The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-10 00:00:00

DINNER TO MR. LONGFELLOJV.

On Thursday evening a dinner was given to Profesnr
Longfellow by Mr. Bierstadt, a distinguished American
artist, at the Langham Hotel, Portland-place. The
occasion was of a thoroughly international character, and
the attendance comprised some of the most distinguishes'
men on both sides of the Atlantic. The entertainment
itself was a brilliant one, and nothing was wanting to
render it a fitting homage to the poet whose works have
become household words in England as well as in America.
After the dinner, which was intended to be of a private
nature, there were loud calls for Mr. Gladstone, and the
right hon. gentleman ultimately responded to the urgent
demonstrations of the assembly.

Mr. C.-lITDs;oNE said he felt bound to say something in
consequence of the glorious past which the two countries
—England and the United States—possessed in common.
It became them to break through even the restrictions
which the authority of their respected host had imposed,
upon them, and to give vent to those enthusiastic
feelings which one and all entertained on that
interesting occasion. It was impossible to sit at the
social board with a man of Mr. Longfellow's world-wide
fame without offering him some tribute of admiration.
Let them, therefore, simply but cordially assure him that
they were conscious of the great honour which they did
themselves in receiving this great poet amongst them.
There was no class of persons less able to do justice to an
event of that kind than those whose career destined,
them to tread the toilsome and dusty road of polities!
and who were, therefore, too little sensible of the
influences which were brought to bear upon mankind in
general by the priest of the muses. But at the same
time they were not so wholly dead to the sentiments
which were naturally awakened on an occasion of that
kind as not to be glad to render the tribute of hearty
admiration to one whom they must regard %tot only as a
poet, but as an American citizen. (Cheers.) They
rejoiced to recognise in Mr. Longfellow one of the distin-
guislied brotherhood of letters whom they all delighted to
honour, and in whose writings they felt an especial interest
whenever any international event occurred to bring
together representatives of the literature of England and
the United States. The right hon. gentleman concluded
by calling upon the company to drink most heartily and
cordially to the health, happiness, and fame of Professor
Longfellow. (Loud and long-continued cheering.)
Mr. LONGFELLOW acknowledged the compliment with
great Lrevity, begging the company to accept his hearty
thanks for the generous welcome which had been accorded

to him.
The Duke of ARGYLL, in response to a general call,
proposed the healths of Admiral Farragut, of the United,
States navy, and Sir Hope Grant, of the British army.

After a brief acknowledgment from those gentlemen.
The Rev. Mr. Cox proposed the health of Mr. Bierstadt,
who in one or two words acknowledged the compliment,
and the company then dispersed.
In the course of the evening Mr. J. L. Hatton and Mr.
Chaplin Tienry supplied an appropriate musical entertain.,
me❑t, a Id the latter gentleman sang Mr. Longfellow'e.
Village Blacksmith."
Mrs. Bierstadt and several other ladies entered the room
before the close of the proceedings, and the former received
the congratulations of many of the guests.
A likeness of the distinguished poet was attached to the
bill of fare placed before the company, and a small oii
picture, painted by Mr. Dierstadt, was attached to the
nicnit especially prepared for Mr. Longfellow himself, the
subject of it being " The Departure of Hiawatha," as
described in the concluding lines of the poem.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT. —A few days ago a packer,
named Lee, in the employ of the Somerset and Dorsel
Railway Company, was seated on the embankment of tilt
line near Edington, apparently asleep. The driver of an
approaching passenger train, having perceived him, bleu
his whistle, but could not arouse him. The train came on,
however, and Lee's head, which was over the rail, was com-
py
letelsevered from the body, which remained undisturbed
by the concussion.

PROPOSED RAILWAY BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND
IRELAND.—The Northern TVhig says : " Two gentlenien-
L. Livingstone Macassey, C.E., and William Scott, C.E.
and Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts—have
just published a report on a proposed railway tunnelf
between Scotland and Ireland. We cannot pronounce
any opinion as to• the feasibility of the scheme, though
the two authors of this report, after having, as
they say, thoroughly investigated the matter, have no
doubt as to its practicability. As, however, the possibility
of making a tunnel from Dover to Calais has been seriously
thought of, it is not altogether unnatural that there should
be a proposition to make a railway tunnel to join Scotlancl
and. Ireland, and save squeamish travellers the sickly.
horrors of even the short sea passage."

