The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-20 00:00:00

SUN, LOND(N, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1847.

THE GENERAL ELECTION

Last evening, at; half•past six o'clock, the High
Shoriff announced the state of the poll to be as fol-
lows :

Mr. Greene
BlitL!r
Mr .11ly

. . 255
238
... 236

•
KILDARE.
The Kildare election terminated yesterLy in the
resignation of Mr. O'Neill, and the return of the
Marquis of Kildare. At the close of the pull the
numbers stood:—
The Max jui» of ... 539
Mr. Bourke ... 410
Mr. O'Neill ... 30]
in the Kilcullen and Carbery booths the bribery
oaths were put to some of the most respectable gen-
tlemen and clergymen of the county by Mr. O'Neill's
agents, including the Hon. Mr. Lawless, which ex-
cited great indignation.

MAYO.
The election for this county has virtually closed.
The candidates who put forward their pretensions were
George H. Moore, Robert D. Browne, Joseph M.
M'Donnell, and John Denis Browne, Esqs. The
two latter gentlemen retired yesterday, Mr. Browne
at an early hour of the day, and Mr. M`Donnell at
five o'clock.
The state of the poll at six o'clock was—
George H. Moore • • ... 497
R. D. Browne .. ... 254
J. M. M'Donnell ... 67
John D. Browne ... 8

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUA OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

AUGUST 19.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
WEDNESDAY-THIRD DAY.
THE QUEEN'S CUP.

There being no wind on Tuesday the Commodore,
agreeably to the power vested in him, put off the third
match till this day (Wednesday), as he considered the
yachts were to sail for her Majesty's Plate not drift for
it. At ten o'clock this day the following yachts started
with a light breeze from the northward

The Frisk, cutter, 47 tons, Richard Frankland, Esq.
The Aurora, cutter, 42 tons, Thomas Le Marchant, lisq.
The Heroine, cutter, 35 tons. Sir J. Rivett Carnac, Bart.
The Nymph, cutter, 31 tons, Sir John Bayley, Bart.,
but the breeze soon died away, and about five P.M., the
yachts drifted back from the nab, the Frisk and the
Nymph let go their anchors, the other two yachts drifted
on their course towards Yarmouth, rounded the vessel
moored there, and eventually the Heroine got back to
Cowes, followed by the Aurora.

THURSDAY-FOURTH DAY.
50/. CIIP.

The Secret and the Fawn started with a fine breeze
from the north-east, but at eight, Pal., had not made the
circuit of the island. The day has been filled up with
duck hunts, sailing and rowing matches. The town is
full of company, but the steamers leaving for South-
ampton at all hours, there is not the difficulty there used
to be about beds.

Lord Fitzhardinge's squadron of yachts is getting
ready. Six are already here.
The fire-works are on a grand scale this evening.
Three brass bands are on the parade.
The Royal Yacht Squadron's ball takes place to-
morrow evening.
Prince Albert's Cup is to be sailed for on Saturday,
and the Duke of Beaufort's on Monday.
THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON DINNER.
About fifty noblemen and gentlemen were present, the
Commodore in the chair, the Vice-Commodore in the
vice-chair. A good dinner always puts an Englishman
into a good humour ; and the evening was spent most
agreeably, though the day had given no sport. " A
stiff breeze but no_squalls" was the best toast of the even-
ing. • _ _ _

Prince Louis Napoleon, Lord Cantalupe, and a select
party of fashionables, are daily sailing with Sir Billing-
ham and Lady Graham in the Flirt.
FORTUNATE ESCAPE —As Lord Chesterfield, Lord
Stanhope, and Colonel Anson's Lady were leaving Lady
Ailesbury 's party on Tuesday evening, Lord S. and Mrs.
Anson were hardly seated in the carriage, when the
horse started off, the carriage upset, and turned the
party out. fortunately, without doing them any serious
injury. The horse tell, and the carriage turned over,
aLd was dashed to pieces.

BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—Last
evening a meeting of the directors of the Booksellers'
Provident Institution, and of the " Retreat" in connexion
therewith, for aged and infirm members, was held at the
committee-rooms in Paternoster-row. The statement of
the progress the society has made since its institution in
1836 was most satisfactory. During the past year relief
had been afforded to seven sick and distressed book-
sellers, two widows, and to 14 booksellers' assistants and
two widows, at a cost of 287/. ss. Notwithstanding the
calls upon the funds of the institution during the past
year, upwards of 7001. has been added to the permanent
fund, which nearly reaches the sum of 16,0001, The
" Retreat," which is situate at Abbott's Langley, was
opened in July, 1846 ; the funds for it, from the con-
tributions at the opening, which amounted to 8401.,
coupled with a liberal donation of 600/. Three per Cent.
Consols., under the will of the late John Harris, Esq.,
are in a satisfactory state. The amount of assistance
granted to members of the trade since 1840 was
1,0301. 13s.

CHURCH-RATES, HACKNEY.--Yesterday a meeting
of rate-payers was held in the vestry-room of the church,
to make a rate for the ensuing year. The Rev. T. 0.
Goodehild presided. The last year's accounts, which
showed a balance of 361. 155., was then passed, after
which Mr. Pulley, vestry-clerk, read the estimate for
the new rate, from which it appeared that a sum of 2d.
in the pound would be required, on a rental of 91,0001.,
only 12,0001. rental being apportioned to the parish of
St. Barnabas, Homerton, which was now made distinct
for ecclesiastical purposes, and would be liable to a dis-
tinct rate. The motion for a rate of 2d. was carried
without opposition.
THE RECENT ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.
—Upon making inquiry at the accident ward of Guy's
Hospital, the police officers on duty informed the re-
porter that the man Ovenstone had passed a very rest-
less night, and during the latter part of Wednesday his
mind appeared to be wandering. His wounds are fast
healing, but he seems to betray considerable excitement
at his awful position. The answer to inquiries at St.
Thomas's Hospital respecting Mr. Crawley was, that he
was progressing most favourably. He is under the care
of Mr. Sully and the assistant surgeons, who have been
unremitting in their attention to the unfortunate gentle.
man since his admission. He has been visited daily by
numerous friends, and will leave the institution, it is
fully expected this week.
DEATH FROM STARVATION.—CORONER'S INQUEST.
—On Friday, the 6th instant, a man named William
Benn was admitted into the Holborn Union Workhouse,
Gray's Inn-lane, in a state of great debility; and died
there at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the following
day. A coroner's inquest was held on him in the work-
house, and was continued by repeated adjournments till
last night, when it closed. The evidence was of a very
lengthened nature, but the main facts were these:—
About two o'clock on the Friday, Benn applied for ad-
mission to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-lane,
and was told by Dr. Marsden, the surgeon in attend-
ance, that he could not be admitted, because there were
no vacant beds. The doctor explained in his evidence
that there were no vacant beds at that time available
for patients, because, in consequence of the want of
funds, the governors of the hospital had been obliged
to shut up two wards, containing a hundred beds, and
there vtere now only from thirty to forty beds in use.
The man turned to go away, but sat down in the street
opposite the wall of the hospital. The porter of the
establishment assisted to raise him up, and directed him
to the union workhouse, a few hundred yards further
down. The man attempted to go, but he had not pro-
ceeded far when he fell down from exhaustion. He was
again raised by a young man of the name of Simpson,
who humanely assisted him to the hospital, and as the
old man complained of thirst, he gave him a bottle
of ginger beer. Bean was received into the work
house, but Mr. Jones, the assistant-surgeon, did, not
see him till about four o'clock. In his evidence Mr.
Jones stated that the man was evidently dying of inani-
tion, yet he ordered him only a bath and a dose of medi-
cine, which was given him about nine o'clock. On
attempting to go from the bath to the sick room the
poor man fell on the stairs, and was obliged to be
assisted into the room. There the nurse gave him, as
she stated, two or three spoonfuls of gruel and half a
cupful of house tea, and another half cupful of house tea
when she came next morning, about six o'clock. At
this time the man was speechless, and remained so till
he died, at eleven in the forenoon; yet no doctor was
sent for, and when Mr. Gibson, the principal surgeon,
came on the Saturday, Benn was dead. The body was
afterwards opened, when it appeared that his lungs were
in a very diseased state, and that his life could not,
under any circumstances, have been much prolonged.
These were the principal facts of the case. Mr. Wakley,
in summing up, thought the authorities at the Free Hos•
pital were to blame in not administerb g nourishment to
a man whose starving state was apparent to the most
casual passengers in the street, at the same time he was
quite at a loss to explain the conduct of Mr. Jones, the
assistant surgeon, who admitted that the man was dying
from want, and yet neither ordered wine, brandy, cor-
dial, beef tea, nor anything in the shape of stimulant.
The jury then deliberated for a short time and returned
the following verdict:—" We find that William Benn
died on the 7th of August, in this workhouse, from
organic disease in the lungs and general debility, accele-
rated by want of food; and it is the opinion of this jury
that there was great neglect on the part of Mr. Jones."
LARGE FALL OF EARTH.—On Sunday evening;
several tons of earth fell ou the Huddersfield and Man-
chester Railway, which is now making through Staly.
bridge, and completely filled a very large and deep shaft,
which was being formed to enable the contractors to
arch over the tunnel there. Owing to the cracking of
the large balks of timber, the workmen had sufficient
time to get out of the way, and no one was hurt. The
accident to the shaft is attributed to a quicksand at that
place. A large quantity of timber and some tools, &c.,
were buried.
The Revue du Ilarre states that a young chemist
of that town has invented a system of lights for ports
and coasts, consisting of a thick globe of glass in which
is enclosed a preparation giving a light like that of the
moon, and the cost of which, for one year, will not ex-
ceed a franc.
CHINESE ORE.—The vessel Mary Bannatyne,
arrived from Canton, has brought, in addition to a
general cargo of merchandise, fifty tons weight of copper
.ore, the production pf the Chinese empire,

