The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-05 00:00:00

" PUNCH'S MOTTO FOR Birmingham—" Honour
Bright I"

Yesterday morning was the beginning of the
oyster season at Billingsgate. There was in consequence
a considerable amount of excitement at that famousmarket,
MARRIAGE OF DRULEEP SING.—The A'emandria
correspondent of the Times of India gives the fol■
lowing account of the marriage of Dhuleep Sing, which
took place at the British Consulate, Alexandria, on the 7th
June, In the presence of a very few witnesses :—" The
young lady who has now become Maharaneee is the
daughter of an European merchant here. Her mother is
an Abyssinian. She is between 15 and 16 years of age, of
a slight but graceful figure, interesting rather than hand-
some, not tall, and in complexion lighter than her husband.
She is a Christian, and was educated in the American Pres•
byterian Mission School at Cairo; and it was during a
chance visit there, while on his way out to India, that the
prince. first saw his future bride, who was engaged as in-
structress in the school. Dhuleep Sing wore at the wed-
ding European costume, excepting a red Tarboosh. The
bride's dress was also European, of white moire antique,
a fichu point d 'Afengon short lace sleeves, orange blossoms
in her dark hair, with, of course, the asnal gauze veil. She
wore but a few jewels ; a necklace of fine pearls, and a
bracelet set with diamones were her only ornaments. The I
for.aula of civil marriage at her Britannic Majesty's con-
sulates in the Levant is very brief. Both parties declare
that they know no lawful impediment to their union; then
they declare that they mutually accept each other as hus-
band and wile, and the civil service is over. This formula
Was P"noanced by the prince in Ecglish ; the bride, in a
low but musical voice, read it in Arabic (that being the
only language with which she is acquainted), and'thus
gamba Muller" became tie " Maharanee." She showed
much self-possession through it all. A religious ceremony
what; performed by one of the American ministers at the
horse of the bride's father; and the newly-married pair re-
tired to the prince's house at ltaneleh, a few miles from
A'exandria. They will leave soon for England."
:RoyaL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION,--MR, AND
MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTERTAINMENT The season is
drawing rapidly to a close, yet, notwithstanding the exodus I
from London among the better classes, the audiencescon-
tinue to ba both numerous and fashionable at
this
Pu'rp!cd of amusement. The combination of the " Pyramid"
in a condensed ferret the interlude of "The Bard
and his Birthday," with its clever 4, Shaksperian
visions," end the new song of " The S.2a-side,"
or 6(1-ars. Roseleaf out of Town," in which the
comnany upon the beach at a fashionable watering place is
form an entertainment so varied in
humorously depicted,
its features and excellent in itself, that it can hardly fail to
be attractive, even after a long run of many months. The
gallery closed before the end of the month, but will very
soon re open with a new Opera di Camera, of which great
.
things are reported.
At the general meeting to-day of the sharehoders
of the Mediterranean Extension Tvlegtaph Com-
pany, a dieidend of 8 per cent. per annum on the
preference shares, and 43. per share, equal to 4 per
cent. per annum, on the original capital, was
unanimously agreed to.