The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-02 00:00:00

CP CULAR.

Wisnsoa, SuNDAT.—Yesterday afterooon, at half-
past six o'clock, the Prince of Prussia, attended by
his suite, arrived at the Castle, on a visit to the
Queen, havii3g performed the journey from Bristol to
the Castle, in the short space of two hours and a
half. His Royal Highness was received at the grand
entrance by Prince Albert, and also by Viscount
.flawarden (Lord in Waitiog), Colonel Berkeley
firummond (Groom in Waiting), the lion. Colonel
Gres, an.l Colonel Wylde (Equerries in Waiting)
In the suite of the Prince of Prussia were the
Count Koenigsmark, Count Puckler, Baron Schlei-
nitz, and Capt.J.ni Alcyne (Groom in Waiting on
her Majesty). His Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen,
Prussian Minister, also accompanied his Royal
Highness to the Castle.

Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert
took an airing in a pony phaeton, the Princess Royal
accompinying her Royal Parents. In the afternoon,
her Majesty and Prince Albert went out in a phae.
ton, the Prince driving. The Hon. Colonel Grey
and Colonel Wylde attending on horseback.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice took
pony exercise yesterday forenoon, and in the after-
noon were taken a carriage drive.
_ . _

The Earl Delawarr, L-ord Chamberlain, arrived at
the Castle yesterday morning on official business, and
in the afternoon left for London.

Vise unt Hawarden (Lord in Waiting to the
Queen) arrived yesterday at the Castle. Colonel
Berkeley Drummond (Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty) also arrived.
The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Earl
of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Mel-
bourne, the Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady
Clementina Villiers, and the Baron de Berg, arrived
yesterday at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended
yesterday and played during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band was afterwards in at-
tendance at the Castle, and performed during the
evening.
This morning their Royal Highnesses Prince Al-
bert and the Prince of Prussia, and the Court attended
Divine service in the private Chapel of the Castle,
the Hon and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiating.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
Divine Service this morning in the Parish Church
Lady Charlotte Dundas and Sir George Couper were
in waiting on the Royal Duchess.
The Queen walked this morning for some time on
the Terrace.

Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Prus-
sia, promenaded or, the East and North Terraces, and
in the pleasure grounds.
Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) has re-
lieved the Honourable Colonel Grey as the Equerry
in Waiting on the Queen; and Major-General Sir
Edward Bowater has relieved Colonel Wylde in the
duties of Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert.
The Royal Family took their usual morning ride
and exercise this forenoon, and in the afternoon were
taken for a carriage drive.
The State apartments. at Windsor Castle will be
closed to•morrow (Monday) until further notice.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow
(Tuesday) afternoon, at *Windsor Castle.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Satur-
day, from Kew. His Royal Highness visited the
exhibition of the Diorama, and afterwards went to
inspect the encampment of the loway Indians at Lord's
Ground. His Royal Highness returned to his resi-
dence at Kew in the evening.
His Excellency M. Dedel returned to town from
Badminton last Saturday, and transacted business
afterwards at the Foreign-office.
Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence, in White-
hall-gardens, on Saturday evening, from his seat,
Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
Count de Jarnae, French Charge d'Affaires, tran-
sacted business at the Foreign-office on Saturday.
Sir James Graham arrived in town on Saturday
morning from his seat, Netherby, Carlisle. The
Right Hon. Baronet took his departure in the after-
noon for the Isle of Wight.
Mr. Brunel, and a deputation of gentlemen con-
nected with railways, had an interview with the Earl
of Dalhousie, on Saturday, at the Office of the Board
of Trade.

The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Saturday af-
ternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The
Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the sermon.
The Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Effingham,
and Lord S. Osborne, attended the daily service yes-
terday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev.
Mr. Barham read the prayers, and the Rev. Dr.
Wesley preached the sermon.
Dispatches from the Cape of Good Hope were re-
ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India
colonies.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
STIRLING RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Forth Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, with 25 added,
for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b.
T. Y. C. (4 Subs.)

