The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, May 21.
The Queen and her Royal Highness the Princess
Louise drove in the morning to the Balloch Buie.
In the afternoon her Majesty, with their Royal
Highnnses the Princess Leiningen and the Princess
Helena, drove by the Bridge of Dee round by
Aberarder.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and
Princess Beatrice went to the Falls of Garthalt.

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The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday
forenoon, attended by Major Teesdale.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive,
attended by Lady Morton.
The Prince of Wales visited the Grand Duke of
Mecklenberg Strelitz, at St. James's Palace.
His Royal Highness went to the House of Lords
in the afternoon.;

State Concert,
By command of the Queen, a State Concert was
given last evening at Buckingham Palace, to which
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a party of nearly 800 was invited.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton, tin
Hon. Mrs. E. Coke, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord
Harris, Lord Alfred Hervey, the Hon. R. H.

Meade, and Alajor Teesdale, arrived at the Palace

from Marlborough House shortly before ten o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princess Mary, arrived from St. James's
Palace, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and,
Colonel Home Purvis.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived from Gloucester House, attended by Colonel
Tyrwhitt.
His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Meek•
lenburg-Strelitz, arrived from St. James's Palace,
attended by Baron von Plesson.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Meek-
lenburg-Strelitz, and their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, and the Prin-
cess Marie Isabella, were prevented by indisposition
from being present.
His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen,
and her Royal Highness the Princess of Leiningen,
were also prevented from attending the concert.
The Prince and erincess of Wales, accompanied
by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge,
and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Streliiz, con-
ducted by the Lord Chamberlain and the other chief
officers of the Household, and attended by the Ladies
and Gentlemen in Waiting, entered the concert
room soon after ten o'clock.
The Marchioness of Ely officiated as Mistress of
the Robes for the Duchess of Wellington, who was
too unwell to attend.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore
a black tulle dress, with flounces of tulle and jet
ornaments, and a tunic trimmed with lace and jet.
Head dress, a tiara of jet, with jet ornaments. Her
Royal Highness also wore the Victoria and Albert
badge and the Portuguese Order of Isabella.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
wore a black silk dress trimmed with flounces of
tulle, and covered with a deep lace tunic. Iliad
dress, a tiara of diamonds and pearls, with white
feathers ; stomacher, necklace, and ear-rings, pearls
and diamonds.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary were a
white satin dress, trimmed with tulle and satin
ribbon, covered with a tunic of Brussels lace. Head
dress, a diadem of diamonds and water-lilies.
Stomacher, necklace, and ear-rings of pearls and

diamonds.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales wore
the uniform of a general officer, with the insignia
of the Order of the Garter and of the Star of India.
The Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the
Guard, with their officers, Lieut.-Colonel Cooke, the
Ensign, and Colonel Bourke, the Exon inWaitingi
were on duty at the Palace.
As soon as their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales entered the saloon the con<
curt commenced.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee
Yesterday at the Horse Guards. About 120 officers
attiended.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and Princess Mary arrived yesterday at their resi-
dence at St. James's Palace, from Cambridge Cot-
tage, Kew.
The Duke ant.l Duchess of Beaufort have arrived
in town from BaU.tninton, Gloucestershire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury
arrived at their resieence in Pall-mall yesterday,
from Tottenham Park, rear Marlborough.
The Earl and Countess Russell, accompanied by
Lady Georgiana Russell tont.l fsmi:y, arrived at their
residence in Chesham-place yesterday from Pem•
broke Lodge, Richmond.
The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea have
I arrived at the St. George's Hotel.

The Earl of Carnarvon has returned to town from
visiting the Earl and Countess of Portsmouth.
The Countess M. de Pruchoff has arrived at
Long's Hotel.
Lord and Lady Londesboiough entertained the
following company at dinner yesterday evening at
their residence in tirosvenor-place :—The Duke and
Duchess of Beaufort, Earl Annersley, Viocount and Vis-
countess Grey de Wilton, Sir Henry and L ady Sophia Des
Vceux, Colonel lion, James and Mrs. Macdonald, Colonel
and Mrs Charles Baring, lion. F. Calthorpe.
A ROYAL PRESENT FROM AUSTRALIA...—qhe CU'
toms' authorities at the port of Southampton .received
an
order from the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury on Saturday sanctioning the delivery dut7 tree of
a magnificent gold casket, bearing an inscription to the
effect that it is a bridal gift from Lady Young and the
ladies of New South Wales to her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales. It measures about Bin. in width by
about 4in. in depth and across, and is lined with rich vel vt.
The ca,-ket is ornamented with wreaths of flowers, and tho
key represents an opossum on a tree, the whole being of
solid gold. The workmanship is most beautiful, and the
chasing very elaborate, the casket being altogether one of
surpassing richness and beauty. It is valued at £7OO, and
the duty upon it at 17s. per ounce, would amount to quite
£lOO. This elegant present from the antipodes was brought
to Southampton ty the Peninsular and Oriental I..lonapany'o
steamship Delhi, which arrived there in. the early part of
last week with the Australian mails.

THE THAMES POLICE BOAT.—Owing to the
rapid progress which is being nada by Mr. Kitson, the
contractor for the Thames Embankment between Watt 000'
bridge and the eastern end of the Temple-gardens) tbao
Royalist, the Thames Police boat, which .has been anchored
for some years past at the end of Nurtelk•street, 100
yesterday to shift her quarters lower dow, I the river. 1110
Royalist is one of the vessels which went out to tb

Arctic regions in search of Sir John Frani:in.
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ARLIAMENTAAY DEPOSITS (1864 .)—A return
ef the Amount ins ested in the Public Plads, Exchequer
Bills, and Cash, to the Account of the Accountant-
ral, as Deposits on the Railway Bills presented to Farli:
mint during the present Session," states that the einoul6
ll-
of cash deposited was £667,335 15s 8d; Exchequer 13i1
£578,800, and stock transferred, £5,076,754 is 7d ; toto'
£6,322,889 17s 3d. .1„
SPREAD OF SPECULATION.—A corresponeL' °
a Boston paper gives the following account of
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ladies of the Filth Avenue Hotel, New York :—" They Wer
ail talking stocks. A parcel of young brokers live ill --81
house, and every evening they were sent over to the
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bole' to ex.,..cute the commissions of the ladies. I did
ask any of their husbands what they thought of t"-0.
arrangement. A lady took me in tow, and we sailed (1495.:g
the drawing-room, looking and listening to what was te3-t
done and said. Jenny,' said a very pretty w°lll3 111L,00
another, ' You'd lieqer buy some Michigan Southern.
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sure to go up to 140.' Now, Lizzy,' replied her fr'et,ue.:
It's no use for you to be bulling the market. don'ti.ted
Here any such a thing.' Oh, you horrid bear, yout' retorted
Lizzy, you've been selling short, you kn©w Y°llll'l4-1.0131
So we passed along, hearing conversation of this sort '
women who held stock-lists in their hands, and eagerlY
ipa
(paired if their brokers had returned from the coalhole)
what they had done." If this be true, what are we
to ? Are we about to turn into a nation ofdaleCO3 7,13.
if Lothr
make a second Baden-Baden of New York
and matrons indulge in this dangerous game of beggar:7o,-1h
neighbour, the next generation will come honestly
by a wholesale mania for throwing dice, and will und
f3ute"o.4
edly erect statues to Fortune or to Secretary Chase, in
of to the heroes of the war,—.ll'm York PaPer.