The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

THE BAPTISM OF THE INFANT

PRINCE.
(From the Court Circular.)
The baptism of his Royal Highness the infant
Prince, second son of her Most Excellent Majesty
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, took place
yesterday in the private chapel at Windsor Castle.
The illustrious visitors invited to the solemnity
began to arrive at the Castle early in the afternoon.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived from
Bushy Park soon after four o'clock in an open car-
riage and four, accompanied by Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Dowager Lady
Clinton and Earl. Howe.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the He-
reditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, arrived from Kew, attended by Baron
Knesebeck.
The Duchess of Gloucester arrived from Kew, at
tended by Lady Caroline Murray, and the Hon. Capt
Liddell.

The Prince of Prussia arrived at five o'clock. His
Royal Highness was attended by Count Puckler,
Count Koenigsmark, Baron Schleinitz, Baron de
Berg, and Captain Meynell.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was at-
tended by Lady Charlotte Dundas and Colonel Sir
George Couper, Bart.
The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Portuguese Minister,
Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Saxon Minis-
ter, and other distinguished visitors, also arrived be-
tween four and five o'clock.

A Guard of Honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards
were on duty in the Grand Quadrangle, and on the
passage of the royal party through the corridor to
the chapel, saluted with the usual honours.
The Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and
others, assembled in the Red Drawing-room at half-
past five o'clock, and soon after were conducted to
seats provided for them in the chapel.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of
Norwich (Clerk of the Closet), with the Bishop of
Oxford and the Dean of Windsor, the Hon. and
Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay (Domestic Chaplain
to her Majesty), the Archdeacon Wilberforce, and
Lord Wriothesley Russell, Canon of Windsor (Chap-
lains to his Royal Highness Prince Albert), assembled
in the vestry at six o'clock.
As soon as the visitors had taken their seats, the
procession of the sponsors for his Royal Highness the
infant Prince was formed in the following order :
Vice Chamberlain of the Treasurer of the
Household. Household.
The Sponsors, viz.:—
His Royal Highness the Her 'Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, • Duchess of Kent,
Proxy for his Royal High- Proxy for H. R. H. the
ness Prince George. Duchess of Saxo
Coburg and Gotha.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington,
Proxy for his Serene Highness the Prince of Leinengen.
Followed by the Ladies and Gentlemen of their
Suite, viz.:—
Gentleman in Waiting on his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge.
Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent.
Countess Josephine Wratislaw.
Gentleman in Waiting on her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent.

Her Majesty's Procession then formed as follows, viz.:—
Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
The Lord Steward. The Lord Chamberlain.
The QUEEN, • His Royal Highness
leading her Royal Highness
the Prince of Prussia.
the Princess Royal.
H. R. H. Prince Albert,
leading H. R. H. the Prince The Queen Dowager.
of Wales.
H. R. H. the Hereditary Her Royal Highness the
Grand Duke of Meeklen- Duchess of Gloucester.
burgh Strelits.
His Serene Highness Prince Her Royal Highness the
Edward of Saxe Weimar. Duchess of Cambridge.
His Grace H. R. H. the Hereditary
the Duke of Norfolk. Grand Duchess of Meek-
lenburgh Strelitz.
Master of the Horse.
Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting.
Maids of Honour in Waiting.
Bedchamber Woman in Waiting.
Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Dowager.
Lady in attendance upon the Duchess of Gloucester.
Captain of the Gold Stick Captain of the
Yeomen of the in Waiting. Gentlemen at
Guard. Arms.
Lord of the Bedchamber to Lord in Waiting to the
H. R. H. Prince Albert. Queen.
Groom of the Bedchamber Groom in Waiting to the
to H. R. H. Prince Albert.. Queen.
Equerry in Waiting to Equerry in Waiting to the
H. R. H. Prince Albert. Queen.

Master of the Buck-hounds.

The Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager.
Gentlemen in attendance upon his Royal Highness the
Prince of Prussia.
_

Gentlemen in attendance upon the Duchess of Gloucester.
Officer Commanding the Officer Commanding the
Battalion of Royal Horse Guards
Guards at Windsor. at Windsor.
Silver Stick in Waiting.
Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Albert, the
Queen Dowager, and the other royal personages
having taken their seats, the Ladies in Waiting, the
Great Officers of the Household, the Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert, the Lord and Groom in
Waiting to the Queen, the Lord and Groom in Wait-
ing to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the
Equerries to the Queen and Prince Albert, took their
places near the Queen and his Royal Highness.
The altar of the chapel was covered with crimson
velvet and gold, and contained a number of hand-
some pieces of gold communion plate, lighted by
large wax tapers in gold candlesticks, and also by
lamps on each side, placed on pedestals richly covered
and gilt.

The Archbishop of Canterbury stood in front of
the altar, the Bishops of Norwich and Oxford, and
the other clergymen present, standing at the sides.
In front of his Grace was the font of silver gilt used
at the christening of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales.

The illustrious sponsors on one side, and the royal
and august guests on the other, formed two rows from
the altar.

On the right were the Prince of Prussia, the Queen,
Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of
Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar.

The Prince of Prussia was habited in a dark foreign
uniform, with the ribbon of a Prussian order of knight-
hood.

The Queen wore a rich white satin dress, trimmed
with broad Honiton lace, the body and sleeves likewise
trimmed with the same.

Her Majesty had on her head the splendid diamond
circlet, and wore the ribbon and star of the most noble
Order of the Garter.
The Queen also wore as an armlet the motto of the
Garter, " Honi soit qui mal y pease," set in brilliants.
Prince Albert was habited in a military uniform, aud
wore the ribbon of the same Prussian order of knight-
hood as the Prince of Prussia.

The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Stre-
litz wore the insignia of the Guelphic order.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar appeared in the uni-
form of his regiment, the Grenadier Guards, and wore
the riband of the order of Saxe Meiningen.
The juvenile Royal Family were dressed in white
satin, richly trimmed with lace of British manufacture.
On the left, or opposite side, stood his Hopi Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, and the
Duke of Wellington.
The Duke of Cambridge was in a field marshal's uni-
form, with the ribbon, badge, and star of the order of
the Garter, and the stars of the Bath and Guelphic
orders.

The Duke of Wellington also appeared in a field mar-
shal's uniform, with the insignia of the Garter.
The Treasurer and Vice-Chamberlain of the House-
hold took their places behind the sponsors.
Behind the Queen and the Prince of Prussia were the
Belgian, Portuguese, Prussian, and Saxon Ministers,
wearing their respective costumes; and also the follow-
ing Cabinet Ministers :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord
Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Robert Peel,
the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Hadding-
ton, Lord Granville Somerset, and Sir Edward Knatch-
bull, all of whom wore the full-dress official costume,
with the exception of the Duke of Buccleuch and the
Earl of Haddington, the former appearing in his uniform
as Captain of the Royal Scottish Archers, and the latter
wearing the uniform of a Lord-Lieutenant.
Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting, the
Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and others of the visitors, with
the attendants, forming the suites of the Royal Family,
were arranged on either side of the Chapel by Sir Charles
Young, Garter, and Sir William Martins, Gentleman
Usher to the Sword of State.

The service then commenced with the performance of
" 0 be joyfel"—Palestrina.
When the music ceased, the Lord Chamberlain, ae-
companied by the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert,
conducted the infant Prince from the White-room into
the Chapel. His Royal Highness, being carried by the
head nurse, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
At the conclusion of each prayer the Amens were sung
in full choir to the organ.
The Dowager Lady Lyttelton handed the infant Prince
to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who solemnised the
rite of baptism, the Duke of Cambridge naming his Roy&
Highness—
ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT.

