The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-16 00:00:00

YOU.

Ti E SUN, 1.0.NL ON, FRIDAY EVENING," NOVEMBER 16 1866.

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THE PRINCE OF WALES.

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There was a rumour very general to-day that the
Prince of Wales had met his death in Russia. It
is a pure invention made for the purpose of getting
up a sensation.

LAW INTELLIGENCE —This Day.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Beforo the Judgo Ordinary.)
HUDSON V. HUDSON.

This was a petition presented by the wife praying for
dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery desertion.
From the evidence it appeared that the parties wore
married at Soho Chapel in 1858, and in about twelvemonths
after the husband went to India to join his regiment in the
Indian army, of which ho was a lieutenant. Previous to
his departure from England he never introduced his wife
to his family, and in the correspondence which insured
after he had quitted England, he never made use of
the words either of husband or wife. He always
signed himself your sincere friend, although the tenour
of some of the letters showed that he expected his wife to
follow him to India. The last letter received from the re-
spondent was in the year 1860, and it was not until the
year 1862, that his wife in England discovered by the
newspapers that the respondent had gone through the
ceremony of marriage with a lady at Bombay, when the
present suit was at once instituted. A gentleman named
Dawes proved the handwriting of the respondent in the
registry-book of Soho Chapel, and also stated that ho was
present at the marriage of the respondent in August, 1862,
which took place at Bombay, the lady's name being Margaret
Elizabeth Brown. After the wedding his residence was
principally at Kurrachee, and they frequently visited the
witness during the time ho was in the Presidency.
rivhe e
Ordinarypd a decree nisi.
said bigamy and adultery had been
p r o
Judge
and
then
h o
pronounced

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BEAUTIFUL BOOKS.

Already, even so far in advance of Christmas,
our Library Table is crowded with 'a goodly collec-
tion of elegant and costly volumes. Conspicuous
among these, as being equally beautiful within and
without—mens sana in corpore sano—is the charming
collection, most charmingly illustrated, of Heber's
Hymns (Sampson, Low, Son,-and Marston). These
favourite Hymns, so familiar to vs all, have been
hitherto scattered in various publications, and, as the
editor truly remarks, they are individually known
and admired without reference to their author or to
each other's excellence. In turning over these
pages, so beautifully illustrated and so exquisitely
adorned, how many familiar friends will be gladly
recognised. Chief among the►a all, perhaps, that
lovely Christmas greeting--

"Brightest and best of the suns of the morning,
Dawn ou our darkness and lend us thine aid;
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid.

Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining,
Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall,
Angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all !"
Conspicuous among the illustrations is that which
adorns St. Stephen's Day. The martyr on his
knees, looking up, sees the Heavens open and the
Divine Saviour with his hands outstretched to wel-
come his victorious servant. Equally gorgeous
in its external decorations of violet and gold
is the collection of Idyllic Pictures (Cassell, Petter,
and Galpin). Each of these fifty pictures is a story
in itself. The graceful verses which accompany
them are hardly required, so vividly do the various
scenes recount their own history. • One of the most
striking is significantly entitled "No Hope ?" and
represents the Physician at the Patient's door, about
to descend the stairs, and by him is the eager Ques-
tioner, asking, as we must all do more than once in
oar lives, that momentous question, fraught with
life and death, with happiness and affliction. The
- face- of the' doctor, as it silently reveals what his
lips aro slow to utter, is admirably done. Another
interesting and more attractive scene, entitled
" Mary's Wedding-day," represents a girlish bride
at the knees of her mother, who is tenderly caress-
ing the child she is about to loses " Wee Rosie
Mary," again, is a charming little sketch of a little
roguish damsel, bedecked with ridiculous finery, and
trailing a long train behind, much to the delight of
her playfellow kitten. We must not particularise
all the pictures in the collection, but the three we
have chosen haphazard may serve as very fair spe-
cimens of the whole. How shall we speak of the
next bewildering claimant upon our atten-
tion 7—The History of Croquemitaine. (Cas-
sell, Petter, and Galpin.) An amazing com-
pound of the grotesque and the chivalric, the
chronicles of Froissart and the pantomimes of
Blanchard !—such is the medley presented to us by
the combined skill of M. L'Epine, the French
author of " the legend of Croquemitaine and the
chivalric times of Charlemagne," of Tom Hood, the
English " free" translator, and of Gustave Dore,
the yet more " free" and ,marvellous illustrator of
the same. A magnificent volume is this, of large
dimensions, and containing no less than one hun-
dred and seventy-seven illustrations from the match-
less hand of the great French artist, whose pencil is
equally familiar with the sublime and the ridiculous.
A pleasant combination of the two is to be found in
this veracious history of Croquemitaine. The story
commences with a description of Charlemagne, and
" really, my dear readers," says the author, "if
you are not satisfied with Charlemagne for a hero
you must be very difficult to please," and the chro-
nicle concludes with that fatal catastrophe—
" When Roland, the flower of chivalry,
Expired at Ronoesvalles."
Very effective are Gustave Dore's illustrations of the
fatal scene, strewn with the dead, where Roland, the
last survivor on that hard-won field, having blown
upon his horn that farewell blast which still
thrillingly reveberates among the echoes of the
past, fell lifeless, clasping his beloved sword
Durandel. In the pathos inseparable from such
a termination the absurdities of Croquemitaine
are ignored ! But we have not finished yet
with Gustave Dore !" Two hundred Sketches
(Frederick Warne.) Two hundred sketches,
humorous and grotesque, by the same indefatigable
artist. In presenting these collected sketches to
the public, the publisher reminds us that Gustave
Dore's especial forte is the grotesque, and that fami-
liar as the English public are becoming with his name
they are not sufficiently acquainted with him as a
grotesque artist ; it is as such that he is most re-
nowned, and it is as such he is represented in this
collection now before us. Grotesque, indeed, are the
majority of the sketches; the faults and follies of
the day, whether in Paris or London, are fair game
to the good-humoured satirist. The crowded
steamboats racing across the channel at the
time of the London Exhibition are ridiculous
in the extreme, and the fishes are frightened from
their propriety by the hats, caps, umbrellas, &c.,
that strew the ground beneath the ocean. The
scenes at Baden are very amusing, among others
the expression of alarm " which you may naturally
feel on meeting the gentleman whose mortal chal-
lenge in Paris was one of the chief reasons of your
visit to Baden 1" Among the Beautiful Books that
surround us not the least beautiful are those designed
for youthful readers. The little ones are indeed in
luck's way this Christmas, if we may judge from
the store of artistic attractions already provided for
them. We have hero The Child's Garland of Little
Poems (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin), which is a feast
for the eyes to look on. In the centre of the blue
and gold cover of this little volume is a gorgeous
group of roses and other flowers, beautifully coloured
and embossed, as .if freshly strewn there by the
hands of Flora! In turning over the pages we find
one and all surrounded with a graceful illustrated
border suggested by the letter-press. Here a little
group crowd round the blazing fire, and there some
wanderers are belated in a snow storm. Here a hen
and chickens are pecking at the farm, and
there a fairy carriage is careering at full speed !
The little poems by Matthew Barr are of the sim-
plest character, the borders are designed by Gia-
comelli, and the little book is charmingly inscribed
" To earth's sweetest flowers, the children of our
hearts 1" Equally attractive is a companion volume
Little Lays for Little Folk (George Routledge and
Sons). Equally gorgeous in outward appearance
(with the exception of the coloured bouquet) this
little book contains a collection of those poems
which the editor, Mr. J. G. Watts, rightly believes
to be already recognised favourites with the young.
These little poems, which number, among others,
" The Mouse's Petition," by Mrs. Barbould ; " The
English Girl," byJane Taylor ; "The Beggar Man,"
by Aiken ; " Father is Coming," by Mary Howitt ;
" Lucy Gray," by Wordsworth ; " Baby May," by
W. C. Bennet ; and others equally attractive, are
most charmingly illustrated. "The Little Gleaners,"
"The Little Hare," " Catching Prawns," and a
capital little poem by the editor, " Little Kit," are
all the subjects of most delightful illustrations. Nor
must we forget " Robin Redbreast," who sings
to us from amidst a very profusion of artistic
embellishments in which the leaves of the
summer boughs, succeeded by the fruits of the au-
tumn, give way to the frost and snow of winter,
among which poor Robin still continues to chirp and
sing. " Little Lays for Little Folk" will be right
welcome to many little hearts and hands. The
Boy and the Constellations (Warne and Co.), by
Julia Goddard, may be called a fairy tale of the
stars. Some of those old famous legends which
remain "lettered in light" over our heads, the
mysteries of Araos and Callisto, of Ariadne, of
Hercules and Cerberus, of the Pleiades and the
Hyades, and many others, are narrated to the won-
dering Fridolin by no less a personage than the
Moon herself, who condescends to visit him. These
various amazing histories are very exquisitely v e
illus-
trated by the pencil of A. W. Cooperared.
tir h.n
left to the last what should have appet l
this list of children's books, the very attractive little
volume by Mrs. Bradford', The Bible opened for
Children Children (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin). The
prin-
cipal histories of the Old and Ne,v Testament
are here very simply narrated, with a few ex-
planatory questions and answers at the close of
each chapter, supposed to be asked by a group of
little children who are listening to
,the stories.
Some of the incidents, among others Daniel in the
Lions' Den, are the subjects of some excellent illus-
trations.

,d flintithz
.m.„„

HER MAJESTY, &c•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Thursday.

The Queen, accompanied, by her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales, walked and drove yes-
terday afternoon.

Their Royal- 'Highnesses Prince and Princess
Christian went out waling.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by
Mr. Sahl and Mr. Legg, went to London yesterday
and honoured the morniz;g performance at Her
Majesty's Theatre with his presence.
Her Royal highness Princess Beatrice, attended
by Lady Caroline Barrington and Major-General
F. Seymour, C. 8., also went to London• and
honoured Miss Ilihiyard with a visit. Their royal
highnesses returned to Windsor Castle in the
evening.

The Earl of Bradford and the Right Hon. Sir
John Pakington arrived at the Castle yesterday, and
had the honour of dining with the Queen and the
Royal family.

Her Majesty the Queed, accompanied by her
Royal Highness Princess Louise, and attended by
the Countess of Caledon and Lord Alfred Paget
left Windsor by special train on the Great Western
Railway at 10 minutes before 11 o'clock this morn-
ing for London, and drove from Paddington to
Hyde Park, where her Majesty inspected the works
in progress for the National Memorial to the Prince
Consort.

