The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

SANDIsINGEL93I, April 26.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke
of Cambridge, with Lieut.-General and Ntirre'
Knollys, Captain Grey, Colonel Clifton, Mr. P::
Fisher, Mr. H. L. Wood, Mr. Holzman, and the
Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, attended Divine service 0°
Sunday last at Sandringham. The Rev. George
Brown Moxon, 8.A., rector, read prayers, and the
Bishop of Oxford preached the sermon from the 1.6`1/
chapter of St. Joan.
On Monday the Prince and Princess of Walel4
the Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of Oxford'
Lieut.-General and Mrs. Knollys, Captain Grey'
Colonel Clifton, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Wood, Mr. 1-I°lr
man, and the Hon. Mrs. W. G. Grey, drove from
Sandringham to the pleasant watering place f
Hunstanton, returning about five o'clock in the
afternoon.

The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge
left Sandringham at about half-past ten this worn
ing, accompanied by Captain Grey and Colonel Cam
ton, for Newmarket.
The Bishop of Oxford left Sandringham for Ell
this morning. _

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attended by
Major Cowell and Lieutenant Haig, arrived in town Yester:
day afternoon from Osborne, and proceeded last even►ng
from the Charing-cross Terminus to the London•bridgo
station, and thence by the 8.35 train to Dover, en route for
the Continent.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, late last evenil's
from Newmarket. His royal highness had been staying '''..,
a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales since Saturday at Sandringham, and yesterdoi
accompanied the Prince of Wales to Newmarket.
The Countess de Grey will have a dance on the
6th and another on the 10th of next month, at the fawill
residence in Carlton-gardens.
The Countess of Derby will have her first
assembly this season to-night, at the family mansion in St.
James's-square.
The Countess (Dowager) of Glasgow and Lsdl
Diaua Pakington have left Farrance's Hotel for Malver/1/
Worcestershire,

Count Krouscowitze, from Homberg, and Baton
Bruille, from Paris, have arrived at the Portland 11°te1"
Southsea.
The Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait entertained
at London House, St. James's-square, yesterday evening'
at dinner, Lord and Lady Cranworth, Lord and 10:1/
Houghton, Lord and Lady Rollo, the Bishop of St. AsaPh°
Archdeacon Hale, Sir David and Lady Dundas, Dr*
M'Murray, Lady Sitwell and Miss Sitwell, kc.
Field-Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney,
Governor of Chelsea Hospital, is improving in health. The
venerable officer is regaining his lost strength.
MARRIAGE OF VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT ASP
LADY JULIA COSE.—Tile marriage of Viscount
Powerscourt and Lady Julia Coke, eldest daughter of the
Earl and Countess of Leicester, was solemnised yesterday
at St. Gaorge's Church, Hanover-square. The church W°s
crowded to excess on the occasiin by the numerous relatives
and friends of both noble families. The noble bridegroom'
in company with Captain Richard Bateson, arrived at the
church shortly after half-past eleven o'clock, and was soon
joined by the bride, who was accompanied by her mother,
the Countess of Leicester. The wedding party then arrange('
themselves in front of the communion table—the bride being
attended to the altar by ten bridesmaids, namely, her sib
sisters—the Ladies Anne, Gertrude, Mary, 'Winifred, Mar-
garet, and Mildred Coke ; the Hon. Alice Jocelyn, daughter
of 'Viscountess Jocelyn; Lady Mary Gordon, daughter of
the Marchioness of Huntly ; Miss Mary Stephensollt
daughter of Lady Mary Stephenson; and Miss Stewart.
Captain R. Bateson (Ist Life Guards) attended as "groom °
man." The Rev. Robert Collyer, honorary canon of
Norwich Cathedral and rector of Warham, performed the
religious rite. The bride was given away by her father,
the Earl of Leicester.

LIVES SAVED FROM SIIIPWRECK.—The Board of
Trade state that in the nine years 1855-63 3,409 lives We
been saved by lifeboats, and 2,896 by lines and ropes throvgl
from the shore either by rocket and mortar apparatus or by
hand. In the year 1863 the numbers saved were 505 bf
lifeboats, and 357 by lines and ropes.

