The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1844.

SU AM' OF NEWS

AND

Vubitt Optnton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Sunday evening their Majesties, the King and
Queen of the French, received the Minister for Foreign
Affairs and General de Saint Yon.

The Bavarian and Danish Ministers had yesterday
audiences of the King, to deliver to his Majesty letters
from their respective Sovereigns, in answer to the noti-
fications of the birth of the Duke d'Alencon. A similar
letter from the Queen of Spain has been transmitted to
the King, through the Spanish Charge d'Affaires, in the
absence of the Ambassador.
Admiral Lasusse, who arrived at Havre on Sunday,
took his departure thence on Monday, for Cherbourg, in
the Government steamer Canaan.
The Pattie mentions a rumour that the King and
Queen of Naples will visit Paris towards the end of Oc-
tober or the beginning of November.
Captain Aufray, of the Spahis, has died at Lalla-
Maghrin of 'the wounds which he received at the battle
of Isly.
M. Camille Perier, Peer of France, fell a victim on
Saturday, at Paris, to a long and painful malady, at the
age of sixty-three. He was auditor in the Council of
State under the Republic, and Prefect for some years
under the Restoration, but, being dismissed from this
latter situation, he took his place as a Member of the
Chamber of Deputies. In 1830, he was one of the first
deputies in Paris who protested against the violation of
engagements by the Crown, and he gave his support to
the new Government. During his brother's Ministry,
he afforded him all the assistance in his power. He was
called to the Chamber of Peers in 1837.
A large number of distinguished persons went on
Monday to Neuilly to offer th King their congratula-
tions on the conclusion of the peace with Morocco.
A Naples letter of the 6th inst. speaks of the marriage
of the Duke d'Aumale with his first cousin, the Princess
of Salerno, as fixed for the second week of next month.
Great preparations were in progress for the celebration
of the marriage with pomp and circumstance.
The Duke de Bordeaux arrived at Venice on the 23d
ult., and put up at the Hotel Danieli, on the quay of the
Sclavonians. Sea bathing has been recommended to
him, and he appears to excel in the art of swimming,
having several times swum, without resting, from the
idole to the Lido, a distance of three miles. The Prince
is accompanied by the Duke de Levis and M. de Monty
Reze. The persons summoned to attend the legiti-
matist congress were nearly all at their post. Messrs.
Illyde de Neuville, La Tour Foissac, Hautpoult and St.
Priest, had already arrived at Venice. Messrs. Aurelien
de Seze and St. Marc, members of the bar at Bordeaux,
were also expected. Marshal Sebastiani was at Milan
watching the legitimatist movement.
The Augsburg Gazette announces that a divorce has
been decreed between Prince Gustavus Vasa and the
Princess Louisa Amelia Stephania of Baden, and that
the judgment has been confirmed by the Grand Duke.
Thus the parties are relieved from the bonds of matri-
mony, and each may contract a new alliance. They
were married on the 9th November, 1830.
Letters from Rome represent the state of the public
mind in the Roman States as very unsettled.
A Vienna letter, bearing date the 9th instant, says:—
" The Government has given permission to a company
to establish a central railroad in Hungary. It is hoped
that the Government will guarantee the payment of
5 per cent. interest. A capital of 18 millions will be ne-
cessary to execute this line, and of this sum eight mil-
lions have already been obtained by subscription, and
three by the intervention of Baron de Rothschild, so that
only seven remain to be raised. The concession is made
for eighty years. Several branch lines have also been
authorised. The works will be executed simultaneously
between Pesth and Vienna, and Pesth and Debreczen."

The Berlin journals state that the grand line of rail-
road between Berlin and Kcenisburgh is decided upon,
and that it is to run by Kustrem, Landsberg, Driesen,
and the other towns towards the Vistula. From Drie-
sen, it is said, there are to be two branches, one to
Posen and to Stargardt, in Pomerania, in order to
unite these two towns with Stettin. In this case, the
distance between Berlin and Posen may be performed in
nine or ten hours, and between Berlin and Stettin in
seven or eight hours. The surveys of the railroad be-
tween Posen and Glogan are very nearly finished.

LAW AND POLICE.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, James Croft, who had
been in custody, but had been released on an interim
order, perceiving that the Court was about to dismiss
his petition, walked quietly out of Court ; and when ap-
plication was made to remand him, he could no where
be found.