Her Majesty was received by Lieutenant-General
the Hon. C. Grey and Messrs. Scott and Kelk, and
was by them conducted round the works, after which
her Majesty inspected the sculptures of the Podium,
which are being executed by Messrs. Armstead and
Philip. Her Majesty returned to Windsor Castle
at 20 minutes past 1.

Their. Royal Higluaesscs the Princess of Wales
and Princess Christian went'out driving.
The Duke of Edinburgh `and Prince Christian
went out shooting, attended by Lieutenant Haig.
The Earl of Bradford and Lord Polwarth had thel
honour of accompanying their Royal Highnesses.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SHREWSBURY RACES-THURSDAY.

The Attingham Park Stakes of 3 sow each, with 20 added;
two-year-olds 7st, three Bst 61b, four Bst 101 b, five, six,
and aged Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the
winner to be sold for 30 soya ; starters thrice without
winning at this meeting allowed 31b, four times 71b ;
winners at this meeting 51b extra ; about half a mile,
straight.
Zisca (Fordham) 1
Amour Propre (Pepler) 2
Miss Fanny (Huxtable) 3
Verdi, Star Cross, Lucy Long, Florican, Bird's-eye, and
Sing Charming also ran. Won by a length; neck between
second and third. Betting—Even agst Zisca, 6to 1 agst
others.
The Longleate Handicap of 5 soya each, for all ages ; win-
ners after the declaration of the weights 71b extra; about
three furlongs, straight.
Volunteer (Fordham) 1
Chibisa, (Butler) 2
Prima Donna (Wyatt) 3
Qui Vive, Kilkenny, Usher, Spokesman, Shrapnell,
Haidee, and Lake Superior also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst
Volunteer, 7to 1 agst Usher and Qui Vive. Won easily.
The Caldecot Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50
added: the second to save his stake ; winners after Nov.
1 (at ten a.m.) 71b, if of 100 soya 141 b, or the second in
such latter race 51b extra ; about half a mile ; 45 subs.
Greenback (Kenyon) 1

Venom .. (Quince) 2
Knight Errant (Covey) 3

Thermometer, Dutch Admiral, Mouchoir, Changeable,
and Anchorite also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst ti enoin, 3to
1 agst Knight Errant and Greenback, 8 to 1 agst others.
Won by three lengths ; bad third.
The Forester Plate of 40 sows (Handicap), for two-year-
olds and upwards; winners after the declaration of the
weights 71b extra; about seven furlongs.
Wild Agnes (Covey) 1
Nu
Novice (Cameron) 3

Lizard, Double Stout, Nukuheva, and Violent also ran.
Betting—Even agst Wild Agnes, 1 to 1 agst Nu, 7 to 1
apt others. Won easily.
The Groby Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; two
year-olds 7st, three Bst 61b, four and upwards Bst 121 b ;
mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold

for 300 Boys ; about half a mile, straight ; 8 subs.
Cromwell - (Kenyon) 1
Usher .. 2
Spokesman (Adams) 3

Betting—Even agst Cromwell, 2 to 1 agst Spokesman,
sto 1 agst Usher. Won by a short head; bad third.

The Newport Gold Cup, value 150 sovs, by subscription
of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added; two year olds sst
131 b, three Bst 11b, four 9st, five, six, and aged 9st 31b ;
mares and geldings allowed 3113; winners this year
(matches and handicaps excepted) of 500 sovs slb extra ;
winners of any Derby, Oaks, St. Leger, Ascot Cup,
Queen's Vase, Goodwood or Doncaster Cups 101 b extra;
those that never won a weight for ago race to be
allowed as follows :—Two year olds (having started
twice) allowed 31b, three 51b, four and upwards 71b ; the

second to save his stake ; once round (about one mile
and a furlong) ; 20 subs.
Caithness
Moulsey 2

The Special
bstregor also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Caithness, 100 to
30 agst Moulaey and Ostregor, 100 to 3 agst The Special.
The HAWKSTONE WELTER CUP, value 100 80V8 (Handicap)
by subscription of 10 sovs each, h ft; winners of any/
handicap after Nov. 1 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of 100 141 b, or
second in such latter race 71b extra ; gentlemen riders,
professionals 71b extra ; about one mile.
Valiant (Foidham) 1
Steamboat (Edwards) 2
Cranford (Parry) 3
- Vigorous and Dean Swift also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst
Valiant, 2 to 1 agst Steamboat, 100 to 15 agst Crauford, 12
to 1 agst Dean Swift. Won by two lengths.
A Plate of 25 sovs (Handicap), for two-year-olds and up-
wards; winners after the declaration of the weights 71b
extra; about five furlongs, straight.
Whitby.,
(Parry) 1
Queen of the Isles
(Kenyon) 2
Bedford...
(Cradwell) 3
Gordian Knot also ran. Betting-7 to 4on Whitby, 5
to 2 agst Queen of the Isles, 10 to 1 agst Gordian Knot.
Won by a neck ; bad third.

