The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-03 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales rode on horseback on Satur-
day, attended by Major Grey.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage-drive, at-
tended by the Countess of Macclesfield.

The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the
Italian Opera, Covent-garden, in the evening.
Major Grey has succeeded Lieut.-Colonel Keppel
as Equerry in Waiting to the Prince of Wales.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the
Countess of Macclesfield and Major Grey, in wait-
ing, attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal,
St. James's, yesterday morning. The communion
service was read by the Rev. the Subdean, the Rev.
Dr. Vivian, and the Rev. R. Harvey. Anthem,
" Praise the Lord," Hayes. Sung by Masters Bris-
towe and Carmichael, Messrs. R. Barnby, M. Smith,
Cummings, and Whitehouse. Mr. Goss presided
at the organ.

The sermon was preached by the Rev. R. Har-
vey, from St. Luke, chap. xv., verse 1.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales are expected to leave Marlborough House to-
morrow for 'Windsor, preparatory to the christening of th•
infant prince on Friday.

Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilda had a
farewell interview with the Emperor at the Tuileries yes-
terday. The Prince goes to Havre on Tuesday, to embark
on board his yacht for a marine excursion. Tho Princess,
with her children, will leave lieudon on Saturday for
Prangins, in Switzerland, there to await the Prince. An-
other baby is said to bo coming.
The Prince Louis Sapeiha has arrived at the Cla-
rendon Hotel from the Continent.

We regret to learn of the death, in his 44th year,
at Llandudno, of Mr. John Best, of the Oxford circuit, for-
merly M.P. for Kidderminster.

Adelphi Theatre.

Mr. Webster took his benefit on Saturday even-
ing. At the conclusion of the play of " The Lady
of Lyons," in which Miss Bateman appeared as
Pauline, and in which Miss Elsworthy and Mr.
Addison also performed, the manager presented
himself in front of the curtain, and was received
with enthusiastic acclamations. He delivered the
following address, which elicited frequent ap-
plause :

" Ladies and Gentlemen,—A most agreeable circum-
stance, Miss Bateman's generous offer of her great services
for my annual benefit, for which I publicly thank her, and
Mr. Addison and Miss Elsworthy, has prevented me ap-
pearing before you on this flattering occasion in any other
character than that of sole proprietor and manager of this
theatre, a character I hope that will be of service to me in
my next place. Annual benefits have been termed a meet-
ing of creditors, but in this instance I am proud to feel it
is a meeting of friends. My acting manager perceiving that
I was not in the bill—for if I played before the Lady of
Lyons' my friends would probably not have arrived, and if
I played after that exciting drama my friends would pos-
sibly have departed—announced me, without my know-
ledge, I assure you, to address my friends the public at the
end of the play, calculating, no doubt, that such a poor
temptation, beyond old remembrances, might induce you
to wait a little longer.' Newspapers, windows, walls, and
mouths as they issue from public-houses, are so redolent
of political addresses and free and independent election,
and vote for somebody, that my mind is completely im-
bued with the spirit, not of the public-houses, but the
times ; therefore, I must in the same view throw myself,
not bodily, but wordily, on my constituency, though want-
ing the address to address you; and what I say may come
from my pate as birdlime does from frize, and pluck out
brains and all. However, as Polonius is permitted to play
the fool in 's own house, on this ground I presume I may
don the cap of Folly, though not with ' admirable fooling.'
Ladies and gentlemen, my dissolution will take place this
evening—l mean the dissolution of my winter season--so
that the closing of the session of the theatrical house will
precede that of the political house. I earnestly solicit your
votes to place me in a proud representative position the
ensuing session. I solicit them on the broadest principle.
I am of no party, but for universal patronage, especially for
the suffrage of the females, whose bright faces grace and
adorn any house. The first Grimaldi, during a violent re-
ligious commotion, wrote on his door 'No religion ;' and I,
adopting so discreet a course, mean to write on my door
No party's-a manager of a theatre being dependent on all
parties, though I confess by the addresses to electors I am
sometimes puzzled to know which candidate is Liberal and
which is not. However, I open my houso to all who pay,
and am influenced by none who don't, the public press ex-
cepted. I shall also strictly follow the loyal line that used
to grace our bills, Vivat Regina! No money returned.'
The members of my house will be from nearly every county,
and of every capacity, like the other house, and they will
carry our acts through, I trust, with satisfaction to the
public. America, too, will be represented in the person of
Mr. John E. Owens, the popular representative of the mines
of comic wealth existing in that great country. Variety
in our bills will be the order of the day, and nearly every
member will be a speaker without the 'order, order!' orders
not being admitted. We shall go in for raillery, and
perhaps the ballet, if not the ballot. I have learned, too,
by the papers, that in one electioneering mystification
Hedingham Castle has spoken,' and, if attainable at any
reasonable cost, that extraordinary novelty shall be pro-
duced with its own views. As Ido not wish to be a mono-
polist, I shall leave the legitimate managers to try and
secure the Tower Hamlets, which appoar to be going
begging. The season necessarily closes to-night to define
engagements, but our next will commence on Monday, the
day after to-morrow, when I hope for a continuance of your
untiring patronage, which has accompanied me through a
long course of management, and which will gratefully live
in the warmest corner of my heart."

Mr. Webster retired amid the hearty cheers of a.
numerous and distinguished audience.

TIIE STEAM BISCUIT AND FLOUR COMPANY
(LIMITED).—This is one of the operations of the
Joint-Stock Company's Limited Act which peculiarly ex-
emplifies the usefulness of the measure, as it provides the
moans of supplementing by talent and capital one of the
largest concerns of the kind gradually growing beyond the
grasp of a private proprietary. It is well known that the
ship biscuit business has been for years a most lucrative
pursuit; and the site of the one in question—that of Park-
inson and Salmon, at Stepney—being situated in a focus
surrounded by all the docks on the Middlesex side of the
Thames renders it not surprising that the present owners
should have realised enormous fortunes from its profits.
However noteworthy the past facts may be in the history of
this concern, the circumstance that the fancy biscuit trade
is to be joined to it—a trade now extended to almost every
corner of the world—encourages the observer of mercantile
transactions to look upon the scheme with both interest
and favour. The manager being, moreover, a thoroughly
practical man, a greater development of the undertaking
may be fairly classed as feasible and wholly removed from
transactions of a purely speculative character.

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THE FUSILIERS.--The Fusilier regiments are to
be relieved of the unsightly shako, and will have a
new head-dress issued to them. The material is lambskin,
the colour black, the size something smaller than a hussar
busby, and the shape not unlike the bearskin caps of the
Guards, but coming, we fancy, rather lower down to the
neck. The only ornament will be a grenade in front, upon
the ball of which the number of the regiment is to be indi-
cated. Altogether we think it will be found a smart, soldier-
like-looking head-dress, and we may congratulate the regi-
ments-sth, 7th, 21st, 23d, 87th, 101st; 102 d, and 103d—
to which it is about to be issued.
GARDEN GROUND FOR SOLDIERS. —A War-office
return shows that in the military districts of Great Britain
and Ireland 48 acres of garden ground have been allotted to
troops, and 61 acres to individual non-commissioned officer*
and others.