The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-21 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Wa understand that their Royal Highness es the
Prince and Princess of Wales intend honouti•ng 0.13
Ad&phi Theatre this evening to witness Mr.. Be*
Webster in "The Dead Heart."
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and 'Prince°
of Wales will honour Viscount and Viscountess I 'al nterstal
by their company to-morrow evening at Cambri ige 110E4
Piccadilly.
The Duchess of Wellington will give a grand ball
on Friday, the Ist of next month, to meet their I Loyal Iligjr•
iaesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, at A .1.031eY House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duch( iss of Cara:
bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelit,z, and
Princess Mary of Cambridge honoured the Dowager Led/
Truro by their company at dinner yesterday evening at her
ladyship's house in Eaton-square. Lady Geraldine Sower'
set, Lady Caroline Cust, and Capt, A. Ellis were in atten-
dance on their royal highnesses. A select party wile
invited to meet the royal guests.
The Earl of Sandwich entertained their Serene
Highnesses the Prince and Princess Edward of Sale'
Weimar, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Bar'
and Countess of Wilton, Viscount Canterbury,, Lord and
Lady Ebury and Hon. Miss Grosvenor, Lord. and Lad/
Cecilia Bingham, Lady Marian Alford and Miss ger":
Boyle, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Mr. Rains'"
Knightley, M.P., and Dr. Quin, yesterday evening, at hie
lordship's residence in Grosvenor-square,
Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Hereditary Grand Duke
Adolphus, left St. James's Palace yesterday morning, on
their return to Germany. The Duchess of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary, and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg'
Strelitz, accompanied the Grand Duke and his son to the
railway station.
The Archbishop of Canterbury's evening party
is unavoidably postponed from this evening to Monday, the
27th inst.

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CHARLES KEAN is said to have made the magni-
ficent sum of £ll,OOO during a 26 weeks' professional tour
in Australia.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE AND ROSA BONREUR.--
Tke Empress Eugenie this week, when passing
through Thomery during a drive in the enviro:as of Fon-
tainebleau, stopped at the resid 3nce of Mdlle. Rose Bon'
heur, and requested to see her studio. The artist at once
acceded to her Majesty's wishes, and showed hear the diffe'
' rent paintings on which she is at present enge ged, as well
' as many fine studies of animals. A painting representing
a stag leading a hers of hinds along the summit of a rocky
eminence especially attracted the notice of her Majesty
After passing an hour in the studio the Empress took leave,
having first obtained a promise that her private collection
should be enriched by a picture by Mdlle. Bonlaeur.
THE ALABAMA.—We observe that the Brasil
Army and Navy Review for July gives a complete narrative
of the brilliant engagement between this celebrated cruiser
and the Kearsage.
THE LAMBDA-NU (whatever that may be!) Ter:
centenary Poem on Shakspere, written by J. A.. Allen, and
published by John Morgan, of Stratford. upon.A.von,
just made its appearance in the form of a pamphlet of 4
pages of verse and appendix.
THREE FAMOUS BASs SINGERS.—George S Plitl39
Tinney, and Higman. There was not much differt;
ence observable between any of these three gentlemen, wlas
this exception, that he who went lowest, stood highest.,
Tinney got well down to E flat, George Smith ran him Nardi
and growled down to D ; but Higman, the Polyphemus ,o,
this grumbling band, held a good, round, powerful double
C which defied all competition. These vocalists u ere ever
and upon all occasions singing " The Wolt," robber's
song composed by Shield, for the opera of " The Castle
Uf
Andalusia." No matter what the occasion might be-
public dinner, a ball, a marriage, or a funeral—if Hign'al,
got a chance of singing, it was sure to be " The Wolfe.
All the theatrical bass singers of that period were robbers/
and generally adopted a sort of Spanish costume, but Of ig)
mixed a character, that it would have been difficult in the
extreme to have associated them with any degree
Cer-
tainty with any country—they were robbers, and that was
enough : they sang " The Wolf," and that was all which
could be desired.—Ben;y Phillip's Recollections.
A BEADLE'S INGENUITY.—There may now be
seen in the Salle des Etats, in the palace of the Louvre,
plan in woodwork of the immense palace of Versailles, with
Awasr
ti hoistedtsn-plere:psGtaeftrnoartndet
its court, courtyards, gardens, gates, and statues. Third
work of labour and patience was accomplished by 14:
Marcoux, beadle of the chapel of Versailles, now in the 781i3
year of his age. of
ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S ACCEssioNr
m.—,
Yesterday being the 27th anniversary
Windsor, where her Majesty and theirtno
jtchsetsu'ssuaar throne—the
reesjsoiiocnintgosththeroughout
be dkaiynowdaiD:leolmjiblpryel:otaele.radenwynoiathwt-
inYthe metropolis by
staying. The morning was ushered
sf thste.t.vmaraiortuienc,sh.uinr-ethhee.s,
Westminster; theflagsldsringing
being
. oi
hoistedfabr Margaret's,
lal sref
tra,ost thhee steeplesspires .
teo
ref
Mary Abbott's,
Kensington ; and St. Luke's, Chelsea. The Royal Standard
theTo Tower, the
of th
eG noerrdasl, P o
Commissionerst Post-office, ffi ce, St.
of the Admiralty was hoisted at Somerset House, the Ad•
Dockyard, and Woolwich. The ships in
presented very gay appearance, from the vizi"
gtulhaietr eardlitve'r bunting
At one o'clock a grand feu de joie was fired from the guns
in St. James's-park, the Tower, Woolwich, Tilbury Forts
and at Windsor.

THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON._ TO
have
much gratification in annoancing that vie
have received an authorised communication that Mr Rus-
sell Gurney, Q.U., deputy chairman of the Royal Mail
(West India) Steampacket Company, wiil, in the event of
a general election, become a candidate, in conjunction with
Mr Alderman Rose, for the representation of this borough
in Parliament; or should Mr Digby Seymour in the
meantime receive any Government appointment, as
has been occQsionally surmised, that Mr Russell
Gurney will be equally prepared to offer himself
as a candidate for the vacant seat. So that, in either case,

we shall have to congratulate the port of Southampton 00.
having a most efficient representative, in addition to our
present excellent member, Alderman Rose, in the person of
a gentleman not only distinguished as the Recorder of the
City of London, but as an old director and deputy chair-,
man of the West India Company, who will thus most
powerfully represent the thriving company of which he is th
very valuable member, as well as its great steam•packet

station, in Parliament.—Bampshire Advertiser.
LOVIN G ON E'S FELLOW CREATURES " SOME,
THING WORSE THAN ONE'S HORSES."—•When the fearful
railway ccllision took place on the Ascot line,
a gentleman
who was travelling in the same train started from his sea‘
exclaiming " Oh, my horses I" reached to the winciowll3'..l!
his head out, and then sank back on his seat, oilistlY6oll26
" Thank (dad, it is only a thirdclass carriage l"

The Prince of Wales accompanied by Prince
Alfred, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel and
Lieutenant Haig, rode on horseback to Lorcr°
Cricket Ground yesterday.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, at'
tended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen.
The Prine and Princess of Wales and Prince
Alfred honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of
Abercorn. with their company at dinner. 711 elf
Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marehioneou
of Carmarthen, Lieut... Colonel Keppel, and :Lieut'
Haig.