The Longner Hurdle Race Plate of 50 sous (Handicap) ;
winners of a hurdle race after Nov. 1 (at ten a.m.) 101 b
extra, a second Sib extra ; starters without being placed
in the Handicap Hurdle Race allowed 31b. One mile
and three quarters, over six hurdles.
F ortunatus (A Edwards) 1
Reiufrid. (White) 2
Clown
Joker, Dean Swift, and Reubens also ran Betting—
Even agast Clown, 100 to 30 agst Fottunatus, 6 to 1 agst
Dian Swift, 10 to 1 agst Reinfrid. Won easily.

The Copeland Nursoiy Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50
added ; the second to save his stake ; winners after Nov.
1 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of 100 141 b, second in such latter
race 51b extra ; about five furlongs, straight ; 46 subs.
Freemason (fluxtable) 1
Greenback (Kenyon) 2
Venom (Quince) 3
Dybbol and Gentle Gale also ran. B
Greenback, 5 to 2 cost Freemason, 5 to lagst others. Won
by a length. etting-6 tol4_onn

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RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867.
FEBRUARY.
28
Lincoln l9 Derby . ...................
Nottingham 2G I
MARCEL
5 Chelmsford

APRIL• -
Northampton ............ 2 Durham...
Windsor .................. 4 Cat tenek
Newmarket Craven ..... 8 Cat
Newmarket Jst Spring. 22

Liverpool ..................

York ......................
Bath ........................ 11
r yr

Ascot ........................ 4
Windsor .................. 11
18
13ibury ...................
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JUI

Newmarket 2
Nottingham l6
Down Royal Corporate l7
AUG

Stockton
York 2l
Lichfiold

SEPT

iiarpenden
Epsom.
'E.
Stockbridge l9
Newcastle..

Huntingdon 23
Gaodwood

Leicester
Doncaster
OCT,

UST.
Dweerybiny
2288

Newmarket 2cl October 7
Cheltenham l5
NOV:
Liverpool

IMBER.
Newmarket Ist October 24
Richmond .................. 24
IBER.
Newmarket HOUghtoll... 21

AMBER.

5

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is about It2i per cent. and the price of gold
MI per cent. At these rates there is little or no profit on
the Importation of gold from the Vatted St

THE FRANKLIN MEMORIAL.

The following appeared in -7u Third Edition cf yester-
day
Abe
Admiralty,
ov
uentihnaggliuTpitatsetd twothe SAhihJe.nPteauktningtiounb,
al:mirstinLoarrdmofwtihthe
Sir Roderick Murchison, the President of the Geographi-
cal Society, and proceeded to the foot of the statue, a great
number of officers in the navy, members of the learned
in procession. Amongstecapltr.csh thoseeror
app
010- efssbe;rtz:
c xfob. Capt.
societies, and literary and scientific gentlemen followin
Noc'bebdiinisAd-
miral (Nemesis) Hall, Admiral Oinmanev, Admiral Collin-
the Rev. Richard Collin-
sCl:ol:ll(lif°letasSslitt,r.re}Bliiokabmzsis,otnt,yll,
Dr.
Perry,
son, General Sabine, president of the society; Sir. If.
Rawlinson, Mr. A yawl, Captain Richards, hydro-
graplier to the Admiralty ; Gen. Balfour, J. Craufurd,Esq.,
Matthew Noble, E,q., the sculptor; Charles KAnt, Esq.,
John Murray, Esq., T. H. Brooking, EN., Cotain,
Esq., &c. There were also in attendance a number of
stout, hearty-looking seamen, wearing the Arctic mela,),
who seemed to take the deepest interest in the proceedings
Lady Franklin and a very largo number of ladies wit-
nessed the interesting ceremony from the balcony of the
Athenmutn Club House.
Sir R. MURCHISON said he had been desired, as Presi_
dent of the Royal Geographical Society, to request the
most fitting person, viz., the first Lord of tha Ae.miralty,
Sir John Pakington, to inaugurate the statue raised to
perpetuate the memory of that distinguished and most
eminent man, Sir John Franklin. The right honour-
able baronet bad most kindly and most wil-
lingly undertaken the duty ; and ho therefore
called upon the agent of Mr. Noble, the sculptor, to re-
move the covering that at that moment enveloped the
statue.
This having been done almost simultaneously, and fol-
lowed by loud cheers,
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said, after what had fallen from
Sir Roderick Murchison, he should occupy their attention
for a few minutes. His distinguished and excellent friend
informed them that he had undertaken the duty
at the earnest request of the Royal Geographi-
cal Society, but when ho looked around and
saw so many distinguished persons present the
feeling in his mind was that the most fitting person
to have performed the' duty was Sir R. Murchison, but it
being the desire that the First Lord of the Admiralty
should undertake the matter he accepted the task, and in
doing so it afforded him the greatest happiness, because he
looked upon their interesting proceedings that day as the
completion of a noble work which had been begun by
the Parliament of England. By taking part in the inau-
guration of the statue he felt he spoke the sentiments
of all present when be stated that he did so with the
most profound respect for the widow of one who had won
the admiration of his country, and to whose exertions was
mainly owing the success which had ultimately crowned
the labour of others. He need not detain them with a de-
tailed description of the statue ; it was now
open to public gaze; but he did think it would
be well if ho just briefly referred to the career
of the late Sir John Franklin, an officer who had
served his country well for nearly half a century, and
whose life had been one of incessant work for the honour
and glory of his country. The late distinguished officer
entered the navy as a boy. He fought under the great
and illustrious naval commander Nelson at Copenhagen,
and afterwards, actuated by the most noble desire, he
joined the exploring party to the coast of New Holland.
In 1818 he made the first Arctic voyage. In 1819
ho again left his native home, but on this
occasion he went as leader, and, accompanied by
Richardson, he performed his second Arctic voyage.
He did not'return till the year 1822,but then he came back