The young Prince was then given back by the Arch-
bishop to the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
At the conclusion of the baptismal service, his Royal
Highness Prince Alfred was conveyed from the Chapel.
His Royal Highness was dressed in a robe and cap of
Heniton point lace, over rich white satin. The choir
accompanied by the organ, sung Handel's Hallelujah
chorus from " Judas Maccabeus."
The Archbishop of Canterbury then pronounced the
benediction.
The gentlemen of St. George's Choir, assisting on
this occasion were—Messrs. French, Mitchell, Bridge-
water, Mudge, Harris, Foster, and \Vinterbottom, and
' four young gentlemen of the choir, Dr. Elvey presiding
at the organ.
The ceremony was concluded at seven o'clock. The
Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the
Prince of Prussia, and the other royal personages, re-

turned to the corridor in the same order as they entered
the Chapel. The other visitors proceeded to the grand
reception room. .

A state banquet, in honour of the event, was after-
wards given by her .I.l_)jesty in St. George's Hall, wiiich
had a most splendid and magnificent appearance.
The service of costly gold plate was placed on a table,
reaching nearly the entire length of the hall, while at
each end were elevated sideboards, containing the most
choice and valuable articles in the royal treasury, brit.
liantly illuminated, and tastefully displayed on a back-
ground of crimson, enclosed in a carved Gothic frame-
work. The sideboard at the west end of the ball con-
tained, among other interesting articles, the celebrated
peacock, formed of precious stones and pearls, and the
large tiger's head, wrought in gold, captured at the
storming of Seringapatam, with two State standards of
Tippoo Saib. Also the shield of Achilles, the national
cup, a number of jewelled tankards and cups, the nau-
tilus shell, and other shells, the mountings of which are
most elaborately wrought in gold.
The sideboard at the opposite extremity of the hail
contained a curious Mexican gold dish, a large shield,
with a fine basso-relievo of the triumph of Bacchus and
Ariadne, and the Prince of Wales's Epergne.
Both sideboards were brilliantly illuminated with
sconces of silver gilt, with wax-lights, and also with
candelabra.

L► the middle of the table opposite to the Queen's seat
was the superb " St. George candelabrum," of silver
gilt, exceeding in size any other centrepiece. This
magnificent specimen was placed between two circular
epergnes, filled with artificial flowers, and beyond the
epergnes were the two " Hesperides" candelabra, in
size only exceeded by the St. George candelabrum.
Numerous vases, candelabra, epergnes, and other ar-
ticles of gold plate (a number of them executed from the
designs of Flaxmau), were arranged in succession the
whole length of the table, the candelabra being filled
with wax light;.
The illustrious party entered the hall at half-past
seven o'clock, in the following order :
The Queen and the Prince of Prussia.
Prince Albert and the Queen Dowager.
The Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Glou-
cester.
The:Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
and the Duchess of Kent.
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Duchess of
Cambridge.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz.
Her Majesty sat on the north side of the table, having
on her right the Prince of Prussia, the Duchess of Glou-
cester, and the Lord Chancellor ; and on her left the
Duke of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting, and the Duke
of l3uccleuch.

Opposite to her Majesty sat Prince Albert, having on
his right the Queen Dowager, the Grand Duke of Meek-
lenburgh Strelitz, the Duchess- of Cambridge, and Lord
Wharncliffe ; and on his left the Duchess of Kent,
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer, the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations:
her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia.
Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke
and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar.
The Lady in Waiting on her Majesty.
The Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dowager.
The Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent.
The Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester.
The Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Two Maids of Honour. r The Portuguese Minister.
Bedchamber Woman. The Hanoverian Minister.
Countess Wratislaw. The Prussian Minister.
The Belgian Minister. The Saxon Minister.
The Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Lord Chancellor.
The Lord President of the Council.
The Lord Privy Seal.
The Earl Marshal.
The Commander-in-Chief.
The First Lord of the Treasury.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The President of the Board of Control.
The President of the Board of Trade.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Paymaster-General.
The Lord Steward.
The Lord Chamberlain.
The Master of the horse.
The Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert.
The Master-General of the Ordnance.
The Gold Stick in Waiting.
The Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms.
The Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
The Treasurer of the Household.
The Vice-Chamberlain.
The Controller of the Household.
The Master of the Buck Hounds.
The Keeper of the Privy Purse.
The Treasurer to Prince Albert.
The Lord in Waiting.
The Groom in Waiting.
The Equerry in Waiting,.
The Bishop of Oxford.
The Bishop of Norwich.
The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor.
The Rev. Provost of Eton.
Archdeacon Wilberforce.
The Rev. Dr. Ilawtrey.
The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell.
The Hon. and Rev. Chas. Leslie Courtenay.
The Hon. and Rev. Richard Stopfurd.
Baron Stockmar.
Sir James Clark.
The Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager.
The Gentleman in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent.
The Gentleman in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester.
The Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge.
Count Koenigsmark, in Waiting on the Prince of

