The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

Oc the evening of Twelfth-day (Wednesday)
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales entertained, at Frogmore, a juvenile party►
about 20 in number, among whom were the children
of General Grey, General Seymour, 8:c.
Yesterday morning his Royal Highness, attended
by his suite, went skating on the ice in the canal or
ornamental water at Frogmore, and was pleased to
invite the officers of the Royal Horse Guards and
Grenadier Guards, now quartered at Windsor, to
the skating party, while the gay scene was greatly
enlivened by the splendid band of the latter regl"
meat, which executed several favourite musical

selections.
Htr Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wag
present during a portion of the day, attended by the
Countess of Macclesfield.
Their royal highne:ses afterwards entertained
their visitors at lunch at Frogmore, and in the after-
noon the skating was continued till a late hour.

PRINCE ALFRED.—His Royal Highness Prince
Alfred, accompanied by Major Cowell, left Osborne 011
Monday afternoon, for London. The Prince left London
the night train of Monday, and arrived at Edinburgh on
Tuesday morning. The Glasgow Herald understands that
his Royal Highness is to be the guest of Lord and Ladi
Belhaven, at Wishaw House, on Friday and Saturday (to-
day and to-morrow). A select party has been invited to
meet the Prince, and among those invited from Glusgovi
aro the Lord Provost and Mr. Coulston, the late Lord Pro-
vost.—Scotsman.

The Earl and Countess of Stamford and War'
rington are er tertaining a shooting party at Brad'
gate Park, Leicestershire, including the Earl of Mount,
eharles, Lord Huntingfield, Lord Colville, Admiral the
Hon. H. Rona, General the Right Hon. Cecil Forrester,
M.P., Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, Captain tl2o
Hon. Henry Wyndham, M.P., Sir Thomas Moncrietfe,
General Hall, Captain Bateson, Mr. C. F. Greville,
Merry, M P., Rev. Alfred Payne, Mr. Batson, Mr. Tea
Beoeck, and Mr. Arthur Payne.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at,.
tended by Colonel Clifton, is expected to attend at the
Horse Guards to-day. His royal highness has been visit
ing the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley Hall,
near Prescot.

The Earl and Countess of Lincoln and childrevt
as we learn by the last letters, are staying at Nice. The
countess's health has greatly improved by her shcrt real'
deuce there. The intended visit to Rome is deferred.
The Countess of Ellesmere and family, Mr. and
Lady Georgians Balfour, and Misses Balfour are among
the English families of rank sojourning at Nice for the
winter.
Lord Broughton, as we are informed, has nearly
recovered from his recent indisposition.
Lord and Lady Dufferin and the Countess of
Gifford have been staying at Clandeboye House, near Bel•
fast, since their return from Paris. The noble lord is es'
pected to come to London for the meeting of Parliament.
The Ri4ht Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Marl
Wood and family are expected to arrive in Belgrave-squad
next week from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire, for the
H season'
The Right on. Sir George Grey and the Right
Han. C. P. Villiers left town yesterday, by a special trap
on the South-Western Railway, to attend the QuQe3a9
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Council at Osborne. At Gosport the Ministers embarktO
on board her Majesty's ship Fire Queen, Staff-Commander
F. W. Paul, R.N., and arrived at Osborne at a quarter t°
one o'clock. After the Council the Ministers returned t°
town.
MARRIAGE IN WESTMINSTER ABl3EY,—Yestel:
day morning an unusually large number of persons syni
attracted to the ordinary service in Westminster Abbey, ,
the hope of seeing the wedding of the daughter
his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin (so long honoured in
Westminster as Dean Trench) and the Hon. Mrs. Trencilf
and the bridegroom Mr. Lee.