Mr. Merry's Collier. by Sheet Anchor ... (G. Noble) I
Lord Eglinton's Pythia, by St. Martin
Sir J. Boswell's b c by Galewood, out of Madame
St. Clair 3
Won by half a length, after a fine race.
The Gold Cup of 1001., with 50 sovs. added to a Handi-
cap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. The
second saves his stake. (19 Subs., 5 of whom declared.)
Two miles.
Mr. Merry's Armytage, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (G. Noble) 1
Mr. Johnstone's The Era, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 2
sto 1 agst The Era (taken). Won by two lengths.
The Members' Plate of 501. Heats, once round and a dis.
Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ... 1 1
Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 5 yrs, Bst 91b 4 2
Mr. Merry's Cable, 5 yrs, Bst 12Ib
Captain Griffith's Bugle, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b
Mr. Merry's Patrician, aged, Bst 131 b
The first heat was won by a length, and the second easily.
The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 21 added ;
five yrs, l lst 71b ; six yrs, 12st 41b ; and aged 12st 101 b ;
thorough-bred, 71b extra ; gentlemen riders ; two miles
(4 Subscribers) ; were won cleverly by Mr. Robertson's
Arnagill, 6 yrs (Captain. K. Erskine), beating Mr. Wan-
chope's Erato, 5 yrs (Mr. W. H. Johnstone), and Sir J.
Hampson's I'll-see-you-through-it, 6 yrs, by half a
length.
The Buchanan Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 50 added.
Heats, once round. (S Subs.)
Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Lady Skipsey, 4 yrs 2 1 1
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Era, 4 yrs 1 2 dr
First heat woo by a length ; second in a canter.
COUNTY OF DORSET AND BLANDFORD
RACES.
The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three years
old. One mile and a-quarter. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Herbert's Antler
The Dorsetshire Gold Cup, by subscribers of 10 sovs.
each, added to a Handicap of 5 soya. each, 3 ft. Two
miles. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Herbert's Arctic, aged (West) 1
Mr. Herbert's Ajax, 6 yrs 2
The County Members' Plate of 501. Heats, about two
miles.
Mr. Herbert's Ajax, 6 yrs (Benskin) t 1 1
Mr. Saddler's Fanny Callaghan, 4 yrs
Mr. Jones's bc by Ells, out of Distaff, 3 yrs 2 dis
The All-aged Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 20 added, the
second to save his stake. Heats, one mile and a half.
(8 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's Poussin, 4 yrs
Mr. Cookson's Crikey Billy, 4 yrs 2 2
Mr. Sa.vin's Be..swax, S yrs.
The Silver Cup for hacks was won, in three heats, by
Mr. Pennon's ch in, aged (Salmon), beating Mr.
Waring's br m by Tomboy, out of Butterfly, Mr. Harri-
son's gr m, and five others.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FiunAr.
LEAMINGTON STAKES.
sto 1 agst Algernon I Bto 1 agst Walking Stick
5 to 1 not Mosque I 15 to 1 agst King of the
7 to 1 agst Advice Gipsies.
7 to 1 agst Councillor
GREAT YORKS
5 to 1 agst Mickey Free
6 to 1 agst Artful Dodger
7 to 1 agst Rowena—(t)
ST. L

(HIRE STARES.
I 15 to 1 agst Godfrey
I 15 to 1 apt Ashtead Pet.

7 to 2 agst The Cure
5 to 1 agst Ithuriel—(t to
2001)
7 to 1 agst Red Deer—(t)
8 to 1 agst Bay Momus

:GE R.
8 to 1 agst Valerian—(t)
12 to 1 agst Princess—(t)
12 to 1 agst Foig- a- ballagh
—(taken)
25 to agst Godfrey.

