The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-09 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
attended by Lord Alfred Hervey, Lieut.-General
Knollys, and Captain Grey, went yesterday morn-
ing to the hail of the Mercers' Company, in Cheap
side, and received the freedom of the company.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales took a carriage drive.

Mr. Henry Weigall has been honoured by their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales
with sittings for their portraits, to be engraved by
Messrs. Colnaghi.

His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at ene o'clock on Satur-
day next.

The Duchess of Norfolk, Lord Edmund Fitzalan
Howard, and the Ladies Ethelreda and Mary Fitzalan
Howard have arrived at Brighton.

The Duchess of Montrose had a dancing party
last evening at her grace's residence in Belgrave-square.

The Duchess Dowager of Sutherland and Lord
Albert Leveson Gower intend to leave for Paris in a short
time, on their way to Vichy.

The Earl Russell is the Secretary of State who
will accompany the Queen during her Majesty's forthcom-
ing visit to Germany. The Countess, accompanied by Vis-
count Aberley and Lady Georgiana Russell and family,
leave for Scotland early in the ensuing month.

The Earl and Countess Do Grey entertained the
following at dinner yesterday evening at their
mansion in Carlton-gardens :—The Earl and Countess of
Derby, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Earl and
Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord and Lady Raglan,
Lord Frederick Paulet, Lord and Lady Manners, Lord
Frederick Cavendish, Lady A. Cooper, and Colonel Keppel.
Vicount and Vicountess Castlerosse and family
left town yesterday for Bray, County Dublin, whence they
proceed to their charming residence at Killarney.
Lady Constance Grosvenor received a small
party yesterday evening at her lady's residence at Prince's-
gate.

The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Carleton and Mies
Carleton have left town for the season.
The Hon. Senator Hervey and. Mrs. and the
Misses Hervey have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel,
Jermyn-street, from Paris.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,
and Lady Emily Peel entertained at dinner last evening, at
their residence in Whitehall Gardens, the Prince and
Princess de Frasso Dentice, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Earl Granville, the Earl and Countess of Besaborough, the
Countess of Jersey and Lady Caroline Villiers, Viscount
and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and Hon. Miss
Canning, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Molesworth, the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone,
the Right Hon. A. Brewster, Sir Edwin Landseer, Mr.
Ferdinand de Rothschild, Mr. Cony Connellan, &c.
Covers were laid for 22 persons.
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MADAME LIND-GoLDSCHMIDT.—Madame Lind-
Goldschmidt's appearances in public are now few
and far between. But it is not so muCh on account of their
rarity that the occasional reappearances of Madame Gold-
schmidt are " angelic," as for the merciful errand which
usually prompts her to leave her retirement. Last night's
performance of " L'Allegro" and " Il Penseroso," at St.
James's Hall, was a repetition of the concert which was
given on the Ist of May for the Hospital fur Incurables.
Madame Lind-Goldschmidt was ably supported by the
same singers who co-operated with her at the first perform-
ance. Madame Lemmens-Sherrington particularly distin-
guished herself, fairly dividing the honours with Madame
Goldschmidt herself. With the band no fault could be
found, the accompaniments being throughout subdued with
unusual success; the chorus-singers were also creditably
efficient, and the general performance redounded to the
credit of Mr. Otto Goldschmidt, the zealous conductor.
M. THALBERG AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—
Everything that the directors of the Crystal Palace
have done this season in their musical arrangements, will
have been surpassed by the engagement of M. Thalberg
for their concert next Saturday. This renowned artist,
whose name is a synonym for excellence in the mastery
of the pianoforte, will take his farewell of a London
public on the occasion to which we draw the notice of our
readers ; and his recital of five of his most admired pieces has
been decided on with a special purpose of doing full justice
to the importance of the event. Added to the attraction of
M. Thalberg's peculiar powers will be the vocalisation of
Mdlle. Carlotta Patti, and we cannot doubt that, crowded
as the concert-room of the Palace has been more than once
this season, it will have yet greater demands on its space
next Saturday.