LITERATURE.
BOIIIIPS STAIV.DARD LIBRARY.
7; 12; T7.97l'fiF

11 W 067.
History of Cle House of Austria. 3 Vols. By William
Coxe,
Lanzi's History of Painting.
Translated by Thomas
Roscoe.&miff's Don Carlos r:?trl clizer Dramas.
itty, and
t.JI, Soraceu,.
_pp Simon oeldey.
The var
yet tne invariable excellence of
the v% inks already published in the Standard Library,
by Air. Bohn, is something surprising in periodical
literature. First, the approval of the subscribers is
writings con-
undoubtedly due to whomsoever may be entrusted
wish the selections of the different
tinned in the Standard Library. Biography,
belies lellres, history, poetry, ethical and
scientific compositions are by turns introduced,
and as yet without one solitary exception the
volumes are calculated to be valuable additions to any
library. The publisher has adventured upon a scheme
of literary enterprise which, to many of his con-
temporaries, must have speedily appeared in
its natural light of rashness. Under the con-
duct of Mr. Bohn, however, the present
publication has prospered ever since its commence-
ment ; there is no abatement whatever in any single
department; the " getting up" of each book, both in
regard to paper, typography,
illustration, and ar-
rangement, is of undiminished excellence, and
the productions themselves are of remark-
able attraction and value. The autobiography
of rare old Benvenuto Cellini—a man who carried
the genius of a poet to the workshop and the
furnace, and one, moreover, who elevated the artificer
in metals to the dignity of an artist—requires no re-
commendation to induce a perusal. It is some of that
" good wine" which needs no bush. It consists of
chapters crammed to repletion with anecdotes respecting
his most illustriouscontemporaries and fellow- country-
men. The engraved likeness of Benvenuto, from the
original of Vasari—Vasari with a fancy quite Arabic
in its pomp and plasticity—is of itself an estimable
treasure. There we have him, like old Noll,
even to the warts on his nose. The ex-
pression of the features is precisely what
might be anticipated--a head and beard hirsute
and curly, being a sort of compromise between
dandyism and indifference to appearances—a faint
glimpse or suspicion of drollery in the eyes—and a
negligent cast of the head over the Moulder—all of
these particularities being quite indicative of the
character of the man. In the history of the
House of Austria the Archdeacon of Wilts and
Rector of Bemerton, has ventured upon a task from
which preceding historians have shrunk, without an
exception. As Mr. Coxe justly remarks, in his pre-
face, there has never before appeared in any language
a narrative of Austrian events from the foundation
of the Monarchy by Rudolph of Hapsburg, to the
death of Leopold the Second, or, in other words,
from 1218 to 1792. Such a narrative is com-
prised in these three volumes ; it begins with
the account of a great Prince, and ends with that of
a comparatively good one, for Leopold was in his im-
perial capacity a generous-hearted ruler. As a man,
we remember, of course, that his whole life was pol-
luted with debaucheries only paralleled by those
of the imperial profligates of Rome. The
History of Painting, translated from the ele-
gant Italian of the Abata Luigi Lanzi by
Thomas Roscoe, is a work peculiarly entitled to con-
sideration from all lovers of art or literature. For
interest it is only excelled by the pictured pages of