with great success. In 185 we find him again leaving.
England, and for two years he was absent, following up the
great discoveries he had made in his preceding voyage.
On his return he undertook some administrative duties
ashore, and he remained so occupied until the year 1847 ;
when released from his civil duties he embarked on his

last and expedition. He left his native country,
to which it was never his fate to return, but,
like his once illustrious commander, the great Nelson,
he perished in the hour of victory. (Loud cheering.)
The name of Franklin would always be associated with
thoseof Davis, cf Baffin, of Back, Parry, and Belcher, not
forgetting M‘Lintock and Maclure. He hoped that day's pro-
ceedings would boa consolation to that illustrious widow, be-
cause in that statue was recorded a nation's gratitude, that
would remain to perpetuate his fame for ages yet to come,
and that the name of Franklin would be enshrined among
those great heroes of whose glory and whose fame England
was justly proud. (Loud cheers.)
Sir R. Aluncitisox said, iu the name of those present he
had to thank the First Lord of the Admiralty for his at-
tendance that day. He must feel, ha was sure, the greatest
pleasure at seeing so many distinguished persons around
him. There was General Sabine, who sailed with Parry
in his first glorious expedition; there was Capt. Sherard
Osborne, and others whose fame would add a lustre to the
annals of their country. It would doubtless be asked
to whom was the artist indebted for the design of a por-
tion of the monument, namely, the funeral ? He would tell
them. Repeated unsuccessful search had been made after

:he missing expedition, until at last the Government fal-

tered, and all, with the exception of about a dozen or two
brave men, seine whom he saw around hitu—(eheers)—
thought further search hopelesa. Nut so that model of her
sex and all good wives, Lady Franklin. (Cheers.) Sho
spent a fortune in her endeavours to ascertain the fate of
her husband. Sho fitted out the Fox, Captain, now Sir
Leopold, M'Clintock took the command, and by that expe-
dition were the records found which stated that SirJ.Frank-
lin had been buried with naval honours, and various other
matters which for ever set at rest the fate of the expedi-
tion. For that melancholy intelligence they were indebted
to that excellent and warm-hearted woman, Lady Franklin.
(Cheers.) That lady had told him (Sir R. Murchison) how
grateful she was for the sympathy which had been shown
in her behalf, but she also stated that she should never feel
completely happy until the whole of the crew
of the little Fox had been rewarded and
a statue raised in honour of her husband. That wish had
that day been fulfilled. (Cheers.) Some difference of
opinion might exist with respect to the site chosen for
the statue. Ito was one who thought that the proper place
for the monument erected to one who had fought at
Copenhagen and Irafalgar under the immortal Nelson
was near the column of the great commander in Trafalgar-
squaro—(cheers)— others thought the centre of the space
on wllich they were now assembled was the most appro-
priate spot. If they found it necessary to remove it to the
latter, he hoped it would be regarded as the link or bond
of union between the men of letters on the ono side,
and the men of the army and navy on the other, of which
Sir John Franklin, during his life, was a distinguished
member. Their work was now done, and all he wished
those before him to do was to give three hearty cheers for
Lady Franklin.
The invitation of the distinguished speaker was instantly
complied with, and three of the heartiest and loudest cheers

were given with the greatest enthusiasm.
Cheers were then given for Sir John Pakington and
Sir Roderick Murchison, after which the assemblage

dispersed.

Bank of England Returns..-Last Evening

An Account, pursuant to 1
cap. 32, for the week ending
ISSUE DE)
Notes issued ..„.£31,084,7201

the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1866.
TARTMEICT.
- - - _

I GOVOIMIIIt. Debt £11,015,100
Othei Securities 3,984,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

XS:al; OxBist,a6 2 01):1'

£31,081,820

i Proprietors' Capi- -
( tat .... ~; . ; £l-1,553,000
Ite-Nt 325471S
Public Deposits
(including E-
xchequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div
Accounts) 5,145,772
Other Deposits 1G,687,127
Seven Day and .
other bills

,EPARTMENT.
1 6 overint. S oeu-
ri ties (including
Dead Weight

Aunuity) £12,304,391
Other Securities 19,061,233
Notes 7,607,875
Gold and Silver
Coin >...” 1,059,887

592,759

£40,233,336

£10;233,38G

Liqerpool Cottou Planet—This Day.

Market remains unchanged since yesterday.
Sales probably 7,000 bales.

