The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-29 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales rode on horseback on Satur-
day morning, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel
Keppel.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by
the Countess de Grey and Lieuten int-Colonel Kep•
pel, left Marlborough House at a quarter-past five
o'clock on Saturday asternoon for Windsor Castle.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge visited the Princess of Wales on Friday.

Tile Prince and Princess of Wales honoured Mr.
Vernon Heath with u sitting for their photograph•
at his stuoio, in Piccadilly.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princess Mary left town on Saturday for Cam-
bridge Cottage, Kew, for a few days Their royal high-
nesses will honour the Earl and Countess de Grey with
their presence at a ball to be given by the noble earl and
countess, on Tuesday, the 14th proximo.

The Duches of Buceteuen Witt give a grand ball
on the 14th proximo, at the temporary family residence in
Bel grave-square.

The Duchess of Hamilton and Lady Mary
Hamilton have arrived at Baden Baden from Paris, with
the intention of pricing several months there. The duke
intends to join the duchess at the close of the season.

The 111.rquis and Mat hnioneas of Carmarthen
have arrived at St. Thomas's Hotel, Thrkeley-square, from
Norwood Park, Notts.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield entertained
their Serene Highnesses Prince and Prince Edward of
Saxe •Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose,
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Count Strzelecki, V s-
count Andover, Viscount and Viscountess Lismore, Vis-
count Canterbury, Colonel the Hon. Henry Forester,
and a select circle, at dinner on Saturday, at their residence
in Grosvenor.street.

The Earl and Countess of Zetland purpose to
leave town about the 10th proximo for a short visit to Paris.

Viscount Palmerston, who has been slightly in-
disposed during the past week, is now much better,
The Earl and Countess of Tankervilie leave town
early this week, for Chillingham Castle, Northumberland.
The Baron and Baroness de Hugel have arrived
at Claridge's Hotel from the Isle of Wight. Baron de
Hugel is Envoy Extraordinary from the Court of Austria
to the Court of Belgium.
The Count and Countess Metaxa entertained a
select party at dinner on Saturday last at Willis's Rooms.

The only daughter of the Count and Countess
Metaxa is about to be married to the only son of Mr. Craw-
shay Bailey, M.P. far Monmouthshire. The marriage will
take place in London.

The Count and Countess di Fronco and family,
of Serracapriola, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel,
Jermyn-street, from Rome.

Lady Huntingtower and her youthful family have
returned to Ham House, the seat of her father-in-law, the
Earl of Dysart.
The funeral of the late Admiral the Hon. Sir
George Elliot, K.C.8., took place on Saturday, when his
remains were deposited in the family vault in the cemetery
at Kensal-green. In accordance with the desire of the
lamented admiral, the funeral was quite private. Only the
hearse and two mourning coaches, followed by the private
carriages of the family and friends, coned uted the funeral
procession. The principal CUOU ners were Admiral George
Elliot and Colonel Elliot (sons of the late admiral), Captain
the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., Lord William
Compton, the Dean of Bristol, and Sir Gregor M`Gregor.
Mr. Beriah Botfieid, M.P., Continues very ill,
but hopes are entertained that the hon. member will
recover.

Colonel Fuller, the " White 114 publican" of
Fraser's Magazine, has arrived at the Grosvenor Hotel
from Paris.

The EArl of Derby has given no'ica of his inten-
tions to bring forward the lonian Islands question, when
we shall doubtless hear an eloquent and telling philippic
against the so-called "foreign policy ' of the present Go-
vernment.

Tne Duke of Saxe-CJburg has resigned his com-
mission in the Prussian atnay. in which he held the rank
of general.

COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a meeting of
the Council of this corporation, held on the 27in
inst., an answer to the loyal address presented by the Coun-
cil to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the oc-
casion of his marriage, was laid before the Council. The
following gentlemen were elected members of the college :
—Mr. S. Bamford, Ripponden Colleg , near Halifax; Mr,
S. Birkby, Britannia Schools, Banbury ; Mr. F. Caldwell,
Western Collegiate School, Exeter , Mr. W. J. Cartmell,
University College School; Mr. C. G. Dear, Gloucester
House, Dodington ; Mr. F. H. Ingram, Crediton Grammar
School; Mr. J. Redfern, Abercrombie Villa School, Hamp-
stead ; and Mr. G. T. Sadler, Dale Hall, Manningtree.
"Losr AND SAVED."—A fourth edition of the
Hon. Mrs. Norton's new novel " Lost and Saved" has just
appeared, including a letter from the author on the subjeci
of her work. " There can be no question (says the Daily
News) that this story shows the frailties of good society
with a force and directness that cannot be parried. It is as
impossible not to admire the courage which this required,
as it is to escape the charm with which it is performed.
The elements of the story are genuine, and they are worked
up with inimitable skill. The narrative is rapid, animated,
full of exciting situations, and stirring incidents. The
characters are delineated with great power. Above and
beyond these elements of a good novel, there is that inde-
finable charm With which trite genius invests all that it
touches. In the largest sense, too, these volumes have a
noble and courageous purpose, which must commend itself
to the fervent good wishes of every sound hearted reader. t

THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE DR. ALEXANDER,
DIRECTOR. GENERAL OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEFAR F-
MENT.—He was most dev-tedly attached to his native town
and his family, affectionately fond of early associations, and
of a most retiring nature, yet prompt and indefatigable in
his duty. Ore act of his will not be forgoi ten by the
public press, which is, that when Mr. Russell, the reporter
of the Times, was desired to retire from the camp in the
Crimea, it was Dr. Alexander who took him into his lent
and defied interference. We have recently seen a very
beautifully-finished portrait of the Director-General at Mr.
Mousy's studio, 125, Regent-street, which is most lifelike,
and particularly characteristic of the man it is intended for.

LITERATURE.

Church. and Chapel. By the author of " High

Church." 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett.

