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      These different operations occupied the whole day till six o ' clock , which was the hour fixed for the great dinner given by the President of the Republic to the admirals and captains of the fleet , and to which all the public authorities and the suite of the Prince were also invited . The dinner was not of a public character , and there were no speeches . Louis Napoleon left Cherbourg on Monday , on his way to Paris . At St . Lo and other towns he was received with much enthusiasm .

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      THE ROYAL FAMILY AT BALMORAL . Balmoral Castle is well situated for seclusion . _ It is a work of time and labour to approach it . The inn at Inver is the nearest domicile in which a stranger can find shelter , and this hostel is two full miles further up the river than Balmoral . These two miles , however , give no idea of the distance to be traversed between the two places , because the inn being on the opposite side of the Dee , when you have gone the length indicated , you are only opposite , not at , the castle . You must continue your journey until

      you reach a bridge—a rather ricketty suspensionwhich will be found at Crathie , a mile farther on ; that crossed , you have then , of course , to retrace your steps another full mile , so that the real distance between the royal residence , and that of any tourist or stranger is somewhat more than four miles . The walk , however , for those who think eight or nine miles good exercise ( and every one who penetrates into the Highlands should be of that opinion ) will be found extremely pleasant and picturesque—the scenery combining softness with a rugged grace , something like what Lady Mary Wortley Montague styled as * ' beauty reposing in the lap of terror . " The only objection to this sylvan walk being , that

      after you have gone as near Balmoral Castle as you can , without entering the private enclosures , which no one should think of doing , you may neither hear nor see aught of royalty . And , moreover , no one in that vicinity seeks to watch or follow her Majesty ' s movements . She goes out and in quite at ease ; when met in any of her drives the peasantry doff hat or bonnet , obtain a satisfactory acknowledgment of their courtesy—for the Queen and Prince seem both to be very particular on this point—and the parties pass on without stop or stare . It is understood that her Majesty wishes privacy , and the loyalty of the people leads them instinctively to meet her wishes .

      Last week was wholly spent by the Court in the enjoyment of quiet . Long walks within the precincts of the castle , and somewhat more extended drives in the neighbourhood , with an occasional bout at deerstalking by Prince Albert—a sport in which he is gradually becoming a proficient—occupied much of the time , and , no doubt , contributed to the health and pleasure of the Royal Family . Abergeldie , where the Duchess of Kent has fixed her summer residence , is only two miles distant from Balmoral , and also on the margin of the river , so that communication is kept up several times a day between the two

      families . It is to be regretted that a stranger on Friday aused some annoyance to her Majesty by persisting in following her in one of her walks , and latterly threw a letter at her . The contents of the letter have not transpired , nor the name of the delinquent , and it is not likely there will be any investigation regarding the matter , the fellow having been quietly bundled off between two policemen , and afterwards set at liberty . On Friday her Majesty and a party ascended to the top of Bennaboard , from whence a comis obtained

      manding and diversified prospect . Fortunately the day was fine , and the view was held an ample recompense for the toil of the ascent . The Earl of Carlisle arrived at the Castle on Wednesday week . The Very Reverend Principal Lee , of Edinburgh , as senior dean of the Chapel Royal , preached before her Majesty on Sunday morning , in the parish church at Craithie , and dined with the royal family in the evening . On Sunday afternoon the Queen , Prince Albert , and the royal children , took a walk in the neighbourhood of Balmoral .

      On Monday her Majesty rode out in the morning , accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal . In the afternoon the Queen drove out in an open carriage , while Prince Albert went out shooting . The dinner party included the Duchess of Kent , the Prince of Leiningen , Prince Ernest of Leiningen , and the lords and ladies in waiting .

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      THE ATTACK UPON HAYNAU . The rumour , so industriously circulated by the Times and other Austrian journals , that Messrs . Barclay and Perkins had instituted a most rigid investigation into the proceedings connected with the chastisement received by Marshal Haynau , with a view to the punishment of those who had taken an active part in it , turns out to be without foundation . Another rumour was that they had suspended the whole of the hands on their establishment , which is equally untrue . So far , indeed , are they from taking any such step , that they ordered the signature of " Haynau" in the visitors' book to be obliterated ,

      which has been done , to the great satisfaction , it is said , of the whole staff in the employment of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins . As the account we gave of the transaction , which was taken from the Daily News , was said to be somewhat exaggerated , we now give a more accurate narrative of the whole affair , from the Observer : — " The marshal , it seems , was accompanied by his nephew and an interpreter , and they presented themselves about half-past twelve o ' clock on Wednesday at the brewery . The interpreter having handed in a letter of introduction from Baron Rothschild to the chief clerkthe party were at once shown into the chief

