The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-21 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, July 20.
Her Majesty and her Royal Highness Princess
Louise drove out yesterday.
Dr. Jenner arrived at Osborne on Sunday and
returned this morning. Sir James Clark has
arrived, and remains at Osborne.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Priv cess
Louis of Hesse dined with Prince and Princess
Leiningen yesterday.

The Prince and Princess of Wales at

Orleans House,

The Prince and Princess of Wales were present
yesterday evening at a banquet given by the Duke
and Duchess d'Aumale, at their residence, Orleans

House, Twickenham.
Their royal highnesses arrived from the White
Lodge, Richmond, at half-past seven ; the Princess
of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, riding
in a brougham drawn by two horses. The Prince
of Wales, attended by Captain Grey, rode next, in
an open waggonette.
The Prince and Princess of 'Wales were received
at the entrance of the beautiful mansion by the
Duke and Duchess d'Aumale and the Count and
Counters of Paris, who were attended by their ladies
and gentlemen in waiting,
The banquet was arranged on an oval shaped
table in the dining room. On the right of the Prin-
cess of Wales sat the Comte do Paris, the Duchess
of Wellington, the Prince de Conde, the Hon. Mrs
Stonor and M. Laugel ; on th© left were the Due
d'Aumale, Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis of
Salisbury, the Countess of Clarendon, Earl Russell,
Madame de Coiflier, and Viscount Chelsea. On the
opposite side of the table sat the Prince of Wales,
having on his right the Countess de Paris, the Mar-
chioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of Bath, and M.
Bocher ; and on the left the Duchess d'Aumale, Earl
Clarendon, the Marchioness of Bith,Viscount Castle-
rosse, the Countess Russell, M. de Remusat, and
Captain Grey.
Later in the evening a bail took place, and a
select party were invited to meet the Prince and
Princess of Wales.

Two of the large and splendid apartments in the
mansion, each room of which is remarkable as con-
taining priceless treasures of art, were thrown open
for dancing, while the other apartments composing
the suite were available for promenade.

The grounds leading to the Thames were prettily
luminated with coloured lamps.

The company began to arrive shortly after nine.
The Princess Mary of Cambridge reached Orleans
House soon after ten o'clock, attended by Lady
Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Pnrves.

The Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duc de
Nemours and Princess Marguerite, the Prince do
Conde, Count d'Eu, and the Duo de Penthivre Were
amongst the visitors to the ball.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland in'
tend to remain at Sion House, Isleworth, ti 3 the
drat week in next month, and then go to their
'marine residence in Northumberland before taking
up their residence at Ala wick Castle for the
autumn.

The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Gwendolia
St. Maur's names were omitted from amongst those
who had the honour of waiting on her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Cambridge at Kew. The duke
was unavoidably detained at the House of Lords.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare leave
town tomorrow for Kilkee Castle, Ireland, for the
season,

The Earl and Countess of Yarborough left town
yesterday for Brocklesby-park, Lincolnshire, for
the season.
The Earl Granville received a large and dig'
tinguished circle at dinner last evening at his
mansion in Brutonistreat.

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The Countess Spencer left rown yesterday for
Wrest-park, Beds, on a visit to the Countess Cowper
who is entertaining a large and distinguished coal-
-1
parry. .

The Earl and Countess of Wilton entertained the
following circle at dinner yesterday evening at their
mansion in Urosvenor-square :—The Duke of Rut-
land, Lord Ebury, Lady Rokeby, Hon. Seymour
and Mrs Egerton, Hon. Henry Coke, Captain Hen.
Robert Grosvenor, Sir Robert Brownrigg, Mr and
Mrs Henry Baring, Mr and Mrs John Leslie, Mr
and Mrs William Russell, Mr A. Lumley, Mr
Vivian, &c.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde
entertained the Marquis of Sligo, Lord and Lady'
Egerton of Tatton, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Leta
and Lady Harry Vane, Lady Margaret Beaumont,
Lord and Lady Wodehouse, the Right Hon. Fre'
derick and Mrs Peel, Captain Baring, Mr and Mrs
Higgins, Mr Oswald, and a select party at dinner
yesterday evening at their residence in Stratton'
street. •

THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right Hon. the
Speaker gave his Sessional dinner to the principal
clerks and officers of the House of Commons last
evening (Wednesday), July 20, to the following
Sir Denis Le Merchant, Lord Charles Russell, Mr.
Erskine May, C. 8., Mr. Henry Ley, Mr. Rickards,
Captain Gossett, Mr. Frere, Mr. S. Smith, Mr'
Vardon, Mr. Howard, Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Gibbons,
Mr. Rowland, Mr. James Collins, Mr. Postletll-
- Mr. Charles Po'..e, Mr. Gray, Mr. Hodgkin'
Mr. H. B. Mayne, Mr. Marriott, Mr. Creed,
Lieutenants Colonel Forester, the Rev. Charles
Merivale, 8.D,, chaplain, and Mr. Alfred Denison,
private secretary.
The King of Hanover, accompanied by the Prince
Royal, has left for the baths of Norden (Westphalia), where
his Majesty intends to remain some weeks. The Queen has
also quitted the capital for Switzerland.

Sussex Justices' Proceedings Confirmation .

Bill,

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
SlR,—Thero is a bill just brought in at the fag-ond Of
the session under the above title. The preamble acts forth
the object to be "for removing doubts as to past, proceed-
ings in the assessment of the county rates with regard tO
ehe several divisions of SnA44-." yet. the last clause °f did°
bill would seem to imply that/. a act sought to be obtain
was to engulph other matter "and i
things, and intended tic;
have a retrospective as well as prOspective scope. Nov)
any connived or unjust proceeding has been perpetrated „
any gentleman holding a commission for the said cotalT
by which any locality or individual has been illegally We"
such an act would prevent redress and shirk inquiry.
deed, the inhabitants of Sussex who are interested in al"
matter ought to have hal public notice (wide) of the ln
tended application. ill any membermove that it be
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postponed till next session, and give the inhtbitants of
county time to investigate, and, if need be, aak to be hear
in committee ? If any particular wrong has been done,
why net apply for a prospective act only ? or a proViS°
might be added, "that any individual or locality bay,
against any particular magistrate, or his procee'
ing or decision, shall have twelvemonths allowed fro
January, 1865, to prosecute his complaint.
I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
A CouNTBYI-011.

REPORTED NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF MONTH
ROSE.—The Montrose correspondent of tho Dundee
Advortzser writes :—On Monday forenoon an engagewenti„,
which continued for about 2 hours, took place between o'l-
vessels of war, supposed to have been a Prussian and
Dane. The fight was observed by some fishermen at fec"
and was also seen from the Braehead at Ferryden,
ships were about 9 miles distant, and the firing vfo 11°,1,
quite distinctly, The event caused great commotion at ""°
harbour. Nothing is known as to the result. "0
The Confederate cruiser the Rappahannee'-if ;ne
still at Calais, watched by the envier. French steam ad`—
boat.
" The fact has not, wo believe, been ran:tart-o'u
says the 'Toni " that the dukedom of 11IontmorencY,
has been revived in favour of Count Adalbert de Talleyra.,ll..
Perigord, was what is called in the old French law a dall_t
dom peerage, and as such, according to the letters Pste:,
of Louis XIV. in 1757, was to return to the Crown in
ca?
of extinction of heirs.
The Italianmale " frigate .El-Przncipe-Uinberto 113 g
just arrived at Cherbourg from Lisbon. She has on board
a hundred boys from the Marine School. A ffairg,
M.Dronyn de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign t
who went the day before yesterday to Vichy to trap
business with the emperor, was expected to arrive in
last night.