The New York Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1870, Page 7

» THE MVARLAND TRIAL, Tho Prisoner’s Sleepless Nights in His Cell in the Tombs. The Question of Insanity Reopened and Exhaustive Testimony Taken Thereon. A Medteal Man’s Review of the Causes, Physi- eal and Mental, which Rendered the Prisoner Irresponsible for the Shooting of Richardson. A Brief Session—Scenes in Court, ‘The applteants for adinission to the court room weve not so eager and numerous yesterday as they were last week. The general belief that the prisoner has bad enough of testimony rolled up in his favor to insure his immediate acquittal takes off the edge of excitement which greater risk and uncertainty as to the result would preserve, Nearly all the ladies who have devoted their precious time since the start to the proceedings of this trial were punctually on hand, not qui'e so gayly apparelled 18 on some of the bright days in the beginning of last week, but rather got up in such plain, serviceable garments as will wear Lest during the prolonged sitting which the Court is expected to make. How the majority of there ladiea regard the case of McFarland has not been clearly ascertained, but some persons confi- dently assert that al except two, are in favor of acquitting the prisoner, One of the exceptions is a lady pretty well known in woman suffrage circles, who takes advanced groand on alf questions concerning the sex, and may be taken as a fair sample of the coming woman that is destine, to overturn the present humdrumand stupid order of things, The other is a lady of vermilion complexion, of a literary turn of mind, much given to metaphysical conundrums, and reriously sceptical as to the natural propriety of the Christian rule of wedlock. Most of the ladies are intellectual looking, and in the aggregate would no doubt make @ very delightful tea party. THE MYSTERIOUS FEMALE. A lady in dlack, with bionde hair, and very much resembling in figure and oatiine a person who was frequently seen in the second story corridor of the Astor Houge at the close of last November, occupied 1» seat in a secluded corner of the reserved area, The ‘thick veil which fell down over the newspaper which she appeared to read effectually shut out any distinct view of her features, but the inquisitive reporters in her neighborbood were quick enough to circulate the rumor that it was Mrs, Abby McParland, A WITNESS IN MBTAPHYSICS. The proceedings being confined almost wholly to the examination of an expert in insanity and the language empioyed not being what is commonly in vogue, made the mass of listeners rather weary, though the testimony was intrinsically of a high order of interest. The views of Dr. Vance in the mat- ter of menta} alienation, or dementia, are substantially similar to those of the Prussian surgeon, Dr. Richerand, who formerly had charge of the Hotel Dicu in Paris, He gave his evidence with remarkable clearness and fluency, and on the whole was a model witness, The long list of cumulative interrogatories addressed to him by Mr. Gerry, council for defence, to the purpose of knowing if the specified conditions of provocation given the prisoner, and the mental aberration produced therefrom, convinced him that insanity was the state of McFarland when he shot Richardson, was skilfully and effec- tively woven. Siould the prosecution admit the eonolusions of the witness and produce no medical witness with antagonistic views it is diMoult to see what other course is before the jury than to acquit ‘the prisoner. BRALTH OF THE RECORDER. Every one was rejoiced to see the Recorder on the bench again, restored to health and looking as well asever. He received the sincere congratulations of the bar and of his friends generally on his reappear- ance. FOURTEENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. Examination of Witnesses—Testi: Orr. John Orr testified—I am night warden of the City Prison; my duties are to walk the front of the cells on the corridors; I know the prisoner; I have passed in front of his cell late at night; he was awake; he was sometimes reading and awake on all these occasions; Ihave seen this between half-past twelve and two clock in the morning; he was in bed; I opened the door of his cell and could see into it, Orogs-examined by District Attorney—I carry a lantern, and I have found sometimes a light burning in his cel). Re-examined—tI did not hold any extended conver- sation with him; he said he could not sleep. Testimony of Dr. Vance. Dr. Vance examined by Mr. Gerry—I am a phy- sictan; gm attendant physician in the out-door de- partment of Bellevue Hospital and assistant surgeon of the Ohair for disease of the mind; I have been noti- fled of my election of assistant physician of the New York Hospital for nervousness; I was house surgeon for eighteen months in Bellevue Hospital; I belong to weveral medical associations; I remember visiting defendant in March in the City Prison and had a jong conversation with im; I examined the heart and lungs by listening to the sounds, and [ find that they were healthy; I examined, also, ‘as to the temperament ef his body, and found that the sensibility to pain or to tonch was normal; I made an examination as 0 paralysis of the muscles and the tongue, and the eye and the condition of the optic nerve; I found there was congestion of the re- tina; I examined his pulse when I commenced the examination and also at the close; at the former it was 102, at the latter 115. Did Pty cal) again to see the prisoner on the 11th oh? A. Idid; I had’ an interview of half an hour in the Tombs. Q What was the nature of the conversation on that occasion? A, We talked more particularly upon matters connected with his health and how he was y of J feeling; there were other gentlemen it =r het Bn he 3 ee of nol ing able sleep; pulse; it was then beating ai the, rate. of 10%; after twenty-tive minutes’ conversation it was then beating at 128; he complainéd of not betng abie to seep; hix face was haggard and his eyes btood- shot; his lips were tremulons and tbe muscles of his face were twitching, and be would frequently change his position in @ nervous manner; my next Visit was onthe 16: of March, four days afterwards, woen I remained wih him an hour. : q. What was your conversation about? A. We weat over the sume topics; my object was to travel over the same ground again; we talked of bis health and of his family troubles. Did you examine him for heart or lung disease ? A. Yes, sir; I found the same result; as to the tem- pee of his pody I found it in a normal condi- jon. Q What was the condition of the eye as shown by the ophibalmysco) A. It indicated the presence of jon of the brain; I discovered that there was fanctional disorder of the beart and Jungs without a disease, what you observed in this exami: ination did you form any conclusion at the time what dis- ease the prisoner was suffe) under? A. Yes; he suffering from disease of the brain induced by Jong and exeencive mental anxtety; I also came to the conclusion that what he said with regard to his alee] Was true; 4 man with congested brain cannot sleep. afi Whatdo you understand by insanity? A, In- ity is & ci or partial derangement of the faculties of the mind resulting from disease of the brain which will not impair the consciousness