THE PRETTIEST, DAINTIEST LITTLE ALMANAC
we have ever seen is Rim mel's Peyumed Almanac
for the coining new year 1867. The representative
group[,
sketched upon page after page, as wo turn the fragrant
tablets, are made up of little men and women
singers-.-
by
children. Child masqueraders—child
operatic
child jockeys—child pugilists. The
wholebeingng:rs
a;
have intehd, as prettily and daintily done as well could be.
Mn. GLADSTONE AT ROME.—In the Journal de
Rome
of the 10th we read :—" Mr. Gladstone has
sent us the following:—" To the editor of the Journal de
Lome. Sir,—The Corriere Italian° has published a pre-
tended account of the interview which his Holiness deigned
to grant me on the 22d of last month. I extremely regret
that the kindness and the extraordinary condescension of
his Holiness, which determined him to accord the favour
of an audience to a person so little worthy of it, should
have been the occasion of such a narrative. The editor
of the journal in question was doubtless led unwittingly
into error. Scarcely had I read the report than I sent to
some friends at Florence and London the most complete
disavowal of it. Informed some hours since that it has
also reached Reins, 1 take the liberty to send you these
lines with the object of assuring any ono who.has read the
account that it is without foundation of any kind whatever.
—Believe me, your obedident servant, W. E. GLADSTOIM.
L Nov. 9, 1866."

Le Marria

esarewitch.

(From the Times' Berlin Correspondent.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 10.
At five o'clock yeiterday afternoon the Imperial
family, with their Royal guests and the highest dig-
nitaries of State, sat down to dinner in the Hall of
St. Nicholas. During the banquet vocal and instru-
mental music, chiefly of Russian composers, was
executed by Italian and other artists. The several
toasts proposed to the health of the Emperor, the
newly-wedded couple, the Imperial family, the King
of Denmark, and the clergy and all faithful sub-
jects, were quickly taken up by the artillery on the
walls of the fort. The Corps Diplomatique were
not present. Besides the members of the first three
classes in the official hierarchy and the Ladies of the
Court, the invitations had been limited to the
foreign Princes and their suites, the special Ambas-
sadors from the Courts of Denmark and Greece,
and the Mistress of the Robes of the Danish Court.
The governess of the Royal bride had likewise the
honour to sit down to dinner with her late pupil.
This family repast, as it may be termed, the num-
ber of the guests being restricted to a few hundreds
only, was succeeded by a more public ball in the
evening. As early as 8 o'clock a large and elegant
gathering crowded the Hall of St. George and the
adjoining suite of State apartments. It was the
same superb sight as in the afternoon, only, if pos-
sible, more brilliant, the ladies having reserved the
full blaze of their jewellery for this, the gayer part
of the day's festivities. The bright colours of the
gems adorning the fair sex were reflected in the
light of a thousand candles. Heavy silks rustled,
and female beauty vied with taste in charming the
eye. The hall itself appeared to greater advantage
than in.the pale light of day. Like many other
State rooms in the Imperial Palace, it is too white
for the sun to be able to do justice to it. But when
the monotony of its hue is relieved by the yellowish
tinge produced by the paper, when its fluted columns
and the gilded pedestals on which they stand are
brightened by the mellow radiance of wax and gas,
the cold aspect of the room is lost in the warmth of
artificial illumination.
' In this superb succession of halls, throne-rooms,
and portrait galleries were seen moving about the
representatives of the various Powers, the Ministers,
chamberlains, chiefs of the Judicial and Administra-
tive Boards, and the whole host included in the vast
categoiy of personnel distinguees. Many Generals
and military officers of every rank and degree like-
wise attended, the Emperor's commission, in accor-
dance with the military traditions of the realm,
being a free passport to the Palace on this auspi-
cious day. There were more Circassian uniforms
noticeable now than in the afternoon, and, in a
crowd of dark-visaged and ferocious-looking stran-
gers, Schamyl was pointed out to me by an obliging
chamberlain. Once the lion of the Caucasus, he is
now a feeble old man, with hollow cheeks and a mild
expression on his regular but not very striking fea-
tures. He was clad in a white tunic, cowred with a
wide caftan, and wore on his head a white turban,
with a rim of black sheepskin just skirting his fore-
head. As he sat there among his followers—he
alone of the whole assembly had been accorded a
chair—and listlessly passed the beads of his rosary
through his fingers, his person formed an ornament
of the feast than which few grander, one would think,
can be imagined, even by a Czar of all the Russias.
On his left stood a gentleman in Russian diplomatic
uniform, whose face denoted him to be of Eastern
extraction. He acted as his interpreter, and seemed
to be on the most friendly footing with the aged
chief. On the right, a son of Schamyl, one of the
companions of his honourable captivity, leant on
the chair of his father. He was in the well-known
Circassian dress, with an immense kolpak—a sort
of grenadier's cap, only that instead of bearskin it
is of white lamb's wool—on his head. Very
much like his father, he has one of those
peculiar countenances which, at once languid and
threatening, bear an uncanny resemblance to a
slumbering volcano. But he will hardly ever have
an opportunity for the free display of his passions
except on a regular battle-field and under the ,
Russian Imperial standard. The days are gone
when he could have thought of roving about, trinjal
in hand, at the head of his clan. Evidently, too,
he is more civilised than he looks. On his moun-
taineer's blouse, right over the cartridge folds on his
breast, dangled a pair of elegant eyeglasses which
every now and-then he would handle with the easy
grace of an exquisite. His hands, which, had not ,
his father been unfortunately vanquished, would.,
now be employed iu killing infidels, were encased in
the tightest of Paris gloves ; and when an officer
of the Guards accosted him in the language of the
country, he-bowed, smiled, and replied in the most
unexceptionable style of social courtesy. A little
Circassian boy of eight or nine years, his head
buried in a black kolpak, and some other entirely
Russianised mountaineers in chain-armour, com-
pleted the interesting group. In close proximity,
General Grabbe, who has won his military renown
in the Caucasus, and a beautiful young lady whose
husband fell in the war against the mountaineers,
formed a striking contrast to them.
At length the pleasant notes of a polonaise were
wafted from a distant hall. Preceded by mare-
ch.aux and chamberlains, the Emperor, leading the
Empress by the hand, moved by to the music. The
Cesarewitch with his bride, the Prince of Wales,
the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Crown Prince
of Denmark, dancing with Princesses of the blood,
followed. Then came the other members of the
Imperial family, and a very few dignitaries with
aristocratic ladies for their partners. Thus the
stately procession walked four times through the
-whole suite of rooms, being successively received
by the music of different orchestras stationed in
the various saloons. The ladies and gentlemen
forming the lane through which they passedbowed
low, the Emperor and Princes acknowledging the
salutations with friendly smiles, and a few words
addressed now and then to familiar acquaintances.
Schamyl had risen from his seat, and, beating his
breast with his right hand in token of respectful
reverence, inclined his head before the Czar. Alei-
ander kindly uttered a few syllables, which for a
moment lightened up the old man's facewith a smile
of gratitude. Grand Duke Constantine, a Prince
whose countenance shows uncommon intellect and
resolve, also spoke to him with the familiar manner
of an old acquaintance, and elicited a similcir reply
from the Patriarch. It was evident the great chief
had not only been caught, but also tanned, and,
perhaps, converted into a well-wisher.
The Polonaise lasting for a little time afforded
an opportunity for penetrating to the farther apart-
ments, and viewing one of the most brilliant Corps
Diplomatique of the world in full strength. The
Duchess of Ossuna, the young bride of the Spanish
Ambassador, who has but lately arrived at St.
Petersburg, at the side of her husband, attracted
general attention. The Baroness de Talleyrand-