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS recently sold in Paris :-/
Henry the Fourth to the Marshal de Bouillon, 128 frane:
A Letter from Tasso, 125 francs—Sully to Louis as
Twelfth, 111 francs—Henry the Eighth to Madame u,"
Ferte, 276 francs—James the Second to the Count a°
Lauzun, announcing his departure from England, 51 francs
—J. J, Rousseau, 32 francs—Diderot to Garrick, 86 franca
—Scott, 42 francs—Alfieri, 36 francs.
So APPROPRIATE,—Of all the oddly-ohoso°o
subjects for commemoration by stained glass that we 1151:'
heard of, one recently selected for the west window ofWiPs
ford Church is the most striking. This window cont't..
Adam and Eve, Isaac and Rebekah, Ruth and Boaz, tP;
Marriage of the Virgin, and the Feast of Cana, and
gravely stated to commemorate the Marriage of the Prittc"
of Wales.
THE CAVERN OF BRUNIQUEL contains not ottli
traces of man's industry, but of man himself, accord,:
ing to MM. Garrigon, Martin, and Trutat. This cavern, '', t
hollowed out of the jurassic limestone, and is si milerßot
those before-mentioned; the floor of it has alreat 19 be-40
excavated to the depth of three metres; in the claye;Vb3° &
especially, worked flints of all sizes and shapes at p 'rel.
known have been found in great abundance. The -6)1100
ing species of animals are represented in the b,,°,,,
remains reindeer, antelope, Cervus elephas 4..
mois, .B-8 priniigenius, Rhinoceros tichorhinus, livot
buck, goat, horse, wolf, dog, fox, a carnal'4,
somewhat smaller than a fox, two gallinaciaa, a large I/tee
CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Crystal Palace and and two species of fishes. The reindeer is the charactertS it
species of the age of the Bruniquel cavern, which placesoo
Park are always delightful. Just now this is pecu-
in the third palaeontological epoch of M. Lartet. ''',,
liarly the case, for both in extent and condition the ice on
its ornamental waters need not fear comparison with any in humerus of the large bird before .mentioned bears ectl,
tared upon it rude representations of several parts of a Be
the country. The lakes and basins cover a space of nearly This would suffice of itself to prove man's presence ill to
20 acres, and owing to the rapidity of the frost, the ab- cave; but there is still stronger evidence in this
mince of snow,tom- and the judicious care taken by the co- O.
pany's officers, the surface of the ice is everything that in the shape of portions of two human jaws, foll 9
are assured, in the presence of ten witneo4.
could be wished. Knowing that some of the most ardent we
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skaters in the country are to be found among those whose two metres down in the clayey stratum closely aori,
elated with flint implements and bones of different melee
avocations forbid them to practise their favourite art till nants. Here, then, we have Abbeville outdone, and F.
after dark, the manager of the Crystal Palace has made
haps the nucleus of another cause celebre !
arrangements for continuing the skating till a late hour in The blow 111131, 1
brought the first half jaw to light bruised the condyle
the evening. The entrance gates at Anerley, Sydenkam,o
and the railway station are kept open till eight—the road to loosened several teeth, which it was found impossiblBio
recover ; one only (the first large molar) was left Pm
the lower lake is indicated by rows of lamps, round the
place. The first jaw, which belonged to an adult, i 5 to'
lower one on the right side; the second one found is te
margin large bonfires are lighted, and torches are provided
at a moderato cost. Each night there must have been at
mistakably that of an old man, and slightly differele
least a thousand persons present. The arrangements ap- Od
geared to give universal satisfaction, and the effect certainly the former one ; the second large molar is missing, aild
was admirable, for as the torches were whirled about by alveole has disappeared. do'
hundreds of skaters the ice seemed covered with gigantic SCULPTOR'S WORK I—The sculptor, having a
fire flies. The sport was maintained till a late hour without signed a figure, first makes a sketch of it in ciSlisif
any accident or contretemps whatever. The Royal Humane few inches only in height. When he has satisfied hike,
Society's men are in attendance, and refreshments are pro- with the general attitude, a cast is taken of his eRe/-e0
vided on the spot. The bonfires and illuminations will be and from it a model in clay is prepared of the full $i of
continued during the continuance of the frost. designs for his statue, whether half the natural height, ~0
Prince Napoleon's stag-hounds lied great sport lice-size, or colossal. The process of building the .314'00
