The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales attended by Lord Alfred
Hervey and Captain Grey, went to Windsor yes'
terday afternoon, where his Royal Highness Pre'
sided at the annual meeting of the Prince Consort'a
Association, and distributed the prizes given by the
Asociation.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive.

Their Royal Highnesses went to Ifer Majeaty'il
Theatre in the evening.
In attendance were the Hon. Mrs. Stoner and
Captain Grey.

HER MAJESTY'S THRATRE.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured
the performances at Her Majesty's Theatre with their pre-
sence yesterday (Thursday) evening. The suite in attend-
ance upon their royal highnesses comprised the Marchioness
of Abercorn, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, and Captain Grey. The
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland had the honour ot accom-
panying their royal highnesses. Among the distinguished
visitors honouring the theatre with their attendance on this
occasion were—the Earl and Countess of Wertmorelanci, the
Countess of Hardwicke and the Ladies Yorke, the Viscount
Dunk), the Viscount and Viscountess Gort, the Hon.
Maurice Portman, the Hon. 0 way Toler, the Hon. Elliot
Yorke, Lady Jane Repton, Lady Barnard, Lady LawleY,
Captain Bateson, Lord Gadsfort, Mr Charles Brett, Mr
Lattey, &c.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales will honour the Duke and Duchess of
Buccleuch with their company at dinner to-morrow even-
ing at their villa residence at Richmond, at G o'clock. A
select party has been invited to meet their Royal High-
nesses in the evening at 8 o'clock to a small and early
dance.

THE EX-QUEEN MARIE AMELIE.—This vener.
able lady and suite will leave Claremont to-day for
Tunbridge-wells, where they will pass the season. The
ex-Queen and party will proceed to Waterloo Station by
the South-Western railway, thence to London-bridge ter-
minus, en route for her destination. The usual residence
occupied by her ex -Majesty, Chancellor House, Mount
Ephraim, has been prepared for ber reception. The Duke
and Duchess of Monrpensier also take their departure for
Tunbridge •wells to-day.
Toe Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn re-
ceived at dinner last evening at Che, terf:eld House the
Duke and Duchess of Richmond, tllp Countess Cowper and
Lady Florence Cowper, the Earl and Countess of Daleitb,
the Earl Granville, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount
ton, Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord Dunkpllin, Sir Edward
and Lady Caroline lierrison and Miss Chaplin, Colonel
Tower, Dr. Quin, Mr Oswald and Miss Oswald, &c. _

The Countess of -Sefton, the Earl of SEtton, and
Lady Cecilia Molyneux will leave Grosvenor-place tomor-
row for their seal, Croxteth Park, Lancashire.
The Earl and Countess Cawdor and the Ladies

Campbell will leave town to-day on a tour in Germany.
Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale have left
town for their seats near Sevenoaka.

Lord Ravensworth and family have left town for
Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead.

Lard and Lady Wnarneliffe have left Curzon'
street for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire.

Lord and Lady Abercromby will leave town on
Wednesday next tor their seat in Scotland.

Lady Emily Foley has left town for Stoke Edith
Park, Tierefordshire.

The Duchbss (Dowager) of Sutherland's partia
at Chiswick have commenced for the season. The cuchess
will shortly remove to Cliveden-park, near Maidentleadt
Bucks.

NEVER SAY DIE I—The Ministry spared no effort
to bring up their men. Baron Rothschild, the
member for the City of London, had been absent trorn the
house for two years, owing to illness, but crime down bn the
Monday before the division ; however, his strength failed
him, and he left immediately. With a great effort they
brought him down on the night of the division, and carried
him in behind the Speaker's chair. But the most melan-
choly instance of pres-ure was in the case of Lord Robert
Clinton, a brother of the Duke of Newcastle. He was
brought on a stretcher to the cloisters, and carried upstairs
to the Treisury.officc—when the division bell first rang 10
was brought to the door of the house, bat the whips found
they did not want him—he was then too weak to go back
to th% Treasury-office, and was laid down in the loaf
under the care of Mr. Agar-Ellis. At last the final divi•
sion came, and Lord Robert Clinton was carried in. Be

was, however, too weak to stand up or pass through to
wicket, so they laid him down on his mattress beside the
clerks, and allowed him to put his hand on the wicket to s'
form to denote his presence. in this way the sick mere'
ber gave his vote. There were 9 members of the Conser-
vative side ill, but no such attempt was made at the risk of