Prussia.
Count Puckler, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia.
Baron Schleinitz, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia.
Baron de Berg, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia.
Captain Meynell, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia.
Major-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss.
La Marquise d'llarcourt.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilarcourt.
Lady Cowper.
Right Hon. Sir William Fremantle and bliss Hervey.
Sir Edward Codrington and bliss Codrington.
Colonel Knollys.
Lieut.-Colonel Bouverie.

The Silver Stick, Hon. Colonel C. B. Phipps.
Sir William Martin.
Sir Charles Young.
Mr. Glover.
Sir Charles Rowley.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards were in attend-
ance during dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Jubal Overture
Koffnung's (Strahler)
Selection (Freyschutz
Chatsworth Quadrilles.
Polka
The Earl of Liverpool (Lord Steward of her Majesty's
Household) gave the toasts, the band playing some fa-
vourite piece after each toast.
The following were the toasts :
" His Royal Highness Prince Alfred."— (Rule Bri-
tannia.)
"The King of Prussia."—(Prussian National air,
Landesfather.)
" The Queen Dowager"—(The Queen Dowager's
March),
" The Queen"—(God save the Queen).
" Prince Albert"—(The Coburg March).
After dinner her Majesty and the illustrious guests
proceeded into the Waterloo Chamber, where an instru-
mental concert was performed. Her Majesty's private
band attended, assisted by several of the first performers
from the metropolis, and also by several members of the
bands of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and of the Royal
Horse Guards.
The following was the programme :
Overture (Egmont) Beethoven
Military Movement Haydn
Festmarsch, zu dem Maskenspiel
" Das lloffest von Ferrara" Von G. Meyerbeer
Descriptive Symphony (MS.) for
two orchestras Spohr
FIRST PART.--INFANCY.
O'er childhood's bright and blessed age
No dark or threatening tempest lowers;
Nor anger's storm, nor passion's rage,
Disturb its pure and tranquil hours.
Even should temptation's arts assail,
They pass—like clouds before the gale.
SECOND PART.-AGE OF SORROWS.
But in the youth's impetuous mind,
By pride assail'd, by passion tost,
Calm reason is to rage resign'd,
And in the whirl of passion lost
In vain religion's mild control
Seeks to restrain his troubled soul.
THIRD PART.-FINAL TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE.
The tempest and the strife subside,
The storms of pride and passion cease,
Within the breast again reside
Devotion's calm and virtue's peace.
Wedding March (A Midsummer
Night's Dream) Mendelssohn Bartholdy,
C
Jubilee Overture C. M. Von Weber.
The Festmarsch was performed by a double orchestra,
the principal orchestra being in the west gallery, anti a
second orchestra in the east gallery—a distance of 115
feet intervening:
Spohr's descriptive sinfoniawas performed in the same
way by eleven solo players standing in the east gallery
and the second orchestra in the west gallery.
" God save the Queen," at the end of Weber's Jubilee
Overture, was also performed with two orchestras,
amounting together to about seventy performers.
The whole wasunder the direction of Mr. Anderson.
The " christening cake" was placed in the 'Waterloo
Chamber. The top was covered with a representation
of an elegant fountain (designed by Mr. Mawditt, her
Majesty's confectioner), from the centre of which arose
a figure of Peace, bearing in her band a crown of laurel,
a cornucopia at her feet, and supported by a number of
infantinc figures. The sides of the cake were tastefully
decorated with garlands of artificial flowers.
In this gallery the magnificent wine cooler made in
the reign of his Majesty George IV. was also placed,
filled with claret nexus, which was supplied during the
evening to the royal and distinguished guests.

