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Miscellaneous.
MISCELLANEOUS .
The Great Solar Eclipse , May 15 . —This sublime p henomenon , the anticipation of ivhich has excited so much attention , was viewed under the most favourable auspices . At an early hour the people were on the qui ¦ vive leaving the metropolis in the steamers and coaches for Gravesend , AVoolwich , Greenwich , Hampstead , Norwood , and other places , where the eclipse could be viewed with better effect than through the murky atmosphere of London . Greenwich was crowded and immense numbers
thronged the Park , where the Greenwich pensioners gathered considerable sums by allowing the visitants the use of their glasses . The eclipse commenced at ei ght minutes forty-eight seconds before two o ' clock in the afternoon , and the course of the moon over the sun ' s disc was clearly traced . At the time of the greatest obscuration the eclipse could be viewed b y the naked eye without pain . The gloom at the time towards the south-east was very striking , but the darkness was not so great as
many persons had been led to expect . As the dark circle continued moving over thc face of the sun , gradually leaving it , the light increased , ancl the fowls and birds , which might be seen about three o ' clock betaking themselves to tlieir houses , marvelling at the astonishingly early coming on of the gray twili ght , resumed their cheerfulness and cbirup-| ) ing , and soon after half-past four o ' clock tlie moon had finally passed over the great luminary . Altogether the weather ivas as favourable and the air as clear for viewing , the eclipse as w & s ever remembered on any former occasion .
3 Iarriage of the Queen of Portugal , Lisbon , April 0 , —The longexpected husband arrived liere yesterday , and tlie marriage of the youthful bride and bridegroom was celebrated to-day in the cathedral with pomp and ceremony . It was hoped tlie Prince would have timedhis departure from Portsmouth so as to reach Lisbon on tbe 4 th , the Queen ' s birth-day ; not only her Majesty , but the people ' s expectations ivere strained for so happy an omenbut the windsand the steamand
, , , the waves were indifferent to our feelings , and he was so long delayed that many began to apprehend that he hael changed his mind . On that clay Donna Maria the Second attained her seventeenth year . Her sadness was only temporary , and we who knew the amiable source of it , ancl how soon it would be removed , gave lier credit for the softness cf her feelings , and endeavoured by cheers and visas to convince lier that where the Queen was , no King was necessary to fill the throne .
Marriage of the Prince of Capua . —His Royal Highness Prince Charles Ferdinand ofthe Two Sicilies was united on Monday morning , May 23 , at St George ' s Church , according to the rights of the Protestant Churcli , to Miss Penelope Smyth , now Princess Charles of the two Sicilies and Capua . The ceremony was performed by the very Rev . the Dean of Carlisle , the rector of the parish . This is the fourth celebration : the first at RomebCardinal We'd ; the second at Madrid ; and the
, y third at Gretna Green . The Drama , fy ; . —Unfortunately , a very few words will suffice to speak of this department of English Literature . Ion , a Tragedy by Serjeant Talfourd , has , to be sure , been produced with a success sufficient to convince even the most sceptical , of the existence of a dramatic
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Miscellaneous.
MISCELLANEOUS .
The Great Solar Eclipse , May 15 . —This sublime p henomenon , the anticipation of ivhich has excited so much attention , was viewed under the most favourable auspices . At an early hour the people were on the qui ¦ vive leaving the metropolis in the steamers and coaches for Gravesend , AVoolwich , Greenwich , Hampstead , Norwood , and other places , where the eclipse could be viewed with better effect than through the murky atmosphere of London . Greenwich was crowded and immense numbers
thronged the Park , where the Greenwich pensioners gathered considerable sums by allowing the visitants the use of their glasses . The eclipse commenced at ei ght minutes forty-eight seconds before two o ' clock in the afternoon , and the course of the moon over the sun ' s disc was clearly traced . At the time of the greatest obscuration the eclipse could be viewed b y the naked eye without pain . The gloom at the time towards the south-east was very striking , but the darkness was not so great as
many persons had been led to expect . As the dark circle continued moving over thc face of the sun , gradually leaving it , the light increased , ancl the fowls and birds , which might be seen about three o ' clock betaking themselves to tlieir houses , marvelling at the astonishingly early coming on of the gray twili ght , resumed their cheerfulness and cbirup-| ) ing , and soon after half-past four o ' clock tlie moon had finally passed over the great luminary . Altogether the weather ivas as favourable and the air as clear for viewing , the eclipse as w & s ever remembered on any former occasion .
3 Iarriage of the Queen of Portugal , Lisbon , April 0 , —The longexpected husband arrived liere yesterday , and tlie marriage of the youthful bride and bridegroom was celebrated to-day in the cathedral with pomp and ceremony . It was hoped tlie Prince would have timedhis departure from Portsmouth so as to reach Lisbon on tbe 4 th , the Queen ' s birth-day ; not only her Majesty , but the people ' s expectations ivere strained for so happy an omenbut the windsand the steamand
, , , the waves were indifferent to our feelings , and he was so long delayed that many began to apprehend that he hael changed his mind . On that clay Donna Maria the Second attained her seventeenth year . Her sadness was only temporary , and we who knew the amiable source of it , ancl how soon it would be removed , gave lier credit for the softness cf her feelings , and endeavoured by cheers and visas to convince lier that where the Queen was , no King was necessary to fill the throne .
Marriage of the Prince of Capua . —His Royal Highness Prince Charles Ferdinand ofthe Two Sicilies was united on Monday morning , May 23 , at St George ' s Church , according to the rights of the Protestant Churcli , to Miss Penelope Smyth , now Princess Charles of the two Sicilies and Capua . The ceremony was performed by the very Rev . the Dean of Carlisle , the rector of the parish . This is the fourth celebration : the first at RomebCardinal We'd ; the second at Madrid ; and the
, y third at Gretna Green . The Drama , fy ; . —Unfortunately , a very few words will suffice to speak of this department of English Literature . Ion , a Tragedy by Serjeant Talfourd , has , to be sure , been produced with a success sufficient to convince even the most sceptical , of the existence of a dramatic