last Sunday, which terminated rather oddly. After it is called, upon the strong iron armature or skeleood
running for some time in covert the deer took. to the open, on which it stands on its pedestal, and the bending otea
and with twenty couples of hounds streaming after him fixing this armature into the form of the limbs, conetite 00
made for Verrieres. Here the pack gained on him, and the work of vast labour of a purely manual sort, for sylitee
deer jumped a small fence and went straight into the din. Performance all artists able to afford it ompla Tye
ing-room of a "cottage of gentility" in which paterfamilias skilled workmen to be obtained in Route. 00
was just helping the soup; he had his back to the door, rough clay, rudely assuming the shape 0
sculptdi
and was horrified at seeing his wife spring up, exclaiming, intended statue, then pauses into the
olt'l3,
" The devil I the devil! " and gather her children to her hands and undergoes his most elaborate
t.icog
lation, by which it is reduced (generally after the lah°7ooo
bosom. He turned round and saw the large, red, calf dook-
ing animal just entering his own private room. Having several months) to the precise and perfectly-finishedoest
shut the deer in his study, he hastened to close the other he desires should hereafter appear in marble. This (10'
door and keep out the hounds. When M. Paul Gerusez, the formatore takes a cast of the whole, and the claY 1: tee
the artist, who was the first man up, arrived, he found 40 stroyed. From this last plaster cast again in duo tintsol
hungry hounds clamouring outside the door, the weary marble is hewn by three successive workmen. Of,
hunted animal in a back parlour, the man of the house in gives it rough outline, the second brings it by rule an 01
a fury, the children in a panic, and the lady in a At• pass to close resemblance with the cast, and rho
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finishes it to perfection. It is a question debated.
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RAILWAY COMPANIES AND LANDOWNERS.—Yes-
artists whether the work of thie third marble- eut_tee!etilr
terday, at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, in a rail-
fi eishhiestlie statue, ought not to be performed laynt,here;r to'
c o
way compensation cat-e, Mr. J. Wilkinson, as counsel fur► Without urging the point, I shall
„.t ee ,
the claimant, alluded to the present discussion in the public fur self.
mark that Thorwaldsen, Canova, Gibson, and Tenerln tote'
press respecting landowners and railway companies, which left all their statues, with one single exception, to ee 0014
was worthy of consideration, now that railways were likely
finished by men in their employment, and have 31,03 to
to interfere in all the suburban districts. Landowners
thought it necessary for them to add manual esectittejelef
complained of the summary powers given to railway corn- .
their perfect designs in clay, and to chisel their oval D
panics, and that they could be turned out without much
than for an architect to lay his own bricks and OsteP
notice. Mr. Lloyd, Q.C., who appeared for the company,
tiles. „ee iig
objected to the subject being introduced into the present
case, and Mr. Under Sheriff Burchell was of opinion, un- COMFORT-LOVING ANIMALS.—A horse ktl(7t-0 i!'/,
less it had reference to the present ease, it should not be way beck to its stable, a cat has a strong attachuleTio Al'i
continued. The subject dropped, Mr. Wil.k‘iut,ou remarking Particular house, and a dog will track out for Dil
, that the newspapers land taken it up• master and fol'ow him.

Prince Gortschakoff again rose to reply. He
said, after a few words of a general character :
" The Count makes it a great thing for me to
have been gay and tranquil in a moment of trial
and agitation. Such calmness is easily explained
by the fact that during all that time I had my eyes
fixed upon the Russia of reality, up to that time
unknown, and not upon the Russia which was pre-
sented to the vision of abused Europe. The efforts
of the malevolent, the arbitrary interpretation—in
part, perhaps, our own fault—have had for conse•
queace to prevent Europe from seeing Russia except
through a veil of mist which robbed her of her
reality. We had only to blow and the mist was
dissipated. Europe has seen our country in the true
light of day ; it is convinced of the indissoluble
union between Sovereign and people, and it is this
.which has enabled us to rest immovable. May that
holy and powerful union be maintained for ever !"
After this speech, says the Invalide, the conversa-
tion became general and animated, and so continued
to the close.