the inimitable Vasari ; and as Vasari's great work
comes more under the category of a biographical
dictionary than of a . distinct. and consecutive
record of an art in which he is.
.one of the loftiest
authorities, the production of LuigiLanzi, must even
be awarded the palm beyond
.his renowned pre-
decessor. The next volume in the Standard
Library is one of extraordinary. merit, and, in
a literary sense, of. extraordinary importance,
being metrical translations of the four great histo-
rical dramas of Frederick Schiller, Don Carlos, Mary
Stuart, The Maid of Orleans, and The Bride of
Messina. The book is embellished with an engraving of
Joan of Arc as a frontispiece. The first drama is ren-
dered into English by R. D. Boylan, the second by the
late Joseph Mellish, the third
.by Miss Anna Swan-
wick, the fourth by A. Lodge. The last is an old
favourite, having already acquired for itself a high
wanwick's translation is
reputation as a faithful and spirited version of a
masterly original. Miss S
peculiar for that boldness and precision which, as an
interpreter of German poetry, she has already evinced.
That Mr. Mellish had peculiar advantages as a tran-
slator of " Mary Stuart" is shown by his intimacy
with the illustrious poet of Germany, while the ex-
cellence of Mr. Boylan's version has been singularly
enhanced by the careful supervision of Mr. Theodore
Martin. The volume is one of the most interesting
that has appeared for a considerable time, and will
prove an acquisition to many libraries. Ockley's His-
tory of the Saracens is so celebrated for its oriental
erudition, for its conciseness, and yet for its elegant
perspicuity, that any detailed examination of the work
were superfluous. The present edition is embellished
with the likeness of Mohammed the Impostor-Pro-
phet.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BORES.
By Angus B. Reach.
Even as from the most bitter of flowers doth the
bee extract the sweetest of honey—even as from the
most deadly of poisons cloth the chemist extract the
most therapeutic of medicaments—so doth our intellec-
tual bee, so doth our moral chemist, extract from the
dullest of bores the most amusing of books. All
honour to Angus Reach—Franklin, and Ross, and
Parry, have groped their way for months of cold and
darkness among the Polar regions of ice—Parrent Du-
chatlet hath spent years in the midst of the moral filth
of Paris—Bowditch hath for many a month, under the
burning sun of Africa, savaged among the Ashantees,
in order to write each man a book for the amusement
and instruction of mankind. But what were their
sufferings to those of Angus Reach, the explorer of
the realms of Boredom ? They, to be sure, may have
suffered the extremes of heat and cold, and vice, but
what are heat and cold, and vice, to dulness ? and
Angus Reach hath explored the realms of dulness,
and extracted therefrom food for laughter (the charac-
teristic of humanity and hymnaism), which is more than
can be said for any of the gentlemen to whom we have
alluded as his competitors—we should rather say
subjects, for they are all taut sat peu bores, and as
such come under the cognizance of him who the
Cuvier of their speci .
es. He divides them into—
but we will not say how he divides them—read his
book, and you will for the first time
in your life
acknowledge that bores may be made amusing. In
the meantime we recommend to our town readers the
following method of getting rid of a country friend
bore :

