The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

Court' TirmTat

11ER MAJESTY,

BALMORAL, May 31.

The Queen went out in the morning with the
Princess Louise, and in the afternoon drove with
the Princess Leiningen.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

The Prince and Princess of \Yaks, attenclvd by
the Countess of Morton, Lieutenant-General
Ku°llys, Lieutenant• Colonel Keppel, and Mr.
Fisher, left Marlborough Houso soon after 11 o'clock
yesterday morning on a visit to Cambridge.

The Prince and Princess Lcuis Df Ilesse took a
carriage drive yesterday afternoon.
Li the evening their royal bighneves went to the
Lyceum Theatre, accompanied by Prince Hermann,
of Solms-Lich, and Count Schoenburg, and attended
by Mlle. de Gruney and Captain von Westerweiler

The Dube and Duchess of Northumberland are
expected to leave Northumberland House to morrow, for
Sion House, Isleworth, It is understood that during their
stay in the South the noble Duke and Duchess will reside
during the greater part of the time at Sion.

The Duke of Argyll is expected to arrive in
town on the 10th inst., from, as a member of the Cabinet,
attending on her Majesiy in Scotland.
Toe Ductless of Cleveland had a " small and
early" party last night., at the family residence in Curzon-
street, Mayfair.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford
entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at
their residence in Charles-street, St. James's.

The name of Lord iViount-Edgcumbki was erro-
neously included in the list of attendances at the Queen's
Levee on Wednesday last. Lord Mount-Edgcumbe was
not present at the Levee.

The Ear! and Countess of Bessborough received
the Earl and Countess de Grey, Viscount and Viscountess
Sydney, and a small party yesterday at dinner at their
residence in Charles-street, Berkeley-square.

The Countess of Asnburnnam's afternoon party
this day is unavoidably postponed.
The Count and Countess D'Haussenville have
arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street.

Lord and Lad) Abererornby entertained at dinner
last evening, at Claridge's Hotel, the Earl and Countess
Manvers, Lard and Lady Otho Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady
Sondes and. Miss Milles, Lady and Miss Egerton, Mr, and
Lady Charlotte Russell, his Excellency _Baron Bentinck,
Viscount Duncan, Lady Molesworth, Sir Henry Cotterell,
and Colonel Bourke.

THE CONFERENCE.—The Conference met yester-
day at one o'clock and sat till five, all the members
being present. We understand that the German plenipo-
tentiaries demand the cession of Flensburg and Duppel,
while the neutral Powers adhere to the line of the Schlei
and the Dannewerke as the Danish frontier. It is stated
that the representatives of Denmark desire that the Ger-
man Powers and the neutrals should come to an agreement
on the subject before asking Denmark to give her answer.
A proposal was also made and accepted ad referendum for
the prolongation of the armistice 15 days, on the condition
that no further extension should take place unless the basis
of a peace were agreed to. The Conference will meet again
on Monday.

CARDINAL WISEMAN IN YORK.—St. Wilfrid's
new Roman Catholic church, which has been
erecied under the "shadow" of York Minster, was opened
by Cardinal Wistman yesterday. It is a beautiful edifice;
has coat about £12,000, and has been built on the site of a
chapel which had be: n used for many years by the Catholics.
The new church will afford accommodation for about 700
persons, and it is so near the Minster, that Cardinal Wise-
man some months ago spoke ot it as a trash shoot from the
old roots ot the parent tree—the Cathedral. The
architect of the building is Mr. George &oldie, of
34, Gioucester-place, Poi ttnau-square, a native ot York.
At the opening, yesterday, in addition t, the Cardinal,
there were present several bishops and a considerable num-
ber of priests. There was Pontifical High Ma ss, the music
being Haydn's Mass No. 4. The choir was assisted by Mr.
Likereall, of Leeds, and Hiuchcliffe, of Ralitax. Car-
dinal Wiseman preached the sermon. After the service a
dejeitner was served in the Concert-room. .Pthout 300 per-
suns, including the Cardinal, bishops, priesys. and laity
were present; Lord Horries presided. The chairman, in
proposing the health of the Pope, alluded to what he Termed
the recent vit.it of a revolutiunist,scating it would have been
better if the members of Government and others who had
taken part in the triumph of that revolutionist had shown
more respect for the feelings of five or six millions of
Catholics. There was service in the evening, when Dr.
Manning presided.

