The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-12 00:00:00

the ilk of Field-Marshal ir OrwaTW
Blakeney, G. 0.8., Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle
*F45r d- rl.olonel of the let Foot, GoTerilor of Chelsea Hos-
pital, formerly Commander of the FOrces of the Army in Ire
land, 'wits proved on the 25th ult.. The personalty ins sworn
iincle; 45,000, Sir Edward ,leaves to his nephew, Sur.
bon-Major Edward Blakeney, £2,000 stock, &c., ana to
the children of his said nephew—namely,William, Edward,
and Sarah Blakeney—each £1,500, and £4OO to each of
his five younger children. To his nephew, John
Blakeney, of Melbourne, N.S.W., £l,OOO ; and to hie
daughter Mary, 21,500. To testator's cousin,John Blakeney,
amongst other bequests, he leaves the plate presented by
his brother officers of the Royal Fusiliers to him, their colonel,
and the handsome shield given to him by his warmest
friends in Ireland, on giving up the command of the
forces, to be kept as heirlooms ; also the orders, medals,
clasps, &c. The residue of his property he leaves to his
cousins, Harriette, Louisa, and Margaret Blakeney.

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO
ENGLAND.

The strictly private character of the royal continental
tour has been maintained up to the last, and her Majesty
and the members of the Royal Family who accompanied
her to Switzerland have once more landed on British
soil, without any of those exuberant demonstrations
of loyalty which under other circumstances would
have been manifested. About two o'clock on Friday
afternoon the royal squadron, accompanied by the
Trinity yacht, steamed through Spithead, the
Victoria and Albert leading. The weather was beautifully
fine, not a cloud appearing in the horizon, and the surface
of the water was almost as smooth as glass. There was
scarcely a breath of wind, the dead calm interfering sadly
with the local regatta which was taking place. An
immense concourse of people lined the extensive range of
beach at Southsea, and the ramparts were also crowded,
while the entrance to Portsmouth harbour was thickly
studded with craft of almost every description, from the
trim-looking sailing-boat to the slender galley. The
royal standard was not flying on board the Victoria and
Albert, but as it was known that the Queen was on board,
her -approach to the harbour was watched with the greatest
inteiest by thousands of spectators. The band of the 33r*
Regiment (recently returned from Abyssinia), was stationed
on the Southsea Clarence Esplanade pier, and as the royal
yacht passed played the National Anthem, and some slight
cheering followed, although the well-understood wishes
of her Majesty, that her whole tour should be -carried
out in the most private manner possible, evidently-checked
anything like that hearty expression of loyalty with which
her Majesty is invariably received on all public occasions.
At half-past two o'clock the royal squadron steamed into
harbour, and the Victoria and Albert was moored oppo.,
site the King's Stairs in Portsmouth Dockyard. A
number of wherries, crowded with spectators, lay astern,
anxious to catch a glimpse of the Queen, and the workmen
on board the troopship Crocodile crowded into the rigging,
and when, about twenty minutes to four, her Majesty,
embarked in the royal gig, there was a slight cheer from
the Crocodile, although here again the feeling to which
we have before alluded appeared to restrain the men. Her
Majesty was rowed across the harbour to the Royal
Clarence Victualling-yard at Gosport, where Admiral Sir
Thomas Pasley, Bart., naval commander-in-chief at
Portsmouth, and Lieutenant-General Sir George Buller,
K.C.8., commanding south-western district, were in
attendance. Her Majesty immediately proceeded by train
to Windsor.

The public have to wait patiently for Parliamentary
reports. Directly they are ordered by the House of Com-
mons to be printed they are put in the printer's hands, and
yet a couple of months or more elapses before they maks,
their appearance.

The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen has, in conformity
with the decision come to by the Council of the North Ger..
man Confederation, abolished his consulates abroad. The
interests of his Highness's subjects in foreign countries will
henceforth be confided to the Consuls-General of the
Federation.

The five prisoners in custody at Altrincham,
charged with the murder of Thomas Jenkinson at Bowdon,
last Sunday, have been before the magistrates, and,
were committed for trial for wilful murder. The sixthman,
who was arrested at Liverpool, has been discharged, not
having been identified as one of the parties to the outrage.
Mr. Justice Hannen on Friday attended at the
judges' chambers. No further application was made for
bail in the case of Madame Rachel, and as the sessions of
the Central Criminal Court commence on Monday, it is
expected that another application for bail will not be
made.

