The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-23 00:00:00

WELLINGTON COLLEGE,

The boys of Wellington College gave their annual concert
on Monday evening to a numerous assemblage of the neigh-
bouring nobility, gentry, and clergy. Musio has now re
covered its place—lost for two centuries—as a recognized
part of a gentleman's education, and by the aid of an effi-
cient music-master, a good organist, and choral service,
the Wellington scholars enjoy an opportunity desired by
many in vain, and are making good use of it. Everybody
was struck with the palpable improvement upon last year.
Of course, when the material consists exclusively of boys,
variety can only be attained by the ingenious adaptation
of pieces meant for maturer voices, and by efforts of
rather an ambitious character. But, under these cir-
cumstances, the success was great. The concert opened
with Bishop's glee, "Stay, prithee, stay," sung by the
whole choir in a way to assure their own courage and inspire
the hearers with confidence. Of Mendelssohn's " Lark
Song,"and Leslie's trio, " Memory," the former was sung
with appropriate buoyancy ; the latter with as much melan-
choly as Messrs. Hay, btrettell, and Burton had at com-
mand on the eve of breaking• up day. Mr. Maxwell
had to surpass his last year's performance, and, as this
could not be done in brilliancy and flexibility, it
could only be in graver sentiment. Bishop's " Daughter
of Erin" appeared to be chosen for this purpose,
and was sung with most touching sweetness and
pathos. Leslie's "From your choral chambers" showed a
careful mastery of difficulties. Mr. Bishop, the music
master, with the aid of the whole choir, wound up the first
part with Bishop's " Tramp Chorus," with a spirit and pre-
cision that showed his command on the attention of his
pupils. After a pause the " Vesper Hymn," from the
music of Beethoven, was given by Messrs. Hay, Stratell,
Baker, and Moberley—the effect of distant chanting by the
chorus in another apartment—and the illusion would
have satisfied the most mystic cravings of our London
playgoers. Mr. Maxwell again was himself,—that is, what
he was a year ago, but can hardly expeat to remain a year
longer, in Mlle's " Good Night," sung by him and Messrs.
Browne and Moberley. Mr. Bishop had a piece to himself
in More's wine song, "I come from the bountiful Rhine "
and gave it with all the joyous effect which the theme is
supposed to inspire. The full choir bade adieu to the bril-
liant ranks before them in Greenwood's serenade, " Gentle
Lady," and finished with Leslie's " Joy Bells" and " Gud
save the Queen." Mr. Bishop, Mr. Maxwell, and several
others were rapturously encored. Of the instrumental
pieces, all done with much care and taste, perhaps the most
striking was the overture to " Guillauine Tell," by Messrs.
Ghica and Maitland,

The trial of Luke Charles, for the murder of his
wife, at Pendleburg, was brought to a close at Liverpool,
yesterday. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced
to death.

A PUGILIST "AT HOME."—A good story is cur-
rent respecting King, the pugilist, and the "host" of
Hassocks'-gato Inn, where he resided during his training.
It appears that a day or two previous to the encounter with
Heenan, King, during his " play hours" from training—
the "ruling passion" being strong in him—induced "mine
host" to have a set. to in the parlour, the host to do all the
hitting, the great pugilist stipulating not to return it, but
only to parry the blows. Warming at his work, " mine
host" let fall his blows both fast and furious. " Now," said
King, who was standing with his back close to the wall of
the room, "hit me full in the face." Quick as thought the
request was responded to, and with equal quickness did
King avoid the blow by shifting his head) when the knuckles
of the worthy host went with such tremendous force against
the wall that the sponge was immediately thrown up.
Indeed, SO serious was the injury sustained, that mine
host was compelled to seek surgical aid in Brighton, and
there is every probability of his retaining a lasting memento
of the visit of the great pugilist to his house.—Surrey
Standard.