life, to catch a party victory.—London Letter in. the Mao'
ehester Courier.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—" An EyewitoeEs If
writes to a contemporary :—I. have to record one of
the must extraordinary escapes from death I ever heard or
read of, and which but fur the promptitude, energy, Will
coolness of one individual must have enued fatally for (out
huwan lives. To-day the canal boat Lincolnshire, belonging
to the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, Capt. Thomas
Whitehouse, which was proceeding on her voyage froul
Wolverhampton to Bilston, laden with 228 sacks ut grain,
when opposite 11Ir Major's chemical works, Monnrore-
green,Wolverhampron, and while going round a very sharp
curve in the canal, was caps'zed, being pulled completely
bottom upwards, in consequence of the horse attached
thereto having passed on the wrong side of the telegraph
peso, being brought back by the man, ercaping from hill',
and running suddenly to the stretch of the line. The cal)"
tain's wife and three children, the eldest of whom is about
six years old, were at this time in the cabin of the boot,
which was completely submerged in about five or six feet of
water, and to all appearance their escape from death vflii

impossible; but it fortunately happens that Mr Major em'
ploys a boatbuilder, who being at work near at hand, and
seeing what had occurred, immediately ran and jumped on
the bottom of the boat, at the same time sending another
man for his axe. In the meantime the boat slightly altered
her position, showing about 15 inches of the side of the
bottom of the cabin. Monk (the boatbailder) then placed
his ear close to the exposed side, and, listening for a second,
marked the place where the poor creatures were, and at once
commenced to cat through her timbers (three inch oak),
and in about the space of 10 minutes made an opening,
through which a tiny hand immediately grasped the broitett
planks; and, as the hole increased in size, so the more
eagerly were both mother's and children's hands thrust out,
thus rendering the task of the deliverer more difficult ; 1)1'4
at length the hole was made sufficiently large to permit Of
the bringing out of the youngest c.ild, an infant of 10
months, and in about 20 minutes from the time the seal'
dent occurred the whole of the imperilled family were rem
leased, and taken on board one of Mr Major's boats and
cared for. I can assure you, Sir, it would take an abler pat
than mine to describe the affecting incidents of the Moen°
tram beginning to end, but I certainly am of opinion (and
so are all who witnessed the catastrophe) tat if the medal
of the Humane Society is ever given for promptitude, cool"
ness, and energy in the hour of danger, it certainly is due
to the efforts of the man Joseph Monk, who displayed these
qualities in the highest dt-gree. I have to add that hie
efforts were seconded most efficiently by the cooper of gr
alajor's establishment, Chriatooher Horton.
SALMON BREEDING IN AUSTRALIA.—The Mel'
bourne correspondent of the Times writes :—" Ouft
great salmon-hatching experiment is proceeding mote"
prosperously. The bulk of the late consignment of 00,
per the Norfolk, are forwarded to Tasmania. Breeding
ponds, according to the newest piscicultural lights, have,
been there prepared for the precious charge, and, by 10"
advices, many young salmon had burst from the egg%
and many thousands more were expected. The troll'
ova, aisc,, were doing equally well. Small as is Of
own portion of this enterprise, it is not the less interest
ing. It is conducted by our Acclimatisation Society, all f.
.
an ice-making fuctery at North Melbourne is the scene °
operations. A sort of inclined plane of pans, halt filled
with gravel, is so placed as to allow a continuous streate
of water irom melting ice to ripple over each pan, in wili°4_
spread upon the gravel,lie the ova. These ova are about 11100
hiZ3 of small peas, and are cf a pale rose colour. Some rot'
or ten of them have died each day, but about ten days ,TlO
among the births appeared the first salmon in Australia. Ihe
Argus had a leader upon the illuAiisus young strange
How he looked, how ne struggled and wriggled—not nesrl
so long as a finger-nail, with the adherent torn ovum stl.
hangit g about him—and how he went to sleep as deep $ll
he could plunge into the gravel, were all faith ully de-
scribed. Day by day bulletins issued, announcing 11°`°,1),-
w,,s getting on, until one irreverent and sceptical fell° "-
ventured to doubt whether he was a salmon at all, I°3o
piously insinuating that the proprietor of the ice-slOto
had slipped a tadpole into one or the pans to hoot tilt
President of the Acclimatisation Society, and asserting thllo
time would yet show the first 'Australian salmon to haTe
four legs. Since this scandalous asserti..n, however, 01°0
150 or 160 other metamorphoses from eggs to fish. 1,3:0
taken place; all are healthy and stiong, and (is is
11,
nature of the creature), are gradually absorbing the apPt.
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