"If you have the heart and the brass to do it, you
will gallop
.him about London in a cab, showing him
Guy's Hospital as Buckingham Palace, Exeter Hall as
the Coalholc', Hyde Park as Bethnal green, and the
Serpentine as the Thames."
In order, however, to give our country cousins their
revenge we present them with a sketch of a town
bore, at which they may laugh their fill :
" There is the nice young man Bore; the mildly in-
sipid youth who, when he was a boy, used to help his
sisters to dress dolls, and who, now that he is legally a
man, knows no more of the world which is hurrying on
about him than if he were only occasionally brought out
—a gigantic baby over twenty in a go.cart. His amuse-
ments are, as might be expected, of a singularly milk-
and-water character. He frequents lectures on China
and the culture of the tea plant, or on the entomology of
Japan. He is also addicted to escorting old ladies to
negro educational meetings at Ezeter-liall. In wet
weather he patronises numerous ingenious pedal inven-
tions designed to enable him to set the mud at defiance,
and believes that one of the great ends of his existence is
to keep his feet dry. He seldom goes to a theatre—not
much approving of such places of amusement. Indeed,
he was only in Drury-lane and the Adelphi once; at the
former on the occasion of an anti-corn-law, meeting, and
at the latter to see Mr. Adams orrery, with which he
described himself as having been much gratified. Fur.
thermore, though the nice young man generally grows up
a spiritless, uninteresting old fogy, he seld m or never
commits himself, leads as harmless a life as an oyster,
and pays the debt of nature at l
idea, last, without having done
one disgraceful action, but without having ever ex-
perienced one kindling or spoken one bold or novel
word."
The illustrations by Hiner are full of spirit. We pity
both Hine and Reach. 'hey must have suffered
martyrdom in collecting materials for this most
truthful work.

