The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-06 00:00:00

Lifeboats and the Royal Family.

The Rev. E. Hewlett, of St. Paul's, Manchester,
and R. Whitworth, Esq., have collected nearly the
cost of four lifeboats, which are to be placed under
the management of the National Lifeboat Institu-
tion. An application was made by Mr. Hewlett to
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales that one of
the lifeboats which was to be sent to Berwick-on-
Tweed, might be namei after the infant Prince,
the " Albert Victor." To that application the fol-
lowing gratifying reply has beer: received :
" Sandringham, King's Lynn,
April 2, 1864.

" SIR,--I am directed by the Prince of Wale" to
inform you that his Royal Highness is much grati-
fied by the proposal of the South Manchester branch
of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution that
their new boat should be associated in name with
the infant prince, and that he wishes her all sue-
cess.—l have, &C., HERBERT FISHER.
Rev. E. Hewlett.

With the special permission of the late Prince
Consort, the Padstow lifeboat of the institution was
named the Albert Edward, after the Prince of Wales,
who is also the Duke of Cornwall. By a singular
and happy coincidence, that lifeboat was the means
of swing four poor creatures from an inevitable
death on the very day that the Prince attained his
majority.

DEATH OF MR. T. P. COCKE.—The public will
learn with regret that this gentleman, one of the last
representatives of the old school of British actors, expired at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at his residence 37, Thurloe-
square. Mr. T. P. Cooke was born in Marylebone on the
23d April, 1786 ; was educated at the School of the Marine
Society ; and, subsequently entering the navy, served under
Nelson at the bombardment of Copenhagen, for which he
received a medal. His first appearance on the stage took
place at the Royalty Theatre, in January, 1804. and for
many years he was recognised as the best theatrical typo of
the British seaman. His private life was blameless, and he
took a warm interest in every undertaking for the benefit of
the profession to which he belonged. Only a few months
ago his wife died—the shock w.:51 too great for him, and it
may be said he never recovered tai blow. Dying at the
great age of 78 years, he will be greatly lamented by all who
knew him as a private friend, and there are few old play-
goers who will read the tidings of hie death without
emotion.
GARIBALDI'S SWELL GIIIDE.—The following- ob-
servations on the reception proper to be given to
Garibaldi, when he comes to London, were delivered by the
Honourable Mr. Gandaw in the smoking-room of the Ne
Plus Ultra :—" Haw. Well, now that the fellah Gahwi-
baldi's coming heeaw we weally ought to give the fellah
a weception in some way, faw afta all the feLlah's a fine
fellah in his way; a sawt of hewn. What A'm afwaid of
is, that the fellah 'll fall into the hands of the snobs. Of
cawse he must go and be glawwified by the Aldamen, at:d
be feasted by the Laud Maya, and pwesented with the
fweedom of the City, and all that sawt of thing; but A do
awnestly hope that he has some judicious fwend to keep
him from fwattanising with the wawking men, and the
people; because if he does that fellah will wends it impos-
siblafaw fellahs to wecognise the fellah. The wight sawt
of thing would be a dinna at the Wag and Famish and the
principal quack clubs with the officaws of the quack wegi-
manta ; to show himself at the Opwa and in Wotton Woe ;
but not much in the etweets, in fact, scassly eve to the
people, except, at the Dawby. Then, there might be a
dinna aw two at the Twafalga, and pawhaps at the Stah
and Gahtah. He should be advised to wide, mostly, instead
of walking, and not to encourage crowds wound his hence
in demonstwaitive upwaw ; and A should like to pwesent
him, by way of testimonial, with an eyeglass faw him to
inspect the people thwough. When he goes to dine at the
Mansion House A would have him go by wawta down the
wive, to avoid the bwutes. He should be woed down by a
picked quoo of all the quack woers, and if A could woe
myself, A shouldn't mind making one of them. If he dines
with us, A should say, let all political subjects be most
cahfully avoided, and let the convasation be westwicted as
olosely as possible to gastwonomy, hauces, and the faiaw
sex"—Punch.
REPRESENTATION OF OXFORD.—OXFORD, Tues-
day Afternoon.—The writ for the election of a member of
Parliament in the room of the Right Hon. Edw. Cardwell,
who has been promoted to the Secretaryship for the Colo-
nies, having arrived this morning, the mayor has fixed
Saturday next for the nomination of candidates. An anony-
mous handbill, calling on the electors to refrain from pro-
mising their votes, as a gentleman of sterling independenee
would be brought against Mr Cardwell, has been extensively
circulated; but from what we can learn it is not a genuine
document, and there appears no likelihood of opposition to
the right hon. gentleman's re-election. The first meeting
of Mr Cardwell's supporters was held last evening in the
assembly room of the Clarendon Hotel. It was numerously
and influentially attended. The result of the canvass, as
far as it has proceeded, was represented as highly satisfac-
tory, and it was unanimously resolved to meet the right
hon. gentleman in a body on Saturday morning next, to
accompany him to the hustings.
REPRESENTATION OF EAST KENT.—In the hope
of an early dissolution, the heads of the Conservative party
met last week, and we are informed selected Mr M. Bell, of
Bourne Park, as their future candidate.
THE LATE FIGHT BETWEEN KING AND HEENAN.
—The quarter sessions for Sussex took place yesterday, at
tne Shire-hall, Lewes, and the greatest interest was mani-
fested to hear the trial of Tom King and Heenan and others
who took part in the fight between those pugilists on the
morning of Dec, 10, near Wadhurst. All the prisoners,
except Travers and Mace, pleaded guilty. Travers and
Mace were arraigned afterwards, when Mr Roupell said the
only offence they had committed was being spectators at
the fight, The prosecution offering no evidence, the pri-
soners were acquitted. King, Heenan, Tom Sayers, and
Jack Macdonald were then bound over in their recognisances
of £lOO eaoh to keep the peace.