The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

On the evening of Twelfth day (Wednesday)
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales entertained, at Frogmore, a juvenile party►
about 20 in number, among whom were the children
of General Grey, General Seymour, &c.
Yesterday morning his Royal Highness, attended
by his buite, went skating on the ice in the canal er
ornamentai water at Frogmore, and was pleased to
invite the officers of the Royal Horse Guards and
Grenadier Guards, now quartered at Windsor, to
the skating party, while the gay scene was greatly
enlivened by the splendid band of the latter rer
ment, which executed several favourite musical
selections.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales woo
present during a portion of the day, attended by the
Countess of Macclesfield.
Their royal highnesses afterwards entertained
their visitors at lunch at Frogmore, and in the after'
noon the skating was continued till a late hour.

PRINCE ALFRED,—His Royal Highness Prince
Alfred, accompanied by Major Cowell, left Osborne on
Monday afternoon, for London. The Prince left London
the night train of Monday, and arrived at Edinburgh oa
Tuesday morning. The Glasgow Herald understands that
his Royal Highness is to be tho guest of Lord and Lodi
Belhaven, at Wishaw House, on Friday and Saturday (to-
day and to-morrow). A select party has been invited to
meet the Prince, and among those invited from OlasgoW
are the Lord Provost and Mr. Coulaton, the late Lord pro'
vost.--Scotsman.

The Earl and Countess of Stamford and War'
rington are entertaining a shooting party at Brad'
gate Park, Leicestershire, including the Earl of Mount'
eharles, Lord Huntiogfield, Lord Colville, Admiral the
Hon. H. Rous, General the Right Hon. Cecil Forrester,
M.P., Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Captain the
Hon. Henry Wyndham, M.P., Sir Thomas Moncriefftt
General Hall, Captain Bateson, Mr. C. F. Greville, Blt.
Merry, M.P., Rev. Alfred Payne, Mr. Batson, Mr. Teo
Broeck, and Mr. Arthur Payne.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at'
tended by Colonel Clifton, is expected to attend at the
Horse Guards to-day. His royal highness has been visit-
ing the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall,
near Prescot.

The Earl and Countess of Lincoln and childreut
as we learn by the last letters, are staying at Nice. The
countess's health has greatly improved by her short resi-
deuce there. The intended visit to Rome is deferred.
The Countess of Ellesmere and family, Mr. and
Lady Georgians Balfour, and Misses Balfour are amons
the English families of rank sojourning at Nice for the
winter.

Lord Broughton, as we are informed, has nearly
recovered from his recent indisposition.
Lord and Lady Dufferin and the Countess of
Gifford have been staying at. Clandeboye House, near 130'
fast, since their return from Paris. The noble lord is or
pected to come to London for the meeting of Parliament.
The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Marl
Wood and family are expected to arrive in Belgrave-squaro
next week from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire, for the season.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey and the Right
Hon. C. P. Villiers left town yesterday, by a special train,
on the South-Western Railway, to attend the Queens
Council at Osborne. At Gosport the Ministers embarked
on board her Majesty's ship Fire Queen, Staff-Commander
F. W. Paul, R.N., and arrived at Osborne at a quarter to
one o'clock, After the Council the Ministers returned to
town.

MARRIAGE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—Yestet"
day morning an unusually large number of persons were
attracted to the ordinary service in Westminster Abbey, in
the hope of seeing the wedding of the daughter
of
his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin (so long honoured ig
Westminster as Dean Trench) and the Hon. Mrs. Treueby
and the bridegroom Mr. Lee.

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS recently sold in Paris
:
Henry the Fourth to the Marshal de Bouillon, 128 frans--
A. Letter from Tess°, 125 francs—Sully to Louis the
Twelfth, 111 francs—Henry the Eighth to Madame da
Ferte, 276 francs—James the Second to the Count de
Lauzun, announcing his departure from England, 51 fiance
—J. J, Rousseau, 32 francs—Diderot to Garrick, 86 franca
—Scott, 42 francs—Alfieri, 36 francs.
SO APPROPRIATE.—Of all the oddly-chosen
subjects for commemoration by stained glass that we have
heard of, one recently selected for the west winnow of-Virat".
ford Church is the most striking. This window contiorko
Adam and Eve, Isaac and Rebekah, Ruth and Boaz, the
Marriage of the Virgin, and the Feast of Cana, and le
gravely stated to commemorate the Marriage of the Prince
of %Vales.