DAVID
thatio Ax TI Er . r '
Davidoß
Montefiore,
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lettDerEaofTatheoF6thA
announcesson of Sir Moses, died a few days before at the waters of
Ischl, in the Tyrol, aged 23. Baron Solomon de Roths-
child, who is related to the family of Montefiore, has had
the body embalmed to be sent to London. Mr. David
t•
Montefiore had been studying at the German Universi-
ties, and had obtained the degree of Doctor in Law.
BURGLARIES AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN DOVER
AND ITS VICINITY.—The town of Dover and its vici-
nity has been visited during the last few days by a gam!
of robbers, who in the first place waylaid a tradesman in
the town, Mr. Collier, and succeeded in robbing him of
140/. Two men and a woman have since been committed
for trial for the above. After which the house of Mr.
Thompson, solicitor, was broken into and robbed 01
what plate had been left in the lower part of the pre-
mises. On Saturday night Mr. Wood Pdcher, a farmer,
at St. Margaret's, near Dover, had his house forcibly
entered, and robbed of plate and wearing apparel to the
amount of 40/. On Sunday night the village church
of Charlton was also broken into, from which they ab-
stracted two surplircs and a bottle of wine. No el, ub
they expected to find the church plate, but in this they
were disappointed. No clue has yet been obtained to
lead to the discovery of the latter offenders.
FURTHER REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.--
Yesterday there was a general Iv.ll in the price of bread
throughout all parts of the metropoli?, and the bakers'
shops bore large placards announcing the gratifying fact
that bread of the best quality was bid. the 41b. loaf, in-
ferior quality being sid.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE
HIGHLANDS.
northwards, but I revert to the subject here in orch.i
that the public may form a correct idea of what at
Queen's mov•yments have been up to the present thee.
as well as what they are likely to b.7i for the next fey.:
(I;iy6. will be seen that tlicy a.ralu2o,t ernir,
from the programme arranged before stattiiie-, and
understand that this i 3 owing, not more to the
siate of the weather GU Tnursday last, than to the cit.
cumelance that Prince Aitert, having made biinscl
thoroughly =stet. of the charts and routes of the Clew
eel and western coast, has altered the course of the fl,?;
according as circumstances and the disposition of the
scenery suggested. On Thursday, the 12th, the roya
squadron anchored in Dartmouth-harbour; on Friday
off the Scilly Islands, where her Majesty being inch-
posed went ashore, and took a drive; on Saturday they
arrived at Milford Haven; on Sunday at I3egiumaris,
the vessels of the fleet, except the Scourge, whit],
went round Anglesea, passing through the Menai
Straits ; on Monday the Scourge passed along
the Irish coast of the Isle of Man, while the
rest of the royal squadron steered between that
island and the English shore, touching at Douglas on
their way. On rejoining the squadron, it was observed
on board the Scourge that something was wrong, and it
being soon discovered that one of the boilers of the
Black Eagle had given way, that vessel was towed
by the Scourge into Loch Ryan, and left there to
be repaired. While the squadron was resting in this
loch on Monday night, the Lord Provost and magistrates
of Glasgow, in Messrs. G. and J.. Burn's fine steamer,
the Thetis, paid it a visit. Having been received on
board the royal yacht, it was arranged by Earl Grey,
who accompanies her Majesty, that while visiting Dum-
barton Castle on the following day, her Majesty should
receive from the Lord Provost (Mr. Hastie) a loyal
address. Accordingly the address was presented yester-
day, and it is believed that, in consequence, Mr. Hastie
will receive the honour of knighthood.
On its way up Loch Ryan to visit the Clyde, the
squadron, which started as early as six o'clock, passed
outside of Arran through the Kilbranan Sound, which
was out of the direct route, but enabled the royal party
to see the exquisite natural beauties of the " Island of
Mountains" to greater advantage.
The appearance presented by Dumbarton Castle while
honoured by the visit of royalty, of which you had yes-
terday a full description, was unusually striking and bold.
No sooner had the royal fleet anchored off Greenock than
the intelligence of its arrival spread along the populous
valley of the Clyde up to Glasgow with wonderful ra-
pidity, and in a very few minutes after the Fairy tender
had reached Dumbarton no less than 30 steamers were •
in attendance to watch the landing of the royal party.
The gray rock on which the castle is perched was
shrouded to its summit in their smoke, and the spectator
from Port Glasgow was only reminded of its existence
by the roar of artillery from its batteries, and the vivid
flash which illuminated the obscurity as cannon after
cannon was discharged. The effect, as may be imagined,
gave one a very lively idea that the steamers were storm •
ing Dumbarton, and that Dumbarton was making a very
gallant and spirited resistance. I regret to hear that
her Majesty suffered some inconvenience while landing
to visit the castle, being rather pressed on by the crowd
collected to catch a glimpse of their Queen. The
return down the river was one of the grandest and
most imposing sights that has probably ever been
witnessed in Scotland ; and her Majesty may well
feel the gratification which I _ understand she

