The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-15 00:00:00

The Queen of Prussia.

The Queen of Prussia is expected to arrive at
Windsor Castle during the present month, on a
visit to her Majesty.

Presentation to the Princess of Wales from
the Principality.

A deputation representing the ladies of North
Wales had an interview with the Princess of Wales
at Marlborough House on Saturday, and presented
to her Royal Highness the jewels subscribed for by
the ladies of the northern counties. Each lady of
the deputation represented one of the counties of
North Wales. There were present—the Countess
of Powes, Lady Lucy Herbert, Lady Louisa Pen-
nant, Lady Williams Wynn, the Hon. Mrs. Stan-
ley, Mrs. Wynne, and Mrs. William Gladstone.
The Countess of Vane, who was also deputed from
one of the Welsh counties, was unavoidably pre-
vented from attending.
The present was composed of a leek formed of
emeralds and diamonds, earrings to correspond, and
a brooch also formed of emeralds and diamonds. On
the leek was a motto in Welch signifying, " To our
own Princess."

The Princess of Wales was attended by the
Countess De Grey, Lady in Waiting, and Lord
Harris, Chamberlain. The Prince of Wales ,a% as
present at the reception.

Her Majesty will leave Windsor for Osborne,
Isle of Wight, on Saturday, the 4th proximo. The Queen
will remain at Osborne until the 28th, and then return to
Windsor Castle, and on the 31st will take her departure for
Germany. Her Majesty pays constant visits to the Mauso-
leum, which is beginning to assume an appearance of
solemn grandeur.

Their Ito) al Highnesses the Princess and Prin-
cess of Wales give a dinner party this evening at Marl-
borough House. Their Royal Highnesses leave town to-
morrow for Oxford for the Commemoration, and will not
return until Friday. Their Royal Highnesses have ac-
cepted an invitation to dine with the Duchess of Cambridge
on the let proximo.

The Queen has given Prince Alfred tho Order of
the Garter.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will
be among the distinguished visitors at the Oxford Com-
memoration this week. His Royal Highness will leave
town to-morrow for the University city. •

Prince and Princess Napoleon have given up
their proposed trip to Upper Egypt, it is rumoured, in con-
sequence of the Princess Clotilde being enciente, and feeling
the heat a good deal.
The Duke and Duchess of Bucclench entertained
a distinguished party at dinner at their mansion in Bel-
grave-square on Saturday evening. Later in the evening
her grace received a select circle of the aristocracy.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington left town
on Saturday for Strathfieldsaye, from whence they will re-
turn to-day to Apsley House.
The Duke of Hamilton arrived in town at the
end of last week from Paris. The Duchess and Lady Mary
Hamilton are not expected to come to London for the
present.

The Duchess of Manchester's second assembly
will take place on Friday, the 19th inst.

The Marquis of Bowmont left town on Saturday
on a fishing excursion in Norway.

The Earl and Countess of Derby leave town
to, morrow for Oxford, the noble earl, as Chancellor of the
University, intending to be present during the visit of their
Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at the
Commemoration, The noble earl and countess will be
the guests of the Vice-Chancellor during their sojourn at
Oxford, .

The Earl of Dudley will give a ball to-night to a
large party at Dudley Honse.
The Earl Grey and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir
Frederick Grey returned to town on Saturday from attend-
ing the funeral of the Hon. George Ponsonby, brother of
the late Countess (Dowager) Grey, who died on the sth
inst., at the advanced age of 90 years.
The Earl Cowley, Ambassador at the Tuileries,
is expected to arrive in town at the end of the present month,
on a short leave of absence from Paris,

The Earl and Countess of Wemyss and March,
who have been visiting the Earl and Countess of Warwick
in the Stable Yard, left town on Saturday for Gosford Park,
near Edinburgh.

The Earl Craven left town on Saturday for Ash-
down Park. The Countess and Ladies Craven remain in
London.

„Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for an
assemLly on Saturday next.

Lord and Lady Egerton of Talton have issued
cards for a grand entertainment, on Friday next, to their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge, in St. James's-square.
M. Thiers is about to leave Paris for a tour in
Austria and Bavaria. He will visit the northern provinces
of France on his return, which will be delayed until the
meeting of Parliament.
It is reported that the Marble Arch is undergoing
a purification preparatory to there being placed on its sum-
mit a group to commemorate the arrival of the Princess of
Wales in England, when her Royal Highness passed
through the arch in company with the Prince of Wales.
MUNIFICENT GIFT.—The cost, amounting to £6OO,
of the Bude Haven, Cornwall, new lifeboat establishment,
has been presented to the National Lifeboat Institution by
the surviving children of the late R. T. Garden, Esq., 01
Rivers Lyoni., Ireland, as a memorial of their mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Moore Garden. An inscription recording the
gilt has been carved in stone and placed over the doorway,'
of the lifeboat house.