The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual air-
ings yesterday, walking in the morning in the pleasure-
grounds, and taking a drive in an open carriage in the
afternoon.

The Royal Family were taken their accustomed walks
and rides yesterday.
Sir R. and Lady Sale and Sir W. Nott were prevented
from joining the royal &rele at Windsor Castle, on
Thursday.
Lord F. Somerset left Windsor Castle yesterday.
Capt. F. Seymour has returned to town from the
Continent.

NEW FRENCH CUSTOM-HOUSE

DUTIES.

The Moniteur of Thursday publishes three royal or-
donnances of a commercial character. The first, which
is dated the 2d instant, orders, in virtue of the provi-
sional and additional treaty of navigation and commerce
concluded with Denmark in February, 1842-Ist. That
the tonnage dues on Danish vessels arriving in French
ports shall be fixed at 2f. 10c. per ton, French admea-
surement, without addition of the decime established by
the law of May 25, 1799. 2d. That the duty shall be
only six centimes per ton when Danish vessels put into
French ports from stress of weather, or leave with the
same cargo ; when they enter merely to obtain informa-
tion, and carry on no commercial operation ; when they
leave French ports after having undergone damage at
sea, with or without lading. The same concession is
made in favour of post-office steamers, or steamers merely
for the conveyance of passengers and baggage. The
second ordonnance, which is dated the 3d, modifies as
follows the duties on certain articles of export and
import :
IMPORTS.—Guaicum and cedar woods, imported in
French bottoms, from countries out of Europe ; wood
for cabinetmakers, from French Guyana and. Senegal,
without distinction of quality, half the present rate of
duties ; v. ood of tail-cedar and sweet-smelling cedar, the
same duties as for cedar woods.

Threads and cloths of phormium
tenax, wild banana, called abaca
.61,..c2,
and Indian hemp (jute) : .
-g

Per 100 kilogrammes.

Threads without distinction of quality 60 80 80
Cloths and other (less than 8 threads 77 107 107
tissues mea- 18 threads... ... 90 126 126
suring more or J 9,10, and 11 threads 129 194 194
less (decou- 'S
above this the same duty as on flax
verts dans l'es- and hunp.
pace 5 millim
Complete Machines and Machinery worked by Steam,
per 100 kilogrammes :—Stationary, 30f. ; for naviga-
tion, 45f.; locomotives without tenders, 65f.; for spin-
ning hemp, 65f. ; for other spinning, 45f. ; for weaving
hemp and flax, 20f.; for other weaving, 20f.; cards not
mounted, for flax and hemp, 401. ; others, 301.; Tulle
looms, (systeme Jacquard), 80f. ; paper machines,
(continuous), 40f. ' • printing machines for type, 40f. ;
ditto, for cloths, 40f.

Machines and Machinery not worked by Steam : For
agriculture, and waggons fur transporting earth from
excavations, the body in wood and the wheels in iron,
25f. ; tenders, boilers, gasometers, distilling or evaporat-
ing apparatus for boiling syrups, or heating with steam,
and large caloriferes, if of iron, 45 ; copper, 60.
Machines or Machinery not named in the above : 100
kilogrammes or less, 80f. per 100 kilogrammes ; 100 to
200 inclusively, 60 ; 200 to 1,000 inclusively, 50 ; 1,000
to 2,500 inclusively, 40 ; 2,500 to 5,000 inclusively, 30 ;
more than 5,000, 20.

