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

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Tho Prince and Prinuss of Wales returned to Mar
borough-house from Cambridge at 5 o'clock on Saturda
afternoon.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Prince an.
Princess Louis of Hesse, and the Ladies and Gentlel3en I
Waiting, attended divine service at the Chapel 30Yal;
James's, yesterday morning.
The Communion Service was read by the Rev. the Sub
Dean, the Rev. R. C. Packman, and the Very ROY' /13

Dean of Chichester.
The Very Rev, the Dean of Chichester preached the ser
mon, from St. Luke, c. 14, verses 16 and 17.
Anthem, " Sing 0 heavens," Kent, sung by Messrs B
Barnby, Benson, and Lewis Thomas.
Mr Cooper presided at the organ.
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Duke of St. Albans
the Marquis of Bath, Earl St. Germans, Viscount S)clneY
Lord Crewe, and Lord Llanover, were present during the
service.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by th
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, drove to Kew in i,
afternoon.

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO WINDSOR. Tlll
Queen and the royal family are expected to return v
Windsor from liaunmol on Wednesday. The ?vino arl‘
Princess Louis of Hesse, it is understood, will reach, Winds°
to-day,

Extensive preparations have been made at Frog'
more Lodge for the reception of their Royal Highness°
the Prince and Princess of Wales, who will arrive there°
Tuesday next.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, the Pri°l3l,
and Princess of Hesse, and all the Princesses, will procee'
to Buckingham Palace on Friday, after luncheon, to
present at the State Ball which takes place in the evetlia
—Court Journal.

His Excellency Senor Don Manilio and farßill
have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris.
Prince Edouard de la Tour d'Auvergne left the
French Embassy on Saturday for Brussels.
The Duchess of Sutherland will return to OW°
to-day from Lilleshall, Salop, in order to attend to-rnort°vl
the wedding of Lord Frederick CaTendish and the o°ll'
Lucy Lyttleton.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarcle
entertained his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam'
bridge at dinner on Saturday, at ther residence in Stratton'
street. There were present to meet the royal duke theft
Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of cased
Weimar, Emily Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis an
Marchioness of Waterford, the Earl and Countess of Bess'
borough, the Earl and Countess of Harewood, Lady 101e13..
worth, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Lady Charlotte.
Denison, Dr. Quin, Mr. Calthorpe, Mr. Grant, and Colorl
the Hon. James Macdonald, in waiting on his rors

highness.
The Earl and Countess de Grey had a dinner
party on Saturday at their house in Carlton.
gardens. The Archbishop of York and Mrs ThomPsl
the Earl and Countess Fitzwilliara, General Sir Ricil6l-
and Hon. Lady Airey and Miss Airey, Hon Alfred Stourton•
Mr R, Vyner, M.P,, Mr Ingilby, &c., were among 61°
guests. Covers were laid for 20.
Viscount and Viscountess Strathallan and 11°13i
Miss Drummond have left 11, Dover-street, for their oe4
in Scotland for the season.

Lady Abinger has left the St. George's Hotel.
The Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton r°:
turned on Saturday to his town mansion, Breadslbox°
House, Park•lane, from his visit to Cambridge.
The Baroness de Bunsen, widow of the Baron de,
Bunsen, who for so many years represented the Court
Berlin in this country, arrived in England recently,
has since left town on a visit to her sister, Lady LlanoverP
in South Wales.
Sir Alexander and Lady Arabella Bannerols°
entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday evening t't
their residence in Grosvenor-place.