The title of this work does it injustice. We
dread, on taking it up, to be overwhelmed
with polemical arguments and controversial dis-
cussions, but we are on this subject agreeably dis-
appointed. The writer has, it is true, given the title
with intention, but that intention does not inter-
fere- with the story, or prevent it from being one of
he most powerful and interesting novels that have
come before us this season. The religious object of
the author is to denounce all sectarian animosities—
" That brother should not war with brother,
And worry and devour each other,"
as did the inhabitants of Chipnam, the fre-
quenters of St. Martin's, on the one hand, where
preached the Ne ry excellent but very intolerant
Frederick Alland, and the devotees of Vale Chapel
on the other, who sat under the equally excellent
and equally intolerant James 13,ytori. 11. tween
these rival preachers, the R v. Mr. Chark, the
venerable and f. eble minister ot St. Ea ward's en-
deavours to exercise a pacific influence. Mr.
Gherk's object and the writer's object throughout
he whole narrative is to persuade Church and
Cnapel to work together for the general good.
Hiving so far explained the religious opinions, we
shall not dwell further on that portion ot the work.
Theological and controversial discussions berme, to
our thinking, as much out of place in a newspaper
as in a novel. Our modern novelists, however, seem
,o find a peculiar attraction in clerical heroes. How
many such appear in the popular tales of Anthony
I rollope ! is" Frenaley.Parsonage," with its
Parson ; there is "Dr. Thorne," with its reverend
hero ; and "The Warden" and "Barch, ster Towers,"
and many others, in which not one, but many, reve-
rend prelates and p rsoes make their appearance,
conspicueus among them all the irate and impetuous
Archdeacon Grantley, to say nothing of the lady-
bishop, Mrs. Proudie! Again, the delightful writer
of " Chronicles of Carlingford" has fallen into a
similar propensity, one of the first of the chronicles
relating to "The Rector," and the last and most en-
thralling of all being entitled " Silem Chapel." It
is quite in keeping therefore with this pre-
vailing fashion that some of the heroes of
this new novel should also belong to Church and
Chapel. The chief person of the story is the brother
of the Dissenting minister, Robert Bayford, a gene-
rous-hearted, impulsive man, who has returned from
India, where he has made a large fortune, to settle
down near his brother's home, and claim his pro-
mised bride, Amy Saville. Five years previously
Amy Saville, a girl of sixteen, tied, on her father's
death, quitted India and her promised husband to
reside under the guardianship of the Rev. Mr. Chark
the benevolent and peace-loving minister of St.
Edward's. Robert Bayford returns, having for five
years cherished the thought of his absent love, to
find the young girl a woman, and to find the Rev.
Frederick Alland a constant visitor at Mr. Chark's
villa on the hill. The doubting, wavering conduct of
Amy, hardly knowing her own heart, and acting
more than once with fatal precipitation, is natu-
rally drawn, and is productive of much evil. The
good and the bad struggle for mastery in the pas-
sionate heart and impressionable temperament of
Robert Bag ford—the gay scenes into which
his phrenzy takes him, and ihe episode of
Cissy Daly,would have been better omitted
or passed over with briefer mention. The waiter is
evidently aware of this, and confesses that he in-
troduces us to such scenes and characters against hie
will, solely from a desire to explain the temptations
that thickened around Robert Bay ford, when he
had once taken that. fatal "first step," which, in
many instances, as is here happily remarked, "is
only retarded by the vis inertue of our moral being."
But if Robert has evil counsellors to betray him, he
ties also staunch triendstoclingtohimandtostruggle
for him and with him, through good and through
evil. Foremost among these is his brother James,
he minister of Vale Chapel. The love of these two
brothers for each other, through the various changes
of fortune and feeling that befall Robert is very
beautifully and naturally described. With his
yearning human love for his brother, and his un-
flinching righteous indignation against all wrong-
doing, James Baytord is a beautiful character, very
effectively and vigorously portrayed. A very im-
pressive scene occurs before Robert's departure
for the Continent, when James is boldly denounc-
ing the error of his brother's ways, and the frail
Cissy listening outside the door, shudders at the
fearful warning which applies equally to her. Many
powerfully written scenes occur during the three
volumes, increasing in intensity at the last, and so
well is the sequel of the plot concealed, that until
the very end of the story, the reader is in ignorance
as to what that sequel is to be. In this the author
has evidenced his skill. He evidences, however,
more than skill in these pages, they are full Of
feeling, and they are full of power. The work will
be read with a very vivid interest. It has, as We
have said, its 'olemishes.. "It is not," as Aire,. Norton
admitted in regard to her last novel, " a book for
the young," and, however good the purport or the
moral of their introduction, we cannot but think suck
characters as Sir Richard Vaughan and Cissy Daly
.singularly out of place, especially in a book bear-
ing the denomination of " Church and Chapel."

A Tour in Tartan land. By Cuthbert Bede. One

vol., pp. 424. Bentley.
A tour in Tartan• land at this season of the year
is singularly delightful and well timed, and all who
cannot have the gratification of a pereonal expedition
to that land of the romantic and picturesque, the

" Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the tlotd,"
may, by the aid of Mr. Cuthbert Bede's pleasant
reminiscences, take an imaginary trip in his com-
pany. In these railway days Mr. Bede reminds
us that a man "can breakfast in France, and lunch
in England, and take a late dinner in Scotland
within the limits of a single day's travel!' Our
mode of travelling is not so rapid however. We
are fain to linger over many a picturesque scene
and to rtcall the romantic associations with which,
thanks to the V% inrd of the North, the Scotch
Highlands peculiarly abound. As so matey are
said to take their ideas of history
from &lake-
spere, so it would appear the Scottish guides and
ourists are inainiy indebted for their appreciation
of Scottish scenery to Sir Walter Scott. Here its
very amusing accoui-A of the
EFFECT OF THE "LADY OF THE LAKE" UPON SCOTTISIL

