The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1860.

MILITARY COLL RGE, ADDISCOMB.E.

Yesterday (Wednesday) her Majesty and the
Prince Consort, accompanied by Princess &lice, Princess
Helena, and the Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, and
attended by the Hon. General Grey, General Seymour,
Colonel Biddulph, Major Du Plat, Baron von Wes ter-
weller, and the ladies in attendance on her Majesty, left
Windsor at 10.10 a.m., by the South-Western Railway, for
the Aldershot Camp, arriving at the North Camp station,
near Blackwater, at 11.15 a.m. Her Majesty and the
Prince, with the members of the Royal family who ac corn-
panied them and suite, will sleep at the camp and return to
Windsor this evening (Thursday).

His Excellency the Brazilian Minister has left
town for Brighton.
The Duke and Duchess of Athole have arrived
at the St. George's Hotel.

We are glad to learn, upon inquiry, that the
Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry—who has
returned to Seaham—is greatly improved in health since
her late severe indisposition>

The Marquis of Exeter, who arrived in London
on Tuesday from Windsor Castle, will leave town in a few
days for Burleigh House.

The Earl and Countess Spencer have returned
to Althorp Park, Northamptonshire, where they intend to
receive company during the Christmas holidays.
The Countess of Clarendon and the Ladies
Villiers have returned to the Grove, Watford, from visit-
ing the Countess Cowper at Wrest Park.

Lord Cranworth, formerly Lord Chancellor in
England, is at present in Paris. His lordship, it is said,
is collecting information respecting the judicial organisa-
tion of France.

Lord Seymour, who has been some months in
Sicily and the Neapolitan States with the English Volun-
teers and Colonel Peard (Garibaldi's Englishman), to whom
his Lordship acted as military secretary, arrived in town
yesterday from Italy. Earl Granville left town yesterday
for Paris, with the intention of passing a few weeks in the
French capital. Lord and Lady John Russell, who have
been staying with the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey,
Beds, will return to Pembroke-lodge, Richmond, to-mor-
row.

On Tuesday evening Mr. Charles Dickens gave
a reading at the Mechanicfi' Institution, Chatham, of which
he is the president, in behalf of its funds. The pieces read
were the " Poor Traveller," " Boots at the Holly-treellnn,"
and" Sairey Gamp." The large room of the institute was
crowded with naval and military officers, the heads of de-
partments, and the elite of the neighbourhood. Mr.
Dickens met with a complete ovation at the close of his
reading.

We have been informed that an official order
was issued yesterday that the whole of the Government
offices shall be closed on Monday as well as Tuesday next.
The Emperor Napoleon's long-announced work
—" The Life of Catsar"—is already in the press, and is
expected to be out by the middle of January.
We regret to hear of the serious illness of the
Duke of Bedford. Lord John Russell and other members
of the family are with his grace at Woburn.
THE LATE EARL OF ABERDEEN.—The mortal
remains of the Earl of Aberdeen are to be removed from
Argyll-house to-morrow forenoon for interment in the
family vault at Stanmore Church, Middlesex. The funeral,
in accordance with the late Earl's expressed wish, will be
conducted as privately as poosible.
At the annual meeting of the Royal Exchange
Assurance Corporation, held yesterday, the dividend usual
at this period of 4 per cent, for the half-year was declared,
free of income tax.

The Great Southern of India Railway Company
have this day made a further payment of £60,000 to the
Treasury of the India-office, making the total paid on
account of this company to the present date £431,000.

The London and North-Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of £4,357 ; the Great
Western an increase of M,431 ; the Great Northern a
decrease of £3,067 ; and the London and South-Western
an increase of £2,549.

THE DUKE OF NORFOLK'S LEGACIES.—The late
Duke has, it is said, left a legacy of £lO,OOO to the Pope.
The income of the deceased nobleman was about £BO,OOO
a-year, of which it is said he gave away £30,000, princi-
pally towards the support of religious institutions con-
nected with the Roman Catholic Church.