ANOTHER AUSTRIAN VOYAGE ROUND THE
WORLD,—The Austrian screw steamer Marco Pole
will leave Trieste on the sth of March next, "on a voyage
round the world." It has been calculated that a period of
eight months will be amply sufficient for the purposes of the
voyage, in the course of which 30 different seaports will be
visited, or five more than called at in the famous Novara
expedition. About 200 days will necessarily be spent on
the sea, whilst there will be 50 days to be availed of on
land fur the visiting and inspection of the various points of
great interest in different parts of the globe. The share-
holders will consist of from 60 to 60 persons, and the contri-
bution of each is fixed at 5,0001, equal to about £4OO, which
will cover all expenses during the voyage, including board
and lodging on shore. The following are the places which

it is intended to visit during the expedition :—Algiers,
Gibraltar, Madeira, Liberia, tit. Helena, Cape of Good
Hope, Madagascar, Ceylon, Nicobar, Singapore, Hong
Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Sandwich Isles, Acapulco, City
of Mexico, Panama, Lima, Valparaiso, Falkland Isles,
Monte Video, Rio Janeiro, Canary Isles, lonian Isles, two
Dalmatian and two Italian ports; thence home to Trieste,
to arrive about the middle of November. The expedition
which is being formed under the auspices and superinten-
dence of the Austrian Government, will be provided with
influential letters of recommendation to the various consu-
lates in different points of the world.
THE FOUNDERING OF THE FEDERAL IRON-CLAD
WEEHAWKEN.—The following are some particulars
respecting the foundering of the Federal iron-clad Wee-
hawken, in Charleston Harbour : On the afternoon of
Sunday, Dec. 6, while the Federal feet was lying oft
Charleston, a furious wind prevailed from the north-west.
A signal of distress was made from the Weehawken, which
was answered, and boats were despatched to her assistance.
While the admiral on board the flagship was watching
the boats hastening to the Weehawken, the officer on
the deck made out a new signal, and immediately re-
ported her to be sinking. A moment atter she settled
swiftly down by the head, careened slightly over to star•
board, and disappeared beneath the waves. When the
first signal of distress was made no one divined how
serious was the danger; and when, at length, the vessel
went down, it was difficult for those who saw her disappear
to credit even the evidence of their own senses. The con
fusion on the flagship arising mainly from the difficulty of
launching her boats, and the desire of both officers and /end
to be first in them, was most intense and painful. The wind
was now blowing with great fury, and the boats which
peril
hastened from all sides to the scene encounter:dal__ded
in picking up from the water the few who had
sank. °'
Almost
getting away from the Weehawken before s
As want
to the boats and succeeded in getting away'
the launches ut
at the moment she went down some 2aowoary.more sprang
others were rescued from
it.hea,wand
the tugboats Dandy.
lion flagship, the South Carolina,
A correspondent of one 01
upon the subject, says '—
lion and Iris. Thirty poll.
writing
five fathoms of
water, and
the New York
' ed. Until she isbrought up no one can tell
will soon be rate
why she sank. It was through no fault of
with certainty
"The WeehawPkaenPeila'slyv;ngt
her overhang,, for she apparently took in no water except
at he* forward hatch and hawse hole. It was, to the heel
of my knowledge, through the inattention, neglect, and bad
management of those on board that the vessel has been lost.
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this moment have been afloat. Had the bars with which
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per places,
calamity wouldnever have occurred."

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lIER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Dec. 22.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
walked and drove in the grounds yesterday.
Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline
13,..rrington, drove to Ryde.

Departure of the Prince and Princess o:

Wales for Osborne.

Yesterday morning, at a quarter past 10 o'clock,
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Of
Wales, accompanied by Prince Alfred (who arrived
on Monday at Frogmore), and attended by the
Countess of Macclesfield, Lieut.-Colonel KePPel'
and Major Cowell, left Frogmore House for the
Windsor station of the Great Western Railway, en
route for Osborne, where they will spend the Christ-
mas with her Majesty and the royal family.
Their royal highnesses travelled by the ordinary
10.30 down train, and on their way to the saloon
carriage in which they rode the salutations of a great
number of persons Ni ho crowded the platform were
cordially returned by the prince and princess. Their
royal highnesses travelled to Readiug, and thence to
Basingstoke, when they continued their journey via
the South Western line, and on arriving at Gosport
at about a quarter to two o'clock they embarked for
Osborne on board the royal yacht Fairy, commanded
by the Prince of Leiningen.
Every arrangement for the comfort of the royal
travellers was made by the railway authorities, and
the platform was under the charge of Inspector
Walker, of the prince's household, who was in at-
tendance on their royal highnesses. There was Ile
guard of honour or any ceremony whatever on their
departure from the royal borough.
The Prince and Princess of Wales will remain et,
Osborne for about ten days, and on the expiration 01
their visit to her Majesty will return to Frogmore,
where it is expected they will reside for about
month, after which they will reside at Marlborough
House for some time.

