The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, 1,01111;ON, EVENING, SuPTEMBER 28, Ise6.

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Wednesday.
The Queen went out, accompanied by Princess
Louise and Prince Arthur, and attended by the
Miss Cathcart.

LITE It A T tf It E.

Nora's Trial. Three Vols. Hurst and 131ackett.
Young ladies, who form no insignificant portion
lof the readers of the circulating library, will find
much to interest and entertain them in the history
of Nora's Trial. The domestic group at the " Nest,"
to which we are introduced in the first volume, is
sufficiently attractive. The impetuous but sensitive
Nora, and the bright and fascinating Fanny, are
happy girls, under the wing of a tender and charm-
ing mother. Mrs. Lennox, during the brief period
that she remains on the scene, is a most delightful
character, while Mr. Lennox, we cannot but
think, is hardly dealt with by the novelist.
From his very first introduction we are constantly
induced, by sundry hin is and inuendos, to regard
him with suspicion, while in reality he is a most
affectionate father, and even in the hour of Nora's
trial absolutely refuses to submit her to the sacrifice.
Mr. Lennox certainly does not justify the evil
expectations we had been led to form of his charac-
ter and conduct. As for Nora, the heroine, whose
trial is indeed severe, but endured without
resignation, she learns in ,suffering, but the
lesson is painful to herself, and the descriptions
of her sufferings and the rebellious utterances to
which they give rise, able though the descriptions
are, are singularly distressing. We do not wish to
" spoil the story," and therefore we shall not allude
to the particulars of the " trial" which afflicted
Nora ; we shall content ourselves with remarking
that the sacrifice should not have been undertaken
unless the fair martyr were better prepared to un-
dergo it. Very different is the example of Emelia
Wyndham, not that even that admirable heroine was
justified in her.sacrifice.—" Marriage," says Shak-
spere, " is matter of more worth than to be dealt
with by attorneyship." Before taking leave of
Nora and her trial we must quote a sentence of
practical wisdom administered to the disconsolate
mourner by the matter-of-fact Annie Bolton. She
tells her to be " a Christian, and give herself two
things to do—to love God and love her neighbour,
and she will have no time for weeping."

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Mr. Horace Wigan commenced his regular winter
season last evening, on which occasion he produced
two now pieces ; one,,a comedietta, entitled " The
Best Way ;" and the other, a new and original
drama in three acts, by Mr. Tom Taylor, entitled
" The Whiteboy." The latter is an Irish drama of
the " Peep o'Day" and " Colleen Bawn" class, and
but for the announcement we should never have
attributed the work to Mr. Taylor, who has given
us some of the best acting plays ever produced upon
the stage. " The Whiteboy" has, however, been
produced with the utmost care, and although the
acting of all engaged was unexceptionable we can-
not predict for it a long or brilliant career, as the
plot is a very tangled one, and the situations, but
with very few exceptions, conventional in the ex-
treme. The scene of " The Whiteboy" is laid in
Ireland in the year 1795, and the hero is Red-
- mond O'Hara, a light-hearted, rollicking Cork
- peasant, who belongs to a " lodge," one of the objects
of which is the delight of distilling potheen by moon-
light in the ruins of an old abbey. Capt. Trevor,
an English officer, in the King's service, is quar-
tered in the Galtee Mountains, with the duty of
preventing illicit distillation, and whilst engaged in
the business he makes the acquaintance of Mr. Corn-
elius Moriarty, a blustering claret-drinking, duelling
Irish gentleman. The captain also secures the
affections of Moriarty's daughter, and as that lady's
father has determined his daughter should never
marry an Englishman, they make up their mind for
an elopement, which is overheardby the villain of the
piece, one Paddy M‘liew, who determines to frus-
trate the runaway match, and to rid the mountains
of the red-coat captain by assassination. A "lodge"
is called, and Paddy ivl'Kew so arranges that
the lot of murdering the captain falls to Red-
mond, but he, not feeling disposed to shoot a
man on the eve of his (Redmond's) wedding-
day, sends a message to Captain Trevor not to pass
the abbey ruins as he intended that evening, and
the friendly hint being taken, one, Mr. Cicero
Rabbits, an English attorney journeying to Cork,
is mistaken for him by a lot of the boys and
narrowly escapes the fate intended for the soldier.
Here one of the best bits of the drama occurs, viz.,
the agony of Rabbits, ,when his real character is
discovered, atbeing ordered by the whiteboys to eat
the writs and mortgage deeds he has brought with
him to Ireland. Captain Trevor, to show his grati-
tude for the preservation of his life, writes a few
hurried words to his bride Grace Moriarty to give
to Grace Dwyer, her foster sister, and the beloved
of Redmond O'Hara, a rouleau of guineas as
a marriage portion, and this generous act
leads to unthought of misery to the rustic
lovers. When Grace shows the gold to Redmond,
after their marriage, he becomes uneasy as to how
she became possessed of the fortune, and she refusing
to satisfy him, Paddy M‘liew, the spy and rejected
lover of Grace D wyer, insinuates villany on the
part of Capt Trevor. Redmond believes the false
accusation, and casts his new made wife off in the
midst of the party who is celebrating his wedding.
Grace is heart-broken at the accusation, and Red-
mond, becoming almost mad, determines to seek
out the Captain and take summary vengeance for
the act. The parties meet at an " old Shebeen up
among the hills," and just as Redmond is about to
shoot the Captain Grace O'Hara rushes in and
prevents her husband from becoming a murderer.
An explanation now takes place, the Captain tells
Redmond that the letter he addressed to " Grace',