CAPSIZING OF A VESSEL AT THE MOUTH OF THE
MERSEY.—The schooner Granville et Bordeaux, Captain
Coillet, which left Liverpool on the 18th of December for
Granville, capsized yesterday morning on Taylor's Bank.
Four men, the crew of a speculation boat, brought ashore
the bodies of the captain, pilot, and two of the crew of the
schooner at half-past one p.m. The remainder of the crew
are missing.

Loss OF A NORWEGIAN SHIT WITH ALL HANDS.
—A communication was received at Lloyd's a few days
since, containing a torn sheet of paper, evidently hastily
taken from a ship's log book, on which there was some
writing in the Nowegian language, and which the writer
of the letter (John Bridge, South Ronaldshay, by Kirk-
wall, in the Orkney Islands, dated Dec. 7) stated he had
found in a bottle picked up floating past Barth Head, in
Pentland Firth; and as there was no one in that district
could translate the writing, he sent the same to Lloyd's
for that purpose. The paper was found to relate to the
Norwegian schooner Albion, a missing ship, and from the
contents of the writing it is inferred that the unfortunate
ship must have foundered, and that all on board met with
a watery grave.

METROPOLITAN. FREE HOSPITAL.—A bazaar for
the sale of ladies' useful and ornamental work was held yes-
terday in Crosby-hall in aid of the funds of this hospital,
the object of which is the gratuitous relief of the sick and
poor of every nation and class, without the delay of a letter
of recommendation. The institution is situated in Devon-
, shire-square, Bishopsgate-street, close to the most destitute
and populous districts of the metropolis, and during the last
year the daily attendances of patients at it amounted to an
aggregate of 54,098, while from the Ist January this year
up to the present time they have risen to upwards of 70,000.
The increasing requirements of the hospital have rendered
an augmentation of its funds necessary, and a fancy fair
was thought to be a good mode of raising enough to prevent
the further admission of in-patients being suspended—a
step which has been reluctantly contemplated by the com-
mittee. Judging from the abundant and varied display of
articles for sale yesterday, the crowded state of the hall
during the whole day and until a late hour' at night, and
the rapidity with which the fair occupants of the stalls con-
verted their wares into money, that anticipation is likely to
be verified. The ancient structure was gaily decorated with
flags, banners, and mottos, and a military band occupied
the gallery, and at intervals played spirited and popular
airs. The Lady Mayoress, and the wives and daughters
of several eminent bankers and merchants, kept stalls, and
succeeded, without difficulty, in attracting as many cus-
tomers as they could well serve. The bazaar is to be con-
tinued over to-day, and it is confidently expected that a
sufficient sum to meet the more pressing wants of the
hospital will have been received when it closes.