The Duke of Newcastle left town yesterday for
his scat, Cumber Park, Notts.
The Dowager Countess of Mexborongh remain
for the present at the Royal Crescent Hotel, Brighton.
Lord Courtenay, who has been the guest of the
Earl and Countess of Cardigan at Dean Park, has left on a
visit to the Earl of Coventry at Crome Court.
Sir Henry and Lady Fletcher have returned to
Farrance's Hotel from Mount Felix, Walton.on-Thames.
The Right Hon. T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt,
M.P., and Mrs. Sotheron-Estcourt, have arrived at Fer"
rance's Hotel from Estcourt, near i'etbury.
We understand that the Hon. Leonora Caroline,
second daughter of Lord and Lady Digby, is engaged to be
married to Mr. Alexander Hugh Baring, M.P. for Thet-
ford, eldest son of the Hon. Francis Baring, and nephew 0'
Lord Ashburton. It is said the marriage will take Place
early in the ensuing month.

A marriage has been arranged between Miss Vie-
toria Van de Weyer (daughter of the Belgian Minister) 04
Mr. Brand, son of the Right Hon. H. J. Brand.

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MARRIAGE OF DR. STANLEY AND LADY AUGUSTA
BRUCE.—Ye2lerday afternoon, at five o'clock, the
Rev. Dr. Arthur Penryn Stanley, D.D., Canon of Christ
Church, Oxford, and Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical
History in the University of Oxford, Dean-nominate °f
Westminster, was married by special license in Weal:pill'
ster Abbey to Lady Augusta Bruce, daughter of Thomas,
seventh Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and sister of the
late lamented Governor-General of India. The ceremony
was throughout of a private and simple character. There
were no bridesmaids. The service was read most impres-
sively by the Very Rev. H. G. Liddell, D.D„ Dean of
Christ Church, Oxford, who was assisted by the Rev.
Haden, M.A„ the precentor of the abbey. There was no
singing. Among those present were Lord Stanley of Alder-
•ley, the Very Rev. Dr. Trench, Archbishop-designate of
Dublin, late Dean of Westminster, Lady Charlotte Lochers,
the Rev. J. G. Bradley, M.A., headmaster of Marlborough
School, the Rev. Dr. C. J. Vaughan, of Doncaster,
Professor Max Muller, Professor Jowett, the Rev. W. x.
Fremantle, and many Oxford friends of the new Dean.