but, prevents freedom of mind or action. ots Where do you Mok for the evidences of the ex- istence of insani oh A. Insanity is the resuit of dis- og? ¢ the ee f ies juppose that a person ‘sees a real object, but miainterprets its form and {ts position, what do you term that? A. 1 would term that an elision of the are a false impression, having no foundation in Q. Is that an indication of insanity? a. No; but taken in connection with other symptoms it is. Q. Into what to divisions do you generally divide the diseases of the brain? A. Into organic and functional. Q Explain what is the disease generally known as ic disease of the brain? A. The disease which ts the structure of the brain, such as the hard- ening or tag of the brain, or the inflammation of the Mewbranes; d trayestation of bicod in the brain, NEW YORK HERA LD, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 187 a bobble of a matter choking up the principal artery, & syphyiitic growth from something preasing ‘on the bi ese Are all organte diseased. Q. What is con in of the brain? A, Conges tion of the brain commences when more bleod is at ha Ts that a definitely marked And when coupled with the evidences of ehange of character and occentricities of the individnal-—sup- p fach existo—ls It ov Je it Bot evidence of It ie, e238 Was shown some colored plates, which he Fecomnived as correct Uiigrains and drawings of te brain, pulgrnally and exter ‘hat are the proiitic ton? A. alieration iu the, ot of tye blood vy i ry aloohol; certain melicives pais ‘to it, but the Moss prolitic instance e@inotion and anxiety; ype Wi o dur 3, for lnstance,. a'paroxysia of anger, ana’ gee tn him wendy something. the ch. that, at thas mo- ment takes place In his brain, and if that excilement excessive, 43 conti becomes i period of Fepowe thterveuing, it becomes congestion of bie brain. derstood you to say that in your examina- uot when there is congestion of the brain you note u difference in the size of the vessels and the color of the veins? A. Yes, Q. Is want of sletp a certain notification or accom. auiment of estion of the brain? A. Yes; hee 8 always & paint the head, in front or on the top or behind, or following some particular nerve or deep peated pain in the eye, often complained of as neu- Taigta of the face. In cases of congestion of the brain, when satls- fied of its existence, do you or not fiud the person suffering frei iluston, delusion or hallucination? A. 4. Q. With reference to the use of morphine in dis- eases of the brain, how large a dose do you adimin- ister? A, It varies in the nature of the case; I have known, in cases of congestion of the brain, Uvvee grains to be adininistered, What is the ordinary dose of morphine? A. From one #ixth to a half grain, Q. Did Lunderstand you to say that. insanity is the result of disease of the brain? A. Yea, Q. What are the modes of deiermining the ex- istence of insanity? A. The methods of determining Insanity are similar to those used in determining th existence of any other disease of the brain; there ure two classes of signe—the general signs of the skins sensibliity to the touch, the eye, the ear; We sevelbility to touch is in some cases incieared, in others diminished, and in others perverted; in cer- tain Kinds of mania a man imagiies he ts mate of glass, that he is a dead body and has ceased to ex- ee . man joses all sense of his own personal ddentaty.. Q. What ts the sensibility to pain? A. The sense of pain may be increased or diminished according to the phase of the hallucination, and the sense may be entirely perverted; when perverted men will jun tarily prick themselves with pins and needles, and women have been known to run hatrpius all over their bodies. Q. With regard to sight what ia your observation? A. The sight becomes rated or diminished; they cannot see more clearly and at greater distances than those in @ normal condition; then, again, they are sometimes unable to recognize their frtends; they will see only, half an object, and aguin they will -s6e an ober double, hep this perversion of the sight trequently creates iNusion aud hallucinations in these cases? A. Yes; congestion of the brain ia the most frequent cause of these hallucinations. Q. What effect has the disease of the brain on the sense of hearing? A. That also may be Supaeraos or diminished; the smaliest sounds will me painful; the patient cannot fisten even to the voice of a friend; he will muitle out the sounds—will hide his head; the slightest sound becomes necessarily painful; on the other hand the reuse of mp ite uray be diminished and the patient cannot hear his friend talk; he becomes deat, but he will hear ali kinds of strange sounds, the ticking of a Wi the Sailing of waters, the Ucking of the death wateh and other hal- luctnations, Q Did you make any examination as to the sense of taste under those conditions? A. We do not usually do that, as enough can always be determined by he eye and ear and the touch of the skin; the sense of taste, however, hke the other senses, beoomes per- men get the idea that they are going Ww starve, ties will even starve themselves to death be- cause the taste is perverted. Q. With regard to the muscular power. A. That also may be «Kaggerated or perverted; when exag- gerated you have tremor of the muscles of ue lace; there will be twitehes of the side of the face and of the i oscillation of the eye, doc. Q. Is the walk or carriage of a map affectel? A, Yes, they will go on iu a peculiar manne; te walk teu may not be affecied, but they will be unable wo sit BUN; they willbe uneasy aud restless; they will sometimes in their walk present the appearance of a drunken man, aud they will lave ali (he appearance ‘that alcohol produces; sometimes they can stand an iitimense amount of fatigue and at other times they are easily exliaasted. Q. What is the result of this over-exercise of mus- cular power? does tt increase or diminish the disease? A. It increases the disease. Q. Have you observed the effect of this disease on wie topgue—the power of speech? A. Yes; the mental phenomenon quite frequently mistakes words and in reading they cannot keep: the sense of the words before them; they will skip lines and confound lines and spaces and have no intelligent tdea of what they are reading; there will also be an incoherency of speech and an inability to fix the attention w any particular train of thought, and a loss of will to appl. Wany particular subject; the persons diseased wil sometimes become so preoccupied that they will for- get the ordinary decencies of lile—wil give utterance to incoherent things; will talk to themselves and address inanimate objects. Q. What about a propensity for repetition of the same subject? A, They will forget what they have been just talking about and Lucy will rep a) over aud over again the same conversatfon or dwell constantly upon the same subject, 4 Q Have i ever observed any change in’ the character of the writing of those persons? A, Yes; I have seen letters from peigons sulfering from con- gestion of the brain just as incoherent as their speech; there will be ved the same misuse of terms. Q. What about their ability to sleep and the phe- nomena of their dreams? One prominent sign of the diseased brain is that the patient is unable to sleep and cannot