The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-04 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys and Major Teesdale, left
town yesterday morning at ten o'clock, for Halifax
The Princess of 'Wales drove out yesterday
morning, and took a drive in an open carriage in
the afternoon, attended by the Hon Mrs. Coke.

We have reason to believe that the Prince of
Wales will pass one night at Studley Royal, on a
visit to the Earl and Countess de Grey and Ripon,
before leaving Yorkshire.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales.

Much, and indeed unnecessary, importance has
been given to the indisposition of the Princess of
Wales in abandoning the intended visit with her
husband to Halifax.

The Princess of Wales is in the possession of
good general health, and in recommending her to
abstain from visiting Halifax her Royal Highness's
advisers have only sought to save her from over-
exertion, which it is now desirable for her not to
incur.

His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio has left
town for a few weeks' leave on the Continent.

The Duke of Wellington and a select party of
friends, including Sir Alexander Cockburn, the Lord Chief
Justice of England, leave town shortly for Scotland. It is
said that the Duke has taken, for a term of years, Glen-
borrodale Castle and the extensive shootings adjacent.
The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Loaisa Caven-
dish arrived at Holkar Hall, near Milnethorpe, a few days
since from town.

The mortal remains of the late Marquis of Nor-
manby have been removed from Hamilton Lodge, Kensing-
ton-gore, to Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, Yorkshire.
The funeral takes place to-morrow.

The Marquis of Sligo left town at the close of the
past week for Westport House, his lordship's seat in Ire-
land.

The Earl Russell, accompanied by the Countess
and family, is expected to leave Pembroke Lodge, Rich-
mond Park, to-day, for the Countess de Flahault's resi-
dence on the banks of the Tay, in Scotland, which residence
the noble earl has taken for the autumn.

The Earl of Lonsdale left Carlton-house-terrace
last week for Lowther Castle, between which princely seat
and Whitehaven Castle he will divide his residence during
his stay in the rorth.
The Earl and Countess of Seafield and Viscount
Reidhaven have, since Thursday last, taken up their resi-
dence at Castle Grant, Grantawn, for the shooting season
after a short residence at Cullen House.

The Countess of Caledon, accompanied by the
youthful earl and family, left town at the close of last week
for Caledon Park, county Tyrone, Ireland.
The Earl and Countess of Belmore returned to
Brown's Hotel on Saturday, and left yesterday for Switzer-
land.

Viscount Falkland, the Duchess of St. Albans,
and Lady Diana Beauclerk, have left Mamhead for Pencar-
row, the seat cf Lady Molesworth.
Lord Londesborough has left Thomas's Hotel,
Berkeley-square, for Cowes, Isle of Wight.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M P., and Mrs.
Disraeli have left Grosvenor-gate for Hughenden Manor,
Bucks

The Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., and Mr.
E. Ellice, M,P., and Mrs. Ellice have arrived at their seat
in the Highlands from town. The right hon. gentleman
and his son will entertain a succession of guests during the
shooting season.

SIGNOR ROSSINI is said to have completed a
grand choral and orchestral Mass, and to have laid
the same away into the iron box, from under the lid of which,
persons say, there will break forth many late and new in-
ventions, when the magician himself is gone. "Why,"
asks the Atheneum in a perfectly comprehensible agony of
curiosity, " Why wait, and torment every one with. expec-
tation ?"

THE SENSATION PRICE for Mr. Frith's " Railway
Station," says Mr. Graves, the purchaser—" I paid
for the picture and list of subscribers £16,300. lam to re.
fund what was paid to the engraver, Mr. Francis Roll, and
complete up his payments to the full amount of his con-
tract---namely, 2,000 guineas." The sum which this pic-
ture, the copyright, and the plate will have coot Mr.
Graves will therefore be £18,400,

A KINGFISHER'S NEST.—It had been found more
than 2U years before in an embankment, and con-
sisted, without any admixture of dirt, of small fish bones
and portions of the shells of shrimps. Eggs had been found
in it, pure white, polished, and nearly globular, three of
which were still preserved.—Johns's Home Walks and
Holiday Rambles.

THE ONE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SESSION.—
" Perhaps,' says the Court Journal, " the most
useful bill of all that has been passed—and we say it without
any religious bias—has been the Prison Ministers Bill,
whioh, we trust, will only be the forerunner to placing
Catholics in England on the same free and perfectly equal
footing as is the case with Protestants in Austria, France,
and some other Catholic countries."

The tunnel through Mont Cenie is progressing
most vigorously. The new machines, first intro-
duced in 1861, worked, in the month of March of that year,
a distance of 9 metres, 70 centimetres. In April the figures
rose to 17 metres, 50 centimetres. The result of the whole
year 1861 was 170 metres, 51 centimetres, in 209 work days.
In 1862 the engines were so far improved as to be able to
be worked for 325 days, during which a progress of 380
metres was achieved. It thus follows that the whole work,
supposed at the outset to take 25 years, will be accomplished
in much less than 12. With respect to the cost, the metre
does not exceed an outlay of 4,000 lire, which, for the whole
gallery (12,220 metres long) will make about 50 millions.
At the end of last year the gallery had reached the length
of 2,199 metres—viz., 1,274 metres on the side of Bardon-
nedre, and 995 on that of ltiondane ; but on the latter only
the ordinary instruments had hitherto been employed.
THE FRENCH ACADEMY. The annual and
solemn sitting took place last week, and was pre-
sided ever by St. Marc Girardin as Director. He was as-
sisted by Prince Albert de Broglie, Chancellor, and M.
Villemain, perpetual secretary. The report was presented
by M. Villemain, and the discourse of the Prix Monthyort
was delivered by St. Marc Girardin. The subject of the
prize -poem was "La France dans l'extreme Orient." The
successful candidate was M. V. de Bornier. The prise for
eloquence, the subject of which was " Etude litteraire sur le
Genie et les Ecrits du Cardinal de Retz," was divided be-
' tween M. Topin and N. Michon. The annual meeting of
the Academie des Inscriptions took place on the 31st of July.
On the Ist of August the live academies hold their joint
meeting, on which occasion the great prize of 20,000 francs
for two years will be awarded.
THE BOUDOIR WRITING TABLE SET," prepared
for the use of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales during
her visit to Halifax.—The set comprised every imaginable
article that modern ingenuity could call a requirement for
a lady's writing table, viz.: envelope case, inkstand,
candlesticks, letter-balance, taperstand, pen tray, almanac,
writing tablet, stamp-box, pen cleaner, match box, paper
knife, &c. These are nearly all designed from antique
shapes, modernized to fit them for their present uses, and
manufactured in English ormolu. Each a: title is deco-
rated with jewelled enamelled ornamental bosses, with the
Dagmar Croes, in the English and Danish national colours,
on a ground of pale turquoise blue, relieved by appropriate
scroll work between each boss. This elegant suite of orna-
ments has been designed and manufactured for his Worship
the Mayor of Halifax, e:ipressly for the intended visit
of their Royal Highnesses, by Messrs. Howell, James, and
Co., the eminent goldsmiths, of hegent-street,