The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-18 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 17.

Her Majesty was prevented from leaving,Wiudsor
Castle to-day, owing to the unfavourable state of the

weather.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales visited the Queen.

THE COURT.—Every preparation had been made
at the Windsor Terminus of the Great Western
Railway for the conveyance of her 'Majesty and E,oyal
Family to Portsmouth. Yesterday tnoining, at a quarter-
past 11 o'clock, many of the domestics had left by an earlier
train. Alacut the time, however, when her Majesty intended
to leave a telegraphic despatch had reached the castle, ad'
vising that she should delay her journey, as it was consi-
dered dangerous to cross the Solent in the yacht, under the
command of the Prince of Leiningen, in cons quence of the,
chopping sea, caused by the recent high winds. Her Ma-
jesty will not proceed on her journey until the weather is
more favourable.

THE CROWN PRINCE AND CROWN PRINCESS
OF PRUSSIA.—Their Royal Highnesses the Growl,-
Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia, who left England
on Tuesday last, arrived at Brussels the same evening.
Their royal highnesses were to remain on a visit to th°
Belgian royal family for a day or two on their way t°

Berlin.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge Will
arrive in town this evening from Longleat, Wilts, %viler°,
his royal highness has been on a visit to the Marquis and
Marchioness of Bath since Monday last.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess Apponyi will return to Chandos House to-daY
from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath 0
Longleat, Wilts, during the visit of his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge.
The Duke and Duchess of Montrose and the
Marquis of Graham have left town to join the party 5t
Fowls Castle,
The Marquis and Marchi mess of Exeter and
Lady Victoria Cecil leave Grosvenor-square to-day for
Burghley-park, near Stamford. The marquis is in ill'
proved health.
The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and Lady
Geraldine Somerset leave town in a few days to join the
Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton for Christmas.
The Duchess Dowager of Sutherland and Lord
Ronald Leveson Gcwer are expected to leave Stafford
House, St. James's, for Clifden, Bucks.
The Earl and Countess of Derby will entertain
a distinguished party at Knowsley-park, Lancashire, nest
month. The party will assemble the first week in tll6
month.

The Earl of Powis left Berkeley-square yesterdal►
accompanied by the Countess of Powis and Ladies LtieY
and Harriet Herbert, for Powis Castle, Welshpool, where a
large family gathering is about to take place.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston are el"
petted to leave Cambridge House to• morrow for Broad'
lands, near Romsey.
The Dawager Lady Clinton will leave St. J ames's-
place to-morrow for her residence at Hampton Court
Palace.

The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P.►
leaves town to-day on his return to Hickleton Hall, his seat
in Yorkshire.

DEATH OF CANON SIR GEORGE SHIFFNER, BART'
—A residentiary canonry in the Cathedral Church of Chi-
chester and the valuable vicarage of Amport, Hampovre,
are placed at the disposal of the Dean and Chapter of
Chichester by the death of the Rev. Sir George Shiffner'
Bart. The rev. gentleman, who was second son of th°
second baronet, was born May 17, 1791.
THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.—The Insurance
Record observes that several offices in the City are accept-
ing proposals for an insurance to a large amount on the life
of the Empress of the French. The risk is being divided
among French and English offices, and the total amount of
insurance is £200,000.

COLONEL CRAWLEY's DEFENCE.—The following
is the letter referred to in the address. Not hp"
ing been put in evidence during the trial its contents
could only be distantly alluded to by Colonel Crawley
"My dear Sister and Brother,—This is, indeed, a pain-
ful moment—a task I never expected to have to tell
you. My beloved husband is no more. He died of apoplexy
on the morning of the 25th of May. It was so sudden; he
was tolerably well the day before. Dear sister, in mercy
go to our father and mother : I cannot wrii,e to them. The
blow will be too much for them. lam staying with Ser-
geant-Major Cotton and Mrs. Cotton. I was to have gone
into hospital, but doctor says I shall not last long, so I don't
think I shall be removed before anything happens. I can-
not write any more. I cannot sit up. My best love.--
Your loving and affectionate sister, CLARISSA LILLEY.--
Mhow, June 7."
SUPPOSED SUlClDE.—Yesterday the body of
a respectably-dressed female was discovered floating in the
water of the Regent's Canal, near the New Globe-bridge-
The deceased was seen by a surgeon, and had been in the
water a fortnight. The description of the deceased has been
circulated, and the body was removed to the Mile-end
Workhouse, Bancroft-road, Stepney, to await an inquest- "
In a letter from Brisbane, giving an account ,
his passage out, an emigrant says :—" Among the
female passengers in the second cabin was a young lady
who frequently had hysterics, and who would burst sud-
denly into tears in the dead of night. When asked /11
reason for so doing she would reply " her young man 11%
poisoned himself." It turns out that she is known here:-,
the notorious Madeline Smith, of Glasgow, whose trial "*°t,
murder some years since caused such a sensation. She