The case of the Hon. Mr. Tonchet was postponed at
the Central Criminal Court until the ensuing sessions.
Edwin and William Hartledge, brothers, were brought
before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, charged
with robbery in the house of Mr. Sarl, jeweller, of the
Poultry and Cornhill. ' :The prisoners were both com-
mitted for trial, and bills were ordered to be laid before
the Grand Jury at once, so that in all probability a very
few hours will intervene between their committal and
their trial.

Three men, of the names of William Hawthorn,
Frederick Cornwall, and Henry Baldwin, habited in
countrymen's garb, and one of them having but one eye,
were charged at Bow-street, as having escaped from the

gaol at St. Alban's. They were arrested by Sergeants
Parker and Thornton, and having acknowledged they
were the persons, they were sent to St. Alban's in

custody.
At Clerkenwell, on Tuesday, police-constable John
Grey, 157 E, was charged by the Rev. Mr. Kelly, Rector
of Stilongan, in the county of Dublin, with aiding, incit-
ing, and abetting an apprentice to run away from him ;
also with using abusive and insulting language towards
Caroline George, a servant to the Rev. Gentleman, who
now resides at 18, Regent-square. Ho was convicted,
and as the conviction will ensure his dismissal from the
force, he was only fined 11.
James Riley was brought up on remand, charged with
being concerned, with another man not in custody, with
robbing a young man from Dover of 101. The com-
plainant had been inveigled into.the Ram Jam public-
house, and robbed ; and, as some suspicion attached to
the conduct of the landlord, he was directed to enter
into recognizances to appear on Tuesday, to which the
prisoner was remanded.
George Alexander, charged with feloniously and ma-
liciously stabbing Mr. George Tomlinson, the chief mate
of the ship Sultana, from Sydney, with intent to do him
grievous bodily harm, was committed for trial at the
Maidstone Assizes, from the Thames-office.

A policeman named Speary, No. 153 K, who wrong-
fully took a man into custody, and was reprimanded by
Mr. Broderip for so doing, on Tuesday afternoon, was
formally dismissed the force by the Commissioners.

COUNT-PAIMIONABLEI.
The Prince and Princess Radzivill left town yesterday
morning for Badminton, on a visit to their Graces the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. Twelve splendid horses
.
purchased this country by Prince Radzivill for his
Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, were shipped
on Saturday last for St. Petersburgh.
The Duke and Duchess of Somerset came to town on
Tuesday for a short interval, and returned the same even-
ing to Wimbledon Park. Their Graces entertained a
select party at Wimbledon last evening.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton, who have been
cruising off the French coast, returned to the Isle of
Wight on Sunday. The Noble Earl and Countess
landed at Cherbourg last week.
Lady Elizabeth Rope Vere returns to town on Friday.
The marriage of her Ladyship's daughter, Miss Jane
Hope
Vere, with Viscount Loftus, son of the Marquis
of Ely, is not expected to take place until the first week
in October.
His Excellency Baron Brunnow entertained a select
circle at dinner last evening, which included Count
Nesselrode, Count Dmitry Nesselrode, the Baroness
Seebach, M. Hebeler (Prussian Consul-General), M. de
Maltzoff, Admiral Pootiatin, M. do Berg, M. de Koudri-
affsky, M. Gregoire de Koudriaffsky, &c.
Count Nesselrode will leave town to-day, accompanied
by his son, Count Dmitry Nesselrode, and the Baroness
Seebach, his daughter, for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to
his Grace the Duke of Bedford. The Count, after
visiting Stowe and Chatsworth, will make a short tour
in Scotland, returning by the lakes, and finally leave
England on the 4th of next month.