was written to his own wife and not to Grace D wyer,
who restores happiness to the heart of Redmond.
Mr. Moriarty gives his consent to the marriage of his
daughter to Captain Trevor. Paddy M'Kew is dis-
covered to be the villain who has caused all the misery,
and is marched off to prison accordingly, and the
little English lawyer, to his inexpressible delight, is
provided with the means of returning to Thavie's
Inn, anl thus the curtain falls upon the general joy
of the characters. Miss Milly Palmer, who made
her first appearance at this theatre as Grace D wy er,
played the part with great feeling and tenderness, and
Mr. H. Neville as Redmond O'Hara represented the
part with his usual discrimination and excellence.
Mr. Dominick Murray, as Rabbits, the lawyer, is
provided with a serio-comic part, which he worked
out with great skill, and Mr. G. Vincent as Paddy
M'Kew gave a very vivid realisation of the part.
The scenery, dresses, and music were all in ex-
cellent keeping, and showed that the manager bad
omitted nothing that could give effect to the drama.
The house was crowded in every part.

THE LATE FENIAN DISCOVERY IN LIVERPOOL.--
The recent discovery of Fenian war munitions and destruc-
tive combustibles in Liverpool has been productive of a
greater "scare" among the Brotherhood there than any-
thing which has occurred during the last.l2 months. On
Saturday, after tiro four persons who had been arrested the
previous evening were remanded at the Police-court, meet-
ings were summarily called at three or four places of Fenian
rendezvou, and in the evening there were assembled such
members as had remained scattered through the town, and
even yet, although the number has been much reduced,
the body is not insignificant. What passed at the meeting
did not transpire, but a portion of what was done may be
stated. Up to a very recent period the "Brotherhood"
were ambitious to have allusions made to their proceed-
ings, but on Saturday evening this view was departed
from and caution was the word. It is a fact, nevertheless,
which has transpired that all former " signs" of recognition
were abolished, and ono new general one was adopted.
Singular though it may appear, this sign was so rapidly
transmitted that it was used and recognised among the
brethren on Sunday. This is one of the mysteries con-
nected-with the movement, and shows how well it is orga-
nised. On Saturday evening emissaries were despatched
to various parts of the country, and to Ireland, to warn the
fraternity as to the altered state of matters. It alsoappears
that there is no present lack of money among the body,
from what source soever it may be derived, and payments
are made in gold and silver.

Chatham and Dover Railway.

The result of the meeting of debenture holders,
held to-day at the London Tavern, was the passing
of the following resolution, with but one dissen-
tient:—

"That in order to protect the interests of the debenture
holders of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany, a committee should be appointed, conaisting of Mr
Peak°, Mr. Prow, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Bramwell, Mr. Broom
and himself, with power to add to our members."

Visit of the Prince and P:incess of Wales
t Dunrobin Castle.