Perigord and Baron de Talleyrand, the French
Ambassador, conversed with Lady and Sir Andrew
Buchanan. Countess and Count Revertern had just
returned from Vienna, to be present on the occa-

sion. Count Redern, the Prussian Ambassador, and
Baron Plessen, the Danish Envoy, were there,
the representatives of the two Courts losely related
to the Imperial family. From Washington
vie had General Clay ; from the Hague Baron
Levers , •
fromst Dresdeh Baron Konneritz ; Flo-
rence had en
Count Lannay ; Stockholm Gene-
ral Bjornstjerna'
Mexico M. Lavrainzar ; and
Brussels the
Count Errenbault de Dudzeele. The
Viscount de Moira,
iiPtiB ortuguese Minister, offered the
o
congratulations ; Sovereign and country to the
M arechaux de Coure
Baron Pergler von Perglas, the
Bavarian envoy, andllrr
von
look
burgian, were the depnties of Abel, the Wurtem-
.South ern Germany,
Conemenos Bey, charged toafter the interests
of Turkey at a place where his Sovereign
long pronounced an unnecessary encumbrance, been
did
not seem to be particularly embarrassed by
pre-
sence of Gen. Colocotroni, the special ambassador
ybthe
ssador
national
enemy. Greece, at once his co-nationalist and his .
ational
enemy. Le Chevalier Vianna de Lima, from Brazil,
the son and representative of another hemisphere,
and Abdourrakhn Khan, despatched hither by the
Persian Shah, inteoduced an exotic element into the
formal and urbane company. The ladies of all the
ambassadors, Lady Stuart, and Mrs. Mitchell graced

the diplomatic circle.
As if to guard the entrance to this sanctum sanc-

orum, a company of gigantic grenadiers weredrawn
up near the door. They are one of the several body
guards of the Court, old men who have teen hon-
ourable service, and in reward been placed in a
troop whose duties are all but nominal. Tall they
certainly were, but as a rule I believe diplomats re-
quire younger and more able-bodied assistants to
carry their plans into execution.
In another half hour the ball was over, and, the
Court having retired, the company parted. Soon
after the newly-wedded couple repaired to the
Anitchaine Palace in the Nevaski Prospect, as-
signed for their residence. Excepting the religious
ceremony, this perhaps was the most interesting
feature of the day. The whole Imperial family
saw them home. The Emperor and Empress, in an
' enormous gilded coach, drawn by eight milk white
horses, sat opposite their children to accompany
them to their own house. The second coach con-
tained their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the Crown Prince
of Denmark. Many other carriages, equally costly
and gorgeous, conveyed the members of the Impe-
rial family to Anitchkine House. With them rode
the Prince Alexander of Hesse, brother of her
reigning Majesty, Prince Alexander of Oldenburg,
and the Princesses Hermann of Saxe-Weimar and
August of Saxe-Altenburg, wbo, I believe, have all
been expressly despatched to St. Petersburg to offer
the felicitations of their Sovereigns. The Imperial
personages were escorted by Cossacks of the Guard
and Circassian Horse. A cloud of equerries, pages,
and other noble attendants surrounded the cortege.
They had hardly left the Winter Palace, and amid
the glare of the illuminations begun crossing the
square, when they were almost stopped by the crowd
flooding the thoroughfares and cheering enthusias-
tically. The people thronged toward the equipage
of his Majesty, and, with loud and hearty acclama-
tions, greeted him and his son on this short and joy-
ous journey. The devout reverence the Russian pays
to his Monarch is tempered by a confident fami-
liarity which on such occasions finds its happy ex-
pression. These were not the measured hurrahs of
western lands the crowd actually shrieked with joy
as the Czar passed by.
At the portal of their new house the Prince and
Princess Alexander were received by the Grand D uke
Constantine and Grand Duchess Alexandra, their
uncle and aunt, who offered them the crucifix and
bread and salt. The one they kissed, imploring the