not the best conducted young lady in the ship."
MUNIFICENCE OF AN ARTIST.—The distinguished
marine painter, Mr. E. W. Cooke, A.R.A., F'R'S:
has forwarded to the National Lifeboat institution £''"'
pay the cost of a lifeboat, to be stationed on the coast. 3lr.
Cooke said in his letter :—" Having felt for many Yell° sal
greatest interest and sympathy in the cause of the 11(1,-„,
National Lifeboat Institution, and in admiration of the
gallant deeds of the crews of its numerous boats establisbe':
on our dangerous coasts, I am desirous to place a lifeb°P
on some point where one is required. I beg, therefore, t:
forward a check for £2OO towards the establishment of a lie"
l°
lifeboat. I trust ere long that some good friend to this nob
wcaiuthseitras aayppbreopinridautcsegdotaor, atsosicsotmipaleateddtihnegotbhjeootbruthavonesit'xi
view. We shall doubtless readily find a crew of ' flear,,i
of Oak' who will cheerfully man the ' Van Kock,'' Li-
who may be the means, under Divine Providence, of 63/1115
many a valuable life."
ECLIPSES OF THE SUN IN 1864.—Next year there
will be two eclipses of the sun. The first will be °II
the sth of May. It will Legin on the earth at 930 Pf;
of London time, in 126 deg 56 min of east longitude, ati-the
deg 23 min of south latitude. It ends on the earth 0° -.",
following day at 3 3 a.m., in longitude 130 deg 25 :1331
west, and 20 deg 9 min of north latitude. The total ec4l3l°l
will be visible only in the North Pacific Ocean, and svir'„
be visible as a partial eclipse in part of Siberia and the 11°,',..
thernmost part of North America and the north of AUStral;
The second eclipse of the sun will be on October 30. 1..
will begin on the earth at 3 31 p.m. Loudon time, in I°l3fill.
tude 100 deg 14 min west of Greenwich, and 6 deg. 2 ru jo,
north latitude. It will end on the earth at 6 30 P;;„%0 19
longitude 6 deg 26 min west of Greenwich, and lat'''" cross
deg 25 min south. The line of central eelip,3o Plies lituder
South America between 20 deg and 30 deg of sciLuTh''lsentil
and will also be visible in the South Pacifit/vitrib-ie for:
Atlantic Oceans, A partial eclipse will be
short time in the United States and on the
of Africa, at the first for a few moments after at. cerise, Li
at the latter just before sunset.
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pardon. the King returns a gracious answer, and aOP
of his letter is given. The adventurer describes his retard
to 1-,1
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him, the mistaken zeal of the courtiers, who, fancying tilt!!
the King is about to punish the fugitive, cry out that he':
guilty ; the turning of the tables by the King, who pri:b.
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nounces him innocent, instals him in a splendid lic
a handsome pension, builds him a magnificent tomb,44
continues to smile upon him till the day of his death.
story has has all the appearance of genuine history.
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GLASGOW INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS.'" 7_.
100 guineas, offered in three premiums for the. be;
pictures exhibited, were awarded as follows :--50 gu,tll. A
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for the best figure picture in oil, to J. Noel Fatal, It.%``,_
30 guineas for the best landscape in oil, to Samuel Dao t;73
A R.S.A. ; 20 guineas for the best water-colour iiirpae ''_.4
of subject, to Henry Tidey, London. The competitiow.
,71:1
confined to British aitists and to pictures painted it"
the last two years. shed a
M. ETTINGSHAUSEN has recently pub LI ~..cie
large work, illustrated with magnificent plates, on the et'
ton of leaves (Blattslcdette der Dicotyledonen.)