratford

de Redcliffe obtained from the Sultan, as a remark-
able concession, that Christians who relapsed to
their first religion, after having embraced and sub-
sequently renounced Islamism, should not be put
to death, as the Turkish law required ; and not a
month passes in which the Christian Embassies at
Constantinople are not actively engaged in protest-
ing against some acts of cruelty or injustice com-
mitted on Christians by the Turkish authorities in
the provinces. That sort of interference is not
based on any diplomatic compact, but is constantly
and vigorously exercised, and by no one more than
by the British Ambassador, who has powerfully
contributed to render the condition of the Christian
subjects of the Porte Jess oppressed and humili-
ating than it would otherwise have deen. Yet we
are told that every one of those '..)enefits is a pure
emanation of the personal generosity and innate
clemency of the house of Osman, that is, of a race,
which, till within the last 25 years, has treated
everything Christian with systematic insolence and
unqualified feroci;;y.
_

It hes been generally thought in the West of Eu-
rope that the best and most important of the pro-
posed amendments is the last of the five, consisting
chiefly in the limitation conveyed by the words " Ot-
toman subjects ;" for it cannot reasonably be con-
tended or admitted that the Greek subjects of Tar-
key ought to be entitled, as of right, to all the pri-
vileges which may be conceded to the chaplains or
religious rites of foreign sects in the empire such
as a French convent or an American mission-
ary's school. This was unquestionably one of the
points on which Prince Menschikoif's Note laid a
trap for the Porte, and the Conference of Vienna do
not appear to have sufficiently guarded themselves
against misconstruction on so essential an article.
But, curiously enough, this argument is not to be
found in Redschid Pasha's communication to tl‘o
Conference at all. The alteration was made, bu'6
imperfectly explained, and the subject has been
chiefly elucidated by subsequent discussion in
London.

In the first part of this Note the Porte complains
that the draught communication prepared at Con-
stantinople was not even taken into consideration
by the Conference at Vienna ; but, as this docu-
ment consisted only of a short Note, enclosing a
protest, and leaving the questions in dispute un-
touched, it was not thought calculated to lead to
any useful negotiation. A more tangible ground
of complaint against the Vienna Conference is,
that it adopted a proposal to be signed on behalf
of the Sultan without consulting the Sultan's Am-
bassador at Vienna. We think it is to be regretted
that this Envoy was not called upon to give his
opinion, as he might have anticipated or precluded
some of the objections subsequently raised, and a
mark of deference would have been paid to the
Ottoman Government.
The Note of Redschid Pasha now before us is
addressed to the Conference, and not to the Court
of Russia, with which, indeed, the diplomatic rela-
tions of Turkey are suspended. But, if this expla-
natory paper has been transmitted to the Emperor
Nicholas by the Conference, we fear that it is even
less calculated than the alterations in the Note itself
to bring about a paciPcsolution. It is, in fact, more
peremptory on some of the points in dispute than the
correspondence of Redschid Pasha at a much earlier
period of these negot:ations ; and it bears stronger
marks of the influence of a party determined onwar.
That party has long ex;sted in the Divan, and per-
haps it has been secretly excited by the agents of
Russia, who would hurry on the Ottoman Empire
to its destruction. But its enthusiasm has been
increased and its hopes excited by the display of
barbaric force which the Seraskier has been able to
Make. The arrival of the naval and military re-
infozcements from Egypt and of some of the martial
tribes of Asia Minor has still further increased this
rash confidence in the strength of the Turkish
armaments, and the cry of the Mussulman popula-
tion inflames the combatants in the field and the
passions of the Divan. Under these circumstances
the Vienna Note arrived, and after a protracted
deliberation the efforts of the Ambassadors of the
Four Courts failed to procure its acceptance.
On the other hand, we still wait with anxiety
for intelligence from St. Petersburg of the accept-
ance or rejection of the alterations by the Emperor
Nicholas. A telegraphic dispatch reached London
yesterday, vita Berlin, stating merely that the
Russian Government had come to no decision on
the Turkish modifications, the details not having
yet reached St. Pet:_, sburg, so that it is probable
some few days more must elapse before the deter-
mination of the Emperor can be definitively known.

( From the Morning Chronicle.)