163ESCIEEMANEOUB.
A number of the principal rate-payers in Oldham and
the adjaCent townships are taking measures with a view
to the introduction of the new Poor-law, whilst a con-
siderable body of the middle and working classes are
strongly opposed to the change. It is reported that the
late irregularities in the administration of the parochial
affairs of Oldham, and the recent mismanagement in the
conducting of Middleton workhouse have produced the
present proceedings.
Mr. O'Connell, it is said, starts for Derrynane shortly
after the martyrs' feast, on Thursday next. The bea-
gles, it is added, are in training for the 4, Liberator's"
return to his mountain home. On his arrival in Dublin,
in November, he promises to attend another feast, to be
given in his honour in Meath.
On Saturday, the 31st ultimo, as the Lord Lovat
coach, from Peterhead to Banff, was changing horses
about ten miles from the latter place, the fresh horses
which had just been put to, from some unknown cause,
were startled, and set off at full speed, without guard or
coachman. Mr. Macduie, perfumer, Banff, who was an
outside passenger, unfortunately leaped from the top,
and although ho alighted upon his feet, fell back from
the recoil before one of the hind wheels, which passed
over his chest, and caused death in a few minutes.
A Government agent has visited Sunderland, and sur-
veyed and approved the site selected by the Public Walks
Committee as a recreation ground for the inhabitants.
On Friday, Messrs. Chappell and Marsden, of Cannon-
street, Manchester (through their agent, Mr. Slack),
made an advance of ten per cent. in the prices paid to
the handloom weavers in their employment in Wigan
and the neighbourhood. We hope, for the sake of so
industrious a class as the weavers are universally admitted
to be, that this example will be followed by a general
advance throughout the trade.
Last week one of the Assistant Poor-law Commis-
sioners visited Rochdale, for the purpose (as it is re-
ported) of shortly putting the New Poor-law into force
in that borough. There appears to be great opposition
to it at present.
The most active exertions have been made during
these few days to discover tho delinquents in the late
Bank forgery and robbery case, and it having been ascer-
tained that they have proceeded to the United States, J.
and D. Forester, the active police-officers, will be sent
immediately to America, to apply to the authorities there
for the necessary powers, under the late Act of Conven-
tion, to apprehend the guilty parties.

LITERATURE.
PERCY RELIQUES. 3 Vols.
Moxer, London, 1844.
We have here a republication, in three small, cheap,
neatly printed duodecimo volumes, of Bishop Percy's
well-known " Reliques of Ancient English Poetry"
—a fascinating collection of old songs, odes, and
ballads, which first gave an impulse to the youthful
genius of Southey and Scott, and produced a greater
effect on the mind of the last generation than any
work of that time on record. It is not a little curious
that in the decline of his life, when he had attained
rank and wealth in the Church, Dr. Percy professed
to be ashamed of his " Reliques," and was not best
pleased when the subject was alluded to in his pre-
sence. Yet it is by this despised work—and by this
only—that his name is now honourably known among
us ; as Bishop of Dromore, he is long since forgotten;
but as long as a taste for genuine national poetry
survives among us, so long will " Percy's Reliques "
retain a high place in our imaginative literature.