get the due amount of sleep; if they do sleep they Wake up with astartand their dreams are unpleasant, a sure indication of disorder of the brain; sleep is almost impossible without the aid of narcotics. Q How can @ man live without dleep? <A. There is one case, on the authority of a missionary, who states that # Chinaman was condemned to death by being ved of sieep; he lived nineteen days, but on the eighth day he implored his executioners to put him death in any conceivable way their uity of torture might si sooner continue to live on without sleep; he died on the nineteenth day; in this disease there is sometimes a projection of the eye, and the muscles drawing it back the eye is not quite in the right line, and ts 80 peoutiar as to attract uttention; Mr. Marsh’s description of the prisoner's eye corresponds closely with thia state; accelera- tion of the pulse, without disease of the heart, is a symptom of disease in the brain; in those suffering from this disease there is a general change of caar..c- ter; aprudent man may become aspendathrift, a care- fui man a care‘ess one; the individual is usualy either und excited or depressed, or each alternately; there is generally a loss of memory and a fallure of the Judgment and a vacillating will; there will olten be hallucinations at the first, which will lead to de- lnsions; insanity in an ancestor predisposes the descendant to the same disease; thee are other diseases which are hereditary, but especially in the Lervous diseases desceudants of those affected are more liable to them; this may Le after the inter- mission of a generation; where it appears in a col- lateral relative, as in a cousin, without any apparent cause, there is strong presumptive evidence that it cane from an ancestor, a Have you been present in court during this trial and heard all the evidence given on the part of the defence? A. Ihave, Taking into consideration the defendant's tempera- ment and age, the belief that his wife had been per- suaded to go on the stage, as the first step towards throwing off her atlegiance to him; the belief that his wife had yiekted to the persuasions with that view; the belief that his wife had absconded from him under the persuasions of the deceased and others in his in- tel with the understanding that the deceased was tain her and keep possession of his children to mal and prevent his meoovaetns: the jon, of them and assist her tn procuring a divorce in another State and eventually marry her; the belief that his wife and the deceased were determined not only to annul the marital relations, but, through their sub- sequent masvage ie annihilate his parental relations also, by making the deceased the father of his children—both or one of them; the belief that Ins wife became & party to this ¢ from the start, owing to the influence of parties her to nt, as though disinterested, when. they were really in the service of the deceased and helping out his intentions, and to | divorce the de- fendant from his wife, and eventually mai In Rg kn pa pal son Pere} woul ve chil- dren, and aiter the recor Br Percy the apprehen- sion that he would forever lose his youngest boy; the belief that his wife still had - aifection for him, and, notwithstanding she left him, would have re- Susow to ee but res the preven son, (on ie deceased cuniary countenance and support she received fro P the deceased; that atve m the bel ter the recovery of his'‘son Percy the deceased had men aching he would lose son Sere ihe wea not. constantly ‘employed, whe son was B when his heaith did not justify tt; hit at to wrhe, as shown by erasures afd blota; the belief poverty made him powerless in defeating the determination of the deceased to a) late his wife and children; into co 0 fur. ther, his intense fondness for his’ wife, continually re- curring to the endearments that Nad once passed between them, and the ontgeey reciprocation of his attachment to her; his { ees for his youngest son and his ii desire to have possession of that son, even though his wife should never again return to him; the of mortification he must have felt at deceased supplanting him in the affections of his wife; the suspicion that he had been dishonored by the adul- tery of his wife with the deceased before and after she left him; the inte letter from the de- ceased to his wite of March 9, 1867; the letter of Mrs. Sinclair of February 21, 1867, and of Mra. Calhoun of February 22, 1867, written to his wife; the letters of Mrs. Oalhoun to his wife of June 24, 1866; August 26, 1866, and September 1, 1866, relative to her pafing up the profession of the stage; the letter of Mrs, Cal- houn of February Aba the day of the month or the year); for frequent reference iM the oelendant vto. thaws Ser ters, and the feelings and morbidity wxely to be thus produced in his mind; his hallucinations it the décesed and his wife were flocked in each er’s arms; the fequend reference to the amount he had to af in recovering his son Percy, and tle had beeu left in by it; bis wild idea that if he had $30,000 he could upheave the world; his re- peated conversations with personal friends on the subject of his domestic troubies—this being the ab- sorbing topic in his ee pnd bea ine whenever opportunity offered; his inability Ww sieep; bis taking 1emed:es to procure sleep; his want of such a home as he fud with Ms wife wit him; Jona of cides the unhappiness and Valuelessness of fe; his dreams, Teprodnel his troubles, cat from his bed, as if he had, or as the deceased uy the throat; the voloe of lis pian ne crying to’ a ip his sleep; his pales ae strange figures objects about and near him; his f and irresistible impulse to kill him- to fatigue Be of the night statement as ve and seeing balls of light before his eyes; the involun- the muscles of his chin and of his uth and Lose when ina state of great apparent mental excitement; the puptis of his eyes being at times unasually contracted; a wild ¢xpression of his eye whenever he alluded to his domestic troubles, and frequently when he did not; his incoherence of lan- guage. and misuse of words; his inability to converse 0 & rational way, leaving his subject he was talking m und going to something else different from it; introducing his grief to comparative stran- gers: his talking to his fingers aud muttering himself; the logs at times of his personal identity; his changing from a pleasant agreeable 111 com. panion into one tolerated from pity and tenderness on the part of his friends; his desiring people to be With hitn or to look after him lest he should commit suicide; the unsteadiness of his hand, 80 a8 almost to prevent the feeling of his pulse; the nervous motion of his hands when engaged in conversation; the suf- fused face ently changing into paleness and then jain into Iness; his tendency to press his head Wilt his hands and to pull his hair, and his com- plaints pain in the head, “that his brain Was on fi the nnnatural distention and staring of his eyes (as testified to . Willian Marsh); his neg- ject Of his person; the diMiculty of pleasing him in ‘what he ordered for his meals; the impossibility of his being calmed by his friends, Hhongh spoken to in the Most earnest inanner by them; his pulse varying Irom 100 to 130 per minuie, when the normal pulse should be from sixty-five to