The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

Address to King Christian.

A deputation from Kolciing (Jutland) had audi-
ence of the King on the 24th ultimo, to present an
address to his Majesty, signed by 1,600 persons 01
that town and neighbourhood, designated in the
address as "having felt the burdens of the war
more severely than any other." The following is
the text of the address:—

Most Gracious Kiag,—We approach your Ma-
jesty's throne at a serious moment—at a time when
every breast ie filled with apprehension for the
future of our beloved fatherland. A suspension of
arma has been concluded, and the bloodshed which
has already carried mourning into so many families,
and made so many hearts heavy with grief, has
temporarily ceased. May your Majesty succeed in
replacing the armistice by peace !
Most Gracious King I—Although we are all
anxious to enjoy once more the blessings of peace
under your Majesty's paternal rule, we attach
higher importance to the future of the country and
independence of your Majesty as a Danish King
than to liberation from the pressure of the moment.
In the unequal contest which Denmark is carrying
on, your Majesty has appealed to the endurance of
the people, and this royal word has found an echo
in our hearts. We come from a district which hat
felt the burdens of the war more severely than any
other; but we do not come to complain. Although
we wish for peace, we pray to Almighty God for
endurance and strength to support the sacrifices
which our just cause may further entail. We con-
clude with perfect reliance upon your Majesty,
your house, and your responsible advisers, convinced
that your Majesty's government will know how to
protect our internal freedom, so deeply rooted in
the existence of the people, as well as our good right
and our natural independence.

May Gcd protect your Ainjesty End our beloved
oountry.

effnrt ‘-‘ tirmTat

HER MAJESTY;

BALMORAL, May 31.

The Queen went out in the morning with the
Princess Louise, and in the afternoon drove with
the Princess LeiningEn.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

The Prince and Princess of Wales, atten&d by
the Countess of Morton, Lieutenant-General
Knollys, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, and Mr.
Fisher, left Marlborough Home soon after 11 o'clock
yesterd,y morning on a visit to Cambridge.

The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse took a
carriage drive yesterday afternoon.

In the evening their royal highnesses went to the
Lyceum Theatre, accompanied by Prince Hermann,
of Solms-Lich, and Count Schcenburg, and attended
by Mdlle. de Gruney and Captain von Westerweller.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are
expected to leave Northumberland House to morrow, for
Sion House, Isleworth. It is understood that during their
stay in the South the noble Duke and Duchess will reside
during the greater part of tho time at Sion.

'The Duke of Argyll is expected to arrive in
town on the 10th inst., from, as a member of the Cabinet,
attending on her Majesty in Scotland.
The Duchess of Cleveland had a " small and
early" party last night, at the family residence in Curzon.-
street, Mayfair.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford
entertained a select party at dinner yesterday evening, at
their residence in Charles-street, St. James's.

The name of Lord Mount-Edgcumba was erro-
neously included in the list of attendances at the Queen's
Levee on Wednesday last. Lord Mouut-Edgcumbe was
not present at the Levee,

The Earl and Countess of Beesborough received
the Earl and Countess de Grey, Viscount and Viscountess
Sydney, and a small party yesterday at dinner at their
residence in Charles-street, Berkeley-square.

The Countess of Ashburnham's afternoon party
this day is unavoidably postponed.
The Count and Countess D'Hausscuville have
arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street.

Lord and Lady Abercromby entertained at dinner
last evening, at Claridge's Hotel, the Earl and Countess
Manvel6 Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald, Lord and Lady
Sondes and. Miss Mulles, Lady and Miss Egerton, Mr. and
Lady Charlotte Russell, his Excellency Baron Bentinck,
Viscount Duncan, Lady Mulesworth, Sir Henry Cotterell,
and Culonel Bourke.

THE CONFERENCE.—The Conference met yester-
day at one o'clock and sat till five, all the members
being present. We understand that the German plenipo-
tentiaries demand the cession of Flensburg and Duppeit
while the neutral Powers adhere to the line of the Schley
and the Dannewerke as the Danish frontier. It is stated
that the representatives of Denmark desire that the Ger-
man Powers and the neutrals should come to an agreement
on the subject before asking Denmark to give her answer.
A proposal was also made and accepted ad referendum for
the prolongation of the armistice 15 days, on the condition
that no further extension should take place unless the basis
of a peace were agreed to. The Conference will meet again
on Monday.

CARDINAL WISEMAN IN YORK .—S t.
new Roman Catholic church, which has been
erected under the " shadow" of York Minster, was opened
by Cardinal Wiseman yesterday. It is a beautiful edifice;
has cost about £12;000, and has been built on the site of a
chapel which had been used for many years by the Catholics.
The new church will afford accommodation for about 700
persons, and it is so near the Minster, that Cardinal Wise-
man some months ago spoke of it as a fresh shoot from the
old roots of the parent tree—the Cathedral. The
architect of the building is Mr. George Goldie, of
34, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, a native of York.
At the opening, yesterday, in addition tv the Cardinal,
there were present several bishops and a considerable num-
ber of priests. There was Pontifical High Mass, the mug°
being Haydn's Mass No. 4. The choir was assisted by Mr.
lakersall, of Leeds, and Mr. Hinchcliffe, of Halifax. Car-
dinal Wiseman preached the sermon. After the service ti
dijefoter was served in the Concert-room. About 300 per-
sons, including the Cardinal, bishops, priests, and Jail
were present; Lord Herries presided. The chairman, in
proposing the health of the Pope, alluded to what he termed
the recent visit of a revolutionist,stating it would have been
better if the members of Government and others who had
taken part in the triumph of that revolutionist bad shown
more respect for the feelings of five or six millions of
Catholics. There was service in the evening, when Or.
Manning presided.

