The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-27 00:00:00

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This magnificent trophy was raisectiv,,bt, .
out 10 feet
from the floor, and its base of scarle
riched with a magnificent collection. at©_
lent Ey the Dukes of Cambridge, arrd
Buceleuch, the Marquises of Exeter, SaLisbury, and
Londonderry, the Earl of Derby, and, indeed, most
of the chief nobility famous for the rarity and value
of their collections of p'ate. The centre piece of the
buffet was the celebrated Flaxtnan Waterloo Shield,
the largest, and probaby the finest work of art in
gold in Europe—the first time that it had. ever been
ient by the Duke cf Wellington. On the table,
itself, was a perfect monument in silver, belonging
to the Duke of Buccleuch, while on every side were
massive piles of silver-gilt cups, se avers, !Ind cande-
labra. Some idea may be formed of the glittering
profusion with which these costly omen-bents were
shown on this occasion, when it is stated that the
value of the plate lent for tt,e fete arreennted to
ece7rty two millioes sterling.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the
chief members of the Royal party On !he right and
left, and the Arnbessedors next to the m, went
through the form of eating something, hut they
were evidently much mere occupied with the
beautiful aspect of the sapper-room around then,
and with etch other, than with what was set
before them. Dancing was, of course, continued kr
the remainder of the guests while the Royal party
stayed, rather than supped, in the salle-a-manger,
but the attraction of the dancing did not entirely
stop the tide of visitors when the observed of all
observers, the Prince and Princess, were at the
supper-table. The crowd indeed into the apart-
ment would have been too great but for the ad-
mirable arrangements of the Entertainment Com-
mittee, who foresaw, and provided for everything,
and who checked the influx as soon as it threatened
to become uncomfortable.

The formal supper eating, as may readily be
imagined, lasted but a short time, and the Royal
party returned to the throned dais, and with them,
of course, returned the throng who had till then
evinced such an almost hungry anxiety to sup too.
Not a minute did the Prince lose after his return
in recommencing the festivities of the evening, and
again figure after figure succeeded each other
rapidly, the Prince with his untiring vivacity and
kind genial humour standing up in every set, and
the Princess also dancing often, but not waltzing.
It was getting well on to the grey of dawn before
their Royal Highnesses had quitted the room, and,
as usual, at the termination of the fete, they seemed
to have established such kindly and personal re-
lations with all present that not even the severest
rules of etiquette could entirely check the loyalty of
the visitors as the Prince and Princess retired.
Their wholesome example of retiring early was not,
however, by any means, generally emulated, and
the dawn, bright and clear, found this most
splendid entertainment still almost in the zenith of
its gaiety and beauty. It will be long before we
see another of the kind.

FOUNDERING OF THE CATALONIAN.

Stephen Kelly and Daniel M'Neil, able seamen,
rescued from one of the boats of the Catalonian,
Oporto and Liverpool steamer, have been examined
on oath by the Receiver of Wrecks regarding the
loss of the steamer, and the melancholy fate of their
companions. They stated that they were ablesea-
men on board the steamer. They left Oporto for
Liverpool at five p.m. on the Bth inst., with a light
breeze from the south. The cargo, besides 350 head
of cattle, consisted of wool, oil, and wine, and was
shipped by Messrs. F. Chemico, merchants of
Oporto, No fault was to be found with the vessel.
She was in good condition, and well found in stores.
Nothing alarming happened till they reached
abreast of Cape Finisterre, at 10 a.m. of the 9th,
when it commenced blowing a heavy gale from the
S.W. The ship was under steam and canvass. As
the gale increased the vessel laboured heavily, but
they kept her course—namely, N.E. half E. At
6 p.m., owing to the ship pitching so tremendously
in the heavy sea, and the gale still holding out, all
hands were called to take in the square sail for the
purpose of leaving the ship to the wind. Daniel
NlNiel was at the wheel ; he starboarded the helm,
and the ship came up, but again fell off. The cap-
tain finding the ship would not lay up in the wind,
be set all head sail to keep her away. However, by
this time she was becoming unmanageable; for the
heavy seas she was constantly shipping got down
into the engine-room and extinguished the fur-
❑ace fires, and, to reader the case worse, the cattle
on deck had broken adrift, and rolled to leeward
with terrific force. Suddenly the ship made a
plunge from which she did not recover. She went
down head foremost. Kelly and M'Neil saved
themselves by the ship's boat, and after drifting
about for three days were picked up by the brigan-
tine Angelina, of Cardigan, Captain Rees, master,
who afterwards put them on board the Una steam-
ship, of Waterford, and were landed at Liverpool.
The number of lives lost in the wreck was 25. One
was a passenger. They estimate the value of the
ship at £20,000, and that of the cargo at about
£lO,OOO. Both steamer and cargo were insured at
Lloyd's.

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)

The will of his late Royal Highness the Prince
Consort has been presented to the Court of Probate,
but it becomes a question whether it will be proved
in the ordinary course.

The will of the Right Hon. George Granville
Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, of IV orsley-
hall, Lancaster, and Bridgewater-house, St. James's,
was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate under
£160,000 personalty. The executors are the Hon.
Francis Egerton (the brother) and the Hon. and
Rev. Lord John Thynne. The testator, who died
at the early ago of 39, was a twin. His twin brother
died in infancy. His lordship married, in 1846,
Lady Mary Campbell, daughter of the first Earl of
Cawdor, and succeeded to the title and estates in
1857. His successor, their son, the present Earl of
Ellesmere, heretofore Viscount Brackley, is in his
16th year. His lordship inherited a large portion
of the property of the late Duke of Bridgewater,
whose name of Egerton the first Earl assumed, in
1833, in lieu of Leveson-Gower. The will bears
date 1861, and a codicil April, 1862. To his relict,
the Countess of Ellesmere, beyond her marriage
settlement and reversioner} interest, his lordship
bequeaths certain jewellery and other personal
effects, and a life interest in the estate of Burwood,
Surrey, which latter estate will revert to their
second son, the Hon. Alfred John Francis Egerton,
and to whom his lordship has bequeathed a legacy'
of £40,000. The estates in Lancashire and Cile hire
are devised to the present earl.

The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Wray Martin-Leake,
of Queen Ann-street, Marylebone, was proved in
London under £30,000 personalty, by the sole
executor, Mr. Charles Henry I\Toore, of Wimpole-
street. The charitable bequests are—to the King's
College Hospital, £2OO ;
Charing-cross Hospital,
Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone Dispensary,
Marylebone Almshouses, Governesses' Benevolent
Institution, Distressed Widows' Society, Sackville-
street, each £lOO ; and a small legacy to the Alden.
ham parochial schools.

RUSSIAN CLEMENcY.---The Posen Journal has the
following :—" Madame M—, the wife of a landed
proprietor in the neighbourhood of Wilna, waited on Gene-
ral Mouravieff, the new governor, and requested him to re-
vise the papers connected with her husband, who, she said,
had been condemned unjustly by the former governor,
Nazimoff, to six years' banishment to a distant government
of the empire. Mouravieff listened very politely to what
she had to say, and promised to make known the result. On
the
wasSthA
iameii- received information that her
condemnedhus-
band to be shot, and on the 10th the sen-
tence was carried into execution."

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