seventy-five; his strong tS ay | physical resemblance to a first cousin Who ied from constitutional active insanity, no other cause having been proved for it cept feelings occasioned by the loss of his proveriy; the duration of these troubles in the pri- soner from July 21, 1867, to November 25, 1869, his mind ; Raving heen proved to be running on his troubles within some thirty minutes of the time of the alleged siootng, being then shown to have been— if the witnesses are believed—in a stale of henzy aud absolute distraction in reference to the conduct of the deceased toward him, and the sup sale of his property in New Jersey by deceased, and his Temoval to some distant place with his youngest son, br tnea the unexpected sudden appearance of the ease’ Q. Taking all these symptoms into considera. on, what in your judgment, as an expert in diseases of the mind and brain, coupitn; ‘with all thts yonr knowledge of the prisoner, Mm actual careful examination and inspection of him, since November 25, 1869, was the condition of huts mind on and throughout November, 25, 1 and particutarty at the tine of the alleged shooting of the deeased? A. I say, unhesitatingly, that he ts not in his right mind, and that he was an insane man. Q. Was he or not insane on that day and at that paiticalar point of time? A. I should say he was in- ane. Q. Under all the circumstances just supposed, and to which your atiention has been directed, was the prisover at the bar, in cw judgmeat aud according to your belief, sane or insane on the day and at the point of tie in question? A, He was lusane, Q, Under the sume circumstances was the prisoner atthe bar, in your judgment and aceording to your Delies, ai the fine of Ue avezed shoouug of the de- ceased on November 26, 1869, “aware of the nature, eter and consequence Of the act he was com- miiing?” A, No. Q Under tie same ctreamstances was the prt- sober at Lie bar, IN your jndgment and according to your Le lel, at the (ime of the alleced shooting of (he decoared on November 26, 1860, “in such a state of mid as to kuow Uiat (he deed was uniawfully aud morally wroug?? A. 1 don’t believe he was, nder tle same circumstances, was the prisoner at the bar, in your judgmeat and according to your Lelief, at the time of the alleged shooting of the de- ceased, on Novenber 25, 1869, **in consequence of the infirmities of disease incapable of ai gushing between good and evil and of forming a judgment upon the consequences of the act, which he was tLea about to commit?” A. He was incapable, certainty. After a short consultation with counsel on the case the court was adjourned at one o'clock until eleven o’clock this morning. THE ROGUS TELEGRAM. ‘The senior coun-el for the deience wished to take the opportunity, through ihe Court and in the pre- sence ol the reporters, who were the repie-eutatives of the newspaper press of the world, to deny a state- ment made in a Western paper, and copie! into the rs of this city, that to the District Atiorney he viper or in any way intimated that what he said as to Mrs. Calhoun was other than the truth and what he beievea to be true. He had not done 80, he did not intend to do s0, and never shoula do so, He wished, therefore, W make this contradic- ton as empbatic as possible. The District Attorney said that no such conversa- tion as that reported had ever taken place. The court then adjourned, IMPORTANT FROM AFRICA, King George and Prince Charles of Bonny tn Baglaud~News from the Seat of War. ‘The British and African Steam Navigation Oom- pany’s steamer Bonny, Commander Lowry, arrived in the Mersey April 13, after a very rapid passage. The Bonny had twenty-four passengers, amongst whom are King George of Bonny and his brother Prince Charles, Her cargo consisted of 1,600 casks of palm oi) and india rubber, besides other produce, and £2,000 in specie and gold dust, being one of the largest and most, valuable ever Drought to England in one vessel from the west coast of Africa, ‘The Bonny ae advices as follows:—Old Oalabar, llth; Fernando Po, 12th; Opobo, 14th; Bonny, 16th; Benin, 18th; 20:0; Jellah’ Coffee, 2ist; Accra, 23; Goast Gastie,’ 23d; Cape Palmas, 25th; Grand 46th; Monrovia, 27th, and Sierra Leone, ‘0th of March. The war between the Ashantees and the Fantees on the gold coase still continues, and when the Bonny left there was no sign whatever of any cessa- ton tn the strife, The struggle between Ja Ja and Oko Jumbo had not ceased. The former had opened trade on the Opobo nver, and # great quantity of oil Nad been carried down to that piace from the Ebon market, This had caused a good deal of annoyance to the natives and traders at Bonny, who were much incensed at the manuer in which Ja Ja Nie: diverting the trade from that place to the Opobo ver". At New Calabar the oil season had get in, and from all apppearances. promised to be @ very successful one. here was no chatige in prices. The general state of heaith on the West Coast was tolerably good. AN INGEN.OUS CONVICT. Charies Kiker, of Esex county, who, on a charge of breaking and entering, was committed to the New Jersey State Prison, at Trenton, N. J., on the 6th of January, 1869, was discharged yesterday, having completed the full term of his punistment. Dur- bis incarceration Riker has exhibited a. great deal of ingenuity in tue construction of & model lecomotive, and ler, which, im construction and design, is a perfect piece of mechanism. ‘The author is an engineer, and from this evidence of his skill, which he was permitted to take with him, itis evident that he is intimately ac- quatnted with the theory and practice of this tm- portant branch of modern science, He gays that he owns property to the amount of $80,000, and that his brother-in-law was mainly instrumental in bring- ing about his last trouble, with a view, as he alleges, of obtaining possession of. his property, ‘A CURIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON. A Man’s Lungs Turned to Soap Stone. Some ten days since a butcher of Paterson, N. J., named Frederick Keeflyn, employed at the corner of Crogs and Congress streets, saw two boys fighting and fan out to part them, whereupon & man named Kahoe, a shoemaker, came out and struck the butcher on his head. On Sunday Keeflyn was found dead in his boarding house at 18 Market ‘street. Coroner Butterworth held an jnqaest, and it or believed that the blow on his head had caused his death @ post-mortem examina- Vion was orde! and held by Drs. Blumdell and Warren. instead of there ek any injury to hig head it was discovered that d had been caused by disease of the lungs, which were hardened and eiecae every appearance of a mass of soap stone. e pronounce it a most extraordinary case, and declare that it is incomprehensible how the man lived ae long as he did. A verdict was accordingly fally'esa by ee Ie in. ee dang pees a9 exonera\ oe from connection Keefyn’s Mente on! WESTCHESTER COURT MATTERS. ‘The April term of the County Court and Court of Sessions was commenced at White Plains, West chester county, yesterday morning, County Judge Robert Cochran presiding, When the Grand Jury had been empannelled, they were addressed by the Court, Pu alter a the _mem- bers uy e ‘aaiben vely light duties that await their — deli tions, remarked that although the law which. established the Excise