THE WEATHER—Yesterday morning the northern
counties from coast to coast appeared in a covering of snow.
At Liverpool, Manchester, and at Bradford, in the West
Riding, there was a uniform depth of five or six inches, and
locomotion was very unexpectedly and inconveniently im-
peded. From Liverpool to Manchester there was very little
variation in the depth of the snow, which had fallen very
evenly without drifting. The company at the grand
Volunteer ball in the Free-trade-hall, Manchester, quitted
their carriages when the street and the houses were already
whitened by frost; but it is said that those who remained
latest were taken by surprise by the change of aspect which
had been effected while they were participating in the
pleasures of the ball. Between Manchester and Sheffield
the depth of snow on the ground gradually diminished, and
in some places south of Sheffield the ground was barely
covered. Towards the Midland district, however, there
had been a heavier fall, approaching to that which had
taken place in Lancashire and Yorkshire. A keen frost
prevailed, and there seemed every probability that the
ground would retain its mantle of snow at least until
Christmas. Along the route named no snow fell during
the day. On Tuesday night there was a heavy fall of snow
in Leeds. The weather was very cold yesterday, with a
northerly wind, and occasional showers during the day.
The ground in the neighbourhood was covered with snow
several [inches thick, so that all nature presents a very
winterly, but seasonable aspect.
MR. PARKES, THE LATE PRISONER AT PEKIN.—
It is not generally known that Mr. Parkes, who has lately
been released from captivity in China, is a native of this
district, and that his parents some years ago resided in
Lichfield. street, in this town. Mr. Parkes' father formerly
held for some years a confidential position in Messrs. Bate
and Robin's Stourbridge Old Bank, but afterwards be-
came proprietor, in conjunction with Mr. Otway, of a
small iron work at Capponfield, near Bilston, which has
since that period been greatly enlarged, and now belongs
to the Chillington Company. Messrs. Parkes and Otway
also, we believe, had an iron foundry at Qoscote, near
Rushall. Mr. Parkes, senior, was afterwards unfortunately
thrown out of his gig going down a steep hill in some part
of this district, and he was killed. He left five or more chil-
dren, and one of them, Harry, the present consul in China,
and who has lately undergone a painfulimprisonment in that
country, was sent to Birmingham Blue Coat School for two
years through the medium of his uncle Parkes, Who had a
veterinary forge in High-street,Birmingham, and who was a
lieutenant in the navy. Mr. Harry Parkes was subsequently
sent out to India through the kindness of the lateCapt.Eaton,
who died at West Bromwich a few years ago. He remained in
India many years, and afterwards went to China, where
having evinced an aptness in acquiring a knowledge of the
Chinese language he was appointed interpreter and subse-
quently consul. The career of Mr. Parkes affords another
striking instance of what may be achieved by indomitable
perseverance, industry, and great natural ability. Mr.
Parkes was a pupil of the celebrated linguist and Chinese
traveller, Dr. Gutzlaff, and is himself now the best Chinese
interpreter of the day. He is well known in the city of
Worcester and neighbourhood, having about four years ago
visited his sister, Miss Parkes, then residing with her aunt
Mrs. Boraston, at Lark-hill, near that city,— Wolverhamp-
ton Chronicle.

Lfi r
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THE PEACE WITH CHINA.

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING.

The Moniteur publishes a despatch from Baron
Gros, dated Pekin 7th ult., received via St. Peters-
burg, confirming the signature of peace. The
Shanghae ultimatum had been accepted by the
Chinese. The ratifications of the treaty of Tien-
tsin had been exchanged. Sixty millions of francs
would be paid to France as an indemnity. The
emigration of Coolies had been authorised by the
Chinese Government. Churches, cemeteries, and
their dependencies, which formerly belonged to
the Christians in the whole empire, would be re-
stored. ATe Deuni and Domine Saloum were to
be sung in the cathedral of Pekin after the replac-
ing of the cross on its summit.

The Constitutionnel publishes an article signed
by its chief editor, M. Grandguillot, on the question
of Austria and Venetia.

M. Grandguillot states that solutions of that
question are everywhere sought after, because it is
instinctively felt that a decisive crisis is approach-
ing. "All Europe seems to have apprehensions for
the coming spring." He is convinced that the
wisdom of the Government of the Emperor will
know how to prevent a struggle henceforth, with-
out any object. The situation of Austria in Venetia
is deplorable. " Everything is possible in Veve:ia
except that which now exists."
M. Grandguillot expresses his conviction that
Austria, who knows how provinces are gained, will
also remember how they are lost. He believes that
Baron von Schmerling sees things in a different
light from General Benedek, and that the Baron
has already weighed the chances of a new struggle.
The Moniteur contains a decree remitting all
condemnations which have been pronounced for
offences, and for infractions of the law in connexion
with the press, and nullifying all prosecutions
which have been commenced.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 12.

The Sardinian ships which were stopped at
Sulina have been released, and will take their
cargoes of munitions back to Genoa.
The Sultan has commenced retrenchments in the
expenses of the Palace.
News from Podgoritza states that a conflict had
taken place between the Turks and the Monte-

negrins.
The officials of the new Roumelian commission
have been nominated.
The Principalities are tranquil.
The Viceroy of Egypt will shortly proceed to
Mecca.

JASSY, DEC. 18.

.It is denied here that the Moldo-Wallachian
Government participates in the Hungarian move-
ments.

PARIS, DEC. 19 (Evening.)
The trial of the Union newspaper came on to-

day.