      , office , where it is customary for visitors to write their names in the visitors' book . The marshal having written « Haynau' in rather a bold style , he was consigned to one of the servants to conduct him over the brewery . The moment he quitted a commotion was visible in the office , and ere many minutes had elapsed several of the clerks and collectors were seen to leave the brewery hastily , and in a short space of time the carters , draymen , and others from the opposite premises of the establishment , with a host of labourers from the neighbouring Borough Market , congregated outside the gates of the brewery . Some of them were armed with long carters' whips , and others had lone cane brooms . The general had been shown

      over most of the departments , and had arrived at the stables , when the series of assaults commenced . He was about entering the lower stalls when a heavy truss of straw was thrown out from the loft above ; it fell upon his head , and knocked him to the ground with much force . Having regained his legs , missiles of the most offensive character were thrown into his face , and as it was evident that a furious storm was brewing against the party , their hasty retreat was suggested . With as much expedition as possible , the marshal , with his nephew and interpreter , bolted across the yard , and on reaching the street they were met with the most fearful yells and execrations from the mob who had collected outside the

      entrance gates . Indeed it is scarcely possible , we are assured , to convey an accurate idea of the horrible noise that burst forth from the populace when the affrighted general appeared . He was allowed to reach about the middle of the street , when some of the carters , who were in waiting "with their heavy whips , cried out , * Oh , this is the fellow that flogged the women , is it ? ' and instantly commenced lashing him with all their might . The marshal then quickened his speed , but the mob , which had considerably increased by the arrival of a number of coalheavers from Bankside , crowded around him , and all that could get near him were kicking and shoving him , and crvinor . ' He ' s a murderer ; give it him . Down with the

      Austrian butcher . Shove him into the river . ' With some difficulty he contrived to reach the corner of Bankside , when he was knocked down , and an attempt was made by the more excited of the populace to drag him away it is thought , for the purpose of throwing him into the Thames . His nephew and interpreter , however , managed to keep hold of him , and again got him upon his legs . He then made another effort to get away between his attendants . The mob , however , followed him up , and lashed , pelted , and hooted him in the most furious style . He was flogged with the whips , struck over the back with the brooms , beaten with the coal-heavers' fan-tail' hats , while an unremitting shower of filth was levelled at him .

      Several gentlemen who witnessed the attack , made an attempt to protect the marshal , who seemed to be fast sinking from exhaustion and ill-usage , while his interpreter implored the mob not to kill him . Two young men in the service of Mr . Winter , the ironmonger in Bankside , met the men , and endeavoured to restrain them . 'He is a murderer , ' was the reply . ( We won't have him here , the Austrian butcher ; we'll teach him to flog women . ' Another rush was made at him ; his hat was thrown high into the air , amid loud derisive shouts , and his clothes nearly torn off his back . His moustache and beard were pulled in the most violent manner , and one man . who had in his hand a large biaded knive , caught

      hold of the marshal ' s beard , and made a strong effort to cut it off . By this time the party had reached the George public-house in Bankside , near Southwark-bridge , kept by Mr . Benfeild , and , in the coniusion , the general succeeded in getting from the mob , and running into the George . The nephew and interpreter remained at the door as long as it was practicable ; they , however , were soon compelled to seek shelter inside , the mob beating them and rushing upstairs . Mr . Benfeild at the time was attending at the bar , and his wife was upstairs with her child . In an instant the lower part of the house was filled by the mob , whose conduct now became furious , whilst hundreds collected in front . Loud were the cries « Out with the butcher ! ' * Drag the murderer

      , out ! ' Down with the wretch ! ' Several rooms were entered , but the marshal could not be found , and it was supposed he had been concealed . The mob then became impatient , and would listen to nothing else than his production . Several men scaled the front of the house , and got into the front room windows . The nephew and interpreter were found on the landing , but the object of their fury was nowhere to be seen . In a few momenta a loud yell proceeded from the back part of the premises . Some coalheavers had discovered the marshal crouched in a dust-bin attached to the house . By the

      hair of his head they dragged him out , shouting , We have got the Austrian woman-flogger ! ' This announcement was received with almost frantic cheers by the mob outside the house , and the marshal was about being dragged along the passage into the streets , when his cries attraoted the sympathy of some strangers , who , with the aid of his nephew and interpreter , succeeded in fitting him from the grasp of his assailants , and m ocking him up in one of the bedrooms , while others stood sentry at the door , and prevented it being forced . Mr . Benfeild , the landlord , endeavoured to appease the mob . They replied , however , that if the wretch was not given up they would pull the house down . Moat

