The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-01 00:00:00

The Return of the King of Saxony.

A Dresden letter gives some details of the return
of the King of Saxony to his capital. It says :
" After an absence of 134 days his Majesty has at length
arrived here. The whole way from the frontier station of
Rodenbach to the summer palco of Pillnitz I never saw so
much enthusiasm. But from the last station of Nieder-
Sedlitz as far as the palace it was no longer enthusiasm, it
was frenzy. In default of flowers, the considerable provi-
sion of which was too speedily exhausted, I saw the crowd
rush to the meadows and hedges and pluck away armfuls
of green branches to strew before the royal carriage
as it rolled along. The members of the Board of Public
Works and the functionaries of Dresden had gone in a body
to Rodenbach to receive the King. The railway station,
like all those which the royal train had to pass through,
presented a magnificent spectacle. It was filled by a com-
pact crowd of Saxons and Bohemians assembled to lavish
cn the venerated pair the most expressive testimonies of
their sympathy. As soon as the train came in sight the
most impassioned acclamations were raised, mingling with
the sound of the cannon and the pealing of the church bells
in Tetchen and the surrounding villages. When the King
and Queen stepped from their carriage I for a moment ap-
prehended some accident, so intense was the eagerness of
every ono to crowd near to see their Majesties. Flowers
and bouquets liberally poured upon them, and there were
transports of joy, mingled with tears and felicitations, and
warm shaking of hands on all sides. The King wore the
uniform of a general officer, as if to protest against the
Prussian Cabinet, which desires to reduce him to the posi-
tion of a purely civil sovereign. I was placed so as to be
able to observe that recent events have produced a great
alteration in the aspect of his Majesty, who appears
fully ten years older. At last the train moved on,
and in about a quarter of an hour again stopped at
Koenig-stein, a little town situated at the foot of the
great fortress of that name. The governor of the
fortress, General do Briesen, together with several Prus-
sian and Saxon officers, awaited the arrival. As soon
as the train stopped, the general advanced towards his Ma-
jesty, to whom he addressed a few words of welcome. The
King thanked him, and expressed a hope that he would be
able to maintain harmony in the mixed garrison of the for-
tress, at the same time giving him his hand. After re-
ceiving the felicitations of the municipal council of Koenig-
stein, his Majesty re-entered his carriage while the guns
of the fortress thundered a salute, and the crowd raised
the loudest acclamations, the band
playing at the same time
the old Saxon hymn God bless the King !' Here atDres-
don the enthusiasm was just as groat ; you will perhaps be
able to form some feeble idea of its magnitude when I tell
you that both banks of the river for the length of a quarter
of a mile were completely crowded by a dense mass of
spectators. There was not to be found in Dresden a single
carriage, nor a steamer, nor a cab of any kind ; all had
gone to Nieder-Sedlitz or the environs of Pillnitz. Their
Majesties at last entered in good spirits the summer resi-
dence, where the Council of Regency was awaiting them."

It is with great regret we announce the sudden
death of Mr. Thomas Phinn, Q.C. He was yesterday appa-
rently in his accustomed excellent health and spirits, but
on returning to his chambers in Pall-mall abcut 7 o'clock
he complained of pain in the region of the heart, and after
a few minutes expired. 3fr. Phinn was called to the bar
at the Inner Temple in 1840, andpractised on the Western
Circuit. He for some years represented Bath ; he then
became Second Secretary at the Admiralty, and having
resigned that office and returned to the Bar, obtained a
largo and lucrative Parliamentary practice, He was,
we believe, in his 55th year.