E 0 THEN. 011ivier, London, 1844.
The author of this volume of travels has given it
the quaint appellation of Eothen, from the circum-
stance of the word, which is of Greek origin, signi-
fying " from the early dawn"—that is to say, from
the East, in which quarter chiefly he prosecuted his
travels. He should have explained this matter in the
title-page--or, rather, he should not have given such
a title to his work at all, for it must be caviare to the
majority of his readers, and even those who are ac-
quainted with the meaning of the term " Eothen,"
will not be best pleased with the pedantry that sug-
gested it. But, however, it may be with the title,
there is nothing of pedantry in the volume itself,
which is penned in an easy and amusing style, and is
by no means devoid of the requisite variety of matter.
Starting from Belgrade on the Danube—an important
post well known in the Turkish wars with Austria and
Russia—the author set out for Constantinople, which
he reached after a long harassing journey, and then
rambled over the Tread—which he describes, by the
bye, in a very slight and superficial manner; visited
Lady Hester Stanhope in her mountain fastness on
the edge of the Syrian desert ; thence passed on to
the Holy Land, taking a peep at the river Jordan
and the Dead Sea on his route ; and having seen all
that was worthy of note in this hallowed district, he
passed into Egypt, and reached Cairo at the very time
when the plague was daily making the most destruc-
tive ravages in that devoted city. The chapter in
which he describes the aspect of Cairo at this appal-
ling season ; the incessant alarms of its inhabitants ;
the sight of the numerous funerals passing through
the streets ; the zealous system of isolation kept up
in many of the principal houses ; and his own course
of daily proceeding during the height of the visita-
tion ;—this chapter is written by the author in his
most spirited and circumstantial manner, and is, in
fact, by far the most entertaining in the volume. The
work is of an exceedingly slight and superficial cha-
racter, and not unfrequently, in the author's wish to
be smart and lively, he degenerates into mere flip-
pancy. 'We quote an interesting passage from his
chapter on the plague at Cairo :
" Going out one morning, I met unexpectedly the
scorching breath of the Khamseen wind, and fearing
that I should faint under the horrible sensations which
it caused, I returned to my rooms. Reflecting, however,
that I might have to encounter this wind in the desert,
where there would be no possibility of avoiding it, I
thought it would be better to brave it once more in the
city, and to try whether I could bear it or not. I there-
fore mounted my ass, and rode to old Cairo, and along
the gardens by the banks of the Nile. The wind was
hot to the touch as though it came from a furnace ; it
blew strongly, but yet with such perfect steadiness, that
the trees bending under its force remained fixed in the
same curves without perceptibly waving ; the whole sky
was obscured by a veil of yellowish gray, which shut
out the face of the sun. The streets were utterly silent,
being indeed almost entirely deserted, and not without
cause, for the scorching blast, whilst it fevers the blood,
closes up the pores of the skin, and is terribly distress-
ing, therefore, to every animal that encounters it. I
returned to my rooms dreadfully ill. My head ached
with a burning pain, and my pulse bounded quick, and
fitfully, but perhaps (as in the instance of the poor Le-
vantine, whose death I was mentioning), the fear, and
excitement which I felt in trying my own wrist, may
have made my blood flutter the faster.
" It is a thoroughly well believed theory, that during
the continuance of the plague, you can't be ill of any
other febrile malady ; an unpleasant privilege that! for
ill I was, and ill offerer, and I anxiously wished that the
ailment might turn out to be any thing rather than plague.
I had some right to surmise that my illness may have
been merely the effect of the hot wind, and this notion
was encouraged by the elasticity of my spirits, and by
a strong forefecling that much of my destined life in
this world was yet to come, and yet to be fulfilled.
That was my instinctive belief, but when I carefully
weighed the probabilities on the one side and on the
other, I could not help seeing that the strength of argu-
ment was all against me. There was a strong antece-
dent likelihood in favour of my being struck by the same
blow as the rest of the people who bad been dying around
me. Besides, it occurred to me, that after all, the uni-
versal opinion of the Europeans upon a medical ques-
tion, such as that of contagion might probably be cor-
rect, and if it were, I was so thoroughly ' compromised,'
and especially by the touch, and breath of the dying Me-
dico, that I had no right to expect any other fate than
that which now seemed to have overtaken me. Ba-
lancing as well as I could all the considerations which
hope and fear suggested, I slowly, and reluctantly came
to the conclusion that according to all merely reasonable
probability the plague had come upon me.
" You would suppose that this conviction would have
induced me to write a few farewell lines to those who
were dearest, and that having done that, I should have
turned my thoughts towards the world to come. Such,
however, was not the case ; I believe that the prospect
of death often brings with it strong anxieties about mat-
ters of comparatively trivial import, and certainly with
me the whole energy of the mind was directed towards
the one petty object of concealing my illness until the
latest possible moment—until the delirious stage.
did not believe that either Mysseri, or Dthemetri, who
had served me so faithfully in all trials, would have
deserted me (as most Europeans are wont to do) when
they knew that I was stricken by plague, but I shrank
from the idea of putting them to this test, and I dreaded
the
.consternation which the knowledge of my illness
would be sure to occasion.

" I was very ill indeed at the moment when my din-
ner was served, and my soul sickened at the sight of the
food, but I had luckily the habit of dispensing with the
attendance of servants during my meal, and as soon' as I
was left alone, I made a melancholy calculation of the
quantity of food which I should have eaten if I had been
in my usual health, and filled my plates accordingly,
and gave myself salt, and so on, as though I were going
to dine ; I then transferred the viands to a piece of the
omnipresent 7 imes newspaper, and hid them away in a
cupboard, for it was not yet night, and I dared not throw
the food into the street until darkness came. I did not at
all relish this proces:-. of fictitious dining, but at length
the cloth was removed, and I gladly reclined on my
divan (I would not lie down), with the ' Arabian
Nights' in my hand.
" I had a feeling that tea would be a capital thing for
me, but I would not order it till the usual hour. When
at last the time came, I drank deep draughts from the
fragrant cup. The effect was almost instantaneous. A.
plenteous sweat burst through my skin, and watered my
clothes through and through. I kept myself thickly
covered. The hot, tormenting weight which had been
loading my brain was slowly heaved away. The fever
was extinguished. I felt a new buoyancy of spirits, and
an unusual activity of mind. I went into my bed
under a load of thick covering, and when the morning
came, and I asked myself how I was, I found that I was
thoroughly well."