      fortunately Mr . Benfeild , at the first rush into his house , and fearing that it would really be demolished , sent for a policeman , who arrived just at the moment the threats were being made ; and it being dangerous for him to act alone , he ran to the police-station for further aid . A strong body of the force soon arrived , and their appearance at once quelled the fury of the populace . The inspector , on entering the house , found the general seated on the edge of a bed in a pitiable condition . He was much exhausted , and in his own language complained severely of the pain he endured from the injuries inflicted upon him . Having partaken of some slight refreshment , the inspector assured mm , through the interpreter , that h © might consider himself perfectly safe under his care , as he had a body of officers down below to protect him . It was some time , however , ere he could be induced to believe that he was free from

      further violence . His torn garments having been temporarily repaired by the interpreter , and Mr . Benfeild having lent him a hat , he ventured to make for the Thames police galley that was lying at the foot of the stairs fronting the George . Getting safe into the boat , it was rowed to Waterloo-bridge . A cab was then procured , and the exhausted marshal was conveyed to Morley ' s Hotel , Charing-cross . It should be mentioned , however , that , when he took his departure from Bankside , he was greeted with yells , and his hat was thrown into the river after him . " During the remainder of that day the general was

      confined to his bed at his hotel . On Friday he was still suffering from the injuries he had sustained . He was visited by several of the Austrian nobles and others resident in London ; and , in order to avoid the recurrence of a similar display of feeling , arrangements were made for his quitting England , and in the course of Friday night , we are informed , he took his leave . " The excitement the affair has created in the vicinity of Bankside and the market is very considerable . Daily has the George been visited by crowds of excited Hungarians ; the dust-hole and bed-room being objects of much attraction to the curious . Cheers are repeatedly given by the visitors for the draymen and coalheavers .

      " Mr . Benfeild called at Morley ' s Hotel on Friday , and sent in his card to the general , who , however , declined seeing him . " The Brussels papers of the 8 th inst . announce the arrival at Verviers of General Haynau , on his way from London to Cassel . —Times ,

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      PUBLIC MEETING . A public meeting was held in Farringdon-hall , Snow-hill , on Tuesday evening , for the purpose , as announced in the placards , of taking into consideration " the noble conduct of the workmen employed at Barclay and Perkins's brewery , in having given expression to the feeling of detestation felt towards the assassin and woman-flogger , Haynau , by all true Englishmen . " The room was crowded . Mr . J . Pettie , having been called to the chair , he stated the object for which they were met , and called upon Mr . D . W . Ruffy , who moved the following resolution : —

      " That all the peoples of the earth are brethren ; that the infliction of tyranny and cruelty upon any country is an outrage to all nations ; that Italians and Hungarians command the sympathy , and their Austrian oppressors the hatred , of the people of the United Kingdem ; that foremost among the Austrian tyrants in Italy , and chief among the Austrian savages of Hungary , stands Marshal Haynau , the military murderer , executhe aforesaid

      tioner , and woman-flogger { groans ); that Marshal Haynau is the enemy of the human race , outlawed by the voice of the people and amenable to popular justice ; and that , therefore , the humiliating punishment inflicted upon that miscreant on the occasion of his visit to Barclay and Perkins ' s brewery was honourable and praiseworthy to the administrators thereof ; and this meeting declares the brewery workmen and the highspirited men and women who assisted in chastising the Austrian assassin deserve well of their country , and are entitled to the thanks of the friends of freedom and

      justice throughout the world . " The mover of the resolution said he was glad that Haynau had not been killed outright , that he still lived to be pointed at as a tyrant and a coward by every man who had a heart in his bosom . Had he been a brave man he would never have ran away as he did . They had been told that Messrs . Barclay and Perkins were about to institute an enquiry into the affair : —

      " He would not believe it . They knew too well what the result of such a step would be . They had no desire to bring themselves to the brink of ruin for a monster like Haynau ; they knew they depended on the working classes for their opulence and luxury , and if they attempted to discharge any of their men , other breweries were ready to take the men , and the meeting would pledge itself to support those brewers , whoever they might be , that took the men . Against such a monsteras Haynau the people of the earth would rise , to hunt him through the world if he were to be found ; there was . only one place that was fitting for him , namely , the depths of Hell . "

      The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr . Julian Harney , Citizen Engels , Mr . Brown , and Mr . Osborne . After three groans for Haynau , and three groans for The Times and Morning Chronicle , three cheers for Kossuth and Hungary , three cheers for the glorious French Republicans , three cheers for the German , Italian , and Polish patriots , and an equal number given , with great enthusiasm , for Barclay and Perkins ' s workmen , the meeting separated .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 14, 1850, page 579, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1853/page/3/