The Imperial Procurator declared that legal pro-
ceedings were discontinued on account of the am-
nesty granted by the Emperor.

The Patrie asserts that the Pope, guided by a
conciliatory spirit, consents to a revision of the
Austrian Concordat.

STOCKHOLM, DEC. 19.
The Dowager Queen of Sweden, the widow of
Bernadotte, died suddenly yesterday evening.
It is mentioned as a singular incident that her
Majesty was about to visit the theatre to witness
the performance of Calderon's play, " Life is a
Dream."

MADRID, DEC. 18.
Disastrous inundations have taken place in
Portugal.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Dec. 19.—The market has been heavy,
and Stock having been offered, the business done
shows a decline on the prices of yesterday. For
the Account, Threes are now at 68f 65c ; Mobilier,
768 f 75c ; Orleans, 1,382 f 50c ; Northern, 990 f ;
Mediterranean, 910 f ; Austrian, 507 f ; Lombard, 483 f
75c. The following were the last quotations :

ft per per Cents 96 55
Do end month 96 60
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 70
Bank Shares • 2940
Credit Mobilier 768 75 I
Do. Account 770 I

Credit Fonder
Belgian 41 9B AO
Piedmontese Fives BO 75
Roman
Austrian
Spanish Threes 5O 75
Home Debt

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans 1385 .. 1382 60
Northern .
New ditto 9OO 900
Lyons and Mediterranean 911 25 .. 911 25
Geneva 372 50 .. 375

Southern 523 75 .. 525
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

GA.RIBALbrs LETTER TO KING

VICTOR EMMANU.EL.

The following is the letter, not hitherto published
in which Garibaldi placed his powers in the hands
of King Victor Emmanuel :
CASERTA, OCT. 29, 1860.
Sire,—When, rpon touching the Sicilian soil, I
accepted the dictatorship, I did it in your name and
for you, in whom are concentrated all the hopes of
the nation. I obey, therefore, a wish of my neart,
I fulfil a promiseexpressed in all my acts, by placing
in your hands a power that by every right belongs
to you, now that the people of these provinces have
declared themselves in so solemn a manner for one
Italy, and for your reign as well as that of your
legitimate descendants.

I hand over to you the power over 10 millions of
Italians, tormented but a few months back by a
stupid and ferocious despotism, and for whom a
regenerative sway will be necessary in the time to
come. And from you they will have this sway,
from you whom God has predestined to restore the
Italian nation, to render it free and prosperous at
home, powerful and respected abroad.
You will find in these countries both a
docile
and intelligent people, equally friendly to order
and desirous of freedom, ready for the greatest
sacrifices when they are required in the interest
of the country and of the national government.
During the six months I have held the dicta-
torship I have had no cause but to praise the cha-
racter and good-will of this people, whom I and
my companions have had the happiness of restor-
ing to Italy, from which our tyrants had separated
them.
Ido not speak to you of my government. The
island of Sicily, notwithstanding the difficulties
raised by persons coming from elsewhere, had in-
stitutions like those of Upper Italy ; it enjoys a
tranquillity unexampled. Here, on the continent,
where the presence of the enemy is still an obsta-
cle, the country is progressing by all its acts
towards the realisation of Italian unity; and all
this is due to the remarkable intelligence of two
distinguished patriots to whom I have entrusted
the conduct of the administration.
Deign at the same time, Majesty, to permit me
one request at the moment of my resigning to you
the supreme power--I conjure you to place under
your protection those whom I have had for my
fellow-labourers in this great work of liberating
Southern Italy, and to receive into your army my
companions in arms, who have deserved well of you
and of the country —I am, sire, &c.,

GARIBALDI.