METROPOLITAN MORTALITY.—The number of
deaths within the bills of mortality in the week ending
on Saturday last presents a very favourable contrast with
the average either of the last five seasons or of the last
five years, the numbers being respectively 843, 900, and
946. Still, however, the number of deaths from epide-
mic diseases is considerably greater than the average,
there having died last week of diseases comprised under
this class no less than 236 persons, the average at this
season not being higher than 191. In diseases of the
brain, of the lungs, and of the stomach, there is a percep-
tible decrease ; but the ratio of mortality from small-pox
is still greater than ordinary, the deaths last week being
37, while the average mortality is not higher than 11.
In both hooping-cough and typhus there is also a consi-
derable increase. The greatest elevation to which the
mercury of the thermometer at Greenwich attained in the
sun was on Sunday, September 8, when it reached 95.4
deg. ; the lowest on the grass at the same place was on
Tuesday, September 10, when it fell to 34. The mean
temperature for the week was in the sun 86.2 ; on the
grass, 46.6.
FATAL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, the 31st
ult., as the Lord Lovat coach, from Peterhead to Banff,
was changing horses about ten miles from the latter
place, the fresh horses which had just been put to, from
some unknown cause, were startled, and set off at full
speed, without guard or coachman. Mr. Macduie, per-
fumer, Banff, who, was an outside passenger, unfortu-
nately leaped from the top, and, although he alighted
upon his feet, fell back from the recoil before one of the
hind wheels, which passed over his chest, and caused
death in a few minutes. Mr. Macduie had only com-
menced business at Whit Sunday last, and was in a fair
way of establishing an excellent trade, when thus sud-
denly cut off. The other passengers, two ladies, who
were inside, were more or less injured, the coach having
been upset about two miles from where the horses started.
—Elgin Courant.
PARISH CONSTABLES.—On the 29th of July last,
an Act came into operation to extend the powers of the
Act for the appointment and payment of parish con-
stables, There are five sections in the statute, and by
the third it is enacted that no toll shall be demanded or
taken on any turnpike-road or bridge for any horse or
police van, carriage, or cart, passing along such road or
bridge in the service of a superintendent constable, ap-
pointed under the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 109, for the
appointment and payment of parish constables, provided
that the superintendent constable shall produce a certi-
ficate of his appointment, signed by the clerk of the
peace, or shall have his dress according to the regulation
of the said county, at the time of claiming the exemp-
tion ; and every person who shall fraudulently claim or
take the benefit, shall for every offence be liable to a
penalty of not exceeding 51., and in all such cases the
proof of exemption shall be upon the party claiming the
Same

HER MAJESTY at BLAIR ATHOL.

BLAIR. ATHOL, TUESDAY, SEPT. 17.