TIVER I'ON RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Borough Cup Stakes, of 5 SOYS. each, with 50 added.
Heats, twice round. (5 Subs).
Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 3 yrs (Arthur) 1 1
Mr. Crofton's Cornopean, 4 yrs
Mr. Wilkins's Ima, 6 yrs
Mr. Scobell's Fox, 4 yrs
The Hurdle Stakes, of 2 soya. each, with 10 added,
once round and a distance, 3 subs., were won in two
heats by Mr. Sidey's Ambition aged (Vivian), beating
The Knight and Fair Penitent.
The Beaten Handicap was won by The Knight, beat-
ing three others.
WARWICK RACES.—A difference between the inha-
bitants of Warwick and Leamington, which threatened
to deprive the race fund of the 1001. added annually to
the Leamington Stakes, has been adjusted, and the
money will be given as.usual.
STOCKTON RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Members' Hate of 50/., added to a Handicap of 15
sovs. each, 10 tt, and 5 only if declared ; the second
saves his stake. Twice round from the Red Post.
(24 Subs., 8 of whom declared).
Mr. Ayre's Inheritress, 4 yrs, 6st 7lb (Wintringham) 1
Mr. Heseltine's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs, sst 121 b
Mr. Stephenson's Epilogue, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b
Mr. Osborne's Sloane, 3 yrs, sst 4
Mr. Salvin's Beeswax, 5 yrs, Est 71b 5
Alr. S. Standish's Little Hampton, 3 yrs, Est 41b, and
Mr. Palmer's Betsey Bird, 4 yrs, sst 81b, also started,
but fell.

The Earl of Radnor is making considerable im-
provements in his property at Folkestone, which, when
completed, will have the effect of greatly increasing the
attractions of the town as a watering place.

MAGAZINE DAY.
BLACK WOOD'S MAGAZINE.

Mr. Louis Bianc's " History of Ten Years," dating
from the last French Revolution of 1830, forms the
sub;ect of a critical notice in the present number of
Maga. The criticism, as might be expected from the
Tory politics of Blackwood, is of a most severe and
searching character, and accuses Mr. Blanc of being
no better than a downright anarchist. This opinion
is certainly anything but a just one. The historian
—who, we may add, by the way, is a popular French
journalist—is opposed to the system of policy at pre-
sent prevailing in France, and is by no means vio-
lently enamoured of the principles of the bourgeoisie,
but he is no advocate of anarchy and confusion, and is
merely desirous that Louis Philippe should adhere
conscientiously to his pledges, and carry out into
practice the principles which he professed when raised
to the throne of the barricades. In fact, so far as we
can gather from an attentive perusal of his history,
which his penned in an eloquent and animated style,
M. Blanc maintains the same opinions which were
maintained by the late Arinand Carroll, who, though
a republican, was no anarchist in the Tory accepta-
tion of the term. A " Night on the Banks of the
Tenessee" is a spirited American sketch, evidently
the production of a writer who is familiar with the
localities and characters which he pourtrays. The
"Execution of Montrose" is a passable national ballad,
in which we think we can detect here and there an imi-
tation of Macaulay's manner in his Legends of Ancient
Rome. "National History of Man" is a grave and
complicated theme—too much so, perhaps, for
the pages of a magazine—treated in a dull,
prolix style. In "Poems by Coventry Patmon"
Christopher North wields the crutch with a vigour and
heartiness that seem proof against the infirmities of
age. His criticism is, in truth, a most truculent one,
and in some respects is not undeserved, for not a few
of the extracts quoted by the Reviewer teem with
sillinesses and affectations that would be unpardonable
even in a school-boy. " It is no Fiction" is a painful
story, turning upon madness, and supposed to be re-
lated by a lunatic. The "Burns' Festival" is a de-
scription of this recent holiday-making on the banks
of the Doon, in honour of the memory of the poet
whose genius has immortalised that stream. " Mar-
ston, or the Memoirs of a Statesman" improves in in-
terest as it proceeds. In the chapters before us we
have a glowing description of a war debate in the
House of Commons, where Pitt, Fox, and Burke are
the chief speakers. The manner of each of these
illustrious orators is pourtrayed with much exactness
—that of Fox especially, who is painted to the life,
just as we find him represented in the pages of
Wraxall, and other contemporary memoir-writers.
We prefer quoting, however, a sketch of the depar-
ture of the Guards for Holland on that memorable
expedition which the Duke of York commanded, and
which was attended with such insignificant results :
" All now was excitement and activity. The intelli-
gence of the French advance into the territories of our
old and very helpless ally, awoke England at once. The
feeble and perfectly fruitless negotiations, by which the
slide from disgust into war is generally managed, had
produced their effect ; and France, furious for its prey,
and England, steady and stubborn, for the first time
were brought face to face. The summons, so long wished
for, at length reached us ; and the Guards were ordered
for embarkation. ye received it in the spirit of a jubilee.
All had been prepared. And on the night before our
final parade, I received my appointment to a company.
Our parade, next morning, was one which I believe was
never forgotten by any individual who had the good for-
tune to witness it. Of all the striking ceremonials which
I have ever seen, it was the most striking. The King
had given notice of his intention to be present, and bid
us farewell. At six o'clock, the three regiments were
drawn up in front of the Horse-Guards, a body of three
thousand men, and finer-looking troops never bore arms.
All the avenues to the Park were crowded with the mul-