The next China telegram is expected to reach
London about Monday, the 24th inst., and the mail is due
three days later. Although electrical communication
between Malta and this country was recently resumed, the
telegrams received aro mostly two or three days old.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
The half-yearly distribution of prizes to the gen-
t !men ciders at the ahove school took place yester-
day ; Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., presiled.
The following is a list of the prizes awarded
Class I.—Thomas Holditch, Ist good conduct,
Ist fortificatious,lst military topography, and Ist
mathematics • C. Shepherd, 2d good conduct ; John
Trotter, 2d Hindostanee; J. Temple, Ist civil draw-
ing ; E. Cattermole, French.
Class A.—Kellow Pye, the Pollock medal, Ist
military topography, 2d fortifications, 2d civil draw'
ing ; Ralph Brockman, 3d good conduct, Ist civil
drawing, 2d Hindostanee, 2d military topography;
Andrew Jopp, 2d mathematics and geology; Jas.
Brough, Ist mathematics; Alfred Turner, Ist Hin-
dostanee and Persian; B. Blood, let fortifications
and French ; Robert M'Clure, chemistry. The
prize list of the junior terms was as follows:—M.
Coussmaker, 4th good conduct, Hindostanee an",
French; William Williamson, mathematics and
fortifications; George M'Gall, civil drawing; Clay-
ton Beauchamp, geology ; T. Griffin, ehemistry,
Six gentlemen were appointed to the Indian
service as Engineers, ten to the Artillery, and
twenty-one to the Infantry.
The prizes having been delivered to those who
bad won them in the presence of a select companY
of ladies and gentlemen,
Sir J. Weir Hogg, Bart., said he regretted the
absence of the Secretary of State for India, Sir
Charles Wood ; it was his intention to have been
present, but at the last moment unavoidable cir-
cumstances prevented him. In that gentleman's
absence it would be his duty to make a few observa-
tions which the reading of the paper before Wail
suggested. First, on behalf of the Secretary o'
State and Council for India, he had to express his
great satisfaction at the general result of the moll'
nation. He observed that the entire of class A, consist-
ing of 16 cadets who entered the college in February
had been declared qualified, and it was most credita-
ble to those gentlemen that after one year's residenoe
in the college they had been so declared for the scien-
tific branches of the army—six for the Engineers,
and the rest for the Artillery. This was a great
encouragement to others. It perhaps might be
supposed that these young men could not attain to
the full extent necessary qualifications in the time;
but no doubt the council had considered the
period during which these gentlemen had been
in the college, in canvassing their qualifications.
They bad availed themselves of the benefits
afforded them, and they would reap the advantage,
and others by equal exertion could do likewise.
With regard to class B, it was impossible that he
could speak too highly of them ; they entered the
institution in August last, and the lieutenant gover-
nor of the college, in his confidential report to Sir
C. Wood, spoke in the highest terms of them. Ile
joined with the lieutenant governor in his regret
that this institution would lose the benefit of the
presence of those gentlemen ;I,they would go to
Woolwich to complete their education, accompanied,
by their good character, and he was sure they would
pursue the same course there, and that it would be
attended by the like beneficial results. With re-
gard to the other classes there were many instances
of distinction ; but he considered it most creditable
that out of a class of 22 who entered the eollege in
February ten were declared qualified for the public
service. Having regard to the shortness of the
time, he considered this a very fair proportion.
But he should ill discharge his duty if he did net
make some observations relative to a statement
contained in the confidential report to Sir C. Wood,
by the lieutenant governor. There were a few, he
was happy to say very few, whose conduct had
been reprehensible; they had been idle and dis-
orderly, and the lieutenant governor had reported
them to the Secretary of State and the Council of
India last October. The result of that was that a
warning, and a very strong one, was given to those
cadets. He ventured to express a hope that that
warning had had a beneficial effect; whether it had
or not, he gathered from the confidential report
that it would be the duty of the lieutenant gover-
nor to report furt her of these cadets, and he hoped
the report would be a favourable one. He kiwi'
the lieutenant governor would be as lenient al
his duty would permit—they all knew it—they
all knew that his feelings towards them were of the
kindest character, but his duty would not admit of
his disregarding outbreaks of temper or conduct
which were reprehensible. In every school Con-
trol and subordination were of the highest import-
ance. In every institution that was for the pur•
pose of education this was essential ; but in an
institution intended to train gentlemen for the
military profession, he must not only say it was
important, it was more than that—it was the very
essence, it was to the fullest extent essential that a
soldier should be orderly and subordinate. Let then'
take the aggregate of soldiers—take an army : with-
out obedience and subordination it became a rabble--
harmless towards the enemy and injurious only to
those whom it was its duty to support. Absolute and
uninquiring obedience is the most important element
in a soldier. They must not deceive themselves by
saying this loss of temper was a mere youthful folly
or eccentricity, they might depend upon it that it
was in youth that they must learn to control it, orit
would grow strong as they grew old, and it would
become a habit hopelessly confirmed. Here they
were under the control of authorities, they dwelt in
an atmosphere of discipline, and if they could not
control their tempers under these circumstances, he
appealed to their own good sense and experience,
and asked them how they could hope to do so here-
after, when they might be placed in circumstancee,
as military men • were liable to be frequentlf,
more particularly in India, where they acted
entirely on their own responsibility? How far
they would avail themselves of the advantages of
this institution or of that at Woolwich mainly
depended upon themselves. Under Providence,
their destiny was in their own hands; he did not
believe a man in any position, certainly not in the
army, had never an opportunity of doing well for
himself ; it was for them, by attention and good con-
duct to be prepared for the opportunity when it,
arrived. He made these observations, not by way 01,
stern admonition, they were made in the spirit 01
kindness, and he hoped and trusted that they would
be received in that sense by the few individuals to
whom they were more particularly addressed ; he
desired that they should have an influence not
in the way of a threat, but a better influence, that
of raising in them a sense of the duty they owed to
their families and to their country. He hoped that
happiness and advancement in their profession
awaited them all, as he had said. Under Providence
the realisation of this depended on themselves.
_The)"
were about to disperse. He wished them all
merry and a happy Christmas, and he added his
hope that the recreation they were about to have
would refresh and renew their energies, that they
might the better commence their future exertions.
(Cheers.)
This concluded the business of the day.

