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

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

Oa 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 or
ornamental 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 regi-
ment, which executed several favourite musical
selections.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was
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 on
Tuesday morning. The Glasgow Herald understands that
his Royal Highness is to be tho guest of Lord and Lady
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 Glasgow
are the Lord Provost and Mr. Coniston, 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 lluntingfield, Lord Colville, Admiral the
Hon. H. Rous, General the Right Hon. Cecil Forrester,
M.P., Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Captain the
lion. Henry Wyndham, M.P., Sir Thomas Moncrieffe,
General Hall, Captain Bateson, Mr. C. F. Greville, Mr.
Merry, M P., Rev. Alfred Payne, Mr. Batson, Mr. Ten
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 children,
as we learn by the last letters, are staying at Nice. The
countess's health has greatly improved by her shcrt resi-
dence there. The intended visit to Rome is deferred.
The Countess of Ellesmere and family, Mr. and
Lady Georgiana Balfour, and Misses Balfour are among
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 Bel-
fast, since their return from Paris. The noble lord is ea'
petted to come to London for the meeting of Parliament.
The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary
Wood and family are expected to arrive in Belgrave-square
next week from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire, for the season.
The Right Mon. 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 Queen's
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.—Yester,
da) 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 is
Westminster as Dean Trench) and the Hon. Mrs. Trench/
and the bridegroom Mr. Lee.

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS recently sold in Paris
Henry the Fourth to the Marshal de Bouillon, 128 frans-'
A Letter from Tasso, 125 francs—Sully to Louis the
Twelfth, 111 francs—Henry the Eighth to Madame de
Ferte, 276 francs—James the Second to the Count de
Lauzun, announcing his departure from England, 51 francs
—J. J. Rousseau, 32 francs—Diderot to Garrick, 86 fraueo

—Scott, 42 francs—Alfieri, 36 francs.
So APPROPRIATE.—Of ail the oddly-chosen
subjects for commemoration by stained glass that we have
heard of, one recently selected for the west window otWot'
ford Church is the most striking. This window contains
Adam and Eve, Isaac and Rebekah, Ruth and Boaz, the
Marriage of the Virgin, and the Feast of Cana, and i 6
gravely stated to commemorate the Marriage of the Fringe
of Wales.
THE CAVERN OF BRUNIQUEL contains not only
traces of man's industry, but of man himself, accord'
ing to MM. G-arrigon, Martin, and Trutat. This cavern i 4
hollowed out of the jurassic limestone, and is similar to
those before-mentioned; the floor of it has already boo)
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 beti°
remains reindeer, antelope, Cervus elephas
cha
mois, B-s primigenius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus, roe'
buck, goat, horse, wolf, dog, fox, a carnassig
somewhat smaller than a fox, two gallinaciaa, a large bit!'
and two species of fishes. The reindeer is the characteristi.°o
species of the age of the Bruniquel cavern, which placed
in the third palaeontological epoch of M. Lartet.
humerus of the large bird before .mentioned bears seta'
tured upon it rude representations of several parts of a Oil:
This would suffice of itself to prove man's presence in ib"
cave; but there is still stronger evidence in this esT
in the shape of portions of two human jaws, folio°
we are assured, in the presence of ten witnesib°
two metres down in the clayey stratum closely 005
ciated with flint implements and bones of different rums
nants. Here, then, we have Abbeville outdone, and p°.,haps the nucleus of another cause celebre ! The blow
a
brought the first half jaw to light bruised the condyle stie
loosened several teeth, which it was found impessible,o
recover ; one only (the first large molar) was left iOll,
'"0
place. The first jaw, which belonged to an adult, is 1:i,
lower one on the right side; the second one found ie 1/0
mistakably that of an old man, and slightly differs Who
the former one ; the second large molar is missing, told /-
alveole has disappeared.
SCULPTOR'S WORK !—The sculptor, having cle;
signed a figure, first makes a sketch of it in claigf
few inches only in height. When ho has satisfied hilo%,
with the general attitude, a cast is taken of his 0101%0
and from it a model in clay is prepared of the full sire of
designs for his statue, whether half the natural height,Sg
life-size, or colossal. The process of building the slay',
it is called, upon the strong iron armature or skelete
on which it stands on its pedestal, and the bending nee
fixing this armature into the form of the limbs, constitutos
work of vast labour of a purely manual sort, for Wb°oo
performance all artists able to afford it empleY 4,10
skilled workmen to be obtained in Rome.
rough clay, rudely assuming the shape Of ,n-r 1
intended statue, then passes into the sohiPi',o,
hands and undergoes his most elaborate vial', of
lation, by which it is reduced (generally after the laboti`ro
several months) to the precise and perfectly-finished t
oner
desires should hereafter appear in marble. This :Pde'
the formatorc takes a cast of the whole, and the claY is the
e
stroyed. From this last plaster cast again in due tiro first
marble is hewn by three successive workmen. 111° oto#
gives it rough outline, the second brings it by rule and
tbrrd
pass to close resemblance with the cast, and the
log
finishes it to perfection. It is a question debated 9.1-0110
artists whether the work of this third marble cutter,
la'
finishes the statue, ought not to be performed by theere c re'
tor himself. Withont urging the point, I shall rulYii rue
mark that Thorwaldsen, Canova, Gibson, and Tenersoi i;00
left all their statues, with one single exception, to be 000
finished by men in their employment, and have o°, to
thought it necessary for them to add manual execotleolo
their perfect designs in clay, and to chisel their evin.ll/:,
lire
than for an architect to lay his own bricks and fist'
tiles. it:
it
COMFORT-LOVING ANIMALS.--A horse 01:1-Iiito
way back to its stable, a cat has a strong attachnleii.tio
particular house, and a dog will track out for ill'
master and follow him.