The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-09 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 8'
e"
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High nlB
Princess Helena, walked and drove in the groun
of the Castle this morning, attended by 1441
Augusta Stanley.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Went out
driving.
The Earl and Countess Russell arrived °t the
Castle, and had the honour of dining with her
'ialesty yesterday.

The Prince and Princess of Wales'
SANDRINGHAM, DeC. 8
On Monday last the Prince of Wales, attended
by Captain Grey and Mr. Fisher, went out with the
West Norfolk hounds. The Princess, attended by
the Countess of Macclesfield, drove to the meet ft
Houghton.
Viscount Hamilton and Colonel the Ha.
ap
Mrs Byng left Sandringham from visiting their

Royal Highnesses.
In the afternoon Prince Edward of Saxe liroicciar's
the Earl Granville, the Earl of Sefton, the Morclui.i.
of Hartington, Colonel Hon. H. Percy, and Adtalr!r
Seymour arrived at Sandringham on a visit to thel
Royal Highnesses.
On Tuesday the Royal and distinguished P,,a,11110
had a successful day's shooting in the Commo"
and Deringham Woods.
On Wednesday the Prince of Wales, attended.b,i
Captain Grey and Mr H. Fisher, and accoalonlef
by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the 54„ri
Sefton, the Marquis of Hartington, Colonel it"e
H. Percy and Admiral Seymour, drove to Westac,ri:e
the appointed " meet" for the West Norfolk. Ito
members of the hunt mustered in great foreweba
evince their respect for the Royal sportsman. ." t
day was not a good hunting day, but Mc' °ll.°„rg
runs were obtained, the first sly old Renard 1051"°
his
The brush.
Earl of Granville returned from Sandrill‘
ham to town.
The Marchioness of Carmarthen has relieved the
Countess of Macclesfield in attendance uP°9 the
Princess of Wales.

0$
VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO CLEWER, CIIUBCA'r
Tuesday afternoon last her Majesty, accompanied 11 b 9
Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and atiell°' be
Major-General Seymour, paid an unexpected vieitttv°o3t3-
ancient church at Clewer, distant about a mile from
sor. The Rev. T. T, Carter being absent, the Rey'ri
T. Grieve, one of the curates, received her Majesty -11111..
chief object of the visit was to, inspect the grave of a f
ful servant of the name of Glover, who died about is
months ago, it being her Majesty's intention to erectrs
tablet to his memory. Atter having strewed some dell,,ior
on the grave, her Majesty was conducted over the iliAtp.o.
of the church, which has been recently repaired {be
bellished with beautiful stained glass windows. 11,,er coo
Queen remained some time, and afterwards inspected
of the monuments in the ancient churchyard. 0119
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester buyer'
to Brighton, instead of to iiimbelton, as announced' left
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have
the Clarendon Hotel for Floors Castle. • bale

--------
The Marquis and Marchioness of S3lisburl
`The
returned to Hatfield from paying a series of visits. 1,10
noble marquis and marchioness will receive a distingilis"
circle at Hatfield on Monday next. iced
The Earl and Countess Delawarr have O, ri
at Buckhurst Park for the winter. We hear that belt of
ship fully intends to carry out the benevolent precoVtio
her sister by affording ample relief to the aged poor ells i 0
family estates in Kent. The late Countess Auallorett:ehei
well known, expended a large sum annually for the, "st
of the poor of Knole and Seale, and the Countess Deli
is most desirous that the charitable feeling of her 0-re,
ho
Id be carried out to the fullest extent during tbe P

sent winter, 00
Lord Richard Grosvenor left -town yesteruillyif

a visit to Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrisoc, at
seat in Norfolk. car
Lord and Lady Walter Scott have left Patie cue
Florence, and will join other members of the family al
on the 20th inst. His lordship and Lady Walter 6c°t'
not return home till the spring of next year.