THE GRAND UCHY OF HESSE

DARMSTADT.

A correspondent writes :—I have just read in
your valuable paper the announcement of the
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gagement of marriage between the young Prince of
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the
stadt will not walk in the footsteps of its neighbour,
Electorate Hesse. Permit me to send you some pre-
cise information about the matter, which I am Well
able to give, having served as an officer for 20 yeas
in the duchy. The difference between the two Hessisa
relatives consists in this, that the Elector by his own
will exercises the most absolute tyranny, and 131
means of his creatures carries out his own violent
will, whereas his cousin, the Grand Duke, yieli_d!
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system obtains in both countries, but in one it is the
monarch himself, while in the other it
is the
minister who carries it out, and who acts towards
his master as Metternich for instance did to the
Emperor Francis. Thus the autocracy of the
Electorate is transplanted into the Grand Duchy
This favourite's grandfather was a butcher, and
with something of the hereditary mode of proceed-
ing he sends to the right-about any officer that
happens to displease him, and the pension that has
to be paid the officer in retreat being so frequently
required, the resources of the state now feel the,
infliction. The poor prince himself sighs at eau
laments the arbitrary conduct of his general, but
consoles himself with some new change iti the
uniform of his officers or costume of his officials.
In the year 1850, during the space of three
months, the Chamber of Deputies was dissolved
twice, and an Electoral !:law was then granted, by
the stipulations of which the seats in the chamber
can only be filled by officials, or persons slavishly
s
devoted to the Crown. The constitution of this
Grand Duchy is, therefore, quite as rotten as that
of the Electorate. Great discontent continues, et
course, to prevail against this state of things, bu!
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the love for the sovereign's family is great an
general, as far as this love is compatible with the
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great and general regret, that Germany should be
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governed by some thirty and odd rulers. Thle
small court resembles, in fact, more the abode _
patriarch by its simplicity and purity, and by the
education of the youthful scions of the dynasty:
than a royal court filled with courtiers and retainer:,
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The mother of the young Prince Ludwig, a most
excellent lady, presided herself over the education
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of her son, whose tutor, a thorough
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every sense, 'reared his in
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royal family.