THE PRINCESS OF WALES.—The happy and
healthy course of the accouchement of her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales is a source of unalloyed satis-
faction. Her Royal Highness was driving out on Sunday,
and at 4.25 a.m. on Monday her new little princess came
into the world ;1)r. Arthur Faire and Dr. Sieveking being
in attendance. Happily, nothing either in the accouche-
ment or the convalescence has occurred to recall the un-
fortunate illness which marred the recovery of the royal
patient on the last occasion. Nor has it in any way in-
fluenced unfavourably the present event. Everything has
passed off auspiciously, and the medical record is a pros-
perous blank. The little princesS is a fine healthy and
thriving infant. In three days the daily bulletins will,
in the regular course, be discontinued—always a good
sign.—British Medical JOU7')I al.
THREE WOMEN DROWNED. —An accident of a
fatal character occurred about midway between the
parishes of Southey and Littleport on Wednesday morn-
ing about 7.30. A young woman named Edwards
was driving her sister and a friend, Nailer, to the
Littleport station. After passing a place called
Brand-creek about half a mile, the :read runs along the
side of the river, the Great Ouse. The stream is much
lower than the road, and the declivity is very steep. From
some unknown cause the animal, which was blind, went
on this declivity, and the pony and cart and the three
women were thrown kito the river ; -the women were all
drowned. No one witnessed the accident, but a person
saw something in the river plunging, which proved to be
the pony, about twenty cc thirty • minutes after the as*
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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 9.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, Prince and Princess Christian, Prin-
cess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice
arrived at Osborne last evening, at twenty minutes
past eight o'clock.
The Duke of Edinburgh landed from the Galatea
in the evening and dined with her Majesty.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince and Prin-
cess Louis of Hesse, Princess Louise, and Princess
Beatrice, walked in the grounds this morning.

EALTH OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

(THIS DAY).

The following bulletin was issued this morn-

ing :

" Marlborough House, July 10.
Her Royal Highness and infant Princess are
going on perfectly well.
" ARTHUR FARRE,

" EDWARD H. SIEVEKING, M.D."

Si!? TV. SCOTT'S AU7OGRAPII MSS.

The original autograph MSS. of Sir Walter
Scott's celebrated novels and poems, and the proof
sheets of the life of Napoleon, and many of his
other works, were yesterday brought under the
hammer of Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods,
at their rooms in King-street, St. James's, by order
of the trustees of the late Mr. Robert Cadell,
of Edinburgh. The sale created quite a sensa-
tion in the literary world, and each lot was keenly
contested. The following is the result of the
sale : —Lot 1. " Quentin Durward." The original
autograph MS., 4to, Russia, extra, uncut. £142.
(Mr. Toovey, of Piccadilly)..-2. " The Abbot."
The original autograph MS., 4to, Russia, extra,
uncut. Pp. 31-53 in vol. i., and 29-31 in vol. ii.,
deficient. £5O. (Mr. J. Murray. Albemarle-street.)
—3. " Chronicles of the Canongate." First and
second series, 4to, russia, extra, uncut. £5l. (Mel-
ville.)-4. " Woodstock." The original autograph
MS., 4to, russia, extra, uncut. £l2O (Thorpe.)
5. " The Betrothed." The original autograph MS.,
bound up with No. 6,4 to, russia, extra. £77.
(Lauder.) 6. "The Talisman." The original au-
tograph MS., 4to, £7O. (Lauder.) 7. " St.
Ronan's Well." The original autograph MS.
4to, extra, uncut. £ll9. (Lauder.) 8. "The
Vision of Don Roderick," and other Pieces,
4to, russia, extra, uncut (Stanzas 19 to 54
in " Don Roderick" deficient). £57. (A. W.
Elrick.) 9. " Life of Napoleon Bonaparte." 9 vols.
Bvo. The proof sheets, with MS. notes by Sir
Walter Scott's friend and printer, Mr. James Bal-
lantyne, the margins covered with corrections and
additions in the autograph of the author, Russia,
extra, uncut. In these interesting volumes is in-
serted Sir IValter Scott's correspondence with the
Printer during the progress of the work, compris-
ing 57 Autograph Letters. £69. (Bret.) 10.
" Woodstock," 3 vols. in 2, Bvo. The proof sheets
of the first edition, with numerous MS. notes by
Mr. John ,Ballantyne, and very extensive correc-
tions and additions in the autograph of the author.
Russia extra, uncut. Inserted are 14 autograph
letters written to Ballantyne during the printing
of the work. £59. (Boone.)-11. "Tales of the
Crusaders ;" " The Betrothed," and " The
Talisman," 4 vols in 2, Bvo. The proof sheets of
he first edition, with MS. notes for Mr. James

