The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

Webster in "The Dead Heart."

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales will honour Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston
by their company to-morrow evening at Cambridge House,
Piccadilly,
The Duchess of Wellington will give a grand ball
on Friday, the Ist of next month, to meet their Royal Higb
news the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Apsley Rouse-

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Caro
bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and
Princess Mary of Cambridge honoured the Dowager Lady
Truro by their company at dinner yesterday evening at her
ladyship's house in Eaton-square. Lady Geraldine Somer-
set, Lady Caroline Cust, and Capt, A. Ellis were in atten-
dance on their royal highnesses. A select party Was
invited to meet the royal guests.
The Earl of Sandwich entertained their Serene
Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-
Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl
and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and
Lady Ebury and Hon. Miss Grosvenor, Lord and Lady
Cecilia Bingham, Lady Marian Alford and Miss Mary
Boyle, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Mr, Rainald
Knightley, M.P., and Dr. Quin, yesterday evening, at his
lordship's residence in Grosvenor-square,
Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Hereditary Grand Duke
Adolphus, left St. James's Palace yesterday morning, on
their return to Germany. The Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, accompanied the Grand Duke and his son to the
railway station.
The Archbishop of Canterbury's evening party
is unavoidably postponed from this evening to Monday, the
27th inst.
CHARLES KEAN is said to have made the magni-
ficent sum of £1.1,000 during a 26 weeks' professional tour
in Australia.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND ROSA BONHEUR.--
Tke Empress Eugenie this week, when passing
through Thomery during a drive in the environs of Fon-
tainebleau, stopped at the residence of Mdlle. Rose Dew'
heur, and requested to see her studio. The artist at once
acceded to her Majesty's wishes, and showed her the cliffs-
rent paintings on which she is at present engaged, as well
as many fine studies of animals. A painting represen'iing'
a stag leading a herd of hinds along the summit of a rocV
eminence especially attracted the notice of her Maje.t,ty•
After passing an hour in the studio the Empress took lee ye,
having first obtained a promise that her private collection
should be enriched by a picture by Mdlle. Bonheur.
THE ALABAMA.—We observe that the British
Army and Navy Review for July gives a complete narre.ttsre
of the brilliant engagement between this celebrated cruiser
and the Kearsage.
THE LAMBDA-NU (whatever that may be !) Ter;
centenary Poem on Shakspere, written by J. A. Alle
, -
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published by John Morgan, of Stratford• upon-Avon'
just made its appearance in the form of a pamphlet of
'
pages of verse and appendix.
THREE FAMOUS BASS SINGERS.—George S o°3'
Tinney, and Higman. There was not much cLiffe;ita'
ence observable between any of these three gentlemen,us
this exception, that he who went lowest, stood highest;
Tinney got well down to E flat, George Smith ran him heroi
and growled down to D; but Higman, the Pelyphel''utio
this grumbling band, held a good, round, powerful deil-ar
c which defied all competition. These vocalists ger() °I-,0
And upon all occasions singing " The Wolf," a rni'b,erof
sotig composed by Shield, for the opera of " The Cas oe
Andalusia." No matter what the occasion might a
be,
public dinner, a ball, a marriage, or a funeral—if klig- Ltic;
got a chance of singing, it was Sara to be " The We 4e-;
All the theatrical bass singers of that period were rohl
and generally adopted a sort of Spanish costume, tut
il
mixed a character. that it would have been difficult
extreme to have associated them with any degree of ee's
tainty with any country—they were robbers, and that icli
enough : they sang " The Wolf," and that was all tst.'"
could be desired.—Beaff y _Recollections.
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A BEADLE'S INGENUITY.—There 11-' .
re,it $
seen in the Salle des Etats, in the palace of the Lou r
plan in woodwork of the immense palace of 'Versailles,,
its court, courtyards, gardens, gates, and statues. .-1-1,1)..
work of labour and patience was accomplished by ,sti,
Marcoux, beadle of the chapel of Versailles, now in the
year of his age.
ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S Accessiol,.
Yesterday being the 27th anniversary of her 14,1;
jesty's accession to the throne—the day
was celebrate( ;
the usual rejoicings throughout the kingdom, espech Jur
Windsor, where her Majesty and the Royal family tu .(3 0°1,4
staying. The morning was ushered in in the metrop.
l's
the ringing of bells from the steeples of the various chna e))",e,,
flags being hoisted at the spires of St. Martin's-in
fields; St. Margaret's, Westminster; St. Mary Abb ettrj
Kensington ; and St. Luke's, Chelsea, The Royal Stat
was hoisted at the Tower, the General Post-odic( ' ere
Martin's-le- Grand ; the flag of the Lords' Cornmissi 'llAd.
of the Admiralty was hoisted at Somerset house, the "iis
miralty, Deptford Dockyard, and Woolwich. The e. 3
the river presented a very gay appearance, from the eon
gats9(l bunting and fkgs of all nations exhibited by
000
At on,' o'clock a grand feu de joie was fired from the l'artf
in St. hoes's-park, the ',Tower, Woolwich, Tilbury
and at Wine:sor. -Air°
THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON•
th
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have much gratification in announcing
have received an authorised communication that Mrl j;jail
sell Gurney, Q.C., deputy chairman of the iloyavaat
(West India) Steampacket Company, will, in the .e
a general election, become a candidate, in coninheb,°_,ougn
Mr Alderman Rose, for the representation of this L',"ll' tbe
ss
irk Parliament; or should Mr Digby Selau-nir „,
meantime receive any Government appointra.futiou
has been occasionally surmised, that Mr 11'11001i
Gurney will be equally prepared to offer coe,
as a candidate for the vacant seat. So that, in eltP'‘,o
tit
on
we shall have to congratulate the port of 50u;h3.51,P70
having a most efficient representative, in addiii(ll_on
the
present excellent member, Alderman Rose, in the 570 f
a gentleman not only distinguished as the Recordt'
City of London, but as an old director and derletYil_ oeh
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man of the West India Company, who will.
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powerfully represent the thriving compels), h
of
vitealn•P°"
very valuable member, as well as its great
station,
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