TUE BISHOP OF EXETER, who is 78 years of ago,
conducted the diocesan ordination on Trinity Sunday. The
venerable prelate, assisted by the Bishop of Jamaica and
the dignitaries of the cathedral, celebrated the Holy Com-
munion,

CHORAL WEDDING IN WESMINSTER
Yesterday Mr. Wati,rfield, of the Bengal Civil
Service, and Miss Louisa Benthall Gay, daughter of the
late Mr. James Gay, of Highgate, were married in West-
minster Abbey, the ceremony being performed with a full
choral service. The chants were chosen from those of
Beethoven, and a chorale was specially composed for the
occasion by Mr. Turk, organist of Westminster Abbey,
the words being by the Rev. S. Flood Tones. The bridal
procession was headed by the choristers and the officiating
ministers. At the conclusion of the ceremony, which was
performed by the Rev. S. ,Flood Jones, M .A., Minor
Canon, and the Re,'. Canon. Jennings, the " Wedding
March" was played, and a peal rang on the Abbey bells.
Mr. Waterfield is an old Qaee u's scholar.

SHEFFIELD AND ITS CUTLERY.—It has often
been remarked that had th e site on which Sheffield
stands been purposely chosen f(72. the cutlery manufacture,
it would scarcely have been pos.s;lble to have made a better
selection. Coal abounds on the so uth and east of the town,
and iron was found and worked it i the neighbourhood at
the time of the Romans. This lattt ‘r fact does not, perhaps)
stand for much, seeing that wh.erev, 2r the legionaries went
they always found good means to ft rge and sharpen their
blades. And the iron of this district; has for more than a
century past been exhausted, or else neglected as valueless
compared with that of Furness or Sweden. Coal has also
been obtained with greater facility in other loci.lities. In
what, then, is tha special advantag aof the locality ? It is
to the river system of the district that Sheffield owes the
early and distinct celebrity of ilts manufactures. The
" Sheffield° Thwittol," spoken of 1.17 Chaucer, was a speci-
men of hand-made cutlery. Simi tar " thwittols" might
soon have been produced elsewhe re, had not the forgers
and cutlers of Hailamshire availed themselves of the rue-
chanicai power so readily gained ftora the rapidly descend-
ing streams whose Courses we have deactribed.—unce a
Week,

THE WHIG MOVEMENTS.—We stated lest month
that Lord Clarendon had j.,ined th Ministry simply with
a view to sui,ceed to the Premiership. Since then the st vete
airless of i...ord Palmerston has precipitated matters, and it
was arranged that as soon as the t,essien was over Lord
Palmerston should re-ign the Premiership, and thereafter
occupy a position in public affairs ,similar to that which
Lord Lansdowne so long held. Lord Clarendon was to b
the now Premier. Hence the mntiny of Mr, Gladstone •
fle is now aware that the Whigs will not have him at the
price which he in his exorbitant selt-conceit has named eS
the equivalent for his adherence. His is another whin"
choly instance of the fate which soon, it or later must over-
take every man who abandons principle for the objects of
his own ambition. Restless and intrii ;uing, he has rorteited
the right to be trut,ted by any politic al party which retains
even the semblance of sett-respect ; ;end though his services
may still be worth the purchasing--as in the middle ages
it was a common thing to hire a mercenary champion--he
never can expect to be a leader in that high sense of the
term which the Eng lish instinct recognises as the noblest
position to which a sh bject can legitimately aspire,--.Mask-
wood.

WORKS OF ART' IN THE ONYX MARBLE' OF
ALGERIA.—A large and richly-varied collection of
these exquisite and very interesting specimens, manuftle"
tured from one of Nature's most interesting productions•
is now being exhibited )7.7a London at the celebrated estafr
lishment of Messrs. Howell and James, in Regent.street•
The aiscovery of onyx m cable is of recent date, and it will
be remembered was first if ttroduced to English notice in ono
of the French courts in the Exhibition of 1851. Messrs.
Howell and James at one a saw the value of this beautiful
and translucent marble, said the many purposes of useful
and decorative art to which it might be applied. The de:
signers and artists of their establishment were at once set
to work, and have now produced an extensive variety of
gem works of art which cc .nnot be equalled in Europe. 11°
dijects that have been executed comprehend every
able work, both for ornamentation end for use to which
marble is applicable, and range in size from a large lazzst
some 4 feet in diameter (the largest specimen of the onY/`
t
marble ever found) to the smallest requisite for the toile
table. The natural beauty of this rare material has been
much heightened, in the working of it, by the artists, who
have judiciously mingled it with gold, and hence added to_
its richness and beauty ; and while• the purest taste
ha
given form to the hundreds of articles which are exhibited.
the work has also been executed with more than ordinary
skill. The exhibitions of Messrs. Howell and James- arc
i
always most interesting, but this one possesses more tits
usual attractions to the admirers of the beautiful in Art
andandNature.
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