The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-09 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Duke de Nemours and the Princess Mar-
guerite and the Count de Paris visited the Prince
and Princess of Wales yesterday at Marlborough
House, and partook of a dejeuner with their royal
highnesses. The Prince and Princess de Joinville
also paid a visit to their royal highnesses.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale,
rode on horseback.

The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess
of Macclesfield, took a carriage drive.
The Sheriff's of London and Middlesex waited on
the Prince of Wales yesterday at Marlborough
House, and invited his royal highness and the
Princess of Wales to an entertainment at Guildhall.

The Prince of Wales was present in the House
of Peers last night during the speech of the Earl
of Shaftesbury on the Polish question.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess of Macclesfield
and Major Teesdale, dined with his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge last evening, at his resi.
dente, Gloucester House, Park-lane.

GRAND BALL TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS Or
WALES AT GUILDHALL.—The Prince and Princess
having expressed a desire that the entertainment to be
given upon the occasion of their visit next month to the
City of London should be a ball, the Sheriffs of London,
accompanied by the Town Clerk, had the honour of being
received by his Royal Highness yesterday (Friday), at
Marlborough House, to convey the invilation of the cor-
poration to their Royal Highnesses, when it was graciously
accepted. His Royal Highness fixed Monda), the Bth Junes
next, for the ball, and also signified his intention of ee'
cepting the, freedom of the City. The ceremony of the pre-
sentation will take place immediately upon the arrival of the
Royal party at Guildhall. The committee, under the pre'
sidency of Mr. F. Wyatt Truscott, to whom the arrange'
ments for carrying out the resolutions of the Court of Coln'
mon Council have been entrusted, meet daily at Guildhall'
The Duke of Beautort will receive a party 0f
friends at Badminton on Monday next. His grace's guests
will leave on Thursday,
The Earl Annesley is expected to arrive its
London to-morrow, after a lengthened sojourn at Nice.
Toe Earl and Countess Fortescue and family
are expected to arrive in town the week after next froin,
Malta.
The Earl and Countess of Lincoln have left the
St . George's Hotel.
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have issued
invitations to a select circle to meet the Prince and Princes°
.f Wales at a grand banquet on Thursday, the 21st instant'

Interdependence of Plants and Animals'

As plants and animals are alike dependent on a'
ternal conditions, so both are, to a certain extent'
dependent on one another. Both, for example, ell
dependent on the atmosphere, yet the oxygen which
the plant exhales is inhaled by the animal, and 01
carbonic acid exhaled by the animal is absorbed steh
assimilated by the plant. The plant, rooted ie the
soil and casting abroad its leaves and branches in the
atmosphere, though seemingly deriving the elel,ll
elements of its growth from inorganic sources, iS
nevertheless stimulated into life and exuberance by
the presence of organic decay, and many of the
lower fungus-growths are found only where sell
decomposing matter is present. Herbiverous 911°.
mals, as is well known, subsist directly upon plant*
while the carniverous prey upon the plant-feeders,
and are thus also ultimately dependent on the vege.
table world for their subsistence. Wherever veg.eg:
table life is varied and luxuriant, there animal life
is marked by a corresponding variety; hence the
specific exuberance of the tropics compared WitnLt
that of the colder latitudes. By the extirpetl°;
of certain plants, certain mammals, birds, se"
t
insects may be removed from a distrier
while, on the introduction of some new exotic, ati;
ands hither unknown in that locality usually
their appearance. The law of circulation and inter
dependence is complete, and no portion of the eirele
could be removed without a corresponding ale"
in the characters of the vegetable and animal kivg;
doms. Again, though most plants have the illhe.rfena
power of dispersing their own seeds, and are elu,
in this by winds and water-currents, yet marl de
pend upon birds and mammals for their wider eit;
persion and increase, just as many depend ertbio
sects for the fertilisation of their flowers. .I_oo
wider dispersion creates a new source of subsiste%o
for the animals that feed upon them, and thee Ito
increased area of the one supplies a wider range
the other. Further, as some animals are fitted De
their organisation for an arboreal existence, o°o
for life on the grassy plain, and others for the
shrubby thicket, the destruction of the trees
planting of the plain, or the clearing of the thicht eh
eoe
would necessarily involve the destruction of tPeo,
special organisations. Still further, as some er 00
tures ate specially fitted to live on fruits, Betnebeso
leaves, and others on roots, the disappearance of
specific supplies would necessarily be followed
to
the annihilation of the consumers. It is in en.
manner that plants and animals become ce-deP ea.
dent portions of one great vital plan, and that. go?
graphers, aware of these relations, can more
tigibly depict the aspects of nature by asseeiB tife
every fauna with its own appropriate and distiecital
flora. P age' s " Introductory Text-Book to PhYs
Geography."

