The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-20 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived al
Marlborough House yesterday afternoon from
Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses were
attended by tt e Countess de Gray and Ripon and
Lieutenant-Colonel Koppel. The Prince of Wales
afterwards rode on horseback attended by his
equerry in waiting.

Prince Alfred.
(From the London Gazette of last Evening.)
WHITEHALL, June 10.

The Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased,
by letters patent, under the Great Seal of the
Order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all
the statutes and regulations observed in regard to
installation, and to grant unto his Royal Highness
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxony, and
Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, Knight of the said
Most Noble Order, full power and authority to
exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a
Knight Companion of the said Most Noble Order
of the Garter, in as full' and ample a manner as if
he had been formally installed, any degree, rule, or
usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the
Princess Mary, paid a visit of condolence to Emily Duchess
of Beaufort yesterday at her residence in Hill-street on the
premature death of Lady Henrietta Morant. Their Royal
Highnesses intend to be present at the festivities at Ash-
ridge Park, Herts, on the 11th proximo.

The Prince di ManganelJi and Chevalier Rai-
mond Pettini and suite have left the Brunswick Hotel,
Jermyn-street, for Paris, on their return to Italy.

The Duke de Montpensier, attended by Colonel
Solis, has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Tunbridge-
wells.

The Count de Paris and Prince Philip of Wur-
temberg have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Tun-
bridge •wells.

Tile Prince Lieven. has left Claridge's Hotel for
Paris.

The Prince de Feano and the Marquis Gaetani
have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Rome.
The Duke and Duchess de Chartres arrived on
Wednesday at Loch Earn Head Hotel, Perthshire, where
they proposed to stay for a few days. The Duke and
Duchess went from Edinburgh to Crieff by railway, and
then posted through Comrie, St. Fillan's, and along the
beautiful Loch Earn.

The Duke of St. Albans, the Marquis of Hast-
ings, the Earls of Westmoreland, Uxbridge, and Winchil-
sea, Lords Curzon and Courtenay, Sir Fredk. Johnstone,
&c., have been residing at Stockbridge during the past week.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester entertained
a small party of friends at dinner last evening, at their re-
sidence in Great Stanhope-street.
Tne Marchioness Townahend's second ball this
season took place last night at 35, Belgrave-square.
It is stated that Earl Russell has become tenant
for the present season of Meiklour House, on the banks of
the Tay, and the property of the Baroness Keith and
Nairne. It is expected that the noble Earl and family
will take possession in the beginning of August.
The Earl of Portsmouth's party at Hurstbourne
Park has broken up.
The Earl and Countess of Cork entertained the
Duke and Duchess of Somerset and a select party at dinner
last night at their residence in Grafton-street.
Earl and Countess Vane will arrive at Holder-
nesse house to-day.

The Countess Dowager of Newburgh entertained
at dinner last evening Prince and Princess Bandini, Lord
and Lady Elcho, Lord and Lady Blantyre, Lord and Lady
Enfield, Lord Hamilton, Sir David Baird, and Capt. Falbe.
Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton were honoured
with the company of the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary at dinner last evening. There were present
to meet their royal highnesses his Excellency the Austrian
Minister and the Countess d'Apponyi, the Duke and
Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Clanricarde, the Earl of Wilton, Earl Granville, Count
Pahlen, Lord Loughborough, Lord George Kerr, Dowagei
Lady Truro, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Lady Augusta
Cadogan, Lady A. Egerton, Mr, Mitford, &c. Lady Eger-
ton, later in the evening, had a musical party, those assist-
ing in the entertainment being amateurs.

Lord Broughton has been entertaining the Earl
of Zetland and a small party of friends at his seat near
Andover.

Lord Edward St. Maur is nearly recovered from
his recent illness. His lordship, in order to recruit his
strength, has been staying with Lord and Lady Dufferin at
Dufferin Lodge, Highgate.

The marriage of the Lady Isabel Howard, eldest
daughter of the Earl and Countess of Suffolk and Berk-
shire, to Mr. Francis Henry Atherley, took place at Charl-
ton, Wilts, on Thursday.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli
have returned to Grosvenor-gate from Oxford.
A STORY OF THE BRUNSWICK FAMILY.—The
hearing has just commenced in the Paris courts of
a case in which a certain Madame de Civry, alleging her-
self to be the daughter of the Duke of Brunswick, claims a
pension of 35,000 f. as alimony. The plaintiff's story is that
the Duke in 1825 became acquainted in English society
with a young lady of rank, Lady —, and under pretext
of marriage seduced her, took her to the Duchy of Bruns.
wick, and installed her in a chateau near the court, whore
on July 5 she gave birth to the plaintiff. The Duke's name,
however, was not entered in the baptismal register as father,
but he and Prince William of Brunswick were sponsors.
Lady returned to England with her child, in whose
education the Duke continued to take an interest till, at the
ago of 17, she became a Roman Catholic, when he aban-
doned her. She afterwards, in 1847, with his consent
married the Count de Civry, in London—the marriage creat-
ing some talk in the fashionable world. In the announce-
ment of it she was stated to be the Daughter of the Duke
and Lady --, a circumstance which added to his irrita-
tion. He never received either her or her husband, and, as
they have now been reduced to poverty, this action, after
many threats, has been brought. The Duke demurs to it,
because, if the plaintiff claims by the law of France, he is
not liable for her maintenance, since his name does not ap-
pear on the register as that of her father; and if she claims
by the law of Brunswick, a father is not liable for the main-
tenance, of his natural child after 14 years of age. He also
gave a different colour to the story. Plaintiff's mother was
a Miss , who only assumed the name of Lady
as a nom de guerre, and the Duke met her, not in society
but at the theatre. There was no seduction or talk of mar-
riage, and she voluntarily became his mistress. He denies
that he quarrelled with the plaintiff on account of her
change of religion. The rupture was occasioned by other
reasons, and among them her extraordinary conduct in
Paris, where she called upon his agent dressed up in man's
clothes. Her marriage with M. de Civry was a speculation
on the Duke's wealth, but it had the effect of increasing his
displeasure with tho young lady. He had not given his
consent to it. He would not, however, enter into the reasons
why he declined to give her money, but contented himself
with the legal argument.

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THE PULPIT AND THE POCKET.—Mr. Spurgeon
has just been in the "black country," and a calculation has
been made of the pecuniary result. At Birmingham, the
collections after two sermons, morning and evening, are
stated to have averaged rather more than 6d from every
person present ; at Wolverhampton, after evening service
only, rather more than 7d for each person ; at Dudley, after
morning and evening service, nearly Bd. At Bilston, after
morning service only, with a great pressure for tickets, owing
to the insufficient size of the room, the ‘nelleetion showed an
average of wore than 9d each person,