The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-25 00:00:00

INtOXICAtEb CADVitg.

The picture of a nervous old lady asking a cabman
if his horse was a safe one, in this week's number of
Punch, does not prove that the inquirer was a very
absurd personage. In the sketch the lady asks why
the animal puts his ears hack—if he is " safe." The
cabby, whom we take to be an Irishman, says the
horse is only listening out of feminine curiosity to know
what they are talkins about. It would perhaps be
as well that every one should put arquestion or two
of this sort to cabmen, before entering their vehicles.
A . rrench: lady, who apparently did not
take sufficient precautionary measures of the
kind, was on Wednesday evening upset in
a cab in London, and received unpleasant injuries
about the face. The cabman, it came out in evi-
dence adduced at a police court, was perfectly intoxi-
cated, and while labouring under the delusion that.
his horse had "run away three times," he turned
a corner sharply, and the vehicle, the occupant, the
driver, and a quantity of luggage were upset in
the street. The cabman, we are glad to say, was
committed to prison for one month, and his license
was suspended for three.
THE PORTUGUESE AND THE NEW SPANISH KING.
The candidature of the Duke d'Aosta for the
Spanish throne has naturally been favourably re-
ceived in Portugal, where his youngest sister, Maria
Pia, is Queen. At the opening of the Chambers at
Lisbon the address in reply to the speech from the
throne contained the following passage : "The
Chamber has received with sincere pleasure the
official notice of the renewal of diplomatic relations
between the Government of your Majesty and that
of the King of Italy, according to the desires
of both nations, who respect each other,
and of two sovereign families who are linked
by the ties of relationship. Equal approval is ex-
pressed of the intention to continue unchanged our
friendly relations with all foreign Powers. In the
tremendous struggle raging between two of the most
illustricus and powerful nations of Europe, the
Government of your Majesty has adopted and
maintained a strict neutrality, dictated alike by
reason and by the sense of national security.
On this solemn occasion the Chamber of Portuguese
Deputies, obeying the impulse of humanity and
moved by the interests of peace, and of the pros-
perity of the peoples, cannot conceal its ardent desire
to see these disastrous conflicts succeeded by the
bloodless struggles of science and labour." In Spai
there is some doubt whether the Duke d'Aosta
accept his election.

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HEIR MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 24.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, Prince
Leopold, and .Princess Beatrice, left Balmoral yesterday
at a quarter before one o'clock, and arrived here this morn-
ing at nine o'clock.

Her Majesty was attended by the following suite, viz.,
the Duchess of Roxburghe, Lady Florence Seymour, Lord
Bridport, Colonel H. Ponsonby, Dr. Poore, Mr. Sahl, Mr.
Collins, and Dr. Marshall.

THE BLACK SEA.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN.

SIR,—A good deal of virtuous indignation has been ex-
pended by your correspondent, "S. R. B." and others,
which might have been spared if they had distinguished