Gotsrin, Tuesday Evening.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Dunrobin
Castle yesterday evening. A visit of Royalty to this part
of the country had been long promised, but the disappoint-
ments were so frequent that the accomplishmentof the pro-
mise began to be despaired of. . When intimation was first
given this season that the visit was to take place the nor-
them public waited for further confirmation before placing
much credence in the report, and when it was again de-
ferred by authoritative announcement they regarded it as
an event which was to have been expected. The surprise,
therefore, was all the more agreeable when it came to be
known that the engagement was really to be fulfilled, and
that the day of the visit was positively fixed.
Their Royal Highnesses were conveyed by special train
from Aboyne to Bonar-bridge, the terminus of the Highland
Railway system, and they proceeded thence in an open car-
riage to the seat of their noble entertainer. In attendance
on the Prince of Wales were General Knollys and Colonel
Keppel ; and the Hon. Mrs Coke attended:on the Princess.
Prince Victor and Prince George were also of the party.
At all the halting-places from Aboyne to Dunrobin pre-
parations had been made for giving them a suitable wel-
come. The Inverness station, where they remained for
about half an hour, was gaily decorated, and the Prince was
presented by the Provost and magistrates with the freedom
of the burgh. At Bonar-bridge two splendid arches of ever-
greens were erected, bearing the inscriptions, "Welcome to
Sutherland." From this place to Dunrobin the distance is
25 miles, and the road lies through most picturesque High-
land scenery. At Clashmore, whore they arrived a little
before 7 o'clock in the evening, the party made a halt of
ten minutes for the purpose of changing horses. The
Dornoch company of Volunteers, numbering 74 men,
were drawn up as a guard of honour under Major W. S
Fraser, and a great crowd of country people had efimed
at the spot, who cheered loudly as the curia :ea approached.
The Duke of Sutherland, who Met Lis visitors at Keith,
presented the following gentlemen to the Prince while the
remainednec
ha t; Cis ar .
Fordyce,
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—Major Fraser and Captain
sheriff of the counties of
Sutherland and Caithness, and Sheriff Fraser, Fort William.
Their royal highnesses acknowledged the cheering most
party
Taylor,
courteously, and bowed to the crowd % the carriages drove
off. At Golspie, the village in the immediate vicinity of
Dunrobin, the inhabitants had exerted themselves to give
the royal party as magnificent a reception as their limited
resources would permit. A range of steep hills rises in rear
of the village, and on the highest peaks huge bonfires had
been piled—one on Cambusmore, another on an emi-
nence locally known as the Silver Rock, and a third on Ben
Braggie, on the summit of which stands the statue of the
grandfather of the present Duke of Sutherland. These were
lighted as soon as night came on, and from their command-
ing situations they had a most brilliant effect. Golspie boasts
of only one street, but the houses aro neat and clean, and
the decorations were all tastefully got up. The ingenuity
of the population had been expended on an arch in the
centre of the village, and a strong structure of pine saplings
adorned with heather had been the result. Coloured lights
were hung thickly upon the columns, some of them forming
the letters "A.A.,"and other graceful designs. The windows
of the houses were illuminated, flags were flying at all con-
spicuous points, and-the eye was greeted on every side with
inscriptions such as "Long live the Prince and Princess of
Wales," " Welcome to Britain's future King," &c. There
were no decorations on the approach to the castle, but late
in the evening a number of men wore placed in pairs at
regular intervals for more than half-a-mile, each with a
torch in his hand, which he was instructed to light as soon
as the royal party approached. The Sutherland Rifle
Volunteers also turned out, under command of Major
Weston, and the Artillery, under command of Captain
Loch. Great crowds had assembled to obtain a glimpse of
their Royal Highnesses in passing through the village. The
carriage drove up about 8 o'clock, and as it approached the
Artillery began to fire a Royal salute with pieces that had
been taken from his Grace's yacht the Undine. Hats were
off in an instant, and loud cheers welcomed the Royal
visitors, demonstrations which were acknowledged in the
most gracious manner. The horses proceeded at a rapid
pace through Golspie and along the approach to the Castle,
the blazing torches which lighted their passage giving a
peculiarly striking effect to the whole scene.. The Rifle
Volunteers, uuder Major Weston, formed a guard of honour
at the Castle.
The following distinguished persons are the guests of the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland:—His Royal Highness the
Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward and the Princess of