ROYAL HUMANE SOClETY.—Yesterday afternoon
the annual meeting of the Royal Humane Society
took place at the offices, 4, Trafalgar-square. The chair
was occupied by Mr. B. Bond Cabbell. The report, which
was adopted, showed that the receipts for the past half-
year, including a previous balance of £49 14a 6d, had been
£779 lls 2d, and the expenditure £582 2s sd, leaving a
balance of £i97 8s 9d. The council awarded the society's
medal to the following persons :—Maori Jack, who saved
the life of Mr. Mitchell, and tried to save Mr. Rogers,
whose boat was upset on Lae Whaleatip, New Zealand, on
the 9th August, 1862. Mr. A. Maclean, who saved Mr. J.
Davies, carried away by the current while bathing in the
Buffalo River, King William's Town, Cape of Good hope,
on the 11th February, 1863. Lieut. G. A. Turner, her
Majesty's 50th Regiment, who saved Lieut. R. W. White,
and tried to save a boatman on Lake Tumbigam, near Trin-
comalie, Feb. 19, 1863, and Charles Murphy, who saved
Margaret Fitzgerald, accidentally thrown into the river at
Cork, May 3, 1863. Mr. Barker, the treasurer, in the
course of a few remarks, observed that the increased balance
in hand was due to their not having been any skating in
the parks that year, and that otherwise they would have
been in debt. An offer had been made by Sir Wm. Frazer
to give a gold medal yearly to the best swimmer, and this
generous offer had been accepted. The importance of swim-
ming was greatly felt by the council. Ile concluded by
moving a resolution, having for its object the carrying out
of Sir Wm. Frazer's offer. This having been seconded and
carried, when it was stated by Mr. Young that Sir Wm.
Frazer wished the competition to take place on the 22d inst.
between Hammersmith and Putney, the proceedings ter-
minated with thanks to the chairman.
THE POLES AT WOOLWICH.—A Polish force,
comprising about 100 officers and privates, who were
disembarked at Woolwich from the Swedish Government
steam.veasel Oradd, are still quartered in the town,
anxiously awaiting an opportunity of joining their country-
men in arms against Russia. From a statement made by
one of the officers in command, it appears that about three
months since the detachment left Gravesend on board the
steamer Ward Jackson, which was subsequently pursued by a
Russian cruiser and compelled to enter the port of Malmoa,
where the men were detained for several weeks by the
Swedish authorities, being allowed to retain their uni-
forms, but their arms and all warlike munitions were
taken from them. Another vessel was afterwards char-
tered with a view of conveying the force to a point on
the Russian frontier, favourable for landing and reach-
ing the insurgents, but on nearing the coast a storm
arose, and a boat containing 32 of the men was upset
and 24 were drowned. Finding it impossible to
effect a landing at this point, and the ship being disabled,
the remainder of the force rowed to Gothland, where they
were again taken prisoners by order of the Swedish Go-
vernment, which, fearing the wrath of the Czar, ultimately
forwarded them to the Thames on board a man-of-war
steam-vessel. The whole of the force was well treated by
the Swedish authorities ; and the men are now receiving a
daily allowance from the London Polish Committee, seve-
ral leading members of which are frequently at Woolwich.
" CHURCH AND CHAPEL." By the author of
"No Church," " Owen : a Waif," &c.—This story is very
exciting, full of sensation, yet clearly written, with a set
purpose, by an able hand. There are two champions, both
earnest men, who support episcopacy and dissent; and, be-
sides the-e combative pastors, we have the pleasure of
meeting with several members of their creed, high and low,
among whom the puritanical Susan Bayford and the gentle
but too wavering Amy are drawn with felicitous skill. The
whole story is full of vivid interest; the reader is fascinated
by its charming details, and his mind is exercised by the
contest between principle and inclination, until the right
prevails over the wrong."—Court Journal.
PLUCK !—Capt. Ribart Adair, during the battle
of Waterloo, received a wound in the thigh which
made amputation necessary. The surgeon, whose name
was Gilder, was performing the operation with difficulty,
his instruments being blunted by over-use, when Adair
calmed and encouraged him by a regimental joke—" Take
your time, Mr. Carver," Burgos, of the same regien.nt,
after undergoing amputation of a leg upon the field, refused
to have soldiers called to Garry him to the cart, saying—
"l will hop to it;" which he aid. This feat is better at-
tested, if somewhat less surc.rising, than the one mentioned
by Lamartine, who states that •'Gen. Lescure, having re-
ceived six sabre wounds, dismounts from his horse, whilst
his dragoons are rallying for a fresh charge, has his arm
amputated and the blood stanched. remounts his horse, and
charges with them." Even this French general, however,
must yield the palm of pluck and endurance to a crusading
ancestor of the Percivals, who (according to the late Mr.
Henry Drummond), "having lost a leg in an engagement
in Palestine, continued, notwithstanding, on horseback till
helost his armalso, and then stillremaineel some time in his
seat, holding the bridle with his teeth, till he fell from loss
of blood."