The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-10 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, May 9.

The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Prin-
cess Beatrice, left Osborne at half-past two o'clock
this afternoon, and arrived at Windsor Castle
at six.

The suite in attendance consisted of the Dowager
Conn tess of Mount-Edgcumbe, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce,
the Hon. Lucy Lyttelton, Lieut.-General the Hon.
C, Grey Colonel the lion. Sir Charles Phipps, Lord
Alfred Paget, Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, and
Mr, Buff.

The Hon. Emily Cathcart has arrived at the
Csstle as maid of honour.

Viscount Torrington and Sir W. Hosto have also
arrived as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her
Majesty.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yes-
terday, attended by the Hon. Dire. W. Grey.
The Prince of 'Wales went to the House of Lords
n the afternoon.

His Royal Highnees the Prince of Wales, at-
tended by Colonel Teesdale, was present during the per-
formance of Shakspere's " Henry the Fourth" at Drury-
lane Theatre last evening.

THE LITTLE STRAND THEATRE was on Friday
night honoured by a visit from the Prince of Wales, after
leaving the House of Lords,
His Excellency Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne
entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday even-
ing at the French Embassy. The guests present included
the Earl and Countess Russell and Lady Georgiana Russell,
the Earl and Countess de Grey, the Earl and Countess of
Clarendon, General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Major-
General F. W. Hamilton, C.B , and Mrs. Hamilton,
Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon. C.
Fortescue, M.P., Hon. Wm, Stewart, Mr. and Lady
Elizabeth Adeane, the Marquis and Marchioness de Cadore,
the Marquis d'Audigne, the Marquis Caumont la Force,
Viscount de Courval, and Viscount Contades.
The Earl and Countess of Granard have left the
Palace Hotel for their seat, Castle Forbes, Ireland.
The Countess of Desert will arrive in London
from Ireland to morrow.

Tie Countess of Yarborough's party is appointed
for the 16th, and not the 18th, as stated.

The Countess of Haddington and the Hon. H. B.
Hamilton have left Farrance's Hotel for the continent. The
Earl of Had lington has returned to Scotland,
The Earl and Countess of Cork had a dinner party
yesterday evening at their residence is Graftotrostreet.
There were present the Marchioness of Downshire and
Lady Alice Hill, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl
and Countess of Bessborough, Earl Annersley, Lord Dun-
kellin, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Mr. C. Greville,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Baring, Mr. Beaumont, M ,P., &e.

GRAND FETE AT CHISIVICK.—On Friday and
Saturday week a fête of an extraordinary nature will
be held in the magnificent grounds of the Duchess of
Sutherland, at Chiswick, in behalf of Poland, and her tick
and wounded soldiers. The ladies of all ranks in that un-
fortunate country having given their jewellery for disposal
for the purpose of raising funds to alleviate the sufferings
of their wounded countrymen ; their sale will commence on
the day above mentioned, the stalls being presided over by
the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, Viscountess Palmer-
ston, the Marchionesses of W aterford and Townshend, the
Countesses of Shaftesbury, Clharlemont, and Airlie, the
Viscountess Grey deWilton, and many other leaders of the
beau monde. The occasion is .en extraordinary one, and we
hope the proceeds will be wort by the noble object all taking
part in the fete have in view.
THE IRISH ROMAN CATB:OLICS AND MR. SOMES'S
SUNDAY CLOSING BILL.—' following address is
published in the Irish papers ::—" To members of Parlia-
ment representing Irish consl;ituencies.—We, the under-
signed archbishops, bishops, e aid clergy of Ireland, most
respectfully intimate to the Iris h members of the House of
Commons that we believe it we .uld be highly conducive to
public order, to morality, and to religion if the Sunday
traffic in intoxicating liquors w, are prohibited by law. We,
therefore, entreat their support of Mr. Somes's motion on
the 6th May, fur effecting that c Abject.-1-Paul Cullen,D.D ,
C. Archbishop of Dubin—tJo seph Dixon, D.D., C. Arch-
bishop of Armagh and Prim ate-1-D. O'Brien, D.D., C.
Bishop of Waterford—tn. D.D,, C. Bishop of
Ross—t John Kilduff, D.D., C. Bishop of Ardagh—t-P.
Duncan, D.D., C. Bishop of Achonry—t Francis Kelly,
D.D., C. Bishop of Derry—Hamilton Verschoyle, D.D.,
Bishop of Kilmore-1-L. G illooly, D.D., C. Bishop of
Elphin--tT. Furlong, D.D., C. Bishop of Ferns-1-John
M'Evi:ly, D.D,, C. Bishop o f Galway—William Whelan,
D.D., C. Bishop—. William M eagher, V.G., P,P., of Dub-
lin—B. Woodlock, Rector o f the Catholic University of
Ireland—James Canon Ruh lon3, P.P., Arklow—James
Murray, D.D., Secretary to tl is Archbishop of Dublin—A.
O'Connell, D.D., P.P. of St. Mary's, Dublin—M. Quinn,
AD.—John Spratt, D.D., Pr ovincial of Ireland.
A VALUABLE DEAD L ETTER.—The Rev. Mr.
Spurgeon has been knowrL to receive •as many as
100 letters in a day. Many o f them are anonymous, and
on many the postage is not prepaid. The rev, gentleman
now refuses all the latter. One of the se a short time ago,
after having been in the dead letter-office and opened there,
was sent again to Mr Spurgeon, with a statement that the
letter was anonymous, and therefore cot tld not be returned
to the writer, and that it contained a \ minable enclosure
Th rev. gentleman paid the postage ,an d found a £2O note
in the letter.