DETACHED PORTIONS OF MACHINERY.—PIaques et
rubans de carde of all kinds, peignes de tissage, shuttles
of all kinds, 200 f. per 100 kilogrammes ; objects in cast
iron (heavy), 25 kilogrammes or less, 100 ; 25 kilo-
grammes to 100 inclusively, 70 ; 100 to 200, 60 ; 200 to
1,000, 50 ; 1,000 to 2,500, 40 ; 2,500 to 5,000, 30 ; more
than 5,000, 20.
In wrought iron (heavy), 5 kilogrammes or less, 120 ;
5 kilogrammes exclusively to 25 inclusively, 110 ; 25 to
50, 100 ; above 50, 80 ; in copper or steel, 200 f. for 100
kilogrammes.

The declaration relative to machines and machinery
will be, after the payment of the duties, submitted to the
Committee of Arts and Manufactures for its control as to
the real nature of the object declared. Optical and
mathematical instruments are to pay 30 per cent, upon
the value fixed by the Committee of Arts and Manufac-
tures. Cylinders, plates, and engraved dies, 15 percent.
Essence de houille (this probably means naptha of coal,
but it may mean coal tar), 13f. 100 kilogrammes, or 10F.
if imported in French bottoms. Huano or guano in
foreign bottoms, and by land, 2f. There are only two
modifications in the export duties, viz., capsules of ful-
minating powder, 25c. per 100 kilogrammes, and resi-
duum of animal black, 2f.

The third ordonnance declares that machines and
machineries, complete or detached, can only be imported
by the following ports :—Dunkirk, Lille, Valenciennes,
Forbach, Strasbourg, Saint Louis, Bellegarde, Toulon,
Marseilles, Cette, Bordeaux, Nantes, Brost, Rouen,
llavre, Boulogne, Calais. The importer must furnish,
in support of his declaration at the Custom house, a list
of all the objects and drawings done to scale, and pro-
perly coloured, showing the different metals of which
the machinery is composed. He must also sign an un-
dertaking, and give bond to pay any supplementary duty
that may be subsequently imposed in the report of the
Committee of Arts and Manufactures.

*VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE WILLIAM
OF PRUSSIA TO THE PI4LICO SLATE WORKS.—On Wed-
nesday last his Royal Highness and suite, accompanied
by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, honoured Mr.
Magnus by a visit to his establishment, in Upper Bel-
grave-place. The Prince was much pleased with the
various specimens in the show-rooms, and frequently
expressed his surprise at the apparently perfect trans-
mutation of simple slate into the most costly marbles
and precious stones. Among the articles which excited
the most attention, was a perfect imitation of lapis
lazuli, and an enamelled slate billiard table, similar to
one recently furnished by Mr. Magnus to his Grace the
Duke of Wellington, for his mansion at Strathfieldsaye,
and which is said to be the most beautiful and perfect
ever manufactured. His Royal Highness and his Grace
subsequently examined the machinery for sawing, plan-
ing, moulding, and polishing slate, and also the enamell-
ing chambers, and left evidently much gratified with the
visit to this novel and very interesting establishment.
THE ROYAL FAMILY IN PERTHSHIRE.— Our
readers in this quarter are aware that rumours have of
late been prevalent that a royal visit was intended to the
ancient Castle of Blair, the venerable seat of the noble
family of Athole, and in confirmation of these—or at
least that visitors far beyond an ordinary class were
early expected—most extensive repairs and improve-
ments have been in hasty progress for nearly a month
past, in which a great number of artizans of every sort,
and from all quarters, have been busily employed. We
learn, also, that a number of Lord Glen'you's followers
hare again been in training to give her Majesty a suit-
able reception, and the gillies and foresters are all in
readiness. The game of the moors and the fleet denizens
of the forest have been strictly preserved, and every-
thing will be in the highest order for the enjoyment of
the sports peculiar to the Perthshire mountains. The
royal party could not have chosen a field in her Majesty's
dominions where the chase in all its varieties can be en-
joyed to greater perfection. The great forest of Athole
abounds with the antlered tribe of every class. Glentilt,
almost at the gorge of which, on a commanding site,
stands the Castle of Blair, has been immortalised by
the pencil of Landseer ; and it was in the mountain
solitudes of these regions that Sir Walter Scott, who
always copied nature, lays the scene of the stag hunt,
of which be gives such a beautiful and rcmantic—we
might add sublime—description in one of his imperish-
able national fictions. * * Those in the confidence
' of Lord Glenlyon now make no secret of the fact. The
whole was openly announced at Blair on Monday even-
ing; and we may venture to add, as matter of certainty,
that Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Liverpool, and others
of her Majesty's responsible advisers, will constitute
part of the royal suite. Such are positively the present
arrangements, and many a heart will respond to the
aspiration—Welcome, Victoria, once more to .‘ our
native Highland home !"—Perth Constitutional.
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Thomas Patterson, a carpenter, was engaged in repairing
some flooring on the mashing loft, when one of the joists
which he it seems had sawn nearly across, gave way,
precipitating him to the ground, a fall of about fifteen
feet. He was immediately taken up, but in almost a
lifeless state; besides the injuries his body had sustained,
the head was severely fractured. Mr. Alderman Roche
was in immediate attendance, and paid every attention to
the sufferer, accompanying him to the South Infirmary,
and subsequently to his own house, where he expired
about an hour or so after be arrived there.—Cork
Southern Reporter.

