The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-28 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

WINDSOR, Nov. 27.
It is expected that their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales will leave the Castle
for Frogmore House either to-day or within the next
few days. It is understood that their royal high-
nesses will spend Christmas at-Frogmore, and reside
there till February.

The Prince of Wales's harriers met yesterday at
Mr. Trumper's, Lake End, near Dorney. The meet
included the Prince of Wales, the Crown Prince of
Prussia, the Doke of Chartres, and a large field of
the aristocracy and residents of the neighbourhood.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales was
also present in one of the royal carriages. The
sport was excellent and the scent good, the running
occupying about two hours, to the evident enjoy-
ment of the royal sportsmen.

The birthday of her Royal Highness the Prin-
cess Mary of Cambridge was celebrated with the customary
rejoicings at Kew last evening. The princess completed
her 30th year yesterday.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumalo will spend several days next week with the
Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House,
Herts. A. distinguished party is invited to meet their
royal highnesses.

Ihe Earl and Countess of Derby have entertained
a distinguished party at Knowsley Park, near Prescot,
during the week. The visitors have included the Marquis
and Marchioness of Bath, the Marchioness (Maria) of
Ailesbury, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount and Vis-
countess Newport, Viscount and Viscountess Grey do
Wilton, Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, and Lord Claud.
Hamilton. The gentlemen of tho party have had excel—
lent shooting, for which the weather has been remarkably
fine.

The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Stafford House,
St. James's, on Thursday, from Castle Howard, Yorkshire,
on a visit to the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland.
The Earl and Countess Delawarr arrived in town
yesterday from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury.

The Earl of Abingdon has arrived in town from
Wytham Abbey, near Abingdon.
The Countess (Dowager) of Lichfield will join
Lady Ward's party at Himley Hall, Staffordshire, which is
about to meet for the marriage of Major the Hon. Augustus
H. Anson, V.C., and Miss Claughton, niece of the Earl of
Dudley. The ceremony is appointed to take place at Kid-
derminster on the 12th proximo.
The Baron and Baroness Waldenorff and family'
have arrived at the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, on their ws9
to Paris.

Lady Sarah Hay Williams and family have left
Grosvenor-street on a Continental tour.
Lord Broughton, who returned to Tidworth
Park, Hants, on Wednesday last, is about to receive a suc-
cession of guests at his country seat.

Lord Stanley, M.P., has joined the' party as-
sembled at Highelere Castle, near Newbury, on a visit to
the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon.

HISTORY OF THE PIECE OF THE TRUE CROSS
brought from the Crusades by Lewis IX., and.
which disappeared from the Sainte Chapelle at the time of
the French Revolution: —lt was found, says J. Ph.
Berjeau, in his " Geschiedenis van het hoylighe Cruys ;
or, History of tho Holy Cross," as quoted in the Saturday
ltericw— two or three years ago in the possession of a
country lass in the neighbourhood of Dijon, who was in
the habit of cutting chips from it with her knife, for distri-
bution among her friends. A pious curate took the relic
from her hands, and carried it to the Bishop of Dijon, "°
deposited it in the treasury of the cathedral, where it ig
now to be seen.

THE MORFA COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—ReIays of
men are still at work in clearing the falls, but no bodies havo
been recovered since the adjourned inquest. The falls in
the west level have been found unusually heavy, and great
care has to be taken in clearing the rubbish, as the toy often
falls after its removal.

NOSCITUR A Socus.—A correspondent of the
Queen naively remarks—" Every man I meet speaks of his
Hears, whether he has ideas or not ; if I go to church, a
venerable and estimable clerg3 man discourses to me on the -
Lam- of fehorahr ; and people talk familiarly enough of
laying abed.

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS AT THE WORLDS
END.—The Hon. Ashley Eden will shortly start on
his mission to Bhotan, accompanied by Dr. B. Simpson, the
best of our amateur photographers, with a retinue of 100
bSaikrbh aarsoupspperasrtanofd mAsiniaer. wsa. Tunhde last
ercamptiasisnionretmo
btheristonm,osint
1838. The present mission will proceed from Darjeeling,
to demand reparation for the incessant attacks on our fron-
tier, and security for the future. Bhotan is an Indo-Chinese
State, nominally a feudatory of Pekin. It stretches over
230 miles of the Himalayas, as far as Assam, and has an
area of 19,000 square miles of fertile valley and snowy
ridge rising, to 25,000 feet, and said to abound in copper,
and to be suitable for the cultivation of tea. The Booteabo
are very degraded—all the vices from filth of body to poly
andry prevailing. The Dell Rajah, a spiritual ruler, 1i"
the Mikado of Japan, is generally a boy kept as a State pri-
soner, and the Dhurm Rajah, like the Tycoon, is elected by
the three most powerful Pillas or governors, and seldom
allowed to hold office for more than three years. Mr. Eden
will go to Tassisuden, the cold weather " capital" of the
State.

WARNING TO SCOTCH SETTLERS IN IRELAND.
—A most disgraceful and diabolical outrage wag
on Saturday night last perpetrated upon a Scotch tenant-
farmer, near Tullamore, in King's County. The circum-
stances are these :—Mr. Richardson. who was at one time
a farmer, near Perth, became tenant some years ago of a
farm in the county mentioned, in the mistaken belief that
the small rent of land and cost of labour in Ireland would
compensate in some degree for the heavier rent he was pay-
ing in Perthshire. His brother, Mr George Richardson,
who was also a farmer in Perthshire, lately gave up his
farm there, and proceeded last week to join his brother in
the occupation of the farm in Ireland. Upon Saturday
evening last, to inaugurate their coming among
the people,
and their entry upon a new house which had beon built for
them, they gave a supper to the labourers upon the farm.
About halt-past 9, after the workmen had gone, Mr George
happened to go out, and returned a few minutes afterwards,
saying that there were 15 men walking about the door.
John went out and asked what they wanted. 4;
Nothing
particular," was the reply.
While he was talking to two of
them, the other ruffians rushed into the house, flinging
open the door of the room where the women and children.
were. It was immediately seen that they were armed with
guns and pistols. They ordered every one in the house to
and on being asked by George what they wanted,
demanded the gun, which had, however, been pre-
tshitsydown,
viously lent to a neighbour. Seeing, however, that danger
was to be apprehended, John said to two of them that, if
they would go away, ho would give them the pistols which
were in his house. Two of the men accompanied him to
his house, which is only a few yards distant from the new
one. Upon entering the kitchen,
followed by the men, one
of them struck him on the back part of his head. He was
not felled to the ground by the blow, but slid down by the
side of a prestn They then told Mr Richardson to turn
away his face,
but he replied that he would look at his as"
sassins as long as he had life. One of the blackguards then
said to his companions " Put out the candle." A shot
was then fired, which, however, most fortunately missed
Mr Richardson, the ball entering the press door iramedi'
ately above where he was lying. The fellows, in the belief
that he was dead, deliberately entered another room and
took possession of bottles containing whisky, and then,
calling upon their companions in the other house, decarnptd
The police were soon upon the ground, and every exertion
is being made by the authorities to bring the perpetrators
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to punishment—but it may be death to any one who 7i1.1
give evidence which may lead to conviction, Not satistt
by the cowardly outrage which they had committed, thy'
same party proceeded to the house of Mr. Wilson,
rislier
off his pistols. There is no obvious way of accounting o
r
rt
herd (another Scot chman), struck him severely, and ca edeither of these outrages. Mr. Richardson has depriveduo
farm upon the Scotch system of tillage, by which
tman of his land, but has carried on the operations of hrs
his
given increased employment to the people, lunch
Own loss,—Scotsman,