The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-22 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales came to
Marlborough House yesterday forenoon from the
White Lodge, Richmond Park.
The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of
the Council of his Royal Highness, held at the
Office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate'
St. James's Park.
There were present Sir W. Dunbar, Keeper of
the Privy Seal ; Sir W. J. Alexander, Attorney
General; Lieut. General Knollys, Comptroller f
the Household of his Royal Highness ; and tile
Lord Portman.

Arrival of the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia

Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marl
of Russia, accompanied by his Excellency tba
Count Strogonoff and a numerous suite, arrived B
Dover by the half-past three boat yesterday after*
noon from Calais.
His Excellency the Russian Ambassador, Ich°
left town early in the morning for Dover, Was ill
waiting on the pier to receive the duchess.
Shortly before four o'clock his excellency OP'
ducted tier Imperial Highness and suite to the treini!
her Imperial Highness and suite occupying BOa
saloon carriages, and being attended by the etiPe'
rintendent Mr. Knight. The train arrived At the
Charing-cross station about six o'clock, fr°lll
whence her Imperial Highness, accompanied by
Baron Brunnow, proceeded to Claridge's ibteii
Brook-street, where her Imperial Highness vu'r
stay for a Jew days previous to her departure f°
Torquay, where it is expected her Imperial WO'
ness will stay fora few months.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France vg'll
leave Albert Gate House on or about Thursday no%tf ,1r

Paris.
His Escelleney the Minister for the NetherJana°
and Madame Van de Weyer and family left Grosvenor'
square yesterday for New Lodge, Windsor Forest.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Carmarthen
have left town for the season.
The Esrl and Countess of Dartmouth bar)
arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square fro

Continent.
The Countess Cowper is entertaining a Select
party at Panshanger, Herts.
The Eirl and Countess of Fife and Lady Anil°
Duff have left town for their seat in Scotland.
The Earl and Countess of Morley will leave
town early next week for their seat, North I\lolton, Devott.
The Countess of Caiedon has left town for the
season.
Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre have left t°
for their seat, lngestre Hall, Staffordshire. left
Viscount and Viscountess Somerton have
town for their seat, Madehurst Lodge, Arundel, Sussex.
Lord and Lady Foley will leave town to.cleY °
a continental tour. left
Lord Willoughby de Broke and family have •
town for the season.

DEATH OF CHERUBIM'S WIDOW AT ICIO f:.
ONE I—Madame Cherubini, widow of the great cot:Ws-sr'.
has just died in Neuilly. She was in her ninety-first 51-0
The small body of friends which accompanied her re°

to the grave was headed by M. Auber.
LAUNCH OF A CUNARD STEAMER.—On Weat
day afternoon an iron screw steamer, intended for
,vo
the Cunard North American service, was launched from
the building yard of Messrs Tod and Macgregor, Glaegaii;
The new vessel, which has been named the Cuba, preset
the tho following dimensions :—Length of keel and forera-,"
327 ft ; breadth of beam, moulded, 42ft ; depth moulded
spar deck, 29ft. The tonnage is 2,382 by builder's rtleaall;nre;
meat, The Cuba will be propelled by oscillating enP-pefe
of 650-horse power nominal, fitted with surface conde'larn-
and all the latest improvements. She will possess sen.f.-:t
modation for 300 first-class passengers, and if it shoul'eeth
any time be deemed desirable to employ her as a trooPo'7o"
she would be found capable of transporting 1,500 men. Ira
rig will be similar to that usually adopted in the teulaa,,,-
ships, Cunningham's patent reefing topsails being e—s,;
played, and the masts being furnished with Sir Sila.x
Harris's lightning conductor as applied to iron alliPs*, t
duplicate ship to the Cuba, to be named the Sava', '8:
present being built for the Cunard Company by IV'ess-e.
Thompson, of Govan, and is expected to be launched '-
February, 1865.
THE FORTIFICATIONS OF SFITHEAD.—It
originally proposed by the Defence Commissiover"
that five forts should be constructed for the defence of Spit
°
head, and the positions chosen for these were the Ora.;
Sand, No Man's Land, the Spit Point, at a point °Beel',
mediate between the fort on the Horse Sand and F°rtais
Island, and on the Sturbridge. It was, however' ; °s;
covered that a proper foundation could not be obtained Of
the last-named shoal, and a select committee, consietill 3.
Admiral Milne, Captain R. S. Hewlett, R.N., Colone,
W. Gordon, E„E., Colonel C. V. Cockburn, R.A. C°11(1
11. D. Harness, R.E., Captain J. Bythesea, abet
James Ferguseon, Esq., was appointed to recomeaenn °tie
alteration should be made in the original plan of the c°-fje
misaioners consequent upon the abandonment of the W-ps,
on the Sturbridge. The committee made their report Y-0
terday. They unanimously recommend that a workebatgloe
be constructed on the Spitbank, in a position about
yards to the south-west of the point on which it Was t.
ginally proposed by the Defence Commission to erect 0.
Such a work, the committee consider, would,. in 001).lulicielcia
with the batteries at Fort Monckton, bear immediately tiro
the anchorage of Spithead, and would also co-operate 17;iii
the works on the Horse Sand and No Man's Land' tittie
with the Blockhouse Point and Southsea batterieei 113
defence respectively at the outer channel to Spithead
of the inner channel to Portsmouth harbour, A sad
FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT ON TIIE TAMAR."-"4-
accident occurred on Wednesday on the Tenlar9or
which a mother and her child was drowned. The Veltig-fao
steamer went up the river to the Weir Head %girt' 00
children and friends of the Wycliffe Sunday school•
see'
had, unknown it is said to the captain, one of her wed
following astern, A boat containing a young manmanrtei,
Coombes, his wife and child, and a female friend, was 'ifest;
trig up the river, and Coombes, in spite of a warning
a boy connected with the steamer, who was in her oat'
fastened his craft to that of the steamer. When nor (110
wellham Rock, the river being narrow and tortuellaii' the
steamer made a sharp turn, and Coombes's Welt, 110 t
Otterethe
steered exactly in her wake, received the swelletl
broadside, shipped a wave, filled and sank. The htea.--d•f•
soon as possible stopped and backed ; and, after se w° refer'-:
culty, the young man Coombes and his female friend ;to
red to were got on board the steamer's boat. AU 6°.°l:6,Ber°
discover the poor man's wife and child, however'
1,00
unavailing—they had sunk to rise no more. Several -ecee
were soon on the spot, and the body of Mrs Coorab9
recovered during the evening.— Western _Morning Nis 0,11
FIVE CHILDREN BURIED ALIVE.--1:1 rlOO,
accident occurred on Monday in the Rue Cb4artl'torfa
near the Barrier du. Combat. During the thunders tee
which burst over Paris some children took shelter frelacoe
hail and rain against a wall which enclosed a piece of 'vs afei
ground. The wall, behind which a quantity of stonceariej
tuaterjal had been piled up, suddenly gave way and b deed
live of the children beneath the ruins. Throe were were
when got out, and the two others, though still alive,
dangerously injured.