DEATH OF MR. W. J. Fox.—Our readers Will
share our regret in learning the death, on Frid%9
Friday afternoon, cf Mr Williom Johnson Fox, for inenl
years M.P. for Oldham. He died in his 78th year, after 0
very short illness. Mr. Fox was born in Suffolk in the yeas
1786. His father, who was, in the first instance, a strat°'
farmer, afterwards became a weaver at Norwich. In °`ll
life the lamented deceased entered the Congregatiorere
ministry, but afterwards became a Unitarian, which boil/
he left, and for many years attracted enormous oongregl',
tions to the chapel in South-place, Finsbury. He was c'3,°
of the ablest and most eloquent of the lecturers of the Ark
Corn-Law League, a writer in the Westminster .Review
various other publications. He was elected M.P. for 0111'
ham in 1847, and this position he occupied, with the eY
ception of two brief intervals, until the period of his retire'
ment from public life.—Dispatch,
SIR EDMUND BACON, BART.—The death of 00
above baronet is announced as having occurred
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the 3th ult., at Raveningham Park, Norfolk. The dec- f
was the, premier baronet of England, being in possession ef
two baronetcies—being representative of the 9th baronet.°
Redgrave (created in 1611) and 10th baronet of Mildenhi'
The late baronet was eldest son of Sir Edmund Bacon' 1,;
Anne, eldest daughter of the late Sir Wm. Beaueln
Procter, Bart., and was born in 1779. He married is 18'
his cousin, Mary Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Mr Del
wood Bacon, of Ottery St. Mary, Devon (who died is 18?.
and in 1820 succeeded to the baronetcy. The venere°,
le
baronet is succeeded in the family honours and estates tilt
the nepleew, Henry Hinckman, eldest son of the late 3
Nicholas Bacon, who died last year. The present berate;
who was formerly in the 2d Dragoon Guards, was hors.
of
1820, and married in 1853 Miss Beckett, third daughter
Sir Thomas Beckett, Bart.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We under'
stand that an exhibition of all kinds of bouquet
ancient and modern, is to take place in the Royal florae
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tural Gardens on the 13th of July, to which the possesso'
of jewelled and other bouquet-holders' are invited to coil"
tribute such objects as they may be possessed of. st,
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The hon. W. Pt"—
Secretary of Legation at Washington, is appoil3o
Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople—Mr Atl°,:i
Second Secretary to the Embassy at Paris, is appai'''-r
Secretary of Legation at Washington, in the room of .0
Stuart—Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Anstruther, Bart., M-P•ia'
appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Fife, vice
Erskine Wemyss, M.P„ deceased—Mr John Cravilitt
Kerr, writer, Glasgow, is appointed Keeper of the neee',..
of Sasines of Dumbartonshire—Mr Cuthbert Edward 'l‘,lt
son, of the Inner Temple, now stipendiary magistrateie
Manchester, is to be the new metropolitan police In 4
trate, vice Mr Leigh, who retires.
MR. COBDEN ON THE LORD CHANCELLO
COUNTY COURTS BILL.—In reply to a letter frora
Secretary of the Rochdale Tradesman's Association preeswr;
for a distinct explanation of :his opinions upon the 11)ve
Chancellor's County Courts Act Amendment Bills !o,
asking whether they might expect his support to the ebito
tions against the measure, Mr. Cobden has written
following letter :—" House of Comm ens, June 3.--silloo
In reply to your letter asking for a more specific expresBe-ot
of my views respecting the County Courts Act Amencit
Bill, which has been introduced into the House of Lor''',„
beg to say I approve the principle of the measure, but pro'
fer to postpone my judgment on its details until it is inco,
duced into the Commons. In this view I think the /I°,,L
dale Tradesmen's Association will agree with me, wile-vio
remind them that until a bill reaches the Lower Kegs! to
remain in ignorance of its provisions, as it is lieb'etiea
alteration at every stage. Already the measure in gosed.
has undergone amendments, which aro now being PriPbee
To-day a deputation of the Trades Protection Seeiet)trbeir
had an interview with the Lord Chanceilor to express eoe
concurrence in the principle of his bill, hut to ask for soel,
amendments. He agrees, upon certain conditions, r coo
tend the limitation to which your body is opposed froretioo
year to three, and he promises to take other suggee,„,
into consideration. I may add that on the subject re'',o,
prisonment the deputation requested that it 'night be
stiicted to one commitment. If you will allow me t° oeo
the suggestion, I recommend your association to loss 0
time in petitioning the Lords for such amendments ass
o
wish to have introduced into the bill, and to peelpeo,, it
action with the Commons until we know in what fer7ee
comes down to us. I can guarantee
the passage of the measure through the Commons for griej
I shall
full expression to your views by petition. • fells
obliged by your allowing this letter to be published 13,0133,0
and 1 remain very truly yours, RICHARD Coi,DEl'",ssoeitte
you ample time d4;3;
Fletcher, Esq., Secretary, Rochdale Tradesmen's -a.
tion." ;so'
THE LATE FRENCH FLOT.—lmperatorl andr
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glioni, who were sentenced to imprisonmento"lof 110
years for having conspired io assassinate the Eeelocr.rm
Frence, are about to be removed from the prison
norsh;ote
to a fortress where they are to undergo their pu
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