The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, Jan. 22.
Sir George Cornewall Lewis arrived at Osborne
yesterday, and had an audience of the Queen.
Sir George Lewis returned to London to-day.
Lady Napier has also left Osborne.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales remains '
at Sandringham Hall, Norfolk, extending his stay ,
longer than at first contemplated. His royal highness finds 1
plenty of shooting. On Wednesday their Royal Highnesses
the Prince of Wales and Prince Louis of Hesse joined a
meet of the West Norfolk hounds (Mr. Villebois') at
Houghton Park, the seat of the Marquis of Cholmondeley,
and once the famous residence of Sir Robert Walpole. The
noble marquis was not, however, in Norfolk to offer any
hospitality. There was a large field, numbering nearly
.500. The Prince of Wales drove from Sandringham to
Houghton, where his Royal Highness mounted his hunter
and joined the field. Prince Louis remained in his car-
riage. The Prince of Wales was throughout the run in
the first flight, but after a run of an hour and a half the
fox got into Sandringham woods, where he was lost. The
day was a very fine one, and the neighbourhood turned out
in large numbers. The next meet is at Ashwicken, ab tut
three miles from Lynn, and it is expected that the Prince
will again be present.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—
Yesterday afternoon an influential town's meeting
was held at Norwich, the Mayor presiding, to concert
festivities on the approaching marriage day of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales. Among those present were
the Bishop of Norwich, the High Sheriff of Norfolk (Mr.
R. J. H. Harvey), the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of
Norwich, Mr. J. H. Gurney, M.P., the Sheriff of Norwich
(Mr. J. J. Colman) the Rev. Canon Heaviside, &c. The
Bishop of Norwich moved the first resolution, to the effect
that with a view of expressing the loyalty and attachment
of the citizens of Norwich to her most gracious Majesty,
and the affectionate feeling entertained by them towards his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the day appointed
for his marriage with the Princess Alexandra be observed
in Norwich as a general holiday, and that suitable festivi-
ties and enjoyments be provided for all classes. The
Sheriff of Norwich seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously. The High Sheriff of Norfolk stated
that it was proposed to have in the morning a review of all
the troops in the neighbourhood. Later in the day the
Sheriff of Norwich proposed to give a dinner to the aged

poor in the Corn Exchange, while it was contemplated to
provide by subscription an entertainment to all the children
attending the charity and Sunday schools in the city ; and
in the evening it was intended to have an illumination and
bonfire, and the Mayor would receive the principal citizens
at a ball in Et. Andrew's-hall. The High 3heriff expressed
his complete approval of these arrangements, and stated
that the Prince of Wales had recently expressed to him his
deep interest not only in the county of Norfolk, but also in
the city of Norwich, and he was s ure that the citizens
would do their best to display a loyal and affectionate feel-
ing towards his Royal Highness. The Dean of Norwich
and other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting, and
a committee was appointed and a subscription commenced
to carry out the objects contemplated.
_

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will
return to town on Monday or Tuesday from Sandringham,

Count Gleichen (Prince Victor of Hohenlohe)
has been staying at Sandringham during the last few days
on a visit to his Royal Highness.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are
receiving a select party at Hatfield House, Herts.
Frances Anne Marchioness of Londonderry con-
tinues indisposed at Wynyard Park, where the Countess of
of Portarlington still remains.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley have arrived
in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, from Cobham Hall, Kent.
The Earl and Countess of Craven leave town to-
day, for Combe Abbey, Coventry.
Lord de Lisle and Dudley, the Hon. Mrs. Lid-
dell, Lord Methuen, and the Hon, Mr. and Mrs. Mines
have left the St. George's Hotel.
Viscount and Viscountess Sidmouth and Lady
Augusta Onslow are staying at the Pavilion Hotel, Folke-
stone.

Marriage of Marshal Canrobert.
(From the _Paris Corespondent of the Queen.)