Com- missions has been abolished, persons who should be found sel liquor without license, or dis) ig of verages on the Sabbath, either with license, were guilty of # misdemeanor, and it would be the duty of the Grand Jury to indic the offenders tm all cases which might be w thely Anowledae, FLOWERS AND FLORISTS. “he Willlings of Wature and Stars of Barth.” Immense Extent of the Trade—Valuable Statis- ties for the Spring and Summer Months— Theatrical Bouquets, Wedding Garlands and Funeral Floral Emblems—The Teachings of Nature's Silent Voices. Flowers are the silent voices of nature which in- atruct a6 Well as amuse whose who listen to them with attention and proper appreciation of thelr mia- sion, They dwell in the woodiand glade, spangle the dewy mead, adorn the moorland with perennial Deauty and smile in streamiets and river, ali sient yet eloquent teachers of the Eternal Word, miniature emblems of omnipotent perfection, And thei mis ‘sion is not always without fruit, The story of Pec- ctola is known to all, How that tiny, fragile plant struggled into existence in the bieak prison yard of Fenestretia, bringing balm to the heart of the despairing prisoner, melting Into tenderness the proud, icy soul of defeated ambition and dise pelling the clouds of infidelity and cynicism, 13 chronicled among the legends of these ‘wildlings of nature.” Flowers are emblems of trusting and confiding love. Cherish them and they greet you ever with a swile of welcome; crush them and they Teproaen you with a sweeter fragrance, They glad- den the pure spirit, and speak of parity aud hope to the sorrowing and sin-stricken soul. They are thorougtily democratic in their favors, and know No distinction between peer or peasant. Tue care- worn city merchants biess the stars of earth bloom- ing tn God’s gardeu, and ttre dust-covered, weary mechanic feels in the green hills new life at ther smiles, Each grassy svem and tny petal bas a lite history of ts owa, and we can dud @ world of inte- Test alike in the drooping bud and stately tree, Flowers are of material as well as ssthetic value. The Lumble lichen was sought aftertor the famous Purple dye of Tyre and Sidon, aud tue history of England is [uli of instances where FLOWERS ARB SYMBOLS of great houses and great events. Tne poets have woven garlands of all kinds of flowers, binding their tiny stems with tne golden thread of verse and breathing the Qivinus agtatus on their own fra- @rance, The old prophets took Lowers as the natu- Tal embiems of iife and the mmortality of the soul. ‘They are dear to every heart, for Who loves not These fairy people of the lealy woods, Coharen of svorm sun, clunbers of ‘The montalu sue, o¢ loitering on the bank UF the young rivavet ? ‘TH BIRTH OF THE FLOWER ig @ study worthy the atienuon of any mind. Under the gental indue ace of spring, the littie seed. bursts the sheath in which tt had been bound and preserved during the jong winter months, and sends downwards to the earth a tiny fore, and Upwards, into lightand air, @ young stem with ite first pair of Jeaves. These are tae swaddling clothes. of the young embryo, and through their help the litle stem bears aloit the plant of the fature, The first food of we Tloral baby is @ Kort Of sugary compound called cextrine, formed by seed leaves aud the moisture Oi: the earth and atinospnere. Nurtured tu it the root Jets and Vari! grow ghd fourisn uatil the piant, iinging off 4s Seed leaves and passing from ike swage ‘Of Ibsancy, assumes an widependent existence, ‘he new leaves act ay .ungs and begin to reproauce them- selves 1 varied @nd beauiliui toring called Nowers. ‘daus are these geius of tue Heid Called into existence by We jwagic Chemsiry of nature from earth aud air, and colored by the distant sun, Linawus first ‘nought of cdnstructing A FLARAL CLOOK by an arrangement of towers of different ktnds, For instance, the morning glory opeus at aawa, we siar ol Bethiehem ut tea o’ciock, tie ice plaut at noon, the four o’ciock at the same hoar in the aiter- novu, Ue Cvening priurose at suase. and toe ight flowering cereus alter dark, The beauufal wie water ily Closes its petals at sunset aud sinks oe- neath the surface of the Jake or river for the night. At dawn the petals expand and the fower emerges again from us watery ved like a Nalad. What silat ‘we say of THE QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS, the rose, of wich poe.s, from Anacreon down to Walt Whtiman, have sung? She is the velie of the parterre, and a very exwcuing one too, for she de- Tngnds tender care, rica tood and ulga culture. she is like tie village maiden in her uauve wiidness, but can be developed jato regal splendor by nurvare gad cultivauion. | In 1629 Sir Jobn ’arkingon counted turty diferent kinds of roses; now we have over 10,000, “Love among the roses” 1# not @ mere poetic com celt, but @ reality. ‘Lnere wi tulermarnaye among the different families, and irom this source a vast number of varieties arise, Consequenuy few roses are of pure ‘‘biood "” WEDDINGS AND FUNERATS mono) the bulk of tue Hower crade tn this city, and the amount expended annually in floral aecora- ons Jor these joyous an occasions 18 almost meredible. New Year's day aud the Kaster noudays are looked forward to anxiously by tne venders and producers of flowers. ‘The business is mainy done by the sale Ceo im the metropolitan markets dur- ing the months of Aprii and May, aiihouga in some establishments, such +s thas of Peter Mendersoa, dersey City, the products are shipped by expresa and by mau. ‘The vew postage law allowing seeua and plants to passat the rate of eight cents per und is cheaper than sending them by express. ‘ons Of seeds, bulbs and plants are thus shipped ouring the season. The demand for fowers is con- stantly increasing, and the prices, notwithstanding the dull times, are becter than last year. We git a lew of the retail market rates of the different artt- om with about the numver of each of the different kinds of flowers sold during the reguiar seasous:— 0,000 carnations, from 25c. to $1, according to size. 2,UL0 chrysanthemuma , ic. to Wc, (sold an the fall). ‘co.eron, of all sorts, at 2c. 10,000 dahiins ag 301,000 taberoses, 1ee, each. 34,000 Fuchu, from Se. to $1.50, according tosize. | 20,00) geraniums, zonal, from 2). to bic., according to size, 10,0 gerantuina, variegated, from loc, to Olen, eecording UU) geraniumus, scented, from 25. to 0c. Ho geranium voared Trowa ako. 100, 600 giadiolus buibs, 1c. to duc, 10:00 hardy garden roo! heilotro} Bo. to $00 nantanas, 2b. to 0c. $,0.U peontes (herbacious), 2c. to 50e, $00) peony trees, $1 to 4B 0,000 pansies, Le. to 2bc, 100,000) daisies, 100, to 2c. 20,000 pelargoneums, Suc, to Tie. 100,00) smgle petaniaa, 1c, to ibe. 0 doudie petantas, 25c. to bus, 0) rows, trom oc. to SL. 1,500,U0) verbeuias, ave cach. 2,000,000 miscellaneous plants, at an average of S50. ‘These are sold in spring, but the sales of fail paths, such #8 hyacinths, tulips, crocuses and jonqguus, average about three milons, at three cents eaca, ‘Learoses are the favorites this year, and came- 114s, tuberoses and violets are, of Course, indispen- sab! i$ abound in con- Ie. ‘rhe suburbs of the metro} servatories. Near Unton Will, N, J., there is a little German colony Of about thirty florists. Peter Hen- derson, Jersey