The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-16 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales•

The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at
meeting of the council of his Royal Highness, bell'
at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Bucking:
ham-gate, St. James's-park. There were present
the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Warden of the Stan,
naries; Sir William Dunbar, Keeper of the privy
Seal; ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney"
General; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont
Phipps, Receiver-General ; Lieutenant-General
Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his El'
the
Highness; and Lord Portman. Mr. Bateman,
secretary, attended.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PrilVireggf
of Wales and the Prince and Princess Louie °
Hesse visited the Duchess of Inverness, yesterday
afternoon, at her residence at Kensington Palaee'a
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Prince an
Princess Louis of Hesse at Marlborough House. I
The Prince of Wales had a dinner party D.°
evening at Marlborough House. The company in
eluded his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange'
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, r
Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer'
A
Baron Bentinek, the Netherlands Minister, d
Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis an
Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Colletei
Stanhope, the Earl of Macclesfield, Lord and 101 l
Alfred Paget, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and
Lady Mary Wood, Lieutenant-General R.tioll7;
Baron de Pollandt, and Colonel Bosch, in we.ritille,
on the Prince of Orange; the Hon. James 010
donald, in waiting on the Duke of Cambridge ; the
lady in waiting to the Princess Louis of Sege'
Captain Westerweller, and Mr. Becker.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and PrlTlneBo:gr
of Wales have graciously accorded their patronage t°
Lumley on the occasion of his benefit performances. ft
Her Highness the Princess Galitzin has
'e
Claridge's Hotel for Paris.
tile
The Prince Witzengorff, Count Erekert, ay.; 034
Baron Von Lindon hava left the Brunswiek P'°
Jermyn-street, for Paris, on their way to Berlin. ej
The Duke and Duchess of Grafton have aril'
at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. -Tea
The Marchioness Louisa of Waterford has aryl
at Claridge's Hotel for the season. 113
The Earl and Countess of AbergavennY
Lady Caroline Nevill have arrived for the season at
Portland- place.
The Earl and Countess of Aylesford have arrifea
at Claridge's Hotel, from Pakington Hall, Coventry.
The Earl of Dalhousie and Lady Christina gut/
have left Claridge's Hotel for Germany.
The Countess of Dysart has arrived in Groaven°'
square from St. Leonards-on-Sea. /cl• e
The Hon. Robert and Mrs. Lawley have aril
at Claridge's Hotel, from Great Malvern.
Lady Mary Nisbei. Hamilton gave her firiA
,0
dancing party for the season last night, at her ladyship
residence, in Chesham Place.
General Bentinck has arrived at Clarlub"
Hotel, from Germany.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—We are Butuor;
.a-
ed to
state that the Queen has been pleased to signify her eep,
tion to confer the honour of knighthood upon Mr. Er'lo.
Sandford, Secretary to her Majesty's Commissioners forth.
Exhibition of 1862.

BEQUEST TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY.-:.111:
will of James Tulloch, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., of /vio
tague place, Bedford-square, has been proved in London ""l";
the surviving executors and trustees—namely, the reVt;
and Charles Rivington, Es q , of Fenchurch-buildings. Thf
personalty was sworn under £90,000. His collectioo.4"
pictures on the decease of his relict, in the event of nele
of his sons being alive at the time of her decease, isidi
queathed to the trustees of the National Gallery, and Wh.,70
are to bear this inscription :—" Presented by the late a°
Tulloch, and his brother, James Tullech, F.R.S.”
PENNY ROMANClSTS.—Resembling Mr. We
to
who when dining with footmen protested be v“ldor
never satisfy his matrimonial appetite with anything hi "eir•
a " female markis," the writers in penultimate journal of
dow their heroes and heroines with all the advantne-Bc.
birth and fortune. The hero of our present tale, u..Clerfoia
~
Augustus Howard Fitz-Plantagenet, eighteenth ALattlool
of was on his mother's side related to the grea,:bleo
wicked Duke of —. Through his veins rolled then— 00
blood," &c. Mary Jane, poor thing I whose knees at
hardened from washing the kitchen stairs, and wil°Be,,:eit
swelled hands are coaxed on Sunday into cotton gureir
with what delight she spells out the fashionable advent .0g
of C. A. H. Fitz-Plantagenet, Marquis of Lenr13„1101,
all about his Richmond tete-a-tete, and his coulisse that
when sbe gets a stray half-hour to herself down in 01
dismal dungeon where from week to week she t°'
grimy lowliness.—Social Science Review.
f tbe
The Messrs. Longman have been adding -4) dij
attraction of the City by the erection of a *leo
range of warehouses and counting houses, forming n°t .
~job•
less than a palace, in the narrow mean little street ic"b,
from time out of mind has been occupied by the great Polo.,
lishing firms, and which is hallowed to London arcbs3 the
gists by the name of Paternoster-row. The edifice is ilLero
renaissance style, with a lofty roof flanked by tVro t°"o,o
at the extremities, and is to be partly occupied by
owners and partly by Messrs. Blackwood. From the are
tent's description we find that the fagade is executed
Portland stone. On the keystone of the arch of the co
tral entrance is an allegorical group representing Lice col
ture, supported by the Arts, Sciences, and Education ;tbe
the spandrils are the ship and the swan, which have beelloa.
trade signs of these premises since the great fire of II to,
Above and below these are carved the emblems of °t/A
Wit, and Eloquence; the lower tympanum costa"- eor
monogram of Messrs. Longman's firm, surrounded bYnted
blematical foliage. The central entrance is orneweitil9
with dwarf columns of polished granite. In the clue
on the premises of Messrs. Blackwood the thistle is
duced. The pavements in the halls are of encaustio:`4o,l
and the decorative parts of the walls are to be Pelol fedscagliola, with polished oak for the doors. There erh-iteo"
more imposing evidences of our improved street are love
ture than these buildings, and the Messrs. Longinell
set a praiseworthy example to their neighbours
a ight
SYMPATHY WITH POLAND.—Last-t e o+,
o'clock, a numerously attended public meetitti,
the inhabitants of Deptford was held at the Literary If tbe
tution to express s) mpathy with the present struggl° led
Poles for freedom and nationality. The chair was c'ee'lp`ro-
by Mr. Le Lubeg, and at the commencement of tilAenger
ceedings the following letter was read from Mr. IV.'
stein, M.P. :—" I regret that my very many eng,ag;geeveir.
will not allow me to be present at your meeting this Eiyar
ing. I, with the rest of my countrymen generallY.', that
pathise sincerely with the suffering Poles, and hPss. I
their present struggle will be crowned with sue° soti'
have already in public given utterance to the sa°'eugb, in
iner.ts which I shall always maintain." Mr. Brad,lenowing
the course of a lengthened address, moved the ornineat
resolution—" That this meeting call upon the Gjvete free-
for the immediate recognition of the right of Poland
_awn?
dom and nationality." Mr. Harris seconded the ",:f gr•
which was unanimously adopted. On the motions ;opted
Russell, seconded by Mr. Coffin, a resolution wadrawal cif
•
urgingthe
Russianu pon thetro o
ps
fGovernmentrom Poland to.A demand c
ocollection
ja was "I" a
w t 11.. Lel a
behalf of the funds of the London Polish comirao''' '
the meeting separated.