The Gazette published by us last night, it will
be seen, officially announced the appointment of Mr. Ser—
geant Shee to the judicial bench, and that also of Canon.
Stanley to the deanery of Westminster.
MR. JUSTICE SLlEE.—Yesterday Mr. Justice Shee
heard summonses for the first time at judges' cham-
bers since his appointment. His lordship attended on Mon-
day and made arrangements to take the business until the
commencement of Marl Term, when he will take his seat
on the bench at Westminster Hall. ' An amusing incident
occurred in the course of the day. The summonses, as
usual, were of a routine character, and his lordship partially
heard the parties. In one application his lordship remarked
that there was nothing in it, and good-humouredly said the
parties had surely " come to see the new judge." Two other
learned judges sat in the chambers of the other court, Mr.
Justice Byles taking the summonses of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas in the afternoon. The chambers will be closed
on Thursday until Wednesday morning.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The competition
for the Westmoreland Scholarship and Potter Ezhi'
bition took place at the Institution on Monday, the 211°
instant. The following professors composed the board of
examiners :—Mr Charles Lucas (chairman), Mr John G°l4°'
Mr F. R. Cox, Mr G. A, Aracfarren, Mr H. Blagrove, I\lr'
W. Dorrell, and Mr Walter Macfarren. The candidates
elected were :—For the Westmoreland Scholarship, Ails°
Emily Wynne; and for the Potter Exhibition, 111 r Ridley
Prentice. The following candidates were specially
mended :—Misses E. Pitt, S. Neighbour, E. I‘l"fet.
and E. Wolfe; Messrs. T. W. Walstein, and G.
bridge.
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THE ASTON PARK COMPANY. The his—
the Aston Park Company has advanced another
stage. The mortgagees have issued the notice to I.o°lll
and unless the corporation or the public make haste it Wi"
probably be out of their power to secure the place and redeVe
cill
the premise which Mr, Ratcliffe made to the Queen•
do not know the exact time when the terms of the reortPb"
deed allow the company to wind up their affairs after the
notice has been secured, but presume that either three or
The ahortar
months will be the longest term of grace.
period will be ample for the conclusion of the businees
the town council, one way or the other. For ourselves 7032-
can only suppose one way possible. After the publiet:ttike
of the mayor's letter to Mr. Percivall, the purchasing of
park seems the only course left. It is useless to argue J 37.3
whether the town council gave the mayor authority to w rib
maelf the
words he has written or not. He took upon hi
power of pledging the corporation, and without that pledS
it is scarcely a matter of doubt now that her Die.leaY
would not have come at all, The only impression whit
such a document could have on the mind of the Clue
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and her advisers was that the purchase o.f the park was
removed from the doubtful power of a lim tied
into the certainty of the corporation completingthe vi°!._
Under this impression she visited the town, and under this
impression she wr.rte her last letter to Mr. Stu: ;e•
the council allow their Queen to be deceived in ate
trust
which she has given to the language of their mayor. Vi't4:,,e_
ever may be the responsibility of the company, th a oat
spousibility must have been limited by their power.
II the
they have tailed to buy the Park is an issue whic Tided
mayor evidently contemplated from the first; and Prt.'
against it by pledging the corporation to carry It ~a
Times without number has the public been told thatg.LPof
Queen came to visit Birmingham, and that thea
°dPiiot the
the park was only an incident of that
IfoYot on the plat-
form same. From the time her Majr.tYtshe
cause. If this be so or net, the responst seems to us
time she spirt
form of the New-street station,ast
the guest of the Mayor
entered the train at Aston, elle
of Birmingham. As the
cliff° invited her to visit Im entertainedpaur
y.tthad
her; as the mayor/the ne ..t. •
t aside in all iations respecting the
been quietly liar been d
to have one the represents-
visit, and all seems
his m •
corporation a) oral capacity. It certain 4
five of the late to deny the res " which b 9
ponsibility
appears now too
If
thus bean incurred. the work, however, is to be done t"
must be done epe
"iIY •—Birn,inghant Gazette.
all, it he wal is 3 E;anl“i°sgr-Itioht fee dj:i ar,
ny
r:ge hh
company
The Toulon journals announci,, the arrival at that
port of the steam-transport Ariege from the west coast 01
Africa, whether she was despatched August last with.
provisions for the naval division on that station. The
Ariege lett Gabon on the 11th October, and on her way
liman. Sheetoueli bringsed at St.
back 18
Louis
o(Senegal),persuns atm:o,
navnadiesGeeruanci
ts
B.
bix passengers died during the voyage, but not from eta'
tagious diseases—and the sanitary state ou board was to
satisfactory on her arrival that she was at once admitted to
free pratique.
THE OSBORNE AN:NEAL.—Osborne's fro.otispieco
this year, as seen through this celebrated p;ovit3i°ll
dealer's windows on Ludgate-hill, is more than usually
interesting to housekeepers, as it announces that the iaeces .
t:aries of life have seldom been cheaper for many Year.so
The artistic portion pourtrays, by a model, Conway Castl.
and its bridge and railway viaduct. A vessel in acti_ia_!
movement, sails "like a thing of life" upon the ripple'L
surface of the river, which, in its turn, wedding the :.,
doubtless typifies the junction of the salt with the r
(butter in the window). The latter, the butter, with tbg
0
pride of humility bears a label of its cheapness, sut,v,,estive
of plentiful grazing, and that all other provisions are Itge4
wise within the reach and enjoyment of the general cooi
munity at this season of universal hospitality,—Okbes