oa
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SITO"r. holv
Wednesday the number of persons who visited the
was 39,214; on Tuesday, 26,636; and on Monday'
day, nearly 1,200. Yesterday the Smithfield Club 'tee
meeting at two o'clock, in reference to the memorial t°,so.l
memory of the late Jonas Webb. It was at first e°11:1 it
plated to erect a statue to the memory of Mr Webb, "„.51rest
was ultimately resolved to erect a memorial to the roe
breeder of South Down sheep at Cambridge. Yeeterd4alli
sales were more lively than on the preceding days gerlekreir
GALLANT SERVICES OF THE YARMOUTH Dtt•
MEN.—GREAT YARMOUTH, Thursday Nigviag
I have to report (says Mr Matthew Butcher) the folio ies
services rendered by the large lifeboat belonging tight,
National Lifeboat Institution at this place. Last
signals of distress were heard from the St. Nieholee ,400•
ship—the wind blowing fresh from the South at thn, to
The large lifeboat was manned by beachman belongs the
all the companies, and proceeded off to a vessel Le 04
Scroby Sand. The lifeboat remained by her all nig.h;el'
eventually succeeded in rescuing the shipwrecked se
10
The vessel proved to be the Austrian brig Zornio-
- London to Sunderland. On this oceasioa, wm-tecX,
steam-tugs had previously been employed at tbe,4loo
there was no hanging back on the part of the bewciteet
but, on the contrary, they one and all showed the gr—
promptitude in manning the lifeboat. 7.•
A
LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—ORME'S HEAD, Deb' to
signal of distress was observed this morning
(reporittle
tOi
or
nma e; 8
Lifeboat ead, il
Institution, Sister's
John Williams, of Llandudno) from a vessel neeret+bi:Na
sti‘latieomn
oedriahlelrief:bweasat,i;;itiore: I.li
launehed, and reached the vessel in about three-(1°.
el "'
an hour. On arriving alongside, they found the F®a tWo
anchor, with her mast cut away, and the master 0000
men on board. The crew of the lifeboat ultinastellbrenniti
the vessel and her crew safely to Llandudno. She Wa
I frele
to be the flat Morning Star, of Carnarvou, with OP-
Liverpool to that place. PORT te4l/41)1
THE REPORTED OIITBREAIC AT
Pnisorr.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock on .15107
morning the signal was given from Portland to 060000
at Weymouth that a mutiny had occurred among
070191/'
victs, and that their assistance was required ininitisa ale
In consequence of this, the Engineers working 011,,,fe
vernment works at the Nothe were summoned to 4170,000'
work, awl proceeded to the barracks, where the
They were here joined by a portion of the 87th l'eParia
and the men, numbering altogether about 200, 11"
through the " double," from the barracks to tb
the ° t°
v A
where a steamer had been detained to convee 4vaye,d
Portland. The greatest alarm and consternatiou P(4004
Weymouth on the receipt of the intelligence, an 88,0r-tolt
when the soldiers were seen running through I'o4o
arrayed not in their military uniform, but in their oval
attire, time not having been given them to wake e/iati si
Rumours were quickly circulated that the °en
risen simultaneously from the whole of the traqrhoto ;11 he
having put to flight those whose duty it Wasd sot
them were left in entire control of the island, bl;sto We'oo
prison on fire, and were plundering the island. 0,0
of embarkation of the soldiers from Weytuotilb.d (rote td.
accomplished, and before half an hour had expire rortiellt,
time the signal was given they were landed io ,heir OA.
On arriving at that place it was discovered theta 'cool");
vices were not required—in fact, no eautinY ba, by etre „a
and all this alarm and apprehension were cause"a eero7o
signals having been used. A convict at work- lake sigliso.
ditch had made his escape, and it is usual to Is tee Ode;
informing the military and warders when ene4 ma tat
Instead of that being done, mutiny signals not 00y, le
hence the alarm which was felt in Weymouth 11_ the
nit
for miles around. The convict was found before
DOo
tar y arrived concealed in a cave. If there la
0
THE ANTIQUITY OF THE , tjate-
circumstance that is beyond others ca'c_ofood 1,4
enhance our reverence fcr the moon, it is the-Pi ca1"..4
tiquity of the picture it presents to us. reeretle 00170,
tion of the cooling of earthy masses seeig": prteelit ct73°
of the earth's crust from a 'etato of fusicn to I,assuniiogoot
dition a period of 98,000,000 of years. 131-I__‘.,) ne ee.c.rie
contemporary origin of the earth and Margenwinifi"
of the small mass of the moon, and its 4 000
opcl
in proportion to its mass, it is highly probablet!":
esrte.;. toe
into its final condition infinite ages been.
0:ito riaeleoso of
henca that the stern featelree we behr"
; "the 1814 Pd" ilea
arc these that were transfixed uP"n 3 • eflis bundle 004
its volcanic life passed, emu:Y. upwards Lnot 0.19l
Pworao
years ago I So vast a period as this cannot
express it 0.
toort
r.
by the understanding of man. th
We
can
tooltbotjabn
or write in symbols, but the, 'e
conecannotep
don
fancy anything like an adoluate
103 e. Darton%une;
mensity of such an interval of elapsed t
sed throughiu
inconceivable epoch the earth luispas ite
less stages of development find btave °lowed,
on. liae 1.6 her le- we
creation of man ; whereas the -
barren condition unaltered,to teach 1191,5'`t0 the 000..` of th 7.
that, in spite of the theological evideo7, the glorie.,ooooe;
must not take it for granted that Pil
et ,b,v to
vier`
firmament have been destined or thouge
the habitations of man,—Once a irate