After many so-called final solutions, the Eastern
question has once more reached a point at which
the next move may really be final ; but it wovl
be wrong to disguise the fact that it may also bo
but the first step in a new series of negotiations
and difficulties. It is impossible to anticipate with
any confidence a result which eatirely depends on
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sions relating to the privileges of the Greeka Church,
though couched in general terms, mean exactly that
to which the proposed " subjects of the
Sultan," definitely limits their sense. jAll this the
Four Powers have, by their transmission of the
proposed modifications, already
shown that they
assume ; and Russia may, with perfect outward
consistency, concur in the assumption.
If this be the result, all will be well—as well, at
least, as it can be under the circumstances. All
will then be finally settled, so far as the imme-
diate occasion is concerned. Fortunately, it
will not be possible to forget either the spirit
or the peril to which both
au Empiresia and the peace of Europe
tshheowonttbomy Russia,
have been
.unprincipled attemptaggrandisement at
permanent barrier may have
dNboy a n
been raised against Imperial encroachments ; but a
serious and memorable check will have been sus-
tained. The vigilance of Western statesmen must
still be directed, without relaxation, to the Eastern
horizon, where the present generation may yet be
destined to see more than one cloud—no bigger, it
may be, than a man's baud, end ap-.?earing, per-
haps in the form of a diplomatic note—and rapidly
darkening and spreading into a storm of European
war. But, for the present, the tempest will have
blown over.
This will be the case if the Emperor accepts the
note, and the result will be due to the sense and
spirit of our statesmen, and to the union of France
and England. But what if the modifications are
refused ? Technically speaking, as was observed
"M.P ~it is open to Russia
that the note ten-
dered roeujreoctotrhreesmp,onodenntht
the ground
dered by the Four Powers has been accepted, and
that the modifications constitute a dist' net docu-
ment. At the worct, however, things will but re- i
vert to their former position, remaining as they
stood befere the note was framed. Neither party
will have literally accepted the advice which was
offered ; and some new solution must be found.
The Emperor Nicholas will have added nothing to
the strength of his case ' • whilst he has shown that
his confidence in the justice of his pretensions, or
rather in his power to maintain them, is not so
entire as to render him wholly averse to a compro-
mise. Above all, he is still in presence of the
united European Powers. He has still to choose
between peace and war—between passion and in-
terest—between an acquiescence which may be
covered by plausible self-congratulations,
and a
collision with opponents who are stronger than him-
self at every possible point of contact. In this view,
unless some unfo-..eseen event should precipitate or
divert the debates of statesmen, the present crisis
may not involve the direct alternative of peace or
war, but merely a prolongation of discussions which
are already too protrac:;ed, and an increase of ex-
penditure which is already too great. The doubt
and danger which have for many months impended
over Europe may be continued, and yet there may.
be a peaceful solution in the end. For the pre-
sent, it is only necessary to illustrate the possibility
of further negotiations by suggesting that the
Emperor may, perhaps, reject the modifications,
not as inadmissible, but as tautclogical and super-
fluous. Such a declaration, embodied in a formal
shape, would become an authoritative gloss, not
less binding than the text to which it would apply ;

but it would be necessary once more to remit &-
question to Constantinople for a final decision.

The solution which we suggest is one of many
which would still postpone a definitive settlement.
These delays and difficulties are the worst results
which can at present be regarded as probable.
We state them strongly, for we feel no desire to
underrate them ; but still they are the worst.
And in themselves they fall far short of the evils
which would be involved in a general war ; whilst,
again, there are worse evils even than those. It
cannot be doubted that all sides of the question
have received, and will continue to receive, due
appreciation from the statesmen to whose hands
are entrusted the interests and the honour of Eng-
land. Whether the reward of their prudence is
yet to be deferred, or whatever perilous alterna-
tives may yet test their courage and their judg-
ment, we shall not be forward to embarrass their
exertions, or to accept the belief or assertion of
faction, that those who feel most deeply responsi-
bilities se tremendous are therefore most ready to
shrink before them.

DINNER TO GENERAL SIR JOSEPH THAOK-
WELL AT GLOCESTER.

