The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-15 00:00:00

FACTS AND FANCIES.

M. Sartiges, the French Ambassador at Rome, has found
out one of those wonderful Italian harpsichords, such as
Salvator Rosa painted, and presented it to the Conserva-
toire of Paris.

Mrs. Dora Tracy, well known to California as a lady of
considerable talent and dramatic ability, died recently in
San Francisco, aged 37.
A minstrel returned from Paris to San Francisco ad-
vertises that he did the "Cure," "Sally Come Up," and
" That's My Son," in pantomime, before the Emperor and
Empress. Guess not.
Masquerades in San Francisco pay from fifty to one
hundred and twenty dollars for one night's use of fancy
dresses on special occasions. No hard times in the land
of gold.
The bear which escaped from the ruins of Barnum's is
now billed as the "Fire Imp."

"Enoch Arden," dramatised, is given at the Washington
National.

"No Thoroughfare," under the title of " L'Abinie," is
in rehearsal at the Porte St. Martin.— Wilkes Spirit of the
Times.

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Letters from Dublin continue to spai of a enasiasra
with which the Irish people regard the Boyar visit. The
Telegraph correspondent, writing on Monday, says :
" Vast numbers of the rural population, and of the popu)
lation of large towns, are pouring into the Irish capital, to
the amazement of those dwellers therein who have looked
forward to considerable incursions. A gentleman who has
travelled from Tralee to-day, and Tralee is 270 miles or
thereabout from Dublin, says that nothing like the
excitement of the town has ever been witnessed
there since anybody remembers. I had heard,
this morning, that the trains from that same
town, and from Cork, and from other places, had
been crammed, leaving many persons on the platforms.
One long and heavy train that had left the Cork station
had to be divided into two parts before it had gone very
far. From all districts come, authentically, the most
gratifying accounts of the state of popular feeling, the
name of the Princess of Wales being alraost magical in its
effect on the humblest class of the Queen's subjects in
Ireland. The Prince unquestionably stands well with the
great mass of the Irish people ; but, as he himself will
chiefly rejoice to know, this national welcome, preparing
for the Royal visitors who are to land at Kingstown on
Wednesday, is in the main animated by delight at the
coming of the Princess."

The Star thus describes the scene at the departure of
their Royal Highnesses from Euston-square :—" The car-
riages to be occupied by the Royal party consisted of the
Prince of Wales's and two other royal saloons, a,
first-class carriage, and two other carriages, form-
ing a separate royal train, to which the ordinary ex-
press train was attached. The royal carriages were fine
specimens of the art of the railway upholsterer, and the
entrance to the station through which the royal
party were to pass was hung with scarlet cloth. The
hour and place of the intended departure having become
known, a considerable crowd collected at and outside the
station, and accorded to the first royal arrival—the Duke
of Cambridge—the homage of a cheer. His Royal High-,
nes.. who arrived about halt an hour before the starting ot
train, was soon in earnest conversation with the rail•

Ly Officials, and was apparently, with characteristisgood
nature, taking every precaution to promote the comfort
of his fair cousin and the ladies of her suite on their
long and tiresome railway journey. Shortly after his
Royal Highness arrived Prince Tech alighted, and
was warmly greeted by the duke. Soon afterwards a
loud shout outside the gate of the terminus announced that
the Prince and Princess had arrived. They were received
with the most hearty and vociferous cheering, which was
again renewed when their Royal Highnesses stepped from
the carriage, and cordially acknowledged their sense of
the manner in which they had been greeted. Mr. Sherrard
and Mr. R. Benson, two of the directors of the London and
North Western Railway, were in attendance, together with
the secretary and other officials. The Princess looked in
excellent health and spirits, and appeared almost entirely
recovered from her recent illness. For the information of
lady readers, it may be stated that she wore a dark velvet
over a blue dress. The Princess was handed from the
carriage by the Duke of Cambridge, and was conducted
by him to the railway carriage. The Prince of Wales,
Prince Teck, and the various noblemen, ladies, and
gentlemen composing their suite, amongst whom
were Lady Carmarthen, the Hon. Mrs Stonor,
Major Grey, and Lieutenant - General Knollys,
and Colonel Hardinge, Equerry to the Queen,
followed, and immediately after taking their seats the
guard's whistle was heard, and the train started on its
journey. As the royal carriage moved out of the station
its illustrious occupants stood up and repeatedly bowed to
the people. The weather at the time was glorious, the
crowd around loyal and enthusiastic, the Royal party
evidently in high spirits, and it is to be hoped that the
happy omens of the day will be entirely verified by the
occurrences of a visit for a hundred reasons. infinitely
more important than ordinary State pageantries or the
Royal visits generally recorded by the Court newsman."..