Cisy, has tne largest gardens in America, ana at Astoria, Flushing and Ftatbusn, L. L, there are very extensive conservatories. since the commencement of tne Easter hoilaays the pusi- ness 10 flowers bas Increased to an immense extent, and on Jast Sunday thousands of dollars were ex- pended upon the decorations of the churches. Some of the Catnollc tempies were like TITANIA BOWERS, with fregrant garianda twining around each column, and @ per.ect coaservatory, with lights twinkling in every petal and incense mingling with each delicious odor on the altar. In some charcnes the popularity of @ preacner may be known, as that of a theatrical Javorite is, by the number of bouquets laid on his desk. The shepherd of the Piymouth church flock seems to be particularly favored in this regard. Between the fiery character oi his sermons and the profusion of Sowers that his admirers pre- sent tim each Suaday one can readily imagine him- self in & hotnouse. The fact of the preacher being an exotic also may tend to atrengiben the im- pression. FLORAL BOHEMIANS are quite a popular feature in tne flower trade. They are principally young girls, and may be seen every- where—at oa theatre, on Broadway, and loitering around briliantly lighted entrance of some palatial mansion where a wedding, German, reception or sociable 18 in progress. They are ped tue agents of large houses oted to the sale flowers, And inside the walls of a theatre they are the employés of some florise who has the mo- nopoly in his line in that establishment The trade is brisk at any house where the leg drama ts cultivated. The demand for bouquets, wreaths and paskets at the Grand Spare. House is something enormous at present. The blondes durin; their first season nere Were literally deiuged wi bouquets, and one with the “woice of wocal wei- wev’ was presented by one of -her booby admirers at Tammany, om her benefit night, with ® stand of Mowers over seven eet in beight, aod carried to and irom the theatre in a carriage drawn by four horses, ‘The cost of thig “white elephant” of the floral kingdom was $500. The Haupt Brothers, Broadway, presented the Anton. Society, on the occasion of the perlorim- ance of Der Freischuta” at the Acaderoy of Music, wita @ Gower stand six feet in height, oa which were pee five baskets and a magnificent pyramid. On the last night of the “Black Crook” and Witte Fawn’? dancers at Nibio’s it is computad tat $1,000 would hardly pay for the deluge of Hotaetmer’s fowers that rained on tne stage. Very often, however, these ‘marks of popular favor’ come from the man. agement, and cannot be regarded as a compliment to the artiss fromm the audience. GERMANS AND ENGLIGUMEN are the principal flower producers in thie vicinity. Us Would Ne an idle tagk to attempt to teik of any 0.—QUADRUPLE, SHEET, thing like exact statiatios of the snnual expendi. tures in this city for flowers. The trade 1s coustanily on the Increase, and oom private gardens and con- Servatories are Last com! ‘vor. First claas stores op Broadway and the other prin. cipal streets take the place of the small basements were formerly un- ja which the cbtidren of Flora te ro Peed oo os ime eee virons the Long Island gafdens rays GREENHOUSES, eaten = este mars tba dio vans which conaume eve Of coal. The following tame ig given as an average ail the conservatories metropols, In one of there are of the yearly cus of flowers in thw monscr jardea:— wuble primroses. + 120,000 White stocks. aa pid growth of the flower trade in this city, for Len years ago it Was in ite infancy. As the demand increases the supply will of course be in equal proportion, so that in a few Years More We can challeuge competition with any city in the worid in this branch of business, and the American wetropolis will be surrounded op ail sides by countless gardens, rivalling Babylon in ber palm est days anu outstining even the gay French capital, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Promineut Arrivals in This City Yesterday. Judge G. T. Bigelow, of Boston; A. de ‘azee, of Mexico, und A. A. Mayes, Jr., of China, ave at the Brevoort House. General J. M. Brennan, of the United States Army; H. A. Tilden, of New Lebanon; EB. F. Jotiuson, of Middletown; Thomas Dickson, of Scranton; H. W. Qwinner, of Philadelphia, and B. H. Porter, of Chi- cago, are at the St. Nicholas Hotet, George Peabody Russell, of of Salem; EB. A. Strong, of Newark; R. M. Henry, of Belfast; 8, M. Simith, of Milwaukee; J. H. Weeks, of Boston, and Isaac Mac of Cincinnatt, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, A. O. Durant, of Boston; A. 8. Doane, of Hartfords W, F. Leon, of England; R. B. Fletcher, of Toledo; B. W. Brigham, of Boston, and W. R. Petiers, of Talla- hassee, Fla,, are at the Grand Hotel, Captain Turtle, of the United States Army; W. Beach, of Troy; B. King, of Newport; George McMil- lan, of Detroit; George H. Bigelow, of Burlington, Vt, and B. Gun, of Springfield, Mass., are at the Hoffraau House. Rev, Charies G, Williamson, of Leeds, England, ts at the Clarendon Hotel, General W. W. Averill, of New York; J. Wilton Barry, of Great Barrington, and E. K. Stowe, of Troy, are at the Everett House. 8. F, Tappan, Indian Commissioner, of Washing- ton; W. H. Biacklord, of Baltimore; J. B. Thompson, of New Jersey, and Samuel Engle, of King Creek, Va., are at the St. Denis Hotel. John Parkhurst, of New York; Colonel B. 0. Lock- ridge and Major J. F, Keating, of Penasylvania, are at the St. Charles Hotel. Professor F. G. Brown, of Hartford, an’ Dr. Pilis- bury, of Augusta, Ga., are at the 8t. Eimo Holet. Colonel W. A. Berryman, of New Haven; Major C. BE. Cooper, of Oil Cliy; Dr. B. L. Sweet, of Chicago; Colonel F. 8. Bennett aud Colonal G. A. Hardy, of Saratoga; Dr, G. W. Brennan, of Philade'phia; Judge B. F. Talbott, of Boston; W. A. Clark, of Rutiand, Vt., and Colonel J. 8. Woods, of Michigan, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. \ Captain D. Meliville, of Cincinnati, and William H. Thompson, of San Francisco, are at the Irving House. David Gibson, of Cincinnati; George) Keliy, T. Branais, L. Virance and A. Wissel, of Mexico; Jostah Caldwell, of Boston; George F. Peabody, of Phila. delphia, and J. H. Flagler, of Boston, are at the New York Hotel. Major W. W. Paul, of Liverpool; W. B. Peck, of Buffalo; Dr. A. M. Shew, of Connecticut; H. Spauld- ing, of Washington; H. B, Branner, of Tennessee; W. 8. De Camp, of New Jersey, and F.0. Sanford, of Nantucket, are at the Astor House. Prominent Departures. Senator Fenton, General Blair and Colonel J. G. Berret, for Washington; Colonel Hutchins and Colo- nel E, Strong, for Boston; G. A. Gow, for Pennsylva- nia; R. 8. Hale, for New Hampshire; Colonel Thomas Sweeney, for Philadelphia; 8. H. Boyd and Isaac Rich, fer St. Louis; B. Lissignol, for Baitimore; Colo- nel E. Fisk, for Montana; Judge McKinney, for Syra- cuse, and Colonel T. C. Davis, for Bumfalo. Personal Notes, Laara C. Holloway, of Brooklyn, is making @ wur of the West lecturing on Charlot: Bronte. She was in Michigan last week, It fs reported (nat Prince Arthur fs to go with nis regiment to the Red River country, to heip pu down the revolution in that part of his royal mother’s do- minions. The Montgomery (Ala.) State Journal of the 21st inst, says:—“Judge Richard H. Busteed left the city yesterday evening. We were pleased to see that his health is entirely recovered, and trust that the plea- sures during his mouth of absence from our midst may be 90 great as to compensate him for the suffer- ings borne in his recent illness. The next term of his court will begin here in the fourth week of May.’’ The Louisville Courter says:;—“It 1s @ mistake to suppose that men never accomplish apy good by wearing deadly weapons. In the McFarland trial the other day Colonel Knox testified that he had very often seen the late A. D. Richardson wear 4 ptatol in Siberia, and there 1s no doubt in the world tat ff Richardson had kept on wearing it in Siberia until now he might have been tiviag yet.” It is @ mistake to say that Colonel Kuox @aid Richard. son wore it in Siberia, Coonel Knox himself wore ‘tt there, whie be was makiog the tour of the world for the HERALD, some {cur or five years ayo, Kichard- son having presente! inm with it, Richardson, we be leve, was never in Siveria. The Kennebec Journal says that a well-known raflroa man aiid ex-Governor a few days since was ejoying @ quiet slave in one the bar- ber shops in Augnsta, Me., imtending to leave m the next. train that was then — due. The locomotive whistle sounded when the opera: tion was about half through, and a person enterin; the shop informed the gentleman that the tatu hac had just started from the depot. With hat wud car- pet bag in hand and a week's growth of beard on one side of his face, the venerable and respected ex- US Shei started upon @ run for the receding train. is situation was observed by the conductor, aud although time, tide aud rafiroad trains generally wait for no may, the engine was reversed and tie halt shaved individual taken on board, where ke was the observed of all observers, MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The Board of Aldermen met yesterday at two O'clock, the President, Alderman Coman, in the chair. The attendance of sympathizing friends of the members was smaller than usual and but little interest was manifested in the proceedings. The moat interesting event of the session was the failure of Alderman Miller to pass a general order mal the Sun @ corporation paper. The resolution ‘Was lost, reconsidered aud and finally recon. sidered again and rejected amid the merriment of the city Solons. A similar resolution im favor of te Trish People met the same fate, A resolution was hn in favor of laying down the Belgian pavement in Thirty-eighth street. Reso- lutions were also adopied providing for paying $289 for sink! @ public well in 164th street aud for ‘widening Canal street on the north side. The Board thea trausacted some routine busiuess and ad- jJourned. BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, The Board met yesterday afternoon, the President Mr. Reilly, presiding. The Board concurred with the Board of Aldermen tm directing the Compirolier to lease the second and third stories of premises 106, 108 and 110 Centre street, for the use of the First District Police Cor for a period not leas than ten years and ata rent m to exceed $7,500 per annum. The Comptrolicr was directed to make the following donations tothe subjoined institutions:—Pastor of the Church of St. Rose of Lima, $300; German Evangell- eal Lutheran congregation, $67. The Department of Public Works was directed to have the Jollowing streets paved with Belgian pave- ment:— Fifty-ninth street, from Tenth ayenue to the Hudson river; SE earth street, from Eighth to Eleventh avenne; fwenty-fifth street, from First aves nue to East river; Fortieth street, from Third to Madi- #on avenue, A resolution to re-district: the Seventeenth ward into twenty-elght election districts was adopted, After the ‘adoption of a number of unimportant we orders,” We Board adjourned ut next Mon- 7. Dut, notwithstanding U the principal part of the island was one blaze of Nigh’ INDIA. The Duke of Edinburg in Bombay—Wative; English and Irish Rejoicings—In the Temples, Private Houses and Streets~ Religion and Loyalty. 4 Bombay letter of March 12 to London, details a® Great length the yeces which were given in thas cttyr Ou the vecasion of the reception of the Duke of Edin- burgh :— The proposal to iluminate Bombay in honor of the royal visit Was received with ent and although the reception committee took the eral direction of affairs, the peopie acted for emselves in lighting up their houses. The art of tumiuatiog ts pecuitarly Eastern, and in India, during the ever-iecurring Hindu fe-tivals, the cities resent at Mirht (he aprear@ice of iLzut and beauty, Wat cOutrasts strancely with thelr noonday squalor gud dig, The various seciions of the comm vied ther in their efforts, and the Muawul- minated their temple: displayed the greéu banners of the taith in honor of the Prince. Astrong breeze and a giorious moonlight made a helicious evening, butit was diMoult for the lights to contend with such opponents. The attendants were constantly at work lighting and relighting; 40 drawbacks, by nightfall and there was not aa interval salon; the five miles of road between Governmen| House, Parell and the Explapade, that was not jituminated. The Je Way Was ono le line of light, from myriads of lamps of ote ae and color, with here and there transparencies wel- coming the Prince, Que or two of the large tanks tn the island were passed, and soft emerald janes vith Maming ruby tints, were reflec! in blende ever varying lines in the rippling waters below. The new Elphinstone © built in modern English style, and factng the Vietorta Gardens and Maseuin, Was lighted up to the top of its lofty tower, and was the newrest approuch to a fairy palace your corre. sppndent las yet se while on oppene side of the roadway the Victoria Museunt—a stately classlo edifice which, after the lapse of years, is about to be completed—Was one sheet of fame, t4 walls and windows throwing down a flood of ‘light Wuat daz- nied and bewildered the eyes, A lite further on was the Hou. Mr, Sassoon's bungalow, with hun- dreds of Ciilnese lanterns among the trees, The Bycullah station of the G LP. and the brid across the line were the next great sight, while the Jong line of adjacent buildings tenanted by the European mech enpioye! on the railway was hung with clusters of red, green and white signal lamps. Facing the buiidings was a great display of flags and his by the Byoullah Schools, one of the oldest of the institutions of Bombay. The tall Jewish synagogue came next, peculiarly but very effectively lighted from the interior, while on the other side of the roadway @ loyal Irishman, a The namerous roads which converge at Unis point were spanned by lofty triumphal arches, extending across the wide carrage ways, Each arch wad decked with palm branches ‘and decorated with flags, and flaming with ten thousand lamps, and surrounded with tran eheles, Manked by words of greeting to the The whole broad Jocal metical prac itioner, bad e ected bey te en- trance gates a briliaai tanspareucy with ihe por- trait of her Maesiy the Queen, with ibe motio, “Long Live our Satior Prince,” and tne old Irish gree ing, Cead Miue a Failte. We now enter ‘he Buen ly Bazyar, one of the main thoroughia‘es of ihe etty, daly incouged with sifangers irom every land under the sum, DOW a Itving wall of men ‘for miles on @ ch