The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-24 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yester-
day morning attended by Lieut. Colonel Keppel.
The Princess of Wales took a cirriage drive, at-
tended by Countess De Grey.

The Hon. Mrs. Bruce ails succeeded Countess de
Grey as lady i❑ waiting on her Ruyal Highness the
Princess of Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales left Marlborough House at h quarter past
five, and proceeded by the Great Western Railway
to Windsor Caste on a visit to the Queen.

In attendance on their Royal Highnesses were
the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Lieutenant•Coionel Keppel,
and Dr. liolztnann.

Mr. R. Dowling has had the honour of submit..
ting his portrait of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales, which he bas painted lor the Government

of Tasmania.

MANSION-HOUSE.—His Royal Highnes3 the
Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to accept an invita-
tion to a banquet to be given by the Lord Mayor on Easter
Monday. The Lady Mayoress (Miss Lawrence) has issued
cards of invitation to a juvenile ball on the evening of Wed-
nesday week, the 6th of April.

Her Royal Ht4hness the Duchess of Cambridge,
accompanied by the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Stre-
Utz and the Princess Mary, has left St. James's Palace for
Cambriage Cottage, Kew, where the royal duchess and her
daughters will reside for several weeks.
The Duke of Newcastle continues to improve.
Yesterday the medical bulletin stated that the duke had
passed a favourable night, and was much better in the

morning.
Tne DUE° and Duchess of Roxburghe have left
tae Clarenden Hotel for Floors Castle, Kelso.

The M4rquls of Abereurn has left town for
Beaudesert Park, Staffirdshiro. Tho marchioness and
Lilly Georgina Hami►tJn are on their journey home from
Nice.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have
left their house in Pall-mall for Severnaae Park, near
Marlborough, Wilts, for the Easter holidays.
The Earl and Countess or Scarborough have left
the St. George's Hata.
The Earl of Cork has left town for Marstoa
House, near Fromm. The countess has gone to stay with
Mr. S. Beaumont, M.P., and Lady Margaret Beaunjont, at
Lansdowne Villa, Richmond. _

Lord and 1.,-.dy Aunt'ly and the Hon. Miss
White have left Belgrave•square for St. Leonards on Sea.

Lord and Lady Harry Vane and the 800.
Misses Primrose left town on Tuesday for New Bata°
Aubey, Sussex,
Lord and Lady Clarence Paget left his lordship's
official residence at the Admiralty yesterday for their seat
in Wales.
We understand that a marriage is arranged and
will shortly take place between Mr Henry Widenhavi
Smith, of Castle Widenham, County Cork, and Miss Rawl°,
daughter of the late Mr Abraham Wildey Robarts.
DEATH OF LORD ASIIBURTON.—It is with great
regret that we have to announce the death of .Lora
Ashburton. The melancholy event took place at half-p 0
oue o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Grange, and will
comparatively unexpected. His lordship had almost ele
tirely rtcovezed from the series of dangerous pulmonary
attacks under which he had recently suffered, but expired
suddenly from heart disease, to which ha had been subjeci
from youth.

THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW.—Mr. Wyld, 01
Charing-cross, has published a very useful map shoWill°
the locality selected for the forthcoming review.
THE AMBASSADORS FROM MADAGASCAR.--The,
Excellencies the Ambassadors from Madagascar, with the/at
interpreters, accompanied by the commander of the Foga'
flagship, visited the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich, on ToeS:
day, and Inspected the laboratories, the gun factories, tbci
carriage and other departments. They appeared delighte,
and astonished at the working of the ponderous and comma
plicated machiueiy, and at the vast stores of guns, o°.,
'
shell, and uther warlike munitions,
PROGRESS OF NEW ZEALAND.—The Registrar;
General reports the European population of New Zealal3,s
125,811 at the end of the year 1b62, 79,680 males and 46,1'1,
females. This is exclusive of the military and their farolo
lies, 7,302 in number. It is an increase of 23 per cent la
the year. 410,832ez gold, worth £1,591,389, were export%
in the year, and 9,839,2651 b wool, worth £674,226. Toll,/
registered tonnage of New Zealand had increased to tove
vessels, of 10,825 texas, employing 031 men and boys.

revenue had ri&n to £1,188,009.
MIRACLES OF ART.—At the soiree of the 11 A;nl
Institution, on Zieturcity, the pnotograPh
statuettes exhibited by Claudet excited much cutiositi.
'lbis is a piece of French ingenuity. The sitter takes
stand in the centre of a circular building properly libtt:f
all round ;24 cameras are levelled at him from all t3i';:x
and 24 photographs taken. A pentegraph is set to viTn
on a luwp of clay, and follows the cartoon of each 1)11°,,i
graph. When it oas traced out in the clay the cardiac'
is to ret:
the two dozen, all that remains for the modeller
move a few imperfections, and the statuette is tuincd °ails
The specimens exhibited were effective enough. I.lt
modeller was said to be illens, well known in POD; 0
W ..0
very clever designer for the jewellers and bronze warkers_.
and the difficulty is to say how much of the mere' of
bt°"o
nineties may be due to Lute. Alt, gel her, tb,-.
1.,c that sculpior's wer. not 1,1 twY I°}
ncuteClll. Winger irva, etas w alpileo‘i‘,l4vi the plvituS"Tl3 61.0
apparatus. • •

Despatch of Count Rechberg.

VINNA, March .
The following is an extract from a circular2l de
spatch forwarded a few days ago by Count Rechberg
to the representatives of Austria at the Courts of
Governments not involved in the Dano-German
dispute

"It fliomark had been inclined to mske reason
able concessions war would not have broken one.
and Peace would even now be restored if D._-o
mark would only consent to those concessions.
Bat she adheres to the formation of a Rigsraac
upon the basis of the Constitution of the 18th No-
',ember, and wishes to introduce this Constitution—
against which Germany protests as in contradictio
to the obligations undertaken by Deimark—into
Schleswig. To prevent the continuation of such au
irreplar condition of affairs, the Diet was upon the
point of occupying Schleswig with troops, whet,
Austria and Prussia hastened to anticipate that
body in their capacity of European Powers, having
to demand of Denmark the fulfilment of certain ob-
litmions not dependent upon the succession in tht
Duchies.
"If Austria and Prussia had not rapidly substi-
tuted their action for that of the German middle
States, and if the conduct of affairs had passed into
the hands of the party wishing to dismember the
Danish monarchy, hostilities in Schleswig would
nevertheless have broken out ; the scope of the war
Would also have been extended, and the. Powers
interested in the preservation of the Danish
Monarchy would have been confronted with com-
plications far more threatening to the balance of
Power in the north of Europa. The military inter
veution of Austria and Prussia has temporarily
Pressed this danger into the background, and would
have completely removed it if the Powers had
credited the last statement of the two great German
'Powers, and had not encouraged Denmark in her
opposition.

"It depends, therefore, upon the non-German
Powers to contribute to the tranquillisation of
heated passions in Germany, and to retain the con-
flict with Denmark upon the ground it at present
occupies. Austria and Prussia, upon their parts,
will then the easier succeed in not being over-
whelmed
the movement prevailing in Germany
--a task the
more difficult the longer the conflict is
protracted. The deliberations of the Federal Diet
further abundantly show what exertions the Courts
of Vienna and Berlin are compelled to make in
order to prevent their Federal allies from giving
More serious dimensions to the quarrel."