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PURITT OF THE FRENCH POST-OPFICE. -- Our
readers no doubt remember the indignantwhieh disavowal, by
d of derision and
M. Guizot, of those foul practices
owifi•aesetraiubmyepZonrtly echoed by the
scorn.theTt:insgdliissharlo)owsatl- have recently
made
French press. But alas I for French pride and vera-
city ; at the very moment it was made, a secret agent of
the French police was taking .
ILBulwer, Ambassador, Bulwer, the Spanish A a copy of a letter from Mr.
assador, which that gentle-
man had entrusted to the French Post-office. This agent,
or one of his tools, was bribed by Lord Aberdeen, to
whom a copy of the copy of the Ambassador's letter was
furnished. That
with which,cop, of a copy, together with the ori-
ginal,ocourse, it exactly tallied, was ex-
hibited by Lord Aberdeen
amongst the other curiosities
laid before the Secret Committee of Inquiry into the
Post-office. V hat a commentary does this incident
yield, upon the utter futility of the dishonourable and
dirty tricks which men high in office
tice I—Liverpool JournaL
DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--At an early hour
on Saturday morning, a daring attempt was made on the
life of Stephen Whitlocke, a wood-ranger, in the employ
of Sir F. Bathurst, at Clarendon, near Salisbury. It
appears that Stephen Whitlocke comes to Salisbury
every Saturday morning for some of the workmen em-
ployed on Sir F. Buthurst's estate ; and this circunr,
stance was well-known to George Whitlocke (no rela-
tion), a young man of dissolute habits. On Friday even-
ing, this person purchased a pistol in Salisbury ; and
the next day proceeded to a field at Clarendon, where he
warned off a female who was gleaning, pretending that
he had instructions from Sir Frederick to clear the field.
Shortly after this, his victim appeared in sight, when,
after some angry words had passed between them, George
Whitlocke drew his pistol, and fired at the head at
Stephen, wounding him severely in the face. The lattez
staggered from the wound, but had sufficient strength to
run a short distance, notwithstanding the efforts of the
assassin to push him into the hedge ; and, happily, a
fellow carter came in sight, and saved the poor ' alife.
We regret to add that the villain escaped,and
notwitJa..
standing every exertion of the police,
has not yet been
captured. The surgeon who dressed
the wound is at
opinion that it will not prove dangerous if erysipelas
does not take place.—Devizes Gazette.