titude. Exactly at the half-hour, a rush of the people
towards the parade, showed that the King, always punc-
tual, was at hand. He came, surrounded by general
officers, with the Prince of Wales, then a most chivalric
figure, in the uniform of his regiment of Light Dragoons,
and the Duke of York, as a field-marshal. The enthu-
siasm of the troops could not be restrained, as this bril-
liant staff approached the line ; and three cheers were
given with all the zeal of honest loyalty. There are
times when tears are the only substitute for speech ; and
the King, one of the most kind-hearted of men, visibly
shed tears at this reception. Another cortege now ap-
proached ; they were the carriages of the Queen and
Princesses. The scene now became almost painful.
There was many a tear from royal and noble eyes—the
impulse of high emotion, not of sorrow—or, if tinged with
the thoughts which always shade the name of war, yet
undegraded by weakness. The multitude caught the
feeling ; the shouts subsided ; and all was weeping and
waving of handkerchiefs. The King put an end to this
embarrassing sympathy. He rode forward, and, taking
his station in the centre, gave the word to ' march.' He
was answered by one gallant buzza' from the line, re-
peated by the thousands and tens of thousands who now
moved before and around us. Our bands struck up, and,
with the Monarch and his sons at our head, and the
Queen and Princesses following in their equipages, we
marched through streets, crowded to the roof, echoing
with acclamations, and wishing us all good fortune as we
passed along, mail we left the mighty metropolis behind.
Even then, it was only to meet the new multitude of the
country. The road to Greenwich, where we were to em-
bark, exhibited a population as countless, enthusiastic,
and full of good wishes as those with whom we had just
parted. The King still rode in our front ; flags, ban-
ners, and every kind of joyous testimonial met our eyes ;
and if ever there was a triumph before the victory, it
was in that honest and generous diiplay of the true heart
of England. The embarkation took place within a few
hours ; and on that night we slept on the element which
Britain has so long made her field of battle. The wea-
ther was serene, and we fully enjoyed the freshness of
the air, and the brightness of the view as we rounded the
coast. At the mouth of the Thames, we had met a strong
squadron of the line of battle, appointed for our convoy,
and bringing numerous transports with troops. Our
fleet had now become extensive, and as we moved out
from the land, the sight became continually more ani-
mated and exciting. The dispatch of the look-out fri-
gates, the constant change of signals, the firing of guns
to t egulate the sailing of the great convoy, the ma'
nceuvres of those floating castles, the seventy-fours and
three-deckers, the harmony of their bands as they passed
us, rushing along under a cloud of canvas, with the hum
of the thousands on board—all formed one of the most
heart-stirring combinations that could exist to the eye,
or even to the heart of a human being. I stood gazing
from the poop of our transport the entire day ; and even
when twilight came, there was but a change of interest
and beauty. We moved on, a moving multitude—a frag-
ment of a mighty nation—almost a nation of ourselves,
on the face of the deep. Within the horison which now
lay beneath my glance, smooth as glass, and shining in
the richness of the departing day, what materials of
living power were gathered ; what bold hearts ; what
high hopes ; what indefatigable perseverance ; what ac-
complished intelligence ! a force inferior to the one be-
fore me had more than once changed the fate of the
world."

