The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-12 00:00:00

The Crown Princess of Prussia,

Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of
Prussia, who left Sandringham yesterday morning,
arrived in London by the Great Eastern Railway at
a quarter to four, and immediately proceeded to the
Great Western Railway in one of the Court car-
riages, which was in waiting at the station. Her
royal highness left Peddibgton station by the ex-
press train at five o'clock, and arrived at Windsor at
5.40. There the royal traveller was received by the
railway officials and conducted to her carriage out-
side the Queen's private waiting-room. On reach-
ing the castle, the Crown Princess was received and
welcomed by her Majesty and other members of
the royal family.
Her royal highness, during her stay at Windsor
Castle, will, it is expected, lay the foundation stone
of the new district church which has been com-
menced at Windsor on the Lammas. This cere-
mony will probably take place on the 21st inst., the
anniversary of the Crown Princess's birthday.

APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—A
matrimonial alliance is arranged between Lord William
Pitt Lennox, son of the fourth Duke of Richmond, and
Misa Molyneaux, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Molyneaux.
marriage is also arranged between the Rev. Canon Stanley
(now Dean of Westminster) and Lady Augusta Bruce,
sister of the Earl of Elgin.

DEATH OF LORD CHESHAM.—We regret to all'
nounce the death of Lord Chesham, which took
place on Tuesday night, at his residence, in Grosvenor-
square. His lordship had only been ill a short time, but
his family were fully aware of the nature of his disease.
The late Charles Compton Cavendish was the youngest
son of George, first Earl of Burlington, by Lady Elizabeth,
daughter of Charles, seventh Earl of Northampton, and was
born 28th August, 1793. He married in June, 1814, Lady
Catherine, eldest daughter of George, ninth Marquis of
Huntley, by which lady, who survives him, he leaves s
son and two daughters, namely, the Hon. William G. CA'
vendish, M.P. for Buckinghamshire; the Hon. Sarah,
married to Lord Deere; and the Hon. Harriet, married tO
the Earl of Strafford. His only son, who succeeds him in
his title, is married to a daughter of thu late Hon. Wm. S.
Lascelles and Lady Caroline Lascelles, a niece of the
Duchess Dowager of Sutherland, and the Earl of Carlisle.
The late lord sat in the House of Commons from 1820 till
his creation as peer under the title of Baron Cheshaist °f
Chesham, County Bucks, in the early part of 18.58. 111
1820 and 1826 he represented Newtown, Hants, in the
House of Commons, and in 1831 the borough of Yarmouth.
At the general election in 1832 he was returned member for
East Sussex. for which division of the county he sat till
1847, when he was elected for Buckinghamshire,
in
conjunction with the Right Hon, B. Disraeli and NI
Dupre.

THE BLACK-LETTER SAINTS OF THE ENGLISI
PRAYER-BOOK were every one excluded iron the
first Prayer-book of Edward VI. (1549). In the second
Prayer-book of Edward, three were introduced—St. George,
the patron saint of England; St. Clement, contemporary of
the Apostles ; and St. Lawrence ; and to these names was
added, fur the Ist of August, Lammas-day—so called, it i 5
supposed, from Loaf-mas—the feast of the firstleuits of the
harvest. In Queen Elizabeth's Pr=ayer-book, as printed in
1559, no additional saints appear; but in those afterwards
printed in her reign, the list is nearly the same as at the
present day. Eunurchus was added in the revision of
James 1., and St. Alban and the Venerable Bede in that of
the reign of Charles 11. The movement from the reign of
Edward to that of Charles was in a degree reactionary ;
but that only proves that some strong reason must have ex-
isted for reintroducing names which before theßeformation
were in common use—that they were social necessities
which called for their reinstaltoents. Bishop plant tell'';
us that they were partly retained because the returns of the
courts of law were commonly made with reference to these
days, such as Fest Martin, Crest Martin, and Vigil Mar-
tin; one of our law terms, we know, is called after St.
Hilary, Another reason he gives is that mechanics arid
artisans could not dispense with their patron saints ; the
shoemakers would not part with St. Crispin, of whom it is
told that, with his Brother Crispianus, on 12is missionary
tours, he worked at his trade like Paul and Apoilos. Welsh-
men would have St. David. Again, churches had been
dedicated to these saints, and fairs and wakes held near
them on their festal days; therefore, it became necec,sary to
retain their names in the calendar. Also, histories Written
before the reformation dated events from these festal.days'
as, for instance, Lammas, Martinmas,—and, therefore,
again some guide to the days of the month on which thee
festivals fell was necessary.—London Review.
TIIR MEANING OF FRACTIOUSNESS OF CHIT,"
DREN.—AII children, says a Saturday Reviewer,
have thoughts which exceed the powers of expreesion.
Parents know by painful experience, that there is a certain
ttge at which children become fractious, ill-tempered, and
difficult to manage to the most unpleasant degree. it iS
the age at which they have learnt more or less to think,
but not to speak. They know perfectly well what ,;hey
want, try in vain to explain themselves, and are as irritated
iod is
rues vet
pleas ;
and angry at not succeeding as a certain descriptioa of
tfnglishman is apt to be with the stupid brutes of
foreigners who, as he observes, cannot speak a word of ,anyrat ionAeel:yildodatdthanisdper instrucet . a Wha tin
ja
creature, rational language.
butit
a viB
passing in its mind ? How does it think ? Does it say to
itself, in words, I want this or that—what a fool my nurse
must be not to see what f want, and give •it me ? I t
does not say this, what does it say? It certainly says ta'
thinks something, if gestures, expressions of countemincal
and half-articulate sounds have any significance at all..
complete answer to these questions would solve the doePes"
of all problems respecting human knowledge. Such an'
i answer is probably not to be had—yet there is a strong res.'
lively human
power
o faculty, actu thinking
whatever
eon to believe that at this troublesome stage of its f°
child is, for the first time, learning to exercise the disi
test
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in gn
I generalitsproper
terms,nane
ofmay
whichb(
tu'a
isthe
power of speech is the outward and visible sign. 111 sal
animals, such as parrots and starling, can speak porfe ctly
as far as the mere articulation of sound goes—but there i 4
no instance of an interior animal which ever learnt the
meaning of a single word of the commonest kind, such
horse" or " dog,", Human beings—even if they °ff.°
idiots, and, what is still more curious, if they are de'
dumb, and blind—are capable of learning to commuitiO3tei
with their fellow-creatures by vocal or other signs exp,"°.
ing general abstract meanings.
PET MARJORIE.—An article in the current Du
ber of the North British Review, so entitled, is the
production, we believe, of Dr. John Brown, of Edinburgh'
author of Rab and his Friends." The heroine of
article, "Pet Marjorie," or Marjorie Fleming, Was ano
°N.,
traordinary child, who was born on the 15th of Jai:l'o'f
11'03, and died on the 19th of December, 1811, at the 1:11;°, °a
eight 3 ears. She was a Mile prodigy in Edinburgh,
pet of Sir Walter Scott's, who was a friend of her fa>u _
and used to spend hours in prattling with her and hearie.
her recite poetry. From the ago of six to her death
o:.°.
was in the habit of writing little letters, and jotting dt_
scraps of verso and prose; and amusing extracts from
ese
childish and ill-spelt remains are given in Dr,
in stn
paper. They gleam with sense, humour, and,
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precocious genius; and, with them and with Dr. I3ro
setting of them, the article is very striking,