The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-08 00:00:00

remarkably well adapted to the countries wherein
it flourishes, but I suppose people would not gene-
ral!), prefer a camel if they could procure the same
advantages in an animal of less ungainly exterior.
The nation has a right to expect not only that
convenience should be studied, but that it should
be so studied and general as to form the principal
claim to our admiration, and thus be productive of
living and necessary architectural combinations,
other wise unattainable, and which would mark the
age.—Your obedient obedient,
Ramsgate, June 20. E. WELBY PUGIN.

Card tirnflar.

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 7.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice,
drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Louise
and Prince Leopold, went out this morning.

Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse returned
;o the Castle from London this morning.
The Queen held a Council to-day at ono o'clock.

[EALTH OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
(THIS DAY).

The following bulletin was issued this morn-

ing :

" Marlborough House, July 8.
Her Royal Highness and infant Princess are
going on perfectly well.
" ARTHUR FARRE, M.D.

" EDWARD 11. SIEVEKING, M.D."

The Prince of Wales's family now numbers four,
viz., Albert Victor Charles Edward, born January
8, 1864 ; George Frederick Ernest &Ibert, born
June 3, 1865 ; Louise Victoria Alexandrina Dag-
mar, born February 20, 1867 ; and the princess as
yet unnamed, whose birth formed the subject of
congratulations at Marlborough House on Monday.

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and
Mrs. Gladstone were honoured by the company of their
Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess de Paris at
dinner last evening, at their residence on Carlton House-
terrace. The dinner circle included his Excellency the
Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff, the
Duke of Argyll and Lady Edith Campbell, the Duke of
Devonshire, Lord and Lady Frederick Cavendish, Lord
William Hay, Lord Eliot, the Hon. and Very Rev, the
Dean of Windsor and Mrs. Wellesley, (Sze. After dinner
Mrs. Gladstone received a select circle.

The Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne, who has re-
sided for the last eighteen months at Jerusalem, for
the purpose of personally superintending the erec-
tion of a chapel somewhat similar to that on the
Campo Santo at Pisa, has gratuitously ceded to the
French Government an estate she has purchased on
Mount Olivet, and which, according to tradition,
is the exact spot whence Our Saviour delivered the
Sermon on the Mount. The Princess has made
this donation without any reserve, except that of
being allowed to continue the erection of the sacred
buildings, of which she has submitted a plan to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ambassador of Russia has transmitted to the
Prefect of the Seine a marble bust of his Imperial
master, which Alexander 11. presents to the city of
Paris in acknowledgment of the evening of the Bth
of June, 1867, when he dined at the Hotel de
Ville. The bust will be placed in the gallery con-
taining those of Sovereigns who have partaken of
the civic hospitalities since 1852. The list is a long
one, considering the personages of which it is com-
posed :—The Queen of England and the Prince
Consort, Victor Emmanuel, Pedro V. (the late
King of Portugal), his brother, Luiz I. (the present
King of the country), the Queen of Portugal, the
late King Maximilian 11. of Bavaria, the Sultan,
the Emperor of Germany, the King of Belgium,
the Queen of Belgium, and the Emperor of All the
Russias.

A large number of Parliamentary veterans have
decided not to seek re-election to the new House of
Commons. In the list are many who have been
members of Parliament ever since the 10-pounders
in boroughs and the 50-pounders in counties have
exeretked the franchise under the provisions of the
Act of 1832. Amongst the hon. members who will,
retire is Lord Hotham, who is 74 years of age. Hie
lordship and Colonel Peers Williams, the senior re-
presentative of Great Marlow, may be termed the
joint fathers of the House of Commons, for both
have been in Parliament 48 years. Lord Hothani
has during that long period successively repre-
sented Leominster and the East Riding of York-
shire, while Colonel Williams has sat uninter-
ruptedly for the constituency which he now re-
presents.

A most interesting work, entitled 4( Marl@
Amelia de Bourbon," has just appeared. The
frontispiece consists of a portrait of the aged Queen,
Winterbalter, and the book itself contains several
autographs, amongst which are letters from Louis
Philippe, the Queen herself, the Duchess of Orleans,
and the various members of the Orleans family ;
and a letter likewise from the present King of Bel-
gium, written when he was quite a child. A most
curious narrative by the Count of Paris, written
for his mother, gives an intelligent account of his
visit to Cail's foundry, where the young Prince wag
present at the casting of the various parts of a rail-
way engine.
The following paragraph is from the Figaro
Among the items of the annual expenses incident

to the keeping up of the House of Commons ism
Towards dusting and sweeping the House of Coal'
mons during the session of 1867, £1,150 sterling•
'Good heavens !' exclaims the much-amazed Figaro,
what wild gymnastic exploits must not the
members of the house indulge to raise such a dust
as to require the above outlay ! How can the staid
representatives of the English nation possibly spend
their time ? Do they jouer de la semelle between
their speeches ? But even so, to have to pay £1,150
sterling to sweep away the dust made by these
gentlemen sounds rather hard lines for the country.
Why is there no mat at the entrance door?' Jouef
de la semelle is a practice common amongst college
boys and children, who warm their feet in winter
by striking the soles of their shoes or boots in gi
measured manner against those of another OW
mate."

A remarkable illustration of the character of the
British juryman was given the other day in a trial
before Mr. Justice Hannen. The point at issue
was whether a builder could recover a sum of
money from the property of a lunatic for 104
done at the order of his wife since deceased. The
lady had been in the receipt of a certain allowance'
and the judge told the jury that if they thought
this allowance had been ample to defray all er
penses, these repairs included, then the husband 15
estate would not be liable. The jury could nck
shut their eyes to the fact that the allowance had
been ample ; but one of them inquired of the",,
judge with a kind of indignant simplicity that
most amusing, " But, my lord, is not the man to
be paid ?" His lordship then laid down with great
gravity that they must not allow that consider*.
tion to influence them by one hair's breadth-1
view of the case evidently shocking to the mind
the small tradesman by whom no higher princiPl,cie
was conceivable than that a man should be pal
for his work no matter how or by whom. Anothe
juror immediately asked, "If we find it v(0
sufficient sum the tradesman will not get by"
money," and was again assured by the same i,,/1;
exorable authority that this had nothing to t't
with the present question. The jury then rat
sulkily found that the allowance was sufficient, apt
the verdict was entered for the defendant. .13`i
they tacked on to their verdict the expression e'
an opinion that the wife was the husband's agent
and struggled manfully against the instructions
the judge.
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