THE CAVERN OF BRUNIQUEL contains not only
traces of man's industry, but of man himself, accord'
ing to MM. Garrigon, Martin, and Trutat. This cavern iil
hollowed out of the jurassic limestone, and is similar to
those before-mentioned; the floor of it has already been
excavated to the depth of three metres; in the clayey bands
especially, worked flints of all sizes and shapes at present
known have been found in great abundance. The follow-
ing species of animals are represented in the bone
remains reindeer, antelope, Cervus elephas chit'
mois, B-s primigenius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus, roe'
buck, goat, horse, wolf, dog, fox, a carnassiir
somewhat smaller than a fox, two gallinacios, a large bird,
and two species of fishes. The reindeer is the characteri sti°
species of the age of the Bruniquel cavern, which places S
in the third palaeontological epoch of M. Lartet. TO
humerus of the large bird before-mentioned bears sculr
tured upon it rude representations of several parts of a fish'
This would suffice of itself to prove man's presence in the
cave; but there is still stronger evidence in this coos
in the shape of portions of two human jaws, found,
we are assured, in the presence of ten witnesses,
two metres down in the clayey stratum closely assn'
ciated with flint implements and bones of different rural"
tiaras. Hero, then, we have Abbeville outdone, and per,
haps the nucleus of another cause celebre ! The blow whicit
brought the first half jaw to light bruised the condyle end
loosened several teeth, which it was found impossible t°
recover ; one only (the first large molar) was left in iti
place. The first jaw, which belonged to an adult, is the
lower one on the right side; the second one found is 1111°
mistakably that of au old man, and slightly differs from
the former one ; the second large molar is missing, and the
alveole has disappeared.
SCULPTOR'S WORK !—The sculptor, having de'
signed a figure, first makes a sketch of it in clay ..5'
few inches only in height. When he has satisfied hiruson
with the general attitude, a cast is taken of his sketcl4
and from it a model in clay is prepared of the full size 110
designs for his statue, whether half the natural height, of
life-size, or colossal. The process of building the elayt n°
it is called, upon the strong iron armatura or skeleton
on which it stands on its pedestal, and the bending aud
fixing this at matura into the form of the limbs, constitute ti
work of vast labour of a purely manual sort, for whose
performance all artists able to afford it employ til°
skilled workmen to be obtained in Rome. T13(9
rough clay, rudely assuming the shape of the
intended statue, then passes into the sculptor '0
hands and undergoes his most elaborate manil'il;
lation, by which it is reduced (generally after the labour '
several months) to the precise and perfectly-finished foal
he desires should hereafter appear in marble. This done?
the formatore takes a cast of the whole, and the clay is de
stroyed. From this last plaster cast again in due time tlie
marble is hewn by three successive workmen. The nrs
gives it rough outline, the second brings it by rule and NTS;
pass to close resembiance with the cast, and the alit'
finishes it to perfection. It is a question debated among
artists whether the work of this third marble• cutter, 011°
finishes the statue, ought not to be nerfoimed by t be scull'.
tor himself. Without urging the point, I shall merely I.e'
mark that Thorwaldsen, Canova, Gibson, and Tenerani bat hil 7
left all their statues, with one single exeeption, to be t
finished by men in their employment, and have no 3501.8
thought it necessary for them to add manual executiont°
their perfect designs in clay, and to chisel their own in3ri'l!'4
than for an architect to lay his own bricks and fasten 1-`1
tiles.
C 03,11 ORT-LOVING ANTmALs.—A horse knows it:
way back to its stable, a cat has a strong attachment to
illi
particular house, and a dog will track out for tuna
master and fol'ow him.