LITERATURE.

The Chronicles of Carlingford. The Rector and

the Doctor's Famzly. 1 vol. Blackwood.

The readers of Blackwood's Magazine will be
rej )iced at this reprint of that very charming
series, the " Chronicles of Carlingford." It is a
work that all who know it will be glad to place on
their book-shelves, to turn to again and again, like a
familiar friend ratherthan a pleasant acquaintance?
which is the only light in which we can esteem the
majority of the works of fiction introduced to us.
They entertain us for the moment, but when we
part with them we care little if we never meet
with them again. A select few only can we admit
to closer companionship, and among those are assu-
redly the works of the accomplished Mrs. Oliphant•
In the " Chronicles of Carlingford" she has sur-
passed her previous reputation, and has surprised
many of her former admirers. So vivid are her de-
scriptions, and so true to nature are her characters,
that we fully realise the scenes into which she con-
ducts us, and we feel quite at home at Carlingford
even as we do in " OurVillage"—and Miss Mitford's.
The two tales contained in this volume concern the
Rector and the Doctor's family. The Rector, it
will be remembered, is a scholar and fellow of
All Soul's, Oxford, who has been appointed in ma-
ture life to his first living, and who, as he stands
bewildered by the dying-bed of a parishioner, pain-
fully recognised that his antecedents have unfitted
him for the duties of parish priest. " His treatise
on the Greek verb and his new edition of Sophocles
were highly creditable to the Fellow of All Souls,
but how about the Rector of Carlingford ? What
was he doing here among that little world of human
creatures who were dying, being born, perishing,
suffering, falling into misfortune and anguish, and
all manner of human vicissitudes every day ?" Poor
honest Morley Proctor is fairly puzzled by the
anomaly of hia position. The "Doctor's Family"
possesses greater interest as a story. We gladly
renew our acquaintance with the matter-of-fact Dr.
Rider and the wayward and wilful, but charming
and high-spirited, Nettie. Other volumes of the
" Chronicles" will, of course, appear in due time.

Narrative of the Late War in New Zealand. By
Lieutenant-Colonel Carey, GB., Deputy Adja-
tant-General. One vol. Pp. 199. Bentley.
Colonel Carey has given a very complete and
comprehensive narrative of the war in New Zealand
in 1860.61. The military operations under Major-
General Pratt are more particularly described.
This book is one of the best we have met with on
the subject, and is likely to be regarded as an autho-
rity by all who may in future treat upon the war.

Fish Hatching. By Frank T. Buckland. 1 vol.
Pp. 221. Tinsley.

All persons concerned in the care and develop-
ment of the finny tribes will uo well to consult this
little book. Mr. Buckland is evidently a master of
his subject, and it will not be his fault if his readers
are not the same. How to prepare eggs of fish, the
development and difficulties of young fishes, the pe-
culiarities of salmon and their spawn, and a multi-
tude of other matters of a similar character. are
detailed in a vigorous, elaborate, and interesting
manner.

Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles. By Mrs. Henry Wood.

1 vol. Bentley.

" Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles," one of the most
charming and domestic of Mrs. Wood's popular
tales, is now republished in one volume. It will be
right welcome to the novel reader, as are all the
productions of that facile pen. The tone of the
whole composition is of a more wholesome character
than is that of " East Lynne," and as a story it is
not inferior in interest.

The Indoor Gardener. By Miss Maling, author of

" indoor Plants." Longman.

A delightful little volume that will prove highly
acceptable to all ladies who, like Miss Tim, take a
pleasure in superintending their floral treasures.
Flowers are indeed among those " things of beauty''
which are " joys for ever," and no house should be
without them. By Miss Maling's judicious advice
we learn how to cultivate hyacinths and camelias,
and roses and ferns, and fuichias and geraniums,
and many others; how to make cuttings, how to
winter plants, how to arrange the flower casement
and the indoor plant cases and window boxes, and
how to superintend greenhouses and conservatories,
together with a multitude of other equally pleasant
instruction and advice.