LONG BILLS.—The Attorney-Ger teral laid before
the House of Commons last monti i a bill of 321
clauses, filling 80 folio pages, with 15 mo re occupied by a
table of contents—the bill to Consolidate and amend the
Church-building and New Parishes Ac ts. The Irish
Attorney• General has now brought in a bi 11 of 383 clauses,
filling altogether 135 folio pages, a bill for the Amendment
of the Practice and Pleading in the Comm on Law Courts
at Dublin.

MACKEREL.—During the past w eek enormous
quantities of mackerel have, es durini ; the previous
week, been transmitted from Cornwall to t he metropolitan
and other markets. On Wednesday alone the quantity of
fish sent off per rail exceeded 70 tons. Tb .e Mount's Bay
boats have been again very fortunate. One boat took about
10,000, and many averaged from 5,000 to 7,000 each,
Splendid mackerel were sold at Newlyn on W ednesday night
as low as 4s per six score. The catches on Thursday and
Friday were not large. The old fishermen do not remember
such large catches of makerel as have been , taken during
the past fortnight or three weeks in any pr evious similar
period. The sea south .west of the Scilly Isl es is said to be
almost of a blood colour with the vast short Is of mackerel
under the water. An east eDuntry boat lo st hor nets on
Tuesday night, and on Thursday found the m with 4,00,
fish enclosed. The local markets on Saturde ;y were abun-
,..ntly supplied.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.—" Mavhattar t" says—We
have good news from the President. Re i, ; getting in a
healthy condition. Facing the rivers of blood that are soon
to flow ifs Virginia, he has not perpetrat ed a. joke for two
weeks, lie says that if he is saved from Lse this hitch ho
will flavor niuku fun nny more. The cradle in which Dir.
Lincoln was rocked when a babe has been giwnbtyerheismtintgo
in
the Baltimore Fair. Many ladies who are in an
situation are anxious to get it, hoping that it will ock more
future Presidents.
ROSSINI AND MEYERBEBR. Rossini having
learned on Monday morning the t Meyerbeer ,had
bean rather worse the evening before wi!nt to the Rue Moat-
taigne to learn how the patient had pass ed the night. En,-
tering the house, he inquired of the concierge how M..
Meyerbeer was that morning. Without any precaution the
man replied that the great composer w ats dead. At this,
terrible announcement the visitor stagge red and would have
fallen had not the other supported him. He remained for
nearly ten minutes incapable of mover Lent, and when ha
recovered a little, requested to see a me: tuber of the family.
One of Meyerbeer's daughters came d own, and Rossini,
when he saw her, burst into tears and e aibraced her affec-
tionately. He spoke at great length of ;he deceased, and it
was a considerable time before ho was in. a state to return to
his own residence. Rossini and Meywbeer had been ac-
quainted for upwards of 50 years.
MONTENEGRINE WOMEN.—Un questionably in
Montenegro, woman is the chief beast of burden
and the hardest worker of the two sexes ; she is in fact the
slave of the man ; but though humble , she is not humi-
liated; she is respected in and from her chastity. For
this reason, and because of her being of the weaker sex,
and therefore never attacked by a ett onger, a woman is
always given to the traveller as a gi Lido: wo be to the
stranger who should attempt to take advantage of hei
weakness. We have seen that even tl ie life of the prince
will be taken should the honour of a AI, mtenegrine woman
be outraged; and I believe that most of the Montenegrines
have the same feeling as that of the 'true Bedouin, that
no woman who is not of their blood and birthplace is good
enough to become his wife. Like the Be douin, the husband
walks or rides first ; the woman follows, carrying the goods
and chattels of the family, or the burd(na of the traveller :

she labours in the field while he roams over the mountains
or cleans his arms. Naturally, from this mode of life, the
women of Tserna Gore are not remarkab to for beauty—they

are bony and robust, and they look old at a very early ago.
Their complexions are dark and muddy.—The Eastern
Shores of the Adriatic, by Viscountess &rangford. '
ACTS OP PARLIAMENT.—Up 10 the 281 h ult. only
12 public acts were passed in the preventt, session, and only
a few local statutes.