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THE ST. GILES'S MIIRDER.—The inquest Oro
the supposed St. Giles's murderer was adjoiltttio,
this morning mull a late hour this afternoon, for the P
pose of allowing some medical gentlemen to earl"' pot rof
experiment for the purpose of restorin.• the natural 010
00i
the body from its present b:ackened °appearance, Prtore
by decomposition, in order that the features may b°

easily recognised.
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TRIAL TRIP OF A SCREW STEAMER.—T--
hp
raid, 35, screw, Capt. A. Cumming, made an egos
rimental trial with a four-bladed screw yesterday after;dl
at Spithead. The trial was conducted by capt..Broeujog
of the steam reserve. She made six runs, the result be der
mean speed of about 12 knots. This trial was trade nett
the same conditions as former trials of a like obi'rfola
only on former trials the screws have been si v.blade"
`wo-bladed.
1011.

MURDER IN LlYERPOOL.—Yteterday aftern`~ i 4
shocking murder was perpetrated in LiverP°a"
too 1
which a woman was again the victim. A tall, 8;404
athletic young man, a sailor, who lodged in Broolws;
attacked the landlady of the boarding-house Wbi,t-011,11
lodg,d, strikingly her savagely with a billet of vi°a-i' for 7
repeating his blows until the object of his briltsacitiga
ceased to live. He also attacked and seriously iti:lur"The
other women who attempted to aid the laalladPil jot°
ruffian was secured by the police, and on being t41‘,63-000°.
custody it is said he was sober; but, whether that "a OP
or not, he appears to have been very savage, atatin'
his intention was to have killed all the three. re the
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The follow-vg Lire
names of the gentlemen who passed their Oaeceieel
tion in the science and practice of medicine, at'd rsatalia'
certificates to practice, on Thursday, May Gat'
Woodman, Finchley-road, St. John's-wood; CSI"ba
gory, Btruoiegharn; George Wyatt Sharp, Greet 11200°
land-street ; Wm. Allin Thompson, Oxford; Spen''
Pilkington, Enfield, Accrington, Luncashire; i°llj3reWerl
cer Ferris, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts; Thomas
Halifax. 010`
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THE LISBURN ELECTION PETITION.--rrh
on 17„8:1,
election committee have reported that this 17 dot 14'c/-
improperly withdrawn, and have recommend'd
allows
petitioners be remitted to their original rights an
1/4S.
to prosecute the petition. GV1313 •
SUICIDE OF MR. MARTIN RICHARD d
at yea
—Yesterday evening an inquest was bal.,bbies,l4l,o
naington on the body of Mr. Martin Richard Gl` togil7,
committed suicide early the same morning• bid that '1,4
himself in a closet in his bed-room. It aPPea "t. -r* buoe
ceased had been a judge of the Supreme Court 057417000
was compelled to retire in December last, in c°ll,.act to 13.5.;
severe ill-health. Since then he has been. Bt!3_o,
treme mental depression, so much so that, at trra ordhe
ica
considered of unsound mind. The jury retutv°,a 000
that the deceased destroyed himself whilst ot
mind,