THE LATE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH NURSING
THE FARMER'S CHILD.—Some years ago the late
Bishop of Peterborough had occasion to visit a remote
country village in his diocese, and notice had been sent to
olie of the churchwardens (an intelligent but unpretending
farmer) that his lordship would call upon him in the court
of a certain morning, it was cold weather, and, after an
early breakfast, the farmer's wife had gone upstairs for e
short time, leaving her baby, of about three months' old'
asleep, and still in his nocturnal habiliments, in a cradle
by the parlour fire. When upstairs the good mother Mara
a knock at the house door, but, never dreaming that the
bishop would call before nine o'clock, she took no notice of
it. Presently, however, she descended to look after ller,
infant son, and to her extreme astonishment, and indee
horror, found him in the arms of the worthy prelate, Wil°
was alone in the parlour with him, hushing, coaxing, find
kissing the now unmistalreab'y wide awake child. The
good bishop, altnough then wanting not many years
,„°
threescore and ten, had walked over at that early hour fr°P;
a town three miles distant; and, having probably rout*"
the infant from its slumbers by his knock and entrance into
the room, had taken it out of the cradle, and was good nti-
turedly acting the part of nurse until the arrival of the
mother. Such a man naturally won the hearts of all.

FARMERS IN MUSLIN I—Can our readers picture
to themselves an agricultural exhibition, at whiell
the farmers are attired mainly in white muslin, with to:
bans instead of hats, and slippers instead of boots—the said
farmers, moreover, having black or brown faces, decorate;
perhaps with paint, and generally set off by earrings of go it
and precious stones, not to mention other rings wherever
is possible to place them—on the arms and the fingers, t°
•
ankles and toes ? Such an anomaly may have been sac
gested at Hanwell, but it is only lately that it has folio"
existence in real life; and, even now, it may not be seen to
this country. To behold it one must have been at Calcutta.
a few weeks ago, when a proceeding was enacted which bad:
hitherto been unparalleled in India. For the idea of :his
novel experiment the local public are indebted, it appearsle°
the excellent Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, the Hon. t
Beadon. It occurred to him, we are told, in the early Psr„
of last year, that an Agricultural Exhibition, somewhat
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the model of these held in England, would bo of we'll'
benefit to the country, by improving the breed of cattle, ili-
troducing a better class of agricultural implements, and
stimulating the tillers of the soil to greater care concerna
the quality of the produce brought to market. To carry
out these objects the most effectual measures were taken'
Local committees were appointed in every part of India'
and announcements of the nature of the scheme were 6"
culated in all the local languages. The Bengal Govern'
meat advanced a sufficient sum of money for prizes, wb`,c
were on a very liberal scale, and for the general expenses 0f
.
the Exhibition : so there was no occasi,n to solicit enba
scriptions. But contributions of objects to be exhibi:e
were demanded from all sides, and the response was battle
in the highest degree. By the end of the year,
t of
collections were nearly completed. These, consistinge°,
live stock, machinery, and produce, were all prope
classified, and placed in temporary buildings erected orlon
large piece of ground assigned for the purpose. And' by
e
the 15th of January, the Exhibition was formally opened
."
Sir John Lawrence, who arrived out just in time fo
ceremony.—Dickens's " All the Year .Round."
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GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.—This compa
showing great activity in preparing
AntwerP•
tinental traffic between Harwich, Rotterdam, and
We announced a few weeks since the launch of the A.vaituhe,
the first of the feet of noble vessels constructing Or
Messrs. Dudgeon, of Cubitt Town, for the railwiaaYurnc",:i
pany. On Saturday last the second steamer scion c"
uni bee of
most successfully in the presence of a large
hter of the
visitors, Miss Alice Goodson, the eldest
daurforming the
Chairman of the Great Eastern Railwa)% r
Was
waned
for its Cow
baptismal duties most efficiently. The P
Zealous.

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