The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-23 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
attended by Lieut.-General Knollys and Lieut.-
Colonel Koppel, accompanied his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge to Woolwich yesterday
morning, to the review.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
visited her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of
Cambridge.

The Prince and Princess of Wales took a drive
in an open carriage in the afternoon.
The Duchess d'Aumale and the Princess 'le
Joinville paid a visit. to the Princess of Wales at
Marlborough house.

The Prince and Princess of Wales at

Sefton House.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess de Grey and
Lieut.-Coionel Keppel, honoured the Duke and
Duchess of Buccleuch with their company at dinner
last evening, at the residence of the noble duke in
Belgrave-square.
Their Royal Highnesses arrived from Marl
borough House at a few minutes after eight o'clock,
attended by the Countess de Grey and Ripon and
Lieut. Colonel Keppel.

The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch with the
Earl of Dalkeith met their illustrious guests in
the vestibule of the mansion, and conducted them to
the reception saloon, where the following distin-
guished members of the aristocracy, invited to meet
the Prince and Princess at dinner, had already
assembled :—The Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis and Mar-
3hioness of Bath, the Earl and Countess of Derby,
the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, Viscount and
Viscountess Sydney, Viscount and Viscountess
Castlerosse, and Lord Hamilton. The members of
the noble duke's family who had the honour of
joining the Royal dinner party included the Earl
and Countess of Dalkeith, Lord and Lady Walter
Scott, Lord Henry Scott, Lord Charles Scott, R,N.,
and Lady Victoria Scott.

The banquet was served at half-past eight o'clock.
The Princess of Wales was conducted to her seat by
the Duke of Buccleuch, the Prince of \Vales leading
the Duchess of Buccleuch into the dining room.
The Marchioness of Abercorn sat upon the right of
the Prince of Wales and the Marchioness of Ailes-
bury upon the left of the Duke of Buccleuch. The
dinner table presented a, display of extraordinary
magnificence. In the centre was a superb piece of
silver plate, representing an incident in the noble
host's family history, from which the ducal title is
said to have been derived. Sir Walter Scott has
immortalised it in the well-known lines—

"And in the clench the buck was ta'en,
The bold Buccleuch his Lame did gain."

The group, which is of almost colossal size, depicts
John and Walter Scott, of Ettrick Forest, engaged
in the chase with the Scottish King, at whose feet
they have deposited the deer brought to bay in the
adjacent "clench." This apartment is adorned with
the celebrated Vandyck portraits of the Duke of
Hamilton, Lord Holland, and the Duke of Rich-
mond, and the famcus view of Whitehall, by Cana-
letta, showing Holbeiu's Gateway, Inigo Jones's
Banquetting House, and the steeple of St. Martin's
Church.

The dinner was of a princely character, perfect in
all its appointments, and worthy the renowned hos-
pitality of the noble host and hostesi,

After the banquet the Duchess of Buccleuch gave
a ball, to which about 400 members of the fashion
able world were invited.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary arrived shortly after
eleven o'clock, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan
and Colonel Home Purvey.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived about the same time, attended by Colonel
Tyr whitt.
His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hol-
stein was among the early arrivals.

The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough gave a
grand entertainmeut last evening, at their residence
in St. James's-square, to his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge. There were present to meet his Royal High-
ness his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess d'Apponyi, the Archbishop of York and Mrs.
Thompson, the Earl and Countess Vane, Viscount Canter-
bury, the Marquis of Blandford, Lord and Lady Churchill,
Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, the Dowager Lady Truro,
Captain De Falbe, and Mr. and Lady Augusta Sturt.
Colonel Tyrwhitt was in waiting on the Duke of Cam-
bridge.

Lord and Lady Churstone entertained at dinner,
last evening, Countess of Leven and Melville,
Countess Fortescue, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone, Hon.
Mr. and Mrs. Buller, Sir Thomas and Lady Cochrane, Mr
Henry Milbank, Earl of Wicklow, Mr. Shaw Stewart, and
Colonel and Mrs, Howard Vyse.

Lady Huntingfield's ball, announced for the
2d proximo, will not take place.
Lady Molesworth entertained at dinner, last
evening, at her residence, in Eaton-place, the
Marchioness of Ely, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of
Bristol and Lady Adelza Harvey, the Earl and Countess of
Donoughmore, Lord William Compton, Viscount Sudley,
Mr. and Lady Elizabeth St. Aubyn, Lord Ashley and Lady
Harriet Ashley, Lady Rolle, Lord Harris, Lord and Lady
Carew, the Hon. Mrs. Rashleigh, Mr. Errington, and Mr.
and Mrs. Dudley Marjoribanks.
We regret to announce the death of Mrs, Bates,
mother of Made Van do Weyer, wife of his Excellency the
Belgian Minister. Mrs. Bates died at an early hour yes-
terday morning, after a lengthened illness.

READERS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.-,--The num-
ber of volumes returned to the shelves of the Library and
Reading-room amount to 1,325,331, or 4,539 a day. The
number of readers has been 122,497, averaging 419 a day.
Each reader consulted on an average 10 books a day.
MANHATTAN S LAST!—Our war news does not
seem to amount to much. General Blair, member
of H. of R., has made a successful raid somewhere out
West, and he makes the most of it in his report. Hooker,
too, has made a grand expedition with 50 men, and cap
cured 50 of the rebels. General Grant has not done any
more military wonders .ince my last. He and Vicksburg
are both stationary. General Lawyer Banks has not yet
taken Port Hudson. lie is snore likely to take the yellow
fever, and put us to a great expense for a =Mary funeral
when his body comes North. General Lee seems to have
changed his head-quarters, and I suppose the next news
will be that he has made a dash at Washington.

DEATHS BY DROWNING.—On Sunday morning
two persons were drowned in the Grand Surrey
Canal, which runs through Peckham, one an old man be-
tween 50 and 60, the other about 21. It appeared that at
an early hour in the morning they went to the canal near
the Peckham-bridge to bathe, and few persons being on the
banks as early as six o'clock were unable to obtain assist-
ance. The alarm was given by a man observing a bundle
of clothes lying on the bank, who immediately intimated
his fears to the keeper of the Royal Humane Society's
drags. After searching for about three hours the bodies
were brought to the surface, and were carried to the nearest
public-house to await the coroner's inquest. It is supposed
they are father and son, but at the time of writing this they
were not owned.

THE EVIL EYE.—The following, of which we
have credible information, is an apt illustration of
how much old beliefs still hold their ground a farm•
house, not many miles from Inverness, a few nights ago, a
cow was suddenly taken ill, and in the morning, as there
was no improvement, the veterinary surgeon was sent for.
He was not, however, to be found, and in the meantime the
following expedient was carried out, with what effect the
result will show. A bucket was filled with water from a
stream over which " the living and the dead" had passed,
and into it were dropped two shillings and a halfpenny.
The cow was made to drink a swell quantity of the water,
and the remainder was thrown over her. The effect of the
remedy, it is reported, was immediate, and proved as satis-
factory, no doubt, to the animal as to the administrators,
who looked upon the rapid recovery as a proof that the evil
eye had fallen upon the cow. i n connection with this sub-
ject, it may be mentioned that pieces of money are handed
down in families for the purpose here spoken of—lnverness
Courier.