site of the road, The howe: are wechelly dirty and dingy; but days belore the Prince's arrival there Was a great effort lo paint and Whitewash this bazaar, and on the night of the T2rh It was resplendent with light. ‘The Mo-que, whose witite and green walis present so pleasaut @ contrast to the surroundin: squalor, Was lighted up to the topmost minarets and done. “Tie Mombedavie and Kalbadavie Bazaars were a blag> of light from basement to roof. Here and there festoons of jamps hun; across the bazaar from upper windows, au fn some places bvriiiiant chandetiers were so sts pended high over head. But the Esplanade! At ie entrance, in the wide space fronting the Money School, stood sour large obelisks, dixplaying mar- taltrophies. The space between them were occu- pied by cannon, one of them @ brass gun nearly iweaty-one feet long, cast at Poona ninety oue Years 460, and captured at Ahimednuggur in 1893 y Wellesley. The bases of the obelisks were sur- ronnded with arm racks, fil muskets; while above these were escutcheons containing ue Royal arms, the Dake of Ediuburg’s, Sir Seymour Fiz- gerald’s and those of the city of Bombay. Over these were trophies of sivords and bayonets, while the summits we wmountel with banners, Each obe- lisk was finely iiuminaied, and the effect was very Py are | fagade of the Money School glowed with flume, the architrave displaying & most ¢ tive Lrausparenoy, The Marine battalion was drawn up at this spot fas the Prince went by the Sepoys heid up light Jire. From this potnt to the Prere Fountain a straigh' Vista nearly @ Toe long presented itself, with tens o! thousands of lainps geared in pyramidical form oa each side of the rom. SUNDAY—ISRAELITE PRAYERS. Sunday was, of course, a dies non, but his Roya Titghiness attended service in the morniug on board her Ma esty’s sip Forie the flagship of Commodore Birk, Heath. And hee [may mnestion (iat on the VeVLOUS aay the vieit_ of Prince A:fied was notice? in the Jewish synagogue by Rabbi Ginhill in a special prayer tor the royal fuiuily. MONDAY—NATIVE HONORS, Monday, the Mth inst, brought with it a return of Staie duty, and his koyal Highness was kept hard at work receiving native chichs, among whom were the chief of Lahej,an Arab potentate, who in 1866 gave solve annoy aice to the English garrison at Aden, and was punished accordingly; his Hyghness the Nawab of Joonazhur, his Highness tle Raj of Dranzdre, bie Bighoess Agha KD Dua’ ihe uncles of the young chiefs of Sawaout Waree, His Excel- Yency Don George de Mello, ih: Governor General of Purtaguese initia, and the Portuguese Governor of Damaun were also received, Tne same afvermoon his Royal Highoess paid a return visit to D> Guekwar, whose caimp is on the Dalar rad, a (ew hundred yards distant from G House. The Gaek- war's Minister attended erament House to attend the Prince, who, ype jeaving Parell, received whe the usual walute of twenty-one guns, At the carep his Royal Highness was met by the Gaexwar himsel and was led by him into a handsome pavilion erected for the occasion. The Gaekwar expressed his thanks for the gracious way in which his Royal Highnesa had recetved him on the previous Saturday :-- Ishall carry a remembrance of it back to my own home, country and capital, where the knowiedge of the kinduess ‘ave shown to me will enhance my di, lasses of my own subjects, When under the immediat relguty of her Majesty I de- voted one and» half lakh of rupees (£15,000) for the ereo- tion of a atutue of tue Queen, in commemoration of so haap an event, and 1 should have been very giadhad your Royal Highness had the opportumty of snaucurating the statute; but it was imposaibie w get it here tu time, 1 hav however, placed wautn of two lacks of rupocs (400,000) the disposal of government Yor the erection of @ #allora’ home, to commemorate yonr Royal Highnvss visit to Bom, y- and A home for sailors, to do honor to a sailor Prince, ts @ Somewhat happy concepuon, The Gaekwar asked the Prince to iay the igundation stone of the uew home, aud laid 1. was accordingly on Thursday last The Jackwar then presented the Princewtt ha jewelled dagger aud @ crimgon satin brocaded coat, His Royal Highness next visited the Rao of Kutch, wio begged “his Royal Highness acceptance of soe very beauriful Kutclt arms, — tinelud- ing @ shield mae of — rhinover i bate axe, & concealed day: swegi, and soi uilve: of Koia- pore with ay» by Sir William Mar w: Commissioner of Sciude, Visited his Highness Meer Ali Moorah, Khan of Kiyrpoor, and subsequently his Highness Agia Khan, de Wneat descendant of the chief of the a ins—he 1d Man Of the Mountains—who has been many years a I ian refugee tn Bomvay. suine evening. there Was a state dinner at Parell, at whieh about ninety guesia were present. Eurly the owing. morning his Royal Highness drove ioom Purell to ihe government dockyard. PROGRESS, A Bombay letter of March 16 reports as follows: — The Prince coulh hardly lave been in bead before two o'clock wy mornug, and at nine had a journey to the Bhore Ghiut beiore tim. Tt was) desirable, no doubl, thit Bo should see the reat railway englacening work of Indla—the fore Ghaut Tacltue—vetore leaving Bombay, bat a railway journer of 170 miles in Ulis country is not the best prepar. for @ state ball, The Prince made the journey, however, and saw the 1 in- cliue, His Royal A’ tess, £ am told, ap; to be much struck With this great Work, as well as with the rugged grandeur of the Ghaut, Khandatla Sta- tion, Near the summit of the Giiaut, 1,800 feet above the sea, Was reach din about four hours, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeevhoy, Bart., was waiting to re- ceive lis Roya! Highness, and by the forethought of the Set baronet @ ca) aud four had been taken up for the hay, and the eand the reat the party soon found themseives in Bir Jamserjee' Dungalow, where luncheon was inid out, The train started on the return trip tn good time, and Sir Jam- retjee came down in the same @ with Prnce and his Exceileucy, Purell was rex about seven o'clock P.M. THE STATE BALL. It was easy to foretell tat the ball would ve a very Drilliant affair, For the first time a Prince dt the blood royal was to be ainongst the ests, and @ host of native potentates and princeiimgs. The approaches to Government House were finely Muminated, ay also were the grounds and gardens. The saloous began to Ml rapidly soon afier nine, and by half the corridors and balconies were thronged. its Royal Highness opened the ball with Mrs. Pendock Tucker, his Excedeucy, the Governor, jeadlnge ars. West through the quadrille. The ory crowd ‘oC ilitary cand naval aniforms wi ivling ina sea of misitn, flowers, perfumes and music; the judges and civilians in court a the politicals in their rich, sombre uniform, the rsees in their full wiite robes, and the crowd of Enropean gentlemen in plain black ones, Must have presented a bewildering scene to the native chiefs, wiio, in their picturesque costumes, With jewelled daggers, shoes and taras, stood in little “groups watching the dancers. When the Prince led the way to the supper table, the native princes, whose customs do not ae thelr eating With us, took their leave, attended by their respec tive escorts, About 600 guests were present, and dancing was kept up (il the usual hour iw tidia about three o'clock.