The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb• 26.
The Queen, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn,
drove out this morning. Major-General Seymour
attended on horseback.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline bar"
rington, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. 1). Da Roe, Went
to London.
Iler Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg Strelitz, and their Serene Highnesses
Prince Edward and Prince Gustav of Sase Weimar,
visited the Queen and remained to luncheon.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Princs of Wales rode yesterday morning,
attended by Major Teesdale.
The Princess of Wales drove out in the afternooni
attended by the Countess Da Grey.
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena and
Princess Louise visited the Prince and Princess
Uf
Wales at Marlborough House. Lady Caroline
Barrington and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. De"
attended their Royal Highnesses.
The Prince of Wales attended the debate in the
House of Lords.
The Prince and Princess of Wales dined with
her Royal Highness the Duchess bf Cambriige
at
St. James's Palace.

The Duchess of Cambridge.
Her Royal HigLness the Duchess of Cambridge
gave a grand entertainment last evening, st bet!
apartments in Sr. James's Palace, to their llcle
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales.-
Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duchess
of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz and the Princess Mary o'er°
also present. The following were invited to meet
their Royal Highnesses :—The Prince and Prioc°l
Edward of Saxe Weimar and Prince Gustav of 531,e1
Weimar, the Marchioness of Ely, the Earl an
Countess of Darby, the Earl of Malmesbury', 1-'°„r
Courtenay, and General Peel. The Countess P°
Grey, General Knollys, and Major Teesdale were
in waiting on the Prince and Princess of \Vales.
Later in the evening his Excellency the Dais
Minister, the Earl Da Grey, the Earl and Countere
of Fife and Lady Anne Duff, the Countess of Sefton
and Lady Cecilia Molyneux, and the Earl of SJice'
joined the royal party..
The Prince and Princess of Wales retired at hslf-
past eleven o'clock.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, fit'
tended by Msjor Teesdale, on Friday afternoon visited tbe
exhibition of Carl Werner's drawings of Jerusalealt
Bethlehem, and tlae Holy Places, at the Institute of Pahl'
tars in Water-colours, 53, Pall-Mall.
Her :loyal Highness the Princess Augustus °{Sixo-Coburg, with her young family and a numerous
suite, arrived at Dover on Thursday evening, in a sPec:.
1
steamer, from Ostend. The Princess, on landing, Pr-
ceeded to Birmingham's Lord arden Hotel, Where her
Royal Highness passed the night. The Princess, with he-
family and suite, left yesterday morning by the Scuiti':
Eastern Railway Company's express, and travelled
il'
London-bridge and Charing-cross junctions on to the 50ut t
Western Railway, over which the journey to Claret:o,u
was completed without change of carriage or delay. Ibiej.
Royal travellers reached the Esher station at half-Past
o'clock, and immediately proceeded in one of the ex. Clue
Marie Amelie's carriages to Claremont, on a visit to her
illustrious mother. The saloon carriage M which the Frill;
cess travelled was furnished by the South-Eastern 11.3i1w3i,
Company, and Mr. Knight, the superintendent of that ral
way, attended her Rayal Highness to Waterloo.
His Excellency Rainandrain, his ExcelleVel
Raimiferingia, and the Rev. John Duffus (interpreter), th:
Madagascar Embassy from the Mauritius, pass Waal,ld/
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poo,
have arrived in London, and are staving at
Webbs Hotel, 220, Piccadilly.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury hill
left Pall-mall for Savernake Forest, Wilts, where they
entertain a family party.
The Marquis of Bristol and Lady Adeliza }lercet
and the Earl and Countess Jermyn, have arrived
to
James's-equare:from Ickworth-park, Bury St. Edoluue`-'
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury'
i;
tertained at dinner last evening. at the family ntall3i°,tl anti
Arlington-street, the Earl of Carnarvon, the
Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stanhope, Lord
over, Lord Stanb-y, M.P., Sir Hugh and Lady CairDei
Frode, Mr. Arthur Russell; Snc. at-A" antliS
The Marchioness Townshend, the ,-" their
Townshend, and Lady Audrey Townshend return to,
residence in Grosvenor-place to-day from Brighton.
arty
The Countess Russell had a small and early Pas
last evening at her residence in Cheshana place, w'l,7„ of
attended by the diplomatic corps and several merae-
the aristocracy. h bale
Lord and Lady Rendlesbam and Miss Lam-
arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Rendleshara
_Lady Burrell gave her eecond asserneblvy
u", 15,
tooventhinegasastemhberlyresid S rence in Berk Lady Burrell reect, eley-square. Pe•i°ed A
select circle at dinner,iP6ecY and a
gilt
The Right Hon, W. F. Cowper, M.P., 4°7 ,hint
The at
Cowper received a select party at dinner last even
their residence in Curzon-street.
left the
The Hon. George Filzwilliam has to tale
Clarendon Hotel for Kimbolton Castle, on a vi°it
Duke and Duchess of Manchester.