TOURISTS.
"The success of the poem was immediate and extraordi-
nary, and its effect upon tee cuuntry which it so taithluilY
and beautifully described was no less immediate and wavy'
traordinary. Up to the time of the publication of the poetur
no carrage had been seen at the Trosachs In the year
after, 60 carriages had found their way there, and Lockhart
says that the post-horse duty rose to an extraordinary de-
gree in Scotland, fr.,m the eagerness of travellers to visit
the localities of the poem. Previously, then knowledge was
confined to Loch Lomond, the most accessible of the Scot*
tish lakes. ' I myself,' says Macculloch, writing to Scott
in 1824,' was one of the first, and I believe the very first
absolute stranger who visted Loch Cateran. I had then a
Scottish map in which it was not even inserted; you and
the ' Lady of the Lake' can tell another tale now.' Scott
himself; in speaking of this and ct to Washington Irving,
who had told him that he was answerable for the yearly in-
flux of English tourists, said that an old woman at Glen-
rose, who kept a little inn, came to him and said she under-
stood that he was the gentleman who had written a bonny
book about Lock Katrine; and she begged him to write
abut their lake also, for she was told that his book had
done the inn at Loch Katrinea a
tact; thoumucklegh , since the old
deal of good.
Which, undoubtedly, is
woman's days„the inns have multiplied and beautified 1\
themselves, and may almost be taken as so many memorials
to the genius of Sir Walter Scott.
"Loch Katrine and the Trosachs, more than any other
Highland district of similar size, owe their present popu-
larity to the great novelist and poet. Until he had edu-
cated the public into an admiration for their many beauties,
they were either but half appreciated or were altogether
passed by.
only poetry,
His poem described them in words which well
not
bat were as clear to the dullest compre-
hension as the plainest prose of a guide. book. The 20,000
copies of ' The Lady of the Lake' that were sold within the z--
first few months after the publication of the poem, necese7
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sarily carried the scenery of Loch Katrine and the Tro6B $
before thousands who had probably up to that time ne er
heard of such places, and places the scenes before them in
series of descriptive pictures, which, for ease of languag
and truthfulness of delineation, have never been surpassed.
The scenes described were new, the : tyle of the poem was
also novel and forcible ; and it is not surprising that the du"
pres,ion it made upon the public was such as to draw thew
by a talismanic influence to the lovely spot when: Ellen
met th. Knight of Snowdoun, and where Fitz-Jane-8
s
gallant grey sank extiallsted. Indeed, so foroilall and truth.

fully has Sir Walter Scott narrated the various incidents
of his poem, that his dramatic action and characters have
long since passed from the realms of Fancy to the domain
of Fact ; and the guides, with the scrupulous accuracy of
men attesting to the truth; pointed out (and still continue
to point out) the very spots where the gallant horse ex-
hausted fell,' and where Ellen's boat 'touched the silver
strand,' and so on through all the incid. nts of the poem.
And, certainly, the association of these shadowy fictions
greatly enhances the charm oc a district where nature has
been so prodigal in her sifts."
Animated with similar feelings, many readers
will gladly pay a visit (at page 227) to Ellen's
Isle—" as lonely an islet jewel as was ever set upon
the fair bosom of a highland lake. It is a mass of
rock, thickly covered with trees, with one little
bay—that which gave access to the shal op of the
fair lady of the take.' As the little craggy island
rises to its highest p .int in its centre, and as its
trees are compactly massed together, its general
outline is so perfectly oval that when the sun is
shining upon its bright green foliage, it needs but a
slight effort of fancy to imagine it a ♦eritaole
emerald set in diamonds and silver." Tbere is a
very amusing description, or rather want of descrip-
tion or Abbotsford. "At the end of ten minutes or
a quarter of an hour," says Mr. Bede, " you emerge
from a suite of rooms which are as interesting and
wonderful as any of the romances of their
gifted creator, and you et.deavour, it may be, to
arrange your reminiscences and to question
yourself as to what you have seen in
those brief minutes. The task is a perfectly
hopeless one"—so abundant and so multifarious are
the treasures there contained. If Mr. Bede's
manner is occasionally superficial and even slovenly,
his book, on the whole, will be found both interest-
ing and amusing.