A marriage, which for some time past has been in the
mouths of all circles of Parisian society, and has cense-
qu.ently gone through the habitual phases of discussion, cri-
ticism, blame, and comments of all sorts which, it would
appear, are the inevitable concomitants whenever two peo-
ple, of any note or station, are about to be joined for life,
and incur the varied chances of matrimony, came off on
Monday morning at the British Embassy. Marshal
Canrobert, one of the French heroes of the Crimean cam-
paign, was there married to a Miss Macdonald, one of our
own countrywomen, a young lady whose youth and beauty
are said to constitute her chief dower. Besides our ambassa-
dor Lord Cowley, Lady Cowley and her daughter were pre-
sent, as well as some 60 personages, friends of the bride and
the illustrious General. Several of his brother officers, and
four or five Marshals of the Empire—among whom were
Marshals Bandon, Vaillant, and Niel—attended on the oc-
casion. The match is entirely one of love, and, if we may
believe reports, it would appear that imperial counsels had
not been wanting, at an earlier stage of the affair, to dis-
suade the gallant General from an alliance whichbrought a
less heavily-dowered bride than is usually sought for
among Frenchmen, to fill the conspicuous position of Mare-
chale at the luxurious Court of the Second Empire. But
the Marshal was firm, and held his own idea, that he had as
good a right to please himself in this matter as his Impe-
rial master had on a former occasion displayed in his own
case ; and so the course of true love once again prevailed over
etiquette and more worldly motives. Whatever may have
been the Emperor's opinion and early advice, they may
be supposed to have yielded before this determination, as a
few days previous to that fixed on for the wedding, his Ma-
jesty and the Empress sent the future Marechale a magnifi-
cent riviere of diamonds, with many expressions of cordial
good wishes.
The young lady is an orphan, her father having fallen,
it is said, in the Indian mutiny. She is exceedingly pretty
and graceful, though somewhat delicate•looking—at least
so she appeared under the folds of the rich Brussels lace
veil which draped her slender figure. Her dress was com-
posed of a magnificent dress and tunic of the same costly ma-
terial, worn over taffetas, and a wreath of orange flowers
and white lilacs, in the shape of a coronet, formed her head
dress. All the gentlemen present, though the majority were
military,wore plain evening costumes,enliv ened, bowever,by
many stars and decorations. The ladies Wellesley, who ap-
peared on intimate terms with the bride, wore dresses of taf-
fetas, of the shade called violette deParme, trimmed with black
lace and paesementerte, and white tulle bonnets, with
bouquets of Parma violets, mingled with black lace.
After the usual amount of signatures and congratulations
had been gone through, the happy couple had to repair to
the Senate, where the nuptial benediction was pronounced
by the Abbe Castaing, formerly chaplain to the Marshal,
in the presence of the President of the Senate, the Grand
Referendary, and other high public functionaries of the
Empire. The civil marriage had taken place the previous
day at the Mairie of the Elysde; so that no less than three
distinct ceremonies had to be accomplished before the knot
could be supposed to be duly and irrevocably tied.

We (Manchester Guardian) are informed that Mr.
W. P. Frith, R.A,, well known as the painter of
" The Derby Day," and ether pictures, has received her
Majesty's commands to take for the subject of a large work
the approaching wedding of the Prince of Wales.
THE DISTRESS IN COVENTRY AND NORTH WAR-
WICKSHIRE.—We (Birmingham Gazette)are grati-
fied to bo able to announce that her Majesty the Queen,
ever ready to show practical sympathy with the sufferings
of her subjects, has generously forwarded £3OO for the relief
of the distress in North Warwickshire and Coventry, to be
divided between the two existing funds. We have already
recorded the gift of £250 from hie Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, to be applied in a similar manner.
THE FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.—HYDRO-
PHOBIA.—The Actdemy of Sciences has received a
paper from M. Renault on the time during which hydro-
phobia may be in a state of incubation. Our readers may
recollect-that in April last M. Renault proposed the per-
manent muzzling of all dogs not chained or kept within
doors, and the immediate destruction of any dog suspected
of having been bit by a mad one. He also showed that at
Berlin hydrophobia had almost become extinct by these
measures. Struck with this fact, the police of Paris shortly
afterwards ordered the muzzling of all dogs left at liberty:;
but the order was very negligently executed, inasmuch as
many muzzles wo►e of indiarubber, and were insufficient to
prevent dogs from biting, moreover the measure soon
fell into disuse, and unmuzzled dogs are now seen roaming
freely in the streets. M. Renault shows, that if on the one
autheotri
hand the police regulations require the owner of any dog
who may happen to have been bit, or suspected of having
not.
been so, to keep him under strict observation for a time not
iTneeding 40 days; although in most instances the order
executedetso
complied with at all, and no step is taken by the
to h
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But our author contends that even were the order
phobia, and describeYs
for complete aagainst the incubation of hydro-
phobia, of experiments made by
him since 1836 at the
which it appears that duringe2r4inarY
ars he had examined 131
dogs, which he had caused to bitbeeyeSchool of Alfort, from
four months.
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dogs, and then kept separate for the s
Out of this number, 63 presented no symptoms of
at the end of that time ; and of the remaining
than 31 displayed symptoms of the disorder aftegr theo4lOotshs
day, and that out of these, one was seized with hydro-
' phobia after the 118th day, three after the 80th, seven after
) the 70th, and eighteen after the 60th day. M. Renault
ib hence concludes that dogs should be kept close for at least
four months after they have been bit. •