has expressed at the enthusiastic reception
which she received from her sub;ects on the
Clyde. She stood on the quarter deck of the Fairy, as
it passed down the river, with more than thirty steamer.-
behind it, surrounded by some of the most exquisite
scenery in Scotland—the vast shipping, the shores, the
public buildings, decorated with the gayest colours,
music sounding, church bells ringing, and cannons roar
ing from innumerable batteries. But, beyond and a',ove
all this, she saw spread out before he: in vast and inter-
minable array an orderly and industrions population,
whose cheering, taken up at intervals, and passed along
from one point of the shore to another, produced tht
noblest effect. The impression created by so loyal and
enthusiastic a reception while visiting the great thorough-
fare of Scotch commerce and enterprise must have deeply
gratified the heart of the Sovereign, and will, no doubt,
be long remembered with satisfaction by her people.
Leaving the royal yacht in the river off Greenock, the
Fairy, with the royal party on board, steamed up Loch
Long. The scenery of this loch, and its arm, Loch
Goil, is very fine. Among the most remarkable fea-
tures of it are the range of hills called ironically
" Argyle's Bowling-green," Castle Carrick—a pictu•
resque old rain, built, it is said, by the Danes, and once
a royal residence, with Ardencaple House, a seat of the
Argyle family. At the entrance of the loch, on either
side, stand Roseneath and Kilmun, the former a splen-
did residence of the Argyle family, the latter their
burying-ground. About eight o'clock the Fairy ap-
peared on her return from the trip up Loch Long, and
the royal party having re-embarked on board the Victo-
ria and Albert, the squadron anchored for the night off
Rothesay.
As the inhabitants of this beautiful little town crowded
in boats round the yacht, her Majesty repeatedly ac-
knowledged their greetings, and Prince Albert lifted the
Prince of Wales in his arms, and showed him the place
from which he is called Duke of Rothesay. The vener-
able remains of the royal castle, covered by the mantling
ivy, must have proved an object of interest to the Sove-
reign from its unknown antiquity, and the associations
which connect it with the first Kings of the Stuart
dynasty. The bed chambers and banquetting rooms of
Robert 11. and 111. are still pointed out there, and a re-
collection that it gave the title of Duke to the eldest
sons of our Scottish Kings carries back the mind to the
tragical story of the ill-fated Prince David Rothesay,
so cruelly starved to death in Falkland Palace. Last
night the town of Rothesay was brilliantly illuminated,
and the scene of great rejoicings. From the extreme
beauty of its position—the houses running along the
edge of a spacious bay in the shape of a crescent—the
effect was exceedingly fine. Bonfires also blazed away
on the neighbouring summits, and fireworks were dis-
charged from various points along the beach. The
Admiral and the Rothesay Castle steamers, having at-
tended the squadron all day, anchored in the bay with
them at night, and the parties on board amused them-
selves with dancing, sending up rockets, and burning
Roman candles and blue-lights.
To-day the squadron started from Rothesay at eight
o'clock, and, passing through the Kyles of Bute round
Lamont point and up Loch Fine, entered Loch Gilp.
The scenery of the Kyles is soft -and beautiful, the land
rising gently from the water's edge, clothed with brush-
wood, and the distant landscape closed in by fine ranges
of green hills. The principal objects are Kaimes Castle
and the Tower near it, the ancient seat of the Benne-
tynes; Ardin with its tumuli, supposed to have been
erected over some roving Norwegians slain in battle;
the Burnt Isles, with their vitrified forts, and the island
of Ellen Greig, where, in 1685, Archibald, Earl of Ar-
gyle, had his military stores taken from him by a naval
force in the service of King James.
Iler Majesty's present plans are to proceed to-day in
the Fairy from Loch Gilp to Inverary Castle, where she
lands and makes a short stay, returning is the afternoon
through the Crenan Canal to Crenan, and there re-em-
barking on board the Victoria and Albert, previously sent
round the Mull of Cantire to meet her. It is intended that the
squadron shall reach Oban to-night, going to-morrow to
Staffa and lona, and arriving the same evening at Fort
William. Whether this be practicable, however, re-
mains to be seen.— Times.