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

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive on
Saturday, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.
The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, attended
by Lieut.-Col. Keppel.
His Royal Highness went in the evening to 3
conversazione of the Royal Society at Burlington
House, attended by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Lieut.-
Col. Keppel, and Mr. Holzmann.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Hen'
Mrs. Bruce and Lieut.-Col. Keppel in Waiting,
attended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St'
James's, yesterday morning.
The Communion Service was read by the Rev'
the Sub-dean, the Rev. C. Pack, and the Rev. C;,
V. H. Sumner. Anthem, " Call to remembrance
(Battishill) ; sung by Master Bristowe, Messrs'
Francis, R. Barnby, Montem Smith, H. Whitehouse/
and Lawler. Mr. Goss presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Peter-
borough from Ist Corinthians, c. 13, v.. 2-3•
The Archbishop of York, the Duke of lug'
the Duke of St. Albans, the Earl of St. Germans'
Earl Stanhope, Viscount Sydney, Lord Llancrverl
and Lord Harris attended the service.

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His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured Lady Molesworth with his companY at
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dinner on Saturday evening. The duke of St. Alban'' 11';
Excellency the Belgian Minister, the Marquis an
Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marchioness of Ely, gal
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Sefton, the Eat' and
Countess of Bessborough, the Earl and Countess of Aire'
Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., the Right lion. 14nr
Stanley, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel and La 4
Emily Peel, Lord Dufferin, Lord Houghton, and Mr. De 1811:
were invited to meet the reyal duke. Colonel Tyr
was in waiting on his royal highness.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury eild-
tertained the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore, L°l.
Redesdale, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord and Lady
Gilbert Kennedy, the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, Ai'rq
and Mrs. Adderley, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. William Rose, an
a select party at dinner, on Friday night, at their inanei°o
in Arlington-street, Piccadilly.
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The Marquis of Exeter is enjoying in2Pr-
health. The noble marquis and marchioness do not inters
to come to town for the season until after the Easter recess'
The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham 311
family, according to letters received in town on Saturaalci
have arrived at Malta from Sicily, after visiting Rome n,j,
Naples. The duke and duchess and family were all we'
and proposed visit to Egypt before their return borne'
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, Wu
has been compelled by indisposition, arising from a colas'
to absent himself from society during the last ten dayn,
now better.
The Earl Spencer is about to give up his << h°111:
farm" at Althorp, and the stock is to be sold off by auct,i°,4
preparatory to the farm being let to one of his lordship
tenants.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury arrived
at their residence in Stratford-place last week from Ifer°ll-
- near Christchurch, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Belmore and ',jell'
tenant-General Bouverie have left Brown's Hotel. _
Viscountess Palmerston has quite recovered from
her recent severe cold, and will soon resume her receptions
at Cambridge House.

The Scottish National Memorial to: t—
he

Prince Consort•

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Her Majesty,has been graciously pleased to
choice of a design for an equestrian statue by
John Steel, her Majesty's sculptor for Scotian. 00
for the Scottish National Memorial to the late Frillo
Consort. The site approved is in the level greilier
of the Queen's Park behind Holyrood Palace
Majesty, in making her selection, had the assit-ike
of a Committee of Advice, consisting of the 11:10.,
of Buccleuch, Sir John Sir W. G. Cr: of
Professor Lyon Playfair, and the Lord Pro/Tier
Edinburgh, who in September last adverted oth
designs. The competition was closed on the
.'-ved.
of December, and about sixty designs were receleio
These designs were exhibited to the
se-
the beginning of January, and the coin roitteo43,
lected a few of those most generally admired to he
been
mitted to the Queen. Of these her Majesty*
pleased to select the model of an equestrian %` e of
by Mr. Steel, whose great statue of the Plain-
Wellington is well known to all visitors to
Yr`
burgh. The design is, in its general forty, Yd of
midal, composed of several stages. On the sithe
the upper pedestal are bas-reliefs, illustrating) on
life and character of the Prince ; the long 13311 nsa
one side showing the marriage of the Queelleor
Prince Albert, and the corresponding Panel ce.
+.l Polti
memorating the opening of the first Crys.-- din 01
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On the front group the Prince is represent° .
In
domestic group—in the rear panel as &to *butlng
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public the rewards of merit. On the lower stagebeivg
is a variety of symbolical sculpture, the surfaceeceiteS.
enriched by quotations from the Prince's 51),0,10
At each angle of the lower stage there are
and
of figures looking up at the principal statueoiniog
representing all classes and degrees of people
esitiog
to offer their homage and admiration, and dep love:
chaplets and wreaths in token of their gratituuts tot
and sorrow. These groups are extremely varau' boo°
skilfully disposed, and altogether the desig of th°
promise of a very great work of art, worth fife
subject, of the situation, and of the artis
.. "rithoot
sites had been named by the committee, refer.
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excluding others which competitors nogh thus S
One of these was an elevated position on
0. coo'
Seat, the proposal of which elicited a keolo site
troversy and strong local opposition. tinned,
now chosen is not open to the objectionosinted sy
and though the town may be disaPP tebeilish-
losing the memorial, it will be a great c en
• an oP o'o
meat to the park. The site proposed is (pee
commanding one, immediately adjacent to t.O
ittieoSti
ider A eh).
Drive. There is, apart from other cons
n tile
great fitness in the choice, the site being c."-„,
where her Majesty reviewed 22,000
teers, in presence of 200,000 of her st"oi, par
Albert t° tho
August, in 1860, in which Prince
It is °llb, rgb
in his capacity of Field-Marshal.
• a Bcultbo
picturesque line to which the public
witness
on many occasions have crowded to .co C,
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arrival and departure of the Queena
Highlan eeincto
sort on the way to and from the
the 19r clicl
in the immediate vicinity of a palace , Prince
ea a iP
of which the fine taste of the deceas hopC
•h it ma,' be ver`
much to improve, and to which for se
but
Scotttoots,
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Sovereign will renew her occasional, e by
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tiler
egnydaediadviwsiotrst, when
hymerao he la°
attractedorialft
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Prince. 1 ~{ALT

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SIR BULIVER II LYTTON'S SPEEC ON VD v;eper,
TAx.—The evening was rendered memorable, b.,,„°0061
byß an elaborate and eloquent address from Sir P i iii 4
ulwer Lytton. His reception was enthsiastic, ansoutea,
thoughwell. based on what we must respectfully el-'l33l,nterest4
was a narrow view of the question and of t.llO inns on.
which are wrapped up in it. His satiric,al observe:l' to tito
the experiments made by the Bowl a Trade relatilopig
merits of articles of nutrition was admirable.--

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