NEw OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.—The oath of alie•
giance to be taken by members in the new Parliament is
prescribed by the recent Act on " promissory oaths." It
is very short : " I do swear that I will be faithful, and
bear true allegiance to her Majesty Queen Victoria, her
heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God."
A MILLION OF PAUPERS IN ENGLAND AND
WALES.---Byirretunr tort ismatedrit-appeate that. an- the

first day of January of this year the number of paupers in
receipt of relief, in-door or out-door, in England and Wales
(including lunatics and vagrants) was more than one
million and forty thousand. In the year ending
March 25, 1867, nearly £7,000,000 was expended for the
relief of the poor, or more than half a million in excess
of the sum spent during the previous year. The rate per
head on the population for the relief of the poor wad
6s. 6.fd. for the year ending March 25, 1867.
THE DUMBFOUNDED SPANIARDS."—There has
been a great deal of merriment at Mr. Roebuck's choice of
a term for abusing the Spaniards—" the dumbfounded
Spaniards "—but this incriminated expression seems to us
the only one of any merit in the speech,—not for its good
sense, which God has been pleased to deny to Mr. Roebuck,
but for its picturesqueness. It does, we think, contrive to
clnvey a conception of the Spanish mind, awakenifig, like
Rip van Winkle, from a sleep of three centuries, and
opening with its astonished eyes on the rush of modern pro-
gress. At least, if this is not what Mr. Roebuck meant,
it is what his much-ridiculed adjective suggests to us.---`
Spectator.

DEATH OF WASHING TON IRVING'S BROTHER.
Ebenezer Irving, the brother of Washington Irving, has
just died at Sunny Side, in America, at the age of 93.
Washington Irving, once writing to a friend respecting
his brother Ebenezer, said : " I think him one of the
most perfect exemplifications of the Christian character
that I have ever known. He has all father's devotion and
zeal, without his strictness. Indeed, his piety is of the
most genial and cheerful kind, interfering with no rational
pleasure or elegant taste, and obtruding itself upon no
one's habits, opinions, or pursuits. I wish to God I could
feel like him. I envy him that indwelling source of consola-
tion and enjoyment which appears to have a happier effect
than all the maxims of philosophy or lessons of worldly
wisdom."

NEW CLOCK AT LONDON BRIDGE.—Mr. Thomas
Hughes, M.P., accompanied by Mrs. Hughes, presided at
the uncovering of the large and handsome illuminated
clock, erected by the United Kingdom Temperance and
General Provident Institution, in front of their new pre-
mises in Adelaide-place, London Bridge. After the cere-
mony the company adjourned to the board-room, where
an elegant repast awaited them, after which Mr. R. W.
Selway, Mr. John Taylor, the Rev. G. M. Murphy, and
and other gentlemen delivered addresses, in which the
prosperity of the institution was repeatedly alluded to as
a source of congratulation, its capital now considerably
exceeding one million sterling ; the number of policies
issued, 46,000 ; and its annual income being not less than
£200,000.

"LA LANTERNE " IN LONDON.—We find the
following improbable story in La Liberte:—"No. 15 of
La Lanterne, containing extracts from the works of
Napoleon 111., could not be sold yesterday in the public
streets. A regular squadron of policemen marched, about
five o'clock in the morning, into the French quarter
London, and the newsvendors were driven with violence
from their usual post at the corner of the Cafe Regenee. Thi3
in London ! Wbat would it have been in Paris ? Thert;
was almost a riot ; the people unanimously siding with
the newsvendors. A person in authority at length ap•
peared, who established order by giving it to be under,
stood that there had been a mistake, in consequence of sE
foreign manoeuvre, about which he would give no explana•
tion. A copy of La Lanterne was also produced in Vienna ;
but there it was immediately seized, by order of the autho•
rities."

METROPOLITAN CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. —A
meeting of the advocates appointed by the several local
associations in the metropolitan boroughs, to represent,
Conservative interests in the revision courtsv was held at
the office of this association on Fridv.afternoon,
which representatives were present from the cities of
London and Westminster, the boroughs of Greenwich, Hack.
ney, Marylebone, Finsbury, Lambeth, Tower Hamlet;
Southwark, and the new borough of Chelsea. Mr. 0,
Graham Carttar, the honorary secretary of the association,
was in the chair, and resolutions were come to which will
materially assist the numerous claimants and others whose
interests are concerned on this occasion. Arrangement!
were made for a proper report of the proceedings at the
courts, to enable the different advocates to act in concert
and to assist one another, and a long discussion was has
on the numerous points of iraportalm which TtP 3444
.the GOA= Qf thuotaion,