On Tuesday a public dinner was given in the Shire-
hall, at Glocester, to Sir Joseph Thackwell, G. 0.8., in
testimony of the eminent military services which he has
rendered to his country. About 200 gentlemen con-
nected with the city and county met to do him this
honour ; the Mayor (Mr. Washbou:n) in the chair, Mr.
A. IL Philpotts, vice-president. It had been announced
that the Earl of Ellenborough would take part in the
proceedings, but the noble lord was unable to be present,
a circumstance which seemed to cause considerable dis-
appointment. Letters apologising for unavoidable ab-
sence were received from Lord Shelburne, Lord Ducie,
Lord de Manley, Lord Bathurst, Admiral Berkeley, Sir
C. W. Codrington, Sir 11. Johnston, &c.
Grace having been said by the Rev. Dr. Claxson,

The MAYOR gave in succession "The Queen," "Prince
Albert and the Royal Family," followed by the "Bishop
and Clergy of the Diocese."
The Mayon then proposed "The Health of Sir J.
Thrckwell," which was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Sir J. THACKWELL, on rising, was received with re-
peated rounds of applause. He said—Mr. Mayor and
gentlemen, permit me to offer you my warmest thanks
for the honour you have done me in inviting me to this
public dinner. Allow me to express to you, sir, my
gratefal thanks for the very flattering manner in which
you 1 ave proposed my health, and to you all for the
hands-me way in which you have received the toast. It
is impossible that I can follow the mayor in all he has
said, but I am proud to say that I may consider myself
an inhabitant of this loyal city. I was a resident in it
for three years, and during that time I had the happiness
to make the acquaintance of many gentlemen connected
with it ; but it was impossible I could calculate on the
high and distinguished testimony of approbation of my
military services which you have this evening bestowed
on me. (Cheers.) I may say, indeed, that this is my na-
tive county, and I will ever cherish with grateful re-
inembrance the period of my life which I spent here.
And if on any future occasion my country should
call me again to active service—(a tremendous burst of
cheering presented the conclusion of the sentence being
heard.) This I may regard as one of the proudest days
of my life. I have always considered that after the ap-
probation of his gracious Sovereign, that of his fellow-
countrymen was the most distinguishing mark of favour
that a soldier could receive, and, therefore, allow me
again to express my grateful feelings for the kind ap-
proval of my military services you have been pleased to
bestow on me. The illustrious Duke, now no more, t'-ie
gallant Anglesey, and Lord E. Somerset were my early-
instructors in the art of war, and it was only by follow-
ing the wise plans and counsels of the chief now at the
head of her Majesty's army, then in India, and of Lord
Gough, the Commander-in-Chief, that under the blessing
of Providence the discipline and valour of the officers
and soldiers of the Indian army insured the successful
issue of all military operations in the battle-field.
(Cheers.) I must here be permitted to observe that I
have been exceedingly gratified by the observations
which fell, a short time ago, from the Rev. Dr. Claxson.
(Hear, hear.) Allow me again to express my grateful
thanks for the approbation you have manifested of my
services, and to wish you and this city every degree of
success and prosperity. (Cheers.)
Sir M. C. BOVEY proposed "The health of Earl Fitz-
hardinge," after some observations laudatory of that
nobleman. The toast was drunk with the usual honours.
Earl FITZHARDINGE returned sincere thanks for the
manner in which his health had been drunk, and like-
wise far the kind and flattering way in which it bad been
proposed. When he first saw an announcement in the
newspapers that this dinner was to be given to Sir
Joseph Thackwell, though he was not in very good
health at the time, he lost not a moment in writing to
request that his name might be put down as one of the
company, being anxious to join in giving a cordial wel-
come to the gallant officer, and to express his gratifica-
tion that they could claim him not only as of this coun-
try, but of this town. (Cheers.) No man was more
thankful for the blessings of peace than he was, and he
was happy to say, and he hoped he could say with truth,
that they were now at peace with all Europe, and that
war hr.d now ceased in all their colonies and dependen-
ces. (Cheers.) But as they prized the blessings of peace
so were they bound to return thanks to those by whom,
-nder Providence, such peace had been obtained—and
pre-eminent among their brave countrymen stood their
honoured guest. (Cheers.) The Peace Society and their
supporters were pursuing the same object which he had
at heart, but they differed very widely as to how that
object was to be obtained. (Cheers.) His decided con-
viction was that if their counsels were adopted the pro-
bable, if not the positive consequence, would be war and
invasion. (Hear.) The greatest practical Peace Society
that he knew of were the crews of the Wellington and
the Agamemnon—(cheers)—and the best guarantee that
they had for the peaceful possession of their lives and
their properties was that which they had hitherto pos-
sessed, and which they could still command—the gallant
services of such brave men as Sir Joseph Thackwell.
(Cheers.) He was, to use the words of the old ballad,
one of those "gentlemen of England " who " lived at
home at ease." For that ease he was enough grateful,
and therefore he had come there to tender his thanks to
their honoured guest, and to reiterate, with his whole
heart and soul, that which had been so feelingly ex-
pressed by the Mayor—that he might long enjoy health
and prosperity among his countrymen and friends, who
never could forget the debt of gratitude which they owed
him. (Cheers.)