Ballantyne, and numerous corrections and additions
in the autograph of the author. Russia extra,
uncut. Inserted are 8 autograph letters written to
Ballantyne during the progress of the work. £4O-
- "Fortunes of Nigel" and " Quentin
Durward," 6 vols. in 3, Bvo. The proof sheets
of the first edition, with MS. notes by Mr.
James Ballantyne, and numerous corrections and
additions in the autograph of the author. Russia
extra, uncut. £43. (Toovey.)--13 " Peveril
of the Peak," 4 vols. in 2, Bvo. The proof sheets
of the first edition, with MS. notes by Ballantyne,
and numerous corrections and additions in the
autograph of the author. Russia extra, un'
cut. £26. (H. Stevens).-14. " The Pirate,"
vols. in 2, Bvo. The proof sheets of the first
edition, with MS. notes by Ballantyne, and coffee'
tions and additions in the autograph of the author-
Russia extra, uncut. £27. (Boone.)-15. ‘• Ivan'
hoe," " Bride of Lammermoor," "Legend of
Montrose," Bvo. Fragments of the proof sheets'
with MS. notes by Ballantyne, and corrections and
additions in the autograph of the author. Russia
extra, uncut. £2l. (Toovey.) Mr. Ballantyne
notes to all these works are very interesting, a 5
they contain the corrections which he sug-
gested during the printing, as well as occa-
sional criticisms and remarks. Sir Walter appeal
generally to have adopted the advice of
his friend; but sometimes they did not agree, and
some of his notes in reply are very characteristic.
16. " Tales of a Grandfather," being stories frel?
the History of Scotland, 6 vols., 12m0., interleaveu'
with numerous corrections and additions by the
author, half russia, extra uncut. Edinburgh, 182°,1
—There was great competition for this, the last leu
in the sale. It was put up at £5. The bidding!
went on till they reached £6O, when it was knock.
down to Mr. Toovey ; but there being two bidders
at the latter sum it was put up again ; and 111t1
mately it was adjudged to Mr. Beet, of Bond-stree"
at £lOO. The whole realised £1,073.

S7EA2II SHIPBUILDING ON 711 E, CLYDE

Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co. have launehe6,
the City of Rio de Janeiro, an iron steamer, of 1,42 v
tons burden, builders' measurement, and 300 hora.he-
power nominal. The City of Rio de Janeiro,
will be engined by her builders, is of the followi",
dimensions: Length between perpendiculars, 265ft';
breadth, 35ft. ; and depth (moulded), 27ft. Bin. he
has been built to the order of Messrs. P. Tait 313,,
Co., of London, and is intended for the Loncl°''
Belgian, Brazil, and River Plate Steamship °li
Messrs. Aitken and Mansel, of Whiteinch, launched
a screw of 800 tons builders' measurement, nOleto
the Headquarters. This vessel has been built
the order of Mr. W. Laing, of Leith, and 111,0
be fitted with compound high and low press%
engines of 110-horse power by Messrs. J. .I\-itl;e.
and Co., of Cranston-bill. The Maori, screw, bilij
for the New Zealand trade by Messrs. BlackWof
and Gordon, has made a favourable trial trip.
Messrs. Caird and Co., of Greenock, have contracto
to build two additional steamers—to ply betty eto
Bremen and Baltimore—for the North G-errabio
Lloyd. The steamers are to be ready for sea wi", 6,
ten months. The Samaria, built by Messrs. 3. Ouoo
Thomson, for the Atlantic service of Messrs. 136'06
and Madver, has just been launched. Her dillioft,
sions are as follow :—Length, 325 ft. ; breadth, 3
6in. ; depth, 28ft. ; and gross burden, 2,600 t°oo
The Samaria will be fitted with engines of 400-Orot
power. The De Buffel, armour-clad twin screw turto
ram, built by Messrs. Napier and Sons, for the Pilo.
Government, has made a trial trip, in which sh
tamed a mean speed of 12.82 knots per hour,v/ the
with her screws alone—one going ahead and ip
other backing—she made a complete revolutioci,
about 4/ min. The De Buffel, being a twin s° tips
has two distinct pairs of engines of the colleettej
force of 400 horse-power nominal. She is i.lOO,
with two 300-pounder 121 ton Armstrong go.o,
Her principal dimensions are as follow :—Letif,lo
205 ft. ; breadth, 40ft. ; depth, 241 t. Her sicle'cr
plated with armour six inches thick, with a 19°t 00
ing of teak ten inches thick, and this again osreci vi
inner skin of iron one inch thick, support:ore°
strong iron frames. She has one revolving or
on Captain Coles's principle, plated with si'e'ci
mour, with a backing of 12in. teak, and fits
already indicated.
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CHORAL FESTIVAL AT WINDSOR. YeStet4-'
annual festival of the choirs of the deaneries of urliflcil,
anl Maidenhead was held at the church of o%ooo'
'Trinity, Windsor. The choirs, numbering tlitc:000A1
about 600 voices, assembled in St. Mark's scb°°,;bri
from wh!ch they walked in procession to the chordLi "0 0"
he services were held. There was a large attoll(1511
Ithe local clergy.