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.
In Mr. Murray's " Physiology of London Life,"
which forms the most attractive feature in this
month's Miscellany, there are some amusing reflec-
tions suggested by newspapers, and the great and
fast-increasing influence which they exercise over the
mind of the community at large. Justly remarks
the writer, "the moral power of the public press in
this country is not the less absolute from being un-
acknowledged. 'What will the newspapers say if
we do so and so ?' crushes in the bud many a pro-
mising job. The knave, the swindler, the profligate,
and the debauchee are all more or less held in check
by a salutary fear of seeing themselves reported in
the newspapers. If the ambition of one half the world
is to keep out of the newspapers, the account Fs fairly
balanced by the desperate efforts of the other half to
get in. In fact, all people who court publicity through
these, the great dispensers of it in our day, work upon
the newspaper's blind side ; they wish the paper to
have no eye for anything but their claims, their
abilities, and their virtues.' Within the last twenty
or thirty years the influence of the press has been all
but omnipotent. It was the press that carried the
Reform Bill, and brought about that state of public
feeling which enabled the Minister of the day to
strike the fetters off the limbs of the Catholics and
the Dissenters. In the -present chapters of the
" Fortunes -of the Scattergood Family" we find a
forcible description of a destructive fire in a
country village. " Choice Fruit, or the Ba-
lanced Account," is a humorous poem, some-
thing after the quaint manner of Peter
Pindar, which would have been more effective
had it been shorter. The " Gaol Chaplain" contains
' an impressive tale, illustrative -of the demoralising
effects of the game-laws, of which the writer thus
speaks :—" These laws are bringing about a state of
oppression and tyranny on the one hand, and of re-
sistance and crime on the other, which would dis-
grace a land inhabited wholly by heathens. Poachers
are hunted down by landowners and their game-
keepers as keenly and fiercely as the early settlers in
America hunted down the natives. The upshot is
the scaffold and the hangman, the drop and the noose,
the dying struggle, and the death shriek. And all
this for what ? A partridge or a pheasant! But the
gentry must have them, it is said, on their tables,
because game is a rarity, and because it is nice and
delicate eating !" " Selwyn, Walpole, and Brummel,"
is a brief biographical sketch, accompanied by an
estimate of the character of these three eminent in-
dividuals. The article is lightly and pleasantly hit
off, is sound in criticism, and abundantly seasoned
with anecdote. " A Few Pages from my Journal"
is a diary of Mr. Fynes Clinton's recent travels in
Greece, of whose gradual improvement he speaks in
most encouraging terms. The " Philosophy of De-
lusion" is a smart, ingenious, desultory paper, by a
writer who quaintly signs himself "An Irish
Whiskey-drinker." Baron Von Pfaffenburg" is a
very so-so affair. We subjoin an account of a dog-
show from the " Philosophy of London Life :"
" A friend of ours is a dog-fancier, and we accom-
panied him one evening to, of all things in the world, a
dog-show. We had heard of agricultural shows, ,
horti-
cultural shows, tulip shows, dahhashows, and fifty other
shows ; but we never dreamt of a dog-show. However,
there it was, on a printed paper, pulled by our friend out