Her Majesty continues in the enjoyment of excel-
lent health and spirits, and her complexion has already
'begun to glow under the rude hand of health, whose
established dwelling-place is in the hills and glens of
Scotland. Her Majesty left the shores of England
like a second Galatea—but constant exposure to the
weather and the fresh air, which streams through " the
land of mountain and of flood," have substituted a
healthful ruddiness, for the pale cast of thought with
which her Majesty's countenance has been sicklied
over since her recent confinement. Prince Albertand
the Princess Royal also begin to show the beneficial
effects of their residence here. The Princess Royal,
mounted on a Shetland pony, and attended by a groom
and servant, always accompanies her Majesty and the
Prince in their morning walk through the grounds,
and the royal parents are frequently seen to stop and
listen with alternations of interest and amusement to
the naifs observations of the youthful Princess on the
novelty of the objects which meet her view at every
instant.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle
shortly after luncheon, and proceeded to the hills im-
mediately in the front of the Castle, to have some
grouse shooting. His Royal Highness was accom-
panied by his noble host, who merely went with the
Prince to point out the most probable places for find-
ing the game. The Prince had some excellent sport,
considering the short period which he remained on
the hill. His Royal Highness shot eight brace of
grouse, a snipe, and a golden plover, and returned
to the Castle shortly after three, to accompany her
Majesty in her drive. Lord Liverpool, who was
grouse shooting in a different part of the hill-side,
shot six brace of grouse during the course of the
afternoon. Lord Glenlyon did not shoot, and re-
spectfully declined the courteous entreaties of his
royal guest to partake of the sport. During the
morning Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir E. Bowater,
and the Hon. Mr. Anson, mounted on shooting ponies,
scampered up the hill at the back of the Castle, and
enjoyed the fine view and extensive prospect, the
clearness of the atmosphere rendering every object
in the distance distinctly visible.
At half-past three in the afternoon, her Majesty
and the Prince left the Castle in a pony phaeton with
outriders to inspect the falls of Bruar, which are
about three miles distant from Blair Athol, on the
high road to Inverness. Lord Glenlyon and Lord
Charles Wellesley, the chieftain being as usual
attired in the Highland costume, rode on either side
of the phaeton. On arriving at the cottage of an
antique Highland Naid, the presiding deity, or,
rather, demon of these falls, her Majesty alighted,
and ascended the gravel walk leaning on the arm of
Prince Albert, the beauties of the fall being pointed
out by the noble cicerone. Her Majesty was struck
with the beauty of the scene, and declared that each
succeeding object which met her view surpassed its
predecessor in beauty and interest. The falls were
seen to great advantage, and the roaring of the waters
through the craggy moss-grown chasm was
considerably increased by the heavy rains
which had fallen during the preceding day ;
in ascending some of the steeper acclivities
which lead to the topmost portion of the falls, her
Majesty entered her garden chair, which was
drawn by two servants in plain liveries, and had been
previously sent on foot for the use of her Majesty.
The effect arising from the wild grandeur of the
scene at these falls is, however, to a certain extent,
marred by the neatly, well-rolled gravel walk
which wes along the side of the chasm, giving to
nature a starched, prim appearance, and making this
beautiful waterfall appear rather like trim gardens
where retired leisure might take its pleasure. The
trees which were planted on the banks by the late
Duke of Athol, in compliance with Burns's celebrated
poetical petition, in some degree had this defect,
which, however, it must be acknowledged, materially
affects the comforts of visitors, and makes much more
facilis the ascensus and descensus of tourists.
The royal party did not return to the Castle until a
late hour. Covers are laid for sixteen in the evening.
The dinner party consists of Lord and Lady Glen.
lyon, Miss Murray, Oswald of Dunnikier, and Small
Kier of Kindroggan, the officers of her Majesty's
guard of Athol Highlanders, with the members of
her Majesty's suite.
Lady Glenlyon drove up the Glen Tilt during the
afternoon, to make some addition in the furniture of
the forester's lodge, which is situated about eight
miles up the glen, in case Prince Albert might take
shelter there during his shooting excursions. Vast
numbers of the "bothies"—the small stone huts for
concealing the deerstalkers from their antlered prey
—are being built up and repaired along the banks of
the burn, called the "Water of Tilt," which tears
through the rocks at the bottom of this magnificent
glen. His Royal Highness and Lord Glenlyon will
take their station in one of these " bothies," and get
a shot at the herd as they descend from their rocky
acclivities on the precipitous summits of the adjoining
mountains. "The wild herd which never needs a
fold" always ascend the hills to cool themselves during
the heat of the day, and come down to slake their
thirst in the burns and mountain-springs at sunset.
Myriads of them may be seen at nightfall in the
valley of Glen Tilt, eating the sweet grass and
drinking the crystal stream, but at the appraach of a
human being they scamper off to their rocky fast-
nesses. The deer which were killed by his Royal
Highness, on Saturday, were three harts, which
weighed respectively fifteen stone, twelve stone, and
eleven stone.

Her Majesty took her accustomed walk in the
grounds this morning, accompanied by Prince Albert
and the Princess Royal. Her Majesty will drive out
during the afternoon, but her destination is not yet
definitively determined. Gravel walks are being laid
down and carefully rolled along the banks at the pass
of Killiecrankie, for her Majesty has expressed her
intention of paying a second visit to the sublime
scenery at the bottom of the pass during her sojourn
at Blair Athol.

Prince Albert and Lord Glenlyon, both attired in
shooting jackets and caps, have just left the Castle in
his Lordship's phaeton, to try some moors in a distant
part of the Athol estates ; the Prince will, however,
return to the Castle to accompany her Majesty in her
afternoon drive.

The weather is as propitious as could be desired,
which enables her Majesty and the Prince to pass a
great portion of their time in the open air. Several
excursions are spoken of, but nothing has as yet been
definitively arranged.—Post.