The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-13 00:00:00

The Rev. C. Kingsley preached the serniou•

The Prince and Princess of 'Ara
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive on
Saturday, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Br'lee'A
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, attended
by Lieut.-Col. Kcppel. 3
His Royal Highness went in the evening ma
conversazione of the Royal Society at Burig tO
;
House, attended by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Lieu
Col. Keppel, and Mr. Holzmann.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the 14°11.
Mrs. Bruce and Lieut.-Col. Keppel in Waiting;
attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, 6
James's, yesterday morning.
Rev.
The Communion Service was read by the —O.
the Sub-dean, the Rev. C. Pack, and the Rev' 0
V. H. Sumner. Anthem, " Call to remembrance
(Battishill) ; sung by Master Bristowe,
Francis, R. Barnby, Montem Smith, H. White
and Lawler. Mr. Goss presided at the organ.
Peter
The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Pe'
borough from Ist Corinthians, c. 13, v. 2-3',
The Archbishop of York, the Duke of -b1151,_
the Duke of St. Albans, the Earl of St. Germs,
Stanhope, Viscount Sydney, Lord Liao°
and Lord Harris attended the service.

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His Royal Highness the Duke of Canabridgot
honoured Lady Molesworth, with his coral:181:s
dinner on Saturday evening. The duke of St. 11-11113" g
Excellency the Belgian Minister, the Cori
Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marchioness of EIY,
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Sefton, the E"r,
Countess of Bessborough, the Earl and Countess of A're
l 4
Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., the Right 11°11; T,ij°a4
Stanley, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel au°
eiano
Emily Peel, Lord Dufferin, Lord Houghton, and Ur. D
Kitt
were invited to meet the regal duke. Colonel 11311'
was in waiting on his royal highness. e 0"
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury'
Lord
dy
tertained the Earl and Countess of Donoughmor e,
Redesdale, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord and
Gilbert Kennedy, the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, ovd
and Mrs. Adderley, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. William 134)se'„sion
a select party at dinner, on Friday night, at their Tu3--
in Arlington-street, Piccadilly. ,nved
The Marquis of Exeter is enjoying pie{ end
health. The noble marquis and marchioness do not a1,,-eess.
to come to town for the season until after the Easter reol
The Duke and Duchess of Buckinghaill „it, yr,
family, according to letters received in town on S3l'l'
and
have arrived at Malta from Sicily, after visiting It°l'l„c,e
Naples. The duke and duchess and family were to'
and proposed visit to Egypt before their return hae.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador Tr,
a cold,
has been compelled by indisposition, arising from is
to absent himself from society during the last ten dos'
now better. .. 1101318

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The Earl Spencer is about to give up his
farm" at Althorp, and the stock is to be sold off b 9
preparatory to the farm being let to one of his 100,9"
tenants.
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The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury
at their residence in Stratford-place last week from 11-
ro
court, near Christchurch, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Belmore and They
tenant-General Bouverie have left Brown's Hotel. e ota
Viscountess Palmerston has quite recovered 11:00,9
her recent severe cold, and will soon resume her recoPti
at Cambridge House.

The Scottish National Memorial to] the

Prince Consort•

• niAe
Her Majesty.has been graciously pleased -°
choice of a design for an equestrian statue lltod,
John Steel, her Majesty's sculptor for Se°„ irince
for the Scottish National Memorial to the late
rog°
g
Consort. The site approved is in the level ifer
of the Queen's Park behind Holyrood Palace.. Lance
Majesty, in making her selection, had the assl.9prilo
of a Committee of Advice, consisting of r_thecraig;
of Buccleuch, Sir John M'Neill, Sir W. u.
,u
st of
Professor Lyon Playfair, and the Lord Pr°' -A fa
Edinburgh, who in September last adve-IreSeloth
designs. The competition was closed on theeeived.
of December, and about sixty designs were revc
These designs were exhibited to the pll oe,
the beginning of January, and the connnitt :e
lected a few of those most generally admired to b
as been
mitted to the Queen. Of these her Molest)" statue,
pleased to select the model of an equestrian
pke
by Mr. Steel, whose great statue of
Wellington is well known to all visitors t° ra'
burgh. The design is,.in its general forrales of
midal, composed of several stages. On the .60 the
the upper pedestal are bas-reliefs, illustre'tiel 643
life and character of the Prince ; the long Peo and
one side showing the marriage of the all cool"
Prince Albert, and the corresponding Pnlevidoueo.
memorating the opening of the first Crysu—Led io
On the front group the Prince is represelitsatiog!,
domestic group—in the rear panel as distriv 0 there
1 public the rewards of merit. On the lower stage big
I is a variety of symbolical sculpture, the surf36ccbee.
enriched by quotations from the Prince's grope;
At each angle of the lower stage there arettie
of figures looking up at the principal stl, core
representing all classes and degrees of people
Doha
ed
to offer their homage and admiration, and ue.c love'
chaplets and wreaths in token of their gtit
ra otts u
and sorrow. These groups are extremely va beP;
skilfully disposed, and altogether the desiiigv of ti'
,
promise of a very great work of art, NOrtit
subject, of the situation, and of the art'
sites had been named by the committeebt prefef;
excluding others which competitors Wig Ar tit
One of these was an elevated position 0° er, c°11;
Seat, the proposal of which elicited a i°Tile
troversy and strong local opposition. 0 oil
now chosen is not open to the objectiofloittted at
and and though the town may be disaPPopelb>"ci
losing the memorial, it will be a great c
an open
ment to the park. The site proposed is ,e (pc 0,
commanding one, immediately adjacent W
Ole' -
A el
Drive. There is, apart from other Col tile ,
great fitness in the choice, the site being 'Lb
wiiere her Majesty reviewed 22,000 Sottojects,
teers, in presence of 200,000 of her took art
August, in 1860, in which Prince .A.lbert.
on tb
in his capacity of Field-Marshal. It le oborge
picturesque line to which the public of
on many occasions have crowded to 0! „,
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1
arrival and departure of the Queen and P row I
sort on the way to and from the Ilighlfeci;reciudl
in the immediate vicinity of a palace vm„rioce the
of which the fine taste of the deceased
be hoped
col
much to improve, and to which it inal t for oev
Sovereign will renew her occasional, but tej
years suspended visits, when attractedr 100
faithful effigy and worthy memorial of
Prince. AlOl

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