Graham
from The Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Mr. -rvaivr.
Lawson have returned to the Clarendon liotel, om
burgh.
in 101.
TIIACKERAY TOWARDS THE SUNSET or ---5 •
A v efe'l
—We cannot resist here recalling one Stll3`•'`, froda
ing in December, when he was walking with tw% of Ll°
along the Dean-road, to the west of Edinburgh-- , such
noblest outlets to any city. It was a lovely aeul 0)10
a sunset as one never forgets ; a rich dark bar ,bland
hovered aver the sun, going down behind thg ttriA
hills, laying bathed in amethystine bloom ; h'"etglaceefejlther'
cloud and the hills there was a narrow slip of the pultue
of a tender cowslip colour, lucid, and as if it Were ,0,5 ort
at
body of heaven in its clearness; every object etau'lof
as if etched upon the thy. The north-west eacl oat
starphine-hill, with its trees and rocks, lay thetised•
of this pure radiance, and there a wooden cortet'he fig°l:
the quarry below, was so placed as to asentae lifted uP
of a cross; there it was, unmistakable, it
against the crystalline sky. All three o°4 leas, gewr''ltied
As they gazed he gave utterance, in a tree" in the • n
and rapid voice, to what all were feeling, " and tile-
" Calvary I" The friends walked on in onel/cc'
turned to other things. The
a
A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTED - part-- 7,
excitement which attends the lotterY °I Lio spicadiu•
mentary committee room, where the prizes arebas‘siieaed
and the blanks so many, yet so obstinately di 'Ll`rotip9 and
would be well ehoan we could analyse these
tto dra‘Bll
show what manner of men they are who ar°_ iiataentaZ
together. Here are barristers, solicitors, rand wen
agents, clerks, clergymen, men of the s'a'era_,criptioa
the sea, secretaries and projectors of every ot
ea
joint-stock enterprise beneath the moon, owaTeir ugent4!
and collieries, iron foundries, noblemen and t „,,eal3et
railway chairmen, railway directors, railWaY:4 01,7,
railway engineers, railway shareholders Olv-iriu,e railvPio
many of these last as there ought to be). of Ll'
element is strongest of all, for at least three'llisarePr,°:
"Private Bills" which come before the Connaitteersao6y
mofed by rail,: ay companies. Scarcely a mile of
williog) I
Britain but you will find soma one here able (if.
ex, of tat
give you a free pass over it. Scarcely an eng.iiiere than
eminence but you are more likely to find hits liee_cofaittee
his own office. To such men this corridor and th
e',,,obaratLe
rooms themselves are as much a rendezvous as tAce'P_ c;in )ot.
is to the broker and the merchant. Now oopco,
Bee so clearly all the enthusiasm which attends th ;00110)
entlauei else
ing of vast sums of money foolishly—and this oleo
after all, the most wonderful of any. IlardlY
hat ear
aosi
have you a prospect of seeing so clearly v't
their Priatue
ness men can go about their projects, and a-°o_. „ion(' eO-
- project of making money—tor where Mau);
,12- aasen2r:
must also gather. Amongst BO heterog,encond tai,ll,,Ko
blage it would be odd, indeed, did are not 11 h
professionalsheep, and sucphistiheecetioir:rothtoe beunlopurniudeihvelercie
intrinsic rating
bubb 1 e -lo Imo weer
merits
know well enough, indeed, that tiloY
merits—but whose one object is to ette/;`:;
the scheme as possible, and then throw w.e'iz-1,2126.__..j0i ay'
orange. Such are to be found here by a
we 0,:oi
Society fur _March.
onieuthevhporecjaercet s bs
theyu areY.
to rC'
THE MODERN JANUS.-11rilen iiv, Usti OJ,
present out' beloved country picto, la wo
it°
uileatiolia•
select ono of the twb favourite verso
so Jolla Ito_
sire to be comic and realistic, weole. hmeru. Natliolt:ii to he
corpulent top-booted farmer, full a,
if
theme's abonainatirws, bad and ale_r_ariuia, r
coinage
serious and poetical, we choose tlia aolTeh
of theao
shield, and trident, as she appear,' on, differ, ca'-ella.aallias
of the realm. However else thcy rea,Ye
\VI,. a
personages is supposed to be eadca,sica,
eptiiage, with a stein scrag of O, ,;he E0,,;/{,
tereuce fur deeds lather thaa word 4."