protection of the Deity on their now household ; of
the other theypartook, adding, according to the beu-
tiful custom of the country, the bodily food of the
spiritual at this important moment of their lives. The
escort which was drawn up in the hall of reception
during this ceremony remained there until the return
of the Imperial family and Royal guests from the
inner apartments.
On the day of the marriage a solemn Te Deum
was celebrated in -all the churches of the capital,
and the bells of their domes rang a chime for hours.
The deep boom of the Big Bens—there must be
several here deserving the name—and the merry
tinkling of their smaller brethren were distinctly
audible, even over the noise and clatter of the Nevski
Prospect. The ships in the river dressed, and stand-
ards in the national colours were displayed on pri-
vate and public buildings. The War-office showed
the black,white, and yellow of the military cockade,
while the Admiralty exhibited the white and blue,
and the white, red, and blue which represent Russia
at sea.

As a noble marriage gift the Empress, in her capa-
city as lady patroness of the metropolitan charities,
addressed an official letter to the bride, requesting
her to undertake the supervision of an asylum for
poor children. The Emperor, too, celebrated the
day as only an Emperor can. A comprehensive
amnesty has been granted to political and other
offenders. Criminals sentenced to hard labour in
Siberia, if their punishment has already lasted for a
year, have the fourth part of their term remitted.
Those doomed to the same fate for life, if they have
already completed two years of their term, shall be
set at liberty after 12 more. Offenders sentenced to
be colonists in Siberia, if their exile has lasted five
years, may remove to some villages, and become free
inhabitants of the same ; while those who have been
there 10 years will be allowed to take up their abode
in the towns, without, however, becoming members
of the " higher classes of society." Offenders that
have been merely sent to live in Siberia or the eastern
provinces of European Russia have the term of their
exile reduced to oue-third, another class detained in
Siberia being allowed to petition for removal to the
provinces just mentioned. Offenc-es against the
forest laws and a variety of other minor derelictions
are to be more leniently treated than the law pre-
scribes, or entirely overlooked. Certain arrears of
taxes are remitted ; for instance, capitation taxes
on noble estates which ought to have been paid
prior to Jan." 1, 1861, and the same taxes in
cities due to July 1, 1863, will not be de-
manded. An especial concession of this kind, en-
eluding some other imposts, is made to Poland, and
a number of military offences either pardoned or the
penalty reduced.

The happy day has been also marked by numerous
favours showered on the military. General Berg,
who 30 years ago assisted in the taking of Warsaw
and but lately coerced the unruly city again, has
been made a Field-Marshal. The elder General
Grabbe, whose deserts go back as far as 1805, when
he already fought Napoleon I. on Austrian terri-

tory, and who subsequently distinguished himse]

in every Russian war, is made a Count. General
Besak, the late Governor of Orenburg, who now
presides over the south-western provinces, and
General Kotzebue, the Commander in Bessarabia,

are decorated with the Order of St. Andrew, the
highest in the realm. A large number of General
and Staf officers are promoted.
Yesterday evening and to-night the official build-
ings and the private houses in some of the larger
thoroughfares were illuminated. Though not very
general, the display was not without its brilliant
Points. The Bourse and palace of Prince Michael
stood in a blaze of light, and the Staff buildings
opposite the Winter Palace, although having a less
magical effect,
were still a sight that is not often to
be seen in the world : each of the 700 windows of
their semicircular front was bordered with lamps,
and an electric sun shed its rays from the chariot of
the
thcoeloectissafileVe.icTtohrye
boayseertoor
tphpmgAdthmeiraalrtcyhsecplirceenwtasre
gdlas fantasti-
cally while
adorned ,with lighted globes of
ground
the lanterns in front of the building
fiery
shapen burners screwed on, producingha
ser-
pents and other curious figures. On the Cadet-house,
I facing the northern front of the river, a fiery foun-
-1 tain was exhibited, throwing a volume of light on
the dark river running beneath. This and some
hotels were the lions of the evenings. The great
majority of the streets presented the ordinary ap-
pearance, others showing little more than isolated
A's and DTs—the initials of the Emperor and
Empress, as well as the Cesarewitch and his bride.
Little glass jars, with lighted wicks floating in
tallow, were placed now and then on the kerb-
stone, a style practicable only in the wide prospects
of this capital, and even here dangerous to limb and
life.
As a supplement to yesterday'saccounhtelod over
marriage it may be stated that the crowns
the heads of the bride and bridegroom during the
latter part of the ceremony were first sustained by
the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovitch and the
Crown Prince of Denmark, and subsequently by
the Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovitch and Prince