The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-02 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCE CONSORT.

On the return of the Prince Consort to Coburg
yesterday, the Ist inst., from shooting, the horses
of his carriage ran away. _ _

His Royal Highness jumped ont, but has no
been hurt beyond a scratch on his face.

His Excellency the Brazilian Minister, Madame
de Carvalho Moreira, and family have returned to Caven-
dish-square from the Isle of Wight. _ _

His Excellency the Danish Minister has left
Upper Brook-street from Brussels en conge. Captain de
Talbe, secretary of legation, acts as charge d',afaires
during the absence of his excellency. -

The Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland was, up to
a late hour last evening, in a very weak state, and we are
sorry to say no hopes are entertained of her ultimate re-
covery. _ _ . .

The Marquis of Lansdowne is expected to arrive
at Lansdowne House to-morrow from Bowood Park,
Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne will also come
to town to-morrow.

The marriage of Lady Mary Petty Fitzmaurice,
only child of the late Earl of Kerry and the Countess of
Kerry, and granddaughter of the Marquis of Lansdowne,
with Colonel the Hon. Percy Herbert, M.P., brother of
the Earl of Powis, and heir presumptive to the earldom, is
appointed to be solemnised on Thursday next.
VISIT OF PRINCENAPOLEON TO MILFORD HAVEN.
—His Imperial Majesty's screw steam yacht Jerome Bona-
parte arrived at Milford Haven at about 1 o'clock, p.m. on
Saturday last, with his Royal Highness Prince Napoleon
and suite on board. Immediately on arrival a report was
spread that the Prince was not on board, but would arrive
by the express train at 6.30 p.m. By this ruse his Royal
Highness walked quietly about with his suite, unattended
by any crowd. At about 6 o'clock he entered his little
screw steamer and returned on board the vessel. This tiny
craft appears to be a most convenient one, it is furnished
with two screws, is about 35 feet long, and goes at a great
pace. Moreover, it only requires a couple of hands besides
the engineer, which might make it a means of saving much
useless labour to boats' crews throughout our steam navy.
His Royal Highness purchased it at Holyhead last Septem-
ber from Mr. Rigby, The Jerome Bonaparte sailed for
Bristol on the same evening.
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE
SEAFARING POPULATION.—Thu Duke of Northumberland
has handed £lOO to the Seamen's Benevolent Societies in.
North Shields, to assist them out of the difficulties occa-
sioned by the unexpected and severe losses during the
Whitsuntide gales of this year. Mr. Glaisher, of the Royal
Observatory, and the agents to the Duke of Northumberland,
have just completed the establishment of barometer stations
at all the principal ports, creeks, and headlands on the
Northumberland coast. His Grace having arranged with
the Meteorological Society that instruments of first-rate
quality should be placed for the use of the fishermen and
seamen at those stations, to warn them of impending storms.
Mr. Glaisher has been instructing the fishermen in the use
of the barometer and other instruments, and the men have
expressed great gratitude to Mr. Glaisher and the Duke for
the very great interest they have taken in their weltare.
During the past month a new lifeboat has been placed at
Newbiggen by the Royal Lifeboat Society, and through
the instrumentality of the Duke. His Grace has also in-
timated his intention to endow a church for the use of the
seafaring population adjoining the Tyne Sailors' Home ;
also churches in the fishing village of Cullercoats, ix the
sea-coast village and bathing-place of Tynemouth, and ad-
jacent to the Northumberland Dock, on the river Tyne.
BORN A MAN, DIED A GROCER.—A grocer's ap-
prentice, a fine young man, of 26, named Arsene, who loved
literature neither wisely nor well, lately hung himself in his
master's house, in Parie. Upon his table, amid heap of books,
was found the following letter, the orthography of which
was not on a par with the style :—" I am but a grocer and
shall never be anything else. I always think of that cari-
cature representing a grocer standing on the threshold of his
door, and making this reflection, 'Born to be a man and
condemned to become a grocer.' He who thus judged our
calling was in the right. For many years I have tried to
improve my mind ; I have read, and even copied out, books
which I don't understand. All this muddles my head, and
I find that I be, ome more and more stupid every day. The
longer I live the worse I shall be. Now, I remember to
have read somewhere that a man should apply his intelli-
gence to be useful to humanity, and as I see I shall never
be fit for anything but to weigh cheese and dried plums, I
have made up my mind to go to another world which I have
heard of, and see whether there may not be a place for me
there. I ask pardon of my brethren for speaking in this
disparaging way of our common profession ; but I defy them
to point out a single instance of a grocer having ever made
his way to a higher position. There are plenty of manu-
facturers who become deputies and are decorated and
loaded with all sorts of honours, but the like has never
happened to a grocer. For these reasons I have determined
to hang myself. I beg my parents to erect a simple tomb-
% stone to my memory, and to inscribe upon it these words,
i‘ Born to be a man; died a grocer,"