Earl.FrrzHAitrouram again rose, and said he had to pro-
pose the health of a nobleman who, he knew, deeply re-
gretted his absence on that occasion, and who was unfor-
tunately absent on a most mournful duty—that of at-
tending the last obsequies and funeral rites of one of the
most gallant men England had ever known—he meant
the funeral of Sir Charles Napier. (Hear.) He had to
prcpose "The Health of the Earl of Elienborough."
(Cheers.) The toast was drunk with all the honours.
Sir J. THACKWELL said, the mayor had permitted him
to propose a toast, which he hoped would be drunk in
respectful silence. The qualifications and the exploits
of the great Duke whose loss they all deplored were so
well known to them that it was needless for him to say
a single .word on the subject. He would, therefore,
without a word of comment, propose " The Memory of
the great Duke of Wellington," to be drunk in solemn
silence. The toast was accordingly drunk in solemn
silence.

Mr. S. BAKER gave "The Members for the County of
Glocester ;" and Mr. C. HAYWARD gave "The Members
for the City of Glocester," both of which were drunk
with great cordiality.
Mr. W. P. PRICE, M.P. for Gloucester, in acknow-
ledging the toast, said, he had been frequently called on
of late to return thanks for himself and his gallant col-
league (Admiral Berkelsy), but he especially regretted OA
absence of his colleague on the present occasion, because
he knew he would have been delighted to give utterance
to the admiration and respect with which one gallant
man was always inspired in the presence of another.
(Cheers.) None could appreciate more highly than his
hon. colleague the distinguishediservices of their honoured
guest, and had he been present he would have given
expression to his sentiments with all the frankness that
belonged to his noble profession, and with all the
warmth and sincerity of his heart. He cordially re
turned thanks for the honour which had been conferred
upon them.
Sir J. THACKWELL proposed " The Health of the
Mayor," which was drunk with loud cheering, and duly
acknowledged by his worship.
Some other toasts were disposed of: and the company
separated.

THE YOUNG PRINCES AT THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.—
On Friday, while the Queen and Prince Albert were
g;ving kind and interested attention to the more im-
portant sections of the Dublin Exhibition, +he young
Princes were equally close in their inspection of the
toys. They made several spirited purchases out of their
pocket-money—horse soldiers, peg tops, &c., the Prince
of Wales being evidently a connoisseur in t'ie last-named
article. Coming up to a stand upon which specimens of
bog oak czrvings are exhibited, his Royal Higness selected
an elaborately carved ornament, asking the prioe in
quite a manly off-hand sort of way. The boutiquer in
attendance, quite overwhelmed with the unexpected
honour, answered distractedly, "a shilling," the real
price being about 15s. The Prince, with a promptitude,
worthy the future ruler of a great commercial nation,
closed with the bargain at once, laid down his shilling,
and walked off with his prize. This little incident may
make the exhibitor's fortune, who is constantly surrounded
by groups of the curious, and preserves the shilling under
a glass vase, only to be shown to the most favoured of
the customers. Both the Princes exhibit a right royal
anxiety to promote the important manufacture of comfits
in this portion of her Majesty's dominions. They were
early visitors at Mr. Leman's laboratory, and particr_
larly , admired a model of the Exhibition building in
hardbake, but were strongly of opinion that an early
demolition would be the most satisfactory way of dis-
posing of it.—Dublin Paper.