Saxe-Weimar, Earl Spencer and the Countess Spencer, the
Earl of Shrewsbury, Lady Adelaide and Lady Gertrude
Talbot, and the Hon. Reginald Talbot, Lord Ronald Love-
son Gower, Lord Archibald Campbell, Mrs. Hay Mackenzie
(mother of the Duchess of Sutherland), lion. E. Coke, Mr.
and Mrs. Summer, General Knollys and Colonel Koppel, in
attendance on the Prince of Wales ; Hon. Mrs. Coke, Lady
in Waiting to the Princess ; and Lieutenant Haig, Gentle-
man in Waiting to the Duke of Edinburgh. Several other
noblemen are expected.
To-day (Tuesday) the statue of the late duke was inaugu-
rated. Some apprehension was felt lest the statue shoulcj
not be ready in time, but the sculptor (Mr. Noble, Lonflon)
finished it with an effort, and it arrived at Dun'Sobin on
Monday at noon. The cost including th'e pedestal is
£2,000, of which half has been subscribtrA by the tenantry
and half by the Duke.
The statue, on which Mr. Noble has been engaged for
the last year, is of bronze, 10 feet in height, and is said
to be a good likeness of the late Duke. A fac-simile
in marble has been taken for the Duchess Dowager.
The figure rests on a pedestal of grey granite
very similar to that used on the Thames Embankment.
The height is 13 feet. The lower step of the base of
the pillar is a huge times of granite, nine feet square
and 19in. thick, being the finest block used for such a pur-
pose in the kingdom. It is erected on the north side of
the Castle, and the end of the road forming the approach,
and is directly in front of the principal entrance. Its erec-
tion was superintended by Mr. Fowler, architect. The
chairman of the committee of subscribers was Mr. Sidney
Hadwen, of Ballblair, and Mr. Gray, banker, Golspie, was
secretary. There is no inscription upon the monument.
The ceremony of unveiling the statue took place at 12
o'clock on Tuesday. At that hour the party came up from
the Castle. The Princess of Wales was dressed in purple
velvet, and the Duchess in blue silk, with white silk trim-
mings. The Prince was dressed in full Highland costume
as Colonel of the Sutherlandshire Volunteers, and the Duke
was in the same uniform, the trews in his case, however,
being substituted for the kilt. The Duke of Edinburgh had
a kilt of Stuart tartan. The ceremony was commenced by
the Rev. Mr. Macmillan, of Loth, who offered up an appro-
priate prayer. Mr. Had Won, who was dressed in the uni-
form of a deputy-lieutenant, then stepped forward and read
the following address :
"My Lord Duke, —The sincere respect and regard enter-
tained towards your late noble father, the Duke of Suther-
land, during his lifetime by all classes in this country are
well known, and no sooner had his lamented death occurred
thea there was expressed at once an earnest and general
desire to possess some permanent memorial of him. Of his
virtues I need not here speak further, perhaps, than to say
that they were such as to cause him to be known and spoken
of by all as the good Duke. It was the unanimous wish of
the subscribers that the particular form of the memorial
should be determined by her in whose sorrow they so deeply
sympathise, and she having given her decision the memo-
rial has taken the form of the statue now about to be un-
veiled, and which, in the name of the subscribers, it war
only remains for me to hand over to your
Grace and your family as a lasting memorial_ of their
attachment. We deeply regret that her Grace the
Duchess Dowager is unable to be preeent here this day to
witness a ceremony in which she Must feel so deep an in-
terest. I beg that I may be also permitted to express the
sincere gratification which we all feel that we should have
on this occasion the high honour of the presence among us
of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales
and the Duke of Edinburgh."

The Duke of SUTHERLAND returned thanks in appro-
priate terms, expressing his sorrow that the Dowager
Duchess was unable, from ill health, to attend, as she had
fully intended to be present.

The covering was then removed, and the bronze figure
exposed to view.

The iiuke then presented Mr. Noble to the Prince and
Princess of Wales; both of whom complimented him on the
manner in which his work had been completed.
The statue and the party in front were afterwards photo-
graphed by Mr. James, Golspie.

Cheers were then given for the Queen,. the Prince and
Princess of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, and for the children of the Prince
and Princess, after which the party returned to the Castle
to luncheon.

The afternoon was spent by the party in deer-stalking
on Ben Braggio.

The return issued by the Bank of France shows
a decrease of £20,000 in the bullion, but there is also
a diminution of 2256,000 in the notes in circulation,
and £24,000 in the advances on stock. 'The bills
discounted have run off £360,000, and the current
accounts £776,000. The Treasury balances are
£746 400 larger.

It has been announced that a general meeting
of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and
China will be held on the 17th October, for the
purpose of declaring an interim dividend for the
past year.