TnE BISHOP OF EXETER, who is 78 years of age,
conducted the diocesan ordination on Trinity Sunday. The
venerable prelate, assisted by the Bishop of Jamaica and
the dignitaries of the cathedral, celebrated the Holy Cote'
munion.

CHORAL WEDDING IN WES➢MINSTER
Yesterday Mr. Waterfield, of the Bengal Civil
Service, and Miss Louisa Benthall Gay, daughter of the
late Mr. James Gay, of Highgate, were married in West'
minster Abbey, the ceremony being performed with a full
choral service. The chants were chosen from those of
Beethoven, and a chorale was specially composed for the
occasion by Mr. Turk, organist of Westminster Abbey,
the words being by the Rev. S. Flood Jones. The bridal
procession was headed by the choristers and the officiating
ministers. At the conclusion of the ceremony, which was
performed by the Rev. S. Flood Jones, N .A., Mina
Canon, and the Rev. Canon Jennings, the " Wedding
Maich" was played, and a peal rang on the Abbey bells'
Mr. Waterfield is an old Queen's scholar.

BiItFFIELD AND ITS CUTLERY.—It has often
been remarked that had the bite on which Sheffield
stands been purposely chosen for the cutlery manufactures
it would scarcely have been possible to have made a better
selection. Coal abounds on the south and east of the town:.
and iron was found and worked in the neighbourhood "
the time of the Romans. This latter fact does not, perhaPil
stand for much, seeing that wherever the legionaries went
they always found good means to forge and sharpen their
blades. And the iron of this district has for more than 11
century past been exhausted, or else neglected as valueless
compared with that of Furness or Sweden. Coal has also
been obtained with greater facility in other localities. Is
what, then, is tha special advantage of the locality P It i°
to the river system of the aistrict that S.3.effield owes the
early and distinct celebrity of its manufactures. The
" Sheifielde Thwittol," spoken of by Chaucer, was a ePec';
men of hand-made cutlery. Similar thwittols"
soon have been produced elsewhere, had. not the forger'
and cutlers of Hallamshire availed them selves of the rue'
ehanicai power so readily gained from th a rapidly descend'
ing streams whose courses we have described.—Oisce
IVeek.

THE WHIG MOVEMENTS.—We stated last moot
that Lord Clarendon had joined the Minis try simply with
a view to succeed to the Premiership, Since then the stvere,
illness of Lord Palmerston has precipitated matters, and ,
...;
was arranged that as soon as the session was over 14°'
Palmerston should resign the Premiership, and thereafter
occupy a position in public affairs similar to that which
Lord Lansdowne so long held. Lord Clarendon was t° b
the new Premier. Hence the mutiny of Mr, Gladstone '
He is now aware that the Whigs will not have him at tjle,
price which he in his exorbitant selt-conr.ieit has named °'
the equivalent for his adherence. His is. another nolo'
choly instance of the fate which sooner or later must otterl
take every man who abandons principle for the objects °,l
his own ambition. Restless and intriguing., he has forfeits
the right to be trusted by any political party which retailF
even the semblance of self-respect ; and the ugh his services
may still be worth the purchasing—as in the middle 06;
it was a common thing to hire a mercenary champion the
never can expect to be a leader in that high sense of tt
term which the English instinct recognises as the nobles
position to which a subject can legitimately aspire- 014.
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WORKS OF ART IN THE ONYX MARBLO f
ALGERIA.—A large and richly-varied collection
these exquisite and very interesting specimons, mOllO
tared from one of Nature's most interesting. produeti
is now being exhibited in London at the celebrated es t.
i
lishment of Messrs. Howell and James, in Regent-00°,0
The discovery of onyx marble is of recent date, and it Ityll'o
be remembered was first introdv
eBs
ced to English notiee °l.s.
of the French courts in the El:hibition of 1851. Diqui
Howell and James at once saw the value of this bealttot'itii
and translucent marble, and the tuart:,v purposes of °
and decorative art to which it might be applied. The et
signers and artists of their establishmet it were at oac°,_
to work, end have now produced 311 eAtensive vartey,e
gem works of art which cannot be equalled in Europe.
objects that have been executed comprehend every ir°lol3
able work, both for ornamentation and for use to it:aus'zia,
marble is applicable, and range in size from a large J 0131,,,
some 4 feet in diameter (the largest specimen of the toilet
marble ever found) to the smallest requisite for the
table. The natural beauty of this rare material
to If4c,
much heightened, in the working of it, by the arusazde7
a to
have judiciously mingled it with gold, and hence
its richness and beauty ; and while the purest _ tied,
given form to the hundreds of articles which are torta!Fri,..,,,
the work has also been executed with more than o 7.:0
skill. The exhibitions of M.essrs. Howell and Jamesrel7a
always most interesting, but this one possesses. moi Art
usual atiraciions to the admirers of the beituuta
and Nature. From the virginal beauty of the
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itself, and elaborate nature of the gold ornamentation,
manufactures are epecially intended 41 wedditig 111/